Improvements in or relating to Warping and Beaming Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Sept., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Warping and Beaming Machines.
I, FRANK ASHWORTH HOLT, of Thomas Holt Limited, of Molesworth Street,
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in what is known as the conditioning
apparatus which is employed in warping and beaming machines for damping or
conditioning the yarns prior to their being wound.
My first improvement relates to the construction of the damping or conditioning
roller and consists in forming such roller of a series of discs of woollen, felt, or
other suitable absorbent material, which discs are threaded on a rod and compressed
and confined by adjustable collars or other means.
My second improvement relates to the driving of the damping roller and consists
in dispensing with the ordinary pawl and ratchet motion and substituting therefor
worm gearing by which means the roller receives a continuous, instead of an
intermittent, rotary motion as at present.
My third improvement relates to the means for automatically feeding a roller
trough or the roller troughs of a number of machines with water, and consists in
supplying the same by means of, a tank controlled by a ball tap or other form of
float valve placed so as to maintain the water in the trough, or troughs as the case
may be, at one constant uniform level; or as an alternative I may make the
roller with a hollow perforated axle and feed it with water through a pipe
connected to the main or other source of supply.
Dated this 12th December 1893.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Warping and Beaming Machines.
I, FRANK ASHWORTH HOLT, of Thomas Holt Limited, of Molesworth Street,
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, 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:-
My invention relates to improvements in what is known as the conditioning
apparatus which is employed in warping aud beaming machines for damping or
conditioning the yarns prior to their being wound.
My first improvement relates to the construction of the damping or conditioning
roller and consists in forming such roller of a series of discs of woollen, felt, or
other suitable absorbent material, which discs are threaded on a rod and compressed
and confined by adjustable collars or other means.
My second improvement relates to the driving of the damping roller and consists
in dispensing with the ordinary pawl and ratchet motion and substituting therefor
worm gearing by which means the roller receives a continuous instead of an
intermittent, rotary motion as at present.
My third improvement relates to the means for automatically feeding a roller
trough or the roller troughs of a number of machines with water, and consists in
supplying the same by means of a tank controlled by a ball tap or other form of

page_text: float valve placed so as to maintain the water in the trough, or troughs as the
case may be at one constant uniform level; or as an alternative I may make the
roller with a hollow perforated axle and feed it with water through a pipe
connected to the main or other source of supply.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section, of a damping or conditioning roller
constructed according to my first improvement.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation, and Fig. 3 a front elevation of part of a warping and
beaming machine illustrating the application of my second and part of my third
improvements.
Fig. 4 is a detail of part of Fig. 3.
In Figure 1, a designates the rod or axle of the roller which may be either
solid or hollow as hereinafter described, a series of discs of woollen, felt, or
other absorbent material threaded on the axle, and compressed and confined
between two washers c, which are held in place by nuts d screwed upon the
axle. This improved damping roller may be applied to all kinds of warping
machines.
In Figures 2 and 3,-e designates the frame of the machine, the roller shaft on
which is mounted the expanding drum g, and the grooved cone pulley h. The
flanged warp beam i is supported as usual by swivel arms; and lies upon and in
frictional contact with the drum g by which it is driven. The damping roller K
is supported in bearings at each end of the machine and is driven, according to the
second part of my improvements by worm gearing as follows:-
On the end of the roller axle a is fixed a worm wheel which is driven by a
worm m on a short shaft n supported in a bracket o bolted to the frame e; on the
shaft n is also fixed a grooved cone pulley which is driven by a band q from
the corresponding pulley à or the roller shaft f. The warps r pass through the
wraiths over the damping roller K and thence over a guide roller t to the warp
beam. The damping roller K may either be an ordinary conditioning roller or
a roller of the improved construction shown and described with reference to
Fig. 1 and according to my third improvement it may be automatically fed with
water in either of the following improved ways:-
First, it may revolve in a trough u to which water is supplied from a tank (not
shown) controlled by a ball tap or other form of float valve so arranged as to
automatically maintain the water in the trough u at one constant uniform level;
or, secondly, the roller K may have a hollow perforated axle a as shown in Fig. 3,
to which water is supplied from a pipe (not shown) through a tun dish to which
is connected by a suitable form of joint to the hollow axle a in such manner
that the latter can be rotated but the tun dish is held stationary by an arma, see
Fig. 4.
The water thus supplied to the interior of the hollow axle a percolates
through the endless band y or discs of flanuel or other absorbent material and
any surplus drips into the trough u which is provided with a draw off pipe and stop
cock z.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
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In a warping and beaming machine-
1. The improved construction of the damping or conditioning roller which
consists in forming such roller of a series of discs of absorbent material threaded
and confined on rod or axle which may or may not be hollow and perforated
substantially as herein set forth.
2. Dispensing with the ordinary pawl and ratchet motion and instead driving the
damping or conditioning roller by an arrangement of worm gearing substantially
as herein set forth....

page_text: 3. The arrangement use and application of a tank controlled by a float valve
in combination with a roller trough or troughs said tank being so placed as to
maintain automatically a constant uniform level of water in the trough or troughs
substantially as herein set forth.
4. The improved construction of damping or conditioning roller which consists
in making the roller with a hollow perforated axle and supplying water through
such axle to the absorbent material on the exterior substantially as herein set
forth.
5. The several constructions combinations and arrangements of parts embodying
my improvements in warping and beaming machines, substantially as herein
described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 12th day of September 1894.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.