Doubling, Winding, and Twisting Yarns or Threads.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 7th Jan., 1887
and for Doubling, Winding, and Twisting Yarns or Threads.
I JAMES HORROOKS, of the firm of John Horrocks & Son, of Parker Street Mills,
Ashley Lane, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
In doubling and winding mechanism, plates have been proposed, arranged to
oscillate freely both ways, from a rod or centre, such oscillating plates, carrying
detector or drop wires, which are held up when the threads being doubled and wound
are present, but which wires drop when the threads are absent, so that the lower end
of the wire or wires, projecting below the lower edge of the said oscillating plate, are
acted upon by a rotary wiper shaft which moves the oscillating plate by acting upon
the wire or wires, away from and allows the end of a lever supported on a ledge or
projection on the oscillating plate to fall and actuate the stop mechanism.-But the
said proposed arrangement of oscillating plate with drop wires above referred to could
not work because the pressure put upon the oscillating plate by the lever to be sustained
by it, did not press and hold the oscillating plate against a stop and because the pull
of the threads upon the detector wires in winding would cause the said plate to
oscillate so as to release the lever or part to be sustained, without the action of the
rotary wiper shaft.
My invention consists in a combination and arrangement, or in combinations and
arrangements by which the oscillating plate or its equivalent carrying, or being acted
upon by detector wires above referred to, is made practicable and consists, in pressing
the said plate by a weight or spring against a stop or against the end of the part or
lever to be sustained, or against a part to be carried by the lever or part to be
sustained-The part to rest upon or be carried or held by the oscillating plate is or
may also be arranged so that its weight or its weight and any added weight will tend
to draw the oscillating plate or its equivalent towards the lever or part sustained and
thus help to keep the plate steady, and so that the part sustained is not liable to fall
from the plate by accident.

page_text: The end of the part resting upon or carried by the oscillating plate, or the oscillating
plate itself, has or may have an incline, that when the lever or part sustained falls by
the action of the rotary wiper shaft the oscillating plate or its equivalent will be
pushed so much further as to take the detector wires clear of the rotary wiper shaft.
The detector wires are also arranged that the pull or strain of the threads upon
them will tend to oscillate or hold the plate more firmly against the stop or end of the
lever or part carried by the lever to be sustained; the wires being cranked or otherwise
arranged in slots or grooves to come on that side of the pivot of the oscillating plate
nearest the lever or part to be sustained.
The drop wires are by preference arranged, carried and guided in the oscillating
plate, but may be arranged, carried and guided apart from the oscillating plate or bar,
but so as to act upon it when they fall by coming in the way of the rotary wiper
shaft.
The lever or part sustained by the oscillating plate arranged as above described is or
may be combined and arranged to lift by weight, the bobbin away from the driving
drum or allow it to fall or come away from the driving drum by its own gravity and
that of the frame carrying it and its connected parts or liberate a catch to allow these
movements.
The said lever may also actuate a "slip" or other such well known combination of
mechanism for separating the bobbin from the driving drum or surface and thus stop
the winding.
The improved arrangements herein described are or may also be used in combination
with well known mechanism for delivering threads to be twisted and for stopping
the delivery of the threads and the twisting spindle when a thread breaks or is absent.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to Machines for Doubling and Winding,
and for Doubling, Winding, and Twisting Yarns or Threads.
I JAMES HORROCKS, of the firm of John Horrocks & Son, of Parker Street Mills,
Ashley Lane, 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:-
In doubling and winding mechanism plates have been proposed, arranged to oscillate
freely both ways from a rod or centre, such oscillating plates carrying detector or drop
wires, which are held up when the threads being doubled and wound are present, but
which wires drop when the threads are absent, so that the lower end of the wire or
wires projecting below the lower edge of the said oscillating plate are acted upon by a
rotary wiper shaft, which moves the oscillating plate, by acting upon the wire or wires,
away from and allows the end of a lever supported on a ledge or projection on the
oscillating plate, to fall and actuate the stop mechanism.
My invention consists in pressing the oscillating plate or its equivalent carrying
plate by a weight or spring against a stop or against the end of the part or lever to be
sustained, or against a part to be carried by the lever or part to be sustained-
The part to rest upon or be carried or held by the oscillating plate is or may also be
arranged so that its weight, or its weight and any added weight will tend to draw the
oscillating plate or its equivalent towards the lever or part sustained and thus help to
keep the plate steady, and so that the part sustained is not liable to fall from the plate
by accident.
The end of the part resting upon or carried by the oscillating plate, or the oscillating
plate itself has or may have an incline, that when the lever or part sustained falls by
the action of the rotary wiper shaft the oscillating plate or its equivalent will be pushed
so much further as to take the detector wires clear of the rotary wiper shaft.
The detector wires are also arranged that the pull or strain of the threads upon them
will tend to oscillate or hold the plate more firmly against the stop or end of the lever
or part carried by the lever to be sustained; the wires being cranked or otherwise
arranged in slots or grooves to come on that side of the pivot of the oscillating plate
nearest the lever or part to be sustained.
Tho drop wires are by preference arranged, carried and guided in the oscillating
plate, but may be arranged, carried and guided apart from the oscillating plate or
bar, but so as to act upon it when they fall by coming in the way of the rotary wiper
shaft.
The lever or part sustained by the oscillating plate arranged as above described is
or may be combined and arranged to lift by weight the bobbin away from the driving
drum or allow it to fall or come away from the driving drum by its own gravity and
that of the frame carrying it and its connected parts or liberate a catch to allow these
movements.
The said lever may also actuate a "slip," or other such well known combination of
mechanism for separating the bobbin from the driving drum or surface and thus stop
the winding.

page_text: The improved arrangements herein described are or may also be used in combination
with well known mechanism for delivering threads to be twisted and for stopping the
delivery of the threads and the twisting spindle when a thread breaks or is absent.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation partly in section of one modification of my invention
showing an oscillating plate carrying drop wires arranged to actuate a lever carrying
what is termed a slip which is inserted between the bobbin on which the thread is being
wound and the driving drum when the winding is to be stopped and fig. 2 is a plan
view of the mechanism shown in fig. 1 except that the driving drum and bobbin are
omitted.
Fig. 3 is a cross section and fig. a side view partly in section of the oscillating
plate.
a is the oscillating plate carrying detector wires.
It is made by preference with pivots a¹ at each end upon which it can oscillate, the
pivots being carried in bearings in any suitable carrier or beam c upon the framing of
the machine.
The oscillating plate (a) so far as the arrangement of the drop wires, is similar to
those described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to John Horrocks and
myself Numbered 3132 A.D. 1881, 6 being drop wires, the bend in each wire to
prevent it from turning, and act as a stop to limit its movements by coming against
the ribs a²; a³ is the covering plate, at the screw passing through a slot in the plate a³,
and for securing the same and acting against a washer that comes against the
plate a³.
The oscillating plate a is or may be made with a rib a³ to weight and cause it to press
against a stop when not otherwise acted upon which is or may be formed on the beam
or bracket c carrying the pivots, or this weight causes the plate a to be pressed
against the end of a lever or arm or against a projection carried by and adjustable in
or on the lever or arm.
This weighting rib a' is or may be at the upper edge as shown or at the lower edge
of the oscillating plate a.
I prefer to use a weighting rib as, but when desired (and in place of it) a flat bent
spring is or may be used one end secured to the beam or rail the free end of the
spring acting against the side of the oscillating plate as shown in peculiar dotted line
in fig. 5, hereinafter described, or any other form of spring may be used acting in
like manner. At one end of the oscillating plate there is a recess formed, having a
surface inclined to the plane of the oscillating plate-The upper edge of the oscillating
plate is supposed broken away and in section in fig. 2 to show this recess more clearly.
On the face of the incline and to provide against wear a thin plate a' is secured by
a screw a', the upper edge of this thin plate a being square to its face (or nearly so)
it is at an angle to a pin d' having a bevel end, this pin being adjustable in a socket
and secured therein by a set screw carried in an arm or lever d having its fulcrum
at d².
It will be seen that the bevel end of the pin d' hooks upon the edge of the thin
plate a and the weight of that end of the lever d and of any weight which, is or may
be added to or suspended upon it, will act to draw the oscillating plate a against the
stop hereinbefore referred to, or against the end of the pin d' as shown, and will thus
tend to hold the plate steady and resist vibrations which would otherwise cause the
lever d to be improperly released from the oscillating plate when the threads were not
broken or absent.
The threads pass as shown in dotted line and in the direction pointed by the arrows
in fig. 1, first over a rod or surface then through the eye of the drop wire band
then up to the pulley as shown and explained in the specification of Letters Patent
Numbered 4278 A.D. 1879 granted to John Horrocks and myself.
The drop wires are on that side of the pivots a¹ of the oscillating plate a nearest
the arm or lever d and thus the pull of the threads passing through the eyes of the
drop wires tends to draw and press the plate against the stop or against the end of the
pin d¹.

page_text: The lever d has or may have a projection d³ from it to act as a weight, and handle
to lift the arm d when it falls and the winding is to be started and also to act as a stop
to limit the descent of the arm by coming upon the upper side of the bearing c for the
pivots a¹ of the oscillating plate.
Or the stop for this last named purpose is or may be in any other convenient
position.
The rotating wiper or shaft e under the oscillating plate a may be of any ordinary
shape and construction constantly rotating the upper side moving in the direction
shown by the arrow in fig. 1.
When a wire drops, from the breakage or absence of a thread the bevel ended pin d¹
is released by the action of the ratchet or wiper shaft and the bevel end of the pin d
passing down the face of the incline or plate a oscillates the plate a still further and
thus takes and holds the lower ends of the wires clear of the wiper shaft e.
As shown in figs. 1 and 2 the arm d is on an axis or shaft having a pivot d² at
cach ond which are carried in any suitable bearings.
The axis may be tubular and oscillate on a pin carried in a suitable bracket.
The axis or shaft d' has another arm to the upper end of which the "slip "fis
jointed or otherwise attached.
This slip comes above the driving drum g and is passed between its surface and
the bobbin driven by it when the winding is to be stopped.
The bobbin is arranged on a spindle the ends of which are carried in an oscillating
frame in a well known manner.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation partly in section and fig. 6 is a plan view illustrating
another modification of my invention.
In this modification an oscillating plato a carrying detector or drop wires is
constructed and arranged as described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 but is
arranged and combined with mechanism to lift the bobbin upon which the threads
are being wound from its driving drum when a thread breaks or is absent, and the
arrangement of the bobbin and mode of lifting is similar to that described and shown
on the right hand side of figs. 8 and 9, of the specification of the said Letters Patent
above referred to No. 4278 A.D. 1879.
is the driving drum, is the bobbin on a spindle the ends of which are carried in
a frame h' jointed on the framing at h²; de is the lever for lifting the bobbin h the
fulcerum d of which is carried on a stand or bracket c¹.
The arm d of the lever which carries the adjustable bevel ended pin d¹ has or may
have a weight suspended upon it by a wire d*.
i is the prop jointed at to the bobbin frame h¹ which sustains the latter when it
is lifted to rotate the bobbin when finding and piecing the thread.
d' is the projection which pushes the free end of the jointed prop i to one side when
the handle d³ is lifted to start the winding.
Fig. 7 is an end or side sectional elevation and fig. 8 a plan illustrating another
modification of my invention, in which the oscillating plate a carrying detector or
drop wires is arranged as described in reference to figs. 1, 2 3 and 4 in combination
with mechanism that will allow the bobbin to roll or come away by its own gravity
and that of the connected parts from the driving drum on to a brake surface to stop
the winding and the rotary momentum of the bobbin when a thread breaks or is
absent.
The arrangement and combination of mechanisın is somewhat similar to that
described and shown in the drawings by figs. 3 and 4 of the aforesaid specification
of Letters Patent No. 3132 A.D. 1881.
is the driving drum, h the bobbin upon which the threads are being wound, h¹ is
a frame carrying the spindle for the bobbin / which frame is jointed to the two
arms of a lever frame, being the joint pin or bolt.
The lever frame is formed by two arms j connected by a bar -The lower ends of
the arms are jointed to ears on a bracket which is bolted or secured to any suitable
beam carried by the framing is the joint pin or fulcrum bolt of the lever frame j.
One arm d of the lever framej carries the pin d' with bevel head.

page_text: This armd has or may have a projection d which when the arm has descended to
the required extent comes against the surface of the beam or any other convenient
stop.
One of the arms of the lever frame is or may be extended upwards as a handle j*
to push the bobbin against the drum g to start the winding.
The bracket has an arm from it that forms the brake surface against which the
bobbin comes when the winding is stopped and by which surface the momentum of
the bobbin i arrested.
There is an arm h* from the bobbin frame h¹ the lower end of which comes close to
or nearly so to the top of the beam or bracket or other suitable surface when the
bobbin frame comes forward to stop the winding and when the bobbin frame is lifted
to find and piece the broken thread, the end of the arm * catches upon the edge of
a notch or hole in the beam 'which holds it until the bobbin frame is pushed
forward towards the drum g to start the winding.
Fig. 9 is an end view, fig. 10 a side and fig. 11 a plan view illustrating a modified
arrangement of the oscillating plates carrying detector wires hereinbefore described
and illustrated by figs. 1 2, 3 and 4.
The pin has a bent projection from it. Its lower bevelled edge hooks upon
the bevelled edge of a plate a secured to the face of the oscillating plate a in a
notch a formed in it as shown at one end.
This notch is open at the upper edge of the oscillating plate as shown best by
figs. 10 and 11 which represent the one end of the oscillating plate a.
When a detector wire (not shown in these figures) drops, the plate a is oscillated
by the wiper shaft under its lower edge in the direction pointed by the arrow on
fig. 9 and the inclined projection d³ from the pin d' as the lever armd descends pushes
against the edge of the plate as and moves the oscillating plate to take the lower
ends of the drop wires clear of the wiper shaft.
Fig. 12 is a cross section, fig. 13 an end elevation fig. 14 a back elevation at one
end, and fig. 15 a front elevation partly in section illustrating another modification
of my invention.
These figures show the construction of an oscillating plate carrying detector wires.
One part of the plate a has two end pivots a¹ upon which it oscillates, and has or
may have the ribs for the notches to guide the drop wires 6 (one only shown) and
limit their movements.
The drop wires bare cranked as shown so that the eye for the thread will come
upon that side of the fulcrum or pivots a¹ towards the lever or arm d to be sustained
so that the pull of the threads will draw the oscillating plate a against a stop in
any convenient position or against the end of the pin d' or its equivalent.
The cover plate a³ in this modification is made heavy and has a rib (1) at its
upper edge to cover the notches in the rib for the wires b.
It has also two projections (2) each of which can pass between the wires and rest
on the ledge on the pivotted part of the plate a as shown.
The covering plate a³ is secured by a winged screw a as shown.
There is a recess formed at one end of the plate a as shown by figs. 13 and 14,
to the inclined face of which a thin plate a is secured by a screw a the edge of which
sustains the bevel ended pin d', as hereinbefore described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3
and 4.
The lower edge of the oscillating plate a moves when the drop wires are acted
upon by the wiper or ratchet shaft in the direction pointed by the arrow on fig. 12.
Fig. 16 is a cross sectional elevation, fig. 17 a side elevation fig. 18 an end elevation
and fig. 19 a plan view illustrating another modification somewhat similar to that
described and illustrated by fig. 11 of the specification of the said Letters Patent
No. 3132 A.D. 1881.
m is a box having a projection m² at each end which projections are placed in and
are held by notches in any suitable beam or carrier on the framing-This box (m) has
ribs m² at the top, m³ at the bottom and m' near the middle which ribs have notches
cut in them to guide the drop wires.

page_text: The notches or slits are cut to the back of the box to allow the drop wires to
move or oscillate in that direction.
The drop wires b (one only shown) have bends b¹ to prevent them from turning
round and limit their up and down movements, and they are kept in their respective
notches by a covering plate a³ and screw a'.
These drop wires may be formed with loops to pass freely over guide pins inserted
in the back of the box in about the position of the middle rib m¹.
The lower ends of the drop wires pass or may pass through holes in the lower
edge of a segment from the oscillating plate a coming under the box m or the
lower ends of the drop wires come or may come against the edge of this segment
the weight of which when not otherwise acted upon pushes the drop wires into their
vertical position.
The oscillating plate a has a pivot a at each end and has bearings in the same
bracket or beam which holds the projection m' from the fixed box m.
The oscillating part a may be cranked to come under the box m if desired but
as shown it acts as a weight to force the drop wires into the vertical position when
at liberty and to keep the plate a against the bevel ended pin d' or against the back
of the box which thus acts as a stop in that direction.
Fig. 25 is a front elevation and fig. 26 an end elovation and fig. 27 a plan view
showing the part a cranked. In fig. 27 the box m is also shown-These figures will
be understood from the previous explanation of figs. 16 to 19 inclusive and the letters
of reference marked thereon, the part a boing a weighting projection at one end of
the part a.
When the wires drop their lower ends are acted upon by the wiper or ratchet shaft,
and are thus moved in the direction pointed by the arrow shown in fig. 16, and
at the same time they push or one of them when acting pushes back the lower
edge of the oscillating plate a which at one end extends past the end of the box as
shown in figs. 17 and 19 and this end of the plate a is formed as shown in fig. 18
to carry a thin plate a" for the bevel ended pin d to rest upon which thin plate a
is in an inclined position so that when the arm & carrying the pin d¹ descends as
before described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 it pushes the plate a and thus the
drop wires (when connected with the plates a by passing through holes therein as
shown) clear of the wiper shaft-When the drop wires are not connected with the
plate a the latter is pushed and held clear of them to allow the wiper shaft or ratchet
to knock the drop wires on one side.
Fig. 20 is an end elevation and fig. 21 a side elevation at one end showing another
modification and arrangement of the oscillating plate.
The plate a is constructed with the drop wires on that side of the pivots a¹ furthest
from the arm (d) to be sustained and with the covering plate a³ on the same side.
The inclined thin plate as to sustain the end of the pin d' or its equivalent is
arranged to come under and on one side of the axis of the oscillating plate or the
pivots a and thus the weight of and upon the arın (d) to be sustained will cause it
to oscillate against a stop on the bearings for the pivots a¹ or against the end of the
pin d¹.
This will keep the oscillating plate a steady and will resist the pull of the threads
passing through the eyes of the drop wires b.
The form and arrangement of the oscillating plate will cause it when free to press
against the stop or against the end of the pin d' or its equivalent.
When the wiper or ratchet shaft oscillates the lower edge of the plate is moved in
the direction pointed by the arrow on fig. 20.
Fig. 22 is an end elevation, fig. 23 a front elevation, and fig. 24 a plan of another
modification similar to that above described and illustrated by figs. 20 and 21 except
that the drop wires (b) are arranged on the opposite side of the pivots a¹ so that the
pull of the threads passing through the eyes of the drop wires tends to draw the
oscillating plate against the stop or end of the pin d' or its equivalent.
The arrangements of oscillating plates hereinbefore described are or may be
combined with machinery for doubling, winding and twisting as described in the

page_text: specification of the aforesaid Letters Patent No. 4278-A.D. 1879 by inserting the
bevel ended pin d' or its equivalent in one arm of the lever n, fig. 18, of the said
specification so that the bevel ended pin or its equivalent will be sustained by any of
the modifications of oscillating plates, hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I am
aware that Patents have been granted, as aforesaid to John Horrocks and myself for
combined oscillating plates and drop wires and their combination with mechanism for
doubling and winding and for doubling, winding and twisting, and I also wish it to
be understood that. I am also aware that oscillating plates carrying drop wires were
proposed by Emsley and Smith and described in the specifications of Letters Patents
Numbered No. 1073 A.D. 1876 and No. 3135 A.D. 1877 and I make no claim in this
specification to the oscillating plates and drop wires described in the specifications
of the said Letters Patent No. 4278, A.D. 1879, No. 3132 A.D. 1881, No. 1073
A.D. 1876 and No. 3135 A.D. 1877.
I also wish it to be understood that I am aware that John Boyd in a specification
of Letters Patent No. 4241 A.D). 1877 described an oscillating plate carrying drop
wires, and I make no claim to such described arrangement of oscillating plate and
drop wires, but I declare that what I do claim is.
1. The combinations and arrangements of the parts of oscillating plates and drop
wires substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the drawings.
2. The combinations and arrangements of the parts of oscillating plates and drop
wires with the arms or levers (d) or with the ends or parts carried by the ends of the
levers or arms which have to be sustained, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The combinations and arrangements of mechanism substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2-Figs. 5 and 6 and
Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings.
4. The combinations and arrangements of the parts of oscillating plates and drop
wires substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings when used
in combination with winding, doubling and twisting mechanism, substantially as
hereinbefore described.

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd Nov., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 7th Jan., 1887.
and for Doubling, Winding, and Twisting Yarns or Threads.
I JAMES HORROCKS, of the firm of John Horrocks & Son, of Parker Street Mills,
Ashley Lane, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Makers, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
In doubling and winding mechanism, plates have been proposed, arranged to
oscillate freely both ways, from a rod or centre, such oscillating plates, carrying
detector or drop wires, which are held up when the threads being doubled and wound
are present, but which wires drop when the threads are absent, so that the lower end
of the wire or wires, projecting below the lower edge of the said oscillating plate, are
acted upon by a rotary wiper shaft which moves the oscillating plate by acting upon
the wire or wires, away from and allows the end of a lever supported on a ledge or
projection on the oscillating plate to fall and actuate the stop mechanism.-But the
said proposed arrangement of oscillating plate with drop wires above referred to could
not work because the pressure put upon the oscillating plate by the lever to be sustained
by it, did not press and hold the oscillating plate against a stop and because the pull
of the threads upon the detector wires in winding would cause the said plate to
oscillate so as to release the lever or part to be sustained, without the action of the
rotary wiper shaft.
My invention consists in a combination and arrangement, or in combinations and
arrangements by which the oscillating plate or its equivalent carrying, or being acted
upon by detector wires above referred to, is made practicable and consists, in pressing
the said plate by a weight or spring against a stop or against the end of the part or
lever to be sustained, or against a part to be carried by the lever or part to be
sustained-The part to rest upon or be carried or held by the oscillating plate is or
may also be arranged so that its weight or its weight and any added weight will tend
to draw the oscillating plate or its equivalent towards the lever or part sustained and
thus help to keep the plate steady, and so that the part sustained is not liable to fall
from the plate by accident.

page_text: The end of the part resting upon or carried by the oscillating plate, or the oscillating
plate itself, has or may have an incline, that when the lever or part sustained falls by
the action of the rotary wiper shaft the oscillating plate or its equivalent will be
pushed so much further as to take the detector wires clear of the rotary wiper shaft.
The detector wires are also arranged that the pull or strain of the threads upon
them will tend to oscillate or hold the plate more firmly against the stop or end of the
lever or part carried by the lever to be sustained; the wires being cranked or otherwise
arranged in slots or grooves to come on that side of the pivot of the oscillating plate
nearest the lever or part to be sustained.
The drop wires are by preference arranged, carried and guided in the oscillating
plate, but may be arranged, carried and guided apart from the oscillating plate or bar,
but so as to act upon it when they fall by coming in the way of the rotary wiper
shaft.
The lever or part sustained by the oscillating plate arranged as above described is or
may be combined and arranged to lift by weight, the bobbin away from the driving
drum or allow it to fall or come away from the driving drum by its own gravity and
that of the frame carrying it and its connected parts or liberate a catch to allow these
movements.
The said lever may also actuate a "slip" or other such well known combination of
mechanism for separating the bobbin from the driving drum or surface and thus stop
the winding.
The improved arrangements herein described are or may also be used in combination
with well known mechanism for delivering threads to be twisted and for stopping
the delivery of the threads and the twisting spindle when a thread breaks or is absent.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to Machines for Doubling and Winding,
and for Doubling, Winding and Twisting Yarns or Threads.
I JAMES HORROCKS, of the firm of John Horrocks & Son, of Parker Street Mills,
Ashley Lane, 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:-
In doubling and winding mechanism plates have been proposed, arranged to oscillate
freely both ways from a rod or centre, such oscillating plates carrying detector or drop
wires, which are held up when the threads being doubled and wound are present, but
which wires drop when the threads are absent, so that the lower end of the wire or
wires projecting below the lower edge of the said oscillating plate are acted upon by a
rotary wiper shaft, which moves the oscillating plate, by acting upon the wire or wires,
away from and allows the end of a lever supported on a ledge or projection on the
oscillating plate, to fall and actuate the stop mechanism-But the said proposed
arrangement of oscillating plate with drop wires above referred to could not work
because the pressure put upon the oscillating plate by the lever to be sustained by it,
did not press and hold the oscillating plate against a stop and because the pull of the
threads upon the detector wires in winding would cause the said plate to oscillate so
as to release the lever or part to be sustained, without the action of the rotary wiper
shaft.
My invention consists in a combination and arrangement, or in combinations and
arrangements by which the oscillating plate or its equivalent carrying, or being acted
upon by detector wires above referred to, is made practicable and consists in pressing
the said plate by a weight or spring against a stop or against the end of the part or
lever to be sustained, or against a part to be carried by the lever or part to be sustained-
The part to rest upon or be carried or held by the oscillating plate is or may also be
arranged so that its weight, or its weight and any added weight will tend to draw the
oscillating plate or its equivalent towards the lever or part sustained and thus help to
keep the plate sieady, and so that the part sustained is not liable to fall from the plate
by accident.
The end of the part resting upon or carried by the oscillating plate, or the oscillating
plate itself has or may have an incline, that when the lever or part sustained falls by
the action of the rotary wiper shaft the oscillating plate or its equivalent will be pushed
so much further as to take the detector wires clear of the rotary wiper shaft.
The detector wires are also arranged that the pull or strain of the threads upon them
will tend to oscillate or hold the plate more firmly against the stop or end of the lever
or part carried by the lever to be sustained; the wires being cranked or otherwise
arranged in slots or grooves to come on that side of the pivot of the oscillating plate
nearest the lever or part to be sustained.
The drop wires are by preference arranged, carried and guided in the oscillating
plate, but may be arranged, carried and guided apart from the oscillating plate or
bar, but so as to act upon it when they fall by coming in the way of the rotary wiper
shaft.

page_text: The lever or part sustained by the oscillating plate arranged as above described is
or may be combined and arranged to lift by weight the bobbin away from the driving
drum or allow it to fall or come away from the driving drum by its own gravity and
that of the frame carrying it and its connected parts or liberate a catch to allow these
movements.
The said lever may also actuate a "slip," or other such well known combination of
mechanism for separating the bobbin from the driving drum or surface and thus stop
the winding.
The improved arrangements herein described are or may also be used in combination
with well known mechanism for delivering threads to be twisted and for stopping the
delivery of the threads and the twisting spindle when a thread breaks or is absent.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation partly in section of one modification of my invention
showing an oscillating plate carrying drop wires arranged to actuate a lever carrying
what is termed a slip which is inserted between the bobbin on which the thread is being
wound and the driving drum when the winding is to be stopped and fig. 2 is a plan
view of the mechanism shown in fig. 1 except that the driving drum and bobbin are
omitted.
Fig. 3 is a cross section and fig. 4 a side view partly in section of the oscillating
plate.
is the oscillating plate carrying detector wires.
It is made by preference with pivots a at each end upon which it can oscillate, the
pivots being carried in bearings in any suitable carrier or beam e upon the framing of
the machine.
The oscillating plate (a) so far as the arrangement of the drop wires, is similar to
those described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to John Horrocks and
myself Numbered 3132 A.D. 1881, being drop wires, the bend in each wire to
prevent it from turning, and act as a stop to limit its movements by coming against
the ribs aa is the covering plate, the screw passing through a slot in the plate a³,
and for securing the same and acting against a washer that comes against the
plate a
The oscillating plate a is or may be made with a rib a to weight and cause it to press
against a stop when not otherwise acted upon which is or may be formed on the beam
or bracket carrying the pivots, or this weight as causes the plate a to be pressed
against the end of a lever or arm or against a projection carried by and adjustable in
or on the lever or arm.
This weighting rib a is or may be at the upper edge as shown or at the lower edge
of the oscillating plate a.
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I prefer to use a weighting rib a', but when desired (and in place of it) a flat bent
spring is or may be used one end secured to the beam or rail the free end of the
spring acting against the side of the oscillating plate as shown in peculiar dotted line
in fig. 5, hereinafter described, or any other form of spring may be used acting in
like manner. At one end of the oscillating plate there is a recess formed, having a
surface inclined to the plane of the oscillating plate-The upper edge of the oscillating
plate is supposed broken away and in section in fig. 2 to show this recess more clearly.
On the face of the incline and to provide against wear a thin plate a is secured by
a screw, the upper edge of this thin plate as being square to its face (or nearly so)
it is at an angle to a pin d having a bevel end, this pin being adjustable in a socket
and secured therein by a set screw carried in an arm or lever d having its fulcrum
at d.
It will be seen that the bevel end of the pin d' hooks upon the edge of the thin
plate and the weight of that end of the lever d and of any weight which is or may
be added to or suspended upon it, will act to draw the oscillating plate a against the
stop hereinbefore referred to, or against the end of the pin d' as shown, and will thus
tend to hold the plate steady and resist vibrations which would otherwise cause the
lever d to be improperly released from the oscillating plate when the threads were not
broken or absent.
The threads pass as shown in dotted line and in the direction pointed by the arrows

page_text: in fig. 1, first over a rod or surface then through the eye of the drop wire band
then up to the pulley as shown and explained in the specification of Letters Patent
Numbered 4278 A.D. 1879 granted to John Horrocks and myself.
The drop wires are on that side of the pivots a' of the oscillating plate a nearest
the arm or lever d and thus the pull of the threads passing through the eyes of the
drop wires tends to draw and press the plate against the stop or against the end of the
pin d'
The lever has or may have a projection 3 from it to act as a weight, and handle
to lift the arm d when it falls and the winding is to be started and also to act as a stop
to limit the descent of the arm by coming upon the upper side of the bearing e for the
pivots a¹ of the oscillating plate.
Or the stop for this last named purpose is or may be in any other convenient
position.
The rotating wiper or shafte under the oscillating plate a may be of any ordinary
shape and construction constantly rotating the upper side moving in the direction
shown by the arrow in fig. 1.
When a wire drops, from the breakage or absence of a thread the bevel ended pin d
is released by the action of the ratchet or wiper shaft and the bevel end of the pin d¹
passing down the face of the incline or plate oscillates the plate a still further and
thus takes and holds the lower ends of the wires clear of the wiper shaft e.
As shown in figs. 1 and 2 the arm d is on an axis or shaft having a pivot d² at
cach end which are carried in any suitable bearings.
The axis may be tubular and oscillate on a pin carried in a suitable bracket.
The axis or shaft d' has another arm to the upper end of which the "slip" is
jointed or otherwise attached.
This slip comes above the driving drum and is passed between its surface and
the bobbin driven by it when the winding is to be stopped.
The bobbin is arranged on a spindle the ends of which are carried in an oscillating
frame in a well known manner.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation partly in section and fig. 6 is a plan view illustrating
another modification of my invention.
In this modification an oscillating plate a carrying detector or drop wires is
constructed and arranged as described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 but is
arranged and combined with mechanism to lift the bobbin upon which the threads
are being wound from its driving drum when a thread breaks or is absent, and the
arrangement of the bobbin and mode of lifting is similar to that described and shown
on the right hand side of figs. 8 and 9, of the specification of the said Letters Patent
above referred to No. 4278 A.D. 1879.
is the driving drum, is the bobbin on a spindle the ends of which are carried in
a frame jointed on the framing at 42; is the lever for lifting the bobbin / the
fulcrum of which is carried on a stand or bracket e¹.
The arm d of the lever which carries the adjustable bevel ended pin has or may
have a weight suspended upon it by a wire dx.
is the prop jointed at to the bobbin frame
which sustains the latter when it
is lifted to rotate the bobbin when finding and piecing the thread.
d is the projection which pushes the free end of the jointed prop i to one side when
the handle is lifted to start the winding.
Fig. 7 is an end or side sectional elevation and fig. 8 a plan illustrating another
modification of my invention, in which the oscillating plate a carrying detector or
drop wires is arranged as described in reference to figs. 1, 2 3 and 4 in combination
with mechanism that will allow the bobbin to roll or come away by its own gravity
and that of the connected parts from the driving drum on to a brake surface to stop
the winding and the rotary momentum of the bobbin when a thread breaks or is
absent.
The arrangement and combination of mechanism is somewhat similar to that
described and shown in the drawings by figs. 3 and 4 of the aforesaid specification
of Letters Patent No. 3132 A.D. 1881.

page_text: 9 is the driving drum, h the hobbin upon which the threads are being wound, his
a frame carrying the spindle for the bobbin which frame is jointed to the two
arms of a lever frame, being the joint pin or bolt.
The lever frame is formed by two arms connected by a bar -The lower ends of
the arms are jointed to ears on a bracket which is bolted or secured to any suitable
beam carried by the framing is the joint pin or fulcrum bolt of the lever frame j.
One arm of the lever frame carries the pin with bevel head.
This arm & has or may have a projection which when the arm has descended to
the required extent comes against the surface of the beam or any other convenient
stop.
One of the arms of the lever frame is or may be extended upwards as a handle jx
to push the bobbin against the drum g to start the winding.
The bracket has an arm from it that forms the brake surface against which the
bobbin comes when the winding is stopped and by which surface the momentum of
the bobbin is arrested.
There is an arm hx from the bobbin frame the lower end of which comes close to
or nearly so to the top of the beam or bracket or other suitable surface when the
bobbin frame comes forward to stop the winding and when the bobbin frame is lifted
to find and piece the broken thread, the end of the arm 4× catches upon the edge of
a notch or hole IX in the beam which holds it until the bobbin frame is pushed
forward towards the drum g to start the winding,
Fig. 9 is an end view, fig. 10 a side and fig. 11 a plan view illustrating a modified
arrangement of the oscillating plates carrying detector wires hereinbefore described
and illustrated by figs. 1 2, 3 and 4.
The pin has a bent projection from it. Its lower bevelled edge hooks upon
the bevelled edge of a plate a secured to the face of the oscillating plate a in a
notch a formed in it as shown at one end.
This notch is open at the upper edge of the oscillating plate as shown best by
figs. 10 and 11 which represent the one end of the oscillating plate a.
When a detector wire (not shown in these figures) drops, the plate a is oscillated
by the wiper shaft under its lower edge in the direction pointed by the arrow on
fig. 9 and the inclined projection from the pin d' as the lever arm d descends pushes
against the edge of the plate a³ and moves the oscillating plate to take the lower
ends of the drop wires clear of the wiper shaft.
Fig. 12 is a cross section, fig 13 an end elevation fig. 14 a back elevation at one
end, and fig. 15 a front elevation partly in section illustrating another modification
of my invention.
These figures show the construction of an oscillating plate carrying detector wires.
One part of the plate a has two end pivots a' upon which it oscillates, and has or
may have the ribs for the notches to guide the drop wires (one only shown) and
limit their movements.
The drop wires bare cranked as shown so that the eye for the thread will come
upon that side of the fulcrum or pivots a¹ towards the lever or arm d to be sustained
so that the pull of the threads will draw the oscillating plate a against a stop in
any convenient position or against the end of the pin d¹ or its equivalent.
The cover plate a³ in this modification is made heavy and has a rib (1) at its
upper edge to cover the notches in the rib for the wires b.
It has also two projections (2) each of which can pass between the wires and rest
on the ledge on the pivotted part of the plate as shown.
The covering plate a³ is secured by a winged screw a' as shown.
There is a recess formed at one end of the plate a as shown by figs. 13 and 14,
to the inclined face of which a thin plate a is secured by a screw a the edge of which
sustains the bevel ended pin d', as hereinbefore described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3
and 4.
The lower edge of the oscillating plate a moves when the drop wires are acted
upon by the wiper or ratchet shaft in the direction pointed by the arrow on fig. 12.
Fig. 16 is a cross sectional elevation, fig. 17 a side elevation fig. 18 an end elevation

page_text: and fig. 19 a plan view illustrating another modification somewhat similar to that
described and illustrated by fig. 11 of the specification of the said Letters Patent
No. 3182 A.D. 1881.
m is a box having a projection m³ at each end which projections are placed in and
are held by notches in any suitable beam or carrier on the framing-This box (m) has
ribs m² at the top, m³ at the bottom and m³ near the middle which ribs have notches
cut in them to guide the drop wires.
The notches or slits are cut to the back of the box to allow the drop wires to
move or oscillate in that direction.
The drop wires (one only shown) have bends 1 to prevent them from turning
round and limit their up and down movements, and they are kept in their respective
notches by a covering plate a³ and screw a.
These drop wires & may be formed with loops to pass freely over guide pins inserted
in the back of the box in about the position of the middle rib m.
The lower ends of the drop wires pass or may pass through holes in the lower
edge of a segment from the oscillating plate a coming under the box m or the
lower ends of the drop wires come or may come against the edge of this segment
the weight of which when not otherwise acted upon pushes the drop wires into their
vertical position.
The oscillating plate a has a pivot a at each end and has bearings in the same
bracket or beam which holds the projection m' from the fixed box m.
The oscillating part a may be cranked to come under the box m if desired but
as shown it acts as a weight to force the drop wires into the vertical position when
at liberty and to keep the plate a against the bevel ended pin d¹ or against the back
of the box which thus acts as a stop in that direction.
Fig. 25 is a front elevation and fig. 26 an end elevation and fig. 27 a plan view
showing the part a cranked. In fig. 27 the box m is also shown―These figures will
be understood from the previous explanation of figs. 16 to 19 inclusive and the letters
of reference marked thereon, the part a being a weighting projection at one end of
the part a.
When the wires drop their lower ends are acted upon by the wiper or ratchet shaft,
and are thus moved in the direction pointed by the arrow shown in fig. 16, and
at the same time they push or one of them when acting pushes back the lower
edge of the oscillating plate a which at one end extends past the end of the box as
shown in figs. 17 and 19 and this end of the plate a is formed as shown in fig. 18
to carry a thin plate for the bevel ended pin d¹ to rest upon which thin plate a
is in an inclined position so that when the arm d carrying the pin d' descends as
before described in reference to figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 it pushes the plate a and thus the
drop wires (when connected with the plates a by passing through holes therein as
shown) clear of the wiper shaft-When the drop wires are not connected with the
plate a the latter is pushed and held clear of them to allow the wiper shaft or ratchet
to knock the drop wires on one side.
Fig. 20 is an end elevation and fig. 21 a side elevation at one end showing another
modification and arrangement of the oscillating plate.
The plate a is constructed with the drop wires on that side of the pivots a furthest
from the arm (d) to be sustained and with the covering plate a³ on the same side.
The inclined thin plate a to sustain the end of the pin d¹ or its equivalent is
arranged to come under and on one side of the axis of the oscillating plate or the
pivots a and thus the weight of and upon the arm (d) to be sustained will cause it
to oscillate against a stop on the bearings for the pivots al or against the end of the
pin d.
This will keep the oscillating plate a steady and will resist the pull of the threads
passing through the eyes of the drop wires b.
The form and arrangement of the oscillating plate will cause it when free to press
against the stop or against the end of the pin d'or its equivalent.
When the wiper or ratchet shaft oscillates the lower oilge of the plate is moved in
the direction pointed by the arrow on fig. 20.

page_text: Fig. 22 is an end elevation, fig. 23 a front elevation, and fig. 24 a plan of another
modification similar to that above described and illustrated by figs. 20 and 21 except
that the drop wires (b) are arranged on the opposite side of the pivots a' so that the
pull of the threads passing through the eyes of the drop wires tends to draw the
oscillating plate against the stop or end of the pin d' or its equivalent.
The arrangements of oscillating plates hereinbefore described are or may be
combined with machinery for doubling, winding and twisting as described in the
specification of the aforesaid Letters Patent No. 4278-A.D. 1879 by inserting the
bevel ended pin d¹ or its equivalent in one arm of the lever n, fig. 18, of the said
specification so that the bevel ended pin or its equivalent will be sustained by any of
the modifications of oscillating plates, hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I am
aware that Patents have been granted, as aforesaid to John Horrocks and myself for
combined oscillating plates and drop wires and their combination with mechanism for
doubling and winding and for doubling, winding and twisting, and I also wish it to
be understood that I am also aware that oscillating plates carrying drop wires were
proposed by Emsley and Smith and described in the specifications of Letters Patents
Numbered No. 1073 A.D. 1876 and No. 3135 A.D. 1877 and I make no claim in this
specification to the oscillating plates and drop wires described in the specifications
of the said Letters Patent No. 4278, A.D. 1879, No. 3132 A.D. 1881, No. 1073
A.D. 1876 and No. 3135 A.D. 1877.
1 also wish it to be understood that I am aware that John Boyd in a specification
of Letters Patent No. 4241 A.D. 1877 proposed an oscillating plate carrying drop
wires, which proposed arrangement I say is impracticable and useless and I make no
claim to such proposed arrangement of oscillating plate and drop wires, but I declare
that what I do claim is.
1. The combinations and arrangements of the parts of oscillating plates and drop
wires substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by
the drawings.
2. The combinations and arrangements of the parts of oscillating plates and drop
wires with the arms or levers (d) or with the ends or parts carried by the ends of the
levers or arms which have to be sustained, substantially as and for the purpose herein-
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
3. The combinations and arrangements of mechanism substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2-Figs. 5 and 6 and
Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings.
4. The combinations and arrangements of the paris of oscillating plates and drop
wires substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings when used
in combination with winding, doubling and twisting mechanisin, substantially as
hereinbefore described.
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