US1460033A - Spinning, doubling, twisting, and like machine - Google Patents

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June26, 1923. 1,460,033

S. MOORHOUSE SPINNING, DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND LIKE MACHINE Filed April 26, 1921 4Sheets-Sheet 1 June 26, 1923.

S. MOORHOUSE SPINNING, DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND LIKE MACHINE Filed April 26. 1921 4 Sheets-Shea June 26, 1923. 1,460,033

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Filed April 26, 1921 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented June 26, 1923.

SAMUEL MODE/HOUSE, OF LEEDS, ENGLAND.

SPINNING, DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND LIKE MACHINE.

Application filed April as, 1921. Serial no. 464,501.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known thatI. SAMUEL MOORHOUSE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of lV'ellington Foundry, Leeds, in

the county of York, England, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spinning, Doubling Twisting, and like Ma'- chines Used in the Production'of Yarns or Threads of Fibrous Substances, of which the following description, having reference to the accompanying sheets-of drawings, is

a specification.

It relates to spinning, doubling, twisting and like machines used in the production of yarns or threads of fibrous substances, and to that class wherein the yarns are wound eitherupon the bare spindle orupon tubes or bobbins carried by said spindle to form a cop or spool, and wherein the for? mation of the nose of the cop is produced by the winding of the threads within an in verted conical cup, and my presentinvention consists in an improved construction and arrangement of the conical cup, the spindle which is to rotate loosely within same, and means for supporting said spin dle together with means for transmitting motion to the cup as well as to the thread guide. My said invention further consists in the application of means whereby said thread guiding actions and the retardingor dragging of the spindle may be efiiciently carried out.

In the accompanying sheets ofdrawings which are illustrative of my invention.

Fig. 1 is front elevation of sufficient of a spinning or like machine to show the appli cation thereto of my improvedparts.

Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of the parts shown by F ig. 1 as seen in the direction looking from right to left of said figure.

Fig. 3 is a similar view to Fig. 2 and illus trates my several devices as seen looking from left to right of said Fig. 1. v

Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation drawn to an enlarged scale showing the construction and arrangement of my improve'dinverted cup device and parts in connection there with.

Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation showing the inverted cup and thread. guide in detail drawn to an'enlarged scale in order to illustrate the bearings and supports for said parts.

Fig. 6-is a plan of certain of the parts shown by Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation drawn to an enlarged scale of a part where the drag is put'upon the spindle as is'hereinafter explained.

Figs. 8 and 9 are sectional elevationand plan of an alternative method of counterbalancingthe spindle and its supports.

A indicates the end frames of the machine and B B the longitudinal binding rails of said machine.

Incarrying my invention into effect the conical cups 2 are mounted to rotate freely by taking over vfixed supporting sleeves 3' which'are fixed in the binding rail B by nuts or atone end and shoulders 3 resting upon the upper surface of said railB so that when each of said sleeves 3 is bound by its nut a and by a projecting pin 3* taking into the rail B it is firmly and securely held I j in position.

. The cup 2 has withinits base piece 2 antifriction bearings w so mounted that said antifriction bearings 10 may be supported laterally by the sleeve 3 within, while said base piece 2 has also screwed into it the upper end of a sleeve 4 which extends vertically over the sleeve 3 inorder that said sleeve l may have fixedupon it at its lower end a driving pulley or wharle 5.

Within-a cavity formed in extension of the pulley 5T mount antifriction bearings 2 which are supported laterally and vertically by the sleeve 3 and its shoulder or collar 3 as shown by Fig. 5.

Extending from the cups 2 are the vertical arms or projections 6 which reach upwardlyso that they may have fixed upon their upper extremities discs 7, each of which discs may be in the form of a cross arm to suit the two vertical projections 6 as willbe understood, but I preferably make use of the disc fiormation as same maybe more readily balanced.

lower ends of conical formation to enable Mounted within the central opening in each disc 7 is the antifriotion bearing 7 which is mounted to rotate upon a stud 7 fixed in the bracket 8. The stud 7 has an opening or guide-eye 0 made through it so that the threads d as they are spun pass through this guide-eye 0 in order that they may be wound around one or the other of the legs 6 and pass forward through a guide-eye 2 mounted upon the flange of the cups 2. The guide eye 2 is preferably or hardened metal or it may be of porcelain or like mate rial which will resist wear and which will permit said guide eye to be replaced when worn. Coveringthe disc 7 at the upper end I 01 the projections 6 is a shield 8 which prevents the gathering of loose fibres and otherwise protects the bearing withln the dlso 7. H

Bymaking use of the bearings for the cups 2 and their driving pulleys as herein-' beforepdescribed, said parts are supported laterally at bothoi their extremities, as well as in a somewhat central part hence same are heldagainst vibration.

- Each of the cups 2 and the parts in connection therewith is arranged to have encircling the sleeve 4r upon which it is mounted an annular part 9 which is supported by antifriction bearings 10 carried by the lifter plates 11 which are mounted upon the slid ing brackets 12. Said annular parts 9 have each extending from their upper surfaces two projections 9" and 9 which take into or through grooves formed in the edge of the base part 2 of the cup 2.

At the upper end of the projection 9 is mounted a thread guide 9 so that the thread (5 passing through the guide-eye'c in the stud 7? after being wound around one or the other. of the arms or projections 6 will pass through the guide-eye 2 and through the thread guide 9 in order that by extending from said thread guide 9 through the slot 2 made in the cup 2, the winding operations may be carried out I the spindle 13 freely rotate upon its foot step 1 4 it is yet rendered undetachable on account of saidcover d engaging with the shoulder or collar The sliding bracket 14 which supports the foot step 14; is arranged to slide upon bearings 15 which are secured to the binding rail B and these brackets 14a togetherwith the parts which they support are counterbalanced by a weight 16 being suspended by cords l6 taking over guiding pulleys g and it and being fixed to said brackets 14:.

Instead of the brackets 14 and parts carried by same being counterbalanced by the weighted cords 16 1 may have racks 14 secured to them and arranged to slide upon the bearings 15 so that pinions 14c may mesh therewith while running loosely upon their supporting shaft let (see Figs. 8 and 9). Engaging with these pinions 14 are racks 14 which are formed upon the counterbalancing weights lt These weights 14 are formed to slide vertically as they are guided by the bearings 15 and the shaft 14 Detachable weights 00 are arranged to take over projections 00 so as to adjust the weights 14 to the work required of them. i

The sliding brackets 1 F" have extending from them projections 14: which the I attendant may use as pedals or otherwise to operate said sliding brackets 14E to cause them to descend in order to withdraw the spindles 13 from within the cups 2 and within said groove 13 while the spindle 13 slides freely through same vertically in the manner and under the conditions hereinafter described. This bush 20 has a flange 20 which takes into a recess in a drag pulley 21 so that said drag pulley is firmly fixed upon the sleeve-or extension of the bush 20 and is made to fit snugly so as to be at all times guided in its rotary motions by its laterally supporting bearings 22 which are fixed within the drag rail .23.

By the bush 20 fitting snugly in the bearing 22 asdescribed and by said bush. .20 being entirely clear of the spindle 1; although pulley 21 by the rotary motions of the spindles 13 yet the pressure of the drag cord 24 (which acts in well known-manner under the actions of 'the weight 25) is en tirely withstood by the "bush 20 acting against its bearing thus leaving the spindle 3 entirely tree from any lateral pressure thereon, although the dragging or re- 'tarding of itsrotary motions is etficiently eliected by said drag pulley 21 As is hereinbefore explained the sliding brackets-12 upon which the lifter plates 11 are mounted are arranged to be guided by their bearings or supports 26 secured 'to the cross rail B so thattheir rack surfaces may be operated by their toothed quadrants 2,

fixed upon a shaft 28 which extends lengthwise the machine. This shaft 28 derives its oscillatory movement (which enables it to rotary motion is transmitted to the drag weave cause the lifter plates 11 to rise and fall) through the medium of a box cam 29 mounted in well known position and operated through well known trains of gearing used in other machines for similar purposes.

As this cam29 rotates it causes a lever 30 to oscillate upon its stud 3O by means of an ate the lifter plates 11 throughout all the rising and falling movements of same in order that the thread guides 9 may be more evenly operated, I make use of retracting springs 33 which have flexible connections taking over quadrants 34 so that the actions of the cam 29 have at all times the retracting forces of these springs 33 to overcome, hence the anti-friction pulleys 30 are throughout all the movements of the cam 29 kept in proper engagement with the cam surface.

The actions of the several parts are as follows On the threads at passing between their well known drawing, receiving and delivery rollers each one of them is conducted through its guide-eye 0, is then wound around one or other of the projections 6 and conducted through the guide-eye 27 so as to pass through the thread guide 9 and through the slot 2 to be wound upon the spindle 13.

At this time the spindles 13 are in their lowest positions with their upper ends within or nearly within the cups 2.

On the machine being started into operation the driving and guiding cylinders 35 and 36 transmit (by the driving bands 37) rotary motion to the driving pulleys 5 by which means the cups 2, as they begin to rotate, wind the threads cl upon the spindles 13 or upon tubes or spools mounted thereon.

After the winding operations commence the thread guides 9 are caused to rise and fall by the lifter mechanism in order to guide the threads d to be wound in a spiral manner upon the spindle 13 within the cup 2.

As the number of coils increase so that they begin to press upon the inner walls of the cups 2, they are forced in an upward direction and when thus moving they carry with them the spindles 13. These latter are brought to have the succeeding coils gofi threads wound upon them until the cops are formed of the desired length.

The dofling of the cops is effected as here inbefore described and the re-starting of the machine into operation is carried out in well known manner.

Such being the nature and object of my said invention, what I claim is 1. In a machine of'the character described, the combination of a vertically positioned spindle, means for reciprocating said spindle, a substantially conical shaped cup surrounding the spindle with the smaller end directed downward, said cup being supported in an upright position at both its upper and lower ends, and means for rotating the cup.

2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a vertically positioned spindle, means for reciprocating said spindle, a substantially conical shaped cup surrounding the spindle with the smaller end directed downward, said cup being supported by vertically stationary, antifriction bearings at both its upper and lower ends, and means for rotating the cup.

3. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main frame, a substantially conical shaped cup supported in a vertical position on the frame with its smaller end directed downward, means for rotating said cup, a spindle extending axially into said cup through its lower end, and means for reciprocating the spindle relative to the cup.

4. In a i'nachine of the character described, the combination of a main frame, a substantially conical shaped cup supported in a vertical position on the frame with its smaller end directed downward, means for rotating said cup, a spindle extending axially into said cup through its lower end, lateral bearings for the upper and lower ends of the cup, thread guiding devices for conducting thread from the exterior of the cu to the spindle therein, including an axial y positioned eye within the upper bearing for the cup, and means for moving the spindle vertically within the cup.

5. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a main frame, a substantially conical shaped cup supported at its upper and lower ends in the frame, with its smaller end directed downward and having a thread receiving slot in its side wall and opening through its upper edge, a spindle extending axially into the cup, means for guiding thread through said slot in the cup onto the spindle therein including a reciprocating member extending parallel to the spindle outside of the cup, means for rotating the cup in its hearings on the frame, and means for moving the spindle vertically within the cup.

6. In a machine of the character described, the combination of a supporting frame, a substantially conical shaped cup, having its smaller end directed downward, mounted in bearings in the frame above and below its top and bottom, said cup having a thread conical shaped cupl having its smaller end directed downwar a bearing on said rail, supportlng the lower end of the cup, arms extending upward from the cup, a CllSC connecting the upper ends of said arms, a bear-' ing on the frame for said disc, means for rotating the cup a spindle extending axiallyinto the cup through its lower end, rneans for guiding thread into the cup and to the spindle therein, and means for moving the spindle vertically relativeto the cup. I

8. In a machine of the character described, the combination of afsupporting frame including a horizontal rail, a. substantially conical shaped cup, having its smaller end directed downward, supported at its lower end in a bearing on the rail, a second bearing for the upper end of the cup arranged above the rail, a spindle extending axially into the cup-through thelower end thereof, means for guiding thread into the cup and onto the spindle therein including a reciprocating guide carried by a sleeve surrounding the spindle below the cup, means for rotating the cup, and means for moving the spindle vertically relative to the cup.

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