US2617601A - Balling of yarns and the like - Google Patents

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US2617601A
US2617601A US714023A US71402346A US2617601A US 2617601 A US2617601 A US 2617601A US 714023 A US714023 A US 714023A US 71402346 A US71402346 A US 71402346A US 2617601 A US2617601 A US 2617601A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/02—Winding and traversing material on to reels, bobbins, tubes, or like package cores or formers
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    • B65H54/00—Winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material
    • B65H54/64—Winding of balls
    • B65H54/66—Winding yarns into balls
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    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
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    • B65H2701/31—Textiles threads or artificial strands of filaments
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  • This invention relates to the balling of yarns and the like such as woolen yarns or other threads.
  • Balling machines are known in Whichthe' flyer and ball spindle are geared together, and various sets of gearing are provided which can be interchanged to produce either what is known as an ordinary lay wind or a lock-mesh wind according to the relative speeds of rotation of the flyer and ball spindle.
  • the lock-mesh type of wind has a pleasing external peripheral appearance and the ball is less liable to collapse or the yarn to become entangled as it is drawn off from inside the ball.
  • the"ordinary lay wind draws off rather more easily, especially while the centre of the ball is comparatively tight, and furthermore, the scroll effect which it provides at the ends of the :ball is generally preferred, being sometimes said to give a better idea of the appearance of fabric made up from the yarn, than can be'obtained from the end effect of the lockmesh wind. 7 v
  • the ordinary lay is produced when the ratio of rotation of the flyer to the spindle is relatively high, the yarn at each turn of 'the flyer being laid against or close to the'yarn of the preceding turn.
  • a layer of adjacent diagonal yarns is being built up at opposite sides of the ball, which layers follow each other around the periphery of the ball. Owing to the diagonal direction of the wind, each layer, as it advances, overlies the earlier yarns of the other layer and is oppositely inclined. If a firm and solid ball is required the relative ratio of rotation is set so that according to the thickness of "the'yarn and diameter of the ball'successive turns lie closely together. Wider spacing gives a looser ball.
  • the flyer would lay 8 diagonal turnsduring the first rotation of the ball but the 9th turn, due to the differential, would be laid close beside the first, the 10th close to 'the second and so on.
  • the opposite diagonals of yarn form several crossovers each diagonal lyingflover'or under several ofthe others according to the value of the integer.
  • the opposite diagonals again cross each other adjacent to the crossovers of the first cycle and in -such order that they are alternate in direction and produce a braided or herringbone effect which'spreads around the periphery of the ball as winding progresses.
  • the differential determines the spacing between parallel diagonals. If there is no difierential, the turns of each cycle would lie on top of thoseof the preceding cycle, instead of beside them, and would produce a honeycomb wind, not a lock-mesh.
  • the object of the present invention is to combine the aforesaid advantages of each type of wind.
  • the ball ' is wound with at least one layer of lock-mesh wind and at least one layer or thickness of ordinary lay wind.
  • at least one layer of lock-mesh wind Preferably there is an outer layer of lockmesh wind on top of a layer or thickness of ordinary lay wind.
  • the invention also comprises an improved machine to enable the type of wind to be changed without stopping the winding.
  • Fig. 1 is a plan view of'the improved machine certain of the shafts being shown broken and/or somewhat displaced from their true positions, for
  • Figs. 2 and 3 are sections to an enlarged scale
  • Fig. 4 is a section, also to an enlarged scale, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.
  • the ball has the peripheral external appearance of a lock-mesh wind whilst at its ends it has the scroll effect of the ordinary lay wind.
  • the initial layer of lockmesh wind reduces the risk of entanglement in the initial stage of unwinding from the centre.
  • the yarn draws easily as is characteristic of the ordinary lay wind whilst the outer lock mesh layer holds together in known manner even whenonly a thin shell of thread is left, especially if this be supported by an external band.
  • vThe improved Winding machine illustrated is arranged to wind balls in the manner above described, and may be for the most part of normal construction, its side frames 5 being connected at front and back by horizontal angle-bars 6, 7.
  • tops of the side frames 5 are also connected together at the front of the machine by a crossmember 8 whose ends are provided with forwardly projecting brackets 9 upon which are angularly adjustable, about the common axis of their pivots [8, a pair of arms H, these latter being fixed to the ends of a housing [2 extending horizontally across the front of the machine.
  • a longitudinal shaft l3 in this housing is provided at spaced positions with skew gears l4, whose mating gears 15 are on short transverse spindles I6 carrying collapsible winding heads at their inner ends.
  • skew gears l4 whose mating gears 15 are on short transverse spindles I6 carrying collapsible winding heads at their inner ends.
  • IT One of these latter is shown at IT in Fig. 1.
  • the material to be wound (indicated at 2
  • the length and form of the ball 22 is determined mainly by the angle at which the winding head axis is set in relation to the axis of the flyer spindle l9, and is variable by appropriate adjustment at the pivots [6.
  • Each fiyer spindle is provided with, a centrally arranged skew gear 23, which meshes with one of a number of mating gears 24 on a shaft 25 extending from side to side of the machine and provided at one end with a fast-and-loose pulley system 26.
  • the shaft 25 Adjacent one side of the machine the shaft 25 carries a pinion 27 which drives a gear wheel 28 on a parallel shaft 29, this latter projecting beyond the adjacent side frame 5 (in which it is supported) and driving, through gear-pairs 36, 3
  • this spindle 34 is connected through bevel gears 35, 36 to a worm 31 set transversely of the shafts 25, 29 and driving a worm wheel 38 on a cam shaft 39 whose ends are journalled in the lower parts of the twoside frames 5.
  • the machine is arranged to stop automatically as soon as the cam shaft 89 has been turned through one revolution, its rotation being effected either by the gearing above described, or through the medium of an alternative gear-train of different ratio.
  • the cam shaft may be turned either quickly or slowly according to whether short or long balls are to be wound.
  • the shaft 25 Adjacent the other side of the machine, the shaft 25 carries a second pinion 40which drives a gear wheel 4
  • the ends of the shaft 42 project beyond the castings 43 and carry gears 44, 45, bell-crank levers 46 capable of angular adjustment about the axis of the shaft 42 being mounted on the- One of these spindles carries a compound gear 5
  • the second spindle 56 also carries a compound gear, one element 51 of which is driven from the gear 45, whilst the other element 58 drives a gear 59 on the shaft 56.
  • the gear trains 445i52--53 and 455l-- 58-59 are of different ratio so that one of the shafts 54, 56 will be driven faster than the other from the shaft 42. Further gears, interchangeable with (for example) the compound gears 5
  • the shaft 54 has fixed at its inner end a female clutch cone 60 adapted for engagement by one operative portion 6
  • the other operative portion 63 of the clutch member 62 is adapted to cooperate with a second female cone 64 fixed upon the shaft 56.
  • the male clutch member 62 is formed with a ring of gear teeth 65 in constant mesh with a gear 56 on a parallel shaft 67, this latter being supported partly by one of the castings 43 and partly by a bracket 68 on the rear angle-bar l of the machine.
  • a gear 69 at the outer endof the shaft 6'! drives a gear Ill on the spindle H of a pulley 12 carried by the bracket 68 and this pulley 12 is connected by a belt 13 to a second pulley T4 freely rotatable on one of the pivot pins [0 associated with the gear housing l2 for the winding headsv IT.
  • the bracket 68 may be made angularly adjustable about the axis of the shaft 67 to allow the tension of the belt 13 to be varied.
  • a gear 75 driving, through an idler gear 16 carried bythe adjacent housing arm H, a gear T1 at one end of the shaft [3.
  • the latter can thus: be driven (through the gears 65, 66, 68, l0, l5, 16, 11) from either of the coaxial shafts 54, 56 according towhich of the latter is clutched to the member 62 carrying the gear 65.
  • the clutch member 62 is made slidable endwise on the shaft 56 under the influence of an actuating lever 78 which is freely pivoted on a spindle 19 disposed at right angles to the shaft 56.
  • the ends of this spindle 19 may be supported by the rear angle-bar l and a bracket 86 depending from the cross-member 18.
  • the upper arm of the lever 78 is forked as at BI and the limbs of the fork engage trunnions 82 on a divided muff 83 which embraces a circumferential groove 84 in the clutch member 62.
  • the lower arm of the lever 18 has a V-shaped end 85 which cooperates with a catch-lug 85 of similar shape on a swinging lever 8'! pivoted upon one of the side frames 5, and urged upwardly by a spring 88 which tends to hold the lug in contact with the lever end 85.
  • a double-sided face cam 89 Fixed to the shaft 39 is a double-sided face cam 89, whose operative surfaces are engaged by bowls 90 at the lower ends of two freely-pivoted levers 9
  • the cam 89 comprises a central or hub portion having flanged rings (whose outer edges provide the operative surfaces 93) secured thereto, by bolts 94 passed through elongated holes in the rings, so that recesses 95 in both faces 93 may be angularly adjusted with reference to one another and to the hub portion aforesaid.
  • Each such recess has its leading end perpendicular to the plane of the cam 89 and the other end inclined.
  • the cam 89 rotates in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 2). with the right hand cam recess somewhat in advance of the other, the bowls 90 associated with both levers 9
  • adjacent the bowl 90 is provided with a flat-based angular projection 91 which is normally just clear of the cam surface 93. As soon as the bowl 90 passes over the end of the associated recess 95, this projection 91 comes into operation and results in a sharp inward movement of the lever 9
  • the machine above described can be adjusted so as to wind balls having any desired combination of the ordinary lay and lockmesh winds, or alternatively it can be used to Wind balls throughout with either type of wind. However the balls are wound, the change-over from one type of wind to the other is effected without stopping production merely by shifting the clutch member 62 endwise as above described.
  • the change-over is produced automatically by means of the adjustable cam 89 and associated actuating mechanism, but obviously it may be effected manually if desired, the object in either case being to instantaneously alter the rotational speed of the shaft I3 in relation to that of the shaft 25, and hence the relative speeds of the winding heads I! and flyers 20.
  • Winding machines have, of course, already been fitted with variable speed gearing which is changeable during running to provide for alteration of the pitch of an ordinary lay. wind to suit the gradually increasing diameter of the ball, but not providing a change in the kind of wind.
  • the invention includes any desired combination of the two kinds of wind,with or without variation of pitch therein and is not limited to the details of the example above described in so far as such details may be modified without departing from the nature of the invention.
  • a machine for balling yarns and the'like comprising at least one winding head, -,a flyer adapted to lay the yarn upon said winding head, a, main driving shaft, gearing of fixed ratio connecting said driving shaft to said flyer, a'layshaft permanently geared to said driving.
  • a machine for balling yarns and the like comprising at least one winding head, a, flyer adapted to lay the yarn upon said winding head, a main driving shaft, gearing of fixed ratio connecting said driving shaft to said flyer, a layshaft permanently geared to said driving 'shaft, separate variable gear-trains of different ratio driven from said layshaft, aligned clutch shafts rotated through the medium of said gear-trains, female cone clutch members fixed to said aligned shafts, a double-ended male clutch member interposed between said female members, gearing of fixed ratio connecting said male clutch member to said winding head, a double-sided cam geared for rotation at a predetermined speed relatively to said driving shaft, swinging levers adapted to be operated alternately by opposite sides of said cam, and a third lever adapted to be displaced first in one direction and then in the other by the alternate operation of said swinging levers, said third lever being operatively connected to said male clutch member so that the latter is periodically disengaged from one, and engaged with the other, of
  • a machine for balling yarns and the like on a winding spindle which includes means for driving both a winding spindle and a flyer adapted to lay the yarn thereon, said driving means comprising in series a first change speed mechanism giving alternative high and low ratios between its input and output members to change the speed ratio between the spindle and the flyer abruptly during the winding process, so as to change the type of wind in a ball from ordinary lay to lock mesh or vice versa without stopping the machine, the input member of that mechanism having a constant speed ratio relatively to the flyer, and a second drive mechanism receiving the drive from said first mechanism and giving a predetermined ratio between the output member of said first mechanism and the winding 7 spindle for the. close winding. of particular yarn sizes.
  • each of said swinging levers has an-adjustable threaded member positioned so as to engage and displace said third lever when the swinging levers are operated.
  • a machine for balling yarns according to claim 4' further characterised in that the clutch device comprises a, driven element connected by gearing to the winding spindle and disposed between. two coaxial driving elements rotating at difierent speeds, said driven element being engageable with either of said driving elements.
  • a machine for balling yarns according to claim7 further characterised in that the driven 8 element is actuated automatically through the medium of a rocking lever controlled by a cam rotating ata pre-determined speed relatively to the fiyer.
  • a machine for balling yarns according to claim 8 further characterized in that the driven element is actuated automatically through the medium of a rocking lever controlled by a cam rotating at. a predetermined speed relatively to the flyer.

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