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Description

(No Model.)

J E. TY'NAN.

MAGHINE FOR SPINNING AND RBELING SILK.

No. 250,171 Patented Nov. 29,1881.

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ATTORNEYS.

further, to combine them in one machine, so

eration, be called a flier.

threads of unspun silk to form a single warp,

I NITED STATES PATENT rare.

JOSEPH E. TYNAN, 0F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR SPINNING AND REELING SILK.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,177, dated November 29, 1881.

Application filed October 4, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOSEPH E. TYNAN, of Paterson, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Spinning and Reeling Silk, of which the'following is a specification.

My improvements relate to machines for spinning and spinning and reeling silk. The usual process is to spin or twist two or more which is afterward reeled into skeins by a separate machine.

The object of my improvements is to perfect both the spinning and reeling mechanism, and,

that the operations can be successively performed without the time and labor required for 'spooling the silk after spinning.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of the parts, as hereina-fter described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

The construction and operation will be described in detail hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is afront elevation, partially in section, of a spinning and reeling machine embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, partially in section. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the bobbin-driving mechanism, and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the device for operating the stop-motion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Thatpart of the mechanism revolving around the main spindle h, including disk I, spindles m, and the mechanism immediately below disk l,-may, from the similarity of their mode'of op- The machine shown has asingleflier and reel, with the parts necessary for their complete operation. There may be, however, any desired number of these parts used in one machine, each operating separately, so that the stoppage of one set will not interfere with the others.

A is one end frame of the machine which supports the longitudinal rails.

to is the top rail; 1), the lower or spindle rail; 0, the bobbin-rail, and d a rail that supports the stop mechanism, as hereinafter described.

B is the reel, formed of longitudinal slats attached to heads a, which heads rest on friction rollers f, that are fixed upon a shaft, f, running lengthwise of the machine. The shaft f is connected to the main driving-shaft t by bevel-gear, as shown in Fig. 2, or by any equivalent mechanism, and the reel, being supported upon friction-rollers fat its ends, is thus driven by friction. The heads 0 are provided with pivots c, which enter open slots in the lower ends of hangers g, that depend from rail (1, whereby-the reel is held in place upon the rollers f and can be readilg removed.

his the flier-spindle stepped in the railb, and extending through a suitable box in rail 0. This spindle is driven by a belt to its pulley h from a pulley, h, on the driving-shaft t'. The belt passes from around an intermediate pulley, t", above pulley h, whereby the two portions going to the pulley W of spindle hare brought close together and horizontal. Other devices may be used for the same purpose, the object being to allow shifting of the belt more readily, as hereinafter set forth.

Upon the rail 0, around spindle h, is fixed a disk, 70, of circular form, and having a flanged edge or rim, the same being a cup-shaped friction-driver of the bobbin-spindles.

Above driver Ic,'and fixed on spindle h, is a circular disk, I, which is formed with tubes 1, that receive the bobbin-spindles m. There may be two or more spindles m fitted in the disk 1, (three are shown,) and they each carry a spool, m, of unspun silk. Upon the lower ends of spindles m, beneath disk I, are fitted frictionpulleys n, and the lower ends of the spindles are stepped in boxes at, that rest on a disk, 0, carried by spindle h. The boxes n are'also fitted on pins 0, that radiate from the hub of disk 0, so that the boxes may slide; and the pins 0 carry spiral springs, that tend to force boxes 7:. outward and press the pulley n in contact with the inner surface of the flanges on driver It. The pulleys n are fitted on their peripheries with elastic packing inserted in grooves formed in the pulleys toinsure contact. The packing is retained by flat rings n that are secured upon the upper sides of the pulleys, as shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and 4.

The spindle his extended above the bobbins by hinge-joints, that permit the arms to swing to a vertical position, or to lie upon the disk in a horizontal position radially from the spindle.

There is one arm 19 for each thread, and the disk 10 is provided with radial slots 19 for the threads to pass through on their course to the reel, so that bygivingthe threads a turn around the arms 1) the arms will be held up, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The arms are formed with T ends to retain the thread. They serve to give tension to the thread, and fall, when the threads break, to their horizontal position. The threads unite above the disk 19 and pass through a guide-eye, a, to the reel B. The guide a is upon the transverse rail, which is operated by usual mechanism.

qis the belt-shifter, sustained by a rod, q, that passes through a slot in rail 11 and engages on the upper side of the rail by a lug,m

b is a spring tending to draw the shifter q downward and shift the belt from the pulley k to a sleeve, h around the lower end of the spindle. The pulley is made in conical form to aid the movement.

Upon arock-shaft on rail d are hung brakelevers i, that have their outer ends curved and wedge-shaped to enter between theheads e of reelB and rollers f. The rock-shaftisfitted with an arm, r, that projects beneath a ill] g or projection at the top of the shifter-rod q, so that the downward movement of the rod shall throw the brakes r upward. The rail d also carries a fixed plate, 8, on which a second plate, 3, is fitted to slide. The shifter-rod q passes through plate 8, and both plates 8 s are slotted to receive the wedge-shaped end of a rod, t, that depends from the registering mechanism at the top of the machine.

The registering mechanism shown at C may be of any suitable character. As shown, the primary wheel a is fitted for movement by a pawl,u, at each revolution of reel B, and gives revolution to a wheel, 1;, that is provided with an inclined projection, 12.

Above wheel '0 is hung a bent lever, w, from which the rod t, before mentioned, depends, and which leveris connected with a spring, w, that tends to lift the lever and raise rod 25.

On the supporting-standard is a pin, t, that engages the shorterarm of lever w and holds it against the action of the spring until the arm is released by the inclined projection '0 passing behind it.

The operation of the machine is as follows The threads passing from the bobbins are twisted together by revolution of disk I. At the same time the bobbin-spindles m are turned backward by contact of their pulleys n with the fixed driver It. The result of these combined movements is that each single thread is first twisted, and all the threads then twisted together in the opposite direction. The pulleys n are slightly less in diameter than one-half the diameter of driver 70, so that each turnsbackward twice, and little more, in one revolution of the flier. One backward revolution simply neutralizes the turn of the bobbin with the flier, while the other'gives' the necessary backward twist to the thread, the final result being that each thread of the warp has a little more than one twist to each twist of the warp, and in reverse direction. The warp is wound by the reel until the quantity to form a skein is taken up, when the wheel 11, by projection '0, trips lever to, and rod t, rising, moves slide 8, trips the rod q, and the shifter q throws oil the belt; at the same time the brake-levers 1' are thrown up and raise the reel from the drivin g-wheels f. The machine being thus stopped, the wound skein is moved to the other .end of the reel. To facilitate moving the skein the reel is formed with a collapsible section, 01, retained outward by toggle-levers 0. After the skein is moved the machine is to be started again to wind another skein. In case either single thread breaks the arm 1) falls, and by revolution of disk 19 the arm is carried in contact with rod q, and the rod released to stop the machine, as just described, without affecting the registering mechanism.

In place of the friction-driver 7c, toothed gearing may be used and pinions placed on spindles m.

In some cases it is desired to form a warp having a central thread of cotton or other material. For this purpose I place on the upper end of spindle h a spool, a, of the material for the center, and fit the spindle with a tension arm or flier, b through which the thread passes, and the thread being thus held in the center, the threads from bobbins m are twisted. around it. The bobbins a may be placed horizontally, or otherwise arranged to deliver the thread in the same manner.

By using the conical pulley h and sleeve h I dispense with a loose pulley on the spindle, and thus avoid the trouble heretofore experienced in oiling the loose spindles. The beltis shifted from the pulley to the sleeve in stopping the machine, and the pulley being coni cal .the belt can be readily moved upon the pulley from the sleeve.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent- 1. Disk p,-provided with hinged arms 1) and slots 12 belt-shifting rod q, and spring b, in combination with spindles h and m, whereby when a bobbin-thread is broken the spindleband will be shifted so as to stop spindle h, as herein described.

2. Disk p, provided with hinged arms p and slotsp, belt-shiftin g rod q, spring I), an dcurved lever 1', in combination with rollers f, reel B, and spindles h and m, whereby spindle h and reel B are stopped simultaneously when a bobbin-thread is broken, as herein set forth.

3. The combin ation ,with reel B, provided with a tooth or projection to engage ratchet-pawl u, and wheels at and 'v, the latter provided with lug o, as herein shown, of lever w, spring w, pin or stop 15, rod t, plates 8 and 8, rod q, and spring whereby the spindleband is shifted and spindle it stopped when lug c has made one revolution, as herein described.

4. The combination,with reel B, provided with a tooth or projection to engage ratchet-pawl u, and wheels at and v, the latter provided with lug v, as herein shown, of the bell-crank lever w, spring w, pin or stop it, rod t, plates 8 and 8, rod q, spindle It, curved lever r, and rollers f, arranged and operating as herein described, whereby spindle h and reel B are stopped simultaneously, the latter being raised from its hearing when lug '0' has made one revolution, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The flier-spindle h, adapted to carry a filling-thread spool, a on its upper end, in I 5 combination with disk 1;,provided with hinged arms 10 and slots 19, and belt-shifter q, curved lever r, rollers f, and reel B, substantially as and for the purposes shown and described.

6. The combination of conical pulley h spin- 2o dle h, and sleeve h surrounding the spindle, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOSEPH E. TYNAN.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, v O. SEDGWIOK.

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