AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR 'TIKING-IN' WARPS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Pickles Binns of Halifax in the 'County of York,
Engineer for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR
'TIKING-IN' WARPS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Pickles Binns at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th April 1883.
JOSEPH PICKLES BINNS of Halifax in the County of York, Engineer.
IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR 'TIKING-IN' WARPS
"
"AN
This Invention has special reference to a prior Invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to the present Inventor and to another, James Shackleton,
bearing date the 25th day of May A.D. 1872, N° 1599
This Invention relates:-
Firstly To a new arrangement of apparatus for cutting the warp, and in
retaining or holding the ends which have been cut, until the arrival of the needle
or of an instrument which is employed for conveying the thread to the needle
For this purpose I employ a pair of shears, which are actuated upon in such
manner, as to seize hold of and sever the warp at a given time, the loose ends
thereof being held by a pad of soft material until taken away, either by the needle.
or removing instrument
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Secondly To the means of holding the ends of the warp (both new and old)
previous to its being cut by the shears. For this purpose, a suitable number of
threads are taken and tied into a knot and placed into a suitably shaped hook, the
knot preventing it slipping through the hook. The said hook is connected to a
cord passing under one end of a weighted tumbling-lever, which holds the cord at
a suitable tension, so that the warp may be operated upon-Instead of employing
the tumbling lever for holding the cord it may be forced into a slit, formed in a plate
and held therein.
Thirdly. To the means of transferring the old warp from one side of the machine
to the other which has to be done after the ends have been tied to the new-
Previous to tying, the beam containing the new warp, and the reed and healds
containing the old warp, are all on one side of the machine, but when each end of
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page_text: the thread has been tied, it is necessary to transfer or pass the reeds and healds
over to the other side of the machine in order that the warp may be straightened
and tightened, so that the reed and healds can be passed over the knots onto the
new warp for the purpose of being woven-To accomplish this by self-acting
mechanism, I employ a suitable shaped lever or levers, hinged at the rear end, the
forward end holding or supporting the reed and healds, and the roller to which the
warp is attached-Upon one of the bosses or necks on which the long levers are
hinged, is a worm wheel, gearing with a worm fixed on the end of a shaft, which
can be turned around by means of a hand wheel, whereby the hinged levers
containing the reed, healds, and roller are transferred bodily over onto the other
side of the machine-During the time the levers have to be turned over, a square
shaft is placed through the bosses or necks of the hinged ends, so as to equalize the
strain put thereon, whilst turning over-In consequence of one of the hinged
levers extending too far into the machine, it is necessary for it to be hinged about
midway so that it may be doubled up into a small compass
Fourthly My Improvements relate to the needle, and consist in hooking the
bottom portion and in placing a brush therein against which the threads travel,
and is kept at a suitable tension thereby, during the time the instruments are
knotting.
Fifthly The Invention has reference to the threads which are separated
previous to their being tied together-For this purpose I employ apparatus for
holding the said threads apart from the other threads so as to be in a position to
'be operated upon. The apparatus I employ consists of a plate having a slit or
opening formed therein, into which the threads are pushed and kept therein by a
tilting lever, which is raised by the pressure of the threads when entering the slit,
but the said lever is so hinged and balanced as to lower again by its own weight,
whereby the two threads are kept apart and distinct from the rest of the warp.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Pickles Binns in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th October 1883.
JOSEPH PICKLES BINNS, of Halifax in the County of York, Engineer
IMPROVED MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR "TIEING IN "
"
WARPS
" AN
This Invention has special reference to a prior Invention for which Letters
Patent were granted to the present Inventor and to another, James Shackleton,
bearing date the 25th day of May. A.D. 1872. N° 1599.
This Invention relates-
Firstly To a new arrangement of apparatus. for cutting the warp, and in
retaining or holding the ends which have been cut, until the arrival of the needle
or of an instrument which is employed for conveying the thread to the needle.
For this purpose I employ a pair of shears which are actuated upon in such
manner as to seize hold of and sever the warp at a given time, the loose ends
thereof being held by a pad of soft material until taken away, either by the needle
or removing instrument.
The accompanying sheets of Drawings more fully illustrates my Improvements
wherein Fig 1 is cross section of machine for "tieing in" warps, and Fig 2 is back
elevation of same.
As will be understood both the old and new warp is on the left hand side of the
machine previous to being operated upon, the new warp being on the warp beam 1.
and the ends of the old warp in the healds 2. The two warps pass over and are
divided by the leasing rods 3, the loose ends of such warps being tied into a knot
and held at a suitable tension by hooks 4. After the loose ends of the warp are
adjusted as described, the machine is set in motion and the attendant divides the
warp with his fingers placing one new and one old thread together into the hooked
instrument 5 shewn in detail Fig 4 and described in the last part of this
specification.. Number 6 is a pad and 7 and 8 are shears for severing the two
threads previous to their being tied together by the tieing instrument.
Immediately the machine is set in motion, the hooked finger 9 which has rotary
motion given to it by shaft 10, comes into position and lifts a pair of the threads
over the fixed shear 7 as shewn in detail Fig 3 the said threads passing in front of
the hinged shear 8 but behind shear 7 and plate 12, where there is a pad for
holding the threads which prevents them dropping into the machine after being
cut. After the hooked finger 9 has placed the threads against the pad and in
front of the shears 8, the shears are moved backward as shewn in dotted line
bringing the upper end of the moveable shear 8 against the plate 14 whereby the
said shear is moved upon its centre 15 in such a manner as to close them and sever
the warp.
Immediately after the threads have been cut a horizontal sliding hooked bar 16
draws the two threads which have just been cut, into the machine and underneath
the vertical needle 17 which at each upward movement lifts the ends of the threads
onto the rotary instrument 18 which ties the two threads as fully explained in
previous specification N° 1599. As each pair of threads are tied the sheet metal
blades 19 descend 'and pushes the threads between the brushes 20 which are
removed therefrom by.the rotary cranked arm 21 which receives its rotary motion
by skewed wheel 22 and 23. The shears have a backward and forward motion
given to them in order to bring the hinged shear 8. against the plate 14 for the
purpose of closing upon and severing the warp; and this backward and forward
เ

page_text: motion is obtained by means of a cam 24 moving one end of the lever 25, the
opposite end thereof being connected by rod 26 to the cranked lever 27 which is
hinged upon the fulcrum 28. It will be seen that the upper end of the said
cranked lever carries the shears and at each revolution of the cam 24 the said levers
and rod are operated whereby the shears are closed and the warp cut, a small
spiral spring 29 serves to open the shears whilst the spiral spring 30 assists in the
return of the shears.
Secondly. To the means of holding the ends of the warp (both new and old)
previous to its being cut by the shears. For this purpose, a suitable number of
threads are taken and tied into a knot and placed into a suitably shaped hook, the
knot preventing it slipping through the hook. The said hook is connected to a
cord passing under one end of a weighted tumbling-lever, which holds the cord at
a suitable tension, so that the warp may be operated upon.
'
This part of my Invention is shewn on sheet 1 where Fig 5 is a plan view of
the hook 4; the tumbling levers 31 and 32 are shewn in two positions, one being
pressed down upon the cord 33, whilst the other is in a vertical position ready
for being turned down upon the cord 34. It must be understood that during the
operations of dividing the threads into pairs and lifting them between the blades
of the shears that the warp threads must be held fast, and at a suitable tension to
allow for these varied operations. For this purpose I take a suitable number of
warp threads both new and old and tie them into one large knot; which are then
taken and placed into the contracted part of the hook 4 the knot preventing them
slipping therefrom. The hooks which are connected to the cords 33 and 34 are
drawn tightly in a horizontal position by the cords whilst the tumbling levers 31
and 32 hold the several parts ridged and at any required tension. Instead of the
tumbling levers being employed for holding the cords 33 and 34, the cords may be
forced into a slit a formed in a plate see Fig 6.
new.
Thirdly To the means of transferring the old warp from one side of the
machine to the other which has to be done after the ends have been tied to the
Previous to tieing the beam containing the new warp, and the reeds and
healds containing the old warp, are all on one side of the machine but when each
end of the thread has been tied, it is necessary to transfer or pass the reeds and
healds over to the other side of the machine in order that the warp may be
straightened and tightened, so that the reed and healds can be passed over the
knots onto the new warp for purpose of being woven. To accomplish this by
self-acting mechanism, I employ a suitable shaped lover or levers, hinged at the
rear end the forward end holding or supporting the reed and healds, and the roller
to which the warp is attached. Upon one of the bosses or necks on which the
long levers are hinged, is a worm wheel, gearing with a worm fixed on the end of
a shaft, which can be turned around by means of a hand wheel, whereby the
hinged levers containing the reed, healds and roller are transferred bodily over
outo the other side of the machine. During the time the levers have to be turned
over, a square shaft is placed through the bosses or necks of the hinged ends, so
as to equalize the strain put thereon, whilst turning over.
This part of the Invention is shewn at Figs 7 and 8 which are end elevations of
the various levers I employ for carrying out my Improvements, Fig 7 shewing
position of the said levers when the machine is in operation and both warps are on
the left hand side of the machine, whilst Fig 8 is elevation of the same parts with
the levers opened out and the healds and reed transferred onto the opposite side of
the machine. Number 35 is part of the machine framing to which is secured the
bracket 36 for carrying the beam 1. Another part of the fixed framework is shewn
at 37 to which is hinged two levers 38 employed for transferring the warp from
one side of the machine to the other. These levers are formed so as to hold or
support the healds which are shewn at 2 whilst the part 40 is capable of being
raised and lowered by the handle 41 whereby the healds are kept steady when the
machine is working. The reed containing the old warp is also supported by these
hinged levers, the part 42 being a hollow casting into which the reed is placed,

page_text: and 43 is a roller to which the old warp is fastened, the said roller having a catch
wheel at the end thereof and prevented from rotating in one direction by the
'horizontal catch 44. In connection with the boss' or neck of the hinged levers is a
worn wheel 45 driven by worm 46 from the shaft 47 and hand wheel 48. When.
the threads of both warps have been tied; the old piece of the warp with the reed
and healds must be lifted over the machine so that the new and old threads can be
placed in a continuous line in order to slide the reed and healds from the old part
of the warp onto the new. To do this by self acting mechanism the hand wheel 48
is turned which causes the wheel 45 to revolve whereby the hinged levers 38 are
raised and turned over as shewn in Fig 8, a square shaft 49 being placed across the
machine passing through the bosses or necks of the levers so as to equalize the
strain put thereon while the levers are turning over. In consequence of one of the
hinged levers extending too far into the machine, when the levers are folded up,
I find it necessary to have one of them hinged about midway so that it may be
doubled up into a small compass as shewn in Fig 9 where it will be seen the
said lever is hinged in two places as seen at 50 and 51.
Fourthly. My Improvements relates to the needle, and consist in hooking the
bottom portion and in placing a brush therein against which the threads travel,
and is kept at a suitable tension thereby during the time the instruments are
knotting.
This part of my Invention is shewn in sheet 2, where Fig 10 is an enlarged
detail of the needle. It will be observed that the needle is hooked or cranked at
the bottom part and provided with a brush 52, against which the threads travel,
the friction thereof preventing the threads slipping during the time the rotary
instrument 18 is knotting. The brush bears against wadding or other soft
material 53, so as to allow the parts to yield to the pressure of the threads.
Fifthly. The invention has reference to the threads which are separated previous
to their being cut and tied together. For this purpose I employ apparatus for
holding the said threads apart from the other threads so as to be in a position to
be operated upon. The apparatus I employ consists of a plate having a slit or
opening formed therein, into which the threads are pushed and kept by a tilting
lever, which is raised by the pressure of the threads when entering the slits, but the
said lever is so hinged and balanced as to lower again by its own weight,
whereby the two threads are kept apart and distinct from the rest of the warp.
This part of my Invention is shewn on sheet 3 where Fig 4 is elevation of the
apparatus I employ for the purpose explained. 54 is a plate fastened to the side
of the machine and shewn in its proper position in Fig 1. This plate has a groove
or slot formed therein and is provided with a hinged balance lever 55, so that
when a pair of threads are pushed into the slit in the direction of the arrow the
weighted lever will yield and rise to the pressure of the threads allowing them to
pass underneath, but this lever will immediately lower again and prevent the
threads escaping, whereby they are kept apart and distinct from the remainder, of
the warp, and this operation is repeated as quickly as each pair of threads are cut
and tied the person in charge of the machine inserting two threads at a time.
Fig 11 is a plan view of the slotted plate 54, shewing the bulk of the warp 56 also
shewing where two threads have been removed and placed under the balance lever
as seen at 57.
Having now shewn and described my Invention and the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the exact
details herein shewn and described as the same may be varied without departing
from the nature of the said Invention but what I consider new and therefore
claim is
Firstly The employment of the shears and for cutting the warp substantially
as shewn and described.
Secondly-The employment of the pad for holding or retaining the ends of the
threads after having been cut, substantially as herein shewn and described,

page_text: Thirdly. The means and methods herein shewn and described for holding
the ends of the warp previous to being cut as described in the second part of this
specification.
Fourthly The means and method herein shewn and described for transferring
the old warp from one side of the machine to the other as described in the third
part of this specification.
Fifthly. The use and employment of a brush 52 attached to the needle in
manner and for the purposes herein shewn and described.
Sixthly The employment of apparatus substantially as is described in this
specification and illustrated in Fig for keeping each pair of threads, (whilst
being operated upon) separate from the bulk of the warp.
In witness whereof I the said Joseph Pickles Binns have hereunto set my
hand and seal this nineteenth day of October in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
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