US655616A - Spooling-machine. - Google Patents

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No. 655,6l6.

, Patented Aug. 7, |900. C. F. FOSTER.

SPDOLING MACHINE.

(Application filed Jan. 27, 1900.)

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No. 655,6l6. Patented Aug. 7, |900. C. F. FOSTER.

SPDOLING MACHINE.

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CHARLES F. FOSTER, OE IVESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FOSTER MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPOOLING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,616, dated August 7, 1900. Application filed January 27, 1900. Serial No. 2,931. (No model.)

To all whom it' may concern:

De it known that I, CHARLES F. FOSTER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vestfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Spooling-Machines, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like characters on the drawings representing like 1o parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of spooling-machines, such as represented in United States Patent No. 535,616, dated March l2, 1895, wherein a device carrying a cone-shaped or atubular shell on which the thread or yarn is wound is rotated by contact with a Winding-roller driven by a drum.

My present invention includes a novel conzo struction of winding-roll and novel mechanism for stopping the rotation of the winding-roll to stop the rotation of the shell receiving the thread or yarn and also a novel construction of means for supporting the arm carrying the winding-spindle, whereby the thread or yarn after the saine has been wound upon the shell will not be cut or broken by the action of the thread-guide against the wound mass of thread or yarn.

3o Figure 1 of the drawings represents a partial front side elevation of the spooling-machine containing my present improvements. Fig. 2 shows part of a carrier and its spindle, the latter carrying a conical shell. Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the parts represented in Fig. l looking atit from the right. Fig. et is an enlarged longitudinal section of the windingroller; and Fig. 5 is a detail showing the arm D and its supporting-stand in section and its pivot e8 in elevation, said detail showing the tension device for said arm.

Referring to the drawings, A represents one end of the framework of a machine, A the main shaft thereof, and A2 one of a series of drums having a spiral groove A3 to receive a pivoted shoe 2, (see Fig. 1,) connected loosely through a suitable stud 3 with athread-guide 4, guided by a suitable bar, as 5. The shaft d10 derives its movement from a sprocketchain a5, Fig. 3, fast on the hub of a toothed gear a7, loose on a stud a8, supported by the frame, said gear being driven by a pinion a4@ on the shaft A', said shaft d10 having a stopmotion-moving ratchet-wheel d20, adapted to engage the toothed end of a lever b, pivoted 55 at b and maintained normally in the position shown in Fig. 3 by contact with a suite able projection 6, connected with a slide-bar 196, sai'd ratchet being adapted to be turned about its pivot to put its hooked end in the 6o path of movement of said ratchet-Wheel whenever a drop device, as b3, normally hanging on thethread, drops by reason of breakage of the thread to effect the stopping of the machine, and the cross-rod e, mounted in uprights erected upon the frame sides, are and may be substantially as represented in said United States patent, it being understood that in practice the machine to be herein described will have contacting with the drum at two 7o or more points suitable driving-rollers to actuatea plurality of series of spindles carrying shells upon which the thread or yarn is to be wound, as provided for in said patent.

The arm D, provided with the spring a3, the spindle d', having a head a2 pivoted at d on a part of said arm, and the conical block a4, loose on said spindle and havingat one side thereof a recess which is adapted to receive in it the free ends of shell-holding springs g', 8o which may be provided with points, as g2, to enter the paper or other tube d, are and may be all substantially as fully described in United States Patent No. 535,617, dated March l2, 1895, with the exception that the shape of the arm D and the point where it is pivoted are hereindifferently constructed.

The spindle aL receives about it, as provided for in the latter patent, a carrier or tube c, with which the springs g are suitably 9o connected, and this carrier or tube, rotatable freely on or With relation to the spindle, has a head c3, which is of a shape and diameter to properly lill one end of the shell, either a cone or a cylinder, the opposite end of the carrier or tube meeting and supporting the shell at its outer or small end, .the carrier or tube being kept upon the spindle by means of a suitable set-screw, as c2, working against a washer, as c. f

Having briefly referred to parts which are old and common, l will now describe the pari IOO ticular features in which my present inven tion consists.

In the Patent No. 535,616 referred to the rod e, located in a substantially-vertical line above the main shaft A/ and parallel therewith, served as a fulcrum for the arm D, carrying the spindle al referred to, and as the yarn mass was increased in diameter the swinging of the arm from the center described therein caused such a movement ofthe yarn mass that it came into theline of travel of the thread-guide, which by striking against the yarn mass resulted in cutting the thread or yarn already wound into the yarn mass, thus destroying the value thereof. To overcome the possibility of the yarn mass being struck by the reciprocating thread-guide, I have changed the pivotal point of the arm D by providing the rod e With a series of collars e', having projections e?, which receive in an adjustable manner the shanks of suitable stands e3, said stands being held adjustablyin said projections by means of suitable set-screws e4, the shanks being rounded, so that they may be rotated more or less in the sleeves in order to secure for each spindle ci the proper horizontal alinement. These shanks receive a stud e5, upon which I have mounted a suitable latch or yarn-holder e6, it having at its lower end a suitable hook, as e", (represented by dotted lines in Fig. 3,) and said stand also receives in a depending branch thereof a stud es, constituting the fulcrum for the arm, whereby said fulcrum is brought quite close to the surface of the drum a2 and quite close to the path in which reci procates the thread-guide 4, the arm D so mounted moving up and down in the arc of a circle described from the pivot es, which is so located that the yarn or thread mass will not come into the path of movement of and be struck by the reciprocating thread-guide, and consequently the wound thread or yarn is not injured or broken during the Winding operation.

The pivot es, supporting the arm D, is located at one side of a vertical line intersecting the shaft carrying the drum, such location of said pivot enabling the arm during the thread-winding operation to swing, due to increase of thickness of the thread or yarn mass thereon, it moving in such an arc of a circle that the thread mass cannot after it is Wound contact with the reciprocating threadguide.

The arm D has projecting inwardly from it (see dotted lines, Fig. 3) a suitable projection CZ', and said arm has an attached weight d2, made as a handpiece, which when the Winding is to be stopped or when a shell d is to be applied to receive thread or yarn or a wound shell is to be removed will be lifted, as herein represented, by hand and put into the dotted-line position, Fig. 3, in which position the hook e7 of the latch will engage said projection and maintain the arm and spindle in their inoperative position.

Herein I have represented the latch e as normally occupying a position due to gravit-y to automatically engage the projection d whenever the arm D is lifted, and to release the arm it is only necessary for the-operator to take hold of the upper end of the latch and turn it backwardly or to the right, viewing Fig. 3, and thereafter the arm D may be brought into position to have the thread wound upon the cone or tube carried thereby.

The driving-rolls herein represented are of novel construction (see Fig. 4)-as, for instance, the driving-roll is composed of several independently-movable sections, the section m being herein represented as of the greatest length, being secured by a set-screw 10 to a suitable sleeve m the sleeve having, as herein shown, iixed to it outside one end of the section m by a screw 13 a roller m2, the sleeve at the opposite side of the section 'm having applied to it loosely three rollers m5, m4, and m5, the latter rollers being held on the sleeve bya collar mx, through which is extended a set-screw 12. The section m has a leather cover 14. Thesleeve ml, with its parts constituting a winding-roller, is applied loosely to a journal f5, supported as will'be hereinafter described.

For the best results the arm D should be held when in its operative position by suliicient friction, so that it will be moved only positively by the increasing diameter of the yarn mass, and to provide for this friction or tension I may place between the head of the bolt e8 and the stand e3, .through which the bolt is inserted preparatory to entering a hole in the inner end of the arm D, any usual spring or tension device e30, so that by adjusting the nut e1L the etfectiv'e strength or tension of this spring may be varied according to the yarn being wound.

The slide 226, before described, has at its lower side a suitable two-faced cam bm, which rests upon a two-faced cam 512, the said cams being kept in operative contact-by or through a suitable spring 513, suitably connected at one end with said slide and at its opposite end with a projection, as b, from the camshaped bar 1312. The front end of the slide be is loopshaped and is represented as adapted to be engaged by the operator, Whenever for any reason he desires to stop the Winding operation; but this bar may be slid also automatically to stop the winding operationwhenever the thread or yarn t, coming from any suitable source and being wound upon the shell d, which may be a cone or a cylindrical tube, is broken, this being done by the ratchet- Wheel d20, before described, engaging the hook of the lever l).

I have mounted upon a suitable cross-bar A8, it in practice connecting the opposite ends of the Aframe of the machine, suitable uprights f', the upper ends of said uprights being suitably shaped (see Fig. 3) to receive the bar 5, upon which slides the thread-guide 4, said bar having its under side and edges IOO seated and held seated in suitable notches of the stand by a clamp, as f2, held in position by a suitable setscrew, as f3, actingnpon the upper side of said bar to confine it tlxedly in position to receive and guide the th read-guide 4, the latter being made as light as possible to thereby overcome the strains due to momentum, as when changing the direction of movement of the thread-guide rapidly. To provide for this lightness in weight of the thread-guide, I have made the same in skeleton form, and the bar 5 is set angularly, as represented in Fig. 3, so that the pin 3, carrying the shoe 2, may extend inwardly directly from the inner side of the foot of the thread-guide and enter the groove in the drum.

Each drum A2, usually a number of them, mounted upon the shaft A at suitable distances apart, is held in position on said shaft by means of a suitable set-screw A12.

The uprights f have open bearings fl to receive the journal f5 for the winding-roller, said bearings having suitable holes to receive journal-elevators, represented as dowel-pins f6, the lowerend of said dowel-pins resting loosely upon inwardly-extended arms f7, connected with a rock-shaftf8 by suitable setscrews fg, there being two such arms for each journal. The rock-shaft]C8 is surrounded between the uprights f by a sleeve flo, fixed thereto by set-screws g', said sleeve flo having a suitable arm fm, to the lower end of which is jointed by a pinf13 the inner end of the slide Il, and, as herein represented, said arm fm has connected with it at f14 a rodfl, in turn jointed at f16 to a suitable block f, pivoted at fis, said pivot carrying the dropwire, so that whenever the rod b is moved inwardly or to the right, Viewing Fig. 3, preparatory to stopping the machine the arm]C12 will be moved in such direction as to cause the rod fl5 to lift the drop-wire b3, putting it into the position Fig. 3, all ready to be again handily threaded preparatory to starting the machine again into operation.- Whenever the lever j"12 is turned in the direction of the arrow on it in Fig. 3, whether by the hand of the operator or by a broken thread, the arms flwill be raised and acting upon the journalelevators or dowel-pins f6 will lift the journal, removing the driving-rolls immediately from frictional contact with the drum, so that the driving-roll will be left at rest, the drum continuing its rotation and the thread-guide continuing its rotation.

The hub f1 has connected with it in any suit-able manner suitable spring-pieces, as gw, against which may contact Vthe ends of the thread-guide I as the latter reaches the end of its winding stroke, said springs aidingin overcoming the momentum of the thread-guide and by their reaction aiding in changing the direction of movement of the thread-guide.

The cross-bar A8 has suitably connected with it thread or yarn supports t, represented as slotted to receive and guide the drop devices, said supports also sustaining the fulcrum f18 for the drop devices.

I have herein shown dowelpins as the journal-litters, they being the simplest form of lifting device known to me; but it will be obvious that any movable device occupyingY a position in or near the bearings supporting the journal f5'and adaptedto act on the lower side of the same to slide the said journal in a direction to remove the roller from contact with the drum may be employed and yet be within the scope of my invention.

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

l. In a spooling-machine, a drum, a winding-roll adapted to be rotated thereby and mounted loosely upon a suitable journal, and means cooperating with said journal to lift it and remove the roll from frictional contact with said drum.

2. In a spooling-machine, a winding-roll composed of a roller having a fixed sleeve eX- tended therefrom, a plurality of rollers loose on said sleeve.

3. In a spooling-machine, a winding-roll composed of a roller having a fixed sleeve eX- tended therefrom,a plurality of rollers loose on said sleeve, and a journal to sustain said sleeve loosely.

at. In a spooling-machine, a drum, means to rotate it, a winding-roll having a journal, bearings to sustain said journal, journal-lifting means extended through said bearings,

and means to slide said journal-lifting means to remove the Winding-roll from .contact with said drum.

5. In a spooling-machine, a journal supporting a winding-roll, a stand having bearings for'the journal of said winding-roll, dowel-pins guided in said bearings, a stopmotion device adapted to be operated by the breakage ot' the thread or yarn being Wound, and means controlled by said stop-motion device to move said dowel-pins in said bearings to meet and lift the journal of said roll from its bearings.

6. In a spooling-machine, a winding-roll, suitable bearings for the journal of said roll, a rock-shaft having arms, means actuated by said arms and adapted to act upon the journal of said windingrolls to lift the same from its bearings, means to operate said rock shaft.

7. In a spooling-machine, a shaft, a drum carried thereby,a reciprocating thread-guide, a winding-roll adapted to be rotated by said drum, an arm carrying a spindle, a pivot for said arm parallel with the longitudinal axis of said drum, said pivot being located suba stantially close to said drum and at one side a vertical line intersecting the longitudinal axis of the drum and the axis of said winding-roll, the described location of the pivot of said arm preventing the contact of the eni larging thread mass with the reciprocating thread-guide.

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8. In a spooling-machine, a drum, a rod parallel with the axis of rotation of said drum, a stand rotatably and slidably mounted upon or with relation to said rod and having a depending ear, an arm carrying a spindle and pivoted upon said depending ear whereby said pivot is located substantially close to the surface of the drum and at one side of a vertical line intersecting the axis of rotation of said drum. Y

9.' In a spooling-machine, a drum, a rod parallel with the axis of rotation of said drum, a sleeve adjustably mounted on said rod, a stand having its shank adjustable and rotatable in said sleeve, said stand having a depending ear and a pivot, combined with an arm mounted to turn on said pivot and carrying a spindle provided with a tube for the reception of a shell on which the thread or yarn is to be wound.

lO. In a spooling-machine, a drum, a rod parallel with the axis of rotation of said drum, a sleeve adjustably mounted on said rod, a stand having its shank adjustable and rotatable in said sleeve, said stand having a depending ear and a pivot, an arm surrounding said pivot, and a tension device cooperating with said pivot to produce friction upon said arm that it may be moved only positively during the winding operation due to increase in diameter of the thread mass being wound.

11. In a spooling-machine, a drum, a shaft carrying said drum, a rod occupying a position parallel with the axis of rotation of said drum, stands ad j ustably connected with said rod and having a depending ear, an arm pivotally mounted on the ear of said stand and carrying a spindle, and a locking device to engage a suitable projection of said arm when the latter is put in its inoperative position, said locking device retaining said arm in such position for the removal of thread or yarn from the spindle or the application of a new shell to the spindle.

l2. In a spooling-machine, the following instrumentalities, viz: a drum having a spiral groove, a rod parallel with the axis of motion of said drum, a winding-roller, means to sustain the journal of said roller, dowelpins acting upon said journal, means to move said dowel-pins to act upon said journal and remove the driving-roll kfrom contact with said drum, an arm having a spindle, said arm being pivoted upon a depending ear of 'a stand adjustably mounted upon or with pins acting upon said journal, means to move said dowel-pins to act upon said journal and remove the driving-roll from contact with said drum, an arm having` a spindle, said arm being pivoted upon a depending ear of a stand adjnstably mounted upon or with relation to said rod, and means to resist frictionally the movement of said arm due to increase of diameter of thel thread mass being wound about a shell carried by a spindle mounted in said arm, and a suitable locking device connected with said stand and coperating with said arm to hold the latter in its adj usted position.

14. In a spooling-machine, stands having bearings, a journal mounted inY said stands, a winding-roller mounted loosely on said journal, dowel-pins occupying a position in said bearing to contact with the under sides of said journals, and means to automatically lift said dowel-pins to move the journals in the bearings and break the contact of the winding-roller from the drum employed to actuate it. A

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

CHARLES F. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

A. F. LILLEY, C. K. GAMBEON.

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