US74115A - Improvement in hand-spinning-machine - Google Patents

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Letters Patent No. 74,115, datedl'ebruary 4, 1868.

IMPRGYIEMENT IN HAND-SPINNING-MAGHINE.

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Be it known that I, ED. MOORE, of' Edray,`in the county of Pocahontas, and State of West:l Virginia,

have invented a new and useful Improved Hand-Spinning Machine; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, .which will enable others skilled in' the art tomake and use 'the same, reference beiughad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a side view of my improved spinning-machine. Figure 2 is a detail. -Figure 3, a plan ortoprview. Figure 4, a vertical cross-section, taken in the line x x, iig. `1. Y Figure 5,'a horizontal section through a p'art of the machine, in the linc yy, iig. 3, showing a. detail. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in the construction offa machine for spinning yarns of wool or other fibre by hand, and consists in rthe combinatiomand arrangement of an ordinary rim spinningwheel mounted on Va bench, and banded to a driving-pulley with shifting-pulleys, a movable spindle-head` running back and forth-on a track orway, and with reversiug-gear, whereby a person may sit at the side of the rimwheel and, by the reciprocating movements ofthe, spindle-head, while the rim--wheel is turned by hand, draw the coping, twist the yarn, and Wind it on the brooch, bya. repeated series of operations, and thus, with very little labor, accomplish much more work than with the ordinary `spiuning-wheel, While the yarn will be of superior quality, as respects the evenness and regularity of the twist.

A is a long bench, say fifteen' feet, for supporting the machinery, attlre right hand end of which, with regard to the operator', is placed the rim-wheel B, hung iu a standard, a,'that is adjusted at the foot bya. slide,

b, to regulate the tension of the band e, connecting the wheel with the driving-pulley C hung in the middle of a spindle, d, having bearings in the top 0l' the standards e c, on each side of the bench A. Ou the same spindle,

fd, are placed two loose pulleys, g g', one on each side of the driving-pulley C, with and from which they are alternately engaged and disengaged by clutches, h It', for giving different movements to the carriage and spindle-.

head D, as hereinafter described.

E is a treadle, connected by-a cord, k, that runs over a pulley, 7c., with a. long upright lever, l, pivoted at the lower end to the leg F of'the bench, and at the upper part connected witha horizontal slide, m, that carries a rod, n, placed obliquely to the line of (its movement, so that 'it works a transverse sli'de,'ml, back and forth to enga-ge and disengage the pulleys g g', as required, by means of arms 4m2 m2 fastened on -to those pulleystoperating the clutches h hf.'

At the left-hand en d of the bench are placed twostandards, c' in which is hung a pulley, G. The stand lards z' c" are connected with the bench in'such amanner that they can be moved to regulate the Vtension of the band s s, which passesover the pulley Gfrom the pulleyg", and gives motion to the spindle, as hereinafter described.4

Another standard, j, isA placed on the front side of the frame A, just forward of the standard z', which supports a. largevpulley, i

Onithe front side of the bench or main frame, A,is made fast vertically a broad board, I, the upper edge of which serves asa track for the two wheels o o of the spindle-head carriage J, while the lower edge of the board serves as a guide-way for the arm p, extending dow'n from the carriage D, to keep it in an upright position. The spindle-head D supports a'large driving-pulley, K, on theshaft of which isa small double pulley, q,

I around which passes the baud s' s, that also passes under a small pulley, r, directly below the pulley q, for the purpose of saving frictionV and wear of the band. The pulley K is banded directly tothe spindle t, which is to be so attached to the head that it may be moved to adjust the tension of the driving-band. The carriage K is lattached to arband, s1, that passes over the pulleys g'and H, to give it motion back and forth on the way-board I. A square-toothed ratchet-Wheel, u, is placed-ou the shaft of the pulley Gr, operated. by a latch-dog, u1,-

attached to a vertical slide-bar, o, Working in the front-standard z'. In the'lowcr end ofthe slide-bar'vs a pin, 3, that catches under the arm w of a dog, w1, which-is fastened upon another vertical slide-bar, 'u working inthe standard j. The slide-bar v1 is operated on by a long spring-hook, o2, that -is pivoted to the standard j, and catches against a pin, 4, in the lower end of the slifle-bar el, to hold theslide-,bar up whenit has been raised by Vthe incline 5, enabling the slide-bar to engage and disengage the dog witz-om a ratchet-wheel, a, placed oaths shaft of the' pulley Hfto operate as hereinafter describedf On the same shaft, bythe side of the ratchet-whcel u2, is placed a check-pulley, x, that is banded to a pin, y, that is set in the upper endot` a slide-har, n3, that also works vertically in the faceof the standard 3f, and is heid down by a spring, a', at the lower end, or by a weight that may be hung toit, in order to act onthe check-pulley zc, as hereinafter described. A slotted bar, z, is sus# pounded. at its upper end to the pin yin-the slide-bar as, and its lower slotted or forked end works upon a pizuy,

set in the end of along horizontal slide-bar, vf, that runs along the lower edge of the way-board I, and is connected at its forward endto the longlever Z, Afrom which it receives motion to operate the machinery previously described. 0n the face of the way-board I are set the guard-stop-pins 1 2, to hold the carriageJ stationary at each end of -its traverse movement. i

A ratchet-wheel, ua, is Vplaced on the shaft d, on t-he'side of the pulley g', acted on by a spring-dogwz, tig. 4, to prevent the pulley from turning to the left whendisengaged from the drawing-pulley C.

Theoperation'of this machine is as follows: The spinner sits in front of the rim-wheel B, with one foot on the treadleE, using the right hand to turn the wheel, in the usual way, and the left hand to manage the yarn. Turning the wheel slowly to the right, 'theAcarriage J' being upto the forward limit of its movement, the roll'of wool is attached to the spindle t, after which the treadle is gently pressed to draw the lever Zi'orward to thc vright, carrying with it the slidemand the diagonal rod n for disengaging the pulley glfrom the driving-pulley (3,.car1ying it against the spring-degni,- to stop the'pulley g' 'and prevent it from turning to the left, while at the same time' the pulleyg engages the driving-.pulley C. The forward movement Vot' the lever Z also draws-the slide-bar v* forward at the same time, by which the slotted bar z is moved, in such a'. manner that it raises the vertical slide-bari?, and releases the check-wheel fc, allowing thereby free movementto the pulley H, and con I sequently also gives motion to the carriage J', which moves b ack to the left'on the way-board 1 by the piilling. 'action o the ban-dr1 that passes over the pulleys Hg, andvis fastened at both en ds `to thecxarriage.k As the carriage travels back, for rdrawingthe roping, the spindle receives a gentle motion from the pulley g, that travels over the stationary band s, thereby giving also to the roiping a slight twisting while it is' drawn. But, as' the carriage J'a'pproache's its station to the left hand of the machine, it rever'ses'the lever Z, by means of a check line, s2, which connects the lever and the carriage, thus'drawing the slide mback toA disengage the pulley g and engage the pulley g with the driving-pulley C. The.car'riagestandsstiil at its left-hand4 station long enough to twist the yarn by the accelerated motion-of the spindle, imparted by the revolution ofthe pulley g', so soon as it is engaged. While the thread is twisting, the latch at1 of thevsquare-toothed ratchet-wheel u is in position to the right, but, as soon as the thread i's twisted enough, aslight 'backward-motion is necessary to back the thread down on the breach ready to be taken up.- This movement, which `is accomplished by the operator turning the wheel B slightly in the opposite direction, carries the latch u1 over to the left side of the ratehct wheel, `thus raising the sliding bar v, to which'the latch is attached,l and bringing thepiu 3 at the lower end of the sliding bar up against the arm w of the dog w, releasing lit from the ratchet-wheel u2, when at the same time the vertical slide-bar nl is-raised suiciently to let'the spring-hook v112 catch'under Vthe pin 4, at the lower end of the slide-bar, and keep the dog 'w1 clear of the ratchet-wheel a2, while the carriage moves again to the right. The carriage is drawn tothe right by 'the tensionof the thread. 'So soon as the gearing is thus,` again changed, and the horizontal slide lu4 is-moved to the right, the pin 5, on the left end of the slide-bar, catches against the lower end of the spring-hoolt o2, carrying itl od' to the right, disconnecting it from the pin 4, which then rests upon the end of the slide a, where it remains until'another movement of the slide 'u4 to the left allows the vertical slide o? to fall, when the pawl wl is brought into connection with the ratchet uh The carriage is then in its first vposition again, and the operation is repeated. I I

Having thus 'described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to sccure'by Letters Pat-ent, is 1. The combination of the pulleysg g, the rod-a, the slide m, with the upright's m2, the vlever Z, and `the treadle E, arranged and operating substantially as and 'for the purposes herein described. i v

p2. 4Theslide-bar a4,l operated by the lever Z, in, combination with the slotted swing-bar zand the spring-hook v2, arranged and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The ratchetwheelua and spring-dog zo?, combined with the pulley g", and operating substantially-as and for the purpose specified.

The combination of the horizontal slidingbar v, the slottedv swing-bar z, the vertical slide o3, and the check-pulley x, arranged andoperating substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

5. The squ'areftootiied ratchet-wheel u, the dog uhthe slide-bar v, the dog-w1, the slide-bar u1, ythe springhook v2, 'and the .slide-bar o4, combined and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6i The ch'eclipulley x, the slide v3, the spring a', and 'the slotted bar z, or its equivalent, combined and operated as and for-the purpose specified.

The above specification 'of my invention signed by me, this 31st day of July, 1867. 4

, F. D. MOORE. Witnesses z Grossa P, Moena, JAMES Autumn-eu.

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