IMPROVE- MENTS IN SIZING MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: I ALFRED HITCHON Machine Fitter of Globe Works, Accrington in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SIZING MACHINES" to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the slow winding and to the pressing and levelling the
yarn on the finished or weavers beam being improvement upon Letters Patent
No 660 A.D. 1881 granted to Edmund Tweedale and Samuel Tweedale of Globe
Works aforesaid and N° 145 A.D. 1870 granted to H. B. Barlow.
On machines for sizing yarn having the Lancaster slow motion device and cone
drums when the Lancaster motion is in operation the motion being transmitted
through the cone drums and strap the latter skids or slips on the cones consequently
the motion is intermittent and uncertain. To remedy this defect I apply the
Lancaster motion to the second cone shaft and by side shaft strap cone or gear
couple the first or second cone shafts the slow motion pulley remaining on the first
shaft so that the motion is transmitted direct from the axis of the first drum to
the axis or shaft and slow motion apparatus on the second cone shaft. The slow
motion is thus driven direct from the first drum shaft without having to be passed
or transmitted through the cone strap-so avoiding slipping and irregular motion-
The yarn as wound on the finished or sized beam is pressed and levelled by means
of two presser rollers-carried on opposite sides of the yarn beam-each 'said
roller having independent, adjustable, carrying or supporting bearings so that each
presser roller being more or less shorter than the distance between the flanges of
the beam the bearings of the presser roller can be moved to the right or to the left
so as to ensure the outer ends of the said presser rollers having the requisite
support and being close up to the flanges.
I ALFRED HITCHON, Machine Fitter, of Globe Works, Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SIZING MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to the slow winding, and to the pressing and levelling the
yarn, on the finished or "weavers' beam" being improvement upon Letters patent

page_text: :
No 660 A.D. 1881. granted to Edmund Tweedale, and Samuel Tweedale, of Globe
Works aforesaid, and No 145, A.D. 1870 granted to H. B. Barlow.
On machines for sizing yarn, having the "Lancaster slow motion" device, and
cone drums, when the Lancaster motion is in operation, the motion being trans-
mitted through the cone drums, and strap, the latter skids or slips, on the cones,
consequently the motion is intermittent and uncertain.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
forming a part of this specification, in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan of the improved slow motion.
Figs. 2. and. 3 are end elevation, and plan, of the improved apparatus, for
pressing, and levelling, the yarn, on the finished or sized beam.
Figs. 4 and 5 sheet 2, are like views, of the same drawn to enlarged scale.
According to this my invention, I apply the Lancaster motion 1, to the second
cone shaft 2, and by side shaft 3, strap, cone or gear, couple the first and second
cone shafts 2 and 4, the slow motion pulley 5 remaining on the first shaft 4,.so
that the motion is transmitted direct from the axis of the first drum 6, to the axis
or shaft, and slow motion apparatus, on the second cone shaft 2-The slow motion
is thus driven direct from the first drum shaft 4, without having to be passed or
transmitted through the cone strap 7-so avoiding slipping and irregular motion.
The yarn as wound on the finished or sized beam 8, is pressed, and levélled, by
means of two presser rollers 9. 10. carried on opposite sides of the yarn beam 8,
each said roller 9. 10. having independent, adjustable carrying or supporting
bearings 11. 12, so that each presser roller 9. 10, being more or less shorter than
the distance between the flanges. 13. 14. of the beam 8, the bearings 11. 12 and 128
of the presser rollers 9. 10 can be moved to the right, or to the left, so as to ensure
* the outer ends of the said presser rollers 9. 10. having the requisite support, and
being close up to the flanges 13. 14-At 15 are the ordinary weight levers, för
'keeping the pressor rollers; in contact with the yarn on' the beam 8.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained, the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. The combination, and arrangement, of slow motion pulley with first cone
drum driving shaft (and gearing 3a) and second driven cone shaft 2, for the purpose,
and as described herein and illustrated by drawings.
2. The combination of the duplicate presser rollers, having independent adjust-
able bearers 11. 12, each roller being adjustable, independently of the other, as
described and illustrated by annexed drawings.