US1503706A - Winding mechanism - Google Patents

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` v W. H! PEARSON ET AL WINDING MECHANISM Original Filed April 12 1921 2 Sheetsheet 2 o S Q S NS m5 Patented Ang. i, 1924,

` UNITED STATES PTNT FFICE. WILLIAM E. PEAnsoN Ann Tutoring-KELLY, .or rAssAmNnw JERSEY; AssfIeNoRs -To BRIGHTON MILLS, A ooRPoRATIoN or `new JERSEY.` WINDING MnoHAN-ISM.

originar appncation inea April 12, 1921, s`eria1No. 460,725. "Divided and'thiaapplic'ation aiealiiecemtef 1', 1921. serial No., 519,258.

\ To all .whom t may concern:

yBe vit l'rn'own that we, WILLIAM PEAR- son and TIMOTHY J. KELLY, citizensof the United States, residing at Passaic, in the county of Passaic and `State of New Jersey, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Winding Mechanism, of which the followingis a specification.

The invention relates-to a novel mechanism for uniting threads or yarns in weaving or other textile or cordage work while avoiding forming a knot therein which involves the entire thread or yarn and maintaining or reestablishing at said juncture or place of union the amount of degree of-twi'st which is normal or standard for the remainder of the thread or yarn.

Objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth inpart hereinafter and in part vwill be obvious herefrom, or may be learned by practice with the invention, the same being realized and attained by 4means of the` instrumentalities and' combinations pointed ont in the appended claims.

`The invention consists in the novel parts, constructions, arrangements, combinations and improvements herein shown and 'described.

The accompanying drawings, referred to herein and constituting a part hereof, illustrate one embodiment of the invention, and together with the description, serve toexplain the principles of the invention.

Of the drawings Fig. 1 is a fragmentary view, partly in section and partly in vertical elevation, of a combined splicing and winding mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation, looking at Fig. 4 from theleft;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail ofone form of device for lifting and supporting a reel or spool;

Fig. 4 is' an enlarged, fragmentary detail lFig. 5 is a section on line 8'-8 of Fig. 6;

6 is a detached detail, partly in section, of the spool lifting device shown at the right-hand side of Fig.`4.

rIfhis application is a division of my cotioned co-pending applicatim,V

pending application' Ser: 'Nol 460,725l 1filed April 1 2, 1921, Patent No. 1,463,401,

' In the weaving of manyfkinds of fabrics, and in other teitile or cordage work,- itis advantageous or essential that the ends of two threads or yarns'be iirmly andpositively united without knots or like protuberancesA or irregularities and that the lthreads or yarns at the place of such union or juncture be maintained of substantially the normal Or standard size andistrength of the remainder of the thread or cord by reestablishing at the place of union the normal or standard amount or degree of twist.

In the above-mentioned application, Serial No. 460,725, a thread-uniting device is described in detail for delimiting tWo lengths of thread, untwisting 'each length, at vihich stage the respectivestrands are tied together so that the knots lare well separated, and for thenl retwisting the thread V into itsforiginal state. This invention is fconcerned particularly with improved Aspoolhldijng' and :winding means, which may 'be used with the thread-uniting device described in the menalthough4 capable of use in other s1tnations.,`

In Figs; 1 and 2 a combined thread or cord splicing and winding machine is shown, and in the embodied form the windingmechanism has a plurality of windingfdevices arranged side by side in the machine, theV splicing mechanism being movable to# and fro along the winding mechanism to bring it successively into convenient operative relation with any desired winding device.

So far as concerns many 4features of the invention, the winding mechanism may be of any desired or convenient'form, and as shown herein the reels or spools are arranged horizontally and` one above another, the thread or cord beingwound from an upper Yreel or spool to anotherv locatedbelow it. p

Referring now to the details ofthe illustra-ted form of winding mechanism, this is shown in end view in Fig. 1 as of double construction, that is with `one set'of winding mechanisms facing'to the right (shown in elevation) and anotherset of winding mechanisms, facing to the left, (shown partly in elevation and partly in section), all being mounted upon one machineframe.

As appears from Fig. 2, a plurality -of sets offwinding mechanisms or devices are arranged side by side in the machine frame, and a description of a single set ormechanism will be sufficient for all. Mounted on a frame piece 90 arev a pair of upwardly and outwardly extending arms 91 and 92, havingtheir outer ends recessed, as shown at 93 and 94, respectively, to support a rod 95 upon which a reel or spool 96 is mounted loosely so that thethread may be unwound therefrom.-v o

Directly below the mechanism just described,as embodied, a pair of arms 97 and 98 extend from a sleeve 99, which sleeve is mounted to swing loosely on a rod or shaft 100,"supported on the machine frame. The arms 97 and 98 are formed at their outer ends to hold a rod upon which the winding spool, is mounted to rotate freely, the rod being movable toreceive and discharge the spools. As embodied, this spool-supporting rod101 is mounted in a recess in the end of the arm r97, and a pin 102 passes through the end of the arm and the rod, the rod being thus 4pivoted to swing outwardly, so thatthespool or reel may be readily placed thereon andl removed therefrom.

The arm 98 is out away at its outer end (Figs. l and 3) to form a seat for the rod 101, and a hookl 104 is pivoted at 105 on the yarm 98, and is adapted to swing downwardly tok hold the spool supporting rod 101 in position and to be swung upwardly to release the rod, so that the rod may be swung outwardly for the purpose of changing spools as described.

The Winding is effected in the present embodimentby means of friction wheels'or discs 106, which are located just beneath a reel or spool 107, mounted upon the rod 101, when in operative position. The wheel 1.06 contacts with the spool orl reel 107, or with the cord or. threadthereon, to rotate the spool and effect the winding operation. The wheel 106 is fixed on a shaft 107, journaled in the'machine frame, the shaft being driven by any suitable driving means.

Means are provided in the embodied form for lifting the spool or reel 107 clear of the winding wheel 106 and maintaining it in this elevated or inoperative position during the changing of spools or reels. As embodied, referring first to Figs. 1, 2 and 4, a bracket 110 extends downwardly (Fig. 4) from the support 111 for the rod or shaft 100, and journaled in this bracket is a shaft 112. to which is fixed a hand lever 113. Fixed or integral with shaft 112isa cam 114, positionedbeneath: the arm 98. When hand lever 113 is drawn downwardly and to the left from the position shown at the left "arms 97 vand 98 on shaft 100 is preferably employed td press the spool against winding wheel 106 to` insure effective winding contact or'friction', as shown atthe leftin Fig. 1. The arm 115 may also be utilized,

as shown at theuppe-r right handsidein Fig. 1, to hold'the spool andspool holding arms ininoperative or idle posit-ion. For this purpose, they arm 115 wl'pbe swung backwardly beyond shaft 100 and will maintain the reel or spool `107 in elevatedfposition until the entire ldevice is `swung outwardly and downwardly and armv 115 is again brought beyondV shaft 100.' n

In Figs. 1 (right lhand side) and 3 5, a different form of mechanism is shown for lifting the spool vand its supporting ,arms for changing the spool or reel. 'ln this form, a wedge or wedge-shaped cam 120; is mountedto slide longitudinally in a. guideway 121 in the frame piece'122. A handle 122 projects downwardly orv outwardlyV from the wedge 120. Both the inclination ofthe cam 120 and of the guideway 121.may be utilized to effect the lifting of the spool. l/Vhen the handle 123 is pulled to the left in Fig. 6 the spool or reel 107 will be lifted to the inoperative positionthatis, to stop the winding and to permit the spools to be changed, and when the handle 123 is pushed to the right in, Fig. 3, the yarms 97 and 98 are. dropped down and the Aspool 107 is brought into winding relation with Vthe winding or driving wheel V106.

In Fig. 2 the right-hand reel ori spool 107 is shown in the raised or non-winding4 position, being retained in that-position by its weighted arm 115. The two spools 107 to the left thereof are shown in winding posi'- tion, that isin position to be driven by the f corresponding winding wheels106.

In the present embodiment, the thread or fmoa-voe i Inthi's embodiment,'the Vsplicing or uniting machine 125 'is mounted'upon andso as to slide along the guide bars 126 andl127, vvhereby it may be used to ,splice the threads or cords therefor, and may be slid in front of any one of the Winding devices, and may be used to splice the threads or cords therefor, and may then be slid in front of another o-f the Winding device for this purpose, and so on to and fro from one Winding device to the other as may be required in the Work.

In the present form, the base 130 ofthe splicing machine is extended, and the guide bars 126 and 127 are so positioned that the base 130 rests upon bar- 126 and beneath bar 127, thereby forming the desired slidable support for the splicing machine.

The mechanism renders the Work of Winding much more easy and expeditious and enables an operative to serve a larger number of Winding mechanisms. It leaves the operative free to Watch the Winding mechanisms and to have both hands free for the work of splicing or uniting the threads or cords. The splicer may by a` simple movement of the hand be. positioned with respect to any particular Winding mechanism, The splicing mechanism need not be supported by the operative nor does it require iioor space nor to be moved about the iioor from place to place.

In Fig. 6, and at the right in Fig. 1, a damping or braking device is shown for preventing the spool of thread 107 coasting or spinning as it is lifted from the friction driving roll 106. In connection therewith is shown a somewhat difiteremvv form of the spool lifting cam, although the spool brake could be applied to any of the spool raising devices. In this form of the spool raiser, a sliding cam 140 is slidably supported in a channeled guidevvay 141, supported on a bracket 142 fixed to the frame. This cam 140 engages beneath the arm 98 in the same manner as cam 120, already described. A rod 148 extends outwardly whereby the cam 140l may be slid to and fro to let the spool down on to the driving roll 106 or to lift it therefrom. A leaf spring 144 is fixed to cam 140 and extends outvvardly into frictional contact With the spool 107 and acts as a brake to prevent spinning or coasting of the spool when it is off the friction Wheel 106.

The invention in its broader aspectsis not limited to the specific mechanisms shown and described but departures may 'be made therefrom within the scope of the accompanying claims Without departing from the principles of the invention and Without sacrificing its chief advantages.

What We claim is 1. In combination in a Winding mechanism, means for rotating a spool, a pair of pivoted arms for supporting the spool, cam

means rengagelable direetlywvith one of said arms for raising the spool out of contact with the spool rotating means, a device for manually operating said cam means, and a Weight pivoted to move with the pivoted arms for holding the spool in or out of con'- tact with the spool rotating' means.

2. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool to wind the thread thereonto, a device movable to lift said spool from said rotating means and to support it free therefrom, and a weight connected to the spool holder to support the spool free from said rotating means. j

3. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool to Wind the thread thereonto, and a device manually movable to lift said spool from said rotating means and to support it free therefrom, and a Weight connected to the spool holder to support the spool free from said rotating means.

4. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool to Wind the thread thereonto, and a device movable to lift said spool from said rotating means a desired distance and to support it in said position, and a Weight connected to the spool holder to support the spool free from said rotating means.

5. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool-to Wind the thread thereonto, and a device movable to lift said spool from said rotating means and to support it free therefrom, and a Weight connected to the spool holder to press the spool to said rotating means and to support the spool free from said rotating means.

6. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool to Wind the thread thereonto, and a device manually movable to lift said spool from said rotating means and to support i-t free therefrom, and a Weight. connected to the spool holder to press the spool to said rotating means and to sup-port the spool free from said rotating means.

7. In combination in a Winding mechanism, a spool support, means for rotating the spool to Wind the thread thereonto, and a device movable to lift said spool from said rotating means a desired distance and to support it in said position, and a Weight connected to the spool holder to press the spool to said rotating means and to support the spool free from said rotating means.

8. In combination in a Winding mechanism, rotating means for Winding thread on a spool, a spool sup-port having pivoted and connect-ed arms, a member engaging one of said arms and slida'ble varying desired distances in a rectilinear path to control the operation of the Vrotating 'Winding means on a spool on the spool support.

9. In combination in a. Winding mechansm, rotating means for Winding' thread on a spool, a spool support 'having pvoted and connected arms` a member engaging one of said arms and slidable Varying desired distances in areetilineai" path to correspondingly lift, a spool on the spool support away from lthe rotating Winding means. 10

In testimony -Whe1eof,we have signed our names to this specification. l

TIMOTHY'J. KELLY.

WILLIAM]H. pianasoiaV

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