US495713A - Spindle for twisting and spinning machines - Google Patents

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G. SINGLETON. SPINDLE FOR TWISTING AND SPINNING MACHINES. No. 495,713.

Patented Apr. 18, 1893.

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GEORGE SINGLETON, OF DOVER, NEl/VJERSEY.

SPINDLE FOR TWISTING AND SPINNING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 495,713, dated April 18, 1893.

Application filed August 13, 1892. Serial No. 442.985. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE SINGLETON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dover, county of Morris, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spindles for Twisting and Spinning Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enablev others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a spinning or twisting machine, with receiving spindles of simple and durable construction, for the purpose of carrying a spool or bobbin for the reception of a thread or threads, while in the process of spinning or twisting and with such means, whereby each of saidspindles can be stopped independently from all others.

The invention consists in the improved spindle for spinning and twisting machines, its operating and controlling mechanism, and the combination and arrangements of the various parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures.

Figure 1. is an end elevation of a spinning and twisting machine, embodying my improvement. Fig. 2. is a side elevation of Fig. 1, only those parts being shown, which are necessary to illustrate the nature and operation of my invention, and Fig. 3. is an enlarged detail sectional view of one of the spindles.

In said drawings (1 represents the frame, on which are arranged bearings for the shafts b, 8, z', and 7c, and for the stub shaft f and for the rocking shafts. To the shaft b,-the main driving shaftis secured a pulley 0, adapted to transmit its motion-through belt dto pulley e, which latter is secured to stub shaft f, carrying gear wheel g. Said gear wheel meshes into gear wheel h, secured to shaft 1', thus operating the latter. The motion from said shaft 2' is transmitted to shaft is, by gear connection at the other end of the machine, said connection not being shown in the drawings. To the frame a are also secured rails w, on which are adjustably securedthe brackets 1, supporting the spindles 2, which are provided with grooved wheels 3, and are adapted to carry the delivering spools 4. A loose flier 5 is arranged at the upper end of each spindle, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The grooved wheel 3 on spindle 2 is connected by band 9, passing over grooved wheels 6 and 7, arranged on shafts b and 8, and is thus operated, as will be manifest.

To the shaft 70 (and also 2') are secured, at certain intervals, beveled gear-wheels Z engaging the beveled and geared portion of the spool carrier on. Each of said carriers is provided at its top with a disk m, adjustably secured thereto by a set screw m Said disk is provided with an upwardly extending pin m adapted to engage a socket or hole in the receiving spool 0. The spindle n is firmly secured in the bobbin or spool carrier m, and is adapted to operate in the hollow shaft 10, resting in sleeve 19, which by bracket q is secured to a cross rail r of frame a. The spool carrier with its spindle operates on and in said hollow shaft.

Secured to or integral with hollow shaft 10 is a pin 11, adapted to extend through inclined slot 12, arranged in sleeve 19. The upper end of said slot is provided with a catch or rest 13, adapted to engage the pin 11, of shaft 10, when the latter is moved upward.

To the shaft 5, on the top of the frame a, is secured the oscillating frame If, as in the usual manner, and is adapted to arrange the thread on the spools in uniform layers.

The blocks a are secured to a cross-rail of the frame, and each of them is provided with an extending wire 1;, forming at its outer end a loop, through which the threads from the delivering spool pass, before they are taken up by the receiving spool.

In operation, the spool carriers m with. their respective spindles n and spools 0, are rotated by the beveled gear wheels Z, whereby the thread is taken up by said spools. The lower spools 4. are revolved simultaneously, thus twisting the thread, as will be understood. When fliers 5 are used, the thread, after leaving the delivering spool has to pass through the loop of said flier. (This will prevent the formation of loops in the thread, when being twisted.) If for any reason, it is desired or necessary to stop one of the receiving spindles, the operator moves the pin 11 upward in the inclined slot 12 until it rests in the catch 13. By this upward movement of the pin, the shaft 10 is raised, thereby raising the spool carrier m out of gear with gear wheel Z, thus preventing a further rotation of the spindle. By moving the pin 11 back into its normal position, the spindle is put in rotation.

I do not intend to limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, as various changes can be made without changing the scope of my inventionneither do I intend to limit myself to the special use of the improved spindle for spinning and twisting machines, as other machines are capable of being provided with my improvements.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A receiving spindle, consisting of a spool carrier, provided with the spool carrying disk, a spindle secured tosaid spool carrier, a hollow shaft supporting said spindle, a sleeve adapted to receive said shaft, and provided with an inclined slot, a pin secured to said shaft and extending through the slot of said sleeve, and a catch for holding the pin (when raised) in its raised position, all said parts being arranged and combined to operate, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

2. A receiving spindle consisting of a spool carrier, a disk adj ustably secured to said spool carrier and provided with an upwardly extending pin, a spindle secured to said spool 40 carrier and extending through said disk, a hollow shaft supporting said spindle, a sleeve adapted to receive said shaft and provided with an inclined slot, and a pin secured to said shaft and extending through the slot of said sleeve, all said parts, being arranged and combined to operate substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a spinning and twisting machine, the combination with the frame, the main driving shaft, the delivering spools and their operating mechanism, of a shaft, adapted to be operated from the main driving shaft, beveled gear Wheels secured to said shaft at certain intervals, a series of sleeves arranged on said frame, each of said sleeves being provided with an inclined slot, a hollow shaft arranged in each of said sleeves, a pin secured to said shaft and extending through the slot of its respective sleeve, a spindle arranged in said hollow shaft, and a spool carrier secured to said spindle and provided with a beveled and geared portion, adapted to engage the beveled gear wheels, all said parts, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of July, 1892.

GEORGE SINGLETON. Witnesses:

JAMES J. VAN HQVENBERG, M. MUNsoN SEARING.

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