CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN 'SLASHERS,' TAPE LEGS,' OR 'HEALD WARPERS,' EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF COTTON WARPS
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Chorlton, of Droylsden, Dear Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Manager to the Firm of Messrs. Kay
and Richardson, of the same Place, for the Invention of " CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN 'SLASHERS,' TAPE LEGS,' OR 'HEALD WARPERS,' EMPLOYED
IN THE PREPARATION OF COTTON WARPS."
Sealed the 16th February 1869, and dated the 24th August 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Chorlton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th August 1868.
I, WILLIAM CHORLTON, of Droylsden, near Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Manager to the Firm of Messrs. Kay and Richardson, of
the same Place, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN SLASHERS,' 'TAPE LEGS,' OR 'HEALD WARPERS,'
EMPLOYED IN THE PREPARATION OF COTTON WARPS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to that class of machines known as the "tape
legs" slashers or heald warpers employed for sizeing yarn in the
preparation of cotton or other fibrous material, and more particularly to

page_text: that portion of the machine supporting the warps or rollers from which
the yarn is delivered to be sized or otherwise treated. The beams sup-
porting the unsized or untreated warps are placed to the number of six
or more in separate bearings secured to or forming part of the framing
at the delivery end of the machine, or at that end where the unprepared
warps are first placed on the "tape leg" or "slasher" machine; these
beams are prevented revolving too freely by means of springs or weights
attached to their bosses, each one separately, by which means each beam
or roller revolves and delivers its yarn independently from the rest, the
effect of which is that each beam complets the delivery of its yarn at
various times.
My present improvements are designed for the purpose of causing the
beams to deliver their yarn at one uniform speed, in order that the
full length of warp on such beams will be delivered and terminates
simultaneously, and the improvements consist in driving the whole
length and number of beams together by means of spur or other
equivalent gearing, the connection between each beam being effected
by suitable carrier wheels that will when in action simultaneously
actuate the whole lot of beams and rollers in such a manner that they
deliver their yarn at one uniform and regular speed, thereby causing
the whole length of yarn to pass and be delivered from the beams at one
and the same time.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Chorlton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 23rd February 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CHORLTON, of Droyslden, near Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager to the Firm of Messrs. Kay and Richardson, of the same Place,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Chorlton, Her special license

page_text: that I, the said William Chorlton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Chorlton, 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 "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SLASHERS, TAPE LEGS,' OR 'HEALD WARPERS,' EMPLOYED IN THE
PREPARATION OF COTTON WARPS," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Chorlton, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing 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 William Chorlton, do hereby
declare the nature of the 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 Drawings (that is to
say) :-
:-
My Invention relates to that class of machines known as the tape legs,
slashers, or heald warpers employed for sizing yarn in the preparation of
cotton or other fibrous material, and more particularly to that portion
of the machine supporting the warps or rollers from which the yarn is
delivered to be sized or otherwise treated. The beams supporting the
unsized or untreated warps are placed in separate bearings secured to or
forming part of the framing at the delivery end of the machine, or at that
end where the unprepared warps are first placed on the "tape leg" or
'slashing" machine, or in the ordinary arrangement hitherto employed;
these beams are prevented from revolving too freely by means of springs
or weights attached to their bosses (each one separately) by which means
each beam or roller revolves and delivers its yarn independently of the
rest, the effect of which is that each beam completes the delivery of its
yarn at various times.
"
My present improvements are designed for the purpose of causing the
beams to deliver their yarn at one uniform speed, in order that the full

page_text: length of warp on each beam will be delivered and terminate simul-
taneously, and the improvements consist in driving the whole length
and number of beams together by means of spur or other equivalent
gearing, the connection between each beam being effected by suitable
carrier wheels, that will when in action simultaneously actuate the
whole number of beams and rollers in such a manner that they deliver
their yarn at one uniform and regular speed, thereby causing the whole
length of yarn to pass and be delivered from the beams at one and the
same time,
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "Certain
Improvements in 'Slashers,' Tape Legs,' or 'Heald Warpers' employed
in the Preparation of Cotton Warps," I will now proceed to describe
more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be carried
into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly under-
stood I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof,
and have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corre
sponding with those in the following explanation thereof.
In the annexed Drawing, Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the
framing used for supporting the warp beams at the delivery end of the
"slasher," "tape leg," or "heald warper," eight beams being shown in
the said Figure with my improvements applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a
partial plan view of the same.
a, a, is the frame, and b, b, are the warp beams. Upon or near the end
of each beam is keyed or otherwise fixed a spur wheel c, c, and these
spur wheels are all geared and connected together by means of carrier
wheels d, d, mounted on studs supported by the framing. The whole
number of beams being thus coupled together it will be evident that
they will all necessarily revolve at the same speed and deliver their yarn
uniformly, so that the whole will be terminated at one and the same
time. I may remark that grooved pulleys and belts or other similar
gearing would answer the same purpose, but spur wheels are preferable,
as the warp beams can be lifted out and replaced with the least amount
of trouble,
Having now described the nature and object of the said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, I wish it to be understood that. I

page_text: claim as my Invention coupling or gearing the whole series of warp
beams together at the delivery end of such machines by spur or other
gearing, so as to cause them all to deliver their yarn at the same speed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Chorlton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of February, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine,
Witnessed by,
GEORGE DAVIES, C.E.,
Office for Patents,
Manchester,
WILLIAM CHORLTON. (L.s.)