Improvements in the Printing of Cotton or Linen Warps or Warp Yarns, in connection with Sizing or other Treatment thereof for Weaving Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Printing of Cotton or Linen Warps or Warp
Yarns, in connection with Sizing or other Treatment thereof
for Weaving Purposes.
I, THOMAS PICKLES, of Cairo Mills, Burnley, Lancashire, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to the printing of cotton or linen warps or warp yarns
for weaving purposes, and have for object the printing of such warps after the
same have been wound upon the warp beam, in connection with sizing or like
preparing apparatus.
Hitherto, printed cotton warp yarns have been passed through the printing
apparatus in rope form, or otherwise in rough quantities, and, in order that the
pattern might penetrate to each warp thread have been subjected to pressure,
which has proved detrimental to the yarn.
To obviate this, and to more effectually print the pattern upon the warps, and to
accomplish my improvements, I cause the yarns, after the same have been cleansed,
bleached, dyed or otherwise prepared upon the warp beam, to pass over or round
supplementary drying cylinders, such as are described in my Specification of
Letters Patent No. 19,177 of 1893, whereby any residue of moisture remaining in
such warp yarns is driven off; after which, the warp is passed through any suitable
printing apparatus, which may consist of fluted or other pattern rollers, and colour
rollers and colour supply; or other forms of apparatus for printing may be
employed.
The yarn may next be passed over or round further drying cylinders, and so to
the sough or size box, or it may proceed direct from the printing mechanism to the
sizing apparatus, which latter may be a tape, slashing, or other dressing or
preparing machine.
By the means described, the warp yarns are printed in a simple, and effective
manner, during the operations of drying and sizing, and after being cleansed,
bleached, dyed or otherwise prepared upon the warp beam.
Variations in detail, such as the method of printing and sizing, the number of
drying cylinders, and also in the relationship of the printing apparatus to the
cylinders or sough box, may be made without departing from the peculiar character
of the invention.
Dated this 6th day of February 1895.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64 Barton Arcade, Manchester.

page_text: Improvements in the Printing of Cotton or Linen Warps or Warp
Yarns, in connection with Sizing or other Treatment thereof
for Weaving Purposes.
I, THOMAS PICKLES, of Cairo Mills, Burnley, Lancashire, Manufacturer, 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:-
The improvements relate to the printing of cotton or linen warps or warp yarns
for weaving purposes, and have for object the printing of such warps alter the
same have been wound upon the warp beam, in connection with sizing or like
preparing apparatus.
Hitherto, printed cotton warp yarns have been passed through the printing
apparatus in rope form, or otherwise in rough quantities, and, in order that the
pattern might penetrate to each warp thread have been subjected to pressure, which
has proved detrimental to the yarn.
To obviate this, and to more effectually print the pattern upon the warps, and to
accomplish my improvements, I cause the yarns, after the same have been cleansed,
bleached, dyed or otherwise prepared upon the warp beam, to pass over or round
a supplementary drying cylinder or cylinders, such as are described in my
Specification of Letters Patent No. 19177, of 1893, whereby any residue of
moisture remaining in such warp yarns is driven off; after which, the warp is
passed through any suitable printing apparatus, which may consist of Huted or
other pattern rollers, and colour rollers, and colour supply, and provided with
the usual steaming box, or other forms of apparatus for printing may be
employed.
The yarn may next be passed over or round a further drying cylinder or
cylinders, and so to the sough or size box, or it may proceed direct from the printing
mechanism to the sizing apparatus, which latter may be a tape, slashing or other
dressing or preparing machine.
But that the improvements may be better understood I will, with the aid of the
accompanying drawing, proceed more fully to describe means employed by me.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING.
The figure shows a general or skeleton view of apparatus combined and arranged
according to my improvements.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a is the warp beam, which may be of the perforated. or other convenient
character allowing of the necessary previous preparation, and from which the
warp b is carried to the supplementary drying cylinder c, which drives off from
such warp any residue of moisture remaining from any previous drying operation,
either upon the warp beam or otherwise. The warp b, thus dried, is next caused
to pass through suitable printing apparatus d and its steam box d' which may be
fixed at any suitable position, all of which may be of the ordinary character, a-
will be well understood.
b
Such warp having been already beamed, the separate threads are spread out
and every thread is thus enabled to be brought in contact with the printing rollers
or other printing surfaces, without detrimental pressure, and the printing operation
is thereby more effectually accomplished.
The printed yarn may next be passed over a further drying cylinder e, and
thence to the sizing apparatus as shown, or it may pass in some cases direct from

page_text: the printing apparatus d, to the sizing apparatus f, which may be a tape, slashing
or other dressing or preparing machine.
By the means described, the warp yarns are printed in a simple and effective
manner, during the operations of drying and sizing, and after being cleansed,
bleached, dyed or otherwise prepared upon the warp beam.
Variations in detail, such as the method of printing and sizing, the number of
drying cylinders, and also in the relationship of the printing apparatus to the
cylinders or sough box, and in the position of the various parts, may be made
without departing from the peculiar character of the invention.
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 :-
In the printing and sizing of cotton or linen warps, or warp yarns, the combina-
tion of apparatus with a warp beam capable of having a prepared warp wound
thereon, which apparatus consists of drying cylinders, printing mechanism, and
sizing apparatus, arranged for the purpose and in manner substantially as herein
shown and described.
Dated this 5th day of November 1895.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64 Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.