US246251A - Spinning-wheel - Google Patents

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I. VOBGTLI.

SPINNING WHEEL.

No. 246,251. Patented Aug. 23,1881.

Nrrnn STATES FRANZ VOEGTLI, OF

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

SPINNING-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,251, dated August 23, 1881. Application filed March 29, 1881. (N0 model.)

10 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ VOEGTLI, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Spinning-WVheels, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

This is an improvement on Letters Patent of the United States, No. 147,200, granted to me February 3, 1874.

My present invention applies, first, to a new construction of flier; secondly, to a new friction device or brake to check the rotation of the flier; and, thirdly, to a novel mechanism for imparting the reciprocating movement to the flier.

Figure l is a perspective view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a detail view, showing the flier-brake. Fig.3 is a perspective view ofthe spool. Fig.4 is an elevation of the upper end of the reciprocating lever of the flier. Fig. 5 is a top view of same, showing its connection with the flier-hub. Fig.6 is a side viewof the camwheel with worm-gear. Fig.7 is a detail axial section of the end s indle-bearing.

A are the legs of the machine. Upon two of the legs are eye-lugs a, to which are connected the ends of the bail B,upon which the trcadle O is hinged. The hinge-blockD of the treadle stands upon the floor and is held in place by the bail B. The arrangement is such that the position of thetreadle can be changed relatively to the machine by slipping it along the bail. The manner of connecting the bail to the lugs to admits the folding of the treadle up against the side of the machine when it is stood away or moved from place to place. The standard E extends up from the center of the leg-stand.

Fis the crank-shaft, having bearing directly upon the standard at e and upon a bracket, G, at 9. Upon one end of the shaft is acrank, f, connected by a pitman, H, to the treadle O by a hinge-joint, 0.

I is aband-wheel on the shaft F, carrying a band or belt, J, passing over a pulley, K, upon the spindle L. The spindle has bearing m (near the pulley)in the upper end of the standard.

M is a bracket attached to the standard, and

I giving hearing at the outer end to thejournal n of the. sleeve N, whose bent arm it extends through eyes 0 in the flier O. The sleeve has an axial bore, a, from end to end, and a side orifice or orifices, n through which the thread P passes from the flier-hook oand out through the axial bore a. The end of thespindle L has bearing in the sleeve N. (See Fig 7, and dotted lines in Fig. 1.)

Q is the friction-brake of the flier. This is applied to the sleeve N by means of a cord or chain, R, to which it is attached. One end of the cord It is fast to the bracket M, and the otherend coils on an adjusting thumb-pin which is turnable in the bracket, so as to regulatethe pressure of the brake.

S is a spring inserted in the cord R to give proper elasticity to the device.

T is the spool upon which the thread is wound asitis spun. Thespindle passes axiallythrough the spool, and the spool is made to turn with the spindle by any suitable means of engagement. I show a hook, I, which is fast to the spindle, and engages in a hole, t, of the spool. (See Fig. 3.)

f is a gear-worm upon the crank-shaft F. This worm engages with the cogs of a camwheel, U, having bearing on a bracket, V. In the side of the cam-wheel is a cam-groove, u, receiving a stud, 20, upon the lower end of the lever WV. The lever receives a regular oscillatory movement by means of the cam-groove, and gives the flierendwise motion on the spindle tocause the proper distribution of the thread as it is wound upon the spool. The lever is fulcrumed upon an arm, W.

The means of communicating motion from the lever to the flier is as follows: Upon the upper arm of the lever are two eye-lugs,w,in which a rod, X, has hearing. The rod X is forked at the upper end, and to each tine of the fork is pivoted a shoe, y, which shoes enter a circumferential groove in the hub of the flier 0. Thus the endwise motion will be given to the flier upon the spindle, the rod X having the necessary capacity for endwise movement in the lugs 20.

The operation is as follows: The thread from the reel extends over the book 0 and through the passage 12% in the sleeve N. Rotarymotion is given to the crank-shaft by the treadle 0, which causes the rapid rotation of the spindle, reel, and flier,and the slowendwise reciprocation of the flier. The brake Q, checks the rotary movement of the flier whenever the hold of the hand upon the thread is loosened, and by that means the thread is wound upon the spool, for it will be understood that when the thread is stretched it carries around the flier with the bobbin, whereas when the thread is loosened the friction of the brake upon the hub of the flier checks the motion of the flier. When the spool has a load of thread the machine is stopped and the brake is lifted from the sleeve N and the sleeve lifted from its hearing and drawn from the spindle. Then the spool can he slipped off the end of the spindle and an empty spool be put in its place.

It will be observed that the construction of the friction-brake is such that the pressure of the brake can be readily adjusted while the machine is in motion.

1 claim as my invention- 1. The combination of the removable sleeve N, constructed with arms 12 n, axial spindlebore a, thread-orifice a and journal n flier 0, having eyes 0 and hook 0, the spindle L, a thread-spool,T, and bracket M, having journal-bearing m, as set forth.

2. The combination of the spindle L,flier O, and sleeve N with axial socket, giving bearing to the end of the spindle, and arm in engaging the flier to regulate its rotary movement, for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, with the sleeve N, having journal a and bracket M, having bearing on, of the friction-brake Q, cord or chain R, spring S, and thumb-pin, as set forth.

4. The combination of crank-shaftF f, having worm f, cog-wheel U, having camgroove a, lever \V, having stud w, flier O, sleeve N, having arms a n, and spindle L, as set forth.

FRANZ VOEGTLI.

W'itnesses SAML. KNIGHT, G120. H. KNIGHT.

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