Im- PROVEMENTS IN WARPING & SIZING COTTON OR ANY OTHER YARN, AND IN 3 APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Sutcliffe, Cotton Warp Manufacturer,
West End Mill, Bradford, in the County of York, and David
Parker, of the same Place, Manager, for the Invention of "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN WARPING & SIZING COTTON OR ANY OTHER YARN, AND IN
3
APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH.
Sealed the 4th March 1873, and dated the 14th October 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Sutcliffe and
David Parker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 14th October 1872.
We, JOHN SUTCLIFFE, Cotton Warp Manufacturer, West End Mill,
Bradford, in the County of York, and DAVID PARKER, of the same
Place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING & SIZING COTTON OR ANY OTHER YARN, AND IN
APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," to be as follows, that is to say: -
Our Invention relates to employing rollers or brushes damped with
water or size to get drag sufficient to prevent all snarls or slack places
in the warps and laying the fibres, producing a stronger, cleaner, and
leveller yarn. For this purpose we employ for single yarn a revolving

page_text: brush fitted in a trough in which size or water is placed; this revolving
brush and trough are fixed on the jack of the warping mill; on the
sides of the trough are attached two metal guides, in which is fitted
another brush for the purpose of keeping down the warps on the bottom
or revolving brush; these guides are made with slides and bent at the t
top to allow the lifting of the top brush when the warps require to bo
leysed; this top brush is kept up by means of the axles being placed in
the curved slides until again put in operation. The bottom or revolving
brush receives its motion by means of a small pulley fixed on the axle
of the brush, and by a band attached to the jack, or by means of a rack 1
and pinion the threads of the warps travelling through the hecks to the
mill pass over the damped brushes, and being kept in the brushes by
means of the top brush are made to pass singly, thus preventing curled
or broken ends and slack places produced ordinarily by the process of
sizing.
For double yarns we employ the revolving and top rollers covered
with cloth, sponge, or any other suitable material. Water is placed in
the trough, keeping the rollers constantly damped.
By employing two additional drying rollers, which are made hollow
and with steam passing through them, single or double yarns may be
sized at the time of warping, thus saving expense and improving the
quality, and having a tendency to clean the yarn.
Brushes can be used instead of rollers for double yarns if required.
We also use the rollers and troughs in which water is placed for
laying the fibres and getting drag for reels, jennies, or doubling frames;
the rollers and troughs are placed on the reeling box between the cop
and the reel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Sutcliffe and David Parker in the Great
Scal Patent Office on the 28th March 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JoHN
SUTCLIFFE, Cotton Warp Manufacturer, West End Mill, Bradford, in
the County of York, and DAVID PARKER, of the same Place, Manager,
send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day. of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said John Sutcliffe and David Parker, Her
special licence that we, the said John Sutcliffe and David Parker, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
John Sutcliffe and David Parker, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING AND SIZING COTTON
OR ANY OTHER YARN, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Sutcliffe and
David Parker, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Sutcliffe and David Parker,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing
hereto annexed and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
say:-
The said Invention relates to employing rollers or brushes damped
with water or size to get drag sufficient to prevent snarls or slack places
in the warps and laying the fibres, thereby producing a stronger, cleaner,
and more level yarn. For this purpose we employ for single yarn a
revolving brush fitted in a trough in which size or water is placed, and
fixed on the jack of the warping mill; on the sides of the trough are
attached two metal guides in which is fitted another brush for the
purpose of keeping down the warps on the bottom or revolving brush;
these guides are made with slides and bent at the top to allow the
lifting of the top brush when the warps require to be leysed; this top
brush is kept up by means of the axles being placed in the curved

page_text: slides until again put in operation. The bottom or revolving brush
receives its motion by means of a small pulley fixed on the axle of the
brush, and by a band attached to the jack, or by means of a rack and
pinion. The threads of the warps travelling through the hecks to the
mill pass over the damped brushes, and being kept in the brushes by
means of the top brush are made to pass singly, thus preventing
curled or broken ends and slack places produced ordinarily by the
slides until again put in operation. The bottom or revolving brush
receives its motion by means of a small pulley fixed on the axle of the
brush, and by a band attached to the jack, or by means of a rack and
pinion. The threads of the warps travelling through the hecks to the
mill pass over the damped brushes, and being kept in the brushes by
means of the top brush are made to pass singly, thus preventing
curled or broken ends and slack places produced ordinarily by the
process of sizing.
For double yarns we employ the rovolving and top rollers covered
with cloth, sponge, or any other suitable material. Water is placed in
the trough to keep the rollers damped.
By employing two additional drying rollers which are made hollow,
and steam passing through them, single or double yarns may be sized
at the time of warping, thus saving expense and improving the quality
of and having a tendency also to clean the yarn.
Brushes can be used instead of rollers for double yarns if required.
We also use the rollers and troughs in which water is placed for
laying the fibres and getting drag for recls, jennies, or doubling frames;
the rollers and troughs are placed on the reeling box between the cop
and the reel.
But in order to enable our improvements to be better understood wo
will proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying
Drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a front section of the trough
shewing the rollers; Figure 2, side view: Figure 3, plan; and Figure 4,
sectional side view of trough shewing rollers and guides of a warping
and sizing apparatus. Similar letters of reference are used in all the
Figures to represent similar parts.
A, revolving roller covered with cloth, sponge, or other suitable
material, or a brush is employed; the roller A revolves in a trougli B,
in which water or size is placed; this trough is fixed on the jack of
the warping mill by the holding down bolts D fastened to the bottom of
the trough B, and passing through the jack plates C'. On the top of
these plates are nuts E for the purpose of regulating the height of the
roller A and consequently of the trough B; to the roller A is fitted a
spindle F passing through the side of the trough B and through a boss G
cast on the guide H; at the end of the spindle F is fitted a pinion I

page_text: which is actuated by the rack J; this rack is fastened to a beam K,
which is fixed to the jack frame and to the floor. The jack C working
up and down when the warping mill is in operation causes the pinion I
to revolve, giving motion to the roller A; this roller revolving receives
the threads L of the warps travelling through the hecks M of the mill,
which passing over the damped roller A are kept in their places by the top
roller N, and are made to pass singly, preventing curled or broken ends
and slack places ordinarily produced by the usual process of sizing. On
the ends of the trough B are fitted the guides H, having bosses G cast
on them, in which the spindle F and the axle F' of the roller A pass.
Studs are fitted in the bottom bosses G to fix the guides to the trough
ends. The guides I are made with slides P, and are bent at the top to
allow the lifting of the top roller N when the warps require to be leysed.
The top roller N is kept in position by the axles being placed in the
curved slides until again put in operation, as shewn in dotted lines,
Figure 4; the roller N is loose and also covered with cloth, sponge, or
other suitable material (or a brush is employed), and serves to keep
down the warps on the bottom revolving roller A; Q, pot rollers over
which pass the threads of the warps to the mill; R, small pulley fixed
on the spindle F for the purpose of turning the roller A, should the
rack and pinion not be in use. A cord passes over a pulley fixed to the
jack frame and over another pulley fixed to the floor; this cord passing
over the pulley R and through the up-and-down motion of the jack
actuates the roller A.
We also employ two additional drying rollers which are made hollow,
with steam passing through them for the purpose of sizing at the same
time as warping, thus saving expense and improving the quality, and
having a tendency to clean the yarn.
We employ the rollers and trough, which we place on a calico loom
or other loom to supersede the use of steam, allowing the threads of the
warps to turn the rollers, as they travel on, and thus damp them.
We also employ the rollers and trough for winding engines to drag
the yarn, replacing the list board.
Having thus described our improvements, and the best means we are
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, we would have it
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details

page_text: shewn and described, as these may be varied without departing from
the peculiar character of the Invention; but what we do claim is,—
Firstly. The method of warping and sizing cotton or other yarn, sub-
stantially as described and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. The arrangement and employment of apparatus for damping
warps for calico looms, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Sutcliffe and David Parker,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-second day
of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.
Witness,
WALTER JAB. TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
JOHN SUTCLIFFE. (L.S.)
DAVID PARKER. (L.S.)