US244016A - Machine for winding webbing - Google Patents

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- MACHINE FOR WINDING WEBBING, &. No. 244,016. f, Patented July 5,1881,

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YOUNG. MACHINE FOR WINDING, WEBBING, &c. No. 244,016.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS G. YOUNG, OF CHELSEA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES OONNOLLY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR WINDING WEBBING, 800.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,016, dated July 5, 1881.

Application filed July 24, 18510. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS G. YOUNG, of Chelsea, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Devices for Winding Webbing, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for winding webbing or other simi- Io lar fabric on cards.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a machine embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the cam and rods. Fig. 8 is a cross-section of the cam, showing the traveler and part of its rod in side elevation. Fig. 4 is a side view of the cam, showing an end view of the traveler and 2.0 partof its rod in section. Fig. 5 is an end view of the card being wound. Fig. 6 is a view of the clamp.

Similar letters of reference refer to like parts.

The letter a represents a table supported on 2 5 frame b, and carrying in suitable bearings at one side a stud, c.

Fixed on stud 0 so as to revolve thereon is a pulley, d, actuated by treadle c and crank c", from which pulley, -by belt d, power is communicated to another pulley, (1", carried by shaft 0, which is supported by standards 6 on top of table a, and carries at the end opposite to pulley d the card-receiving frame'f. This frame f is provided with two spring-clamps, f

3 5 though any other equivalent construction may be used, which firmly hold the card g, so that the latter turns with shaft 6.

Power from pulley d is transmitted to a counter-shaft, j, journaled beneath the table 40 a, in hangers j, by means of toothed wheel h and pinion h, arranged respectively on stud c and shaft j. At its end, away from the intermeshing gear described, the shaft j carries a bevel-wheel, j", which engages another, It, car- 4 5 ried on the end of a shaft, is, turning in hangers k at right angles to shaft j.

Secured to shaft is, between its bearings, so as to rotate with said shaft, is the cam 1, having cut in its surface the circumferential 5o Vshaped grooves Z, communicating with each other by the crossing connecting-passages Z. To the side of this cam, away from the stud c, and in the plane of the rotation of the card 9, there is secured beneath and to the table a a pin, t, on which are pivoted at right angles to 5 5 each other two rods, '1" and t, the former arranged transverse cam l, the latter parallel thereto and extendin g beyond its bevel-wheel k. Where these two rods r and t are pivoted on pin t the end 1 of the former passes snugly through a transverse slot in the end it of the latter, and the rod 1 is also provided with a longitudinal slot, r, through which pin t goes. By this construction at their meeting ends rod 1" has a lengthwise movement without disturbing rod t as the former slides through the slot in the latter. At the same time any movement of rod 1 in an arc would transfer a similar movement to rod t, since in this case the rod r, being sung in the slot of rod 2, would hear 7o firm against the sides of this slot, and thereby afiect the position of rod t. At its other end, r, rod 1" comes over cam l and is bent downward at right angles, or thereabout. To its lower end, by a pin, 5-, is pivoted a traveler, 7 5 8, having an edge corresponding to grooves l of cam Z, and adapted to said grooves and their connecting-passages. Rodtis hollow and open at the end t' away from pin t. Sliding in said rod t and held adjustably by screw u is a sleeve, u, within which is seat-ed a spring, a.

'v is a slider-rod, the end 11 of which enters sleeve a, bearing on spring a, and its end 1;, turned at an angle, passes upward through a slot or opening, a, in table a, and has the guide-eye 11'.

a represents blocks which are to be placed across the opening a, thereby regulating the distance of the eye o from the pin t, its center of motion, whereby the length of throw of 0 said eye o can be adjusted at will. This arrangement of cam and rods forms the feedguide, the fabric to be wound passing through the eye 41' to card g. The object of the adjustability of the rods for the feedis to accom- 9 5 modate fabrics of difi'erent widths. I

It is obvious the greater the width the greater must be the throw of the guide-eye, and hence the farther its distance from the center.

The sleeve to can he slid in and out and held at any desired point, forming one means of adjustment. The rod a being loose in this sleeve slides in and out during the movement of rod t, and hence while carried from side to side by said rod tits eye 0' can move in a straight line, the variance of its distance from the center being accommodated by the sliding action of the rod itself being drawn in against 'the spring by the resistance of the blocks a, and thrown out by the spring itself.

As power is applied to pulley d, which may be by the treadle or other well-known means, the same is transmitted, by the gearing described, to the card 9 and cam l, causing both to turn. As cam 1 turns the surface thereof slides along under traveler s, the edge of the latter guided in one of the grooves I. At the same time the fabric is being wound on card g. When one of the cross-passages Z reaches the traveler it causes the latter to run over to the other groove l, slot 0" allowing the necessary play. At the same time rod t is turned on its pin t, and eye 'v, carrying the fabric, is thrown 1 to one side for the next lay on the card, the

latter just turning and the first lay complete. This continues until the other cross-passage Z reaches the travelers, when the latter is thrown back, and also the eye 22', the second lay beingcomplete, and the operation continues until the work is finished.

I claim 1. The combination, with the grooved cam l, of the rod 1", having at one end a traveler adapted to the grooves in said cam, and a feedrod, t, attached to the other end thereof, as set forth.

2. The combination of tubular rod t, sleeve a, spring a, and bent rod 1;, as set forth.

3. The automatically-adjustable feed-rod t and 'u, in combination with a table havingan opening and removable blocks therein, as set forth.

THOMAS G. YOUNG.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMs, GEORGE V. MALLoN.

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