Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
We JOHN MAY of New Wortley near Leeds, Mule Spinner, and LUKE MAY of
Church Lane, Pudsey, Mule Spinner both in the county of York, do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to secure all one thickness of yarn from the commence
ment of the bobbin or cap to its being filled.
We connect a pivotted elbow rod to the shoe of the shaper, this rod passes up
behind the headstock of the mule, a small rod connects the elbow to a slide placed
above the catch lever so as to come in contact with the peg of the taking in wheel,
this slide has an incline. As the taking in wheel comes round its peg comes in contact
(as the bobbins or cops are close upon full) with the incline of the slide and gradually
knocks off the lever so stopping the sliver rollers, sooner every draw according to the
height of the incline. At each movement of the shaper the shoe is moved inwards
so the pivotted elbow lever is moved and in turn moves the inclined slide inwards
so that if the incline is set properly it will knock earlier each draw when the
bobbins or cops are nearly full, and so prevents the yarn being thicker at this
stage.
2000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of our apparatus as applied to a
mule.
Fig. 2, is a modification as applied to another make of mule.
"Tatham" spinning
Fig. 1. A is an elbow or arm carrying at its upper end a runner B, the said
elbow or arm A being fixed or attached at its lower end by a stud or bolt D¹ to a
bracket C fixed upon the carriage of the mule. The said stud or bolt also carries a
runner D which travels upon the incline E of the shoe of the shaper. Above the
aforesaid elbow or arm A is a pivotted lever F which is pivotted on a fixed stud F¹
upon the headstock of the mule. This said lever F passes up to or behind the
headstock of the mule to the taking in wheel K and there terminates in a finger
or incline G above the catch lever H, in such a position as to come in contact
with the peg J which is fixed so as to be adjustable within the slot L of the
taking in wheel K. The said pivotted lever F is also formed or prolonged so as
to come immediately under the runner B upon the elbow or arm A, and to terminate
(when past the said runner) in an incline N, upon which the said runner B
operates as hereinafter set forth.
As the said taking in wheel K revolves the peg J comes in contact (as the
bobbins or cops are nearly full) with the incline of the catch lever H and gradually
knocks off the said catch lever H by releasing the clutch of the taking in wheel and
so stops the sliver rollers; a spring P returns the lever F to its position, so as to rest
on the stop R.
At each movement of the shaper which travels backwards and forwards with the
carriage the shoe is moved, so that the said elbow or arm A is moved forwards upon
the runner D with the carriage, whereby the runner B is brought to bear upon and
depress the incline N on the said lever F more each draw. By the said runner_B
depressing the incline N the lever F is moved or turned on its centre or stud F¹,
thereby raising the finger or incline G of the said -lever F, (as indicated in dotted
lines), which said ever or incline G pushes against the peg J and thereby moves
the taking in wheel slightly forwards, so that as the taking in wheel revolves
and the peg J comes round to the catch lever H the sliver rollers are stopped
sooner every draw, the taking in wheel having less to travel by reason of its

page_text: being pushed forwards as before described (when the bobbins or cops are nearly full)
and one even thickness of yarn is made from the commencement to the filling of
the bobbins or cops, and so the yarn is no harder at the top.
Fig. 2. In this modification the arm A is fixed or bolted to the shaper shoe E,
and moves forwards with the shaper, and further is connected to the lever F by set
screws S1 and S2, and by rod S to which they are both fixed, the lever F terminating
in an incline G.
As the shaper is moved forwards the arm A being affixed thereto is moved corre-
spondingly, so that the lever F is moved on the rod S as a centre, whereby the
finger or incline G of the said lever F is brought in contact with the peg J and
moves the said peg as indicated in dotted lines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. Operating upon the taking in wheel from the shaper, shaper rail, shaper screw
or leg by any suitable mechanism for the purposes herein before described.
2. The combination of the shaper, fixed arm A, lever F with finger or incline G
operating upon the taking in wheel K as and for the purposes substantially as shown
and described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers,
Boar Lane, Leeds,
Agent for the Applicants.