IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR FINISHING YAENS MADE OF WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1868

page_text: апа James
Driggs; or
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Firm of Messieurs Charles Hastings and Company, of Bradford, in
the County of York, Manufacturers, and James Law, of the same
Place, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
AND APPARATUS FOR FINISHING YAENS MADE OF WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 11th December 1868, and dated the 26th June 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Hastings,
James Briggs, and James Law at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 26th June 1868.
We, CHARLES HASTINGS and JAMES BRIGGS, the Firm of Messieurs
Charles Hastings and Company, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Manufacturers, and JAMES LAW, of the same Place, Manager, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
AND APPARATUS FOR FINISHING YARNS MADE OF WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The object of our Invention is to remove the impurities from and to
elongate and straighten worsted and other yarn, either after it has been
singed or otherwise prepared:

page_text: In performing our Invention we cause the yarn to pass through a
trough containing a hot solution of soap and water, or a solution of
other ingredients to prepare the yarn, which before it passes into the
trough is operated upon by a brush or other equivalent to remove the
loose impurities. The trough is provided with one or more guide rails
to give friction to the yarn, and with a heating apparatus to keep the
solution warm, and after the yarn has passed through the solution it is
wound on to bobbins while still wet; by this means the yarn is con-
siderably improved in appearance, and is in better condition for the
loom or for any other subsequent operation.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Hastings, James Briggs, and James
Law in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 24th December
1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
HASTINGS and JAMES BRIGGS, of the Firm of Messieurs Charles
Hastings and Company, of Bradford, in the County of York, Manu-
facturers, and JAMES LAW, of the same Place, Manager, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said Charles Hastings, James Briggs, and
James Law, Her special license that we, the said Charles Hastings,
James Briggs, and James Law, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Charles Hastings, James Briggs,
and James Law, 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 MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR FINISHING
YARNS MADE OF WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Charles Hastings, James Briggs,.

page_text: Hastings, Driggs, 9 Law & impes. in machinery for Finishing Larns, gc.
and James Law, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of our or 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 we, the said Charles Hastings, James Briggs,
and James Law, 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 (that is
to say):-
The object of our Invention is to remove the impurities from and
elongate and straighten worsted and other yarn either after or before it
has been singed or otherwise prepared.
In performing our Invention we cause the yarn to pass through a
trough containing a hot solution of soap and water or a hot or cold
solution of other ingredients to prepare the yarn, which before it
passes into the trough is operated upon by a brush or other equivalent
to remove the loose impurities. The trough is provided with one or
more guide rails to give friction to the yarn, and with a heating
apparatus to keep the solution warm, and after the yarn has passed
through the solution it is wound on to bobbins while still wet; by
this means the yarn is considerably improved in appearance, and
is in better condition for the loom or for any other subsequent
operation.
And in order that our Invention may be readily carried into operation
we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
reference being had to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an end view, partly in section, of our improved machinery
and apparatus for finishing yarn; and Figure 2 is a plan of the
same.
a is the end frame of the machine; b, the drum; c, c, the spindles
revolving in the spindle rails c', cl; d, d, are the lifting rails for guiding
the yarn on to the bobbins c, c³; d¹, d, the rods to which an up-and-
down motion is given in the ordinary manner to distribute the yarn on
the bobbins; e, e, the brackets for supporting the troughs g, g, con-

page_text: taining the soap and water or other liquid; ff, the bobbins on which
the yarn to be operated upon is placed; these bobbins are mounted on
fixed skewers; g¹ and g³ are guide rails round which the yarn passes in
travelling from the bobbins f to the bobbins c; j, j, are steam pipes
which lie at the bottom of the troughs to heat the liquor; h, supply
pipes; and i, pipe for emptying the troughs; k, k, are brushes attached
to the brackets fastened on to the frame of the machine.
Before commencing to work the troughs 9, 9, are partially filled with
a solution of soap and water or other ingredients which are heated and
kept hot by the admission of steam through the pipes j. The yarn to
be operated upon on the bobbins f after passing through the brushes k
by which the loose impurities are removed is drawn over the guide
rail g², then under the rail g¹, immersed in the solution in the trough g;
then over the lifting rail d which guides it on to the bobbins c³, c², on
the spindles c, c, which are driven by bands from the drum b. The
action of drawing the yarn off the bobbins f through the brushes k,
immersing it in a hot solution, and winding it on to bobbins while
wet is found to improve its appearance, and to remove the unevenness
in the twist. In some cases the brushes may be dispensed with, and
the solution may be cold instead of hot, and for some descriptions of
yarn it may be desirable to employ rotating brushes.
The Drawings represent one mode of performing our Invention, but
the machinery may be considerably modified without departing from
the peculiar character of our Invention.
We declare that we claim causing worsted and other yarns to pass
through brushes, then through a hot solution of soap or other ingredients,
and then winding it on to the bobbins, whereby the finish is improved as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Hastings, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of December, One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
CHARLES HASTINGS. (L.S.)