US139051A

US139051A - Improvement in spinning-mules

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Publication number: US139051A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1873-05-20
Anticipated expiration: 1890-05-20

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1. 1. DEWEY.

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N0. 139,051. PatentedMay 20.1873.

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JOHN J. DEWEY, OF QUEEOHEE, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPINNING-MULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 139,051, dated May-Q0, 1873; application lrd February 15, 1cm.

To all whom it may concern:

15e it known that I, JOHN J. DEWEY, 0 Queechee, in the countv of Windsor and State or' Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Selt'- Operating Spinning Mules or Jacks, ot' which the following is a speciticaton:

My invention consists ot' a combination, with the carriage of a spinning-mule, ot' gearing arranged tor facilitating the running ot' The carriage in by hand (first throwing oft' the driving-belt and turningr the spindles slowly) when the bobbins are full and ready to be dotl'ed, so that the yarn may be wound a few times around the bottoms of the bobbins to fasten it, and then run down below the bobbins onto the spindles, so as to be held, when the bobbins are doii'ed, ready to be run upon the new bobbins. .By this meansI am also enabled to wind upon the spindles the packing of line threads for holding the bobbins thereto by friction.

This kind ot' winding cannot be done when the spindles are driven in the regular way by the driving-belt and the machine is subject to the regular order of operations, because it must, of necessity, be done according to the judgment of the attendant in each particular case, particularly in winding the packing on the spindles; hence I provide gearing, by means of which, after throwing oft' the driving-belt, the carriage may be run in with facility instead ot' pushing it in by a direct application of force; for, although it is possible for a strong man to push it in by main force, the exertion required is altogether too great, and for which some workmen would be entirely incapable with some machines. I therefore provide a hand-crank and reducing-gear, so as to make the operation easy for any spinner, and enable him to run the carriage in with one hand while controlling the yarn by the follower with the other.

In applying this hand driving-gear I avail myself ot' the toothed wheel used on some spinning-maehil'le carriages for certain purposes, and gearing with a toothed rack on the licor; but where such machines are not of a spinning-mule provided with my improvement, and Fig. 2 is a section ot' Fig. l on the line .fr zr.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the carriage ot' the mule, B the rails or ways on which it traverses, and C the wheels on which it runs. l) is the toothed wheel which is found on the carriage ot' some nulles, and E the toothed rack on the oor, with which it gears. With this wheel, whether already on the machine or specially applied for the end I have in view, I gear -a hand crank-sl'iai't, F, by means of the counter-shaft Gr, bevel-wheels H, and a pinion, I, or any other equivalent means. The pinion is much smaller than the wheel, and adds considerably to the leverage of the crank, and thus makes it easy to run the carriage in by hand. Besides the application of this gearing to the carriage, 1 apply a lever or handle, K, to the follower-rod L, so that I can, with one hand, move the follower-wire M down further than it is4 moved by the automatic devices in the regular operations ot' the machine, and thus cause the yarn or thread to wind down below the bobbins N onto the spindles O, as before stated, while I am forcing the carriage in with one hand by the crank-shaft F.

It will be readily seen that with these con-.

trivances I can wind the yarn on the base ot' the bobbins or on the spindles, as I wish, and control the winding as needed.

It', in winding on the tine yarns or packing for holding the bobbins to the spindles, I do not get enough on, as I probably will not, by once running the carriage in, I can shift the driving-belt on and run the carriage out by it, at the same time spinning the threads, and then shift it oft' and run the carriage in again by hand, repeating the operations as many times as I may wish to do.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters 2. In n spinning mule or jack having gear` Patenting;` for running the carriage in by hand, as 1. The combination, with a spinning mule above described, a lever, K, combined with or jack, of a hand-crank and reducing-greatthe follower-rod L, substantially as specified.

ing, arranged. substantially as described, and JOHN JASPER DEWEY. adapted for running' the carriage in by hand Witnesses: when the driving-belt; is thrown off, substan- WM. S. DEWEY,

tially as specified. WILLIAM LINDsEY.