US895455A

US895455A - Thread-winding machine.

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Publication number: US895455A
Application number: US17558503A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thorvald Hansen
Original assignee: A HUN BERRY
Current assignee: A HUN BERRY
Priority date: 1903-10-03
Filing date: 1903-10-03
Publication date: 1908-08-11
Anticipated expiration: 1925-08-11

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'PATENTBD AUG. 11, 1908.

1". HAfisEN. THREAD "WINDING MACHINE. W

APPLICATIQH FILED 031. 3, 1903.

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T. HANSEN. THREAD WINDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3, 1903.

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THREAD WINDING MACHINE.

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THORVALD HANSEN, OF EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOB OF -ONE TO A- HUN BERRY, OF WALTH QM, MASSACHUSETTS. a l v No. 895,455. p I

To all whom It may concern:

Specification Letters Patent. I Application filed. October 3, 139th. Serial No; 175.585. 4 l

mean-minute MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 11, mo e.

member C by means of a spring D, one end Be it known that I, T1 0Rv -\LD HaxsnN, of which bears against it. lThe other end of of Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Thread-YVinding Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more especially to that class of machines which are designed to wind cops with what is now well known as the Fi i wind. In operating machines of this kind great care has to be taken as to the means for governing the tension and the pressure of the guide a ainst the cop which two factors vary with different kinds of thread. It is therefore extremely desirable that machines of this class shall have a direct and easily adjustable tension and a carefully and well regulated means for applying-pressure to the guide. It is also desirable that such machines should be of simple construction; that the parts be accessible and easily changed or adjusted. It is also desirable that such machines should have a stop motionwhich shall be simple and etiective and capable of instant action.

Iy present invention consists sccordmgly in various details of improved construction relating es ecially to the features above noted and v means of which means I am enabled to obtain a very effective machine.

.\I invention will be understood by refer ence to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine embodying my invention. Fig- 2 is an end elevation taken from the left of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1, adapted to show the stop mechanism, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged to tion of the machine showingt 1e means wherebv it is enabled to wind a conical cop.

is the post on which is mounted the frame. This frame is U-shaped com rising a base piece B. having a cross-strengt iening web B, while thiparts B, B are uprights in which the various shafts are supported. B is a tie bolt and B the nuts on the end of said lmlt. I l

is the main shaft which carries a pullev free to turn thereon. One face of this pulley forms a member of a clutch, the other nwmla-r being a conical wheel D the hub of which has an annular groove D- The clutch :m-mlwr l) is normally pressed against the view of a, por- Q the spring D rests-against the interior wall of a. chambered brake wheel D which turns with the shaft C and has a long hub which reaches. to the shaft bearing D mounted on the top of the side B of the frame of the machine. A second bearin D for the shaft C is supported on the side 3 of the frame. A collar D liesbetween the hub C of the pulley C and the bearing D to keep the parts in proper relation to each other. The clutch member D, D moves lengthwise on the shaft being s'plined thereto so that when itengages the member C it turns therewith nd causes the shaft to turn also.

In order to move the clutch me \IDCP D from its normal osition in contact with the. clutch member Ihave shown an arm D mounted upon a sleeve D* which is fast'upon a rock shaft D Connecting with the sleeve D is a spring I). This spring is attached also to a collar D" provided with holes D" about its periphery by means of which and a removable nut (not shown) it may be turned to adjust the tension of the spring D. set screw D passing througi a stud D" mounted on the upright 13 and entering one of the holes D acts to hold this collar in lace when it has been gopcrly adjusted. The action of the spring is to normally force the sleeve D in such direction as to lift the arm D into the groove D and a ainst the side of the hub to the clutch member D thereb throwing said member into a position 0 disengagement with res ect to the other of said clutch members. 0 facilitate this action the end of the arm D and the edge of the roove D are preferably beveled.

On a stud E rojecting from the upright B, is a sleeve I? having a short upwardly projecting arm E which is notched to provide a rest a for a dog (I projecting from the rear of the sleeve D.

D is a handle fixed to the rock shaft D by means of which the rock shaft I) may be position that the dog (I will engage the rest e. I

, gaged and the clutch disconnected from the pulley C. To cause this disengagement the sleeve E is provided with a lever arm E against which bears a spring 0 arranged upon a stud o fixed to the frame and which spring acts to hold the lever arm in such normal Adapted to engage the lower end of the lever arm is a pin e on the end of an arm e" mounted on a shaft a. This shaft 6 is supported near one end in the upright B, its other end being supported in the bracket B referred to below. and it carries at one end a handle by which. it may be turned by hand thereby operating the lever arm E against the tension of this spring 0 and disengaging the dog (1 and rest e. Automatic means for disengaging these parts are also provided and will be described below.

I have shown in the drawings two forms of spindle upon which thread is wound, and my description so far as the winding operation is concerned, will answer equally well for both cases. In either case there is provided at one end of the shaft C a s indle C for holding the cop tube. A guite frame,

composed of uprights F, F connected at their upper ends by a cross-piece F, 15 adapted to swing towards and from the main shaft C on the shaft F journaled in hearings on the frame B. A cam shaft G is mounted in bearingson said arms F F above the shaft F and carries acam G. The cam shaft G also carries a gear G at one end adapted to enga e with a )inion G mounted on one end of the shaft The shaft F is rotated by means of a cone pulley G which is connected by means of a suitable belt g with a second cone pulley G on the end of the shaft C. The upper ends of the arms F, F are connected by means of a )iece F having ways f in which runs a slide The arm F also carries a boss f 2 in which is a vertical socket ada )ted to receive a stud f supportinggr suitab e guide-way f in which slides the thread guide f This thread guide f is connected with the slide f by means of a connecting rodf, the slidef also carrying a cam pinf which engages the cam G, this construction being such that as the cam rotates a reciprocating movement is given to the slide f and the thread guidef.

The boss f 2 is preferably slit-ted so as to form two jaws (see Fig. '2), which jaws are held together by a screw f 8 so that the guide-way f may be adjusted and clamped either parallel with the ways f to wind a cylindrical cop as shown in Fi 's. 1, 2 and 3, or at an angle'thereto to wind a conical cop as shown in Fi 4, and the guide-way f is hollow to alTow the connecting rod f to adjust itself to any ordinary angle at which the guide-wayf may be set to the. ways):

Power being ap lied to the pulley C and the clutch being al owed to engage therewith, I applied to the thread.

not only is the power shaft C rotated so as to G, and gear G, rotates the cam G by means of which the guide is reciprocated. By making the pulleys G and G slightly conical the angular speed relation of the cam G to the spindle C may be adjusted to regulate the number of reciprocations of the thread guide to rotations of the spindle. By changing the pulleys, etc., various speed relations may be established as desired.

The tension mechanism as shown comprises the bracket B above referred to and parts connected therewith.

laterally from the upright B. To the lower end of this bracket is pivotally connected at h a lever H having pro ecting therefrom a series of pins h and from the bracket B" a number of pins it also project in the same direction. The face of the bracket is notched at under certain conditions in a substantially B". At the bottom of the bracket B is a pigtail h. The thread J is led up from the spool through the pigtail h and then between the pins 71, h as indicated in Fig. '2, and from 'thence up to the eye in the guidef The leverH is pulled towards the f ace of the bracket B by means of a s iring H, one end of which is connected to said lever H,- the other end being attached to a screw H on the bracket B.

as at It. Through this slot 72- passes loostdy the end of the rock shaft F ant the screw l' wlneh screws into the end of the shaft holds mounted in the uprights B, B and carries two rocker-arms, one near each end. ()no of these arms only, F is shown in the drawings. Aweight Fis hung from. these arms F by connecting rods F F on this same shaft F are connected by means of connecting rods F" with the crossbar F' of the guide frame.

Upon the rod 11 is mounted a roll I! gages with the surface of the cam wheel ll fast on the shaft. F. This cam wheel is rocked by the movement of the shaft F through about a quarter of a revolution and faces of different shape, either of which may act u )on the roll -71" to push the rod 74 and lever I-l against the force of the spring If, thus controlling the relation of the two sets of pins the tension on the thread J which passes between thcm according to the shape of the cam surface. These pins form what may be i termed a tension passage in which friction is The bracket B is fixedly mounted on a stud'B projecting.

-vertical line with the pins It on the bracket rotate the spindle C but also the ulley G which, throlwh the belt pulley pinion I hto allow the pins 71 on the lever H to lie A rod 7L5 runs from the upper end of the piece H rearwardly, its rearward end being slotted the rod 71- in place. The rock shaft F is Two other rocker arms no mounted on a stud h on the rod it which 011- its periphery is divided into four cam sur- 0 l h, h, with relation to each other and hence 5 I The tension may be ishaftso as to bring any desired cam surface into engagement with the roll 71. The position of the cam wheel 71 on the shaft F may be varied in any suitable manner, as by the use of a set screw, pin or other similar device. The cam surfaces may be four in number, or more or less as seems desirable, according to the variety of thread which a given machine is expected to wind.

To obtain a pro er primary adjustment of the pins 71., h re atively to one another as against the stress of the spring H there is threaded in the lever H a screw 71- which bears against the arm B. By adjusting this screw a proper primary adjustment of the resgective pins to receive the thread may be 0 tained, after which the screw may be held inits adjus v ed position by means of a winged nut Ir";

The purpose of the weight F is to hold the thread guide close against the cap which it is winding and by reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that as the thread guide and guide frame are gradually pushed out by the increasing size of the cop, the arm F and weight F are gradually lifted on which account by the chan e in leverage the force tendin to hold the thread guide against the cop wi l diminish as the cop increases in size. At the same time the pushin out of the guide will cause the cam wheel to turn slightly so as to force the ins h on the member H awav from the pins thus reducing the frietiori upon the thread, this being desirable because as the cop grows graduaily larger, the speedof the spindle remaining constant, the surface of the co travels faster so that the thread is drawn 0 from the su ply more rapidly all the time, which woul increase the actual tension on the thread if the tension device did not reduce the friction on the thread slightly thus permitting a cop to be wound with even stress throughout:

In operating the machine when the cop tube is emptv and the thread guide is against 7 it, it is possible as has been stated above, by

moving the handle D to cause the engagement of the dog d with its rest e; and by moving the handle j to disengage the dog (Z and rest a and so stop the machine at will. It is desirable, however, that the machine shall be sto ped automatically when the cop is suflicient y full, or upon the breaking of the thread. 'To sto the machine when the cop is sufliciently ill, the arm F of the guide frame has on it a boss I: through which is free to slide a connecting rod 7:". This rod is slotted at one end by a slot. is in which is contained a pin is attached to the lever arm E. This slot is-to permit the lever arm E to be operated by the handle j without movmg the rod 7:. The other end of the rod k is threaded and has onita thumb nut P the position of which on said rod may be adj usfed at ple asure. As the thread guidef and its supportfifframemove outwardly the boss 7: strikes the thumb nut 7c acting as a stop and causes the rod 7: to be drawn forward thereby operating the arm E todisengage the rest e from the dog 11. The spring I) then acts to throw the arm D to'engage the beveled side of the groove D and disengage the clutch.

In order that the spindle may be stopped instantl abrake strap K is provided. (his end of t is strap is attached to the stud D". The other end thereof is attached to the sleeve D, the strap. assing around a brake wheel D on the sha t C so that as the arm D is thrown to disengage the clutch the brake operated by the spring D will act to stolp the spindle.

11 order to stop the machine automatically in the ,case of the breaking of the thread I have mounted a lever on a stud j extending from the bracket B.

thereto, which is adapted to engage the thread asit leaves the tension mechanism, the other arm j of the lever projecting rearward and carrying a pin j against which lies the end of a weighted rod 1 attached to the swinging piece j carrying the pin j whit-his adapted to engage the prolongation i" of the handle YVhen these parts are set as shown in Fig. 2, the dog if and rest 2 will remain in contact, and the machine will con-. tinue to run. IVhen the thread breaks the arm 7" will fly up, releasing the weighted rod 7' which will turn the rocker arm 6 and move the lever E disengaging the dog (1 and rest 0. I have referred above to the fact that in my machine means are shown for winding both a cylindrical cop and also a conical co The means for accomplishing this is extremely simple as it consists merely in substituting for a cylindrical spindle such as is indicated in Fig. 1, a conical spindle of ordinary construction such as is indicated in Fig. 4- The spindle is attached to the shaft C by a set screw, taper shank and socket, or other well known device. \Vhen the conical spindle is to be used the cylindrical spindle having been removed and the conical spindle putin its place, the screw f is loosened and the armf carrying the guide-wayf is turned in the socket in the boss f until the thread guide groove is parallel with the surface of the conical s indle when the screw f" is tightened again. It will be noted from Fig. 3 that the guide-way f is hollow so that it affords a certain amount of space within which the connecting rod f may adjust One arm j r of this. lever is of wire wlnch extends downward and has a finger bent at right angles itself according to the angle to which the.

guide-way f is set.

In describing the details of -my mechanism a above, I do not mean to limit myself to the l l l I l exact forms therein shown as the principles 1 frame, a guide-way, a thread guide adapted involved 111 their construction and o eratlon l to reciprocate therein, and means whereby may be embodied in other way". heconstruction shown, however, is simple, and as the stop motion and tension are both carried, as it were, outside the machine, they are easdvresched, arranged and adjusted accord ing to the necessities of any given case, and all being mounted upon the same bracket, are-compactly and simply arranged without any unnecessary multi lication of parts.

The mounting of the she t carrying the guide cam on the guide frame is new, I believe, and is an improvement upon the usual construction of machines of this class, because the guide frame as a whole can be easily removed for the purpose of changing the cam or for any other purpose, and the parts of the rest of the machine can easily be reached for repairs or cleaning.'

One gsat advantage of mounting the cam shaft and the guide in the same frame lies in the fact that as the guide is pushed out by the growing can the cam is pushed out at the same time andhence there is no friction upon the cam roll other than that due to the ordinary and legitimate engagement between the cam roll and the cam groove.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In a machine, in combination a thread guide, a main shaft adapted to rotate in stationary hearings, a spindle on said main shaft, 2 guide frame adapted to swing to and from the shaft, a cam adapted to revalve in on said swinging frame, and ads ted to reciprocate said thread guide, a

' gui QJFSF adj'astably attached to said guide supporting flame adapted to receive said re cipmcsting thread guide, as described.

2. In a winding machine, a main shaft, 8. spindle'on ssid main shaft, a uide frame mounted to swing toward and from said main shaft, :3 thread guide, a guide-way adjustahl r attached to said swinging frame, a camshaft a oted to revolve in hearings on said frame, a cam mounted on said cam shaft, adapted to reciprocate said thread guide in said guide-way, described.

3. In a cop rrinding machine, in combination, a ale, 2. guide frame, a guide-way adjustabiy attached to said guide frame, a thread guide adapted to reciprocate in said guide-tray, a cam shaft mounted to'revolve in said guide frame, a cam mounted thereon, means ror connecting said thread guide and said cam to cause said thread guide to reciprocate, and means for'holding said thread guide in terative position with relation to said spindie, comprising a rock shaft and a weight, and means whereby said rock shaft is connected withsaid weight and said guide frame, whereby the pressure of the thread guide on the oop is reduced as the cop increases m diameter.

4- In s. machine, a spindle, a guide said thread guide is reciprocated, a tension ary set of pins and an adjustable set of pins,

said sets 0 pins being adapted to engage the" thread, a rock shaft carrymg a cam wheel, a

cam roll bearing on said -cam wheel, means whereby said cam roll is held against/said cam wheel and is, connected to said adjustable set of pins, and means whereby said rock shaft is connected to said guide frame, as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a Winding machine, a spindle, a uide frame, a guide adapted to reciprocate t erein, means whereby said guide is reci rocated, a tension mechanism and means w iereby it may be adjusted for a particular kind of thread, comprisin a cam wheel having a plurslity of cam surfaces-means whereby said cam wheel is connected to and operated by said guide frame, a cam roll adapted to run on any one of said surfaces, and means w ereby said cam roll is supported, a tension device and means whereby said tension device is connected to said cam roll support,

said cam being adapted to be turned to pre-' sent different faces to the cam roll, as de- 6. In a winding machine, a tension mechanism, comprising a stationary part and a movable part connected thereto, each part havin a set of pins adapted to engage a threa a winding mechanism comprising a spindle and a reciprocating thread guide, means for sup orting said guide and means whereby said t iread guide is pressed towards said spindle and the thread wound thereon during the winding operation, and means connecting said thread guide support and the movable part of said tension mechanism whereby said tension is decreased as the amount of thread wound increases, as set forth.

7 In a winding machine, a spindle, a guide frame, a guide-way adjustably attached to said guide frame, a thread guide reciprocating in said guide-way, a rock shaft connected to said guide frame, means Whereb said rock shaft will cause the thread guide in said guide-way to press towards said spindle, a tension device, a cam Wheel carried by said rock shaft, a cam roll and means-whereby it is supported against said cam wheel and connected to said tension device whereby the position of said rock shaft and said 'uide frame will determine the relations of said tension device to the thread, as set forth.

8. In a winding machine, in combination, a spindle, a thread guide, a guide frame, a

guide-way mounted thereon within which said thread guide may reciprocate,. a. cam

Y running pulley and saidcam to cause said thread guide to also carrying a cam wheel, in combination with tension mechanism and means connecting said tension mechanism with said cam wheel whereby the movement of said cam wheel will vary the tension, as described.

9. In a winding machine, a spindle, a thread hide, a guide-way, a frame supportmg sai guide-way and means mounted in said frame whereby said thread guide is reciprocated, a clutch mechanism connected with said s indle, a dog for maintaining said clutch mechanism in engagement to rotate said spindle and means for disengaging the dog operated from said guide carrying frame, comprisinga slotted rod provided with a thumb nut, said rod being adapted to slide in a lug attached to said guide frame, and said thumb nut being adapted to engage said lu as and for the purposes set forth.

10. n a winding machine, in combination with a guide frame, a uide-way on said guide frame and a threa guide adapted to reciprocate therein, a shaft carryin a spin dle, a freely running pulle and ac utch on said shaft adapted norma ly to engage said ulley, and means operated by said guide rame for withdrawing said clutch from said pulley comprising an arm having a beveled end adapted to en age a corresponding surface on said C-llltll and move said clutch along said shaft, a brake band and means connectin said brake band and said arm whereby t me said brake band is operated to stop said spindle.

11. In a winding machine, in combination, a guide frame, a uide-way on said guide frame, and a thread guide adapted to be reciprocated therein, a shaft carrying a spindle; a freely running pulley adapted to be connected to said shaft, and a clutch adapted normally to engage therewith, a brake, and means operated by said guide frame for withdrawing said clutch from said pulley, and operating said brake comprising a roc shaft having a beveled arm mounted thereon, a s ring tending normally to ress said bev- 0 ed arm into engagement with said clutch, and a band brake adapted to be operated by said rock shaft, as described.

12. In a winding machine, in combination with a swinging guide frame, a guide-way and a thread guide adapted to be reciprocated therein, a shaft carrying a spindle, a freely adapted to be connected to said shaft am a clutch adapted normally to engage with said pulley, and-means for operating said clutch, comprising an arm adapted to engage a corresponding surface on said clutch, a spring adapted to throw said arm into engagementwith said clutch, a sleeve provided with two lever arms, one of which lever arms is adapted to engage said arm and; I

hold it out of engagement wlth said clutch,

said lever arm .f

and means for opcratin e released, com

whereby said arm ma prising a connectin ror one end of whichlis mconnected with said lever arm, the other end of which 1s connected with said guide. frame, whereby when said guide frame has been moved out by the bearing-of said thread guide upon the material beingwound upon said spindle, and the thread wound thereon to a pro-determined diameter, said lever arm will be moved and said arm released, asand for the purposes described.

' 13. In a winding machine, in combination with a guide frame, a guide-way and a thread guide adapted to be reciprocated therein, a tension mechanism a shaft carrying a spin- (lle, a freely running pulley adapted to be connected to said shaft and a clutch adapted normally to engage with said pulley, and means for operating said clutch, comprising a clutch o crating arm adapted to engage a corresponr ing surface on said clutch, a spring adapted to throw said clutch operating arm into engagementnvith said clutch, a leyer arm adapted to engage said clutch-operatin arm and hold it car r engagement with said clutch, and means-for operating said lever Y arm whereby said clutch operating arm ma 95 be released, com rising a rocker arm, a roc shaft upon whic it isa munml, a weighted rod connected with sair "rock shaft, a lever against one arm of which said weighted rod rests, the other arm of saidlever engaging 160 the thread between its tensiomniechanism and the thread guide, whereby upon the breaking of said thread said lever will be released and said wei hted rod willbe caused to dro as and for the pur oses specified.

14. n a winding mac 'ne, a shaft, a spindle mounted t ereon, a guide framehavin a slide adapted to reciprocate therein, a gui e-way and a thread guide adapted to reci rocate therein and means connecting Q saie slide and said thread guide comprising a connecting rod, the said uide-wav being provided at one end wit a stud about which the said guide-way is ada ted to turn, and means to clamp said stud way, whereby the said thread guide may be made to reciprocate in a line parallel with the surface of said spindle, as and for the purposes set forth.

,15. In a winding machine, a shaft, a 120 spindle mounted thereon, a swinging guide frame having aslide ada ted to reciprocate therein, a boss provide with a clam a guide-way, and a thread guide adapte to reciprocate therein, said guide-way hem provided with a stud adapted to fit mto' sax oss, whereby said guide-way may be clamped at an angle to said swinging frame, said slide and said thread guide havirg a.

and guide- 115,

-whereby the said thread guide may be made to reci rocate in a line parallel with the surface said spindle.

16. In a windin machine, a shaft, 8.

5 spindle mounted t ereon, an adjustable guide-way, a thread guide adapted to reciprocate therein, said guide-way being provided-with a stud about which the gu1deway is adapted to-turn, and means to clamp said stud in a fixed position whereby'the said thread guide may be made to. reciprocate in a line parallel with the surface of said spindle, as and for the pur oses set forth.

17. In a winr irw machine, a shaft, a

spindle mounted t ereon, an adjustable guide-way, a thread guide adapted to reciprocate therein, said uide-way being novided at one end wit a' stud about which the said guide-way is adapted to turn, and

means .to clamp said stud and guide-way in a fixed position, whereby the said thread guidemay be made to reciprocate in a line parallel with the surface of said spindle, as described.

18. In a winding machine, the combination of a winding spindle, a thread guide, a guide frame pivoted to swing to and from said spindle, a cam carried by said swinging .frame, and means operated by said cam for e0 reciprocating said thread uide.

' 19. In a winding machine, the combination of a main shaft, a winding spindle operated by said shaft, a guide frame mounted to swing towards and from said main shaft, a

thread guide, a guide-way adjustably attached to said swin ing frame, and a cam mounted on said guide frame and connecting with said thread guide for reciprocating the same insaid guide-way.

40 20. In a winding machine, the combina tion of a winding spindle, a reciprocating thread guide, a guide frame, means for pivotally mounting said frame to swing upon an avis towards and from said spindle,

A5. a cam carried by said swinging guide frame and mounted to turn within bearings located thereon, said cam connecting with said thread guide for reciprocating it, and means whereby said cam may be operated from power obtained at the pointof the axis of turning of said guide frame.

' 21. n-a winding machine, the combination of a r'vinding spindle, a reciprocating thread guide, a. guide frame, a. rotary shaft upon which said frame is pivotally mounte a cam carried by said guide frame for reciprocating said thread guide, said cam being adapted to turn in bearings located upon said guide frame, and means for oper- 6 0 ating said cam from said rotary shaft.

\ 22. In awinding machine, in combination,

awinding spindle, a thread guide, a movable guide frame, means for holding said thread gu de inoperative position witnrelation to said spindle, said means comprising a rock shaft and a connection between said rock shaft and said guide framewhereby said rock shaft may be turned as said guide frame is pressed outwardly by the increasing diameter of the package wound, an' overbalancingweight connecting with said rock shaft and adapted whereby the influence of said weight may become diminished as said rock shaft is turned by the outward movement of said-- guide frame away from said spindle and the pressure of the. thread guide against the package wound may be governed through the motion of said rock shaft as it is turned by the guide frame when pressed outwardly as before described. I so 23. In a winding machine, the combination with a winding spindle of a thread guide. a movable uide frame for maintaining said thread gui e to bear against the package wound whereby said thread guide and guide 35 frame may be moved outwardly by said package as the package grows, a tension device, a ivoted member interposed between said guide frame and said tension device, a connection between said pivoted member and said guide frame whereby said member may be rocked by the motion of said guide frame as it swings away from the winding spindle, a weighted arm attached to said pivoted member and arranged whereby it may be moved from a horizontal to an angular position when said member is operated as aforesaid, and means also attached to said ivoted member whereby such means may lie influenced by the motion imparted as aforesaid to said member for relieving the tension. i

24. In a winding-machine, the combination with a winding spindle of a thread guide. a movable guide frame for maintaining said thread guide to bear against the packa e wound whereby said thread guide and guir e frame may be moved outwardly as the ack age increases in diameter, a tensronrcvice' comprising a stationary set of pins and a movable set of pins coopemrin therewith in engaging the thread, a rock s raft, a con nection between said rock shaft and said uide frame whereby said rock shaft may be influenced thereby, and means inter used between said movable setof pins ant said rock shaft whereby the position of said movable set of pins may be changed by the turning of said shaft and a change of tension effected.

25. In awinding machine, a tension mechanism compr sing a. stationary part and a, movable part coo crat ng therewith, each part having a set 0 pins adapted to engage a thread, a winding mechanism comprising a 1:23 spindle and a reciprocating thread guide, a movable guide frame for maintaining said thread guide to bear againstthe ackage wound on said spindle whereby sair thread guide and guide frame may be moved out .33

' guide wardly by said package as the windings of the thread increase thereon, means whereby l said thread guide is pressed towards said "tensioin mechanism whereby said tension is decreased as the amount of thread wound increases, as set forth.

- 26. In a winding mac-lune, the combination with a winding spindle of a thread guide,

a movable guide frame for maintaining said 'thrcath guide to bear against the package wound whereby said thread guide and guide frame may be moved outwardly as the package increases in diameter, a. tension mechanism connrising a tension device having a fixed ant a movable part, a cam, means whereby said cam is connected with and moved by said guide frame when operated by the package as aforesaid, and means whereby said cam by the operation thereof may move the movable part of said tension device and release the tension as described.

27. In a winding machine, in combination, a winding spindle, a thread guide, a movable guide frame, means for holding said thread guide in operative position with relation to said spindie, said means comprising a rock shaft and a connection between said rock shaft and said guide frame whereby said rock shaftmay be turned as said guide frame is pressed outwardly by the increasing diameter of the package wound, an overbalancing weight connecting with said rock shaft and adapted whereby the influence of said weight may become diminished as said rock shaft is turned by the outward movement of said guide frame away from said spindle, a. ten- .sion device and means whereby said device may be'governed through the motion of said rock shaft as it is turned by the guide frame when pressed outwardly as before described.

'28. In a winding machine, the combination of-a winding spindle, a

7 thread guide,-a guide frame, means for mounting said frame whereby it may be moved outwardly by the ameter, a shaft driving said package wound onsaid" spindle as said package increases in diameter, a shaft (lllVlIlg said spindle, a clutch by which said shaft may be thrown into and out of operation, aclutchcontrolling mechanism normally acting to disengage said clutch, a catch for holding said clutch-controlling mechanism in an in operative position, means for releasing said catch when said guide frame has been moved a predetermined distance by the package wound, a brake carried by said clutch-controlling mechanism, and means whereby said brake may be ap )liCLl to stop the rotation of said driving shaft when said clutch-controlling mechanism has catch as aforesaid.

20. In a winding machine, tion of a winding spindle, a thread guide, a. guide frame, means for mounting said frame whereby itmay be moved outwardly by the bearing of the package wound against saidguide as said package increases in dithe combinamechanism for throwing the spindle-driving portion of said shaft into and out of 0 eration, mechanism normally acting to tisengage said clutch, a lever connectin with said clutch-controlling mechanism forholding it in a disengaged position, means whereby said lever may be operated to release said clutchcont rolling mechanism into an engaging position upon the breaking of the running thread, said means comprising an over-weighted arm ivotally mounted and connecting with said ever to operate it upon the dropping of said arm, and means engaging with the running thread for supporting said arm whereby upon the breaking of the thread said arm may be released to drop and operate said lever to disengage said c utch-controlling mechanism, as described.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my name this 17th day of September 1903.

V THORYALD HANSEN. \Vitnesses:

GEORGE O. G. COALE,

J. N. DQLAN.

been released from said" spindle, a clutch