IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO SECTIONAL WARPING AND BEAMING MACHINES
Year: 1885

page_text: We JonN HOWARD STOTT Machine Maker and ISAAC WHITEHEAD Manager of
Machine Works both of Baron Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO SECTIONAL WARPING AND BEAMING MACHINES to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to sectional warping and beaming machines and consists
in arrangements of apparatus by the employment of which we ensure that all of
the sections wound shall bo equal to each other in diameter and cach contain yarn
or thread of the same length and by the employment of which arrangements we
render the machines to which they are applied more convenient in use than they
have hitherto been.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ in addition to the weight
ordinarily employed for governing the tension of the yarn or thread being wound
in sectional warping and beaming machines while such yarn is being wound, an
additional weight, which additional weight acts so as to partially counterpoise the
weight previously mentioned which weight we shall hereinafter call the " presser
weight" and thereby governs the tension of the yarn or thread while such yarn or
thread is being warped or beamed and thereby ensures that the sections shall be
equal to each other in diameter and coutain yarn or thread of the same length.
We mount the weight above mentioned which acts so as to partially counter-
balance the presser weight aforesaid and which weight we shall hereinafter call the
"counterpoise" upon a guide or slide and we provide such "counterpoise" with
bowls through which bowls the said counterpoise at times acts upon two arms one
of which arms is fast upon the shaft which carries the presser which is caused to
act upon the yarn or thread while such yarn or thread is being warped or beamed
and the other of which arins aforesaid is mounted loosely upon the shaft above
referred to and is connected to an arm provided with a slot or groove into which
slot or groove passes a pin which pin is carried upon a frame capable of being
slidden upon slides or guides and which pin is capable of being moved by a screw
so as to be traversed longitudinally within the slot or groove previously mentioned.-
To the frame above mentioned is secured one end of a screw, the threads of which
screw take into screw threads formed within the boss of a worm-wheel which

page_text: worm-wheel is supported and is prevented from moving longitudinally upon the
screw above mentioned by a bracket secured to the frame of the machine-The
screw above mentioned is also provided with a handle by means of which handle
the said screw may be rotated by hand when requisite-The teeth of the wheel
above mentioned gear into a worm mounted upon and rotated by the "section
shaft."
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The method in which our invention is used may be described as follows:-The
counterpoise above referred to is by means of the screw previously mentioned
raised to its highest position and the two arms previously mentioned are by such
raising of the counterpoise above referred to allowed to approach each other and a
trial section is then wound. The winding of the said trial section will cause an
arni secured upon the shaft above mentioned to which shaft is secured the " presser
weight" above referred to, and which arm is caused to tend turn in one direction
by the said presser weight to be turned so as to no longer support the counterpoise
above mentioned-When the trial section above mentioned has been wound the
frame previously mentioned will have been moved along the guides or slides upon
which such frame is mounted by means of the worm-wheel and screw above
referred to and the pin carried by the frame before referred to is traversed by
means of the screw acting thereon so as to lower the counterpoise above mentioned
and cause it to be acted upon by both of the arms before referred to-When the
said counterpoise has been raised again by means of the screw above named
actuated by the worm wheel above referred to which screw acts upon the frame
previously mentioned the winding of another section may be proceeded with―
If the diameter of such section does not increase with sufficient rapidity as the
yarn or thread is wound the screw above mentioned acting upon the frame above
referred to will cause the pin carried by such frame to turn the arm acted upon by
the said pin so as to allow the counterpoise before mentioned to act upon the arm
secured to the shaft above referred to so as to lessen the tension of the yarn or
thread being wound and thereby allow the diameter of the section to increase more
rapidly as the yarn or thread is wound-If as the yarn or thread is wound the
diameter of the section increase too rapidly the arm acted upon by the pin carried
by the frame above mentioned will not allow the counterpoise above mentioned to
descend and will thus allow the "presser weight" above referred to, to act upon
the yarn or thread being wound so as to increase the tension thereof and thereby
reduce the rate at which the diameter of the section is increased by the winding
thereon of the yarn or thread-In order that the counterpoise above mentioned
may be caused to act upon and be acted upon by the arms above referred to with
a constant and uniform force we form the said arms curved in a manner suitable
for the accomplishment of such purpose.
A further part of our invention consists in arrangements of apparatus by the
employment of which we rotate the shaft upon which the sections are wound, in
one direction or the other as may be desired-To carry this part of our invention
into effect we mount a loose or "idler" pulley upon an eccentric carried by a
frame jointed to the frame of the machine.
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If the said eccentric be rotated in one direction the loose or "idler" pulley
above mentioned will be pressed against one of the discs or plates by which discs
or plates the section warping or beaming machine receives inotion, and cause the
friction bowl by which motion is transmitted to the discs or plates above referred
to, to be pressed against the other disc or plate and thus drive the shaft upon
which the sections are wound in one direction, and if such eccentric be turned in a
direction opposite to that above mentioned the loose or idler" pulley above
mentioned will be caused to press against the other disc or plate above mentioned
and cause the friction bowl above referred to, to be pressed against the disc or
plate first mentioned above, so as to rotate the shaft upon which the sections are
wound in a direction opposite to that previously mentioned-In order that the
shaft upon which the sections are wound may be rotated in either direction
.without interfering with the action of the arrangements of apparatus by which

page_text: the tension of the yarn or thread is governed we employ arrangements of
apparatus which form a further part of our invention-In carrying this part of
our invention into effect we mount upon the shaft upon which the sections are
wound a collar connected to the said shaft by means of a key and groove and
form upon the said collar right handed and left handed screw threads either of
which may by the collar above referred being slidden longitudinally upon the
shaft before mentioned be caused to act upon the wheel previously mentioned as
the shaft above referred to is rotated in one direction or the other-To retain the
collar above mentioned in position after it is has been slidden longitudinally upon
the shaft above referred to we employ a catch or finger hinged to the frame of the
machine, which catch or finger will when required to do so prevent the collar
above mentioned from moving longitudinally upon the shaft above referred to.
A further part of our invention relates to the presser used in sectional warping
and beaming machines which presser acts upon the yarn or thread while such
yarn or thread is being wound upon the blocks or sections and this part of our
invention consists in arrangements of apparatus by the employment of which
arrangements we maintain the surface of the presser which acts upon the yarn or
thread in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position-To carry this part of our
invention into effect we connect the presser above referred to to the lever by which
it is carried by a hinged joint and we form the said presser with an extended
portion in which extended portion is formed a curved slot which curved slot.
embraces a stud carried by a fixed bracket. As the yarn or thread is wound upon.
the shaft above referred to the curved slot above mentioned and the pin embraced
thereby will cause the surface of the presser before mentioned which acts upon the
yarn or thread to be maintained in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position.
Dated this Eleventh day of Anril 1882
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Carlton Chambers,
18, Saint Ann's Street, Manchester,
Agent to the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to Sectional Warping and
Beaming Machines.
We JOHN HOWARD STOTT Machine Maker and ISAAC WHITEHEAD Manager of
Machine Works both of Baron Street Rochdale in the County of Lancaster do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO SECTIONAL WARPING AND BEAMING. MACHINES and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Our invention relates to sectional warping and beaming machines and consists in
arrangements of apparatus by the employment of which we ensure that all the
sections wound shall be equal to each other in diameter and each contain yarn
or thread of the same length and by the employment of which arrangements
we render the machines to which they are applied more convenient in use than
they have hitherto been.
In carrying our invention into effect we employ in addition to the weight
ordinarily employed for governing the tension of the yarn or thread being wound
in sectional warping and beaming machines while such yarn or thread is being
wound an additional weight which additional weight acts so as to partially counter-
poise the weight previously mentioned which weight we shall hereinafter call the
presser weight and thereby governs the tension of the yarn or thread while such yarn
or thread is being warped or beamed and thereby ensures that the sections shall
be equal to each other in diameter and contain yarn or thread of the same length.
In order that our invention may be thoroughly understood and readily carried
into effect we will proceed to describe the same by reference to the drawings here-
unto annexed in which drawings Fig. 1 is a side elevation Fig. 2 a front view
and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; 12, 13, 14 and 15 are views of detached portions
of so much of a sectional warping and beaming machine as is requisite to illustrate
our invention. We shall apply similar letters of reference to corresponding parts
throughout the whole series of figures-a b are the two side frames connected
together by cross stays or frames c d d¹. In the side frame b we form a bearing e
which supports one end of the shaft f the other end of which shaft is supported
in bearings formed in one end of a lever g which lever g is mounted fast upon a
short shaft passing through a bearing in which the said short shaft h be
oscillated and which bearing is formed in the side frame b. Upon the shaft fare
mounted pulleys jk of which pulleys j l the pulley j is mounted fast upon the said
shaft f. The shaft f receives rotary motion through the pulley j by means of a
strap from any convenient source of power-m is a shaft mounted so as to be
capable of being rotated in bearings formed in the side frames a b respectively.
Upon the shaft f is mounted a friction disc or bowl f¹ which transmits rotary
motion to the disc or plate m' mounted fast upon the shaft m.
may
The shaft m is prevented from moving longitudinally by means of collars formed
thereon. Upon the shaft m are mounted two flanges no between which flanges no
and upon the shaft m is placed the section block p upon which the yarn or thread
is to be wound.
Fast upon the shaft h we mount levers h² shown more clearly in the detached
view Fig. 13.

page_text: In the upper ends of the levers h² are formed bearings which carry a short
shaft . To the side frame b we secure a bracket h. Upon the short shaft h³ we
form an eccentric which is capable of being turned in a slot formed in the bracket h*.
Fast upon the shaft h is a handle 5. When the handle h³ is turned in the direction.
indicated by the arrow X the bowl f¹ is pressed into contact with the disc m¹
mounted fast upon the shaft m and when the handle h is turned in a direction
opposite to that indicated by the arrow X the bowl f' is taken out of contact with
the disc mq is a shaft mounted so as to be capable of being turned in bearings
formed in the side frames ab respectively-Fast upon the shaft q is mounted one
end of a lever to which lever r by means of a set screw t we secure the presser
weight 8-By means of the set screw t the presser weights may be secured upon
the lever r at any desired place-Fast upon the shaft q is mounted one end of an
arm u to the remaining end of which arm u is secured the presser v-w is the
weight above mentioned which acts at times to partially counterpoise the presser
weight 8 above referred to-We shall hereinafter call the weight w the counter-
poise w. We mount the counterpoise w so that such counterpoise w shall be
capable of being moved up and down upon a guide bar x-The upper end of the
guide bar is secured to the cross frame c and the lower end of the said guide
bar a embraces the shaft q.
We provide the counterpoise w with two bowls or rollers y z mounted loose upon
pins 1, 2 respectively which pins 1, 2 pass through holes formed in the counter-
poise w. Fast upon the shaft q is mounted one end of an arm 3 the edge 3° of
which arm 3 at times acts upon the bowl or roller 2 and is at times acted upon by
the bowl or roller z as will be hereinafter pointed out.
The parts mounted fast upon the shaft g are shown in the detached views
Figs. 5 and 6.
4 is an arm upon the lower end of which is formed a forked part 4°
to the extremities of which forked part 4 are secured two bosses 4b 4e which are
shown more clearly in the detached views Figs. 4 and 8.
The two bosses 4b 4c embrace the shaft q and are free to be turned thereon.
The edge 4 of the arm 4 at times acts upon the bowl y and is at times acted upon
by the bowl y as we will hereinafter describe. Loose upon the shaft Я is one end
of a lever 5. To the upper end of the lever 5 is jointed one end of a link 6, the
other end of which link 6 is jointed by means of a pin 7 to one end of a rod or
bar 8 upon which rod or bar 8 are formed screw threads 8°. Upon the cross
frame c is formed a bracket 9 secured. to which bracket 9 is a stud 10. Upon the
stud 10 so as to be capable of being turned thereon we mount an arm 11 in which
arm 11 we form a slot A. Within the slot A is a spindle 12 which is shown more
clearly in the detached view Fig. 9 and upon which spindle 12 are formed screw
threads 12 which screw threads 12" take into corresponding screw threads formed
within a nut 13 which nut 13 is capable of being slidden longitudinally within the
slot A. The nut 13 is provided with projecting flanges 13 13b which project
beyond the sides of the slot A so as to prevent the nut 13 from being turned. The
spindle 12 is prevented from being moved longitudinally by collars and is provided
with a hand wheel 12b by which it may be rotated. To the arm 11 by means of
a pin 14 we joint one end of a link 15 the remaining end of which link 15 is jointed
by means of the pin 7 to the rod or bar 8. Projecting from the nut 13 is a pin or
stud 16 which pin or stud 16 passes through a slot B formed in a lever 18 which
lever 18 is fast with the boss 4° of the arm 4.
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The distance from the centre of the shaft q to the centre of the pin 5* is equal to
the distance from the centre of the stud 10 to the centre of the pin 14 and the
distance from the centre of the pin 14 to the centre of the pin 7 is equal to the
distance from the centre of the pin 7 to the centre of the stud 5°. The arm 11
arm 5 link 15 and link 16 act as a "parallel motion to guide and support the
end 8 of the bar or rod 8-19 is a nut capable of being rotated in a bearing formed
in a bracket 19° which is secured upon the side frame a, such nut 19 being
prevented from being moved longitudinally by collars upon its extremities. The
nut 19 is provided with screw threads which take into the screw threads 8* formed

page_text: upon the rod or bar 8. Fast with the nut 19 is a ratchet wheel 20, into the teeth
of which ratchet wheel 20 takes a pawl or click 21 which pawl or click 21 is
jointed to a lever 22 which lever 22 is vibrated by means of a grooved cam 23 fast
upon the shaft m. Fast with the nut 19 is a toothed wheel 24 gearing into a
toothed wheel 25 capable of being rotated upon a stud 26 secured to the side
frame a.
27 is a stud upon which stud 27 and capable of being turned thereon is
a toothed wheel. 28 provided with a handle 29. The teeth of the wheel 28 gear
into the teeth of the wheel 25.. Upon the wheel 25 are formed graduations, and
to the stud 26 is secured a finger 30. We will now describe the operation of the
above mentioned parts. The yarn or thread to be wound upon the section block'
is conducted thereto by means of the apparatus ordinarily employed in sectional
warping and beaming machines-The pawl or click 21 is turned so as to be clear
of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 20. The handle 29 is then turned so as to rotate
the nut 19 so as to traverse the bar or rod 8 in the direction indicated by the
arrow C.
The traversing of the bar or rod 8 in the direction indicated by the arrow C
will by means of the link 15 arm 11 pin or stud 16 slot A lever 18 and edge 4d
of the arm 4 acting upon the bowl y raise the counterpoise w into the position in
which it is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing. By the raising of the counter-
poise w the arms 3. 4 will have been allowed to approach each other and allow the
presser weights to descend and thus bring the presser vinto contact with the
periphery of the 'section block' p. The click or pawl 21 is turned so as to engage
with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 20 and the strap is placed upon the fast
pulley j and a trial section is wound. During the winding of the trial section the
yarn or thread wound upon the section block p will cause the presser varms u. r
and presser weights to be turned in the direction indicated by the arrows D.
If as the winding proceeds it is found that the arm 3 no longer supports the
counterpoise w the hand wheel 12 is turned so that the pin 13 is moved away
from the stud 10 so that the rate of motion of the lever 18 and arm 4 is increased
and the arm 4 is caused to move at the same rate as the arm 3. If during the
winding of the trial section the arm 4 ceases to support the counterpoise w the
hand wheel 12 is turned so that the pin 13 is moved nearer to the stud 10 so that
the movement of the arm 4 is lessened and the arm 4 is caused to move at the
same rate as the arm 3. The positions of the parts at the commencement of the
winding of a trial section and the directions of the motions of such parts during
the winding of a trial section are indicated in the detached view, Fig. 3 in which
figure the dotted lines indicate the positions of the parts at the commencement of
the winding of a trial section and the full lines indicate the positions of the said
parts upon the completion of the winding of the trial section-When the winding
of a trial section is commenced the pawl or click 21 is turned so as to take into the
teeth of the ratchet wheel 20 and rotate the ratchet wheel 20 and nut 19 in the
direction indicated by the arrow E. Such rotation of the nut 19 will traverse
the rod or bar 8 in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow C. The
traversing of the rod or bar 8.in the direction opposite to that indicated by the
arrow C will by means of the link 15 and pin 14 turn the arm 11 into the position
indicated by the full lines and full letters of reference in the detached view, Fig. 3.
The winding of the trial section is stopped when the trial section is completed.
after the winding of the trial section is completed the bowl y upon the pin 1
which passes through the counterpoise wis found not to be in contact with the
edge 4d of the arm 4 the hand wheel 12b is rotated so as to traverse the-nut 13 by
means of the screw threads 12ª along the slot A formed in the arm 11 so that the
pin or stud 16.will be traversed along the slot B in the lever 18 and turn the
arm 4 upon the shaft Չ until the edge 4d of the arm 4 arrives against the circum-
ference of the bowl y of the counterpoise w.
If
The trial section and the section block p upon which it has been wound are
removed from the shaft m in the ordinary manner and a fresh section block P is
placed upon the shaft. m and-the- pawl or click 21 is again raised clear of the

page_text: ratchet wheel 20. The handle 29 is then turned so as to cause the nut 19 to be
rotated so as to cause the rod or bar 8 to be traversed in the direction indicated by
the arrow C. Such traversing of the rod or bar 8 will by means of the link 15
arm 11 pin or stud 16 lever 18 arm 4 edge 4s and bowl y cause the counterpoise w
to be moved upwards upon the guide x until such counterpoise wis moved into
the position indicated by the full lines in Fig. 1 and by the dotted lines in Fig. 3.
When the winding of a section block' is to be proceeded with the click or pawl 21
is turned into position for acting upon the teeth of the ratchet wheel 20, the
strap is placed upon the fast pulley; and yarn or thread will be wound upon
the section block p. If as the yarn or thread is wound upon the section block
the diameter of the yarn or thread wound upon the section block p does not increase
as rapidly as during the winding of the trial section the nut 19 acting upon the
arm 11 will cause the pin or stud 16 to act upon the arm 18 so as to turn it in
the direction indicated by the arrow F so as to allow the counterpoise w to act
upon the arm 3 and turn such arm 3 the presser weights and the presser v in the
direction indicated by the arrows D and so lessen the tension upon the yarn or
thread being wound upon the 'section block' and thus allow the diameter of the
section block' to increase more rapidly.
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If as the yarn or thread is being wound the diameter of the 'section block
increases at a greater rate than during the winding of the trial section the arm 3
being turned in the direction indicated by the arrow F more rapidly than the
arm 4 is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow G the counterpoise w will
not be allowed to descend and act upon the arm 3 and the presser weight 8 will
thus be allowed to act through the shaft q lever u and presser upon the yarn or
thread being wound upon the 'section block' so as to increase the tension of the
said yarn or thread and thus reduce the rate at which the diameter of the 'section
block is increased by the winding thereon of the yarn or thread above mentioned.
The diameter of the section which may be wound in the sectional warping and
beaming machine shown in the drawing hereunto annexed is governed by the
position of the nut 13 in the slot A formed in the arm 11.
We prefer to make the edge 3 of the arın 3 and the edge 4d of the arm 4 curved
as shown in the drawing and thereby cause the counterpoise w to act upon the
arms 3 and 4 with a force uniformn throughout the descent of the counterpoise w.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner, the same is to be performed we declare that
what we claim is
1. In a sectional warping and beaming machine in which a presser weight is
employed governing the tension of the yarn or thread being wound on the section
block by means of a weight which acts so as to partially counterpoise the weight
of the presser weight.
2. In a sectional warping and beaming machine in which a presser weight s is
employed the counterpoise w guide bar arms 3 and 4, lever 18 provided with a
slot B stud 16 nut 13 spindle 12 provided with screw threads 12 links 15 and 6
artn 11 rod or bar 8 and nut 19 all constructed arranged and operating substantially
as and for the purposes hereinbefore described in reference to and shown in and by
the drawings hereunto annexed.
Dated this twelfth day of Januar 1006