Improvements in Balling Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Balling Machines.
We, WILLIAM AYRTON, EDMUND NORBURY BAINES and JAMES WILLIAM
SCHMIDT, of Gorebrook Ironworks, Longsight, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows;
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Our invention relates to machines for winding thread, twine, or other fibrous
material into balls, commonly called balling machines, and has for its object
novel method of driving the flyers and spindles or caps upon such machines as
hereinafter described. As generally arranged, the flyers are made to revolve
faster than the spindles. The threads composing the balls produced thereby re-
main easy of displacement, and therefore the balls are very liable to become
unravelled by handling.
According to our said invention, instead of driving the flyers faster than the
spindles we provide suitable gearing whereby the spindles are driven faster than
the flyers, in such a manner as to produce balls, the threads of which are inter-
woven in certain places. The result being that the threads are retained more
securely in their positions.
1 h 12th day of April 1898
WILLIAM AYRTON.
EDMUND NORBURY BAINES.
JAMES WILLIAM SCHMIDT.
Improvements in Balling Machines.
We, WILLIAM AYRTON, EDMUND NORBURY BAINES and JAMES WILLIAM
SCHMIDT, of Gorebrook Ironworks, Longsight, 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:-
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Our invention relates to machines for winding thread, twine, or other fibrous
material into balls, commonly called balling machines, and has for its object,
novel method of driving the flyers and spindles or caps upon such machines.
In the accompanying drawings, to which reference is hereinafter made, we have
shown so much of a machine as is necessary to explain the nature and applica-
tion of our said invention.
As generally arranged, the flyer (A), which is occasionally surmounted with

page_text: a cap, is made to revolve faster than the spindle (B). The threads composing the
ball produced thereby remain easy of displacement and liable to become un-
ravelled by handling.
According to our said invention, instead of driving the flyer faster than the
spindle, we provide means whereby the spindle is driven faster than the flyer,
in such a manner as to produce balls, the threads of which are interwoven in
certain places and so rendered less liable of becoming unravelled.
We provide a combination of gearing as follows:-On driving shaft (C) of the
machine a screw wheel (D) is fixed, which drives screw pinion (E), from which
flyer (A) receives its motion. Driving shaft (C) also carries at its extremity a
change wheel (F) which gears with wheel (G). Pinion (H) is fixed on same boss
as wheel (G) and drives two intermediate wheels (I) and (J). The two inter-
mediate wheels (I) and (J) transmit motion to wheel (K) which drives shaft (L)
upon which screw wheel (M) is mounted. The screw wheel (M) drives screw
wheel (N) by which spindle (B) is driven.
As an alternative to employing wheels (F) and (G), suitable cones may be used.
The interweaving of the threads composing the ball is made by the relative
speed of the flyer and spindle, arrived at in the manner hereinbefore described.
The number of interwoven places upon the ball may be varied by changing
wheel (G).
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
our claim is:-
1. In a balling machine the combination of gearing which drives the spindle
faster than the flyer to produce interwoven winding, substantially as herein before
described and shown with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 13th day of January 1899.
WILLIAM AYRTON.
EDMUND NORBURY BAINES,
JAMES WILLIAM SCHMIDT.