Improvements in or relating to Yarn Winding Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Yarn Winding Machines.
I, HERMAN WILDT, of Millstone Lane, Leicester, Hosiery Machinery Agent,
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: —
This invention has reference to yarn winding machines and has for its object
to provide a combined yarn guide and yarn clearer for both guiding the yarn
to the bobbin, spool, cone or reel as it is being wound thereon and also of simul-
taneously clearing the said yarn from all irregularities in the form of slubs, seeds
or other foreign matter.
The invention will be understood from the following further description having
reference to the accompanying drawing in which,
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a combined yarn guide and yarn clearer with
certain parts of the winding machine shown partly in dotted lines and partly in
elevation, and,
Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a central vertical section of Figure 2 and,
Figure 4 is an elevation of the metallic blade detached.
The invention is shown and will be hereinafter described in connection with the
type of winding machine in which the yarn guide is mounted on a frame, having a
vertically reciprocating motion while the yarn is being wound on the bobbin, spool
or the like, the said yarn guide being traversed up a threaded spindle by the
intermittent partial rotation of a toothed wheel deriving its motion from the
partially wound bobbin each time it comes into contact therewith.
A represents a base plate which is screwed on to the vertically rising and falling
bar or frame of a yarn winding machine of the type hereinbefore mentioned.
Rising upwardly from this plate are two vertical spindles A' A² the latter of
which is screw threaded as shown.
On the threaded spindle 12 is a sleeve B to which a toothed wheel C is connected
by means of a set screw (" passing through a hole (3 in its boss C² and bearing with
pressure against the said sleeve.
D) is a vertical spring arm the lower end of which passes through one of the
radial arms C of the tooth wheel C and is turned under at right angles and secured
thereto by a screw ( passing through the hole C and the upper end of the said
arm is also bent horizontally and takes into the thread of the spindle A² so that
when the wheel C comes into contact with the partly wound revolving bobbin each
time it is lowered thereagainst, it is caused to make a partial rotation and the
said arm following the thread in the rod in an upward direction raises the wheel
with it and also the complete yarn guide and yarn clearer at the same time.
On the bottom end of the sleeve B there is an integral collar B and between
this and the wheel (there is a boss E having on one side a lateral arm El provided
with a perforation E2 to pass over the rod A¹ so that the said boss cannot rotate but
is compelled to move up and down in a vertical direction.

page_text: On the other side of the said boss there is an arm E³ on which is an upward
projection E from which proceeds a lateral extension in the form of a circular
pin F.
Attached to the side of the arm E3 by two screws G¹ is a thin preferably metallic
blade G arranged so that a space or passage H is left between its upper edge and
the arm F for the yarn to pass through on its way to the bobbin or spool being
wound.
The depth of the space or passage between the two contiguous edges or surfaces
of FG may be arranged so that it will act as a clearer and prevent any foreign
substances or attachments passing through with the yarn. The said blade as
shown per se in Fig. 4 is furnished with slots G2 so that by releasing the screws G¹
it may be raised or lowered to permit of adjustment to either decrease or increase
the depth of the passage H for different gauges or counts of yarn.
It is obvious that the arm F might be made adjustable if desired.
The device herein before described acts both as a yarn guide and a clearer from
irregularities or foreign substances as the yarn passes to the bobbin.
The invention is not limited to the precise construction hereinbefore described
and shown in the accompanying drawing as it is considered that any device which
both guides and clears the yarn simultaneously is comprised within the scope of
the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The use in a winding machine of a combined yarn guide and yarn clearer.
2. In a yarn winding machine a yarn guide constructed in such a manner that it
fulfils also the function of simultaneously clearing the yarn from any irregularities.
3. In a yarn winding machine a combined yarn guide and clearer consisting of
two arms or surfaces between which the yarn passes to the bobbin or spool one or
each of the said arms or surfaces being adjustable the one relatively to the
other.
4. In a yarn winding machine a combined yarn guide and yarn clearer consisting
of a vertically rising and falling arm F and a metallic blade G adjustable relatively
thereto substantially as described.
5. The combined yarn guide and yarn clearer consisting of the parts constructed,
arranged and operating substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Band this 7th day of January 1899
HERMAN WILDT.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.