US730178A - Gage for setting rollers of roving and spinning machines, &c. - Google Patents

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PATENTED JUNE 2 1903.

M. H. VAUGHAN. I GAGE FOR SETTING ROLLERS 0F ROVINGAND SPINNING MACHINES. &0.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24, 1903.

K0 MODEL.

' To all whom it may concern:

iatented June 2, 1903.

PATENT OFF E.

MATHIS HARDEE VA GHAN,

-or HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA,

GAGE FOR SE TTlNG. ROLLERS F ROVING AND SPINNING MAciuNta'm.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Iiitters Patent N 0. 730,178, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed January 24,1903; Serial No. 140,354. (No model.)

e it known that I, MATHIS HARDEE VAUGHAN, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Huntsville, in the county of Madison and State of Alabama, have invented a new and nsefulgGage for Setting Rollers of Roving and Spinning Machines and the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a gage for setting rollers of roving and spinning machines-and the like; and-it has for itsjobject to provide such a gage which is especially adapted for setting the top rollers of such machines per fectly straight and parallel with'jthe bottom steel fluted rollers,the top rollersusuallybein g leather-covered and the length of lifeaof this covering and the efficiency of the machines depending largely on the exact ad justiuent of the rollers. v Generally speaking, the top rollers of roving and spinning machines rotate in stands f'heads 9, and screw-threaded ends 10. The 'scr'eW-threadedends 10.0f the lugs 6 are of a which rest on the bottom rollers and which are adjustable on spindles projecting from the cap-bars of the machines. Heretofore the top-roller stands have been set by interposing blocks of supposedly-uniform thickness between them while they were being adjusted and locked in the desired positions. How ever, this means of adjustment has been-found unsatisfactory, for the reason that it is notalways convenient to get blocks of exactly the same width and because the stands themselves vary in thickness and other details of construction, the results being that the top rollers were not brought in every instance into exact parallelism with the bottom rollers.

This invention is designed to overcome the defects prevalent in the common method of adjustment and to provide a simple and eflicient means to properly set in every instance the top rollers with relation to thebottom rollers, no matter What variations there might be in the top roller stands.

One adaptation of this invention is shown for purposes of illustration in the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters refer to corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gage. Fig. 2 is atop view, one of the setting-lugs being removed to show details. Fig. 3 is a side view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of anengaging or setting lug, and Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional view of another form of the engaging or settinglug.

w Referring more particularly to the drawvided iigits central longitudinal line with 1011:

gitudinaltslots 5. p

- Each lug 6 comprises in its construction a substania'lly trnncated-cone-shaped portion 7 and a bolt 8, passing through said portions 7 at right angle to its parallel planes. Each bolt 8 has a head 9 projecting from a plane of portion 7 and a screw-threaded end 10 projecting from the other plane of said portion and provided with an engaging nut'll. If desired, lugs 6'1can be turnediu one piece, having enlargedcentral portion 7, projecting diameter to correspond with the width of the through the slotsgand thelugs being adj ustably heldby the nuts 11, these nuts bearing against one side of the plate 1 and a plane of the enlarged central portions 7 bearing against the other side.

, The mode of use of this invention is substantially as follows: The top-roller stands on one spindle'are set as desired, the top rollers having beenlifted out. Thegageisthenplaced with one of its edges 2 resting on the bottom rollers, these edges being cut away, if desired, as at 12, so that the gage rests only on the outside rollers. One of the edges 4 of the T.-squ'are engages the outer bottom roller. As many lugs 6 are provided as there are roller-stands on a single spindle. I The heads 9 of the lugs are made exactly the same diameter as the journals of the top rollers and the width of the slots of the stands in which these journals rotate, and these heads are designed to engage these substantially vertical slots of the stands when the gage is in use. The width of the gage between the edges2 is exactly the same as the diameter of the top rollers, and for this reason and because the gage when in use and the top rollers when placed in their stands both rest on the bottom rollers the heads 9 are adapted to engage the slots of the stands at exactly the point where the journals of the top rollers rotate. When the gage is in position as described and the heads 9 are in engagement with a corresponding number of roller-stands, the lugs 6 are set by the nuts 11. The gage is then ready to set other top-roller stands in exactly similar positions as the first group of stands, the gage being placed across the bottom rollers as when it itself was to be set, as described above, and the heads 9 engaging the top-roller stands. The stands are then set and locked on their spindle while held in correct position by the lug-heads 9. The gage being similar on each edge and the lugs having the same relation to one edge as to the other, either side of the gage may be used for setting the stands from either the right or left side, as the case may be. In this manner the top-roller stands on every spindle throughout a certain group'of machines or throughout an entire millare set in exactly similar positions with relation to the bottom rollers, which results in the top rollers being exactly parallel with respect to the bottom rollers. This insures uniformity of product and prevents undue wear on the top-roller coverings.

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

1. A gage of the character described, comprising a main portion constituting a T- square, and a lug projecting from said main portion and adjustably movable thereon, said lug having means thereon for looking it to said main portion, a portion for engaging apertures in the articles to be set, and an enlarged portion for abutting said articles, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. A gage of the character described, comprising a flat plate, longitudinally-disposed slots in said plate, and engaging lugs projecting from said plate and adjustable in said slots, said lugs having a portion for engaging apertures in the articles to be set, and an en larged portion adjacent said engaging portion for abutting said articles, substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. A gage of the character described, comprising a main portion constituting a T- slots, said lugs comprising a slot-engaging portion, an enlarged central portion, and a smaller portion for engaging apertures in the articles to be set, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. A gage of the character described, comprising a flat plate constituting a T-square, cut-away portions in the longer parallel edges of said plate, longitudinally-disposed slots in said plate and arranged equidistant from each other and midway between the longer parallel edges of said plate, and engaging lugs projecting from said plate and longitudinally adjustable in said slots, said lugs comprising a slot-engaging portion of diameter corresponding to the width of said slots and having thereon means for locking said lugs to said plate, an enlarged portion adjacent said plate, and a smaller portion for engaging apertures in the articles to be set and of a diameter corresponding to the width of said apertures, substantially as and for the purposes described.

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

MATHIS I-IARDEE VAUGHAN.

Witnesses:

W. J. REID, HARRY CANTERBERRY.

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