US805129A - Machine for simultaneously spinning and winding yarn. - Google Patents

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No. 805,129. PATENTED NOV. 21, 1905. A. J. & H. A. FOULDS.

MACHINE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY SPINNING AND WINDING YARN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFREDJ. FOULDS AND HENRY A. FOULDS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed June 9, 1904- Serial No. 211,879.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED J. Fom ns and HENRY A. Forum, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Simultaneously Spinning and I/Vinding Yarn into Hanks, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a machine for simultaneously spinning or twisting yarn and Winding it into hanks.

The object of the invention is to simultaneously spin or twist slubbings or rovings or the like into thread or yarn and wind it into hanks, thereby avoiding the plurality of operations which have heretofore been found or regarded as necessary. e have aimed to accomplish this by a machine or apparatus which shall be simple and durable in construction, economical in manufacture, and eflicient in use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a sufficient portion of the machine to illustrate the invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar View at right angles to Fig. 1

It will beunderstood that While in the drawings We have shown only means for spinning and winding a single thread these parts will be multiplied according to the size of the machine.

In suitable bearings in a portion 3 of the frame we journal a shaft 4, which carries a feed-roll 5 at one end and a beveled gear 6 at the other driven by a corresponding beveled gear 7 on a shaft 8, operated from any suitable source of power. A floating roll 5, journaled in the slotted bearings 5 cooperates with the roll 5 to feed the slubbing or roving which is supplied from the usual feed roll or rollers.

A tubular bearing-sleeve 9 is secured in an opening in the frame member 3 in line with the point of contact of the feed-rollers, and on this sleeve is journaled a hub 10, preferably on ball-bearings, as shown, which hub carries a plurality of radiating arms 1 1, which form the spokes of the reel upon which the hanks of yarn are wound. The yarn-receiving portions or forks of the reel are formed,

. preferably, by the right-angular portions 12,

which are secured in the ends of the arms, and the arms are preferably connected together for strength by links 13, and the central portion of the hub 10 is designed to serve as a belt-pulley around which passes the driving-belt 10, which is driven from any suitable source. The hub or pulley 10 has an annular flange 14, and between this and the flange 11 is rotatably mounted a collar 15, which carries a pair of diverging arms 16, united at their outer ends by a curved link or segment 17. The rod 18 has a fork at one end, as at 19, and another at 20 centrally over the reel, the other end being secured to the segment 17.

The yarn is led from the feed rollers through the tubular bearing-sleeve, thence up through the forks 19 and 20, which constitute a yarn-guide, and is attached to one of the forks 12 of the reel.

A brake 21 is pivotally mounted in the frame member 3 and bears against the ring or collar 15, the brake being under the pressure of a spring 22.

From the foregoing description it is thought that the operation of the apparatus will be readily apparent; but it may be briefly described as follows: Supposing the feed-rollers to be stationary and the reel to be driven, it will be readily apparent that no yarn can be wound, as the yarn being held by the rolls against movement or feeding the yarn-guide and the reel will revolve together and only a twist will be imparted to the yarn. If now the feed-rolls be rotated, the yarnguide being retarded in its motion by the brake 21 there will be a difference in the speed of rotation of the yarn-guide and the reel, which will equal the feed of the thread and the thread will be wound with suflicient tension upon the reel. The amount of twist will be governed by the amount of movement imparted to the feed rolls, and it will be readily apparent that the greater the speed of the feed-rolls the less will be the twist imparted to the yarn.

In order that the hanks may be readily removed from the reel, one or more of the portions 12 may be mounted in the corresponding arm 11, so as to be capable of being turned into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig 2.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim is Lg-jn combination with a suitable supporting frame, a stationary tubular bearingsleeve carried thereby, a reel having a hub ournaled on said sleeve with means for rotating it, a pair of feed-rolls arranged to feed yarn through said sleeve from one side, a

yarn-guide having a hub loosely mounted on the hub of the reel and constructed and adapted to receive the yarn at the other side of said sleeve and guide it onto the forks of the reel, and means for retarding the rotation of the yarn-guide, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a suitable supporting-frame, a stationary tubular bearingsleeve carried thereby, a hub journaled on said sleeve, arms carried by said hub having yarn-receiving forks on their outer ends, a pair of feed-rolls on one side of said tubular bearing-sleeve for feeding yarn through the sleeve, a yarn guide rotatively mounted upon the hub and having a yarn-receiving fork or portion for receiving the thread after it has passed through said stationary hub, and retarding means acting on said yarn guide, substantially as descrlbed.

3. In combination with a suitable supporting-frame, a stationary tubularbearing-sleeve carried thereby, a hub j ournaled on said sleeve, arms carried by said hub, a plurality of yarn-receiving forks carried by said arms, one of said forks being movable for permitting removal of the yarn, a yarn-guiding member rotatably mounted on the hub and having a guiding-fork overhanging the yarn-receiving forks, and means for feeding the yarn through the tubular hub, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of tWo Witnesses ALFRED J. FOULDS. HENRY A. FOULDS. I/Vitnesses JOHN THIEL, JOHN J. FoULKRoD, Jr.

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