Improvements in Reeling Machines.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 31st May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reeling Machines.
I, ENOCH RUSHTON of Royal Depot Mills, Macclesfield, in the County of Chester,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to machines for reeling yarns or threads and consists in
improved arrangements or combinations of mechanisms for driving the reel and for
stopping the same when a thread breaks or when the required length of yarn has
been reeled, my improvements being more particularly applicable to machines for
reeling silk.
Motion is communicated to the reel from a line shaft through a belt driving a
pulley that runs on a stud fixed on the end frame of the machine. To the pulley a
spur pinion is attached driving a spurwheel mounted upon another stud. On this
stud a swing link is pivotted and carries a stud on which a second spurwheel in gear
with the first is mounted. A friction pulley is connected to this spurwheel and when
brought into contact with a second friction pulley on the top or stationary reel
driving shaft, hereinafter called top shaft, rotates the latter and the reel, the
reelshaft being connected to the top shaft by a clutch coupling or its equivalent so
that the reel can be easily lifted out and replaced. To the swing link a spring
handle is attached which when supported at its end on a suitable rest presses, the
friction pulley on the swing link against that on the top shaft so that the latter
is rotated.
When the required length of skein is registered or one of the threads breaks.
or runs out the reel is stopped automatically by moving the friction pulley on the
swing link out of contact with that on the top shaft. This is done by pushing the
spring handle off the rest, when the weight of the swing link and pulley causes
the latter to drop out of contact while at the same time a brake connected to the
swing link is pulled against the pulley on the top shaft and promptly arrests the
rotation of the reel.
For stopping the reel when a thread breaks or runs out I fix to the side of the
machine a flat bar to which for each single thread a hinge or swivel is fixed the
moveable part of which carries a plain straight faller wire. The bobbins to be reeled
are placed upon a jack or draw board under the reel and are so arranged that the use
of flyers is not required in drawing off. The threads from them are taken over guide
and tension rods and are wound several times round the faller wires and then passed
in front of steel rods up to the traverse rail and on to the reel. The faller wires being
slightly out of the perpendicular are held in an upright position by the threads. When
one of them breaks or runs off, the corresponding wire falls backwards against a rod
and its end comes into the path of a beater and stops it. The beater is a flat bar
fixed to levers on a shaft having a pair of clutchboxes with saw teeth on it, one of
which is fixed to the shaft while the other can slide longitudinally on it on a key.
The latter clutchbox is worked by an excentric from the top shaft and a vibrating
motion is thus imparted to the beaten bar. When the beaten bar is stopped, the
moveable clutchbox is forced outwards and moves a lever which pushes the spring
handle off its rest when the reel is stopped in the manner hereinbefore described.
The rod against which the wires fall is carried by two levers on a shaft fitted with a
hand-lever, by moving which the faller wires can be removed from the beater before
restarting the reel.
For stopping the reel when the required length of yarn has been wound, I arrange
on a stud an index or length disc, driven from the top shaft by worms worm wheels
and changewheels or excentric pawl and ratchet wheel. The disc carries a stud or its
equivalent which when the required length has been wound, acts upon a lever that

page_text: liberates a pivotted drop rod, which drops and stops the beater bar and the reel in a
similar manner as hereinbefore described with reference to the motion for stopping the
reel when one of the threads breaks.
The reels are constructed with drop latches or slides as generally used in silk
reeling. Two reels, one on each side of the machine may he arranged and driven by one
driving pulley in the manner herein before described, and two reels may be arranged
on each side and driven independently from-the-two ends of the machine.
Dated this 23rd day of July 1889.
EMMOTT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant...
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Reeling. Machines.
I, ENOCH RUSHTON of Royal Depôt Mills, Macclesfield in the County of Chester,
Machinist, 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. I
the following statement :-
:
My invention relates to machines for reeling yarns or threads and consists in
improved arrangements or combinations of mechanisms for driving the reel and
stopping, the same when a thread breaks.and when the required length of yarn:has
been reeled, my improvements, being more particularly, applicable to machines for 2
reeling silk.
On the sheet of drawings appended hereunto, fig. 1 shows an end view of my e
improved machine partly in section, the right hand side showing the driving andia
motion for stopping the reel when a thread breaks, and the left hand side the motionis.
for stopping the reel when the required length has been wound.
Fig. 2 shows a front view of the end part of the machine, showing the driving and
stop motion on the right hand side of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 shows a front view of the stop motion on the left hand side of fig. 2.
Fig. 4, a detail.
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The drawings represent a machine with a reel on each side, but my improvements:3
are equally applicable to one sided machines. Motion is communicated. to the reel
from a line shaft through a belt driving a pulley a which runs on a stud; a fixed on t
the end fraine b of the machine. To the pulley a a spur pinion a² is fixed driving a
carrier wheel; c mounted upon another stud c. On this stud a swing link dis
pivotted and has fixed in it a stud d' on which a second spur wheel d² gearing. with. 3
the carrier wheel c is mounted. A friction pulley e is connected to the spur wheel d
and when brought into contact with a second friction pulley e' on the top or stationary: •
reel driving shaft hereinafter called top shaft, rotates the latter and the reel f', the :
loose, recl. shaft being connected to the top shaft by a clutch coupling for its :
equivalent so that the reel can be easily lifted out and replaced. To the swing link d 40
a spring handle g is attached which when supported on a rest in the slot of a.
bracket fixed to the frame & presses the friction pulley e on the swing link d against
the friction, pulley el on the top shaft, so that the latter is rotated.
When the required length of skein is registered or one of the threads breaks or t
runs out, the reel is stopped automatically by moving the friction pulley e out of 45
contact with the pulley e. This is done by pushing the spring handle g off the...
restig in the manner hereinafter described, when the weight of the swing link and
pulley causes the latter to drop out of contact while the handle g drops to the bottom.
of the slot in, bracket into the position shown on fig. 1 in dotted lines and at the
same time a brake d³ fixed to the swing link d is pulled. against the pulley e¹ on the 50
top shaft and promptly arrests the rotation of the reel.
For stopping the reel when. a thread breaks or runs out I fix to the side of
the machine.a flat bar h by means of suitable brackets and attach to the same:for
each single thread a hinged tumbler which carries a plain straight, faller wire i...
The bobbinsk to be reeled..are placed on a jack or drawboard kunder..the reel:-55

page_text: The threads are taken from them. over guide rods, and the bar-li, and each wound's
several times round its faller, wire i and then passed in front of a steel rod. /* to thei
traverse rail mand on to the reel. The traverse motion is effected in the ordinary
manner. The faller wires fixed upon the tumblers are drawn up against the frod
and held.in an upright position as shewn in full lines by fig. 1 by the threads. When++
one of these breaks, or runs out, the corresponding faller wire falls backwards against..
a rod n and its end comes into the path of a beater o and stops it... The beater is:
arranged and actuated in the usual manner and consists of, a flat bar o fixed to
levers.o on.a shaft o' having a pair of clutch boxes 3-0 upon it, one of which, o³,
is fixed upon the shaft while the other can slide longitudinally: on a feather fixed to
the shaft. The clutch box of is formed with a lever o connected by rod o' to an
excentric of on the top shaft ; and a vibrating motion is thus imparted to the beater
When the bar is stopped by a faller wire, the moveable part of the clutchbox
is forced outwards and moves a lever g³ which pushes the spring handle g off the
rest g', when the.reel.is.stopped-in the manner-herein before described.--
bar o.
The rod n is held between-two levers n mounted near each end of the machine
upon a shaft n² fitted with a handle n³ by the movement of which all the faller
wires are partly lifted up before the reel is started again, so that the drag on the
threads can draw them up against the rod 1.
For the purpose of stopping the reel when the required length of yarn has been
reeled, I arrange an index or length disc r on a stud 71 fixed in a bracket
attached to the frame and rotated from the top shaft through a worms fixed on
the same, worm wheels on vertical shaft s³, hevil wheels and s, and worm ³ on
the horizontal shaft working into the teeth on the periphery of the index disc r.
In the latter a peg is fixed, which when it comes against the lever t moves the
latter sideways. The lever t is formed with a slot in its other end, into which a
pin t¹ in the spring handle 2 of the bell ³ enters. The lever t is fixed upon the
short shaft v and has a quadrant v¹ or equivalent piece mounted loosely upon its outer
end. The boss of the quadrant is slotted and a set screw v³ is screwed into the
shaft, as shewn on an enlarged scale by fig. 4. The quadrant is held up by a peg w
fixed in the bracket 2 and when the lever t is in the position shewn on the drawing,
the set screw v² is close to one end of the slot in the boss of the quadrant, so that
when the shaft v is turned by the peg coming against the lever t, the set screw can
move in the slot. When the peg slips off the end of the lever t, the bell spring
pulls the lever back and turns the shaft, and the setscrew strikes the end of the
slot and slightly moves the quadrant. A faller wire w¹ of the same kind as used for
the threads is so arranged as to rest against the quadrant near to its lower end, and
when the quadrant is slightly turned in the manner hereinbefore described, is liberated
and drops against the stop-rod n into the path of the beater o and thus arrests the
reel in the manner herein before described. The gearing rotating the index disc ris
so arranged that the latter makes one revolution for the length of yarn required in a
skein, the wheels ss being changeable for obtaining different lengths.
When a reel is arranged on each side of the machine, as shewn on the drawings, a
swing link with spring handle and stop motions as herein before described are
arranged for each side, and the carrier wheel c² on the stud c³ for the second swing
link is driven by the wheel c on the stud c¹.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
Firstly, in reeling machines the arrangement of rotating each wheel by means of
a friction pulley mounted upon a swing link and rotated by gearing from the driving
pulley and pressed against a friction pulley on the reel shaft by means of a spring
handle attached to the swing link and held up by a catch, substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the drawings.
Secondly, in reeling machines the arrangement for rotating each reel specified in
the first claim in combination with mechanism for releasing the spring lever and

page_text: thereby drawing the friction pulley on the swinglink out of contact with that on
the reelshaft when a thread breaks and when the required length of yarn has been
reeled, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
Thirdly, in reeling machines the arrangement of plain straight faller wires drawn
up against a stop rod by the tension of the threads while reeling and falling against
another stop rod on the breakage of a thread and thereby actuating mechanism for
stopping the reel.
Fourthly, a reeling machine in which the reels are rotated and stopped when a
thread breaks and when the required skein has been wound in the manner herein-
before described and illustrated by the drawings.
; Dated this 24th day of April 1890.
EMMOTT & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.