Improvements in the Means and Apparatus to be Employed in the Manufacture of String, Twine, or Cord from Stranded Threads of Yarn of Flax, Hemp, Cotton, or other Vegetable Fibres.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by EDWARD KNAB, of Nürnberg, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant.]
Improvements in the Means and Apparatus to be Employed in
the Manufacture of String, Twine, or Cord from Stranded
Threads of Yarn of Flax, Hemp, Cotton, or other Vegetable
Fibres.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY of Town Hall Buildings, Halifax, in the County of York,
Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
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This invention relates to improved means and apparatus to he employed in the
manufacture of string, twine, or cords, inado by "doubling." or twisting, two or
moro ends," or yarns together, the object of the invention is, to ensure a smooth
glazed or polished thread, or cord, which object is effected by impregnating tho
several yarns, or threads, with a suitable sizing or dressing liquor and afterwards
by appliances hereinafter described, laying, and smoothing all loose or divergent
fibres, to the main body or cores of the yarn.
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Apparatus and means for effecting the above object, constructed according to
this invention, comprise: A stand or reel frame on which the feed bobbins
containing the yarn or threads or ends pass to, and under a guide and
immorsing rod or roller (preferably of glass) extending longitudinally, along a
dish or trough containing "sizing or dressing liquid. The several ends or
strands thence pass to a pair of squeezing rollers which draw the ends from the
bobbins and also by their pressure, ensure the sizing or dressing, being incorporated
with the yarns whilst the superfluous moisture is removed, and returned to the
trough by way of an inclined lip. The several "ends" or threads thence pass from
the squeezing rollers to the front or delivery rollors, being during their passage
from rollers to rollers, exposed to the action of a revolving brush (or brushes), the
operation of the brush is to smooth down all the minute or diverging fibres, and
lay the same, evenly to and along the body of the yarn, so that the latter when
twisted produces
a twine, string, or cord of a glossy and even exterior and of high
"finish."
The yarns from the front rollers converge at the head of an ordinary
spindle, thence pass to a guide and flyer, by which the twist is put in, and the
finished string, twine or cord is wound on the flyer bobbin as ordinary.
Dated this 14th day of December 1888.
WALTER BRIERLEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Means and Apparatus to be Employed in
the Manufacture of String, Twine, or Cord from Stranded
Threads of Yarn of Flax, Hemp, Cotton, or other Vegetable
Fibres.
I, WALTER BRIERLEY, late of Town Hall Buildings, now of Central Chambers
Halifax, in the County of York, Patent Agent, 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 improved means and apparatus to be employed in the
manufacture of string, twine or cords, made by "doubling" or twisting two, or
more "ends," or yarns together, the object of the invention is, to ensure a smooth

page_text: glazed or polished thread, or cord, which object is effected by impregnating the
several yarns or threads with a suitable sizing or drossing liquor and afterwards
by appliances hereinafter described, laying, and smoothing all loose or divergent
fibros, to the main body or cores of the yarn.
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Apparatus and means for effecting the above object, constructed according to this
invention, comprise, a stand or reel frame on which the feed bobbins containing
the yarn or threads or ends" pass to, and under a guide and immersing rod or
roller (preferably of glass) extending longitudinally along a dish or trough
containing "sizing" or dressing liquid. The several ends or strands thence pass
to a pair of squeezing rollers which draw the ends from the bobbins and also by
their pressure, ensure the sizing or dressing being incorporated with the yarns
whilst the superfluous moisture is removed, and returned to the trough by way
of the inclined lip. The several "ends" or threads thence pass from the squeezing
rollers to the front or delivery rollers to rollers exposed to the action of a revolving
brush (or brushes), the operation of the brush is to smooth down all the minute
or diverging fibros, and lay the same, evenly to and along the body of the yarn,
so that the latter when twisted produces a twine, string, or cord of a glossy and
even exterior and of high "finish." The yarns from the front rollers converge at
the head of an ordinary spindle, thence pass to a guide and flyer by which the
twist is put in, and the finished string, twine, or cord is wound on the flyer bobbin
as ordinary.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which.
Fig. 1 is an end elevation of the frame, or apparatus employed in the manufacture
of string, twine or cord.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a part of the apparatus for purpose aforesaid shewing the
trough nip rollers and brush.
According to this my said invention, on an ordinary frame I construct a stand, or
reel frame S on which are the feed bobbins & containing the yarn; the threads or
ends" p pass to, and under a guide, and immersing rod, or roller 6 (preferably
of glass) extending longitudinally along a dish, or trough a containing sizing'
or dressing liquid.
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The several "ends" or strands p from thence pass to a pair of squeezing rollers c, d
which draw the "ends" or strands from the bobbins or reels s, and also by their
pressure ensure the "sizing," or dressing being thoroughly incorporated with the
yarns,
or strands p, whilst the superfluous moisture is removed, and the
sizing or dressing is equally distributed over the whole yarn, the sizing" or
dressing, which, by the nip rollers c, d is squeezed out of the yarn, is returned to
the trough a by way of the inclined lip which extends beneath the said rollers c d.
The several strands or "ends" p pass from the squeezing or nip rollers & to the
front or delivery rollers 2 and 2, and are during their passage from the squeezing
or nip rollers cd, to the delivery rollers z and ¹, exposed to the action of a revolving
brush (or brushes) g, the use of which brush g is to smooth down all the minute
diverging fibres, and lay the same evenly, to, and along the body of the yarn so
that the latter, when twisted, produces a twine, string or cord, of high "finish."
The yarns or ends from the delivery rollers z, and 2 converge at the head
of an ordinary spindle, thence pass to a guide and "flyer" by which the twist is
put in and the finished string, twine or cord is wound on the flyer bobbin as usual.
The trough and bearings for the several nip rollers, brush, or brushes &c., are
carried on the table a which forms a part of the frame or apparatus.
Motion is imparted to the apparatus from any convenient going part which by
strap drives the pulley, and cylinder, or drum T which communicates motion by
the strap and pulley to the brush or brushes y, on the axis of which brush g is
the toothed wheel which, by carrier wheel, drives the wheel e on the axis of the

page_text: lower nip roller c; the wheel falso through a carrier wheel gears with, and drives
the lower delivery roller z, so the speed of the nip, or delivery rollers can readily be
varied, by a change of wheels having different numbers of teeth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination of parts comprising the immersion roller and trough, squeezing
or nip rollers inclined lip brush or brushes g all in combination with bobbins or
reels s, drawing rollers and flyer for purpose herein described and as illustrated by
annexed drawings.
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WALTER BRIERLEY.