Improvements in Machines for Beaming and Sizing Yarn for Weaving.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 24th June, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
Improvements in Machines for Beaming and Sizing Yarn for Weaving.
I, WILLIAM LANCASTER, of 44, Byrom Street, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for beaming and, sizing yarn
for weaving.
My improvement in beaming machines relates to the driving mechanism, and
according to my invention I dispense with the usual friction plates and substitute
toothed gearing.
On the main shaft of the machine I fit a loose driven pulley and on the face
of its boss I cast teeth and close to, but out of contact with these teeth, I secure
a boss upon the shaft with corresponding. teeth on its face opposite the teeth on
the boss of the pulley; on the opposite side of the pulley and close to it I fit on
the shaft a loose boss and I turn a taper surface on a flange of this boss and
opposite and close to it I mount another loose boss with a corresponding taper
flange, the two taper surfaces forming a V groove. The periphery of this last
boss forms a pulley for a strap to drive the nip rollers and face teeth are cast
upon this boss, opposite to these teeth and close to them are corresponding teeth
in the face of a boss secured upon the shaft.
I fit a stud in movable bearings on which is secured a V pulley which lies
normally opposite to but clear of the V groove formed by the two loose bosses.
In order to start the machine the loose pulley on the main shaft is driven and
then by actuating the usual treadle the stud with the V pulley is moved so as to
bring the latter pulley into the V groove and move the bosses apart thus putting
all the teeth on the bosses into gear and imparting motion to the main shaft
of the machine and simultaneously starting the nip rollers.
My improvements in sizing machines relate first to an improved means of
driving the machine by friction. I mount upon a suitable shaft a large friction
plate driven by a friction bowl mounted adjustably upon the driving shaft of
the machine and on the shaft which carries the friction plate I mount two pairs
of friction clutches a toothed pinion being secured upon the boss of each loose
half, the sliding halves of the clutches being mounted upon feather keys and
controlled by a starting lever. Each of the pinions gears through carrier wheels
into wheels secured upon the side shaft and the gearing is so arranged that
when the driving shaft is in motion the starting lever can be moved to throw
either clutch into gear and so give motion to the quick or slow speed as desired
through the gearing mentioned.
It is necessary in sizing machines, to mark the piece lengths on the warp as
it is being wound on the beam.
To effect this I employ the ordinary or other conveniently mounted bowl and
colour box and I employ an additional loose bowl which rests upon the bowl in
the colour and is driven by frictional contact only, this loose bowl marks the warp
Ansunerior manner

page_text: In some classes of fabrics it is necessary to mark the length accurately from,
say less than a yard, to long lengths, and in dhooty cloths two measuring devices
are necessary to mark on each side of the warp.)
To effect this I employ a measuring roller say of a quarter of yard, or a quarter
of a metre in circumference, driven in any "convenient manner or rotated by
frictional contact between the draw roller and the yarn; on one end of the pivot
of this roller I secure a small spur wheel say with forty teeth into which gears a
wheel, say with eighty teeth, and on the boss of this I secure a pinion, say with
forty teeth; this double carrier wheel is supported by a special swing lever pivoted
on a cavity bracket which surrounds the axle of the measuring roller and is
secured to the frame, and by a train of wheels in gear with the eighty toothed
carrier wheel I convey motion to the marking shaft by means of a worm gearing
into a wheel say with fifty teeth on a stud which actuates the marker.
This dhooty marking motion is conveyed from the worm shaft to the opposite
side of the machine but is preferably reduced one half in speed to mark the
intermediate lengths on the warp.
Dated this 23rd day of September 1898.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
I, WILLIAM LANCASTER, of 44, Byrom Street, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, 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 machines for beaming and sizing yarn
for weaving.
In the accompanying five sheets of drawings-
On Sheet 1, Figure 1 is a sectional plan illustrating the application of my
improvements to a beaming machine and Fig. 2 is a detail view of part of the
same.
On Sheet 2,--Figure 3 is a side elevation of a sizing machine to which my
improvements are applied, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of part of the same.
On Sheets 3 and 4,-Figure 5 is a plan, and Fig. 6 a side elevation of a sizing
machine fitted with a modified arrangement of driving according to my improve-
ments.
On Sheet 5, Figure 7 is a side elevation, and Fig. 8 a plan of my improved
arrangement of measuring and marking motion for sizing machines.
My improvements in beaming machines as illustrated on Sheet 1, relate to the
driving mechanism and according to my invention I dispense with the usual
friction plates and substitute toothed clutch gearing.
On the main shaft 1 of the machine- I fit a loose pulley 2 driven constantly by
a belt 3 and on the side face of the boss of this pulley I cast or form teeth 4, and
close to, but out of contact with these teeth, I secure by a screw 5 a boss 6 with
teeth on its side face corresponding to the teeth on the boss of the pulley 2; on
the opposite side of the pulley 2 and close to it I fit on the shaft 1 a loose boss 7
and I turn a taper surface on a flange of this boss, and opposite and close to it
I mount another loose boss 8 with a corresponding taper flange, the two taper
surfaces forming a V groove substantially as and for the purposes described 'in the

page_text: Specification to Letters Patent numbered 22135 of 1894 previously granted to me.
The periphery of the boss 8 forms a pulley for a strap (not shown) to drive the
nip rollers and teeth are cast or formed on the side face of this boss to engage
corresponding teeth on the side face of a boss 9 secured by a screw 10 on the shaft
on which is also secured the beam driving drum 11.
I mount a V shaped pulley 12 on a stud 13 carried by a lever 14 which is ful-
crumed to the frame at 15 and is held up in the position shown in the drawings
by the usual weighted foot board or treadle lever 16.
When the treadle lever 16 is depressed the long arm of the lever 14 follows it
down and thereby brings the V pulley 12 into the V groove and moves the
bosses 7 and 8 apart thus putting all the clutch teeth into gear and simultaneously
imparting motion to the main shaft 1, beam driving drum 11, and nip rollers. The
V pulley 12 may either be a solid pulley as shown, or a split or divided bowl as
described in the Specification to my aforesaid Patent 22135 of 1894.
My improvements in sizing machines relate first to an improved means of
driving the machine by friction and the chief feature of novelty in the arrange-
ment illustrated on Sheets 2, 3 and 4, consists in driving the side shaft directly
from the driving shaft and driving the copper roller and the lag roller from the
side shaft.
Referring first to the arrangement shown on Sheet 2, I mount on a shaft 17 a
large friction plate 18 which is driven by a friction bowl or roller 19 mounted
to slide on a feather key on the driving shaft 20 of the machine. The friction
roller 19 is adjustable to or from the centre of the friction plate 18, see Fig. 4, by
means of a clutch lever 21 which engages its boss and is actuated by a hand
screw 22. The friction plate 18 is held to its work by a spring 23 the tension
of which can be regulated by a wing nut 24 on a screwed portion of the shaft 17.
On the shaft 17 I mount two pairs of friction clutches 25, 26, and 25, 27,
respectively, the sliding portions 25 being mounted upon a feather key in the
shaft 17, and controlled by a clutch lever 28 actuated by connections from the
starting handle and lever 29. The loose halves 26, 27, of the friction clutches
have respectively pinions 30, 31, secured upon their bosses; the pinion 30 is
geared through a carrier wheel 32 with a spur wheel 33 fixed on the side shaft 34
which thus receives its quick speed when the half clutch 25 is in gear with the
other half 26 the pinion 31 is geared through a double carrier wheel 35 with a
spur wheel 36 fixed on the side shaft 34 which thus receives its slow speed when
the half clutch 25 is in gear with the other half 27.
The copper roller is not shown but it is driven directly from the side shaft 34
by a pair of bevel wheels or by any suitable arrangement of gearing.
The measuring and marking motions are also driven from the side shaft by
means of a bevel gear 37 which drives a bevel wheel 38 fixed on the axle of the
draw or lag roller 39 which is hereinafter more particularly referred to with
reference to Figures 7 and S on Sheet 5 of the drawings.
In the modified arrangement of driving illustrated on Sheets 3 and 4, I place
the mechanism for the quick and slow speeds on the driving shaft 20 instead of
on the intermediate shaft between it and the side shaft 34 as in the previous
arrangement.
On the driving shaft 20 are mounted three pulleys 40, 41 and 42, of which
the pulley 40 is fast on the shaft to which it gives the quick speed, the pulley 41
is for the slow speed and is fast on a boss loose on the shaft, and the
pulley 42 is loose on said boss on which is fixed a pinion 43 which
drives a spur wheel 44 fixed on a shaft 45 on which is also fixed a pinion, not seen
in the drawing, gearing into a spur wheel 46 loose on the driving shaft 20.
To the side of the wheel 46 is pivoted a pawl 47 held by a spring clip 48 normally
out of gear while the shaft is running at the quick speed with a ratchet wheel 49
fast on the shaft 20.
Also fixed on the shaft 20 is a pulley 50 which drives the first fan, not shown,
by a belt 51. The friction plate 18 is fitted to slide on a feather key on the

page_text: shaft 20 and is held up to its work by a spring 23 and nut 24 as in the previous
arrangement.
Motion is transmitted from the driving shaft 20 by means of the friction
roller 19 fitted to slide on a feather key in the shaft 17 on which is fixed a
pinion. 52 which drives through a carrier wheel 53 a spur wheel 54 fixed on the
side shaft 34. The friction roller 19 is adjustable to and from the axis of the
friction plate 18 by means of the clutch lever 21 and screwed shaft 22 as in the
previous arrangement.
The copper roller is driven from the side shaft 34 by a pair of bevel gears, not
shown, and the draw or lag roller 39 is driven by the bevel gears 37 and 38.
The beam 55 in this case, as in the previous arrangement Fig. 3, is driven by
any suitable mechanism preferably by the frictional driving gear shown in
Fig. 5, which is substantially that described in my aforesaid Patent Specification
No. 22135 of 1894 which receives motion from a pulley 56 fixed on the driving
shaft 20 and driving by a belt 57 a pulley 58 fixed on a shaft 59 on which the
friction plates 60 are mounted.
It is necessary in sizing machines to mark the piece lengths on the warp G1 as
it is being wound on the beam 55. To effect this I employ, as shown in Figures 7
and 8, the ordinary or other conveniently mounted bowl 62 and colour box 63,
and I employ an additional loose bowl 64 which rests upon and is furnished with
colour by the bowl 62 and is driven by frictional contact only. By the use of this
additional loose bowl the warp is marked with a clearer and more distinct
impression and unsightly blotches of colour on the warp which arise by marking
directly from the colour roller 62 in the usual way, are avoided.
:
In some classes of fabrics it is necessary to mark accurately from, say, less than
a yard, to long lengths, and in dhooty cloths two measuring devices are necessary
to mark on each side of the warp. To effect this I employ a measuring roller 65
say of a quarter of a yard, or a quarter of a metre in circumference, driven in
any convenient manner, or as shown in Fig. 7, supported at each end in a cavity
bracket 66 and rotated by frictional contact between the draw roller 39 and the
warp 61; on one end pivot of this roller 65 I secure a small spur wheel 67 say
with forty teeth, into which gears a wheel 68, say with eighty teeth, and on the
boss of this I secure a pinion 69 say with forty teeth; the double carrier
wheel 68, 69, is supported by a swing lever 70 pivoted on the cavity bracket 66
which surrounds the axle of the measuring roller 65 and allows it to lift when
required by the passage of knots in warp underneath it. The pinion 69 drives
by a spur wheel 71 a pinion 72 fixed on a short shaft 73 on which is also fixed
a bevel gear 74 which drives by a bevel gear 75 the worm shaft 76. The worm 77
on the shaft 76 gears into a worm wheel 78 on the marking shaft 79 and thus
rotates the colour furnishing rollers 62 fixed thereon as well as a cam 80 which
actuates the ordinary marker (not shown) and so marks the warp G1 passing
over the first additional bowl 64 in the first colour box 63. This dhooty marking
motion is conveyed from the worm shaft 76 to the opposite side of the machine by
means of the bevel gears 81, 82, and the shaft 83 but is preferably reduced one
half in speed to mark the intermediate lengths on the warp. This is effected by
means of a pair of change gears 84, 85, driving a spur wheel 86 on a shaft 87
on which is also fixed a pinion 88 gearing into a spur wheel 89 combined with a
cam 90 and both mounted loosely on the marking shaft 79. As the cam 90
revolves it actuates an ordinary marker (not shown) and so marks the warp passing
over the additional roller 64 in the second colour box 63.
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:
1. In a beaming machine, the combination with bosses provided with clutch
teeth and fixed on the main shaft of the machine, of the parts provided with
corresponding clutch teeth and arranged to slide into gear by the action of

page_text: a V shaped pulley and so cause the loose pulley to drive the main shaft,
substantially as herein described with reference to Sheet 1 of the drawings.
2. In a sizing machine, driving the side shaft directly from the driving shaft
substantially in the manner and by either of the arrangements herein described
with reference to Sheets 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, or any equivalent arrange-
ment, and driving both the copper roller and the draw or lag roller from the
side shaft so driven."
3. In a sizing machine, the combination with the spring regulated friction
plate 18, of the friction roller 19 and means for adjusting the same to or
from the axis of the friction plate 18 in order to vary the speed transmitted to
the machine substantially as herein set forth with reference to Sheets 2, 3 and 4
of the drawings.
4. In a sizing machine, the general arrangement of parts constituting the warp
measuring and marking motion substantially as herein described with reference
to Sheet of the drawings.
5. In a sizing machine, the combination with the ordinary driven colour
roller 62, of the additional bowl or roller 64 arranged to revolve by frictional con-
tact with said driven roller substantially as and for the purposes herein set
forth.
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6. In a sizing machine, the combination with the ordinary marking cam 80
fixed on the marking shaft, of the cam 90 loose on the said shaft and the change
gearing for driving the same whereby the warp can be marked at any intermediate
lengths desired substantially as herein set forth.
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.