An Automatic Arrangement for Preventing the Accidental Starting of Self Acting Mules and other Machines.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1893-Accepted. 10th June. 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Arrangement for Preventing the Accidental Starting
of Self Acting Mules and other Machines.
WILLIAM HOLT Mule Overlooker ABEL HOWARD Engineer BENJAMIN
WRIGLEY Mill Manager all of Luzley Brook Royton in the County of Lancaster
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is an arrangement to prevent the stop rod motion of self acting
mules and other machines, being accidentally started, thereby preventing accidents
to the workpeople employed thereat during working hours, and avoiding accidents
that might be caused by the belts creeping from loose pulleys on to fast pulleys,
and making it impossible for the mule to restart without the automatic stop motion
being drawn out of gear by the minder in charge of the mules.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew the arrangement out of gear as when the mules are in
motion.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew the arrangement with the starting rod a locked and the mule
stopped, thereby preventing the starting rod a moving until the locking pin bis
drawn out of gear.
When the mules are started the rod a is pushed up in the ordinary way, and the
locking pin is kept in contact with it by means of a spring e Figs. 1 and 2.
To stop the mules the rod a is drawn back as in Figs. 3 and 4 and as the rod a
drops on the fixed bracket d, by means of the notch e, the pin b immediately locks
the starting rod a to the fixed bracket d, thereby preventing the rod a being started
by being accidentally knocked by the workpeople, or by friction of the belts against
the guiders, the spring and locking rod arrangement may be placed either
horizontally as shewn or otherwise.
Dated this 21st day of October 180
WM. HOLT.
ABEL HOWARD.
BENN.
WRIGLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Automatic Arrangement for Preventing the Accidental Starting
of Self Acting Mules and other Machines.
WILLIAM HOLT Mule Overlooker ABEL HOWARD, Engineer BENJAMIN
WRIGLEY Mill Manager all of Luzley Brook Royton in the County of Lancaster
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 is an arrangement to prevent the stop rod motion of self acting
mules and other machines, being accidentally started, thereby preventing accidents
to the workpeople employed thereat during working hours, and avoiding accidents
that might be caused by the belts creeping from loose pulleys on to fast pulleys,
and making it impossible for the mules to restart without the automatic stop
motion being drawn out of gear by the minder in charge of the mules.
Figs. 1 and 2 shew the arrangement out of gear as when the mules are in
motion.
Figs. 3 and 4 shew the arrangement with the starting rod a locked and the mules
stopped, thereby preventing the starting rod a moving until the locking pin bis
drawn out of gear.

page_text: When the mules are started the rod a is pushed up in the ordinary way and the
locking pin is kept in contact with it by means of a spring c Figs. 1 and 2.
To stop the mules the rod a is drawn back as in Figs. 3 and 4 and as the rod a
drops on the fixed bracket d by means of the notch e, the pin b immediately locks
the starting rod a to the fixed bracket d, thereby preventing the rod a being started
by being accidentally knocked by the workpeople, or by the friction of the belts
against the guiders, the spring and locking rod arrangement may be placed either
horizontally as shewn or otherwise.
To skotch the locking rod whilst whipping the cops that is to enable the
workman to keep starting and stopping the mules at various positions of the
stretch he puts the automatic rod out of gear by pushing the slide stop arrange-
ment in position shewn at Figs. 1 and 2, the handle or starting rod a is then
pushed up until the projection G pushes the slide out, the mule is then in
motion. To stop the mule entirely the rod a is drawn out its full length until
the locking rod b pierces the rod a as shewn in Figs. 3 and 4.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
An automatic arrangement for locking the starting rod and for preventing the
accidental starting of the mules, as hereinbefore set forth and more particularly
described in drawings and Specification..
Dated this 17th day of April 1893,
WM. HOLT.
ABEL HOWARD.
BENN. WRIGLEY.
WM. HOLT.
ABEL HOWARD.
BENN. WRIGLEY.