US1064044A - Machine for operating upon warps. - Google Patents

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MACHINE FOB OPERATING UPON mars.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1910.

1,064,044, Patsnteii June 10, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET lv T. E. BINGHAM.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 28, 1910.

Patented June 10, 1913.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

T. E. BINGHAM.

MACHINE FOR OPERATING UPON WARPS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28, 1910.

1,064,044, Patented June 10, 1913.

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Uru rnnsfrATEs 'rnotmis E. BING-HAM, or MANGHESTER, ENGLAND, AssIGNon'rowIowArm n. COLMAN L THER MILLER, Ann HARRY A. snvnnson, COPARTNERS DOING BUSINESS as BAR ER-CQL AnoOMPANY, or ROCKFORD, ILLINoIs.

MACHINE non OPERATING UPON wanes.

Specification of Letters Patent.-

To all whom '15 may concem;

' Be it known that I, THOMAS E. BINGHAM,

I a subject of the 'King of.C-rcat- Britain, re-

siding at Manchester, England, have in: rented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Operating Lpon Warps, of

- wh ic h the following is a specification.

The object of my invention, generally f stated, is toflproduce a simple machine for '10 operatii ig upon warps-wherein some of the operations shall be manuallyperformed, and

' wh-ich ma be actuated by the operator.

- Inth-eaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 embodying thefeatures of my invention, a

looinreed beingomittedj Fig. 2 is a.front elevation of themachine with all ofthe sup ports and the seat for the operator omitted. Fig. 3 'is-a horizontal sectional view taken in the plane of dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.

tion the work is stationarily supported and .4 is 'a fragmental top plan view of the supp'orts.f0r the. warps and the reed. Fig. i) is a side elevation,somewhatdiagrammatiqof the warp supports and the reed support, showingalso the warp-uniting mechanism andthe upper portion of'the sensitive feeler. that. governs the feed movement of the mechanism.

- In the present embodiment of the inventheoperating mechanism is arranged to travel transversely of thework. The warps, the harness and the reed may be supported a .frame generally similar to that shown in United States Patent'No. 955,383, to Howard .D. Colman.

v the new warp 2 is wound.

3 IS a stationary bar across WlllC-ll the new:

1 indicates the loom-beam upon which warp. extends, and is a suitable holding means, such as a tongue clamp, in which the freeend of the newwarp'is'held, tho po'iltion of the warp extending between the bin: 3'- and the clamp lbeing, in this instance, substantially horizontal.

from thejcloth last woven'inftfh eloom, said Patented June 10, 191a.

' Application filed September 28, 1916. Serial No. 584,209.

strip being secured in place many conven -ient. manner, as, for instance, by being im-..'

paled upon. pins 9 carried by a bar 10, said bar being secured to a rod 11 by bracketslQ. The rod- 11 may be slidably mounted in the work-supporting frame in anysuitable way, as, for example, that illustrated in the (301- man.patenthereinbefore referred to: The

other end. of the section of warp 5 may be held byany preferred means, such as a tongue-clamp 13 forming a part of the worksupporting frame. The harnesses 6 may be suspended in any desired way, as, for ex.- ample, that indicated in said Colman patent.

The reed 7 is herein shown as supported by a channel 14 secured to the pin bar 10, said. channel being arranged to receive the'lower edge-of. the reed. The upper edge of the reed is releasably engaged by clips 15 which are pivotally mounted upon the rod 11. The

weft of the fabric 8 bears against the rear side of the reed.

Ihave herein shown the old warp as leased over two rods 16, said rods being releasably held together by means of caps 17 slidden over their ends. Brackets 18 attachedto the pin bar 10 underlie the lease rods in position to support the ends of the latter. As shown. in Figs. 2 and 5, the two warps liesubstantially parallel and in a horizontalplane.

The warp-uniting mechanism is mounted upon a carriage 19', said carriage being provided with wheels 20 arranged to roll upon rails 21 extending transversely of the-warps. At the rear end of the carriage 19 is fixed a standard 22 upon the upper end of which is rigidlyimounted a threaduniting mechanism 23. In this instance the uniting mechanism. is arranged'to unite the threads by means .of

knots. Any suitable form of uniting mechar nism may be employed, that-hereinshown heing/similar to the knotter illustrated'in 9'5 United States Patents Nos. 672,636 and 755,110 issued to Howard D.- Colman. As indicated in the drawings, the uniting mechanism is supp arted adj acen'tto the horizontal planes of the warps.

The means herein shown for actuating the" uniting mechanism comprises a .linlr- 2 1 pivoted at its upper end to a crank-arm fixed to the actuating sector 26 of the knoti ter. Thelower 'end pf said link .is'pivotally connected to one armof alever 1 2i", which lever is pivotally-'supp0rted{at 28. spring-l upon the ca-ri'iagein a-position convenient "tilalpositionp A ioot lever; r treadle-3O is npivotally mounted, upon a shaft 31,..whic'h,

and that when ,treadle the spring 29 restores the knotter-to 29 attached at one end to, said lever, andat its other end to a point upon the standard 22, tends 'to rock said lever in the direction to.

restore theknot-tymg mechanism-to. itsini-l shaft is carried in bearing brackets 32-.fixed to the carriage. One'en'd orithe footlever 3O underlies one end oft-he lever 27-. Afseat 33 of anysuitable construction maybe placed for the operation of the'machine. It will be seen thatwhen the treadle is depressedby the operator," thefknotter 23 will be actuated to unite threads that may be presented to it, the operator- .releases the itsi'nitial position. j p The selection of threads fromthet warps;

'j"-and thepresentation of said threads to the.- knot-tying mechanism, may be accomplished manually by the operator when sea'ted'upon the. seat 33, -theforen'iost thread of the 'old" warp being selected with, say, the left hand,

the foremost thread'of thenew. war being selected .with the right hand, 'an both:

threads'placed in the knotter with the right hand Y \Vhen selecting the threads,' tl1e o eratormay-irest hislett hand upon the a ja cent lease rod '16, the brackets 18 being pro--- vided partially'ior the purpose of support-1 ing the weight thus placed on the lease-rod,-

and partially to support the lease rods as the upper warp threads are severed and tied to the lower warp. threads by the. lmotter.

It will be. apparent from .Fig." 5. thatflthe Work and'the mechanism are'so supported that thereis a clear space :above the war which. renders. manual .selectionot-f e threads possible.

:The selection'ofthe threads and the pre- 'sentationoi the. same to the uniting. mecha nism being manual, it is'desirablethatsaid mechanism be under theimmedia'te control of the operator; hence I'Ihave, in-this em bodiment, provided a knotter adapted for intermittent operation and arranged for -ac tuation by the operator.

' mechanism The meansherein'shown for'moving the carriage. 19' so as" t" carry the knot tying across the warpscomprises, 'a'

I said shaft. being connected by means of agear train 35'with onejof the axles 'o-f'the carriage 19. 'A '-bell-crank lever 36Jis pivot allymounted upon the sh'aft31, and carries its arms apivoted awl 37 aptedv .0 engage the-ratchet whee 34, the

f other and of said bel1 crank-lever'under lying a pin 38 fixed in the footile'ver 30; A;-

Y spring 39 tends to, rock 'the bell-crank. lever in thedirection to give, the pawl 37 its re storing movement. It" will be seen that inear the'warps', t

wh'erii the "operator depresses fthe' treadle- 30 the pawl and ratchetjwheelqwill-be actuated to traverse the carriage tranversely of the warps. c-

r ';.In order' that the feed movement of the carriage shall be proportionate to the rate ported atj41 upon a bracket 42 fixed to the carriage. Said lever comprises an up wardly-extendingarm or feeler 43 arranged to lie in contact with the foremost thread ofthe lower or new warp; The other arm which the tying of the warps progresses,- I provide a' two-arm lever 40 pivotally sup- 44 of; said lever is bent. 1nt0 hook form, as g indlcated in Figs. land 3, to engage the pawl-carrying arm of the bell-crank lever 36.""The weight of the bell crank 'lever40 I feeler 43sw1-ngs in the'd'irection to maintaln contact ith the lower warp and Sodding the hooked end of the arm 44 is withdraw-1'1 from. engagemeht with the bell-crank lever 36,- whereupon the spring 39 is free to give the pawl 37a complete restoring movement.- The next depression of the treadle will cause the pawl to rotate the ratchet wheel 34 and with the foremost thread of the lower warp 1 r thus feed the uniting mechanism toward the warps. 1 I, may,'if desired, employ a brake or brakes to prevent overrunnmg of the, car

riage. hen all the. threads of one warp have been tied to the-correspondingthreads' of the other warp, the new warpma-y be drawn' through'th'e harnesseyes by moving the pin bar'10- and the reed-support -14, 15' rear-' .wardly until the knots have passed through the heddle eyes. The reed may then be released from its support'and dra'wn over the knots onto the'new warp. threads. It will,- ofcourse, be understood that'thehandling "of the. warps,- lharness' and reed after. the

warps are united may be varied as desired. Th'eapparatus herein described facilitates "the performance of manual'operations upon textile elements, in that it comprises a carriage fortheoperator and meansfor movin -gthe carriage to maintain operative re-x latio nbet'ween the operator and the work,

said-'moving means being pedally actuated so that the operator may" have the free use of both'han'ds, z I a f I claim .as' --my vcntion:

1. In a warp umting' apparatus, the conibination of warp-uniting mechanism, a car'- 'riage for supporting the 'warp-uniting meoh-' anismiand the. operator; means arr'anged to beactuated -by the operator" 'for' actuating I said mechanism? and propelling-j said car riage;,-and means fpr'controlling the. raceof traverse-of said carriage to suit the posi-' tion of the threads being united.- '2. a warp-uniting apparatus, the combination of warp-uniting mechanism; a can rlage forsupportmg the warp nmting mechanism and the operator; at foot-operated le-,

er on said carriage'for actuating said meeh-,

- of the second mentioned lever with said operatin'g mechanism said foot lever being.

'anismand propelling said carriage; and 'means operated by the threads about to be united for controlling-the rate of traverse of thef'carria'ge.

. '3. A 'warp-tdn ap aratu's .com rising stationary means supporting the work;

' a knot-tyingn echanism; a carriage for supporting the knot-tying mechanism and the. operator; mechanism for'interm1ttently operating the knotter; and'carriage-moving means, .said knotter-act-uating means and carriage-moving means beinglocated upon the carriage and being arranged for actuation by the operator. 1 i -'In a machine for operating'npon warps, stationary means forsupp'orting the work; Operating mechanism; acarriage .for supporting the operating mechanism and the operator; a pedal on said earriage;a driving connectionbetween said pedal andthe operating mechanism; and carriage-moving means'arranged to be driven by said pedal.

5. Ina-machine for operating upon warps,

stationary means for supporting the work; operatingmechamsm; 'a carrlagefor 'sup-' arranged-to move said link in onedirection; and means for-moving said link in the oppo- "site 'di'rection. 6.1.31 :1 machine for operatingupon warps; a stationary means for support ng the work;

operating mechanism; a carriage for supporting the operating. meichanismand the operator ;a shaft supported-upon said car'- r age': a'-;toot,.lever p votallysupported upon rosao n 1 a said shaft; a driving connection between said fool lever and said-operating .mecha' IiISm an arm pivotally. supported upon said shaft and arranged to e swungin-one-direction' -by said-'ioo't-lever; means for swinging .said arm in the opposite direction; a pawl carriedby said arm; a ratchet-wheel fixed: upon said" shaft, and arranged to been .gaged by said pawl;- and a driving connection between said shaft andsaid carriage.

I 7.' Ina maohine for operating upon warps, stationary means for. supporting-the work;

4 operating meb anism a carriage for sup} porting the o erating mechanism' and the operator; pe al actuated carriage-moving means looatcd upon said carriage; and a sensitme .feeler supported upon said carriage in position to engage-the work and arranged to control rsaidcarriage-moving. means.

In a'mzftchine for operating upon warps, a olamp 'for supporting one-pend oi'a section of old warp; means-tor supporting the other end of said section'of war a {clamp arranged below the first-mentioned clamp for supporting one'endof anew warp; means cooperating with the; second mentioned clamp for supporting. a section of the new warpj in a plane substantially parallel to and 'direot-ly below the-plane'of the old warp, the spac'e'abov'e said warps being unobstructed;

operating mechanism; a carriage for su porting theoperating nechanisin and t e operator and pedabac'tuated carriage-mow 'ing means located upon" said earriage, and

arranged for actuation by the operator.

- 9. A textile apparatus comprising a warp 'clamp and a rear member lying in substantially in .the same horizontal plane for supporting-a portion of a new warp with the warp beam behind. and below said reargnemher, a warp ..cla mp located above the? other warp clamp, forsupporting one end of a sectionlof old warp; and means above and reap ivardly' of said -rear member. for {supporting the plot-h end; "of the' section of old warp, whereby portionsor" the warps are disposed in substantially parallel. planes, one above the other, with a clearspace in frontof the .warpsand abovethe top warp.-

In 'te s'timon I whereofil aifix ny signature presence '0 two witnesses.

, THOMAS .E. BINGHAM.

Witnesses r GEORGE L. GHINDAHL, Josnrrr-R. B'AnsE, Jr.

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