Improvements relating to the Mounting and Supporting of Creel Skewers for Reeling, Winding, or the like Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1898
LATION.
Improvements relating to the Mounting and Supporting of Creel
Skewers for Reeling, Winding, or the like Machines.
JOHN RAWSON, of 198, Park Road, Dukinfield, in the County of Chester,
Carpenter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in so mounting the skewers as to free them
from pressure on their ends, to retain the skewers in position small claps or
weights hinged are usually employed lying in contact with the point or apex
of skewers. During the reeling of the remaining yarn of what is termed cop
bottoms, it sometimes happens the skewer jumps or is plucked out, causing a
stoppage of the machine, my improvements prevent this occurance and further
reduces the breakages of "ends now caused by the drag or friction inherent
where the holding down clap or "back-door" as it is commonly called bearing
on the skewer point is employed.
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In carrying out my invention I employ the ordinary arrangement for support-
ing the base of the skewers.
The apex is supported preferably by a rail containing holes in which they
rotate; against these holes or the like and opposite or facing the point of the
skewers, buffers are placed suitably and charged by means of a spiral spring or the
like equivalent, when depressed in the act of placing a skewer in position for
gigging" immediately the skewer is released the spring or springs push back
the buffer close against the aforesaid hole or holes which latter form a stop.
and thus the buffer comes to rest at about one eighth of an inch clearance from
the skewer point. Each skewer is therefore entirely free from end pressure
which is highly desirable when reeling fine yarns; although it is obvious my
improvements will allow the buffer to be placed even in close contact if desired,
with the skewer. I may mention each cop is usually treated like the others
and the arrangements are the same in all points.
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For the better understanding of the nature of the process of "gigging" or
crecling" I give the following explaination.
Gigging and creeling are common technical terms for the same process, which
process commences when the unwinding of the yarn from the cop has proceeded
to a point, where (owing to the increasing length of bare skewer) drag influ-
ences the work detrementally resulting in frequent breakages of the yarn.
It must be noted the skewer up to this point has been fixed; but to unwind
the remaining portion of the cop, the skewer and cop is removed to a suitable
arrangement whereby both may revolve or rotate together when "gigging" or
creeling in the reel or winding frame is said to be in operation unül the whole
of the yarn is removed and wound in the form of hank, bobbin or cheese.
Dated this 26th day November 1897.

page_text: Improvements relating to the Mounting and Supporting of Creel
Skewers for Reeling, Winding, or the like Machines.
JOHN RAWSON, 198, Park Road, Dukinfield, in the County of Chester,
Carpenter, 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:-
My invention consists in so mounting the skewers as to free them from
pressure on their ends; to retain the skewer in position small claps or weights
hinged are usually employed lying in contact with the point or apex of the
skewers during the reeling of the remaining yarn of what is termed cop bottoms,
it sometimes happens the skewer jumps or is plucked out, causing a stoppage of
the machine:
My improvements prevent this occurance and further reduces the breakage
of ends' now caused by the "drag" or friction inherent where the holding
down clap or " back-door" as it is commonly called bears on the skewer points.
In carrying out my invention I employ the ordinary arrangement for support-
ing the base of the skewers by pot step A, Fig. 1. The apex is supported pre-
ferably by a rail B containing holes 13 in which the point rests is carried &
rotates; abutting the rail B is a second rail C secured thereto & containing
suitable holes in which are placed studs E with large ends E' which latter
abut against the holes of rail B, and the points of the skewers H, the studs or
buffers E are pressed into contact by a charged spring For the like equivalent.
When depressed in the act of placing a skewer in position for "gigging." im-
mediately the skewer is released the spring or springs F push back the buffer E
close against the rail B closing the mouth of B' which is arranged so that the
point of the skewer is about inch from the buffer at rest. This play length-
wise is designed to avoid end-binding of the skewer, as does the ordinary clap
in use & is a fruitful cause of breakage to the thread yarn.
Fig. 3 shows an enlarged view of the gig complete in section.
Fig. 4 shows a modification despensing with back rail C of Fig. 3 and employ-
ing a metal cup M or holder or the like suitably fastened preferably by screws
to rail B, of this arrangement each skewer requires a complete outfit as shewn
in sketch.
The mode of working is as follows, the drum Q is revolved by power, wrapping
upon its circumference R the yarn G of cop bottoms through course G³ & G
by guides J and J, in this revolution the yarn is unwound off G and at the
same time H is caused to rotate and my object is to relieve it of end pressure
while so revolving as herein before described.
The parts in Figs. 1 and 2 as, L the traverse board, K the skewer board
and the full cop fixed upon its skewer &c. are only introduced to shew the
relative position of my invention with the main parts of the reel or other kind
of winding machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed; I claim:
A means of overcoming breakage of yarn through end pressure on skewers by
means of the combination of spring and buffer as substantially set forth shewn and
described in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Ofith far of dvoust 1808