USRE197E - Improvement in machinery for doubling, twisting, and reeling thread - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK CHENEY, or MANCHESTER, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINERY FOR DOUBLING, TWISTING, AND REI-:LING THREAD.

Specilcatien forming'part of Letters Patent No. 5,328, dated October 9, 1847; 'Reissue No.Y |97. dated April 29, 185L To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK CHENEY, of Manchester, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Machine for Doubling,'1wisting,aud

lteeling Silk or Threads of other Material ory Materials; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is adescription of the construction and operation of the said machine, reference being had to the accompanying or annexed drawings, which make a part of this speciiicatiou, of which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of' themachinery and car after the latter has 'been drawn out and the twisting of the doubled threads' is about to commence. Fig. 2 is a' lateral or side view of one of the bobbins. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the drawingrollers s s, Fig. 1, and a loose roller, c', Fig. 3, lying on top of the silk `and rollers a if.

Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the spindlesa,

Fig. 1, which are in the upper part of the car. frame. Fig. 5 is a view of the catch on the rod a, Fig. 1, for fastening one end ofthe thread. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the clutch-shaft and its appendages. Fig. 7 isa view of the inner face of the wheel n, which isiixed on the end of the shaft of the reel the said figure showing the catch on the said face, and also the catch-wheel, which is firmly made fast to the'shaft of the reel. Fig. 8 is a bottom or under side view of the horizontal wheels connected to and placed under the cai' of Fig. 1, such ligure being also made to cxhibit the larrangeinentof the cords for steadying the car. Figs. 6, 7, and 8 are represented;

on a larger or dilerent scale than the other figures, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, in combina` tion or as connected by a red line, show the manner in which the thread passes from each of the bobbins -to and between the drawingrollers, thence through the hook on the endl of the spindle attached to the car thence back to a catcli-hook on the bar a, Fig 1, in the notched or bent lwire or support y ypwhich are under the drawing-rollers, as seen in Fig. 1.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

First lay or construct an ordinary platform, A, Fig. i., with a railway,a. a, similar to those now in use for cottonmnles. Construct a car With two wheels for each rail, such car having two nprights, B BFig. 1, one of which is placed near each set ot' wheels. Between these uprights, and supported by them, is a drum, O, Fig. 1, whose shaft or journal projects through and beyond one of the uprights, and has a band-wheel, p, Fig. 1, fixed upon it out side the upright. Freni the car au arm, b,- projects horizontally and parallel t0 the drum C, Fig. l, the said arm being provided witliga band-wheel, q, Fig. 1, which is so applied toit as to be capable of freely revolving around on it. Under, and connected to the car at each end of it, is a horizontal double-grooved hand wheel, Figs. 1 and 8. From the front of the car projects an arm having au elbow, the

said arm extending beyond the car-wheels, as

Fig. 1, each of which has a hook projecting vfrom it, as seen in the drawings, and for the purpose of receiving upon it and retaining the silk or thread to be twisted. Around the grooved ypulle7 c2 of each of the spindles e c and the drum 0,' Fig. 1, an ndless cord or band, d2, is ei tnded, and is f the purpose of communicating iiiotion tothe spiudle. At each Iend of the railway, and on the inside of it, are .twoperinanentstakes,'v v,Fig. 1, to which the 4 cords o o seen in Fig.,8, which pass around the horizontal wheels :c w' under the car,'are respectively fastened. each cord, after being carried around one of the wheels, being 'made to pass-to the pposte side lof the other one and arou'nd or partially about it, and tlicn' to the `pin t at the other -end of the'railway,

'all aseieen` in A1lig.,8;,tlie cords crossing one another diagonali between the wheels wir, as denoted in thesaid figure. The ends of the same cord are thus #attached 4to pins c c', which are diagonally opposite 'at the ends of the railway. At the outer end of they railroad or extremity of the track, and on thesaine side as that from which the band-wheel p of the car projects, is a vertical stationary post, E, Fig. 1, Awhich post supports two band-V wheels, 1 and 2, Fig. 1, one of which isarranged above the other, while the upper one, 1, Fig. 1, is placed in a vertical plane, which is outside of that of the other, 2, Fig. 1

We will now describe the stationary framework and machinery, and afterward explain theoperation of the whole. At one end of the rail track, and parallel to it, and outside of the rails, respectively, we lay two sleepers, Fig. 1, FF', and elevate upon each of them two uprights, G G. The two uprightson one side are connected by a crosspiece, H, fastened over the tops of them; and so with those ou the opposite side, they are joined by another cross piece H in a similar manner, and fastened to them in the same way. Two beams, IVI', placed at convenient or proper distances apart and parallel to each other, are fastened tothe cross-pieces H H and at right angles to the direction of the railroad.- Upon the cross-piece 1' nearest the car are spindles, upon which spools or bobbins z z are placed, and around which they revolve. Above and parallel to the other crosspiece, I, are placed two rollers,s s, Fig. 1, they being arranged in the same horizontal plane and supported in suitable bearings, such as will admit of their free revolutions on their respective aries. Each of the said rollers is terminated by a band-wheel, as seen at il, Fig. 1, around both of which handwheels an endless couplingcord f passes. The opposite end of one of these rollers is also terminated by a bandwheel g, Fig. 1. ,At a convenient distance from the sill-piece F, Fig. l, which forms a part of the bed of the frame-work, another sillpiece F", Fig. 1, of the samelength, is placed parallel to it, and the two are connected by a suitable numberof cross-pieces, oueiof which is seen at g, Fig. 1, and as resting upon the common platform A. On the inner or car end of the sill F" an upright, K, Fig. 1, is erected, the said upright being connected at or near its top with the main frame, and by means of a horizontal cross piece, m, Fig. 1. The nprights G and K, Fig. l, support (by means of boxes) near their upper ends a horizontal shaft, on which is fastened a large drum, 3, Fig. 1, and on the outer end of the said shaft, where it projects beyond the frame, a drivin g-` drum, 20, Fig. 1, is fixed. Under the above shaft is another shaft resting in boxes placed and fixed on the siltpieces F F", Fig. l,of the frame. This lower shaft has on its inner end, which end projects beyond the sill-piece F, Fig. 1, and toward the sill-piece F, a groovewheel, 5,Fig. 1, which is made fast to it. Next to this wheel, and between the sill-pieces F F" is a drum, a', Fig. 1, which is fixed and fastened to the shaft. By the side of this drum, and ator near the middlevof the shaft. is adrum, c', Fig. 1, which revolves freely upon the shaft. Outside of the drum el, Fig. 1, and on the same shaft and between the sill pieces F" F, is anotherdrum, 4, Fig. 1, having a groove-wheel A, Fig. 1, on its outer end. This drum an wheel revolve freely on the shaft which supports them. Immediately in rear of the shaft just described and supported by the same 'sillpieces F'l F, Fig. 1, is another shaft, having fastened on its inner end and above and between the sills F and F', Fig. 1, a band or groovewheel, 7, Fig. 6, which is fastened. to it. Inside of this bandwheel, and between the sills F F, Fig 1, is another groove or band wheel, 8, Figs. 1 and 6, which is also fastened to the shaft. Next to this bandwheel, and in the middle of the same shaft, is a clutchwheel having cogs on its outer side, as seen at 1, Fig. 6, which cog-wheel revolves with the shaft, but is adapted to it so as tobe capable of sliding longitudinally on the shaft, and this by counter-sinking a key lengthwise with and into the shaft d', Fig. 6, and having part of it toproject above the shaft and into a corresponding groove or mortise made in the hub of the cog-wheel 1, Fig. 6. Outside of this wheel 1, Fig. 6, and toward the sill-piece F, Fig. 1, is a grooved or hand wheel, 1l, Figs. l and 6, which revolves freely around or on the shaft. This grooved wheel has a pin, n', projecting horizontally from its inner surface and toward the cogged surface of the wheel l, Fig. 6. By means of a forked shifting-lever, 9, Fig. 1, fixed in 'rear of this cog'wheel l, Fi g. 6, the stid cog-wheel is .moved toward the bandwheel 1l, Fig. 1, and against the pin n', Fig. 6, and so as to interlock it with the cogged wheel and clutch the band-wheel 1l to it, and thus make the said wheel 1l revolve with the shaft. The wheel 1, Fig. 6, may be forced iuward and free from contact with wheel 1l, and so that wheel11 will revolve freely around or upon the shaft. In rear of the mainframe, and springing upward from the sill pieces F F', are two short uprights, R R, the upper ends of which have mortises in them. These uprights support the shaft m of a reel, which is arranged between them and immediately in roar ofthe car. That end of the shaft m', Fig. 1, of the reel which is toward the drums and wheels just described projects beyond its support and has a catch-wheel, as seen at a, Fig. 7, fixed toit. Upon the end ofthe shaft 1n of the reel and outside of this catch-wheel a., Fig. 7, is a band-wheel, a, Figs. 1 and v7', which revolves freely around or uponthe shaft.

On the inner surface of this bandwheel n, Fig.Y

7, is a catch, b, Fig. 7, which is so placed .and pointed to the rear that the wheel n can revol-ve freely around or upon the shaft m and toward the other end of the track in a forward direction of the car. In a reversed motion the catch b comes in contact with the catch-wheel a, Fig. 7, on the shaft of the reel, and thereby forces the reel to revolve with it. Supported by the main frame and projecting downward from it, and under lhe rollers s s, Fig. 1 are two arms or wires, y y, Fig. 1, so bent as to form elbows, or have recesses in them at dierentdistances,between two of which opposite elbows or recesses is placed a small bar, a, Fig. 1, to which the end of the article to be twisted is tied orcatched. These wires y y, Fig. 1, are called guides, the bar a being placed in the lower elbows orrecrsses when the car is to be run out, and in the upper ones and 1' the side of one of its bars. Thediand or close to the rollers s s, Fig. 1, when `the twisting operation is about to be commenced.

To put. the whole in operation, power is applied to and to rotatev the driving-drinn 2U, l

rig. 1.

'lhis gives niotio'ii to the drum 3, Fig. i

1, which is coupled by a bami, i2, with the a drum 4,Fig. l. The drum 4, Fig. 1,is coupled with the groove-wheel 1l, Fig. 1, by an endless cord, k2, which works or passes around the latter and the groove-wheel A, before described.

Motion is given to the shafts of the wheel 11 by clutching the wheels 1 and 1l, Fig. 6, to gether. the sliaft,) gives motion to the car and drives it out, and this by means of the cord l2, which The wheel 7, Fig. 6, (being fast to .y

passes around the said wheel i and the wheel j 2, Fig. 1, placed at the other end of the track. Both ends of this cord are fastened to an arm, r, Fig. 1, projecting from the front of the car. l The groovewhecl 8 Figs. 6 and 1, is coupled 1 with the grooveAwheel n, Fig. 1, ofthe reel by means of an endless band or cord, m2, and as the catch on the wheel n is toward the rear, l

the said wheel n will, revolve freely with the wheel 8 during its forward motion or rotacord which passes around the rollers q p of the car is next taken oit' and the car run back or toward the reel by hand. The band around the drum 3 is removed from the druin a' onto that of c', which has a free motion around the shaft, and is unconnected with anything, and this iremoval must take place before the ear is run hack by hand, as before described. This being eti'ccted we next run the car back. The cord from the car which passes around the wheel 7,Fig. 6, gives motion to this wheel, the wheels 1 and ll having been iirst uncouplcd. The wheel 7 gives motion to.thewheel 8, and the' latter, by means of the coupling band, imparts motion to the wheel n on the shaft ot' the reel. The motion of the wheel u being toward the rear, the catch on the surface of the wheel fastens into the fixed catch-wheel a., Fig. 7, on the shaft of the reel, and thereby causes the reel to revolve. The car is kept steady in running out and returning by mean-s of the ai rangement of cords underneath it,

tions, and this without. catching into the teeth of the wheel a so as to produce any rotary movement of the reel. There is an endless crossed cord, n2, which, passing around a groove in the periphery of drnin 4, and also around the pulley g2, imparts motion t0 the rollers s s. These rollers are coupledat their other ends by an endless cord f2, which passes around the peripheries of the grooved wheels l l at those ends. A small roller, c', Fig. 3, is

laid on top ofthe rollers s s, Figs. 1 and 3, in order to keep the silk or thread from paying out or being delivered too fast from the vbobbiiis. 0n the ear having been run out, the twisting is to be forthwith commenced and carried out. Thisis accomplished by shifting or moving the band which is on the drum 3, Fig. 1, until it shall connect the drums 3 and a', Fig. 1. The bar a, Fig. l, is now or has previously been put into the upper elbows of the y y wires. The drum a', being fastened to Vthe shaft, gives a motion to the grooved wheel 5, Fig. 1, of that shaft. An endless cord, p2, is passed around this wheel 5, and thence under and partially around the wheel q on the arm of the ear next under and partially around and over the wheel p, Fig. 1, on the shaft of the drum c of the car; thence forward to and partly around wheel 1 of post E, and I finally back to wheel 5. Motion being iinpart- 2 ed to shaft c and the endless cords passing around it and the wheels of the spindles in the upper frame of-the car, a motion will be given to the spindles, and thus the material or thread will be twisted. The threads leading directly from the bobbins are next cut. just above the bar a,-Fig. 1., and brought down and tied or catched t0 the said bar, which is next removed from its supports y y and yinserted in or fastenedv to the reel, and by as seen in Fig. 8, which has been already described. The endless cord which products motion of the drum or shaft C, so as to impart motion to the spindles and prodncethe twisting operation, passes around the wheel 5, Fig. l, the stationary wheel 1 of the post E, Fig. 1, drum p of the shaft C, Fig. 1, thence over and under the wheel q, on the arm of the carjthence to the wheel 5, Fig. 1, as hereinbefore described. The cord by which the car is run ont, passes from the car, around the wheel 7, Fig. 6, thence forward around the wheel 2 of the post E, and thence to the car, where it is fastened.

In machines in general use the threads are doubled by one machine. Next, they are removed to another one and thereby twisted, the reeling process being a subsequent ope-ration. In the above-described machine the material is doubled, twisted, the spindles run in, and the reeling effected while they are in the act ot' running in, all being accomplishd by the same machine.

Although I have described my machine or invention under sundry peculiar constructions of its operative parts, it is evident that these may be variiedv inform or arrangement, or that other wellknown mechanical contri- 'vances known as equivalents may be substituted and not change the principle or character of novelty peculiar to my invention.

l would remark that previous to the operation of deuhlingthe threads they are taken from their respective bobbins and led between the rollerc and the two rollers,ss. From these carriage in u'direction away from thedraw`l ing-rollers causes the -spindles to drag or l each thread by the same machine, substantially draw upon the threads in such manner as to iu the manner as hereinbefore bpeeied. produce the doubling of each of them. In testimony whereof I have hereto Het my What I claim as my invention, and desire l my signature this 10th day of February, A. to secure by Letters Patent, is I). 1851.

The above `described combination of' doubling, twisting, and reeling mechanism or elel ments constructed, applied, and operating tol' getber, substantially as herein described, l whereby I am able to double, twist, and reel l FRANK CHENEY.

W'i tnesees:

CHARLES CHENEY, WILLIAM SCOTT.

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