Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarn from the Warp.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Dec., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 23rd Sept.. 1891-Accepted, 24th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarn from the Warp.
I, RUFUS ARMITAGE, of Paradise Street, Bradford in the County of York,
Warp Dresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for winding yarn from the
warp particularly applicable for winding yarn dyed in the warp and also for
winding damaged or rejected warps for the purpose of redressing or putting them
in order.
The said improvements consist in employing a warp beam having a number of
divisional flanges leaving interspaces large enough to hold sufficient warp to supply
the whole of the spindles of a winding frame. Said beam is mounted in a suitable
frame fitted with a brake or tension device for regulating the tension of the yarn
and is capable of longitudinal motion so as to enable each division on the beam to
be successively brought into position opposite a series of guides. provided to guide
the individual threads from such beam to the spindles of the winding frame.
In operation the warp from the end division on the frame is first wound off then
the beam is moved longitudinally so as to bring the next division on the beam
opposite said guides and the ends of the individual threads in such division are
tied to the several ends of the warp taken from the last division. This operation
is now repeated until the whole of the warp is taken off the beam.
Dated this 22nd day of December 1890.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Winding Yarn from the Warp.
I, RUFUS ARMITAGE, of Paradise Street, Bradford in the County of York,
Warp Dresser, 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 improvements in apparatus for winding yarn from the
warp particularly applicable for winding yarn dyed in the warp and also for
winding damaged or rejected warps for the purpose of redressing or putting them
in order.
The said improvements consist in employing a warp beam having a number of
divisional flanges leaving interspaces large enough to hold sufficient warp to supply
the whole of the spindles of a winding frame. Said beam is mounted in a suitable
frame fitted with a brake or tension device for regulating the tension of the yarn
and is capable of longitudinal motion so as to enable each division on the beain to
be successively brought into position opposite guides provided to guide the
individual threads from such beam to the spindles of the winding frame.
In operation the warp from the end division on the frame is first wound off then
the beam is moved longitudinally so as to bring the next division on the beam
opposite said guides and the ends of the individual threads in such division are
tied to the several ends of the warp taken from the last division. This operation
is now repeated until the whole of the warp is taken off the beam.
To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawing
forming a part of this Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in each of the figures.

page_text: Figure 1, represents a plan view of my improved apparatus with such parts of
a winding frame as are necessary to illustrate the manner in which the warp is
drawn off the divisional beam.
Figure 2, is a side view of my improved apparatus alone, and Figure 3 is an end
view of-the same.
The beam A is provided with a number of divisional flanges a besides its end
flanges leaving divisions between them. In the drawing these divisions are
shown empty with the exception of one in Figure 1. from which the warp is being
drawn. The beam A is mounted by its journals c upon the anti-friction rollers d, d,
fitted in the bearing brackets e, e secured to the standards or end frames B, B
mounted upon the carriage D and connected above by the cross piece E. The
standards B, B are each provided with arms F, F which carry the horizontal
rollers G, G to guide the warp from any of the divisions to the vertical guide
rollers H, H mounted on the standards J, J. The carriage D is provided with
wheels farranged to ride upon the guide rails g, g secured to the floor and enable
the whole apparatus to be easily moved longitudinally. A strap N having an
adjustable weight P secured to its free end is fixed to the carriage and is passed
over the end of the beam to act as a slight brake and regulate the tension of the
warps drawn off the beam.
When the apparatus is in use the warp on one of the divisions i is divided and
half the ends O are passed to each side over the rollers G, G, round the guide
rollers H, H and the ends are separately passed between the vertical wire
guides K, K carried by the end frame L. The ends nearest the frame are guided
direct to the bobbins R by the guides secured to the lifter rails M, M, and the
ends feed to hobbins further-along the frame are supported at intervals by
guides carried by the rails j fixed to and projecting at right angles from the
lifter-rails.
The knock-off-mechanism for stopping and starting the winding frame is put into
operation: by the longitudinal rod S, and in Figures 2, and 3 an arrangement we
preferably employ is shown to check the momentum of the beam when the winding
frame is stopped.
This consists of a brake fixed to the rod m and normally held from contact
with the brake drum n on the beam A by the spring mounted between the
collaron said-rod-and-the-bracket in which the rod is fitted. The rod.m is
hinged above to the lever pivoted on the stud t carried by the bracket-t-The-
rod S carries an adjustable inclined arm fixed by the thumb-screw a' in such a
position that when the rod S is moved longitudinally to the left to stop the
winding frame the arm u bears upon the end of the lever and by depressing
such lever presses the brake upon the brake drum n and at once brings the
beam A to rest.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The combination with winding frame of a divisional beam mounted and
-arranged-substantially_as_herein shown and described and for the purpose