Improvements in Apparatus for Carrying the Bobbins of Traverse Warps in Milanese and other Machines
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Apr., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 5th Feb., 1889
Improvements in Apparatus for Carrying the Bobbins of Traverse
Warps in Milanese and other Machines.
We, GEORGE BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM BEARDSLEY and RICHARD HUNT, all of the
firm of Beardsley and Hunt, of Manners Buildings, Cotmanhay, in the Borough of
Ilkeston in the County of Derby, Manufacturers of Milanese, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to machines for manufacturing what is known as milanese,
and other machines in which the warp or equivalent threads traverse, and it has for its
object the improved construction and arrangement of the spindles carrying the
traversing bobbins of such machines, so as to connect them one to another thus
producing an equal take-up from each bobbin and the production of a more regular
fabric than heretofore.
In machines of this description the threads instead of being carried on one long
beam, are carried in convenient numbers on short beams or bobbins secured on
spindles running in bearings which are hinged together forming an endless chain
extending the length of the machine and passing round suitable chain wheels secured
on driving shafts.
Each separate beam or bobbin is provided with a pulley round which is passed a cord
having weights or springs attached to regulate the tension; with this arrangement it
is impossible to produce a regular fabric owing to the difficulty of arranging the tension
on different bobbins precisely alike.
In carrying out this invention the spindles carrying the short beams or bobbins are
connected one to another by extending their ends and forming detachable joints male
at one end and female at the other; for example one end of each spindle may be
extended outside the bearing and formed into a square or hexagon and a corresponding
recess formed in its other end to receive the extension on the next spindle. By this
means the endless chains of bobbins are connected forming two series hack and front,
and as they pass round the chain wheels they are by their own motion automatically
disconnected from one series and connected to the other. By this arrangement it is
impossible for moro material to be worked off one bobbin than another and a fabric can
be produced of equal quality throughout.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Carrying the Bobbins of Traverse
Warps in Milanese and other Machines.
Wo, GEORGE BEARDSLEY, WILLIAM BEARDSLEY, and RICHARD HUNT, all of
the Firm of Beardsley and Hunt, of Manner's Buildings, Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, in
the County of Derbyshire, Manufacturers of Milanese, do hereby declare the nature of
our 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 machines for manufacturing what is known as milanese,
and other machines in which the warp or equivalent threads are traversed, and it has
for its object the improved construction and arrangement of the spindles carrying the
traversing bobbins or the bobbins of such machines so as to connect them one to
another thus producing an equal take up from each, and the production of a more
regular fabric than heretofore.
The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying sheet of
drawings in which Fig. 1 is an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan showing part of the endless
chain formed by the bobbin carriages and one of the chain wheels. Fig. 3 is an
elevation of one of the spindles with one end in section and Figs. 4 and 5 are :
opposite end views thereof.
In machines of this description the threads instead of being carried on one long
beam are carried in convenient numbers on short beams or bobbins A secured on
spindles B running in bearings formed in carriages C which are hinged together thus
forming an endless chain extending the length of the frame and passing round suitable
chain whools D (one only of which is shown in the accompanying drawings) secured
on vertical shafts or axles to which motion is imparted.
Hitherto the bobbins A have been independent of and in no way connected to each
other tension being applied to each by a cord having weights attached passing round
the pulleys A secured to each bobbin with this arrangement howover it has been
found impossible to produce a regular fabric owing to the difficulty experienced in
arranging the tension on all the bobbins precisely alike.
In carrying out our invention the spindles B or bobbins A are connected one to
another by detachable clutch joints preferably male at one end and female at the
other, which are arranged to engage with each other in the straight part of the
chain, for example one end of each spindle B may be extended outside the bearing
and formed into a square B' or other convenient shape and a corresponding recess B³
formed at the other end to receive the extension B¹ on the next spindle.
By this means the spindles B are connected in two series formed by the back
and front portions of the endless chain and as the carriages C pass round the chain
wheels D the spindles in each are automatically disconnected from one series and
connected to the other.
Tension may be applied to each bobbin by a cord passing round the pulley A'
in the usual manner but it is impossible for more material to be worked off one

page_text: bobbin than another as the back and front serios are connected forming them
practically into long beams, and a fabric can be produced of equal quality throughout.
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:
1. The method of producing even tension upon a chain of traverse warp bobbins by
means of separable clutches substantially as herein described.
2. The combination with traverse warp bobbins or spindles of separable clutch joints
substantially as and for the purpose described.
3. The combination with the spindles of a chain of traverse warp hobbins of
separable male and female clutch joints such as B' B2 substantially as described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.