Year: 1887

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 19th day of May 1888, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
We, EDWARD BROOK, Manager, of Rashcliffe Ironworks, Huddersfield, and
JOHN VICKERMAN, Mill Manager, of Mirfield, both in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in or applicable to combined sizing drying
and warping machines.
In the operation of such combined machines, as the textile threads are coiled one
on to the top of the other in the warping mill, more thread is wrapped on at cach
succeeding revolution in consequence of the increase in the diameter or size thereof,
but, as the rollers of the sizing and drying machine between which the threads pass to
the warping mill only revolve at one and the same unvarying speed the tension of the
stretched threads constantly varies, and increases as the difference in speed between
the circumference of the mill and of the letting off rollers on the drying machine
increases, with the frequent result of the breakage of the thread and unevenness
of tension with which it is wrapped on to the mill.
The object of the present Invention is to provide means or apparatus for automati-
cally regulating the tension of the threads when being operated upon in such
combined machines so as to lessen the risk of the breakage of the threads and increase
the regularity of the coils upon the warping mill.
We attain this object by the application and use of a loosely mounted rising
and falling roller the movements of which are guided by a suitable framework and
are dependent upon the tension of the threads which are caused to pass under and
support the roller causing the same to rise or fall according as the tension or pull
upon the threads increases or decreases.
The spindle of the roller is suitably connected to a lever arm projecting from a
rocking shaft working in bearings or supports fixed as may be convenient. From
another part of the rocking shaft another lever arm projects, its upper end being
linked or otherwise suitably connected to a sliding block or belt-shipper working
on a guide which may be supported in any convenient manner.
The belt or driving

page_text: band upon which the sliding block or belt shipper operates passes partly around
a pair of slightly conical pulleys oppositely arranged, the small end of the one
being arranged opposite the large end of the other so that as the belt is shifted
from the large end of the driving pulley toward the large end of the driven pulley
by reason of the operation through the means described of an increased pull or
tension of the threads on the lifting and lowering roller, the warping mill is thus
caused to run somewhat slower in consequence of deriving its motion by a train
of wheels op rated from the driven conical pulley.
When one section has been wound onto the warping mill, and another section
is commenced, the tension on the threads is the least, as the mill may not at first take
on the threads as fast as they are let off the sizing and drying machine, this is
immediately rectified by reason of the loose roller falling by gravity in its frame and
thus keeping up the requisite or desired tension on the threads which it continues
to do until the roller in its descent has dragged the belt shipper and helt towards
the large end of the driving pulley, so as to cause the warping mill to take up the
threads at the same speed as they are leaving the drying machine, and as the coil on
the mill gradually increases the belt is again correspondingly shifted in the manner
hereinbefore described.
The mere rising and falling of the loose roller, is of itself sufficient to regulate the
tension by letting off or taking up the threads, according as the Mill and drying
machine are running faster or slower than each other, but for great differences of
speed and to obviate any danger of the lifting roller dragging the ends of the
threads back through the slay when each section is cut off, the conical pulleys are
preferably provided.
The roller may be weighted so as to give any desired tension upon the threads in
accordance with the nature thereof.
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in or Applicable to Combined Sizing, Drying, and
Warping Machines.
We, EDWARD BROOK, Manager, of Rashcliffe Ironworks, Huddersfield, and
JOHN VICKERMAN, Mill Manager, of Mirfield, both in the County of York, 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:
This Invention relates to improvements in or applicable to combined sizing, drying
and warping machines.
In the operation of such combined machines as hitherto applied and used, as the
textile threads are coiled in the warping mill, more thread is wrapped on at each
succeeding revolution in consequence of the increasing diameter of the coil, and as
the rollers of the sizing and drying machine between which the threads pass to the
warping mill revolve at an unvarying speed, the tension of the stretched threads
constantly varies and increases as the difference in speed between the circumferences
of the mill and of the letting off rollers on the drying machine increases, the result
frequently being the breakage of the thread and unevenness of tension with which it
is wrapped on to the mill.
The object of the present invention is to provide means or apparatus for automati-
cally regulating the tension of the threads when being operated upon in such combined
machines so as to lessen the risk of the breakage of the threads and increase the
regularity of the coils upon the warping mill.
The Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings in two modifications-of
its construction which will be hereinafter more particularly referred to in Figs. 1 to 3,
respectively a side elevation, sectional end elevation, and plan view. It consists essentially
in the application and use of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller, 1, the move-
ments of which are guided by a suitable framework, 2, and are dependent upon the
tension of the threads 3, which in their passage from the sizing machine to the warping
mill are caused to pass under and support the roller in the manner most clearly
represented in Figs. 2, and, 5, of the drawings, causing the roller to rise or fall
according as the tension or pull upon the threads increases or decreases.
In the modification represented in Figs. 1 to 3, respectively a side elevation;
sectional end-elevation, and plan view; The spindle, 4, of the roller, 1, is connected
by the arms and cross bar, 5, and rod, 6, or by other suitable means to a lever arm, 7,
projecting from a rocking shaft, 8, working on bearings or supports, 9, fixed to the
floor, to the frame of the machine or otherwise as may be convenient. The rocking
shaft is also formed with another lever arm, 10, the upper end of which is linked or
otherwise suitably connected as at, 11, to a sliding block or belt shipper, 12,
working on a guide rod, 13, which also may be supported in any convenient manner.
The belt or driving band, 14, upon which the sliding block or belt shipper, 12,

page_text: operates, passes partly around a pair of slightly conical pullies, 15, 16, oppositely
arranged, the small end of the one being arranged opposite the large end of the other,
so that as the belt is shifted from the large end of the driving pulley toward the
large end of the driven pulley by reason of the operation through the means described
of an increased pull or tension of the threads, 3, on the lifting and lowering roller 1,
the warping mill is thus caused to run somewhat slower, in consequence of deriving
its motion by a train of wheels operated from the driven conical pulley and shaft, 17.
When one section has been wound onto the warping mill, and another section is
commenced, the tension on the threads, 3, is the least, as the mill may not at first take
on the threads as fast as they are let off the sizing and drying machine, this is imme-
diately rectified by reason of the roller, 1, falling by gravity in its frame, 2, and thus
keeping up the requisite or desired tension on the threads, 3, which it continues to do
until the roller in its descent has dragged the belt shipper, 12, and belt, 14, towards the
large end of the driving pulley so as to cause the warping mill to take up the threads at
the same speed as they are leaving the drying machine and as the coil on the mill
gradually increases the belt is again correspondingly shifted in the manner hereinbefore
described.
In the modification represented in Figs. 4, to, 0, respectively a side-elevation,
sectional end elevation and plan view; the object of the Invention is caused to be
obtained by the mere rising and falling of the roller, 1, which may be weighted as
represented at 18, so us to give any desired tension upon the threads in accordance
with the nature-thereof, the roller-being suspended by the threads-und-regulating the
tension thereof according as the mill overruns or underruns the speed at which the
sizing and drying machine is delivering the thread; but where great differences of
speed are liable to occur, and to obviate any danger of the lifting roller dragging the
ends of the threads-back through the slay when each section is cut off, I prefer to use
the arrangement hereinbefore described with reference to Fige. 1 to 2, where the
conical pulleys-are-also-used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
The application and use for automatically regulating the tension of the threads
when being operated on in combined sizing drying and warping machines
1. Of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller supported by the threads between
the sizing machine and the warping mill, substantially in the manner hereinbefore
deseribed-with-reference to figures 1 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller supported by the threads between
the sizing machine and the warping mill, in combination with a connected belt
shipping lever and with reversely placed conical pulleys operating substantially in
the manner hereinbefore described with reference to the figures 1, to 3, of the accom
panying drawings.
Nb 1907
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 15th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
We, EDWARD BROOK, Manager, of Rashcliffe Ironworks, Huddersfield, and
JOHN VICKERMAN, Mill Manager, of Mirfield, both in the County of York, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in or applicable to combined sizing drying
and warping machines.
In the operation of such combined machines, as the textile threads are coiled one
on to the top of the other in the warping mill, more thread is wrapped on at each
succeeding revolution in consequence of the increase in the diameter or size thereof,
but, as the rollers of the sizing and drying machine between which the threads pass to
the warping mill only revolve at one and the same unvarying speed the tension of the
stretched threads constantly varies, and increases as the difference in speed between
the circumference of the mill and of the letting off rollers on the drying machine
increases, with the frequent result of the breakage of the thread and unevenness
of tension with which it is wrapped on to the mill.
The object of the present Invention is to provide means or apparatus for automati-
cally regulating the tension of the threads when being operated upon in such
combined machines so as to lessen the risk of the breakage of the threads and increase
the regularity of the coils upon the warping mill.
We attain this object by the application and use of a loosely mounted rising
and falling roller the movements of which are guided by a suitable framework and
are dependent upon the tension of the threads which are caused to pass under and
support the roller causing the same to rise or fall according as the tension or pull
upon the threads increases or decreases.
The spindle of the roller is suitably connected to a lever arm projecting from a
rocking shaft working in bearings or supports fixed as may be convenient. From
another part of the rocking shaft another lever arm projects, its upper end being
linked or otherwise suitably connected to a sliding block or belt-shipper working
on a guide which may be supported in any convenient manner. The belt or driving

page_text: band upon which the sliding block or belt shipper operates passes partly around
a pair of slightly conical pulleys oppositely arranged, the small end of the one
being arranged opposite the large end of the other so that as the belt is shifted
from the large end of the driving pulley toward the large end of the driven pulley
by reason of the operation through the means described of an increased pull or
tension of the threads on the lifting and lowering roller, the warping mill is thus
caused to run somewhat slower in consequence of deriving its motion by a train
of wheels operated from the driven conical pulley.
When one section has been wound onto the warping mill, and another section
is commenced, the tension on the threads is the least, as the mill may not at first take
on the threads as fast as they are let off the sizing and drying machine, this is
immediately rectified by reason of the loose roller falling by gravity in its frame and
thus keeping up the requisite or desired tension on the threads which it continues
to do until the roller in its descent has dragged the belt shipper and belt towards
the large end of the driving pulley, so as to cause the warping mill to take up the
threads at the same speed as they are leaving the drying machine, and as the coil on
the mill gradually increases the belt is again correspondingly shifted in the manner
hereinbefore described.
The mere rising and falling of the loose roller, of itself sufficient to regulate the
tension by letting off or taking up the threads, according as the Mill and drying
machine are running faster or slower than each other, but for great differences of
speed and to obviate any danger of the lifting roller dragging the ends of the
threads back through the slay when cach section is cut off, the conical pulleys are
preferably provided.
The roller may be weighted so as to give any desired tension upon the threads in
accordance with the nature thereof.
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1309
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: UML 1719117 DI MULTIATION.
Improvements in or Applicable to Combined Sizing, Drying, and
Warping Machines.
We, EDWARD BROOK, Manager, of Rashcliffe Ironworks, Huddersfield, and
JJOHN VICKERMAN, Mill Manager, of Mirfield, both in the County of York, 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:
This Invention relates to improvements in or applicable to combined sizing, drying
and warping machines.
In the operation of such combined machines as hitherto applied and used, as the
textile threads are coiled in the warping mill, more thread is wrapped on at each
succeeding revolution in consequence of the increasing diameter of the coil, and as
the rollers of the sizing and drying machine between which the threads pass to the
warping mill revolve at an unvarying speed, the tension of the stretched threads
constantly varies and increases as the difference in speed between the circumferences
of the mill and of the letting off rollers on the drying machine increases, the result
frequently being the breakage of the thread and unevenness of tension with which it
is wrapped on to the mill.
The object of the present invention is to provide means or apparatus for automati-
cally regulating the tension of the threads when being operated upon in such combined
machines so as to lessen the risk of the breakage of the threads and increase the
regularity of the coils upon the warping mill.
The Invention is illustrated on the accompanying drawings in two modifications of
its construction which will be hereinafter more particularly referred to. It consists
essentially in the application and use of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller, 1,
the movements of which are guided by a suitable framework, 2, and are dependent
upon the tension of the threads 3, which in their passage from the sizing machine to
the warping mill are caused to pass under and support the roller in the manner most
clearly represented in Figs. 2, and, 5, of the drawings, causing the roller to rise or
fall according as the tension or pull upon the threads increases or decreases.
In the modification represented in Figs. 1 to 3, respectively a side elevation,
sectional end elevation, and plan view; the spindle, 4, of the roller, 1, is connected
by the arms and cross bar, 5, and rod, 6, or by other suitable means to a lever arm, 7,
projecting from a rocking shaft, 8, working on, bearings or supports, 9, fixed to the
floor, to the frame of the machine or otherwise as may be convenient. The rocking
shaft is also formed with another lever arm, 10, the upper end of which is linked or
otherwise suitably connected as at, 11, to a sliding block or bell shipper, 12,
working on a guide rod, 13, which also may be supported in any convenient manner.
The belt or driving band, 14, upon which the sliding block or belt shipper, 12,
operates, passes partly around a pair of slightly conical pullies, 15, 16, oppositely
arranged, the small end of the one being arranged opposite the large end of the other,

page_text: so that as the belt is shifted from the large end of the driving pulley toward the
large end of the driven pulley by reason of the operation through the means described
of an increased pull or tension of the threads, 3, on the lifting and lowering roller L,
the warping mill is thus caused to run somewhat slower, in consequence of deriving
its motion by a train of wheels operated from the driven conical pulley and shaft, 17.
When one section has been wound onto the warping mill, and another section is
commenced, the tension on the threads, 3. is the least, as the mill may not at first take
on the threads as fast as they are let off the sizing and drying machine, this is imme-
diately rectified by reason of the roller, 1, falling by gravity in its frame, 2, and thus
keeping up the requisite or desired tension on the threads, 3, which it continues to do
until the roller in its descent has dragged the belt shipper, 12, and belt, 14, towards the
large end of the driving pulley so as to cause the warping mill to take up the threads at
the same speed as they are leaving the drying machine and as the coil on the mill
gradually increases the belt is again correspondingly shifted in the manner hereinbefore
described.
In the modification represented in Figs. 4, to. 6, respectively a side elevation,
sectional end elevation and plan view; the object of the Invention is caused to be
obtained by the mere rising and falling of the roller, 1, which may be weighted as
represented at 18, so as to give any desired tension upon the threads in accordance
with the nature thereof, the roller being suspended by the threads and regulating the
tension thereof according as the mill overruns or underruns the speed at which the
sizing and drying machine is delivering the threads; but where great differences of
speed are liable to occur, and to obviate any danger of the lifting roller dragging the
ends of the threads back through the slay when each section is cut off, I prefer to use
the arrangement hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3, where the
conical pulleys are also used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
:-
The application and use for automatically regulating the tension of the threads
when being operated on in combined sizing drying and warping machines ;-
1. Of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller supported by the threads between
the sizing machine and the warping mill, substantially in the manner hereinbefore
described with reference to figures 4 to 6 of the accompanying drawings.
2. Of a loosely mounted rising and falling roller supported by the threads between
the sizing machine and the warping mill, in combination with a connected belt
shipping lever and with reversely placed conical pulleys operating substantially in
the manner herein before described with reference to the figures 1, to 3, of the accom-
panying drawings.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1887.