Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th May, 1887
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 9th Mar., 1888
We, JOHN SUGDEN, of Dockroyd, near Keighley, in the County of York, Worsted
Spinner and Manufacturer, and HEBDEN COLBURN, of Vale Mill, Oakworth, near
Keighley, aforesaid, Combing Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of beaming machines
in which the threads are drawn from bobbins placed on creels, and wound on to beams
prior to the necessary subsequent operations on the threads previous to the same being
placed on loom warp beams for weaving; and has for its object, the reversal, by
mechanical appliance, of the bean on which the threads are wound whenever required
for finding a broken thread, or for any other purpose.
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We accomplish our object in the following manner :-The driving drum for operating
and winding the threads upon the beam, is mounted in the ordinary manner, but the
said drum is arranged with an internal or external toothed wheel, or with frictional
gear, which we find will answer our purpose.
When toothed gearing is fitted to the driving drum, we employ in connection
therewith, wheels and shafts for transmitting rotary motion from the main belt driven
pulley, or from an independent pulley driven by a supplementary belt, the before
mentioned wheels constantly rotating but are out of gear with the driving drum when
the latter is revolving in the ordinary or forward direction, but when the machine is
stopped and a lever operated, one of the before mentioned wheels is brought into gear
with the wheel on the driving drum, by which the same is turned in the opposite
direction, thereby unwinding the threads from the beam so long as the lever is held
in that position.
When frictional gear is fitted to the machine for operating the driving drum, the
same is arranged and actuated in a similar manner to that before described when
driven by toothed gear.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Warp Beaming Machines..
We, JOHN SUGDEN, of Dockroyd, near Keighley, in the County of York, Worsted
Spinner and Manufacturer, and HEBDEN COLBURN, of Vale Mill, Oakworth, near
Keighley aforesaid, Combing Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of beaming machines
in which the threads are drawn from the bobbins placed on creels, and wound on to
beans prior to the necessary subsequent operations on the threads previous to the same
being placed on loom warp beams for weaving; and has for its object, the reversal
by a mechanical appliance of the beam, on which the threads are wound whenever
required for finding a broken thread, or for any other purpose.
The invention consists in securing to the driving drum or cylinder an internal
toothed wheel or friction ring, and working in combination therewith, toothed or
frictional gearing mounted so that when the cylinder is stopped revolving in the
ordinary direction for winding the threads on to the beam, the motion of the same
can be reversed on the operation of a lever, by which a toothed wheel or frictional
pulley is brought into gear with the before named internal wheel or ring.
In describing the invention more in detail reference is made to the accompanying
sheet of drawings, representing such portions of a winding machine as are required
to illustrate the invention added thereto. Fig. 1 represents an end elevation of the
lower portion of a winding machine; Fig. 2 a front view of the driving end
thereof; Fig. 3 a detail plan of the reversing gear constituting this invention; Fig. 4
an end view of the driving drum; Fig. 5 a section through the same, fitted with a
friction ring; and Fig. 6 a side view of the lever to which the gearing is mounted.
The belt driving pulley A, beam driving drum or cylinder B, and beam C are all
mounted and operated in the ordinary manner; and on to the boss or shaft supporting
the pulley A, we secure a spur wheel D, which gears into another wheel E secured on
a stud or shaft extending through and resting on the end plate F of the machine, and
to the opposite end of the said stud or shaft, we secure another wheel H.
Between the last named wheel and end plate F of machine, we mount a lever J, on
the before named stud or shaft, which acts as a fulcrum, and to the said lever we
mount on suitable studs two spur wheels K and L, the latter having a long boss on to
which is secured a spur wheel M, or frictional pulley N, which are respectively brought
into gear with the internal toothed wheel P or friction ring P1 in the following
manner, and thereby cause the drum or cylinder B to rotate in the opposite
direction.
The end plate at the opposite end of the machine is fitted with a lever somewhat
similar to J, but has no gearing attached thereto, the two levers being connected at
the back by a bar Q, which acts as a balance weight, and at the front by a lighter
bar R, which when pressed towards the ground by the attendant's foot, causes the

page_text: levers J to move on their fulcrums, and the rotating wheel M, or friction pulley N, to
gear with the internal toothed wheel or friction ring as the case may be; thereby
operating the drum or cylinder B and beam Cresting thereon in the opposite direction,
and unwinding the threads from the beam C so long as the wheel M or friction
pulley N is held in gear by the pressing down of the bar R, which on being released,
returns to its normal position by reason of the weight of the back bar Q being
considerably heavier than that at the front.
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 :-
The combination of the driving drum B with the wheel M or friction pulley N,
and the levers J with gearing mounted thereon, all substantially in the manner and
for the purpose hereinbefore described.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.