US897191A - Quill or cop winding machine. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

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NG MAO'HINE.

PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

E* E. BRADLEY.

QUEL OR GOP W ENDING MAGHNE.

APLICATION FILED 0GT.5,1907.

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verwijs m f Alle STGNiEG-TN, CONNEOTCUT, ASSIGNOR T THE STOUNGTN,

ATWOOD CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF NEW .f3-'bien ei Le'ters Patent.

Patented Aug. Seial rie. 395,983.

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e ol" my invention l emily/'diri en (seemgrieving drew- I fi irzmsiferee section el' so oi' @op vinding maeliine es idereteiiding time opM el ie 'wf' the "recited, the

aol ,f if* I I I i I I I I I I re-HA et. .el transverse see-A lerm of trefese lever.

The eide mils o' e ere denoted I' q li pi vided with e of the pull. oered e guide carrier "lie support by jf ie mount-ed to I meter v lleve and I I g I l rivm; dem; e,

movemeutof tlie'guide carrier by means of mounted on or fixed to e es' may be desired, i, e., the 10 may roel independently of one another en the shaft ll, one tra-verse lever for eaeli spindle, or the gang el trav- .arse-levers may b e caused. toreeli simultek ieously by the rocking of the sliel't il.

The traverse levers are oi' single lever ferm and are operated by means of e eem, in the present instance e heart cem 12, Ioeeted on the eem shaft 13, which may .be driven et e Seite ble speed from any Where, it is feasible.

ln the event the traverse levers are mounted to rockv independently of one another on *he shaft 11 there will be a eem 12 for each of the treveree levers While, in the event the t'nurerse levers ire fixed to rock simultaneously with. the shaft 11, e single eem l2 e11- gluing' one oi tlie levers will be sufficient te rock all. i

The errangement is such that the @ein l2 will roely the traverse levers for the spindles along the rail 2 and. alternately with the operating of the traverse spindles along the rail l. Il: the traverse levers ,for the spindles alorwtlie rail l :1re

traverse levers l) rock shaft il traverse levers part eli the machine levers for the I mounted on e shaft independent of the treverse levers for operating the spindles along the rail 2, the cam 12 may be located between the depending ends of the tvve levers or7 il: e single lever, for instance e tri-armed lever M, shown in Fign 5 be utilized for operating the spindles 'along' the two rails 1. and 2, then e eem l5 may be located et one side or" the dependingerin, e, suitable spring 3.6 being employed to hold tlie depending erm against the eem te operate the triarmed lever in a direction opposite that in eed by the cem.

which it is for The spindle is )rovided et its lower end with e coller l' bi ureeted et its lower end to streddle the free end of the traverse lever 10, tlie'said Geller 1T being previded with e shoulder 18 for the reeeptien efe latch 19 de ending from e vibrating stop lever 20.-

lhe' stop lever 20 is pivoted on a rod 2l and ie'se Weighted et its epd 23 that it will normally Seek the positiensliewvn in dotted lines., Fig. l, viz; e

eeteli under the elioulleg l position, fer its latch 19t-e' lOl The stop liever 20` isnormalljy heid the 20 carries, as heretofore, an off-set 31 for Osition Shown ill full'lines, Fig-k 1,*Wl1th its operating a rod 32 t9 li .t;the gu'ide carrier atch 19 outof engagement with the shoulder support 5 out of driving engagement with 65 18 by the lower end 23 of astopfrod the pulley 4 whenever the lev`er20 is rocked V mounted ina suitable bracket 25 uprising in position to engage and hold thespindle fromv the frame and under torsional tension velevated thereby stopping the rotary moveby a spring 26, as is usual7 tending to return ment of the guide carrier while permitting I it into locking position. In the present inlthe pulley 4 to continue its rotation. 70 stance the end ofthe stop lever is provided `V\'hen the stop lever 20 is rocked in' the 10 with an overhanging beveled faced nose 27 opposite direction, the guide carrier support l which coacts with the lower end 23-of the rod 5 will be allowed to fall by gravity into fric- 1 24- to return the lever 20 to the po ition tional contact with the drive pulley 4 and the shown in full lines when the rod 24 is for ibly winding wil proceed. 75 rocked as by the' hand of the operator.. i What I cl im is l The u per end of the stop rod 24 isi-prol I. In a quill or cop winding machine, the

` vided witha laterally projecting arm28, as `combination with suitable winding mechanv is usual, in position to be arrested by `a isms, of reciprocating spindles, rocking levers lateral projection 29 on an arm 30 depending for independently operatin the spindles, 80 from the guide carrier 6 when the guide cari means for operating thev roc ing levers and' go'. rier has, been forced'upwardly to a predemeans under the control ,off the ywound cop 'v t rmined height by the increaseV in diameter for maintaining a s indle in its elevated'posith wound cop or qulll, all as usual. tion without inte ering with vthe continued v In operation, as the quill or cop is wound v'rocking movement of the levers. 8.5

and the guide carrier 6 is gradually forced 2. In a quill or cop winding machine, the 5' .upwardly byl the engagement of the wound combination with suitable winding mechan- 'i or quill with it, it will eHectually reach a ism, of a reciprocating spindlel Aa rocking height where the projection 29 will strike tlie lever having a loose engagement with: the arm 28 and rock the stop rod 24 in a direclower end of the spindle, arocking latch for 90- tion to release its lower end 23 from the engaging the lower end of the spindle when so weighted end 22 of the arm 20and the latter the latter is at the limit of its upward stroke rock in a direction to brin its latch v19 yand means under the control of the wound under'the shoulder 18 on the co lar 17 on the lcop for operating the rocking latch at a preiow'er end of the spindle thereby retaining determined point inthe winding. 95

vthe spindlein its raised position and prevent- 3. In a quillor cop winding machine, the

35 .ing it' from further reciprocation. In this combination with a suitable winding mech- 1 araised position'the s ind e will remain while `anism, of a reci roeating spindle Iprovided the wound-'quill is eing removed and an with a bifurcate collar secured to its lower 'empty/ quill substituted and 'in the meanend and provided with' a shoulder, a rocking 10o *time thefr'traverslever for this particular lever for .engaging the collar between the lfiopindleso held-in elevated position may conbranches of its bifurcated end, means forv '.'tinuefits ijocliin'gfmovements Without having operatingfthe rocking lever,`ga rocking latch f `anyeffeet' l pon y'the spindle so held raised. for en aging the shoulder on the said collar Furthemi" whether'the'eking levers be simultaneously stroke and means under theco trol of the v,rocked or ckedilidependently may go on wound cop for operating the ,la has performing' their Wo'kwithout rin any man- 4. In a quill or cop winding'machine, the ner interferingwiththes indle soheld raised. combination with suitable winding mechanthe neighboring spindles, when t e spindle is at the' limit ofitsupward 105v When the new quill 1s placed in position ism, of a t reciplroeatin spindle, means for 11o and thread attached, the winding may be reciprocating t e spind e, a rocking latch for 5 0. started byeither depressing the free end of liol ing the s indle elevated provided with al the lever-@20" thereby releasmg the latch 19 beveled face nose anda rocking stop rod from the shoulder 18 orthe'stop rod 24 may be arranged to .engage the' nose and thereby utilized to raise the weighted end of the lever rock the latch out V.of engagement with /the 115 2O by the operator' taking holdof the arm 28 spindle.. -l

,l l and rocking the rodain'st the beveled /nose In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as 27 of the weightedene-of the lever thereby'g my invention, I`have signed my name in f forcingthelower end 23 of the stop. rod inf` presence of two witnesses, this third"day' of.n position, gs.shown'invFig.l` 1,' to hold the- October 1907. i weightedfend `f lthe lever 20'elevated and EDWARDIEBRADLEY; eo the latch 1-9 o ,ht of engagement withthel Witnesses: l Y. i

sh o u'lde'r18. j I f j S. T. MoDoWELn, It is to be understoodthat the stop lever THEODORE Dnwmfms'r'.

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