IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING OR BEAMING YARN AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Walmsley, Machinist, and Seth Lang, Ironfounder,
both of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING OR BEAMING YARN AND IN APPARATUS
THEREFOR."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Walmsley and Seth
Lang at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th July 1880.
JAMES WALMSLEY, Machinist, and SETH LANG, Ironfounder, both of Blackburn,
in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING OR BEAMING YARN
AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR.'
"
This Invention has for its object improvements in warping or beaming yarn and
in apparatus therefor.
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In the process of warping or beaming as ordinarily practised the beam receives
the yarn from a number of bobbins, each of the bobbins being designed to hold in
one continuous length the accumulated yarn from a number of spools or cops.
Our Invention consists in delivering the yarn to the beam directly from spools
spun on ring or other spindles, so as to dispense with the process of " winding
preparatory to beaming. We join or connect the yarn of one full spool to the
yarn of another full spool in such manner that the yarn upon any number of spools
may be connected or in one continuous length. This we effect by joining or
connecting the end of the yarn at the top or finish of one spool to the end at the
bottom or commencement of a second spool, and so on. In forming the spools the
end of the yarn at the bottom or commencement of the spool is allowed to hang
below of a convenient length to permit of its being pieced up.
We mount the
spools in a creel upon suitable stands or brackets attached to and adjustable upon
upright rods. The spools are arranged in sets of two, three, or more, as may be
found convenient, the yarn of each of the spools in a set being in connection as
above described. As one spool is run off it is replaced by a fresh spool which is
connected to the remaining spools of the set. Thus the warping machine need not
be stopped for piecing up when fresh spools are being supplied. The upright rods may
be provided with any desirable number of sets of stands or brackets, arranged one
above the other, and secured to the rods by set screws or other convenient
means.

page_text: Each set of spools is provided with a friction regulator through which the
yarn is drawn in its passage to the beam. The regulator is attached to the upright
rod upon which its own set of spools are mounted, and may be so adjusted upon the
rod as to give the desired strain on the yarn between the regulator and the beam.
The friction regulator is in the form of a cylinder mounted on a block capable of
sliding upon the upright rod, the cylindrical portion being placed transversely to
the rod. The end of the cylinder nearest the rod is sloped downwards in an
outward direction to a point about midway of its diameter, below which is a notch
pointing inwardly. The upright rod passes through the cylinder within the
pointed end made between the upper slope and the notched indentation below.
The yarn is passed over the upper side of the friction regulator, and brought down
between the rod and the pointed end of the cylinder into the notch beneath. The
notch prevents the yarn from flying out of the regulator, whilst the rubbing_of
the yarn on the rod and the edges of the cylinder gives the necessary friction. By
turning the regulator round on the rod more or less friction may be produced as
required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Walmsley and Seth Lang in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 28th January 1881.
JAMES WALMSLEY, Machinist, and SETH LANG, Ironfounder, both of Blackburn,
in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING OR BEAMING YARN
AND IN APPARATUS THEREFOR."
This Invention has for its object improvements in warping or beaming yarn, and
in apparatus therefor.
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"
In the process of warping or beaming as ordinarily practised, the beam receives
the yarn from a number of bobbins, each of the bobbins being designed to hold in
one continuous length the accumulated yarn from a number of spools or cops.
Our Invention consists in delivering the yarn to the beam directly from spools
spun on ring or other spindles, so as to dispense with the process of "winding
preparatory to beaming. We join or connect the yarn of one full spool to the
yarn of another full spool in such manner that the yarn of any number of spools
may be connected or in one continuous length. This we effect by joining or
connecting the end of the yarn at the top or finish of one spool, to the end at the
bottom or commencement of a second spool, and so on. In forming the spools the
end of the yarn at the bottom or commencement of the spool is allowed to hang
below of a convenient length to permit of its being pieced up. We mount the
spools in a creel upon suitable stands or brackets attached to and adjustable upon
upright rods. The spools are arranged in sets of two, three, or more, as may be
found convenient (preferably in pairs or sets of two, as shewn in the Drawings), the

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yarn of each of the spools in a set being in connection as above described.
one spool is run off it is replaced by a fresh spool, which is connected to the
remaining spools of the set. Thus the warping machine need not be stopped for
piecing up when fresh spools are being supplied.
In the accompanying Drawings, Fig. 1 is a side view of a creel having arranged
upon it a number of spools, the yarn from which is being delivered to a beam in
an ordinary warping machine. The upright rods a, a, a, are supported in a
frame b, b, the spools c, c, being mounted upon the stands d, d, in pairs, one set
above the other.
A is the warping machine, and B the beam upon which the yarn
is being wound. A frame C extending across the warping machine is provided
for holding extra spools e, the yarn from which supplies the place of any ends
which may be broken or disarranged during the process of warping. D is an
ordinary reed arranged in the usual manner. A creel having two or more sides
may be employed, the sides of which may be placed obliquely to the warping
machine or in any other convenient position. The upright rods a, a, may be
provided with any desirable number of sets of stands or brackets, arranged one
above the other and secured to the rods by set screws, or other convenient means.
Each set of spools (and each spool in the frame C) is provided with a friction
regulator f, through which the yarn is drawn in its passage to the beam. The
regulator is attached to the upright rod a upon which its own set of spools is
mounted, and may be so adjusted upon the rod as to give the desired strain on the
yarn between the regulator and the beam. The friction regulator is in the form of
a hollow cylinder g (see Figs. 2 and 3) mounted on a block h capable of sliding
upon the upright rod a, the cylindrical portion being placed transversely to the
rod. The end of the cylinder nearest the rod is sloped downwards in an outward
direction to a point 1 about midway of its diameter, below which is a notch 2
pointing inwardly. The upright rod a passes through the cylinder g within the
pointed ends made between the upper slope and the notched indentations (one
in front of, and the other behind the upright rod a) below. The yarn is passed
over the upper side of the friction regulator, and brought down between the rod
and the pointed ends of the cylinder into the notch beneath. The notch, prevents
the yarn from flying out of the regulator, whilst the rubbing of the yarn on the
rod and the inner edges of the notched indentations gives the necessary friction.
By turning the regulator round on the rod more or less friction may be produced
as required. A modification of the friction regulator as above described is shewn
in Figs 4, 5, 6, and 7, the table or platform being designed to prevent the yarn
from getting beneath the regulator. The aperture 3 is designed for facilitating the
egress of fluff or fibres rubbed off the yarn during its passage through the regulator.
Fig. 4 is a side view, Fig. 5 a section, and Fig. 6 an end view, shewing details of
the method of mounting in the creel spools spun on ring spindles; a is the upright
rod upon which is secured the stand d (a plan of which is shown in Fig. 8); c, c, are
the spools arranged to point upwardly in a line with the bottom of the notch 2 in
the friction regulator f. The spools c, c, are supported upon the barrels (preferably
of hard wood such as boxwood) j, j, driven tightly upon the pins 1, . The
pins k, k, are preferably of annealed or soft iron, and are cast in with the stand d
when moulded, and are capable of being readily bent and adjusted, thus providing
convenient facilities for adjusting and altering the position and direction of the
spools when required. Other modes of adjustment may be employed, but we
prefer the employment of soft metal pins as above described as being at once durable
and economical in first cost.
The arrangement above described for mounting spools spun on ring spindles is
equally applicable with slight modifications for mounting spools spun on mule or
other spindles.
Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are respectively side, end, and plan views of a friction
3 regulator.provided with the upper portion, adjustable by means of the slot x and
screw w, so that the position of the notch 2 relatively to the rod a may be varied.
By this arrangement the amount of drag upon the yarn may be increased or

page_text: decreased as may be found requisite. Figs. 12, 13, and 14, are respectively side,
end, and plan views. of another arrangement of friction regulator, the upper
portions being formed of wire, preferably of steel. The ends of the wire are bent
downwards and inserted in the holes i, i, several sets of holes being provided, so
that the position of the notch may be varied as required. In Figs. 15, 16, and 17,
which are respectively side, plan, and end views, the ends of the wire may be
sprung or pressed into holes or into a slot opening in the lip m.
however, we prefer to place the front notch centrally with the upright rod a, and
vary the friction by the position of the back notch, as shewn in Figs. 12, 14, 15,
and 16.
In some cases
It will be evident that the construction of creel shewn and described, and the
mode of mounting and arranging the spools thereon in conjunction with the
friction regulators, may be readily adapted for reeling as well as for beaming, as
above described.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and the manner in
which we prefer to carry it into practical effect, we would have it understood that
what we consider to be novel and original, and claim as the Invention secured to
us under the Letters Patent herein before in part recited is,-
1. The arrangement of spools in a creel in conjunction with apparatus for
causing drag or friction upon the yarn in its passage from the spools to the beam,
substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The arrangement of parts for supporting the spools, substantially as described
and shown in the Drawings.
3. The employment of friction regulator, constructed and operating substantially
as described and illustrated.
4. The general arrangement and combination of parts, substantially as described
for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, we the said James Walmsley and Seth Lang, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.