CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS FOR REELING OR WINDING YARNS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Hetherington, of the City of Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, for the
Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS FOR REELING OR
WINDING YARNS."
Scaled the 27th October 1853, and dated the 28th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Hetherington
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 28th April 1853.
I, JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN REELS FOR REELING OR WIND-
ING YARNS" to be as follows:-
It consists, first, in the mode of making one or more of the bars or
rails forming the reel retire towards the axis of the reel, so that the
yarn wound upon it may become slack and removeable when required.
The mode in which I do this is by two or more arms hinged to the axis
of the reel, and to the bar or rail they are intended to carry; the axis

page_text: of the hinges or joints of the arms being placed at right angles to the
axis of the reel, so that the bar or rail will retire parallel with and
towards the axis longitudinally, similar to a parallel ruler.
Secondly, in the means of securing the bar or rail when in its right
position for receiving the yarn with a latch, held in its place by a
spring.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Hetherington in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 28th October 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JOSEPH HETHERINGTON, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent. Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Hetherington, Her especial
licence that I, the said Joseph Hetherington, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said Joseph Hetherington, 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 Chaunel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IM-
PROVEMENTS IN REELS FOR REELING OR WINDING YARNS,"
tion (amongst others) that I, the said Joseph Hetherington, 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.
upon condi-

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Hetherington, 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 (that is to say):
My Invention relates to machines used for "reeling" or winding
yarns or thread, and to that part of such machines called the "swift,"
its object being to facilitate the removal of yarn or thread from the
swift when the required quantity has been wound upon it. This has
been generally accomplished hitherto by hinging one or more of the
"bars," so that when required they could be made to move towards the
adjoining bars; but when the yarn was wound upon the swift its tight-
ness and elasticity (especially if wet) rendered it difficult to bring it
against its adjoining bar. By my Invention the bar is made to fall or
retire towards the axis of the swift in the manner of the parallel ruler,
supposing one edge of the ruler to represent the axis, and the other
edge the bar.
For the better explanation of my Invention I refer to the Drawing
annexed hereto, which exhibits, by a front elevation (Fig. 1), and
by an end sectional elevation (Fig. 2),
a double bobbin reel with my
improved swift applied. My Invention is further exhibited in a de-
tached enlarged front view of a swift at Fig. 3, (two of the front bars
The
being removed), and in an end view of the same at Fig. 4.
same letters and figures of reference are repeated on similar parts in
each figure. of the Drawing.
a, the axis of the swift; b, arms carrying the bars c; c, the bar
which.is made to fall towards the axis when the yarn is required to
be removed; d, are pieces screwed to the axis a, to which one end of
the arms, are hinged; and d², are other similar pieces, which are
secured to the bar. c, to which the other ends of the arms d¹, are
hinged; these hinges, as will be seen, have their axis across the axis
of the "swift;": consequently the bar e becomes moveable longitudi-
nally parallel with the axis. It will be seen that the pieces d, and d³,
have one side prolonged, forming the parts d*, which are for the purpose
of giving greater bearing on the arms, so as to keep them steadily
upright, at the same time leaving the joints free. The bar c, is shewn

page_text: in the Drawings in full lines as when at work, and in dotted lines as
in its fallen position, when the yarn is required to be stripped or
doffed." The bar c¹, is kept in its upright position by the me-
chanism shown at the end of the "swift," which is formed by a
continuation from one of the pieces d, as shewn. d³, is a rod, forked
in form, and jointed to the arm dx, at one end, the other end passing
through a hole in the end of the upright part d; this rod has a notch
formed in it on one side, which hooks hold of the side of the hole
in the upright part, by which means the arm dx is held in an upright
position, and consequently the bar c. The rod is kept against the
side of the hole which it hooks by a spring do, fixed to the upright
part which acts against a pin (passing through a hole in the side
of the upright piece) that is in contact with the rod d³. When the
bar is required to be down, the handle (") is pulled so as to force
back the spring d, aud the bar is moved forward; when required
ercct, the bar is moved back; an incline at the back of the notch forces
back the spring till the notch comes opposite the side of the hole, when
the spring causes it to latch. It is usual to connect the bars to each
other by bands or pieces of straps when erect, to assist to keep them
steady; when this is donc, the bands or straps connecting the falling
bar c, with its adjoining bars, must be placed diagonally (as shewn at
c), the straps or bands proceeding from the falling bar to its adjoining
bars in a line diagonal in the direction in which it moves.
To give a
greater slackness to the hanks than the removal of one bar will produce,
the arms of one of the bars adjoining the falling bars may be hinged in
the usual manner, (as shewn at 6',) and connected with the falling bar
by a strap placed tight and sufficiently diagonal when the bars are
erect as to give slackness enough to permit the bar to approach its
adjoining bar when the falling bar is lowered, as shewn in dotted lines.
The connecting strap or band will also bring the hinged bar to and
retain it in its erect position when the falling bar is risen, as will be
obvious.
I have now particularly described the nature of my Invention, and
the manner in which it is to be performed and carried into effect;
and what I claim as my Invention are, the improvements in "swifts"

page_text: used either for bobbin or cop recling, having for their object the more
easy removal of the yarn, which consist in the mode in which the bars
are made to fall and rise, and in the mechanism employed for the
purpose, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Hetherington, have here-
unto set my hand and scal, this Twenty-seventh day of October,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-
throo
JOSEPH HETHERINGTON. (L.S.)
Signed, scaled, and delivered
(being duly stamped) by
the within-named Joseph
Hetherington, in the pre-
sence of
PETER J. LIVSEY,
of Manchester.