US2095765A

US2095765A - Method and means for winding interconnected packages

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Publication number: US2095765A
Application number: US65083A
Authority: US
Inventors: Sr John F Schenck
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-02-21
Filing date: 1936-02-21
Publication date: 1937-10-12
Anticipated expiration: 1954-10-12

Description

Oct. l2, 1937. J. F. s'cHENcK, SR 2,095,765

METHOD AND MEANS FOR WINDING INTERCONNECTED PACKAGES Filed Feb. 21,` 195e :Ernie/WDM:

Patented Get.` 12, 1937 f UNirED STATES IUSAENTV sie METHOD AND MEANS FOR WINDING INTER; CONNECTED PACKAGES .lohn F. Schenck, Sr., Lawndale, C. v` Application February 21, 193s, seri-arrivo. 65,083v

1o claims. (o1. 242-2) This invention relates to method and means for packaging cord, yarn and the like, whereby a continuous strand can be wound into anumber of packages with the'strand proceeding from a 5 nished package to the beginning of another package so that a plurality of balls of yarn or cord can be produced which can be packed together so as to provide connected packages of cord without any knot appearing'in the cord either in the package or between the packages. It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide in a ball-Winding machine means for supporting a nished ball of cord on the spindle on which the ball is wound so that the cord from the nished ball can` be started at the winding point and another ball produced so that a plurality of balls of cordfcan be produced at one winding operation from a continuous strand.`

be led from a finished ball to the spindle where I 30 an additional ball is wound. Any desired nurn-V ber of such balls can be wound on the spindle and then stored on the-'table until the desired number have been wound,` with all of theirl ends connected together. These balls can then be 35 packed in a suitablecontainer so that a customer can be supplied with as many balls of cord as he desires with no knots therein, thus eliminating l the necessity of a merchant carrying instock Y vthat onecfm'ipleterevolution is made each rtime balls containing different amounts of yardage.

40 It is a further object of this invention to pro-v Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional 55 view taken along line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is anelevation of a portion of a spindie of a ball Winder showing a portion of the invention applied 'thereto in section;

Figure 5 is a view ofa tube containing a pluralitylof balls formed according to the invention, said tube'being partly in elevation and partly in section; y A j `Figure 6 is"4 a plan View of a box containing a plurality ofpa'ckages of yarn wound in series from one continuous strand.`

Referring more specically to the drawing, the numeral I0 indicates'the main drive shaft of a conventional ball Winder winch has a sheave pulley II lmountedthereon which, in turn, has mounted thereon a belt- I2, said belt extending upwardly and being also mounted on a sheave pulley l I3;` The sheave pulley I3 is xedlysecured o'n one end of ahollow flyer shaft lll which shaft isrOtatablyV mounted in longitudinal beam I 5 of the ball Winder. On the other end of shaft I4 is fixedly secured a yer I'ihaving a counterweight-I8 on one end thereof and a thread guide I9onthe top end'thereof for guiding the thread to'the properposition so that it can be wound upon'a, suitable ball or package 20. When rotation isirnpartedA to shaft I0 the sheave pulley I3 'is likewiselcaused to rotate which, in turn, rotates the flyer I1 and its associated parts to causevthe strand 2Ia .to be drawnV from cone 2| through the interior of shaft I4 and onto the ball 2|]` which ball is disposed on the upper end of spindle 24. SpindleZl has a lower restricted portion 24a which is rotatably mounted in longitudinal ybeams v25 and 26; Y

A Yworin `gear 2'l is `ixedly secured on the restrictedportion 24a and is adapted to mesh with a"worrn"28 fixedly secured on shaft 429. The spindle24 is so geared with respect to shaft 29 a` layer. of .cord or yarn is wound around the ball ZIJ, that is tosay, that when one revolution of the spindle 24 is made a plurality of revolutions is made by theyer I'I. Since the flyer rotates in one direction at a rapid speed and the spindle rotates in the opposite direction at a slow speed, a transverse wind is produced.

Fixedly secured to longitudinal member 26 is a box 30 containing a ball f `wrapping or tying twine 3l. A strand of twine 35a is led from this ball upwardly through the bore 24h disposed within the portion 2@ of spindle 24. This bore leads to the exterior of shaft 24 as at 32, and from this `pointY the strand of twine lpasses upwardly into a suitable groove 33 in the enlarged portion' of shaft 24, and thence upwardly inside the ball 20. Near the top of the spindle 24 is a slot 34 in which a clamp 35 is located for clamping the end of the wrapping twine which is pulled from the ball 3l. When a ball 20 has been wound so that a certain number of yards are contained therein, the ball is then tied by the wrapping twine 3la to form a band 36, before the ball is removed from the spindle in the manner shown in the drawing in order to prevent unwinding of the same.

It should be noted that the cord is not severed but immediately after the ball. has been tied lby a band 36 it is placed upon a pin 3l which pin is secured in a suitable plate or table 38 disposed on the spindle shaft 24. A plurality of'pins such as 3l are disposed in the plate 38 in order vthat a plurality of finished balls 20 may be ac-` commodated. In the present instance,.space has been provided whereby one dozen balls may be accommodated before severing the strand.

By referring to Figure 4 it will be noted that `a leaf spring clamp 3S is secured. to thesideof spindle shaft 24 in order that the intermediate portion of the yarn between the ball Vwhich is disposed on pin 37 and the ball which is being wound, might be clamped to the spindle 24 and held securely while the next ball is being wound on spindle 24. Of course when a ball has been wound and the band 36 is tied, the intermediate portion of the twine between the two balls which is under clip 39, is removed therefrom and then the nished ball 20 is placed on thek pin. After this has been done, the portion of the same strand disposed on the upperside of the ball is placedV under the clamp 39 and then the process of winding another ball 20 is repeated.

For example, by using this method, a dozen balls of fifty foot cords to each ball, can be packed inv packing the cord, that allof these balls are in one continuouslen-gth, and may be severedY to accommodateV the customer. In this form `of packing-the balls 20a and 20h are disposed in opposed corners of thebox and are also packed lying on their ends in order that the ymerchant or purchaser may easily ascertain the balls having the two ends of the cord. The intermediate ballsv .are packed on their sides as isrcustomary in packing balls of twinev of this type.

In the drawing` and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment Vof the invention and although specific terms are employed, they are usedV in ageneric and descriptive sense only, and not for 'purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1: I'hatfmethody of winding cord into a plurality of balls from one unsevered" length of cord on a winding'spinclle provided with a table to vmoving the balls as wound from the spindle and mounting the completed balls on the table, securing the cord to the spindle and winding additional balls in the manner described, whereby a .continuous length of cord can be wound into a plurality of balls.

3. Thatmethod of winding cord and the like on a spindle provided with a table to rotate with the spindle,'which comprises winding'one ball at atime on the spindle, then transferring the ball to the table without severing the cord, securing the cord to the spindle, winding another ball, and continuingthe above operations until the desired number of balls have been wound from one length of cord.

lfl, That method of winding a continuous length of cord into a plurality of connected packages on aspindleprovided with a table to rotate with the spindle, which comprises winding one ball of cord at a time on the spindle, then transferring a ball when wound onto the table, securing the cord leading from the ball .to the spindle, andV continuing the winding operations to wind another. ball without severing the cord between the balls. v

5. That method of Vwinding a plurality of packages of cord from one continuous length of cordV on a spindle by means of a yer, said spindle being provided with a table secured to the spindle for holding wound packages, which comprises imparting rotation tothe spindle and yerto' wind a package of cord, stopping the spindle and flyer and removing the package from the spindle and` placing it on the table, securing the cord to the spindle and winding another package from the. sameY cord, and continuing the above described operations until the desired number of packages have been wound from one continuous length of cord.

6. Ball winding apparatusA for packaging cord comprising a flier, a spindle mounted for rotation at an acute angle to the flier, means for imparting rotation to the flier to wind the cord into a ball on. the spindle, a table mounted on the spindle for rotation therewith, means on the table for supporting balls of cord already wound on the spindle while connected to the spindle, means for clamping the cord on the spindle preparatory to winding a ball on the spindle, said spindle being hollow, Ya'container secured to the lower end of the spindle, a ball of tying twine disposed in said container and passing through said spindle, the Y' same, a flyer mounted for rotation around the upper end of the spindle and having means for depositing a strand onto the upper end of the spindle, the upper portion of the spindle having a 70.*. spindle and means for imparting rotation to the I groove therein whose lower end communicates with the hollow of said spindle, said hollow and ,groove being adapted to receive a tying twine and over which the ball is adapted to be wound, said twine being adapted to be tied on the exterior of the ball before it is removed from the spindle.

8. That method of Winding cord into a plurality of balls from a continuous and unsevered length of cord, on a spindle provided with a receptacle to rotate with the spindle, which comprises Winding balls, one at a time, on the spindle, securing the outside and inside layers of each ball so that the content of ball cannot Slough, then transferring the wound balls, one at a time, from the spindle to said receptacle, and thus continuing this process until a plurality of balls are wound without severing the Winding cord.-

9. That method of winding cord into a plurality of connected balls which comprises winding the balls one at a time 0n a spindle, securing the external and internal layers of said balls with a suitable means to prevent sloughing, removing the balls as wound from the spindle and locating the completed balls on a member mounted on the spindle, and winding additional balls in the manner described whereby a continuous length of cord can be wound into a plurality of balls which will remain intact and not slough while being handled.

10. That method of winding cord and the like on a spindle provided with a table, which comprises winding one ball at a time on the spindle, securing the outside and inside layers of the ball against sloughing, then transferring the ball to the table without severing the cord, attaching the winding cord again to the spindle and winding another ball and continuing the above operations until the desired number of balls have been wound from one length of cord.

JOHN F. SCHENCK, SR.