Device for stopping spindles

Claim 2

IN A SPINNING OR TWISTING MACHINE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES, EACH SPINDLE BEING PROVIDED WITH A DRIVING PULLEY, A GUIDE PULLEY, A TENSION PULLEY, AND A DRIVING BELT RUNNING OVER SAID PULLEYS IN ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID SPINDLE TO SAID PULLEYS FOR DRIVING ROTATION THEREOF, THE AXES OF SAID DRIVING PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY BEING PARALLEL AND THE AXIS AXIS OF SAID DRIVING PULLEY BEING TRANSVERSELY DISPOSED TO THE AXIS OF SAID DRIVING PULLEY, LIFTING MEANS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY LIFTING SAID DRIVING BELT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVING PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY.

Claim 3

IN A SPINNING OR TWISTING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, A COMMON DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID SPINDLES, A PLURALITY OF DRIVE PULLEYS ON SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE PULLEYS EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEYS AND ONE OF SAID SPINDLES AN INDIVIDUAL FLAT DRIVING BELT FOR EACH OF SAID SPINDLES CONNECTING EACH OF SAID SPINDLES, AND MEANS FOR DISENGAGING PULLEYS AND NORMALLY ENGAGING WITHOUT OF SAID DRIVE PULLEYS TO ROTATE SAID SPINDLE, AND MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID BELT FROM SAID DRIVE PULLEY BY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY LIFTING AND DRIVING BELT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVING PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY AND FOR THEN RECEIVING SAID BELT SO AS TO STOP THE ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE, SAID GUIDE PULLEYS, SPINDLES AND DRIVE PULLEYS COMPRISING OUTER PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACES, SAID BELT-ENGAGING MEANS COMPRISING A BELT-DISENGAGING MEMBER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY OF, BUT SPACED FROM, SAID PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEY, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER IN AN ARCUATE PATH FROM A FIRST POSITION OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BELT TO A SECOND POSITION BETWEEN SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY AND SAID BELT AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BELT TO DISENGAGE SAID BELT COMPLETELY FROM SAID DRIVE PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY, SAID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISING A SOURCE OF POWER ACTING UPON SAID MEMBER AND TENDING TO MOVE SAID MEMBER FROM ONE OF SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER POSITION, AND RELEASABLE MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID MEMBER IN SAID ONE POSITION AND FOR RELEASING IT TO MOVE TO THE OTHER POSITION.

Claim 4

IN A SPINNING OR TWISTING MACHINE HAVING A FRAME, A PLURALITY OF SPINDLES ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, A COMMON DRIVE SHAFT EXTENDING TRANSVERSE TO SAID SPINDLES, A PLURALITY OF DRIVE PULLEYS ON SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF GUIDE PULLEYS EACH ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEYS AND ONE OF SAID SPINDLES AN INDIVIDUAL FLAT DRIVING BELT FOR EACH OF SAID SPINDLES CONNECTING EACH OF SAID SPINDLES, AND MEANS FOR DISENGAGING PULLEYS AND NORMALLY ENGAGING WITHOUT OF SAID DRIVE PULLEYS TO ROTATE SAID SPINDLE, AND MEANS FOR DISENGAGING SAID BELT FROM SAID DRIVE PULLEY BY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMULTANEOUSLY LIFTING AND DRIVING BELT OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID DRIVING PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY AND FOR THEN RECEIVING SAID BELT SO AS TO STOP THE ROTATION OF SAID SPINDLE, SAID GUIDE PULLEYS, SPINDLES AND DRIVE PULLEYS COMPRISING OUTER PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACES, SAID BELT-ENGAGING MEANS COMPRISING A BELT-DISENGAGING MEMBER EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSVERSELY OF, BUT SPACED FROM, SAID PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEY, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER IN AN ARCUATE PATH FROM A FIRST POSITION OUT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BELT TO A SECOND POSITION BETWEEN SAID OUTER PERIPHERAL BELT-ENGAGING SURFACE OF SAID DRIVE PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY AND SAID BELT AND IN ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID BELT TO DISENGAGE SAID BELT COMPLETELY FROM SAID DRIVE PULLEY AND SAID GUIDE PULLEY, SAID MEANS FOR MOVING SAID MEMBER FURTHER COMPRISING A SOURCE OF POWER ACTING UPON SAID MEMBER AND TENDING TO MOVE SAID MEMBER FROM ONE OF SAID POSITIONS TO THE OTHER POSITION, AND RELEASABLE MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SAID MEMBER IN SAID ONE POSITION AND FOR RELEASING IT TO MOVE TO THE OTHER POSITION.