Improvements in and connected with Warp Balling Apparatus...
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Warp Balling Apparatus...
We, ALBERT Woods, Overlooker, and CHARLES HERBERT NUTTALL, Cotton
Spinner, of the Firm of T. Nuttall & Sons, Limited, both of Farnworth, near
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:---
This Invention relates to Apparatus for balling sections of warp. According to.
the present customary arrangement of the sections in relation to the balling machine,
the ends have to converge to one centre before entering the machine, whilst the
sections themselves are arranged upon a horizontal section shaft. The result is
that the warp ends from the different sections have different tensions, those on the
outside being drawn tight, and those in the centre remaining comparatively slack.
The collected ends thus become twisted snarled and entangled, which makes it
difficult to open them out in the processes of beaming and dressing.
To avoid this and other inconveniences, we arrange the sections in such a manner
that the ends pass therefrom to the balling machine in a vertical plane or vertical
planes. Each section is mounted upon a short horizontal shaft, or in exceptional
cases two sections may be so mounted upon a single shaft or upon co-axial shafts,
which shafts are carried in suitable bearings in a frame in such a manner that all
the sections thereon shall be practically equidistant. from the balling machine
guide pulleys. We prefer the described arrangement of the sections, but may
employ any other fulfilling the required conditions that the sections shall be.
arranged in vertical series or vertical tiers and shall be approximately equidistant
from the balling machine guide pulleys.
The section shafts or spindles are geared together by chain gearing or otherwise,
but so that any individual section may be temporarily disengaged as may be
required to remedy accidental inequalities in tension or for other contingencies.
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.
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Improvements in and connected with Warp Balling Apparatus.
We, ALBERT Woods, Overlooker, and CHARLES HERBERT NUTTALL, Cotton
Spinner, of the Firm of T. Nuttall & Sons, Limited, both of Farnworth, near
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
5 ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to apparatus for balling sections of warp. According

page_text: to the present customary arrangement of the sections in relation to the balling
machine, the ends of warp have to converge to one centre before entering the
machine, whilst the sections themselves are arranged upon a horizontal section
shaft. The result is that the warp ends from different sections, have different
tensions, those on the outside being drawn tight, and those in the centre remain-
ing comparatively slack. The collected threads thus become twisted snarled and
entangled, which makes it difficult to open them out in the processes of beaming
and dressing.
To avoid this and other inconveniences, we arrange the sections in such a manner
that the ends or threads of warp pass therefrom to the balling machine in a vertical
plane or in vertical planes...
We will more particularly describe our said invention with reference to the
accompanying drawing which represents a sectional side elevation of the apparatus
which we may employ. It being unnecessary to shew the balling machine, we
have indicated its position by shewing its frame side F only.
Each section of the warp A, is mounted upon a short horizontal shaft B, or, in
exceptional cases, two sections may be so mounted upon a single shaft or upon
co-axial shafts equivalent thereto, which shafts are mounted in suitable bearings
in a frame such as C, in such a manner that all the sections thereon shall preferably
be exactly equidistant from their respective balling machine guide pulleys D, or
as nearly as practicable equidistant therefrom. We prefer the arrangement of
the sections described and illustrated, but may employ any other arrangement
fulfilling the required condition that the sections shall be arranged in vertical
series or in vertical tiers and that the distance from the centre of any one section
to the centre of its corresponding guide pulley D, shall be about equal to the
corresponding distances of all the other sections.
The several section shafts or spindles are geared together by chain gearing E
or otherwise, but so in any event that all the sections may rotate at the same speed
and that any individual section may be temporarily disengaged as may be required
to remedy accidental inequalities in tension or for other contingencies.
We may employ any suitable and convenient devices or appliances for guiding
the threads from the sections A to the balling machine guide pulleys D, and for
maintaining the tension of the threads.
As represented by the drawing, a lever K is fulcrumed on the frame side with
its shorter end, further from the sections, connected with a downwardly pulling
spring G, or with a counterweight. The opposite end of the lever is pinned to a
frame H, carrying the guide and tension rollers I. The parallelism of the frame is
maintained by the rod J, pivoted at one end to the frame H, and at the other end
to the frame side F. This arrangement may be widely varied according to the
relative positions of the sections and their respective guide pulleys D, or it may
be substituted by other equivalent arrangements.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
In connection with warp balling machinery, apparatus in which the sections
of warp are arranged vertically or in vertical tiers about equidistant from their
respective guide pulleys on the balling machine, constructed substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.