Improvements in Machines for Balling or Winding Slivers of Fibrous Material.
Year: 1899

page_text: PREFERAAL DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Balling or Winding Slivers of Fibrous
Material.
I, WILLIAM BROADLEY LEE, of Providence Iron Works, Thornton Road, in the
City of Bradford, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines for balling or winding
slivers of fibrous material and particularly to improvements in the machine for
which I have made application for Letters Patent No. 17,793 dated the 18th day
of August 1898.
To prevent the spindle shaking out by the vibration of the machine I place a
sleeve upon that portion of the spindle extending from the balling disc through
which the spindle is withdrawn approximately to the outer end of said spindle.
This sleeve is split at its inner end and the hole through it is made taper or coni-
cal to receive a cone on the spindle. The hand wheel is mounted upon the outer
end of the sleeve which screwed to receive it and a shoulder or collar is pro-
vided on the outer end of the spindle against which the hand wheel is screwed to
draw the cone into the split portion of the sleeve and wedge it in the balling
disc or its bearing sleeve. A key is fitted in the spindle and sleeve to drive the
former.
Or the inner end of the spindle may be split and the split end sprung over a
transverse. bar or the like in the centre hole in the disc into which the inner end
of the spindle projects. The split ends are made to more or less clip round the
bar and they may be provided with internal abutting projections to prevent them
being pressed too near together.
To disengage the pawl lever holding the ratchet wheel connected by a sleeve
to a bevel wheel in the driving motion of the above mentioned application for
Letters Patent I preferably employ only one tooth on the ratchet wheel and I
employ a cam or its equivalent connected to the ratchet to, when it rotates, engage
a projection on the pawl lever and press it past a spring pin or detent in the arm
on the presser shaft adapted to retain it clear of the ratchet tooth.
To apply presure to the pressir plate an arm is provided on the rear of the
presser shaft coupled to the shorter arm. of a lever pivoted in the box end of the
machine and a weight is suspended from the lower end of such lever. The arm
and lever are preferably so arranged that the weight rises and falls the full extent
allowed by the box bed in which it is located.
To lift the weight and bring the presser into position for a new ball I fix a seg-
ment wheel on the presser shaft and I turn it by a segment pinion actuated by a
hand lever.
Dated this 10th day of T... 1900
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford:

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Balling or Winding Slivers of Fibrous
Material.
I, WILLIAM BROADLEY LEE, of Providence Iron Work, Thornton Road, in the
City of Bradford, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention.
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines for balling or winding
slivers of fibrous material and particularly to improvements in the machine for
which I have made application for Letters Patent No. 17,793 dated the 18th day
of August 1898.
To fully describe my invention, reference is made to the accompanying sheet
of drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters and
figures of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views. The same
reference letters are used as those in the specification of the above cited Letters
Patent for the same parts.
Figure 1, represents a back view of the machine.
Figure 2, is a side view of the same.
Figures 3 and 4 are views of detail hereinafter referred to.
To prevent the spindle B from working out by vibration I place a sleeve 2
upon the spindle extending from the collar 3 on the spindle to almost the outer
end of the spindle. This sleeve is split at its inner end that is to say made with
a slit 5 diametrically across it and its inner end 6 is made taper or conical to
receive a cone 7 on the spindle. The outer end 8 of the sleeve is cut with a screw
thread to receive the screwed hand wheel B3 and a shoulder or collar 9 is pro-
vided on the outer end of the spindle against which the hand wheel is screwed to
draw the cone into the split portion of the sleeve and wedge the latter in the
sleeve A of the balling disc A. To relieve the spindle the hand wheel is screwed
against the cap As thereby drawing the sleeve sufficiently off the conical portion
of the spindle to release it and the end of the sleeve abutting against the collar 9
withdraws the spindle.
To disengage the pawl K from the ratchet wheel Je I preferably employ only
one tooth 12 on the wheel and I employ a cam 13 on the ratchet wheel to, when
the wheel rotates, engage the pawl lever and press it past a spring pin or detent 14
in the arm L on the presser shaft G. The arm L is made with a projection 15
to engage the end K³ of the pawl lever to release it from the ratchet and the outer
end of the spring pin 14 is inclined as shown on a larger scale in the separate plan
view Figure 3 in which the arm L is shown in section. The inclination of the
end of the pin 14 enables the end K to force the pin inwards when it meets it
but as soon as K³ is pressed below the pin 14 by the cam 13 the pin springs out
across the top of K³ and prevents the pawl from touching the tooth 12 when it
again comes round. Figure 4, is a separate side view of certain of these parts
and the broken lines 18 represent the pawl lever moved sufficiently to disengage
it from the tooth 12 and the broken lines 19 show it in the position to which it
is moved by the cam 13 and retained by the pin 14.
To apply pressure to the presser plate G I fix the arm 20 on the presser shaft G
and I connect the end of this arm by the adjustable connecting rod 25 to the
arm 21 of the lever 22 mounted on the rocking shaft 23. A weight 24 is hung
from the end of the other arm 26 of the lever 22 and the side of the weight is cut
away in the middle to clear the lever when the weight is lifted to its highest
position. A hole is made in the top of the bed C for the end of the arm 26 to pass
through when it reaches its highest position.

page_text: To lift the weight 24 and bring the presser G back away from the spindle when
required I fix the sector wheel 30 on the presser shaft G and I provide a sector
pinion 31 on the stud 32 to engage the sector wheel. A hand lever 33 is secured
to the sector pinion by which to turn it.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination with the spindle B having a conical portion 7, of the split
sleeve 2, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
2. The combination with the spindle B having a conical portion 7 and a collar 9,
of the split sleeve 2 having a screwed end fitted with a hand wheel, all arranged
and operating substantially as herein shown and described.
3. The combination with the ratchet wheel J, the cam. 13 and the pawl K, of
the arm L and spring pin 14, all arranged and operating substantially as herein
shown and described.
4. The combination with the arm 20 on the presser shaft, of the lever 22 one
arm of which is coupled to the arm 20 and the other carries a weight 24, substan-
tially as herein shown and described.
5. The combination with the arm 20, lever 22, connecting rod 25 and weight 24,
of the sector wheel 30, the sector pinion 31 and the hand lever 33, all arranged
and operating substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 12th day of April 1900.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.