Process for Smoothing or Finishing Textile Threads, Chiefly Applicable for Preparing Warp-threads in Lieu of the Sizing Process.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 10th July, 1889-Accepted. 10th Aug.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Process for Smoothing or Finishing Textile Threads, Chiefly
Applicable for Preparing Warp-threads in Lieu of the Sizing
Process.
I, EDUARD PAUL KLUG, Manufacturer, of Crimmitschau, in the German Empire;
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
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Hitherto the warp-threads have usually been smoothened by coating them
with size or glue to avoid the risk of breaking in the loom during the passage of the
shuttle.
The process of sizing, however, has several drawbacks, the avoidance of which is
the object of my invention.
My invention is based on the peculiar action of dry steam on textile fibres: The
dry yarn, in the shape of bobbins or otherwise, is placed in a steam-tight receptacle ;
dry steam is allowed to enter the same and to act on the textile fibre. The steam
has the property of forming a sort of chemical combination with the yolk of the
wool or other substances contained in the textile fibre, thereby coating each thread
with a hard layer which smoothens the thread, renders it elastic and diminishes its
tendency to felt and break.
For imparting to the threads a special appearance or other desired qualities, the
steam may be led through suitable colouring or other substances before it is admitted
to the yarn receptacle.
Dated this 12th day of October 1888.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Process for Smoothing or Finishing Textile Threads, Chiefly
Applicable for Preparing Warp Threads in Lieu of the Sizing
Process.
I, EDUARD PAUL KLUG, Manufacturer, of Crimmitschau in the German Empire,
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
Hitherto the warp-threads have usually been smoothened by coating them with
glue or other suitable substance to avoid the risk of breaking in the loom during the
passage of the reed. The process of sizing, however, as this operation is generally
called, takes much time and frequently causes several threads to stick together,
which cannot afterwards be easily separated; besides other drawbacks that need not
be mentioned.
To avoid these drawbacks, I utilize the peculiar action of dry steam on textile
fabrics. The dry yarn, in the shape of bobbins or otherwise, is placed in a steamtight
receptacle; dry steam is allowed to enter the same and to act on the textile fibre.
The steam has the property of forming a sort of chemical combination with the yolk
of the wool or other substances contained in the textile fibres, thereby coating each
thread with a hard layer which smoothens the thread, renders it elastic and diminishes
its tendency to felt and break.
For imparting to the threads a special appearance or other desired qualities, the
steam may be led through suitable colouring or other substances before it is admitted
to the yarn receptacle, so as to incorporate the said substances with the fibre in a
finely divided condition.

page_text: 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
1. The process for smoothing textile fibres without the use of size, which consists
in introducing the dry threads into a steam-tight receptacle in which they are subjected
to the action of dry steam; substantially as described.
2. The modification of the process specified in clause (1) by charging the steam
before its admission to the said threads with substances which are adapted to change
the colour or appearance of the thread, substantially as described.
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FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicant.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicant.