US1133286A - Filling-changer. - Google Patents

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J. E. HUME & G. S. THOMPSON.

FILLING CHANGER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

Patented Mar. 30, 1915.

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f y k/ 3., E. HUME 62 G. S. THOMPSON.

FlLL lNG CHANGER, APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27/1912.

Patented Maul" 38, 915.

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J. E. HUME & G. S. THOMPSON.

FILLING CHANGER.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

Patented M11130, 11915.

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J. E. HUME dz G. S. THOMPSON.

FILLING CHANGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

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- I Ia'azz whomit may concern Be it known that we, Joan E. HUME ahdQGnonen S. THoMPsoN, citizens of the United States in I the bobbins or filling carriers a plurality of sets, each set havingfai ydiderent color [This inventionrelates toweft replenish ing looms having a stationary magazine for from the others, The principal objects of the invention are to simplify the construction andreduce the number of parts, particularly the means for effecting the change of thehl'lin and the constant supply of bobbins or I ling cartime to the'loom from thejproper:cr'unpartments of the magazine;'t o provide aneasily adjustable and smoothly operating machine for this purpose"; tobringfthebobb nthat is to be transferred nearer. to the. shuttle that is to receive it, thereby securing an evener and "surer transfer-"of the same to drop the bobbins into the boxes inan'iin'g proved and simplified manner at a time when the transferrer is notioperating" time the diflerent motions to perform their work so that. the bobbin has time to. be

properly adjusted .in' the box before the transferrer is called upon'jto operat 1t, so that there is ample time to accomplish the transfer of the" bobbing to the 'shuttle,. and

iaccuratelyJ ln'thisfway theloom 'can be "run faster than with-the ordinaryconstructions'. y I I I I I The invention also jinvolvesfoperating, I means for several of the parts as. will alptha't action-Qcan'be performed evenlyand pear hereinafter. I I Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings in which-- similar View atfthe opposite end Fig. 3 is line 7-7 of. Fig. 6.

a front elevation of a portion of the loom;

ig. 4 is an. end elevation of certain detalls.

of the magazine; Fig. 5 is a. plan view of the boxes; Fig. 6 is a view of parts shown in Fig. 2, but in a different position; and

Fig. 7 is a sectional view of the same on the The invention. is shown as applied to a re 1 is a view of one endof aloom of t is "character showing a preferred embodiment of this invention; Fig.2 is a rrLLIne-onanenn.

specification of Letters at. P t nt d an, mm; Application filed September 2?, 191a. Serial n mama.

loom frame 10 of well known construction,

having a magazine 11 fixed thereon provided with a pluralityof compartments 1].

for the filling carriersor bobbins of the several colors or other characteristics. The

100m is shown as provided, with a shaft 15 a'which; passes; from one endtd the other at the bottom. This shaft is operated to oscillate from the box motion by means not. shown, and is Provided with an-arm 16 confn'ectr a d-' by a link 17 with theusual shuttle box lever 18" for. operating the shuttle boxes.

Theshaft' 15. is also 'rovided with an arm.

20 extending upwar, y and 'having at the uppe r end thereof a gear segment 21. This I IQ gear'segment meshes with'a rack 22 which is connected bya rigid arm'23 with, the set ofboxes 24: to give said boxes :3. horizontal rectilinear reciprocation under the maga 'zinellas the shaft 15. oscillates/1 There are any desired number of boxes in this set,

. one for each coloror other character of yarnFused.;;--The boxes are provided with isi flat on top and is preferably provided end platcs'flt-fflt and 249, so shaped as to with guides 26. for "the boxes 24, and is "curved on its underside to accommodate. the sw ng of thelay. This plate is also provided with. apassage 27 'therethrough to allowthe bobbin and thread to pass through it when changing the bobbin :to' the shuttle.

The boxes 24 workin conjunction with the shuttle boxes on account of. the fact that both;are connected with the same shaft 15 through the, arms '16 and 20, respectively.

Thereforcit will be seen that the color that is weaving can be made alwaysto be located "under the transferrer 30 'ready for-being transferred to the shuttle: The. boxes 24:

"are of such width that when one. box is positioned under the transferrer 30,-the other box 2t is positioned under the magazine compartment containing bobbins with weft thread of the proper color.

"On the frame of the 160111 is' a bracket on.

which is pivoted a feeler 28 ofany ordinary construction, preferably the well known Crompton mechanical feeler, which .en' gages the filling on the bobbin and travels opposition to a spring 28: on a rod E ZQQ' Z-it invariably with it. When the fillin on the I, bobbin moves into contact with the eelerin,

oscillates the rod' and operates anj'arm 29 carried by an arm 29- to withdraw said arm 29. from contact with a rod 34. The rod 290 corresponds with shaft of U. S.

Patent to Ryon,No. 972,722 on the Crompton mechanical feeler, and the spring 28 corresponds with the spring 21 of the ltyonpatent. The arm 29 is actuated in the same way as the rod 24 of the Ryon patent, but,

of course, it has a different effect as ex-' tlfiie"the*l'ay' heats up, the filling on the bobbinin the'shuttle engages the feeler 2S andforces the fceler, together with arm 29, backwardly." This keeps 'the arm 29 out of cbntactwiththe upper end of the rod 34 at this time and allows that rod-to reciprocate. vertically-"without touching "a finger 36.

When, however, the filling is substantially exhausted, the bobbin cannot push the feeler to causeit to rockrod 290 and consequently the end of the arm 29 is leftincontact with the rod 34. This forces rod 34 to engage the under side of a finger 36.on its next rise and lift said finger." This finger 36 'issecured on a;horizontal shaft 350a which is another finger 36 which lifts the trip 37 on that one of the boxes 24 which is in position to deliver a'bobbin. This trip 37 slides vertically in the end of the box and is held in its elevated or depressed position by friction.

- I When tripped by finger 36 it moves up and lifts an arm 38 on a shaft39 which is provided'with another arm 40 which extends dbwnwardly and is connected with a rod 41 by a guide arm '42 and moves said rod laterally under a plate 43 ion rod 44, when the shaft 39 is rocked by the lifting of the arm 38.": The rod 41 is caused to reciprocate vertically by'another cam 32 on the shaft 31 operating'a'lever 410 and when it is shifted laterally as above described, it willraise the plate 43 and'rod 44, thereby lifting the dog 45*into position to be engaged by a projecti'o'n'46 on the 1ay 47 when the latter beats up on its forward motion. This causes, the lay to move the dog 45 and'rock arm 48' about a pivot 49 and thereby rock arm 50 and depress the transferrer 30 to force a bobbin" from the box" 24 beneaththe transferrer down through the passage 27 in the plate 25 and into the shuttle. 'As the transferrer moves down it engages the trip 37,

that" is under it, and returns it to its lower-1 'most position. When these movements have been accomplished, one of the boxes 24 is left' empty. For the purpose of filling the --bexes a set of strips 53- and 53 is employed, one-for each box. Each of these trips has a freely swinging pendant 54 and 54, respectively, and the trips areattached to a slide bar 55 connected with the boxes 24 by arms 56 so as to travel with them, and are so positioned on the slide bar that the pendant corresponding with the box having the color of filling in use is located over the transferrcr 30 so that the transferrer will engage the pendant for thatcolor on its bacaward or upward movement (as shown in Figs. 2 and 4), raising the corresponding trip 53 or 53 which is held in its raised position by friction and when it is moved opposite the compartment of the magazine that hasthat color of filling by the reciprocation of boxes 24 and bar 55 it engages the lower end of the catch.57 pivotally mounted on the bar 58 for that compartment of the magazine. The lower end ofeach catch 57 is beveled on its twofront; vertical edges so that endwise engagement of such catch by a trip 53 or 53" will tilt-the catch. One of these bars 58 is slidably mounted alongside of each compartment of the magazine. lVhen the catch 57 is rocked by the raised trip its upper end is moved into the path of the corresponding arm 59 mounted on a rock shaft 63 controlled by a rod 62 operated by the cam 32 and lever 33', and the bar 58 to which said catch 57 is attached is thereby moved downwardly. The downward movement of this bar 58 causes the arm 60 pivoted to that bar to trip the cradle 61 and deposit a bobbin from that compartment of the magazine in the proper box 24, and at the same time the raised trip is pushed down to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 7.

The trips 54 and 54 are so positioned on the bar 55, which moves with the boxes 24, that, when a box 24 is under the transferrer in position to deliver its bobbin, its corresponding trip is above the transferrer in position to be raised by the trans-ferrer on its return movement after it has transferred the bobbin from the box to the shuttle, and so that they will trip their respective catches 57 when the corresponding box is beneath that compartment of the magazine, as shown 1 in Figs. 2 and 6.

It will be seen therefore that the action of transferring the bobbins is brought about in an exceedingly simple manner involving few parts and those of such a simple character that they do not afford great opportunity of getting out of order in practice and are easily, repaired in case of damage. Not a great deal of power is required to run them, and the expense of manufacture and running is greatly reduced.

' Although we have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of the invention, we are aware of the fact that the'invention can be carriedout with many changes .in the details of construction without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in I WBIMM; r

the-claims. Therefore .we do not wish to be a plurality of compartments for bobbins or the .impact ,of the la filli n carriers, a transferrer, and a lay, of a set of boxes, means for reciprocating said boxes between the magazine and the lay, means operated by said lay for operating the transfer-rel to transfer a filling carrier from one of the boxes to the shuttle, andmeans controlled by the box that is in position to deliver for completing .the conned. tions for o crating the transferrer.

2. In a filling changer for looms, the com"- bination with a magazine having a. lurality by the beat of the lay for transferring a bobbln from one of the boxes to the shuttle, and

a set of trips moving with said boxes tor.

v erated by the trip which is o erated by t e 3. In a lling changer for looms, the combination of a magazine having a plurality of controllin the operation of 'said means.

compartments therein, a set of boxes movable under said magazine, a transferrer movable to transfer a filling carrier fromone of said boxes downwardly, a set of trips onthe v boxes, a lay, a reciprocable rod, means for moving said rod synchronously Withthe beat of the lay, means operated by said rod to engage one otthe tri s on the boxes, and

means p t s r id-trip for receiving- Y; ,andoperating the transferrer thereby. 1,

I. In -a,filling changer, for looms, the m, ,lplurality xes re ciprocableunder said magazine,-each having an open bottom,- a transferrer .adjacentto;

said magazine and movable-to transferee v bination of a magaz ne having'a oi compartments therein, a set of fillin marrierfrom one of saidlboxes downl Ward y,.a set of trips on the boxes, one for each; box, a-lay, a reciprocable, rod means for mailing said rod synchronously with the beat pf the lay, means operatedby said rod. to engage-gone of the-tri s on the-boxes, andv I .means operated by. sai tripfor receiving transferrer thereby-t,

a transterrer;movablezdownwardly into the boxes for transferring a bobbin from one of the boxes through the bottom thereof, a set of trips on said boxes,.o ne;for each ;b ox a vertically reciprocable rod, means for reciprocating-said red once-tor each beatef the.

tom thereof, a set of trips, on sai of compartments for bobbins or ingcarriers, a set of reciprocatory boxes mounted] under the magazine, means-for reciprocating said boxes, means adapted to be operated lay, said rod having means vtor-movie the oneof said trips which correspondswit the box that is under the transferrer, a secondreciprocable rod, meansjin position to be operated by the trip for moving the second red laterally, a plate in position to be engaged by the secondrod on its upwardrre ciprocation when it has been so moved, and

means connected with said plate forcausing the transferrer to be operated.

ing a lurality of compartments therein, a

set of oxes movable under said magazine,

each having an open bottom, a transferrer movable into the box for transfierringa bobbin from one of the boxes thro ilgh the botboxes, one

for eachbox, a rod, meanstor reciprocating said rod synchronously with the beat of the lay, means connected with said rod for mom 7 ing theoneof said trips which corresponds first rod for moving the secon rod laterally,

.With the box that is under the transferrer, a second rod operable synchronously with the a. plate in positionv to be engaged by the second rod-on 1ts upward reciprocation vyhen it has been so moved, and means connected With 7. In a machine of the character desaid plate for causing the transferrer to be operatedby the lay on the next beat thereot,

scribed, the combination of a magazine having a. plurality'ot com artments therein, a,

set of boxes reciprocab e' under said'maga zine, a transferrer movable into the boxes for-transferring abobbin from one of the boxes, a set at tripson said boxes one for each vbox a reclprocable rod havingmeana for moving the one ofsaid trips which core,

responds .yvi'th. the box that is under the transferrer, a 'bobbin feeler, means controlled.

operation of the trip by the first named rod .and'preventing its operation until the bobbin inthe shuttle on the lay is substantially exhausted, a second reeiprocable rod, means in-position to be operated by the trip .vvhich cation when-it has been so moved, and means 8. In .a :machine of the ,by said bobbin teeler for controlling the v v 'Hbe engaged by the seedn rod on its reciproa the impact-of thelay; and operating the,

connected. with said plate for causingthew transferrer to be operated.

ing a plurality ct. vertical compartments a thereinya set of boxes horizontally reciprocable under said magazine, each having an i open bottom, a transferrer movable downone forreach box, a vertically reciprocable I 12.0, 5 character described,.the combination of a magazine hav rod, means for reciprocating said-rod once for each beatof thelay, said rod having means for moving the one of said trips which corresponds with the'boxthat is under the transferrer, a second rod operable vertically synchronously with the first named rod, means in positionrtobe operated by the trip which is operatedby'the first rod for moving the second rod laterally, a plate-in position to be engaged b'y'the second rod on its upward reciprocationwhen it has been so moved, means connected with said plate for causing the transferrerrto be operated, and means automatically eontrol-led by the 'transferrer for replenishing thebox from the magazineafter the transfor controlling the operation ofsaid trans-' ferrer hasacted.

9. In a machine of the characterdescribed, the combination of a magazine, a set. of reciprocable boxesand a lay, with means .for transferring a bobbin'from one of, the boxes to the lay,- m'eansyinovable with said boxes ferring means, and means for replenishing the boX'fromEthema'gaZine.

10. In a-"machineof the" character described, the combination of a magazine,]a set'of reciprocable boxes, and a lay, with means for transferring a bobbin from one of the boxes to the lay, and means controlled the transferrer on its reverse stroke for setting the replenishing'ineans into operative condition after the transferrer has completed' its-operation? 12. In a mach ne of the character described, the combination of a magazine, a

" set of reciprocatory boxes and a lay,'with means controlled by the boxes and operated by the lay for transferring a'bobbin from one ofthe boxes to'the lay, a set of trips and means connected with each of said trips 1 equal in number to the" number of boxes,

meansfor moving said trips along with the boxes, means on the transferrer for engaging and operating one of said trips at the end of the reverse motion of the transferrer,

for discharging a bobbin from one of the compartments of the magazine.

13. In a machine of .the character de-' scribed, the combination of a magazine having a plurality of compartments, a set of boxes reciprocable under the ma azine, 11a 'transferrer for transferring abob m from one of said boxes, a set oftrips corresponding and movable with the boxes, means on the transferrer for actuating one'ofsaid trips corresponding with the box. emptied by the transferrer upon the completion of'i'the reverse motion of the transferrer, andmeans whereby on the next operation of thezboxes' the corresponding compartment-of the magazine will deposit abobbinlin'athe box which has been emptied.

14. In a, machine of scribed, the combination of a magazine having a number of compartments, a transthe character de-= ferrer, a plurality of trips corresponding with theflnumber of compartments in the magazine, means for movingsaid'trips' with the beat of the lay, means on the transferrer ,for engaging and raising one of said trips upon the reverse motion of-lthetrans'ferrer after ithas acted, a 'bar, means for periodically raising and loweringthebar synchro-' nously with the beat ofthe lay,-'a latch on the bar in position to be engaged by' the .trip which has been operated by the transferrer, and means connected with said latch forfdepositing a bobbin from one of the compartments of the magazine.

15. In a machine of the character de-' scribed, the combination with a magazine having a plurality of compartments, of a bar thereon having a pivoted'latch, a set of boxes movable 5 with the lay, a set oftrips carried with theboxes and adapted to engageand operate the latch,.means.movable with the lay for controlling the descent of said bar, an arm pivoted to saidbar, a

' cradle, and connections from said arm to the cradle to operate thecradle and deposit a bobbin from the magazine 'in one of said boxes.

16. In a' machine of the character described, the combination with a magazine having a plurality of compartments, of a -bar thereon, a set of boxes movable withthe lay, a trip movable with the lay into position for controlling the periodical descent of said bar, an 'arm pivoted to said bar, a cradle, connections from said arm to the cradle to operate the cradle and deposit a bobbin from the magazine in one of said boxes, and means for simultaneously pushing the trip that has been actuated back into normal position. In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands, in the presence of two sub-' scribing witnesses;

" JOHN E. HUME.

GEORGE S. THOMPSON.

Witnesses:

ALBERT E. FAY,

C. FoRnEs'r Wesson.

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