Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarn, Thread, Twine, or the like into Balls.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Dec., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL DI MITIGATION.
Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarn, Thread, Twine, or
the like into Balls.
I, JOSEPH TABERNER, of King Street West, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturers Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :--
This invention relates to machines commonly known as "balling machines," in
which cotton, or other thread, twine, or similar material, is wound into balls.
It is designed to render such machines more efficient, so that many of the
operations now performed by the attendant, and necessitating the stoppage of the
machine, will be effected by the machine itself without stoppage, rendering it more
automatic or self-acting than any of the machines of the same class at present
in use.
It consists essentially in applying to each spindle, to work in conjunction there-
with, an appliance whereby the ball is lifted or removed when full; a knife or
shears which cuts or severs the end when the ball is full, or being removed; and a
gripping device to receive and hold the loose end, to start the winding of the next
ball upon the spindle.
In carrying out the invention the machine will be constructed with any suitable
number of spindles upon a vibrating beam or rail, hinged or pivoted to a fixed beam
or standard and the spindles be driven by bevel or other gearing. In the further
description a single spindle only will be referred to, and it will be understood that
each spindle will be fitted alike with similar appliances.
In close proximity to the spindle is placed a slide capable of being raised
to the top of the spindle. This slide may be in the form of a tube or bracket,
surrounding or engaging with the collar or bolster in which the spindle rotates, and
moved to and fro at intervals by a rack and pinion, or half pinion, or by an
eccentric or cam or other device which will raise it to the top of the spindle head at
the required intervals. The actuating mechanism is driven by a shaft running
longitudinally over or beneath the vibrating beam which carries the spindles. The
slide is provided with a guide in the form of a rod or key upon which it slides, or
other suitable guides if required to prevent it turning about its own axis. Each
time the slide is raised, it comes in contact with the under side of the ball wound
upon the spindle, and removes the ball which falls into, or is caught by a suitable
receiver.
At the side of the spindle is placed a reciprocating knife, shears or similar
device, which, when the slide rises to remove the ball, is advanced to the side of
the full ball so as to engage with the end as it comes from the flyer, and performs
the two acts of severing the thread and holding the cut end. This may be in the
form of a reciprocating hook which draws the thread against a fixed blade, and into
the jaws of a spring gripper. The reciprocating knife or blade is actuated by a
cam or eccentric upon the shaft, which moves the slide to and fro, so that the two
will work conjointly, as the slide removes the ball the knife will engage with and
cut the end which will then be held by the grippers.
The shaft by which these parts are operated will receive an intermittent motion
from a cam or equivalent mechanism, and if found desirable or necessary, the
mechanism which operates the flyers or the spindles or both may be so geared as to
stop momentarily whilst the other mechanism is in operation.
Datod this 11th dor of Dreamber 1901
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Winding Yarn, Thread, Twine, or
the like into Balls.
I, JOSEPH TABERNER, of King Street West, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturers Manager, 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 refers to improvements in machines commonly known as balling
machines in which cotton, or other thread, twine, or similar material, is wound into
balls and relates to that class of machine in which a number of spindles or heads
upon which the balls are wound, are carried by an oscillating beam or rail.
It is designed to render such machines more efficient, so that many of the
operations now performed by the attendant, and necessitating the stoppage of the
machine, will be effected by the machine itself without stoppage, rendering it more
automatic or self-acting than any of the machines of the same class at present
in use.
It consists essentially in applying to each spindle, to work in conjunction there-
with an appliance whereby the ball is lifted or removed when full; a knife or shears
which cuts or severs the end when the ball is full, or being removed; and a gripping
device to receive and hold the loose end, to start the winding of the next ball upon
the spindle.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawing in which sufficient of a balling machine is shown to illustrate my improve-
ments and invention.
Fig. 1. Front elevation with parts removed showing the invention applied to one
spindle.
Fig. 2. Transverse sectional elevation, with parts of actuating mechanism
removed.
Fig. 3. Transverse elevation of vibrating rail and spindle drawn to enlarged
scale on line xx.
Fig. 4. Front elevation of same shewing one spindle in detail.
Fig. 5. Plan of same.
Fig. 6. Transverse sectional elevation on line
31-y.
Fig. 7. Sectional plan of cutting shears and gripping device.
Fig. 8. Transverse section of same.
The framing A of the machine which supports the various parts, the vibrating or
oscillating beam or rail B which supports the spindles or heads D, the fixed beam or
rail E which carries the flyers and to which the vibrating rail B is hinged
or pivoted and the flyers F are all constructed in the usual way with the ordinary or
any suitable appliances for driving or actuating them.
The machine will be constructed with any suitable number of spindles or heads D
upon the vibrating beam or rail B and a corresponding number of flyers F upon the
fixed rail E. In the further description however a single spindle will be referred
to and it will be understood that each spindle or head will be fitted alike with
similar appliances.
In close proximity to the spindle D, I place a sliding bracket G which can be
raised up and down in contact therewith the position of the slide being such when
in its normal position or when the machine is at work the upper end of the
spindle D is left 'ree for the ball of material to be wound thereon but when the
slide G is raised it reaches to the top of the spindle.
I at present prefer to make the sliding bracket G tubular to surround the collar
or bolster d in which the spindle D rotates and move it up and down thereon by a
rack on the side thereof into which gears a pinion H on a shaft I running
longitudinally above the vibrating rail B and in front of the spindles. The shaft I

page_text: is supported by brackets i fixed to the vibrating rail B so that the shaft will move
with the rail. The sliding bracket G is fitted with a slot or key way g' in which a
pin or key slides to prevent it turning round. The head G of the sliding bracket G
is removable so that it can be replaced by another for a different size of ball.
It is obvious that the sliding bracket G may be of any suitable shape or con-
struction to slide up and down below the head or end of the spindle upon which the
ball is formed and it may be raised and depressed by any other suitable mechanism
such as an eccentric or cam or pivoted lever which will be capable of lifting it to
the head of the spindle at the required intervals.
The raising of the slide G brings it into contact with the underside of the ball
upon the head of the spindle and so removes or displaces the ball which falls down
an inclined plate or shoot K into a receiver L.
In connection with the spindle is placed a knife or shears M or other device by
which the thread is cut and the loose end retained as the sliding bracket G is raised
and the ball is displaced from the spindle head so that the threads are all held in
readiness to re-start the machine after doffing.
The knife or shears M with a reciprocating blade m and stationary blade m' is
fitted at the side of the spindle D upon a bracket or stand N in which the blade m
is free to move backwards and forwards and to which the stationary blade m¹ is
affixed. The reciprocating blade m is preferably in the form of a book and is held
against the stationary blade m¹ by a spring n affixed to the opposite side of the
stand N. An additional spring n¹ forms a spring gripper into which the end of the
thread can be drawn and by which it is held after being cut. The reciprocating
knife blade m is actuated by the pivoted lever O on the shaft P from the cam or
eccentric R on the shaft I by which the sliding bracket G is moved up and down
so that the two will work conjointly. A cam R is placed at each end of the machine
and the eccentric operates the shaft P by the lever R'.
The shaft I may be operated by the hand wheel J when the ball is full or it may
receive an intermittent motion from a cam or equivalent mechanism and the
mechanism which operates the spindles and flyers will be stopped whilst the sliding
bracket G and the cutting device M are in operation.
In operation when the ball upon the head of the spindle D is full the spindles and
flyers are stopped and the shaft I rotated by the hand wheel J or otherwise. The
sliding bracket G is thereby raised by the rack g and pinion H and at the same
time the reciprocating blade m is advanced by the eccentric R, lever R' and pivoted
lever O and the hook thereon passes under the end of the thread between the ball
and the eye of the flyer. As the movement continues the knife is drawn back the
thread severed between the fixed blade m' and the sharp edge of hook on the
blade m and the end drawn in between the blade and the spring a while at the same
time the sliding bracket G rises to the top of the spindle and removes the ball
which falls down the inclined plate or shoot K into the box or receiver L.
machine may at once be set in motion again to wind another ball.
The
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be
understood that I am well aware that so called self-acting balling machines with a
number of spindles or heads mounted upon a swinging or vibrating frame have been
constructed and such does not constitute my invention, but I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A machine for winding yarn, thread, twine or the like into balls constructed
with a sliding bracket in conjunction with each spindle by the raising of which the
balls when full are displaced or removed substantially as described.
2. A machine for winding yarn, thread, twine or the like into balls provided
with a shears or cutting device at the side of each spindle with or without grippers
to hold the thread end by which the material is severed wheh the ball is full before
being removed substantially as described.
3. In a balling machine the combination with the spindle D of a sliding tubular

page_text: bracket G actuated by a rack g and pinion H for the purpose of removing the balls
when full substantially as described.
4. In a balling machine the combination with the spindle D of the cutting
device M consisting of a reciprocating hooked blade m and a stationary blade m¹
supported on a bracket N and actuated by an eccentric R and pivoted lever O.
5. A balling machine provided with appliances for removing the full balls and
cutting and holding the ends constructed substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 15th day of September 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents.