An Improvement in Dyeing Spot, Random, or any other Party Coloured Dyed Yarns.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Dyeing Spot, Random, or any other
Party Coloured Dyed Yarns.
GEORGE WHITE Clare Villa Ashleigh Road Leicester Worsted Mill Manager
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The improvement for which a patent is claimed, consists in using a "metal clip
of any size or make, to take the place of paper, string, knots, etc. as hitherto used
for this purpose. The yarn is first dyed any colour required, & is afterward put
on the stretch & tightly twisted, and the metal clips put on. The yarn is then
taken off the twisters, and again dyed (except under the clips) any colour required,
& the yarn under the clips remains the same as first dyed.
The old method is to wrap several folds of paper on the twisted yarn, & then
firmly wrap string on the top.
By using the clip the cost will be reduced three fourths.
Dated this 6th day of December 1805
An Improvement in Dyeing Spot, Random, or any other
Party Coloured Dyed Yarns.
I, GEORGE WHIite of Clare Villa, Ashleigh Road Leicester.in the County of
Leicester Worsted Mill Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improvement in dyeing spot random or any other
party coloured dyed yarns and consists in the employment of a "metal clip" of
any size or make suitable for the purpose to take the place of paper, string, knots
or the like as hitherto used.
That my invention may be well understood I have appended a sheet of drawings
showing the clips preferably used, and in which:
Figure 1 is a side view; Figure 2 an end view of same, and Figure 3 an end
view of the shield to hold the ends of the metal clip together.
Figure 4 is a modification of the metal clip, and Figure 5 an end view of same.
Figures 6 and 7 show the metal clip in use. The dotted lines Figure 7 indicate
that the clip may be of any width desired.
To carry out my invention with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3; and 6 and 7
I take any suitable metal preferably brass or copper and shape it as seen in
Figure 1 marked A. I then make a shield B to enclose the ends a of the clip
after the latter has been passed round the skein or skeins of yarn C. Or I may
make the metal clip as shown in Figures 4 and 5, A¹ closing with an hinge a¹ and
held by the spring a secured by screw a³, the outer end of the spring engaging
with the grooved out portion of the clip, so dispensing with the use of the
shield B.

page_text: I do not confine myself to the clips shown in the accompanying drawings for
others can be employed.
The yarn c is first dyed to the colour required and is afterwards put on the
stretch and tightly twisted, the "metal clips" are then put on at intervals as
desired, in the manner as illustrated in Figure 7. The yarn c is then taken off the
twisters, and again dyed (except under the clips) any colour required, the yarn
under the clips remaining the same as first dyed. So producing spot random or
any other party coloured dyed yarns by the aid of the clips at considerably less
cost than is now the case, such cost being reduced at an estimate of three fourths.
The old method consists of wrapping several folds of paper on the twisted
yarn, and then firmly wrap string on the top, or tying knots in the yarn, which is
a long and unsatisfactory operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In dyeing spot random or any other party coloured dyed yarns the employ-
ment of a metal clip consisting of a flexible circular body, the forked ends secured
by means of a shield in the manner, and for the purpose substantially as described
and illustrated with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7 of the accompanying
drawings.
2. In dyeing spot random or any other party coloured dyed yarns the employ-
ment of a metal clip hinged and secured by a spring or its equivalent, substantially
as described and illustrated with reference to Figures 4 and 5 of the accompanying
drawings.
3. The herein described improvement in dyeing spot random or any other
party coloured dyed yarns by the aid of metal clips arranged in the manner and
for the purpose substantially as described and set forth.
Dated this 6th day of August 1896.
W. BESTWICK MAXFIELD,
Registered Patent Agent,
19 Bowling Green Street, Leicester, Applicant's Agent.