Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Winding Yarns or Threads.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 9.h May, 1891-Accepted, 13th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Winding Yarns
or Threads.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS and JOSEPH HETHERINGTON STUBBS, both
of Mill Street Works, Mill Street, Ancoats, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Our invention relates to machinery or apparatus for winding yarns or threads
and consists in arrangements by means of which the bobbins may when desired for
piecing the yarn or thread or other purposes be moved and held out of the position
which they occup when yarn or thread is being wound thereon.
We shall for convenience first describe our invention as applied to what is known
as a "drum winding machine" in which the bobbins are driven by contact with a
revolving "drum."
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According to our invention we mount upon each of the bobbin-carriers or cradles
in which the bobbins are carried a bar or rod capable of being slidden longitudinally
in suitable guides secured to the bobbin-carrier or cradle.
Upon the bracket to which the bobbin-carrier or cradle above mentioned is hinged
or jointed we form a projecting part or notch.
When the bobbin is to be held away from the drum by means of which it receives
rotary motion the bobbin-carrier or cradle is turned so as to carry the lower end of
the rod or bar beyond the projecting part or notch on the bracket before referred to
and the end of the bar or rod descending will prevent the bobbin-carrier or cradle
from being drawn towards the drum before mentioned.
When it is again desired to place the bobbin against the winding drum, the bar
or rod is raised for which purpose it is provided with a handle by grasping which
and a handle formed on the bobbin-carrier or cradle the bar or rod may be readily
raised clear of the projecting part or notch before mentioned so as to leave the
bobbin-carrier or cradle free to be turned towards the drum by means of which the
bobbin is driven.
Although we have above described our invention as applied to a "drum winding
machine our invention may also be applied to other winding machines in which the
bobbins are carried in bobbin-carriers or cradles and may also be applied to
machines in which instead of bobbins are employed tubes or spools without heads,
or other substitutes for bobbins.
Dated this Eighth day of Avoust 1890.
W. T. CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Winding Yarns
or Threads.
We, WILLIAM THOMAS STUBBS and JOSEPH HETHERINGTON STUBBS, both
of Mill Street Works, Mill Street, Ancoats, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers 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 :-
Our invention relates to machinery or apparatus for winding yarns or threads
and consists in arrangements by means of which the bobbins may when desired for

page_text: piecing the yarn or thread or other purposes be moved and held out of the position
which they occupy when yarn or thread is being wound thereon.
We shall for convenience first describe our invention as applied to what is known
as a "drum winding machine" in which the bobbins are driven by contact with a
revolving drum.
According to our invention we mount upon each of the bobbin-carriers or cradles
in which the bobbins are carried a bar or rod capable of being slidden longitudinally
in or upon suitable guides secured to the bobbin-carrier or cradle.
Upon the bracket to which the bobbin-carrier or cradle above mentioned is
hinged or jointed we form a projecting part or notch. When the bobbin is to be
held away from the drum by means of which it receives rotary motion the bobbin-
carrier or cradle is turned so as to carry the lower end of the rod or bar beyond
the projecting part or notch on the bracket before referred to and the end of the
bar or rod descending will prevent the bobbin-carrier or cradle from being drawn
towards the drum before mentioned.
When it is again desired to place the bobbin against the winding drum the bar
or rod is raised for which purpose it is provided with a handle by grasping which
and a handle formed on the bobbin-carrier or cradle the bar or rod may be readily
raised clear of the projecting part or notch before mentioned so as to leave the
bobbin-carrier or cradle free to be turned towards the drum by means of which the
bobbin is driven.
In the accompanying drawing in all the figures of which the same letters of
reference are applied to corresponding parts,
Fig. is a front view of so much of a "drum winding machine " as is necessary
to illustrate our invention.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 and illustrates the position
which such parts occupy when yarn or thread is being wound upon a bobbin and
Fig. 3 is a side view of the said parts and illustrates the position in which such parts
are placed when it is desired that the bobbin or the yarn or thread wound thereon
shall be kept out of contact with the winding drum by which such bobbin is
driven.
In the accompanying drawing a is the bobbin-carrier or cradle which is provided
with notches in which the ends of the spindle supporting the bobbin on which
yarn or thread is to be wound are inserted. The bobbin-carrier or cradle a is
mounted upon a rod passing through brackets e, e¹ formed on any suitable part of
the frame of the machine. To the bobbin-carrier or cradle a is connected one end
of a cord or chain to the other end of which a weight is connected so that the
cord or chain is caused to tend to draw the part of the bobbin-carrier or
cradle u in the direction indicated by the arrow A. and press the bobbin c against
the surface of the revolving drum which is only indicated by a dotted line in
Figs. 2 and 3. Upon screws, inserted into one side of the bobbin-carrier or
cradle a is mounted a bar or rod i which is provided with slots through each of
which passes one of the screws h, the slots allowing of the bar i being moved
for a certain distance upon the screws, which are so formed that they may be
firmly secured in the side of the bobbin-carrier or cradle a without being caused to
bind or press too tightly upon the bar or rod i, the bar or rod i being thus capable
of being readily slidden upon the screws to the extent to which the slots permit
of the movement of such bar i. Between the heads of the screws and the bar i
are placed washers A. Upon one of the brackets e' to which the bobbin-carrier or
cradle a is hinged or jointed by means of the rod is formed a projecting part e².
When the bobbin is to be held away from the drum g by means of which it receives
rotary motion the bobbin-carrier or cradle a is by means of the handle a with
which it is provided turned in the direction opposite to that indicated by the
arrow A until such bobbin-carrier or cradle a arrives in the position in which it is
indicated in Fig. 3. As soon as the lower end
carried beyond or clear of the projecting part
cause such bar or rod i to move in the direction
of the bar or rod i has been
the weight of the bar or rod i will
indicated by the arrow B and thus

page_text: the lower end of the bar or rod i engaging or acting in conjunction with the
projecting part 2 will prevent the bobbin-carrier or cradle a from being moved in
the direction indicated by the arrow A and so causing the circumference of the
bobbin cor of the yarn or thread wound thereon to be held against the circumference
of the winding drum g. In order that the screws h may not have to bear the strain
of holding the bobbin-carrier or cradle a in the position in which it is indicated in
Fig. 3 the bobbin-carrier or cradle a is provided with a projecting part a³ against
which the lower end of the bar or rod i bears. When it is again desired to place
the bobbin c or the surface of the yarn or thread wound thereon against the
winding drum the attendant grasping the handle a with which the bobbin-
carrier or cradle a is provided and at the same time grasping the handle with
which the bar or rod is provided raises the bar or rod i so that the lower end of
such bar or rod i is raised clear of the projecting part e and thus leaves the
bobbin-carrier or cradle a free to be turned in the direction indicated by the
arrow A so that the bobbin c or the surface of the yarn or thread wound thereon
may be placed against the circumference of the winding drum
9.
It is obvious that instead of the projecting part e a notch may be employed if
the lower end of the bar or rod i be formed in a proper manner, and that the
projecting part or the notch employed instead thereof may be formed on or in any
suitable fixed part of the machine.
In cases in which the bobbin-carrier or cradle a instead of being in a nearly
vertical position as indicated in the accompanying drawing whether yarn or thread
is or is not being wound upon the bobbin e which is supported by such bobbin-
carrier or cradle a; is in a position more nearly horizontal a spring or other
suitable means would be needed to move the bar or rod i into position to engage
with the projecting part or the notch employed instead of such projecting
part e
Although we have above described our invention as applied to a
"drum winding
machine our invention may also as is obvious be applied to other winding machines
in which the bobbins are carried in bobbin-carriers or cradles and may also be
applied to machines in which instead of bobbins are employed tubes or spools
without heads or other substitutes for bobbins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
For use in machinery or apparatus for winding yarns or threads the herein before
described arrangements by means of which the bobbins or tubes or other substitutes
for bobbins may when it is desirable for piecing or other purposes be held out of
the position which they occupy when yarn or thread is being wound thereon
according to which arrangements bars or rods are mounted upon the several bobbin-
carriers or cradles carrying the bobbins or substitutes therefor and are arranged to
engage or act in conjunction with projecting parts or notches formed upon or in
any suitable fixed parts of the machine substantially as hereinbefore described.
Dated this Eighth day of May 1891
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.