CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR TRANG OF A STOATE AD RADDING
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Wibberley, of Engley, uear Bolton, in
the County of Lancaster, Mechanic, for the Invention of "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR
TRANG OF A STOATE AD RADDING"
Sealed the 20th February 1854, and dated the 14th December 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wibberley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with bis Petition,
on the 14th December 1858.
I, JOHN WIBBERLEY, of Eagley, near Bolton, in the County of Lan-
caster, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING
YARN OR THREADS ON TO SPOOLS OR BOBBINS" to be as follows:-
My Invention consists of a screw spindle (on the end of which is
fixed the spools or bobbins) having right and left handed threads cut
upon it, working into or against pallets of brass or other suitable
metal, which produce an alternate motion either to the right or left,

page_text: as required. The pallets are acted upon by ratchet or other wheels,
on the spindle of which is fixed a box or volute spring, giving motion
to the winding on part of the machine. When the yarn or thread is
wound up to the shoulder of the spool or bobbin, the guide which delivers
the thread on to it moves a sliding spindle acting upon the tongue,
working into the ratchet wheels, and withdrawing the pallet that has
been giving motion to the spool in one direction, forces the other into
contact with the reverse cut thread, causing the screw spindle and spool
to retraverse, when the other shoulder acting similarly upon the guide
causes the screw spindle to retraverse again, and so on alternately in
the one direction until the required number of "lays" or yards are
wound upon the spool. A regulating or other wheel is attached to
the ratchet spindle to measure the quantity of thread wound on to the
spool by means of a pin fixed into its edge, which is divided into certain
portions noting the yards wound. A cam upon the ratchet spindle is
used to start the winding on notious, which is also carried round by
the force of the uncoiling of the box spring, until a recess in the cam
acting upon the lever throws up the guide which has been delivering
the thread, and instantly stops the winding on and traversing motion of
the machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Wibberley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th June 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I
JOHN WIDBERLEY, of Engley, near Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said John Wibberley, Her especial
licence that I, the said John Wibberley, my executors, administrators,

page_text: and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Wibberley, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARNS OR THREADS
ON TO. SPOOLS OR BOBBINS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said John Wibberley, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal; should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the 'same was to be performed,
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 John Wibberley, do hereby-
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to
say:-
My Invention consists of a screw 'spindle (at the end of which is
fixed the spools or bobbins). having right and left handed threads cut
upon it, working into or against pallets of brass or other suitable
metal, which produce, an 'alternate motion either to the right or left,
as required. These pallets are acted upon by ratched or other 'wheels
on the spindle of which is fixed. a box or volute spring giving motion
to this part of the machine. When .the yarn or thread is wound up
to the shoulder of the spool or bobbin, the acting thread moves a sliding
spindle bearing the pallets,, and operating upon the tongues' working
into the ratchet wheels, withdraws the pallet that has been governing
the motion given to the spool in one: direction, and, forces the other
pallet into contact with the reverse cut thread, and by such means
causes the screw spindle and spool: to retraverse until the required
number of lays or yards are wound' upon the spool. A regulating or
other wheel is attached to the ratchet spindle to. 'measure the quantity
of thread wound on to the spool. by means of a pin fixed into its edge,

page_text: which is divided into certain proportions noting the yards wound. A
cam upon the ratchet spindle is used to allow the withdrawal of the
guide as the thread encreases on the spool; and which is also carried
round by the force of the uncoiling of the box spring, until a recess in
the can acting upon a pin throws up the guide which has been deliver-
ing the thread, and instantly the winding on and traversing motions of
the machine are stopped.
But in order that my Invention may be more particularly described
and better understood in detail, I have attached to theso presents two
Sheets of Drawings, of about full size, wherein the same letters refer
to similar parts of the machinery or apparatus. In Sheet 1, Fig. 1
represents a, longitudinal elevation; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the
same. a is the reel or spool upon which the yarn or cotton is to be
wound, placed upon one end of an axis or spindle which carries the
drum for communicating motion, as well as two somewhat larger
circular blocks candid, whose surfaces are formed by very fine threaded
screws, the one right and the other left-handed. .e and are two
pallets, each being furnished with a corresponding female thread to
that cut on its opposite block c or d. It will be readily understood on
reference to the Drawing, that upon motion being given to the drum b,
and but one of the threads brought in contact with and governed by
its corresponding pallet, the spool will be made to travel in the same
direction as the thread of such screw. But should this screw be
released, and its fellow brought into similar play, a contrary course
will be given to the spool, so that the required "winding on" and
alternate to and fro motion would be obtained. In Fig. 2 the spool is
shewn placed ready for the commencement of the winding on.
strap or band in connection with a treadle (worked by the foot) passing
over and secured to the shaft h. This shaft h is caused to revolve by
the volute or box spring j, which at every change of spool requires
drawing up by the strap g. On the shaft. h are two ratchet wheels
h' and h", which act on two tongues or clicks and 4, secured to the
back of the pallets e and f, carried on the slightly shifting spindle m.
It will now be seen, that with the spring j'drawn up, and the inachine
put in motion,' whichever tongue is in contact with its operating ratchet
is a

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wheel, such tongue will force its pallet against the blocks c or d, and
the male and female thread be brought together, the pallet governing
the course of the spool spindle. The traverse is now checked by the
guide piece n, and a slightly opposite motion given to the pallet itself,
and the entire shaft m, thereby withdrawing the operating tongue and
its pallet, (which falls back on its regulating screw,) and presenting the
other tongue to be acted upon by its ratchet wheel, so forcing the
reverse pallet against its threaded block, and causing a retraverse
alternately until the spool is fully wound on. The cam wheel fixed
on the shaft h, and worked by the volute spring j, now throws the
guide, and a small bolt 9 (Fig. 6) is forced with great pressure against
the pallet f, throwing it into contact with the block d, and firmly con-
fining the driving drum b, thereby stopping the motion of the spool.
r is a regulating wheel, the rim of which is perforated with holes to
receive a shifting bolt for the regulation of the lays of yarn or thread
to be wound upon the spool, the shifting bolt limiting the drawing up
of the volute spring, and strap or band g, by being brought into contact
with the back of the stops (Fig. 1), so that the greater the number of
lays required on the spool, the higher must be the number of the hole
or orifice upon the regulating wheel in which the shifting or regulating
bolt should be placed. At the termination required of the partial
revolution of the regulating wheel, the catch or click t passes the side
of the stop s, and is drawn from the peculiar shaped ratchet wheel u,
thereby stopping the upward pressure of the ratchet wheels h¹ and h"
against the tongues of the pallets (as the ratchet wheels h¹. and h", and
are all secured upon a hollow. shaft and work together), and con-
sequently leaving the threads of the pallets and blocks out of contact.
But at the same time of tho withdrawal of the catch or click t, the
small bolt q is forced (as before described, against the pallet, and the
motion is stopped. is a small lever and runner, connected with a
counterbalance weight. wis a disc, (fixed upon and revolving with'
the shaft h, having a deep indentation a running in a slightly oblique
direction, so that when it is brought over the lever v, a greater pressure
(by means of the counterbalance weight) is brought to bear upon
the disc than if the sides of this indentation were either parallel or

page_text: simply converging to the centre. In Sheet 2, Fig. 1 represents a
side elevation of my improvements, showing the guide bar and cum
(dotted); Fig. 2 exhibits the opposite side elevation, shewing distinctly
the volute spring; Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan and elevation of the disc w.
Fig. 5 shews the cam wheel p; Fig. 6 represents a front elevation of
the catch or click t, with its spring, and the stop s for withdrawing it;
Fig. 7 a sectional elevation with the click withdrawn; Fig. 8 exhibits
a view of the guide bar n, and the piston n', as well as the arrange-
ment by which any pressure from a knot or other irregularity of the
yarn may be rendered unimportant, and is effected by the small cavity
n", being filled with india-rubber, and acted upon by the small piston n',
so that when any extra pressure may be presented, the rubber yields,
but immediately exerts its elasticity upon the passing of the obstruction;
and the bar maintains its proper position. 7 is a screw which
encreases or decreases the length of the guide, according to the diameter
of the spool to be wound upon. The same letters of reference apply as
in Sheet 1.
Having now fully described my Invention, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I claim as my Invention of certain improvements in
machinery or apparatus for winding yarn or threads,-
First, the peculiar arrangement or construction of the machinery or
apparatus as herein particularly set forth and described. And,
Secondly, the traversing spool and circular threaded blocks on one
spindle, in conjunction with the slightly shifting pallets, as well as the
varying guide, which may be lengthened or shortened, as required.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wibberley, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Seventh day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
JOHN WIBBERLEY. (L.S.)