AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR GLOSSING AND GLAZING ALL KINDS OF THREADS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, Patent Agent, of the
British and Foreign Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris,
in the Empire of France, and 38, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the
County of Middlesex, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR
GLOSSING AND GLAZING ALL KINDS OF THREADS."-A communication from.
Alfred Julien Thiriez, Edouard Julien Thiriez, and Victor Charles Julien
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 3rd September 1863, pursuant to the 9th Section of
the Patent Law Amendment Act 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, Patent Agent, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, and. 38, Porchester
Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE
FOR GLOSSING AND GLAZING ALL KINDS OF THREADS," a communication from Alfred
Julien Thiriez, Edouard Julien Thiriez, and Victor Charles Julien Thiriez,
persons residing at the Rue du Perche, Paris, in the Empire of France afore-
said, and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, ny executors,

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administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and
have made solemn declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification under my hand and seal
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, that is to say :-
This Invention consists in the arrangement and combination of the different
organs composing a machine for glossing and glazing all kinds of threads, giving
them the lustre of silk while retaining their suppleness; this machine is
constructed with double symmetrical fronts or faces.
In the two Figures of the accompanying Drawing, Fig. 1 of which is a side
and Fig. 2a front view, similar parts are indicated by the same letters of reference.
A, creel; B, trough containing the dressing; C, small trough placed below
the feeding roller; D, feeding roller which regulates the supply of the unglossed
thread; P, small roller, around which the thread winds, and which rests on the
roller D, from which it receives its movement; R, guide of the bearer Z;
F, cylindrical brush which receives its movement from the wheel N fixed to the
driving shaft; E and G, small rims or grooved dead pulleys on which the thread
passes and which force it to penetrate more or less into the brush to be glazed;
Z, bearer of the dead pulleys, moveable at the point Y, which may be opened
to the position indicated at Z', and shut more or less upon the brush F. When
the bearer is in the position indicated by the letter Z, a small stop X' which
rests on the guide R holds it at a proper distance from the brush F, and when
it is in the position indicated by the letter Z, another small stop placed at the
point prevents it from passing the guide R; H and
other rims or dead
pulleys which force the thread to press against or penetrate the roller I according
to whether it is formed of cloth or brushes; I, cylinder or roller, covered with
plush, cloth, or brushes; K, rod animated by an up-and-down movement for
the
purpose of distributing the glossed thread on the reels; M, spindles on
which the bobbins L are placed.
WORKING OF THE MACHINE.
The thread is wound on bobbins which are placed on the creel A, and it is
then passed in the trough B, where it imbibes the dressing, and is wound round
the roller P, which turns by its friction against the roller D; which regulates
the supply of thread according to the degree of lustre it is wished to obtain. The
thread furnished by the feeding cylinders D, P, descends into the groove of the
dead pulley E, rises into that of the pulley G, and is brushed in the passage

page_text: projects between the pulleys E and G. From the pulley G the thread descends
into the groove of a pulley placed on the same axle, and by the side of the
pulley E, rises again on a pulley placed by the side of the pulley G, and is
again brushed by the surface of the cylinder F. According to the number
and nature of the thread and the temperature of the workshop the thread is
made to pass over three, four, five, or even more pairs of pulleys, especially when
a rapid and brilliant glazing is desired. The disposition of the bearer Z which
is hinged at the point Y also allows of the direction of the friction necessary
for glazing each thread by causing it to penetrate the brush F more or less;
this arrangement of the bearer Z allows of joining broken threads with facility.
It suffices for this purpose to draw back the bearer Z until it attains the
position indicated by the dotted lines Z', where it is retained by the stop
piece X which rests on the guide R, then the pulleys being no longer in
contact with the brush F it is very easy to pass the thread in their grooves,
at the same time the roller P is removed from its contact with the cylinder D
so that the thread is no longer drawn forward and the joint is made in the
most convenient way; the knot being tied the roller P is replaced in its
groove above the cylinder D, the bearer Z is slightly pushed, when by its own.
weight it resumes its original position Z, and the glazing recommences. On
leaving the brushes the thread passes in the pulleys H and J which cause it
to press on the friction roller I covered either with cloth or brushes and
according to circumstances, the size of the thread, or for other reasons, the axles
of the rollers H and J may receive other similar rollers so that the thread
passes several times over the last friction roller, which turning with great
rapidity, and being at the same time animated with a come-and-go longi-
tudinal movement, finishes the thread, giving it a very durable gloss. The
glazing or glossing operation being finished, the thread is wound on the reels
L placed on the spindles M, which turn with sufficient rapidity. In the former
glazing machines, from the starting point of the thread to the bobbin which
winds the glazed thread, the distance is about six yards, in this the distance is
only about two feet; next the thread to be glazed passed over several brushes
placed one above the other, whereas in this the glazing is done by one single
brush; the machine presents, therefore, the following incontestable advantages,
it occupies less space for the same number of threads, produces more, requires
5 less motive power (having only one brush to turn), and by the facility of its
working presents an economy in workman's time.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner
in which it is to be carried into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not
intend to confine myself to the precise details above given which may be

page_text: modified or replaced by analagous means and organs; but what I claim
is the arrangement and combination of the different organs of which
the machine is composed and particularly the use of rims or grooved
dead pulleys which allow of the thread being passed one or more times on the
same brush and on the friction rollers, so as to give it more or less lustre and
brilliancy according to the size and nature of the material and the bearer Z
which by its mobility facilitates and ameliorates the labour by allowing of the
threads being joined with greater promptitude and ease, and causes them to
penetrate more or less profoundly into the brushes according to the degree of
lustre it is wished to give them.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Second day of September in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
H. BONNEVILLE. (L.S.)