Improvements in Apparatus for Oiling and Damping Yarn.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Oiling and Damping Yarn.
I SAMUEL JAMES ANDERSON LAING of Slitrig House Hawick Roxburghshire
Hosiery Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR OILING AND DAMPING YARN to be as
follows:-
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The object of my invention is to effect in an expeditious and economical manner
the operations of oiling and damping yarn or thread. Hitherto the oiling and
damping of yarn has been effected by applying to it at a single operation a mixture
of oil, soap and water and the operation has been attended with difficulty owing to
the readiness with which oil and water separate. According to my invention I first
apply the oil to the yarn and then apply a mixture of soap and water or any
corresponding soapy extract which is commonly mixed with the oil, and this I do
during the operation of winding the yarn by means of the following arrangement of
apparatus which is conveniently fitted in connection with any ordinary construction of
winding frame. At any convenient part of the winding frame I fit two or more troughs
extending from end to end of the frame, and within each of these troughs I fit a long
roller supported in bearings at the ends of the trough. The one trough is partially
filled with oil but not to such a height as to come in contact with the roller to the
surface of which the oil is applied by means of a series of wicks carried by wick-
holders fitted in the trough. The second trough is filled with a mixture of soap
and water or soap suds to such an extent that the roller in that trough is partially
immersed in the liquid. Over the surfaces of both rollers the yarn or thread is
carried from the hanks or swifts from which it is unwound to the flyers and cop
spindles on which it is wound and in its traverse over the oiling and damping
rollers the yarn absorbs the requisite quantity of oil and soapy mixture.
facilitate the application of the oil, the oiling roller may be driven in a direction.
opposed to that of the yarn by means of a belt and pulley or other gearing and
the soaping or damping roller may be operated in like manner.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Oiling and Damping Yarn.
I, SAMUEL JAMES ANDERSON-LAING of Slitrig House, Hawick, in the County of
Roxburgh, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to effect in an expeditious and economical manner
the operations of oiling and damping yarn or thread. Hitherto the oiling and
damping of yarn has been effected by applying to it at a single operation a mixture
of oil, soap and water, and the operation has been attended with difficulty owing
to the readiness with which oil and water separate. According to my invention
I first apply the oil to the yarn and then apply a mixture of soap and water or any
corresponding soapy extract of the kind commonly used in admixture with oil, and
this I do during the operation of winding the yarn by means of the arrangement
of apparatus herein-after described and represented in the accompanying drawings
in which figure 1 is a sectional elevation and figure 2 a plan of the oiling and
damping apparatus and figure 3 is a side elevation of a winding frame fitted with
said apparatus. In carrying out my invention I fit at any convenient part of the
winding frame two small troughs A and B extending from end to end of the frame,
and within each of these troughs I fit a long roller, one C in the trough A and the
other D in the trough B the rollers being supported in bearings at the ends of the
trough. The trough A is partially filled with oil but not to such a height as to
come in contact with the roller C to the surface of which the oil is applied by
means of a series of wicks E carried by wick-holders F fitted in the trough at
intervals apart corresponding to the spacing of the spindles of the winding frame
and provided with regulating screws G outside. The trough B is filled with a
mixture of soap and water or soap suds or other damping medium, to such an extent
that the roller in that trough is partially immersed in the liquid. Over the surfaces
of both rollers, the yarn or thread Y is carried from the banks or swifts on the
frame from which it is unwound to the flyers and cop spindles H on which it is
wound; and in its course over the oiling and damping rollers C, D, the yarn
absorbs the requisite quantity of oil and soapy mixture, the oil being applied by
the wicks to the part of the roller C over which the yarn passes. To facilitate
the application of the oil and soapy liquor to the yarn the oiling roller C
and the soaping or damping roller D may be driven in a direction opposed to
that of the movement of the yarns by means of a belt I and pulleys J, or other
gearing.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The arrangement in combination with a winding frame of oiling and damping
rollers and troughs for separately applying to the yarn wound therein oil and a
soapy mixture substantially as herein described with reference to the drawings
annexed.
2. The improved apparatus for oiling and damping yarn herein described with
reference to figures 1 and 2 of the drawings annexed.
CRUIKSHANK & FAIRWEATHER,
135, Buchanan Street, Glasgow,
Agents.