IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR SPOOLING WHEELS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Joseph Florance, of Paris, France, Merchant,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR SPOOLING WHEELS."
Sealed-the 5th July 1859, and dated the 7th. January 1859..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Joseph Florance
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 7th January 1859.
I, JEAN JOSEPH FLORANCE, of Paris, France, Merchant, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR SPOOLING
WHEELS," to be as follows:-
The Invention relates to reels or spooling wheels for winding thread, yarn,
or other analogous materials on spools or bobbins, cops or pirns, the various
parts of these wheels being combined in such manner as to allow of imparting
any required speed to the winding by means of suitable gearing, while at the
same time the motion is properly steadied by means of a fly wheel, the entire
arrangement being further reduced to a comparatively small compass, and
which allows of a great many modifications, but consists essentially of a
suitable frame of metal or other suitable material, provided with proper regulating
brackets with bearings for the spindle, on which are mounted the bobbins for the
arbors of the driving or fly, and the intermediate or gearing wheels or pinions,
by which the motion is transmitted from the fly wheel to the spindle for the
bobbins, and which motion may be transmitted by endless chains, bands, or other

page_text: suitable contrivances, while the position of the brackets, and consequently of the
spindle and the arbors, may be regulated by means of proper set screws.
The
apparatus may receive motion by hand or from any suitable prime mover, and
be provided with a proper foot or base plate of sufficient weight to keep the
wheel steady during the winding motion, or the same may be fixed to the
floor.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Jean Joseph Florance in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th July 1859.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JEAN
JOSEPH FLORANCE, of Paris, France, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jean Joseph Florance, Her special licence that I, the said
Jean Joseph Florance, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Jean Joseph Florance, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS OR SPOOLING WHEELS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jean Joseph Florance, my exe-.
cutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or, their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jean Joseph Florance, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in andi,by
the following statement:-
The Invention relates to reels or spooling wheels for winding skeins of
thread, yarn, or other analogous materials on spools or bobbins, cops or pirns,
or wind them from such bobbins or pirns into skeins or otherwise, and they

page_text: have for their object to form arrangements offering a comparatively small
compass, so as to make them useful for manufactories; warehouses, shops, or
other similar places where yarn or thread is to be wound from skeins or
bobbins, or from these latter into skeins, and where the wheels have often to
be removed from one spot to another. Another avantage my arrangements
offer is their great swiftness and steadiness of action, so as to replace advan-
tageously the reels hitherto in use, while they may be employed for winding
off even the most delicate materials, besides the simplicity of their construction
allows them to be sold at rather low prices, while they may be made of wood
or any suitable metal or material. I will now describe the various arrange-
ments of reels or spooling wheels shown in the divers Figures of the annexed
Drawings.
Fig. 1 shows a front view; and Fig. 2 a top view; the Figs. 3, 4, and 5,
detached parts of a reel worked by means of an endless chain E, and a wheel
D revolving with its axis A in a slide rest B, gliding by means of two
gudgeons R in slots provided in the standards L, so that this rest B may be
advanced more or less by means of the set screw C for stretching more or less
the endless chain, band, or string E. In the standards L also revolves the
axis G of the fly wheel H, to which axis is further fixed a wheel I with
several furrows and a pinion F; K is a boss provided with an arm forming
bracket for the carriers for the bobbin spindles; N is the pommel of the screw
by which the strings Q may be more or less stretched; n is a stay peg fixed
in the interior of the boss, and n' a groove in the standard L, along which
latter glides the stay peg, while the boss K is prevented from turning; the
spindle carriers M are provided with grooved wheels p, over which pass the
strings Q, the centre of the trunnion M' of which is provided with a hole T
for the end of the spindle O (Fig. 6) to fit in. The part L' of the standard L is
represented in vertical section in order to show the interior. Y are the spindle
bearings L is the base of the standard fixed to the floor by screws S; J, J',
are the clamps of the standard; K', K2, show the two arms of the bifurcated
boss K. Fig. 3 shows a vertical sectional view of the boss and pommel N and
screw N¹, while Fig. 4 is a plan view of the slide rest B, of which Fig. 5 is a
side view, while Fig. 6 shows one of the spindles O. The boss K glides over
the standard L, and may be lifted more or less by the set screw N¹; B, B¹,
b, 61, Fig. 4 is a separate view of the slide rest to be fixed between the clamps
J, J, Fig. 2, by the screws R, and serving as a bracket for the arbor A, on
which is fixed the driving wheel D and the winch handle Z; this bracket may
be set at variable distances by the screw C. In the side view (Fig. 5) of the
moveable bracket, O' shows the opening for the arbor G.

page_text: The Figs. 7 and 8 show parts of a plan and elevation view of a stretching
arrangement by means of a catch and rack; L is the standard of the reel, to
which standard the catch X is hinged, acting in the teeth c of the stretcher* K
hinged at one end at the standard L for stretching more or less the strings Q;
the catch might be replaced by a spring. Instead of having the spindles at
the top of the apparatus, the same may be situated at the lower part of the
reel, in which case the arrangement shown in Fig. 9 in vertical elevation view
and in Fig. 10 in plan view, must be made use of. A is the driving arbor
provided with the driving wheel E and the winch handle; this driving wheel
E gears into the pinion F, causing the fly wheel H and the grooved wheel I to
revolve, this latter driving the spindles by means of the endless cords Q, which
latter are more or less stretched by the action of the bracket K, K', for the
spindles; this bracket is composed of two arms K and K', and forms a, double
lever arm turning round a bolt U passing through the standard L, and fixed
by a tightening screw V; the two arms are held together by two bolts T¹ and
T2, through the latter of which passes a set screw n allowing to rise the bolt
T2, and with it the hinder part of the lever arm, whereby ou the contrary the
opposite arm is lowered, and thus the cords Q more or less stretched.
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Fig. 11 represents a side elevation view of another arrangement of reel in,
which the stretching of the cords Q is obtained by causing the hinder part of "
the arm K to glide in a corresponding hole formed in the lower part of the
standard L; this arm may further be pushed forward and backward by means
of a set screw C turned by its knob N, or be fixed by a tightening screw C³.
The stretching of the endless chain for communicating the motion from the
driving wheel D to the pinion F takes place by causing the part B to glide in
the part B', so as to allow the extension of the entire B, B', while B may be
fixed by means of the tightening screw R; Z shows the handle for moving the
.driving wheel D. Fig. 12 is another elevation view of the same reel, whereas
Fig. 13 and 14 show respectively top views of the driving wheel D acting
instead of by an endless chain, as in Figs. 11 and 12, by a band, Fig. 13, or
by a string, Fig. 14. Fig. 15 shows the spindle carrier with the fixing
screw O¹ for the spindle O; and Fig. 15, the bracket K for the spindle
carrier, and the mode of setting the same at variable distances by means of a
set screw N¹ acting in a groove N in the bracket K. In these Figs. 11 to 13ª,
corresponding parts are indicated by the same letters of reference.
Fig. 16 shows a reel similar to that described in respect to Fig. 1, but
provided at the top of the standard with a set screw C for rising more or less
the bracket K in order to stretch the cord Q. Fig. 20 represents an elevation,
and Fig. 21, a plan view of another arrangement of reel; while Figs. 17 and

page_text: 18 show a side and plan view of the slide bracket for the spindle, which in
Fig. 19 is shown in position. In these Figs. corresponding parts are indicated
by the same letters of reference. A is the main arbor driven by a winch
handle Z, and resting in standards K', to this arbor is fixed the driving wheel
D, moving by means of an endless chain, band, or cord, a pinion F fixed on
an arbor G, to which latter is fixed a flywheel H and the grooved wheel I
for driving, by means of the cord Q passing over the grooved pulley p, the
arbor T for the spindles; this arbor revolves in a slide bracket K.gliding.in
suitable grooves. S, S¹, in the frame L; the screw C turned by the knob N
serving for causing this bracket K³ to advance or recede according as is
required for stretching more or less the cord Q; it may be seen from Fig. 17
that the male screw C acts in a female screw C¹ in a heel of the bracket K.
On the other hand the bracket K³ for the arbor of the driving wheel is
arranged in a similar manner, gliding also in two grooves S, S¹, in the frame
L, and is pushed forward or backward by means of the male screw C² acting
in a female screw C³ in a heel at the under side of the bracket K³, by which
means on turning the knob N¹, the screw C² will be turned, and thereby cause
the bracket to advance or to recede, according as is required for stretching
inore or less the cord E.
Fig. 22 is a side elevation view of another arrangement of reel; the same
consists of a suitable frame with a bed plate L provided with a bracket L¹ for
the arbor of the driving wheel D, a second K for the arbor of the spindle
carrier, and a third L2 for the arbor G of the fly wheel H, the grooved wheel I
and the pinion F. The arbor of the driving wheel D receives motion by the
winch handle Z; the cushions for the trunnions of this arbor may be risen or
lowered in the bracket by means of the set screw m, and thus the cord Q
more or less stretched; on the other hand the bracket K for the spindle
carrier may be caused to advance or recede by any of the above described
means, and thereby the cord Q¹ stretched more or less.
Having thus described my various arrangements of reels or spooling wheels
for winding yarns, threads, or other similar materials from or on bobbins,
spools, cops, pirns, or spindles, I would observe, in conclusion, that I do not
confine or restrict myself to the precise details of the arrangements above
described, as many variations may be made therefrom without deviating from
the principles or main features of their construction; but what I consider to
be novel and original, and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by
the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the general arrangement
of my reels or spooling wheels for winding yarn or thread from or on bobbins,
spools, cops, pirns, or spindles, and provided with various means for imparting

page_text: uniform stress to the driving cords, bands, or chains, so as to ensure a great
steadiness of motion, while at the same time the said reels by their small
compass are very manageable; and may.be. easily transported from one spot
'to another so as to make them particularly suitable for shops, warehouses,
or other similar places.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jean Joseph Florance, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of July, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
J. SOUTH.
J. FLORANCE. (L.S.)