US604614A

US604614A - Rope-making machine

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Publication number: US604614A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-05-24
Anticipated expiration: 1915-05-24

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Patented May 24, 1898.

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No. 604,614. Patented May 24,1898.

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HARRY I. HANSEN, or BOONTON, NEW JERSEY.

ROPE-MAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 604,614, dated May 24, 1898. Application filed June 9, 1897. serial No. 640,004. (No model.)

To aZZ whom; it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY I. HANSEN, of Boonton, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Rope-Making Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine for making rope which will be of a Verysimple character and yet will be durable and effective in operation.

Another object'of the invention is to provide an improved form of flier and to provide a ready means for removing or for introducing the bobbin in the flier, together with a feed-cone which can be removed and cones of greater or lesser size substituted, and, furthermore, to provide a support for the outer end of the shaft on which the bobbin turns, which support will be capable of expeditious and convenient manipulation.

Another object of the invention is to provide an independent driving mechanism for the flier, the bobbin, and the improved tension device used in connection with the flier and the feed-cone.

It is a further object of the invention to improve upon the traverse of the machine, materially simplifying its construction and insuring reliability of action.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved machine, a portion of the casing over the fliers being broken away. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through a portion of a traverse-bar of the flier and one of its heads, illustrating the traverse as in position on the bar and a portion of its casing removed, showing the interior mechanism in side elevation. Fig. 1 is a section substantially on the line 4 A of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is an end view of the bearing for the outer end of the bobbin-shaft. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 is a side elevation of the feed-cone and the device employed for supporting the same.

The frame of the machine as shown consists of side pieces A, which are connected at the front by

cross-bars

10, 11, 12, 13, .and 14. At the bottom portion of the rear end of each side piece a horizontal extension is made, the extensions beingconnected by cross-bars 16, upon which the bearings for one end of drive-shafts B are secured. The machine illustrated is a double machine, and the mechanism is duplicated above each drive-shaft, each drive-shaft receiving power in an independent manner. Therefore the mechanism belonging to one drive-shaft only will be described.

The drive-shaft B is provided with a fast and a loose pulley, (designated as 17 and 18,) and near these pulleys a cone-pulley 19 is secured-upon the drive-shaft, while near the opposite end of said shaft a plain pulley 20 is secured, and a second cone-pulley 21, which is of less diameter than the cone-pulley 19, as shown in Fig. 2. The forward end of the shaft is mounted to turn in a box 22, located upon a cross-bar 23.

At the forward end of the machine, upon the upper cross-bar 14, two

posts

24 and 25 are upwardly projected, the post 24 being provided with a horizontal extension 26 and with an opening 27 near its lower end, having a lug 28 near each side. A lever 29 is fulcrumed in the lugs 28, as shown particularly in Fig. 7, the said lever being carried through said opening 27 into the space between the two

posts

24 and 25, being provided upon its upper face with a segmental shoe 30.

Ears 31 are formed upon the upper portion of the post 25, at each side of an opening therein, and a second lever 32 is fulcrumed in the ears 31, the upper lever 32 being also carried into the space between the two posts 24: and 25, terminating in a segmental shoe 33, which faces the shoe 30. The two shoes are adapted to hold between them a feedcone 0. This cone is made in two sections 34 and 35, being provided at its larger end action at one time.

with a flange 36, as is also shown in Fig. 7. A spring 37 holds the lever 29 normally in clamping engagement with the feed-cone, while a second spring 38 performs the same function for the opposing lever 32.

On the cross-bar 10, at the upper rear portion of the machine, a bearing 39 is secured, open at the front an d at the rear. This bearing or box is provided with lugs 40, between which one end of a lever 41 is secured, being weighted at its free end, and a thrust-plate 42 is carried by the lever 41, serving to close the outer end portion of the opening in the said box 39. By moving the lever 41 to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5 the shaft that is journaled in the box 39 maybe drawn out therefrom; but while the thrust-plate is in its lower position the shaft will be prevented from leaving the box as effectively as though the outer side of the box were closed. A box 43 is located on the cross-bar 13, a second box 44 is secured upon the cross-bar 12, whilea third box 45 is placed upon the cross-bar 11 near the rear end of the machineframe. The flier D is best shown in Fig. 2, and consists of two heads d, connected by two traverse-

bars

46 and 47, placed diametrically opposite. Each head consists of a plate 49,having an inwardly-extending flange 50, the flanges of the two heads facing one another, each flange having an annular member or subflange 48 upon its inner face near its inner end. The flange 50 of the right-hand head is wider than the corresponding flange of the left-hand head, and the right-hand head is provided with an inner plate 51, secured to the auxiliary flange 48.

In the inner face of each traverse-bar 46 and 47 a longitudinal slot 52 is formed, while in the outer or opposing face of each traversebar a wider slot 53 is produced. The said slot 53 is divided longitudinally for a portion of its length by a central partition 54, and the ends of the wider slot 53 are curved, as shown in Fig. 1, the central partition 54 stopping short of said ends. Along the margin of the wider slot 53 pins 55 are arranged, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4. A traverse E is held to slide upon each of the

bars

46 and 47, but only one of said traverses is brought into Each traverse, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, consists of a casing 56, which is usually made in two sections centrally divided and connected by bolts or their equivalents.

In the bottom of the casing of each traverse a circular opening 57 is made, which neatly yet loosely fits around the traverse bar. NVithin the left-hand portion of the casing a chamber 58 is formed, while near the righthand portion of the casing a corresponding yet shorter chamber 58 is made. The larger chamber 58 is connected with the circular bottom opening 57 through the medium of a channel 59, and a slot 60 is horizontally made in the left-hand portionof the traverse, as

shown in Fig. 3, and at the central bottom portion of the slot a depression or a recess 61 is produced.

A pulley 62 is secured upon a shaft 63 below a gear-wheel 65, made upon the enlarged portion of the shaft and held to turn in the chamber 58, the lower end of the shaft 63 being provided with ball-bearings 64, contained within the recess 61. Ball-bearings 66 are likewise provided for the upper end of the shaft 63, being adjustably held in position by an adjusting-screw 67 at the top portion of the traverse. A shaft 72 is located within the channel 59, connected with the chamber 58, the shaft 72 being of much less diameter than the diameter of the channel, as shown in Fig. 4. Within the chamber 58 the shaft 72 is enlarged, and its enlarged portion is formed with a gear-wheel 68 and a plain surface 68 below the same. The shaft 72, however, is capable of lateral movement in the chamber 58. The upper end of the shaft 72 is provided with ball-bearings 69, held in position and controlled by an adj usting-screw 7 0, while roller or ball bearings 71 are placed in the bottom portion of the chamber 58, upon which the lower end of the enlarged section 68 of the said shaft 7 2-has bearing.

A spur-wheel 73 is secured upon the lower end of the shaft 72, and the said wheel is PTO. vided with an extension 73 at its bottom, which is in the form of a stud. This stud is adapted to engage with one side or the other of the partition 54 in the outer slot 53 of a traverse-bar, the teeth of the wheel being arranged for engagement with the pins 55, located in the said slot. The two gear-wheels and 68 are connected by a pinion 69, (shown in Fig. 3,) and when the rope is passed around the pulley 62 to an engagement with the bobbin and the machine is in motion the rotation of the pulley 62, caused by the friction of the rope, will revolve the shaft on which the pulley is secured, and the gearing just described will transmit power to the shaft 72, causing the wheel 73 to revolve and the traverse to move up and down the traversebar upon which it is placed first at one side of the partition 54 on said bar and then at the opposite side, causing the rope to be evenly wound upon the bobbin, to be hereinafter described. A wheel 75 is journaled in the bottom portion of each traverse and enters the smaller groove 52 in the bottom of the traverse-bar, being a guide for the traverse on said bar.

At the right-hand end of the flier D a tubular shaft 76 is secured or integrally formed, being journaled in the boxes 43 and 44. This shaft has a pulley 77 attached to it, connected by a belt 78 with the plain pulley 20 on the drive-shaft B, as shown in Fig. 2. A tubular shaft 79 is loosely carried through the lefthand head of the flier, being journaled in the box 45 near the left-hand end of the machine, and at the outer and left-hand end of the sec- 0nd tubular shaft 79 a cone-pulley 80 is secured, connected by a belt 81 with the lower cone-pulley 19, thereby providing for an increase or decrease of speed for the said rear tubular shaft.

At the inner end of the tubular shaft 79 a disk 82 is formed, and the supporting-shaft 83 for the bobbin 84: is passed through the bobbin and through the tubular shaft 79, having its right-hand end detachably journaled in the plate 51 of the right-hand end of the flier, while the left-hand end of the said fliershaft is made to enter the extreme left-hand box 39 and is held in place by the thrustplate 42 for said box. One head of the bobbin is detachably secured in any suitable or approved manner to the disk 82 on the tubular shaft 79. Within the right-hand head of the flier, adjacent to the traverse-bar 47, a set of tension-pulleys 85 is secured upon a shaft which extends from the outer end of said head to its inner plate 51, while a seo- 0nd and corresponding series 86 of these tension-pulleys is similarly placed opposite in the right-handhead of the flier adjacent to the opposing traverse-bar 46, as shown in Fig. 2.

A tubular shaft 87 is held to turn in the tubular shaft 76 belonging to the flier. This inner tubular shaft 87 may be termed a feed or a guide shaft and extends within the right-hand head of the flier. The feed or guide shaft 87 is provided at its right-hand end with an attached conical pulley 88, connected by a belt 89 with the lower conical pulley 21, so that the speed of this guide or feed shaft may be increased or decreased as desired, but the speed at which the flier is turned is preferably uniform.

At that end of the feed or guide shaft 87 which enters the head of the flier a gear 90 is secured, which meshes with a pinion 91, mounted to drive the series of tension-pulleys 86, also meshing with a second pinion 92, mounted to drive the opposing set of tension-pulleys 85.

The fiber 93, from which the rope is to be made, is passed through the feed-cone, from which it will meet with more or less resistance, and is carried through the feed or guide shaft 87 and around the various tension-

pulleys

85 and 86, as shown in Fig. 2, out from the head over a whirl 94, a second whirl being placed between the tension-

pulleys

85 and 86. After the fiber has passed from the outer whirl 9i it is carried around the pulley 62 in a traverse and is attached to the bobbin St.

It will be observed that the guide or feed shaft, the bobbin-shaft, and the flier-shaft are all independently driven. Consequently when the fiber is led and secured, as above mentioned, and the machine is setin motion a twisting action will take place between the right-hand end of the flier and the feed-cone, said twisting action continuing in a measure within the right-hand head, but at this point the twisted strands are designed to be set'and placed under such tension as will produce a perfect rope, the traverse simply serving to direct the winding of the rope thus made on the bobbin.

7 A casing 96 is made to cover the upper portion of each flier on the machine, and each casing is provided with a door 96 to admit of the removal of the bobbins, and a second casing 97 is provided for the lower portion of each flier, as shown best in Fig. 2.

' It is sometimes very desirable that the flier should be stopped almost instantly after the belt has been shifted from its driving-pulley. To that end I provide a brake-lever 98, which is fulcrumed on a bracket 99, and one of these levers is used in connection with each flier. An arm 100 is pivoted to the lower end of each brake-lever 98, the arm being held to slide through the end wall of the casing 95 for the flier, being provided at its inner end with a shoe 101, adapted to engage with the head-section d of the flier, as shown in Fig. 1. A spring 102 is coiled around the arm 100, having bearing against the casing 95 and being connected with the arm 100,around which it is coiled. The spring normally holds the shoe 101 from engagement with the flier, the lever at that time being in the position shown in positive lines in Fig. 2; but when the motion of the flier is to be stopped the lever is to be carried outward, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which will bring the shoe 101,

connected with the said arm, in frictional engagement with the head of the flier.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. In a rope-making or similar machine, the combination, with a flier, a bar whereof is provided with a longitudinal slot in one face and a wider longitudinal slot in its opposite face, together with a longitudinal rib extending along the wider slot and stopping short of its ends, the walls of the wider slot being provided with teeth, of a traverse mounted to travel on the bar of the flier, having a guide-wheel arranged to enter the annular slot in said bar, a driving-wheel held in engagement with the toothed wall of the wider slot, a pulley over which the yarn or rope is to be carried, and a driving connection between said pulley and the drivingwheel of the traverse.

2. The combination, with the bar of a flier having a longitudinal "slot in one face and a wider slot in the opposite face, a rib dividing the wider slot for a portion of its length, the walls of the wider slot having teeth or projeotions, of a traverse held to travel on said bar, provided with a guide-wheel which enters the narrower slot, the said traverse being provided with a shaft having lateral movement, a driving-wheel carried by the shaft and arranged for engagement with the projections from the wall of the wider slot, a

pulley adapted for engagement With the yarn or rope passed to the traverse, and means for driving said shaft from said pulley.

3. In rope-m aking machines or machines of like type, a flier provided With a guide-bar, in combination With a traverse consisting of a casing having an opening to receive the bar of a flier, a shaft above the opening, extending within the same and mounted to have roro tary and lateral movement, a driving-Wheel carried by the lower end of said shaft, a pulley adapted for frictional engagement with the rope or yarn, and a driving connection between said shaft and said pulley.

HARRY I. HANSEN.

Witnesses:

JOSEPHINE H. FERGUSON, OSCAR '1. SMITH, JOHN S. FERGUSON.