US111991A - Improvement in spinning-wheels - Google Patents

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FRANZ VOEGTLI, 0F vMOIGrOllIERY CITY, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent No. 111,991, dated February 21, 187-1.

IMPROVEMENT iN SPINNING-WHEELS.

The Schedule referred toV in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.y

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANZ VOEGTLI, of Montgomery City, in the county of Montgomery and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful lxnprovemeut in Spinning-Wheels; and I do hereby declare the following toV be a full and true description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to the vtreadle and to the means for traversing the flyer; and

It consists in the construction, alrangement, and

combination of parts, us hereinafter' described and speon the curved wire D, which is hinged to the base of' thev machine at d. The wire D allows the treadle G to be moved in an arc of about one hundred and eighty degrees, thus allowing an adjustment for either right or left foot.

The supports c will give the required firmness to the fnlerum of the treadle.

When the spinning-wheel is to be packed up for transportation the treadle and its wire D will be raised te a vert-ical position alongside the uprights of the lframe A.

From the main wheel B the belt-cord e transmits motion to the pulley f on the' spool-shaft F, resting in suitable bearings on the topuof the frame A.

Hooks f, hinged to the bearingblocks, keep the shaft F down on its bearings.

.To give the requisite tension to the cord e without applying an inflexible device thereto, I arrange a pulley, g, turning freely on the spring shaft (5l.Y This shaft has arms extending back to and suitably connected with the frame A, generally as shown in g. 2.

The spool-shaft F carries the spool F' in the usual manner at its outer end, and at its other end is a balance-wheel, fl, to balance the overhanging endof the shaft. Said shaft also carries the Hier h by its sleeve h.

Thehfiier receives its motion as follows:

On. the outer end of the main shaft l1 is a collar, with a single tooth, i, gearing into the bevel-gear wheel lo on the vertical shaft K, indicated in fig. 1. At its upper end said shaft connect-s by bevel-gearing with the horizontal shaft L, which has upon its surface an endless screw-line groove, I, running light and left, into which groove iits the pin in., secured to the slide M moving ou the bars n. A spring m', secured to the slide M, presses on the piu on, holding it to its engagement in the groove l.

A connecting-har, 0, also connects with the pin fm, being immediately under the spring m.

The rod O extends out under the shaft F, and a vertical arm, o,goes up to a collar, o', between the shoulders h' of the flier-sleeve lt, thus allowing the tlier to revolve, but acting to produce the required reciprocating mot-ion.`

To regulate the rotation of the flier a screw, p, is arranged in the end of the rod O, and presses a spring, p', against the sleeve hot"`the tlier, thus producing more or less friction and speed, as may he required.-

'lhe flier H has the usual hook-arms, but is otherwise constructed in the simplest form.

For transportation the shaft F and rod O are disconnected, as follows:

The hooks j" being turned back, the shaft F may be lifted ont of its bearings, the belt e being olf; then, by raising the spring on', the end of the har O will be' readily unhooked from the piu m, and the parts may be drawn ont of connection with their motors.

As the thread is not carried through the spool -shaft F it becomes necessaryto' iind another guide for it. This I provide in the arm Q, fastened to the frame A. Said arm extends back some distance, and in its end is formed a hook, q, in the axial line of the shaft F, so that the thread being spun is guided by the hook q, and will be, distributed upon the spool by the ier in the manner usual.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion,

W'hat I claim is- 1. The treadle C, combined with the wire D, hinged to the frame A, and provided with the supports c, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The slide M, its spring m and pin m, combined with the rods n n, the bar O, the shaft L, having the screw-groove l, and the. flier H, substantially as set forth. v

In testimony of said invention I have hereunto set Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. HERTHEL, ROBERT BURNS.`

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