Improvements in and connected with Warp Beaming and Balling Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Warp Beaming and Balling
Machines.
I, EDMUND GREENWOOD, of Albert Mill, South Reddish, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with warp beaming and
balling machines the object being first to obviate the necessity of performing the
beaming of the warp separately from the balling; secondly, to facilitate the leasing
of the warp; and, thirdly, to perform the winding of the warp to ball form in a
more regular manner than heretofore has been the case.
To this end I employ in combination with each other a creel holding the warp
threads, a beaming frame, a leasing reed, drawing rollers and a balling device, the
The latter however
said creel and beaming frame being of the usual type.
I furnish with an indicator operated by a roller which leads the warp threads from
the creel through the beaming frame so as to ensure a correct measuring of the
The leasing reed which
length of warp actually beamed or any less length.
I employ between the said beaming frame and drawing rollers in slots in a frame,
I raise and lower into the required position, preferably by means of sickle cams
secured upon a shaft suitably mounted below the said reed, the latter being
furnished at its lower edge with anti-friction bowls which rest upon the said sickle
cams. The said shaft is furnished with a weighted handle by means of which the
said sickle cams are moved into the required position, the top position of the reed
being ensured by the end of the said cams abutting against the said bowls, the
middle position by the latter falling into recesses formed in the periphery of the
said cams and the bottom position by the reed abutting against the end of the slots
of the frame in which it is guided.
The warp from the beaming frame passes in sheet form through the said leasing
reed and then through a trumpet or eye which gathers the warp in tape form in
front of the aforesaid drawing rollers which serve to pull the warp from the creel
through the beaming frame and the said leasing reed and deliver it to the balling
device adjacent thereto.
By preference I employ a pair of drawing rollers the bottom one being driven
from the drum of the beaming frame and the top one revolving loosely thereon, the
warp in tape form being run from the said top roller over a suitably positioned
carrier roller to the aforesaid balling device.
In the latter I employ as usually a drum upon the periphery of which runs a
spool mounted in a lever hinged to the frame of the machine, from which frame is
suspended a lever the lower end of which is formed with an eye or eyes through
which the warp is led from the aforesaid carrier roller onto the said spool.
However instead of oscillating the said lever by means of an eccentric motion
I employ a cam motion which imparts a uniform reciprocal movement to the said
lever and thus performs the winding of the warp more regular and firmer. For this
purpose a heart cam, return screw or the like may be used.
Dated this 16th day of August 1895.
F. BOSSHARDI & Co.,
Agents to Applicaut.

page_text: COMELNIE DIECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Warp Beaming and Balling
Machines.
I, EDMUND GREENWOOD, of Albert Mill, South Reddish, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in and connected with warp beaming and
balling machines the object being first to obviate the necessity of performing the
beaning of the warp separately from the balling; secondly, to facilitate the leasing
of the warp; and, thirdly, to perform the winding of the warp to ball form in a
more regular manner than heretofore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a side view of my improved warp beaming and balling machine complete.
Figs. 2 & 3 are respectively a vertical section and side view of the leasing
reed and
Figs. 4 & 5 respectively a front view and a side view partly in section of the
upper portion of the balling device at an enlarged scale constructed in accordance
with my invention.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Fig. 1, I employ in combination
with each other a creel a holding the warp threads, a beaming frame b, a leasing
reed c, drawing rollers d, d', and a balling device e, the said crecl and beaming frame
being of the usual type. The beaming frame b however I furnish with an indicator 6'
actuated from the roller which leads the warp threads from the creel a through
the beaming frame b, so as to ensure a correct measuring of the length of warp
actually beamed or any less length. The leasing reed c, which I employ between
the said beaming frame and drawing rollers in slots f formed in a frame, see also
Figs. 2 & 3, I raise and lower into the required position by means of cams g each
having an abutment g' and a recess 9 serving as a stop. The cams g are preferably
sickle shaped and secured upon a shaft h suitably mounted below the reed c, the
latter being furnished at its lower edge with anti-friction bowls i which rest upon
the sickle cams g.
The shaft his furnished with a weighted handle k by means of
which the sickle cams 9 are moved into the required position, the top position of the
reed being ensured by the end of the cams y abutting against the said bowls i, as
shown in Figs. 2 & 3, the middle position by the latter falling into recesses g³ formed
in the peripherys of the said cams as shown in Fig. 1 and the bottom position by the
reed abutting against the lower end of the slots fin the frame in which it is
guided as will be readily understood.
The warp from the beaming frame 6 passes in sheet form through the leasing
reed c and then through a trumpet or eye which gathers the warp in tape form in
front of the drawing rollers d, d', which serve to pull the warp from the creel'a
through the beaming frame b and the leasing reed c and deliver it to the balling
device e adjacent thereto.
By preference I employ a pair of drawing rollers, the bottom roller d being
driven from the drum 6 of the beaming frame b and the top roller d' revolving
loosely upon the roller d, the warp in tape form being run from the top roller'd
over a suitably positioned carrier roller m to the balling device e.
In the latter employ as usually a drum n upon the periphery of which runs a
spool o mounted in a lever p hinged to the frame of the machine and from which
frame is suspended a lever g the lower end of which is formed with an eye q' (or
eyes) through which the warp is led from the carrier roller m onto the spool o.

page_text: However instead of oscillating the lever q by means of an eccentric motion as
heretofore I employ a cam motion which imparts a uniform reciprocal movement to-
the said lever and thus performs the winding of the warp more regular and firmer.
For this purpose a heart cam r, as shown in Figs. 4 & 5, or a return screw or the like
may be used, the heart cam r being adapted to rotate in a bracket s secured to the
frame of the machine and the guide lever q furnished with a bowl 23 adapted to run.
in the groove of the cam r.
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:
1st. In warp beaming and balling machines, the combination of a warp creel, a
beaming frame, a leasing reed, drawing rollers and a balling device all operating
conjointly substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In a warp beaming and balling machine, as specified in the preceding claim,.
a leasing reed c in combination with cams g the periphery of each of which is
formed with an abutment g and a recess g' serving as a stop, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
3rd. In a warp beaming and balling machine, as specified in the preceding claims,.
a warp guide or lever g in combination with a cam r, return screw or the like means
imparting a uniform reciprocal movement to the guide or lever q, all substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 22nd day of April 1896.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4 Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.