IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL, SILK, COTTON, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SKEEN
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Samuel Cooke, of the Firm of Cooke,
Sons, and Law, of Liversedge, in the County of York, Carpet Manu-
facturers and Merchants, for the Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL, SILK, COTTON,
FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SKEEN."
Sealed the 24th December 1872, and dated the 27th June 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Samuel Cooke
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 27th June 1872.
I, JAMES SAMUEL COOKE, of the Firm of Cooke, Sons, and Law, of
Liversedge, in the County of York, Carpet Manufacturers and Merchants,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL, SILE, COTTON,
FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SHEIN," to be as
follows:-

page_text: on which a series of the hanks of fibrous substances to be dyed are
placed and suspended in the dye liquor. A frame is applied to each
side of the cistern, having bearers suitable to support a series of poles
or rods intermediately between the rollers, each pole passing also through
the series of hanks on one of the adjoining rollers respectively. These
frames have both a rising and falling, as well as a lateral motion given
to them by eccentrics or cranks and rods, in such manner as to draw
forward the banks intermittently over the rollers, catches being provided
to take into ratchet wheels fixed on the rollers to hold them at each
movement, thus turning the hanks or drawing them through the liquor
in the cistern in a similar manner as is now done by hand, the hanks or
skeins being prevented from coming in contact with the sides of the
cistern by a roller supported longitudinally upon bearings fixed at or
near the top of each side of the cistern.
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A standard is fixed at or near each end of the cistern, and to one of
these is attached a winch roller, driven by a small pinion geared into a
larger spur wheel, the small pinion being operated by an ordinary winch
handle. From the winch roller two chains proceed over pulleys in a
cross head" supported at a sufficient elevation above the cistern, and
from this cross head a frame or creel is suspended by means of the two
chains for the purpose of carrying the poles and rollers, together with
the hanks or skeins, and for lowering and lifting the same into and out of
the cistern as required, and the arrangement is such that when the
hanks are in the cistern the frame or creel lies dormant immediately
below and in readiness to lift the said poles and rollers by means of the
winch
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Samuel Cooke in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th December 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
SAMUEL COOKE, of the Firm of Cooke, Sons, and Law, of Liversedge, in
the County of York, Carpet Manufacturers and Merchants, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of June, in the

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Samuel Cooke, Her special
licence that I, the said James Samuel Cooke, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Samuel Cooke,
my 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 "Iμ-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN DYEING WOOL,
SILK, COTTON, FLAX, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES IN THE HANK OR SKEIN,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Samuel
Cooke, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, 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 I, the said James Samuel Cooke, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and 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 consists of an ordinary dyeing cistern or vessel with
bearers fixed on each side suitable to support a series of rollers or bars,
on which a series of the hanks of fibrous substances to be dyed are
placed and suspended in the dye liquor. A frame is applied to each
side of the cistern, having bearers suitable to support a series of poles
or rods intermediately between the rollers, each pole passing also through
the series of banks on one of the adjoining rollers respectively. These
frames have both a rising and falling, as well as a lateral motion given
to them by eccentrics or cranks and rods in such manner as to draw
forward the hanks intermittently over the rollers, catches being provided
to take into ratchet wheels fixed on the rollers to hold them at each
movement, thus turning the hanks or drawing them through the liquor
in the cistern in a similar manner as is now done by hand, the hanks or

page_text: skeins being prevented from coming in contact with the sides of the
cistern by a roller supported longitudinally upon bearings fixed at or
near the top of each side of the cistern.
A standard is fixed at or near each end of the cistern, and to one of
these is attached a winch roller driven by a small pinion geared into a
larger spur wheel, the small pinion being operated by, an ordinary winch
handle. From the winch roller two chains proceed over pulleys in a
$6 cross head
supported at a sufficient elevation above the cistern, and
from this cross head a frame or creel is suspended by means of the two
chains for the purpose of carrying the poles and rollers, together with
the hanks or skeins, and for lowering and lifting the same into and out
of the cistern as required, and the arrangement is such that when the
hanks are in the cistern the frame or creel lies dormant immediately
below and in readiness to lift the said poles and rollers by means of the
winch.
Such being the nature and object of this my said Invention, I will
now proceed to describe the same in detail, and in order that the
same may be clearly understood, I have hereunto annexed two Sheets
of Drawings, and have marked the same with figures and letters of
reference, the same letter referring to the same part in the various views
or Figures, in which Fig. 1 is an end elevation of a machine constructed
according to my Invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; and
Fig. 3, Sheet 2, is a plan view of the machine; and Fig. 4 is a detail of
one of the rods or poles.
A is the dyeing cistern or vessel, and B are the bearings fixed on each
side of the machine. These bearers support a series of rollers C, on
which the hanks C³ are placed; D, D, are frames, one at each side of the
cistern A, the bearers D¹ of which support the poles or rods D³, as shewn
within the spaces between the rollers; each of these poles or rods are
passed through the series of hanks on the adjoining roller respectively. S
The frames D, D, have both a rising and falling as well as a lateral
actuated
motion given to them by the eccentrics E, E, on the shaft E¹,
by the bevel gear E, E³. The eccentrics E, E, are connected to the
cross shaft F by the eccentric straps F", the shaft F is thus caused to rise
and fall in the slotted bearings or guides F³, F³, the lateral motion of the
frames, and poles, and hanks being obtained through the agency of the

page_text: cranks G attached to the discs G and to the cross shaft F. The motion
of the crank shaft is derived from the spur wheels G², G³, and so the
hanks supported on the rollers and poles are drawn forward intermittently
over the rollers, stage by stage, catches H and ratchet wheels H¹, being
applied to the end of each roller C to prevent the slipping backwards of
the roller and hank. J, J, are counterbalance weights communicating
by means of the cords or chains J with the shaft F, for the purpose of
assisting the eccentrics to raise the said shaft frame, poles, and yarn.
At J is shewn a bell-crank lever, the end of the lower arm being
received within the groove of the friction clutch J³, the other arm of the
crank carries an adjustable weight J* for keeping the friction apparatus
J' in contact and driving the machine, the weight J' being so adjusted,
that should the hanks become entangled, or from other cause the
machine be deranged, then the additional power required to drive the
same becomes greater than the friction apparatus will give, and so the
going parts of the machine cease to move, and breakage and loss is
avoided. K and K¹ are standards. To the standard K' is fixed the
winch and roller K%, the chains or cords K* from which are passed over
the guide pulleys L, L, and to the guides M of the frame or creel M³,
the latter being for the purpose of lifting the rollers C, poles, and hanks
out of and above the dyeing cistern, the catch wheel N and catch P
being employed for holding the said creel rollers, poles, and hanks above
the dyeing cistern, whilst the hanks are "draining," or when the machine
is not in operation, the said creel being of further utility for lowering
and immersing the hanks from time to time during the preparation of
the dyeing matter within the vessel A, and to facilitate the placing and
replacing the banks on the poles.
In the Drawings I have shewn the creel partially raised on the
standards K, K', the hanks, rollers, and poles being carried, as described
above, the vessel A, and in such Drawings the said creel is also shewn
in dotted lines at its lowest or dormant position. Or in lieu of the
eccentrics E, E, for lifting the frames and poles, bell-crank levers actuated
by tappets from the shafts E' and E³ may be employed.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my said
Invention, together with the manner in which the same is to be or may
be performed or carried into practical effect, I would have it understood
that I claim as my Invention, the machinery or apparatus to be em-

page_text: ployed in dyeing wool, silk, cotton, flax, or other fibrous substances in
the hank or skein, whereby such hanks or skeins are caused to proceed
or move forward stage by stage through the dye liquor, substantially as
such machinery is herein described and illustrated in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Samuel Cooke, have hereunto a
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
(Tasker & Brierley),
Patent Agents,
JAMES S. COOKE. (L.S.)
Halifax, Bradford, & Blackburn.