IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING COTTON, FLAX, HEMP, AND OTHER THREAD OR YARN
Year: 1866

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by François Beltzer at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 22nd December
1866.
I, FRANÇOIS BELTZER, of Sotteville-lès-Rouen, Department of the Seine-
Inférieure, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SIZING COTTON, FLAX,
HEMP, AND OTHER THREAD OR YARN," to be as follows:-
On the accompanying Sheet of Drawing, forming part of this my Provi-
sional Specification, Figure 1 is a side view of one of my apparatuses for
stirring the size and preparing it for the sizing machine. The bevel wheel A³,
gears into those A' and A", which naturally travel in contrary directions, and
consequently the blades or paddles M, N, tightened upon the hollow outer
shaft F, on which is keyed the bevel wheel A", travel in the same direction as
this latter, whereas the blades K and G tightened on the inner shaft travel
in a contrary direction, being driven by the bevel wheel A'; the piece R
tightened on R' is a fixture. It is evident that in this case the size in making
is perfectly stirred which would not be the case if the motion were only in one
direction as hitherto.
Figure 1*, plan view of another stirring apparatus. The vat A has blades
or paddles A, A", A", to which a rotary movement is given by toothed
gearing or by bands, the effect being the same as by the apparatus first
described.

page_text: Figure 2 (plan of another improved size-stirring apparatus, and Fig. 2*,
sectional elevation at A, B, Fig. 2). The crank Z in its rotary movement
gives by an eccentric or a cam a come-and-go motion to the cap Y attached to
the bar Y, K, sliding in the stuffing boxes K, K', and consequently the paddles
placed at M, M', M", receive an alternating movement in which they stir the
size, and if there are pieces of size a little thicker than others the holes
pierced in the piece M catch them and render them liquid; this is of great
advantage, because the size is regular on the whole extent of the thread
passing between A' and A. I reserve the right of using in lieu of the
alternating movement a rotary one with a screw which would bring the size
from one end to the other.
Figure 2. Another stirring apparatus R, which applied at K, K', with
a rotary movement is more simple, but does not produce so good a result as
that shewn, Fig. 2. These means replace the hand of the workman who was
obliged to stir by hand, using a rod or other instrument.
Figures 8 and 3* shew, in sectional elevation and plan, an improved
apparatus for steaming the thread. The thread turning round the cylinder H
comes in front of the small holes pierced at i, i, i", by which escapes the steam
introduced by the pipe I, and which heats the thread, gets rid of curls or
twists, opens the pores, and consequently invites the size to penetrate more
thoroughly into the thread when it arrives at the box J (Figure 2*).
Figure 4. Improved cleaning apparatus. The cylinders A' and A" which
replace the fixed rods that are cleaned every quarter of an hour receive a
rotary motion, and are governed by the brushes R, R'; it is evident that the
piece of leather placed at r, r' cleans the cylinders, dipping in the soapy water
held in the basins F, F', and these basins retain the impurities brought by
the cylinder; the thread is indicated by a red line at Figs. 3, 2", and 4.
All these machines or apparatuses are applicable to every description of
sizing machine.