A MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR 'TIEING-IN' WARPS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Shackleton, of Halifax, in the County of
York, Manufacturer, and Joseph Pickles Binns, of the same Place,
Engineer and Machinist, for the Invention of "A MACHINE OR
APPARATUS FOR 'TIEING-IN' WARPS."
Sealed the 22nd November 1872, and dated the 25th May 1872.
PROVISIONAL. SPECIFICATION left by the said James Shackleton and
Joseph Pickles Binns at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 25th May 1872.
We, JAMES SHACKLETON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Manu-
facturer, and JOSEPH PICKLES BINNS, of the same Place, Engineer and
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A
MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR TIKING-IN' WARPS," to be as follows:-
"
This Invention relates to means of "tieing-in' or. knitting the new
warp to the old one, or connecting each end or thread respectively
thereof to the ends or threads of the old warp to enable them to be'
passed through the mails or eyes in the healds or harness and slay or

page_text: reed. Heretofore this process of tieing-in has been done by hand,
that is, by persons taking the two ends and tieing them together with
their hands, and in some cases, to facilitate the connecting of the ends
they have been twisted together, but in both cases the operation is by
manual labour.
Now we have invented and constructed a machine to effect this object
with facility, which is as follows:-Suitable framework is provided on
which to place the warp beam with the warp upon it, and also the healds
or harness and slay or reed with a portion of the old warp therein, and
rails are provided to secure the ends or threads thereto which extend
across or lap over each other so much as is necessary to allow for
forming the tie or knot. On this framework is also mounted a carriage
capable of being moved laterally or crosswise of the warp threads, sliding
upon rods or rails. The framework also supports a rotary horizontal
driving shaft which the carriage also slides upon, and which carries and
gives rotary motion to a barrel having several cams thereon for giving
motion to certain levers, the use of which is herein-after explained. The
carriage also supports.a vertical reciprocatory slide bar carrying a needle
or hooker for seizing and placing in position the threads to be tied
together, which bar receives its motion from one of the aforesaid cams
and a suitable lever. Another barrel or hollow shaft is also supported
on this carriage, and receives rotary motion from the driving shaft, and
on one end of which is a boss. On the outside of this barrel is mounted
a slide finger carrying a cam at one end, and within the said barrel is a
reciprocatory slide needle operated by another of the before-named cams
and a lever. Intermittent motion is given to the carriage across the
warp by screw shaft operated by ratchet wheel and catches actuated by
the driving shaft. Knives are also provided for cutting the ends or
threads of the warps to proper length at the time required. Also four
horizontal shafts are employed, each carrying a half flange or finger for
separating the warp threads. These shafts are geared together and
intermittent, rotary, and reciprocatory motion imparted to them by
means of another of the before-named cams and a suitable lever and rod,
in connection with ratchets and catches, to operate screw bushes or
bearings of the said shafts.
"In the framework are two guide pins for the needle to pass and draw
the warp threads between, to keep them together and hold them while
the finger on the rotary barrel turns them around the boss on the barrel

page_text: to form a loop, when the slide needle draws the ends of the said threads
through the loop and a lever is brought into operation to push the loop
off the boss, and then drawing the threads tight against the holding of
the hooker the knot is formed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Shackleton and Joseph Pickles Binns in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 25th November 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JAMES
SHACKLETON, of Halifax, in the County of York, Manufacturer, and
JOSEPH PICKLES BINNS, of the same Place, Engineer and Machinist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of.
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-fifth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto us, the said James Shackleton and Joseph Pickles Binns,
Her special licence that we, the said James Shackleton and Joseph
Pickles Binns, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as we, the said James Shackleton and Joseph Pickles Binns, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree witli,
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 "A
MACHINE OR APPARATUS FOR 'TIEING-IN' WARPS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said James Shackleton and Joseph
Pickles Binns, 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 Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
'
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said James Shackleton and Joseph
Pickles Binns, do hereby declare the nature of our said-Invention, and.

page_text: in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
Sheets of Drawings (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to means of " tieing-in" or knitting the new
warp to the old one, or connecting each end or thread respectively
thereof to the ends or threads of the old warp, to enable them to be
passed through the mails or eyes in the healds or harness and slay or
reed. Heretofore this process of "tieing-in" has been done by hand,
that is, by persons taking the two ends and tieing them together with
their hands, and in come cases to facilitate the connecting of the ends
they have been twisted together, but in both cases the operation is by
manual labour.
'
Now we have invented and constructed a machine to effect this object
with facility, which is as follows:-Suitable framework is provided on
which to place the warp beam with the warp upon it, and also the healds
or harnes and slay or reed with a portion of the old warp therein, and
rails are provided to secure the ends or threads thereto, which extend
across or lap over each other so much as is necessary to allow for forming
the tie or knot. On this framework is also mounted a carriage, capable
of being moved laterally or crosswise of the warp threads, sliding upon
rods or rails. The framework also supports a rotary horizontal driving
shaft which the carriage also slides upon, and which carries and gives
rotary motion to a barrel having several cams thereon for giving motion
to certain levers, the use of which is herein-after explained. The
carriage also supports a vertical reciprocatory slide bar carrying a needle
or hooker for seizing and placing in position the threads to be tied
together, which bar receives its motion from one of the aforesaid cams
and a suitable lever. Another barrel or hollow shaft is also supported
on this carriage and receives rotary motion from the driving shaft, and
on one side of which is a boss. On the outside of this barrel is mounted
a slide finger carrying a cam at one end, and within the said barrel is a
reciprocatory slide needle operated by another of the before-named cams
and a lever. Intermittent motion is given to the carriage across the
warp by screw shaft operated by ratchet wheel and catches actuated by
the driving shaft. Knives are also provided for cutting the ends or
threads of the warps to proper length at the time required. Also four
horizontal shafts are employed, each carrying a half flange or finger for
separating the warp threads. These shafts are geared together, and.

page_text: Fig. 15, Sheet, is an enlarged plan view shewing the "half flanges
separating or detaching warp threads from the main body of the ends.
"
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A is the framework, the warp beam B being supported by the
brackets 6, the warp ends from which are carried across the machine
over the rail b¹ and secured to the rod 6. At C are the healds, the old
warp threads from which in like manner cross the machine and are
secured to the rod c. At D is shewn a carriage to which a sliding
motion on the rods c¹, c², is imparted by means of the screw shaft c³,
operated intermittently by means of the tappet c* (on the first motion
shaft c³) acting on each revolution on the lever or arm ce to which the
catch c' is attached, the latter engaging with and moving the catch
wheel c. At D¹ is shewn a 66
barrel having cams thereon; the groove
in the cam D³ operates the bell-crank lever D³, the other end of which
lever is received in the slot hole of the rack D' (see Fig. 5), and as the
said lever D³ works on its fulcrum d'it thus gives a rising and falling
motion to the rack D', the latter imparting rotation to the pinions
d¹, d¹, d¹³, d¹, fixed on the screw bosses d², d³, d³, d³, the latter receiving
the ends of the rods d³, d³, d³, d³, on the other ends of which are the half
flanges E for separating or detaching from the bulk of the warp threads
the threads next to be tied. The rack D' on its upward movement will
operate the pinions d', d¹, d¹, d³, the screws d², ď², d³, d², on the bosses
thereof will cause the said pinions and rods d³, d³, d³, ď³, and half
flanges E to slide in the direction of the arrows as well as to rotate.
The pinions, as shewn, are made of a width necessary to admit of this
lateral movement and to continue in gear with the rack; the half
flanges E will thus draw the nearest portion of the warp out of its
straight line (see Fig. 15), and when by rotation the angular portion of
the half flange is brought to bear on the yarn the outer threads will
slide off and become detached from the body of the yarn, as shewn at
Fig. 15. The yarn is crossed, as shewn at W, and the half flanges inter-
pose between the separated threads and the body of the yarn, preventing
more than one thread from the old and one from the new warp being
detached and separated from the main body, as referred to, and is moved
forward by means of the pins X fixed to the rods in the hollow shafts E¹,
the rods and the pins being caused to slide in their bearings by means of
the rotation of the shafts y, y, driven by the gearing y¹, causes the fixed
boss y³ to ascend the incline y³, giving a lateral motion to the rods and
pins X on the boss y² reaching the notch on the opposite side thereof;

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the lateral motion of the said rods and pins X will be in the reverse
direction by reason of the action of the spiral springs E' again forwarding
the notch of the said boss into the recess of the incline. The ribs e on
the rollers E¹ raise the yarn clear of the shafts D³ so as to admit of the
latter separating freely. The threads are now ready for being cut and
tied, whereon the cam F on the barrel will, by means of the lever F¹,
depress the vertical slide bar F* and needle F³ (see Fig. 7), the slit
therein will take the threads, the hinged stop piece Fs holding the same,
and F is a wedge-shaped rod or bar descending along with Fª and
needle F enters between the body of the warp and the threads about to
be cut and tied, and wedges aside or still further removes the same
from the bulk of the warp, and to bring the said "ends" to the
knives F and F and jaws or presser foot H. The cam G on the barrel
imparts, by means of slotted lever G', lateral motion to the bar G³, the
end of which is thus brought under the descending needle. In the
bar G³ is a slot hole and an eye g (see Fig. 16); the pin g¹ enters the
eyo g, the bar G³ continuing its forward movement, carrying the needle
and ends, which have been directed into the slit of the needle by means
of the tension spring g' still further from the main bulk of the warp,
the said needle F being hinged at g². The cam F will now cause the
lever F¹ to raise the bar F and needle F³, and the knife F7 on being
raised will cut the old warp thread h against the fixed
same time the new warp thread h¹ will have been
ascending knife Fº cutting along the face of the rod F", a degree of
tension being applied to the severed end by means of the jaws or presser
foot H so as to prevent its being entangled, and the old warp thread on
being cut is in like manner prevented coiling around the needle or being
entangled by means of the wire stop or eye H², attached to the wedge
finger F; the threads are now caught by a pin J (see Figs. 7 and 8) on
cam J¹, the sliding finger J³, and carried around the curved groove or
shelf J³ on the shaft end J' of the hollow shaft Js, driven from the first
driving shaft by the wheels K, K¹. Meanwhile the lever will have
carried up the needle and the threads; the latter will now begin to coil
around the screw groove on the shaft end, the supply of yarn being
given to the groove from the needle's eye; on the descent or nearer
approach of the needle to the groove the projection W³ will, on passing
through the slot hole W*, force outward the needle further from the said
boss, by which time the yarn is nearly withdrawn from the slit or eye of
the needle, whereon the hooker will engage the loose end and draw it
knife F³, at the
severed by the

page_text: through as described, thus forming a loop, whereon the reciprocating
slide needle K³ is, by means of the cam K³ and link K', drawn within
the said hollow shaft, as shewn at Fig. 9; the hook on the end of the
said needle thus draws the loose end through the loop, and the knot
is formed and is pushed off the curved groove or shelf by means of the
lever Kr. When the yarn is turned around the curved groove the
projecting portion of the cam J¹ prevents the yarn fouling with the pin J
and groove J³ (see Fig. 8), and the cam K³ gives a partial return motion
to the needle K²; when the threads are about to be delivered or pushed
off the curved groove another return motion draws the slide finger back
clear of the descending needle. The friction pad end L of the needle K*
still holds the terminating ends of the yarn, the frictional hold thereon
being sufficient to allow the knot being drawn up tight by the forward
action of the rocking arm L', which is caused by a projection on the
wheel K acting on the finger of the said arm and causing the latter to
move or tilt on its fulcrum M, and so depositing the tied ends on the
receiver or rest M'. On the next descent of the slide bar F and
needle F the knife M³ will cut off the superfluous ends near the knot,
and the incline M³ will move the ends so tied and cut along the receiver
or rest so as to leave a clear space for the next deposit of work. The
cams D², F, G, and K³ have now moved or raised by continuation of
their rotation the levers D³, F, G, and K', and by means of the cords,
guides, and balance weights, shewn at 18, to their original position, the
rack D' being by the lever D³ depressed, reversing the motion of the
pinions d¹, d', d', d', and screw bosses d³, d², d³, d³, the catches N being
carried to the opposite notch of the catch wheel N¹, the catch N³ pre-
venting the partial rotation of the rods d³, d³, d³, d³, and half flanges E
until the upward movement of the rack again takes place and the
machine is in position to repeat the operation and movements described.
The "lay" of the new warp is preserved because it is seized by the
slit needle as described at the point marked T, T, on Fig. 6, the
hollow shaft (carrying the half flange) rod acts as an ordinary lay rod.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said
Invention, together with the manner in which the same is to be or may
be performed or carried into practical effect, we would have it distinctly
understood that since our application for Provisional Protection we have
discovered that attempts have been made to tie warp threads by me-
chanical means, but what we claim as our Invention is, the combination

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of mechanism and the general arrangements of the several parts for
effecting the " ticing-in or knitting the new warp to the old one, in
manner substantially as illustrated in the Drawings annexed hereto and
fully described herein.
In witness whereof, we, the said James Shackleton and Joseph
Pickles Binns, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-
second day of November, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-two.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named James Shackleton
and Joseph Pickles Binns, in the
presence of
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Tasker & Brierley,
Patent Agents,
JAMES SHACKLETON. (L.S.)
JOSEPH P. BINNS.
Halifax Bradford & Blackburn
(L.S.)