WINDING. ON OR TAKING UP MOTION FOR SIZING MACHINE OR OTHER MACHINES WHERE YARN PAPER OR FABRICS HAVE TO BE WOUND ON A ROLLER OR BEAM
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We HENRY LIVESEY, Bastwell View Machinist and THOMAS KENYON 225
Whalley New Road Mill Manager both of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster,
do hereby declare the nature of our invention for WINDING. ON OR TAKING UP
MOTION FOR SIZING MACHINE OR OTHER MACHINES WHERE YARN PAPER OR FABRICS
HAVE TO BE WOUND ON A ROLLER OR BEAM to be as follows:-
- Our improvements relate to what are known as winding on or taking-up motions
for Slasher Sizing Machines or any other Machines where yarns, paper or textile or.
fibrous fabrics have to be wound on a roller or beam is actuated by a frictional
driving apparatus connected by gearing or straps with the driving shaft of the
machine the use of the friction motion being necessary. on account of the
constantly increasing pressure tension required as the beam fills since as the beam
fills an increase of power is required to turn it, necessarily with the increased
diameter and weight of the beam the result being that the friction plates require
to be adjusted, which has been done hitherto by the attendant at irregular intervals.
The object of our improvements is to automatically increase or adjust the friction
on the friction plates connected to the roller or beam as the beam fills and an
increase of power is required to turn it.
This we propose to do by having a cross or bow spring to which is affixed a
collar which works on the friction shaft in this collar there is a groove in which.
work two fingers. The fingers are connected by rods and levers which are affixed
to presser arms or shaft. As the beam fills the presser arms or shaft descend and
press on the levers and fingers which work against the bow spring thus causing the
friction plates to tighten. When a new beam is put in the frame, the presser arms
or shaft ascend and the pressure on the bow spring is slackened.
Where a pressing motion is not used we employ a feeler or lever to take its place
This feeler rests upon the beam and is connected to and acts on the friction plates
in a similar manner to that already described.

page_text: We HENRY LIVESEY, Bastwell View, Machinist and THOMAS KENYON, 225 Whalley
New Road, Mill Manager, both of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING ON OR
TAKING UP MOTION FOR SIZING MACHINES OR OTHER MACHINES WHERE YARN PAPER,
OR FABRICS HAVE TO BE WOUND ON A ROLLER OR BEAM" and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, aided by the annexed drawings :-
The object of our improvements is to automatically increase or adjust the friction
on the friction plates connected to the roller or beam, as the beam fills and an
increase of power is required to turn it.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention the following is a complete
description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a
part of this specification in which :-
Fig. 1 is elevation of friction disc having our improved automatic pressure
adjusting apparatus applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is an end view.
Figs. 3. 4 and 5 are details.
At 1 is the warp beam 2 the ordinary presser or levelling roller 3 its supporting
arms and swivelling piece by means of which it is attached to the cross shaft 4-
At 5 is an eccentric, 6 a lever one end cranked and having a fulcrum fork 7 its
other end carries the upright clip piece 8 the lower end being bolted to the lever 6
whilst its upper end spans in part the collar 9 connected with the cross spring 10
of the friction disc 11-The action is as follows:-As the warp beam 1, by the
accumulation of warp wound thereon increases in diameter, the presser roller 2 is
gradually moved outwards the supports 3 and connections of the said presser roller
impart to the shaft 4 a partial rotation so that the beak or throw of the eccentric 5
bears upon and forces down the cranked end 7' of the lever 6 upon its fulcrum 7
meanwhile the other end of the said lever, forces by the clip 8 the collar 9 against
the cross spring 10 and so as the beam 1 fills gradually increases the pressure upon
the friction plates 11 and augments the driving power of the same as the weight
of the beam increases and until the beak or throw of the eccentric nears the inclined
notch or sneck 12 formed in the adjustable plate 13 of the lever 6 so that soon as
the "Sizer" (for purpose of removing the full beam) turns the presser roller 2 down
and clear out of the way of the warp beam, the movement of the roller 2 and arms
3 further rotate the shaft 4 and eccentric 5 and the throw or beak of the latter
then enters the inclined notch 12 (see Fig. 3) this end of the lever 6 is then free to
rise and the pressure is thus taken off the parts 13. 6. 8. 9. 10 and 11 so that when
the full beam is removed or lifted out and an empty one put in position and the
presser roller 2 moved forward to the barrel of the beam such motion reverses the
rotation of the shaft 4 and eccentric 5 bringing them to the position shewn by
Fig. 4 removing all but the normal pressure upon the friction plates, which
pressure as the warp beam fills, again gradually accumulates by the means and as
described above.
It will be seen that the apparatus above described whereby the requisite increase
of pressure upon the friction plates as the beam fills with yarn is entirely automatic,
in its action, the increasing diameter of the warp beam as the latter fills gives the
increased driving power to the friction plates whilst the moving back of the presser
roller by the Sizer before he can remove the full beam brings the beak of the
eccentric into the notch of the lever and pressure is removed therefrom by

page_text: permitting the lever to rise when an empty beam is placed into position the
eccentric is moved by the presser roller shaft to position of rest the operations
necessary on the part of the Sizer being in no way varied or increased through the
Application of our improvements the latter being as stated entirely automatic in
their action.
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 :-
The friction plates, collar, finger or clip, lever, and pressure lever in combination
and operated from the warp beam as herein described and illustrated by drawings.
HENRY LIVESEY.
THOMAS KENYON.
By their Agent,
Walter Brierley,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
HENRY LIVESEY.
THOMAS KENYON.
By their Agent,
Walter Brierley,
Crossley Street, Halifax,