IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARN
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hoyle and Joseph Rotheray, of Bradford, in the
County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF
AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARN."
Sealed the 17th February 1880, and dated the 18th August 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hoyle and Joseph
Rotheray at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th August
1879.
WILLIAM HOYLE and JOSEPH ROTHERAY, of Bradford, in the County of York.
"IMMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARN."
This Invention consists in a combination of mechanism whereby we are enabled
to wind yarn onto bobbins, spools, or tubes in such manner as to obtain more even
and elastic yarn than can now be accomplished when winding.
The improvements consist in having the bottom front roller constructed hollow
instead of solid as heretofore, so that steam, hot water, or other heating media may
be passed through. Also in the application of one or more metal rollers or pipes
heated as previously explained; previous to winding on the bottom spools or tubes
the yarn is caused to pass over and around these rollers whereby we obtain the
desired elasticity in the yarn.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Hoyle and Joseph Rotheray in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th February 1880.
WILLIAM HOYLE and JOSEPH ROTHERAY, of Bradford, in the County of York.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING YARN."
This Invention consists in a combination of mechanism whereby we are enabled
to wind yarn onto bobbins, spools, or tubes in such manner as to obtain an effect
upon the yarn. which has not hitherto been accomplished when winding.
The improvements consist in passing the yarn over and around heated hollow
rollers or tubes previous to being wound upon the bobbin spool or tube.
In order that our Invention may be more fully understood we hereto annex a
Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a winding
frame, and Fig. 2 is a front view thereof, such parts only being shewn as are most
intimately connected with our Invention. Between the delivery bobbins A and
the drawing rollers B we fix two steam pipes C, C¹. We also form the shaft D of
the drawing rollers hollow, and cause it to communicate with the pipe C¹ by the
elbow pipe E. Steam being admitted it passes through the pipes C and C¹, and
through the hollow shaft D, at the end of which is the outlet or waste pipe, the
result being that the pipes C, C¹, and shaft D, and the drawing rollers thereon are
heated.
The thread in passing from the bobbins A to the bobbins G on the spindles H is
drawn partially around the pipes C, C¹, and rollers B, and an unusual finish is
given to it. The heated pipes offer friction resistance to the yarn whilst being
drawn around, to overcome which extra drag is necessary, which stretches the yarn
and the heat drys the same, producing a sinoothness similar to that produced on
woven fabrics by the common process of calendaring or " ironing,” whilst the lustre
is also greatly improved. The yarn is conducted over a glass rod placed on the
edge of the board N, and thence through the guide eye P attached to the lifter rail
R which has the ordinary rising and falling motion given to it necessary for
winding the yarn upon the bobbins. On the shaft D is a worm J which imparts a
a slow rotary movement to a wheel K and cam L, the latter being for the purpose
of causing the guide eyes M to have a reciprocatory motion so as to equalize the
wear of the drawing rollers by varying the position of the thread.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner in which
the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practice, we would have it
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the exact form of heating apparatus
or to the disposition thereof in the manner herein shewn, as the same may be
varied, but what we claim as our Invention and consider to be new, is,-
The employment in connexion with winding machinery of apparatus for
imparting heat to the yarn for producing an improved lustre or finish in manner
substantially as herein shewn and described.,
In witness whereof, we, the said William Hoyle and Joseph Rotheray, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourteenth day of February, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.