IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS AND THREADS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Tristram, of Halliwell, near Bolton-le-Moors,
in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and Henry Brereton, of the
same Place, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS AND THREADS."
Sealed the 27th May 1863, and dated the 11th December 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Tristram and
Henry Brereton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 11th December 1862.
We, WILLIAM TRISTRAM, of Halliwell, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County,
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and HENRY BRERETON, of the same Place,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS AND THREADS," to be
as follows:-
Our improvements are applicable to the machines known in the trade as
"slashers," which machines are employed for sizing and drying yarns and
threads, and winding them on to beams.
Our Invention consists in the application of a revolving brush, which acts
on the yarn or thread immediately after the yarn or thread has passed the roller:
by which the size is applied; the brush rotates rapidly, and the yarn or thread
is pressed into the bristles by means of a rod connected to a swing frame, the

page_text: position of which can be varied so as to increase or reduce the depth to which
the bristles penetrate. Below the revolving brush is another brush, which
revolves slowly in a trough containing soap and water or other liquid for
cleaning the brush acting on the yarn or thread.
The object and effect of the revolving brush acting on the yarn or thread
immediately after the size has been applied to it is to lay the fibres, and to
distribute the size evenly on each individual yarn or thread.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 8th June 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
TRISTRAM, of Halliwell, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer, and HENRY BRERETON, of the same Place, Manager, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton, Her special license, that
we, the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton, our executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Tristram and
Henry Brereton, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING YARNS AND THREADS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of our or their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
:-
Our improvements are applicable to the machines known in the trade as
"slashers" and tape machines, which machines are employed for sizing and
drying yarns and threads, and winding them on to beams.
Our Invention consists in the application of a revolving brush, which acts
on the yarn or thread immediately after the yarn or thread has passed the
rollers by which the size is applied, and by which the surplus size is squeezed
out; the brush rotates rapidly, and the yarn or thread is pressed into the
bristles by means of a rod connected to a swing frame, the position of which
can be varied so as to increase or reduce the depth to which the yarn is
pressed into the bristles. Below the revolving brush is another brush, which
revolves slowly in a trough containing soap and water or other liquid for
clearing the brush acting on the yarn or thread and keeping it moist.
The object and effect of the revolving brush acting on the yarn or thread
immediately after the size has been applied to it is to lay the fibres, and to
distribute the size evenly on each individual yarn or thread.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a machine for sizing yarns and thread known in the
trade as a "slasher" or tape machine, to which our improvements are applied;
Fig. 2 is a section of our improvements; and Fig. 3, an end view of the
same.
The line a represents the yarn to be sized; b is one of the usual rollers
revolving in a trough containing the size ; and d are the ordinary heated
tin cylinders, around which the yarn passes; and e, f, h, and i are guide
rollers; and g is a friction roller by which the yarn is regulated in laying on
to the beam on which it is wound, as now customary.
Our improvements consist in the application of the revolving brush j, which
acts on the yarn immediately after the size has been applied to it; the yarn is
pressed into the bristles of the brush j by the rod k, connected at each end to
the levers l, which are jointed to studs fixed in the side standards m. The
levers also support the rods n and o, to the latter of which the rod p is
suspended; these levers and rods form a swing frame, which is connected to
the cross shaft 9 by a cord passing around it and secured to the rod n.
The brush is made to revolve rapidly, or at the requisite speed for distributing
the size and laying the fibres on the yarn or thread, by the straps r and s, the
latter of which passes over a pulley on the driving strap t, or in any other

page_text: convenient manner, and the brush j is kept clean and moist by a second
brush u, which revolves very slowly in the trough v, containing soap and
water or other liquid; the requisite motion is given to the brush u by a worm
on the axle of the brush j, gearing into a pinion on the side shaft w; see
Fig. 3, to which is also fixed a worm gearing into a pinion on the axle of the
brush u.
In Fig. 1 the swing frame is shewn in its proper position for holding the
yarn on to the brush j, so that when the brush revolves the bristles penetrate
between the yarns or threads, and distribute the wet size evenly on each
individual yarn or thread, consequently when the yarns or thread are dried by
passing around the cylinders c and d they do not so frequently adhere together
as in "slashers" or tape machines of the ordinary construction.
A superior quality of work is obtained, the yarns or threads are made
stronger than usual, and are thus more capable of resisting the friction of
weaving; more weft can be put into warps prepared in the manner above
directed, and with the consumption of a less amount of size. When it is
requisite to raise the yarn or thread above the brush j, the attendant by partly
turning round the cross shaft q winds up the cord attached to the rod n, thus
raising the swing frame into the position shewn in Fig. 2.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention, and described a convenient
mode of carrying the same into operation, we declare that we claim the
application and use of a revolving brush to the machines for sizing yarns and
threads, called "slashers" or tape machines, in the manner and for the purposes
described.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Tristram and Henry Brereton,
have hereto set our hands and seals, this Fifth day of June, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
WILLIAM TRISTRAM. (L.S.)
HENRY BRERETON.
(L.S.)