IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING, WARPING, BEAMING, OR DRESSING MACHINES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Harrison Moreland and John Chappell, both
of Loop Bridge Mill, near Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING, WARPING, BEAMING, OR DRESSING
MACHINES."
Sealed the 9th June 1863, and dated the 9th January 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Harrison Moreland
and John Chappell at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents with
their Petition, on the 9th January 1863.
We, WILLIAM HARRISON MORELAND and JOHN CHAPPELL, both of. Loop.
Bridge Mill, near Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WINDING, WARPING, BEAMING,
OR DRESSING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is to secure an uniform tension of the yarn on
the beam to which it is transferred from spools or bobbins..
The Invention consists in the application to the ordinary winding, warping,
beaming, or dressing machines that wind from the spool or bobbin of a drag
roller or rollers for taking up the slack yarn caused by the "over-running" of
the spools or bobbins from which the yarn is being wound. The slack roller
or rollers may be placed either before or behind the reed or, first guide
through which the yarn passes. We mount the rollers loosely in segment
or other slots in the framing, and support them either altogether or in part

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Harrison Moreland and John Chappell in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 8th July 1863.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
HARRISON MORELAND and JOHN CHAPPELL, both of Loop Bridge Mill, near
Belfast, in the Kingdom of Ireland, send greeting.
.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent; bearing date the Ninth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the
said William Harrison Moreland and John Chappell, Her special license that
we, the said William Harrison Moreland and John Chappell, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Harrison
Moreland and John Chappell, 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 WINDING, WARPING, BEAMING, OR DRESSING MACHINES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said William Harrison Moreland
and John Chappell, by an instrument in writing under our hands and seals,
or under the hand and seal of one of us, 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 I, the said William Harrison Moreland, on behalf
of myself and of the said John Chappell, 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 hereunto annexed, and to the letters and
'figures marked thereon (that is to say):

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The object of this Invention is to secure an uniform tension of the yarn on
the beam to which it is being transferred from spools or bobbins:
The Invention consists in the application to the ordinary winding, warping,
beaming, or dressing machines that wind from the spools or bobbins of a drag
roller or rollers for taking up the slack yarn caused by the over-running of the
spools or bobbins from which the yarn is being. wound.
The method of this application will be understood from the following
description and reference to the accompanying Drawing, which is a section of
a warping machine as used for linen yarns, with our improvement applied
thereto.
a, a³, a³, are the ordinary rollers of the machine,.over and under which the
yarn passes, a' being the measuring roller; b, 61, 62, 63, 6, are the falling rods
for taking up the slack yarn when backing off to find an end, &c. ; c is the
beam whereon the yarn is wound; d, the roller that drives it by surface
contact; e, e³, are the reeds or guides for the yarn; f, the framing of the
machine. The drag roller 9 rests upon the yarn, where it passes on to the
roller a, the direction of the yarn as it comes from the creel or bank which
carries the spools or bobbins being shown by the lines h. This roller
g has a
pivot at each end, which pivots pass severally through an eye fastened to a
strap or other suitable material led over the carrier pulley i, and connected to
a weighted balance lever k, supported by a stud k¹ fixed to the framing f.
The pivots on the ends of the roller g after passing through the eyes of the
straps enter guides 9', which are fastened one at each side of the framing f.
The slot of these guides g¹ is continued below the centre of the roller a, to
allow the roller g to fall as the yarn is slackened.
The action of this roller g is as follows:-When the machine is stopped, the
spools or bobbins are liable to over-run, and thus leave the yarn slack until the
winding recommences, but the roller g, resting wholly or partially on the yarn,
falls down the slot or guide g¹ as soon as the yarn begins to slacken by the
stoppage or slackening of the winding, until it attains the dotted position 9².
To prevent the weight of this roller g from continuing to take up the yarn at
the first speed, it is caused to raise the lever / from its vertical position, as
shown, to a position approaching a horizontal one, thus gradually increasing the
power of the weight until it with the slight tension on the yarn balances
the roller g. By this means an uniform tension is secured to the yarn
throughout the beam, and the action of the measuring roller a¹ is rendered
certain.
The slack roller or rollers may be placed either before or behind the reed or

page_text: first guide e¹ through which the yarn passes, and be supported either altogether
or in part only by the yarn.
This improvement is applicable to all beaming, warping, or dressing machines
that wind from the spool, whether for flax, cotton, or other yarns.
Having now set forth the nature of our Invention of Improvements in
Winding, Warping, Beaming, or Dressing Machines," and explained the
"manner of carrying the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that,
'under the above in part recited Letters Patent, we claim the means above
described for taking up the slack yarn caused by the over-running of the spools
or bobbins (from which the yarn is being wound) when the machine is stopped
'or slackened or in motion.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Harrison Moreland, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Sixth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
JOHN HAMILTON.
(L.S.) WILLIAM HARRISON MORELAND.