Stop motion for cotton card

Claim 1

A STOP MOTION FOR COTTON CARDING MACHINES OF THE TYPE HAVING MEANS FOR DELIVERING A COTTON SLIVER FROM A CARDING MACHINE, DRIVING MEANS INCLUDING A DRIVING PULLEY OPERATIVELY CONNECTED BY A DRIVING BELT TO AND OPERATING SAID DELIVERING MEANS; SAID STOP MOTION COMPRISING AN IDLER PULLEY, A CONTROL MEANS INCLUDING A BELT SHIFTER OPERATIVELY ENGAGING SAID DRIVING BELT AND SELECTIVELY SHIFTING THE LATTER TO AND FROM SAID DRIVING PULLEY TO SAID IDLER PULLEY, A MOVABLE CONTROL ROD CONNECTED TO SAID BELT SHIFTER AND EFFECTING MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER, RESILIENT MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL ROD FOR YIELDING URGING SAID CONTROL ROD AND SAID BELT SHIFTER INTO POSITION TO DISENGAGE SAID DRIVNG BELT FROM SAID DRIVING PULLEY, A LATCH MECHANISM RELEASABLY ENGAGING SAID CONTROL ROD AND RETAINING IT IN A POSITION IN WHICH SAID DRIVING BELT IS DRIVINGLY ENGAGED WITH SAID DRIVING PULLEY, AN ELECTRIC ACTUATOR CONNECTED TO SAID LATCH MECHANISM AND OPERABLE TO DISENGAGE THE LATTER FORM SAID CONTROL ROD WHEREBY SAID RESILIENT MEANS WILL CAUSE SAID BELT SHIFTER TO DISENGAGE SAID DRIVING BELT FROM SAID DRIVING PULLEY, A DETECTOR HAVING A SWITCH CONTROLLING AN ENERGIZING ELECTRIC CIRCUIT FOR SAID ELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND ALSO HAVING A SENSING ELEMENT ENGAGING COTTON SLIVER OF A CARDING MACHINE AFTER THE SLIVER EMERGES FROM SAID DELIVERING MEANS, SAID SENSING ELEMENT BEING OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO BREAKAGE OF SAID SLIVER FOR CLOSING SAID SWITCH AND ENERGIZING SAID ELECTRIC ACTUATOR, SAID BELT SHIFTER INCLUDING A ROCKER SHAFT JOURNALLED FOR ROCKING MOVEMENT AND A SHIFTER ELEMENT SECURD TO SAID ROCKER SHAFT AND PROJECTING THEREFROM AND EMBRACING A PORTION OF SAID DRIVING BELT, SAID CONTROL ROD BEING MOUNTED FOR RECIPROCATION AND HAVING A PIVOTAL CONNECTION TO SAID ROCKER SHAFT, SAID CONTROL ROD HAVING A LATCH RECESS THEREIN, SAID LATCH MECHANISM INCLUDING A BARREL, A LATCH PLUNGER BEING SLIDABLY RECEIVED IN SAID BARREL AND BEING CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND HAVING A NOSE PROJECTTABLE THEREFROM, SAID NOSE BEING RELEASABLY AND SLIDABLY ENGAGEABLE IN SAID RECESS, AND A SPRING IN SAID BARREL YIELDINGLY URGING SAID NOSE THEREFROM AND YIELDINGLY RETAINING SAID NOSE IN SAID LATCH RECESS.