US1458323A

US1458323A - Hank register

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Publication number: US1458323A
Application number: US548031A
Authority: US
Inventors: James L Burnham
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-03-30
Filing date: 1922-03-30
Publication date: 1923-06-12
Anticipated expiration: 1940-06-12

Description

June 12, 1923.

J. L. BURNHAM HANK REGISTER Filed March 30 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 12, 1923. 1,458,323

J. BURNHAM HANK REGI STER Filed March 30, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 avwam toz 1:. E.

Patented June 12. 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES'L. BURNHAM, or SACO, MAINE.

HANK REGISTER.

Application filed March 30, 1922. Serial No. 548,031.

T 0 (112 whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES L. BURNHAM,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Sac o, in the county of York and State of Maine, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hank Registers; and

I. do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

. This invention relates to an improved hank register for use upon roving, spinning and spooling machines and one object of the invention is to provide a register in which theretwill be provided a stationary plate having/inner and outer sight openings formed therein beneath which will be .mounted concentric dials which rotate in the proper timed relation and will accurately indicatethe number of hanks and fractions thereof. 1 By having the plate stationary and provided with sight openings across which pointers extend, the rotating dials will be covered except the portions which show through these openings. It will thusbeseen that the counter can be very easily read by simply observing the dials through the openings of the stationary plate and ascertaining the number of hanks and portions .thereof by observing where the pointers extend with respect tothe dials.

Another object of the invention is. to provide a hank registerin which the plate having the sight openings formed therein may be carried-by the post about which the operating mechanism for the dials is mounted Another object .of the invention is to so construct. the dial-carrying and operating gearing that it may be driven from the driv- --ing shaft' of the device and the two dials ,moved in the same direction concentric to each other and one rotate ata greater rate of speed than the. other. I ,Another ob'ect of the invention .is to so .construct this device that the means for carrying and operating the dials may be .bodily' removed from t e of the device when so. desired.

hous ng or casing This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein vFigure 1 1s a view of the complete register ready. for use.

. E'gnreQ 1s a longitudinalsectional view through the register.

removed.

This improved hank register is provided with a casing or housing 1 which is open at one end and internally threaded so that the cover 2 may be screwed into place. This cover 2 is in the form of a ring which carries a transparent sheet 3so that with the cover in place to keep out dust, the register may be read. This casing or housing is provided with a side compartment 1 having a bearing 5 at one end which will be provided with a passage to receive the bushing 6 through which will extend the drive shaft 7. This drive shaft 7 carries a gear wheel 8 for operative connection to the machine and at its inner end carries a worm 9 which is held in place by a collar 10. A post 11 is provided in the housing or casing 1 and is provided with a reduced end portion 12 which extends through an opening formed in the bottom of the housing and is threaded to receive the securing nut or mounting bracket 13. Before the reduced end portion 12 of the post is passed through the opening in the bottom of the housing, a gear disk 14 will be placed upon this reduced end and .se-

cured so that when tightened by the securing nut or bracket 13, the post and the gear will a point in close contact with thestationary gear disk 14., A small disk 17 is carried by the outer end portion of this sleeve 16 and will be marked to provide the inner dial. This disk may be removed from the hub and sleeve when'necessary but when in place will turn with the sleeve and large gear. A setscrew 18 is provided so that this hub sleeve may be removed from the gear 15 when it is desired to renew the same.

The second dial 19 is positioned beneath and concentric to the dial 17 and is provided with a. ring or collar 20 which fits upon the hub extension 21 of the gear 22, a set-screw 23 being provided tosecurely hold the collar in place upon the hub extension of the gear. This gear 22 fits loosely upon the sleeve 16 and it will thus be readily seen that the dial 19 may have rotation independent of the dial 17. In order to impart rotary movement to the dial 19, as the gear 15 rotates, there has been provided a stem 24 which is journaled in the gear 15 and carries

gears

25 and 26 at its ends. These

gears

25 and 26 are rigid upon the stem 24 and mesh one with the rigid gear 14 and the other with the gear 22. It will thus be seen that as the Worm gear 15 is rotated, the gear 22 will receive rotary movement independent of the gear 15 and the two dials will have independent rotary movement with one moving faster than the other and in timed rela tion to it. The plate 27 is rigidly secured to the end of the post 11 by means of the securing screw 28 and is provided with inner and

outer sight openings

29 and 30. The sight opening 29 is positioned above the dial 17 and the sight opening 30 is positioned above the dial 19. Each of these openings is cut so as to provide a pointer 31 thus permitting the dials to be accurately read.

When this counter is in use, it will be put in place in connection with the machine so as to'be driven by a co-operating worm on the machine. The drive shaft 7 will thus be rotated and as this drive shaft rotates, rotary movement will be transmitted to the worm-gear 15 thus causing the inner dial to be rotated. As this gear 15 rotates, the gear 25 through engagement with the rigid gear 14 will cause the shaft 24: to be slowly rotated. The gear 26 carried by this shaft 24 through engagement with the gear 22 will cause this gear and the dial 19 to slowly rotate. The dial 19 registers the number of hanks and the dial 17 which shows through the sight opening 28 registers fractions of a dial. Since the plate 27 is stationary and the two dials move beneath it, the dials can be readily viewed through the openings and a proper reading obtained. There has been 7 provided a counter which is so constructed that. it will ope-rate very efficiently and may be easily read and there has further been provided a counter so constructed that it comprising a casing, a stationary plate in the casing provided with inner and outer sight openings, an'element rotatably mounted in the casing and carrying a dial viewed through the inner sight opening, a drive shaft for said rotatable element, a gear disk rigid in the casing and positioned about the axis of said rotatable element, a second rotatable element rotatably carried by the first about its axis and carrying a dial positioned concentric to the first dial and viewed through the outer sight opening of said plate, and means carried by the first rotatable element and actuated by the rigid gear disk for imparting rotary motion to the second rotatable element during rotation of the first.

2. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a drive shaft, a post in the casing, a rigid gear about the post, a plate secured to the post and having inner and outer sight openings, an element in the casing rotatable about the post and rotated from the drive shaft and carrying a dial Viewed through the inner sight opening of the plate, a second element rotatably mounted in the casing for rotation concentric to the first rotatable element and carrying a dial viewed through the outer sight opening of the plate, and means carried by the first mentioned rotatable element and actuated by the rigid gear for imparting rotary movement to the second rotatable element inde pendent of the first during rotation of the rst.

3. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a drive shaft, a post in the casing, a rigid gear about the post, a plate secured to the post and having inner and outer sight openings, a main gear rotatable about the post and driven from the drive shaft and having a hub'extension carrying a dial visible through the inner sight opening of the plate, a gear loose upon the hub extension of the main gear and carrying a dial concentric to the first dial and visible through the outer sight opening of the plate, a stem journaled in the main gear, and gears rigidly carried by the stem upon opposite sides of the main gear and meshing one with the rigid gear and the other with the disk carrying gear loose upon the hub extension of the main gear.

1. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a drive shaft extending into said casing, a post rigid in the casing, a plate secured to thepost and having inner and outer sight openings, a gear disk rigid in said casing about said post, a maindrive gear loose upon said post and rotated from said drive shaft, a sleeve extending from said drive gear about said post and carrying a dial viewed through the inner sight opening of said plate, a collar loose upon said sleeve and having a gear at its inner end and at its outer end a dial concentric to the first dial and viewed through the outer sight opening, a stem j ournaled in said drive gear, and gears rigid upon said stem with one meshing with the gear of said collar and the other meshing with the gear disk rigid in the casing about the post.

5. A counter of the character described comprising a casing, a drive shaft journaled in said casing and having a worm upon its inner end, a stationary post in said casing, a gear disk rigid in said casing about said post, a relatively large worm gear in the casing turning about the post and meshing with said worm, a sleeve extendin from said worm gear about the post, a dual carried by said sleeve and turning with the sleeve and worm gear, a collar loose upon said sleeve between the worm gear and dial and having a gear at its inner end and a dial at its outer end concentric to the first dial, a stern journaled in the worm gear, gears rigid upon the stem and meshing one with the gear of said collar and the other with the gear disk about said post, and a plate rigidly carried by said post and out to provide sight openings and pointers in operative relation to the dials.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JAMES L. BURN HAM. I