IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES, FOR SIZING, DRYING AND BEAMING WARPS
Year: 1885

page_text: WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER, Sweet Street Foundry Holbeck, Leeds in the
County of York, Machine Maker, and TноMAS BELLSHAW BEAULAND 35 Temple
Terrace, Beeston Hill, Leeds, in the County of York, Draughtsman do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES, FOR SIZING,
DRYING AND BEAMING WARPS to be as follows:-
The present improvements are adapted to machines which size, dry, and beam a
warp at one operation, the drying operation of which may be effected by hot air,
steam heated cylinders, or any other method.
1st When the warp is prepared on sections or cheeses, a horizontal shaft is used,
which is placed near the size trough, and which is supported at one end by an
ordinary fixed bearing, and at the other end by a similar bearing but which is
made moveable, by preference swings on hinges, Between these two blocks or
bearings is a vertical screw, actuated by a hand wheel, the top of the screw carries
a moveable bearing. By turning the hand wheel, the screw and bearing ascends
and raises the horizontal shaft: the hinged bearing is removed, and the empty
sections or cheeses removed, and the full ones placed on the shaft: the hinged
bearing is brought to its supporting position, and the screw bearing lowered and
removed,
2nd An improvement is. made in the method of squeezing the warp when
immersed in the size, This is effected by a pressing roller carried on two segmental
racks, each of which swings on a stud, The racks are geared into two pinions,
which are fixed on a shaft. By turning the shaft, the pressing roller descends into
the size, untill it presses against the ordinary sizing roller, the point of pressure
being below the centre of the said sizing roller and which is always immersed in
the size The warp passes between the two rollers, and also receives a second
squeeze by the usual pressing roller, which is carried on the top of the ordinary
sizing roller.
3rd In order to give facility for running the machine at various speeds, to suit
thick and thin warps, the following arrangement is used The driving part of the
machine consists of two shafts parallel to each other, and each carrying a moveable
friction boss or pulley These are pressed towards each other.and nip a friction
plate between them. By moving the friction bosses nearer the centre of the
plate or farther from it, the speed of the machine is increased or diminished as
desirable.

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Improvements in Machines for Sizing, Drying, and Beaming
Warps.
We, WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER, Sweet Street Foundry, Holbeck, Leeds in the
County of York Machine Maker, and THOMAS BELLSHAW BEAULAND 35 Temple
Terrace, Beeston Hill Leeds, in the County of York, Draughtsman do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR SIZING,
DRYING, AND BEAMING WARPS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
The present improvements are adapted to machines which size dry and beam a
warp at one operation, the drying operation of which may be effected by hot air,
steam heated cylinders or any other method. 1st When the warp is prepared on
sections or cheeses, a horizontal shaft is used which is placed near the size trough
and is supported at one end by an ordinary fixed bearing, and at the other end by
a similar bearing, but which is made moveable, by preference swings on binges,
between these two blocks or bearings is a vertical screw; actuated by a hand wheel,
The top of the screw carries a moveable bearing, by turning the hand wheel, the
screw and bearing ascends, and raises the horizontal shaft; the hinged bearing is
then removed and the empty sections or cheeses removed and the full ones placed
on the shaft, the hinged bearing is brought to its supporting position, and the screw
bearing lowered and removed.
2nd An improvement is made in the method of squeezing the warp when immersed
in the size This is effected by a pressing roller, carried on two segmental racks,
each of which swings on a stud, The racks are geared into two pinions, which are
fixed on a shaft, by turning the shaft the pressing roller descends into the size, untill
it presses against the ordinary sizing roller, the point of pressure being below the
centre of the said sizing roller, and which is always immersed in the size, The
warp passes between the two rollers, and also receives a second squeeze by the usual
pressing roller which is carried on the top of the ordinary sizing roller.
3rd In order to give facility for running the machine at various speeds, to suit
thick and thin warps, the following arrangement is used The driving part of the
machine consists of two shafts parallel to each other, and each carrying a moveable
friction boss or pulley. These are pressed towards each other, and nip a friction
plate between them, by moving the friction bosses nearer the centre of plate or
further from it, the speed of machine is increased or diminished as desirable.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practical effect, we have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings illustrative of the
invention, and will now proceed to describe the same, reference being had to such
drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is an end elevation of the apparatus for holding the sections or cheeses,
and of the size trough with the rollers. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same Fig. 3 is a
front elevation of the apparatus for holding the sections. Fig. 4 is an end elevation
of the speed regulator. Fig. 5 is a plan of the same. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation
shewing the friction pulleys and friction plate of the speed regulator, In Figs. 1,
2 & 3 A represents a horizontal shaft upon which the sections containing the warp

page_text: which has to be sized are placed, which is supported at one end by a fixed bearing B
and at the other end by a hinged moveable bearing B₁, this is shewn in Fig. 3 as
being free from the shaft A so that the sections may be either removed from the
shaft or placed upon it, About midway of the shaft A is a moveable bearing C
which is carried on the top of a vertical screw C¹ the screw C' is raised or lowered
by means of a hand wheel O' which has a screw thread cut in its boss, the hand
wheel Crests upon a fixing C³, the screw C¹ being free to move up and down the
slot hole in the fixing C³ when it is requisite to take the sections off the shaft A
and to place any thereon, the moveable bearing C is placed on the top of the
screw C¹ which is then raised by means of the hand wheel C, this operation raises
the shaft A so that the hinged bearing B¹ may be removed, and the sections
removed or placed on shaft, the bearing B' is then brought back to its resting place,
and the shaft A is lowered untill it rests in the bearing B¹, the bearing C is then
removed.
In Figs. 1 & 2 D represents the size trough in which are placed the sizing
rollers E. another roller F presses against the bottom roller E, the roller F is carried
by two segmental racks G which awing upon studs C¹ and into which are geared
two pinions H carried by a shaft H, the shaft H¹ being turned by means of
handle H, by means of this apparatus the roller F may be raised out of the
trough D when requisite.
In Figs. 4 & 5. J represents the driving pulley of that part of the machine which
is used for the beaming process, The pulley J is fixed on a shaft K which is geared
to a similar shaft K', the two shafts being parallel to each other, each shaft carries
a friction pulley L and L', between the two friction pulleys L and L' is a friction
plate M which is fixed to a shaft that is part of the mechanisin used in the construc-
tion of the machine The two friction pulleys L and L' are pressed together by
means of weighted lever N and nip the friction plate between them The friction
pulleys are moved upon the face of the friction plate M by a hand lever P or any
other suitable method.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1st The lifting apparatus and the moveable bearing to facilitate the placing or
removal of the sections, substantially as described.
2nd The method of squeezing the warp whilst immersed in the size-by means
of the pressing roller F.
3rd The application of the apparatus for varying the speed of the machine,
substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1886