Improved Apparatus for Sizing, Polishing, and Drying Yarns, Threads, Twines, or the like
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 20th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 24th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Sizing, Polishing, and Drying Yarns,
Threads, Twines, or the like.
We THOMAS ELLIS BRIGGS, Manufacturer, and EDWARD WEBB Manager,
both of Springfield Works, Salford, in the County. of Lancaster, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an arrangement of apparatus for polishing and drying
sewing or other threads or yarns, twine, or the like, the object of the invention
being to impart a fine polish to the threads and to dry the same without the
application of steam or other heat.
The improved apparatus consists mainly of a suitable frame in which we mount
horizontally (sav) two three or more cylindrical brushes or drums to which a rapid
revolving motion (all in the same direction or otherwise) is imparted by endless
bands or other suitable gearing.
At each end of the series, and on about the same level, is mounted a roller of
smaller diameter, one or both of which are feeding rollers for passing the
threads through the machine and are 'caused to revolve at a much slower speed
than the brushes.
At the front end of the machine at one side is placed a creel to support the
bobbins or reels containing the yarn thread, or twine to be polished. The threads
from these bobbins first pass through a sizing box and then through an open reed
or comb which keeps the threads separate and brings them to a width of less than
one fourth of the width of the rollers and brushes. They are then carried over
the feeding roller and under a small carrier roller in front of the first brushing
cylinder or drum and thence over a second carrier placed above the centre of the
brush, and this second carrier is adjustable in its position so as to increase or
decrease the contact of the yarn &c. with the brushes at will on both sides of its
centre, and the number of these carrier rollers may be increased to four or more if
it is desired to increase the number of points of contact between the yarn and the
brush. The threads then pass under two more carrier rollers to the second and so
on to any further number of brushing cylinders or drums' and over the same in the
same manner. They then pass under another carrier roller and half round the
back feed roller at the other end of the machine which returns them over and
urder carrier rollers and in contact with the under side of the brushing cylinders
or drums in a line parallel and close to the first group to the front feed roller,
which carries them back again over the brushes as before to the back feed
roller, which returns them again under the brushes to the frout; and this
operation may be repeated any number of times that may be required or that
the width of the machine will permit. The threads are then taken off by any
suitable winding apparatus.
Each thread therefore gets operated upon twice by each brush every time it
passes through the machine from end to end, and the result is that they become
highly polished'and are delivered quite dry without any application of heat, the
threads being kept quite distinct and parallel by combs or guide pins at each end
of each passage through the machine.
It will be understood that instead of having two three or more brushes, one

page_text: brush only of large diameter may be employed, and the carrier rollers may be so
arranged as to cause the threads or yarn to have, six, eight, or any desirable.
number of points on contact therewith each time they pass round the brush.
Dated this 20th day of June 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
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Improved Apparatus for Sizing, Polishing, and Drying Yarns,
Threads, Twines, or the like.
We THOMAS ELLIS BRIGGS, Manufacturer, and EDWARD WEBB, Manager,
both of Springfield Works, Salford, in the County of Lancaster, 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:-
This invention relates to an arrangement of apparatus for polishing and drying
sewing or other threads or yarns, twine or the like, the object of the invention being
to impart a fine, polish to the threads and to dry the same with or without the
application of steam or other heat.
The manner in which our invention is to be performed or carried into practical
effect will be readily understood on reference to the two sheets of drawings
hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 on Sheet 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a plau
view of one arrangement of our improved apparatus, and Fig. 3 on Sheet 2 is a
sectional diagram shewing a modification of the same..
The improved apparatus consists mainly of a suitable frame a in which we mount
horizontally (say) two, three, or more cylindrical brushes or drums b*, to which a
rapid revolving motion (all in the same direction or otherwise) is imparted by
endless bands or other suitable gearing c.
At each end of the series and on about the same level is mounted a roller d
and d of smaller diameter one or both of which are feeding rollers for passing the
threads through the machine, and are caused to revolve at a much slower speed than
the brushes b.
At the front end of the machine at one side is placed a creel e to support the
bobbins or reels f containing the yarn, thread, or twine to be polished.
The threads from these bobbins first pass through a sizing box and then
through an open reed or comb h which keeps the threads separate and brings them
to a width of less than one fourth of the width of the rollers d and, brushes b.
They are then carried over the feeding roller d and under a small carrier roller i
in front of the first brushing cylinder or drum b and thence over a second carrier j
placed above the centre of the brush b, and this second carrier j may be made
adjustable in its position so as to increase or decrease at will the contact of the
yarn &c. with the brushes at the point where it touches them in passing between
the two carriers i and j.
The threads then pass under two or more carrier rollers k to the second brushing
cylinder or drum 6x and so on to any further number of brushing cylinders or
drums and over the same in a like manner.
They then pass under another carrier roller and half round the back feed
roller d* at the other end. of the machine which returns them over and under
carrier rollers m and in contact with the under side of the brushing cylinders or drums
iu a line parallel and close to the first group (see Fig. 2) to the front feed roller d

page_text: which carries them back again over the brushes b and 6* as before to the back.
feed roller d which returns them again under the brushes to the front, and this
operation may be repeated any number of times that may be required or that the
width of the machine will permit. The threads are then taken off by any suitable.
winding apparatus.
Each thread therefore is acted upon twice by each brush every time that it
passes through the machine from end to end, and also twice by each brush as it
returns back again, and the result is that they become highly polished and are-
delivered quite dry with or without any application of steam or other heat, the-
threads being kept quite distinct and parallel by the combs or guide pins n at each
end of each passage through the machine.
It will be understood that instead of having two, three or more brushes, one
brush only may be employed (as shewn at Fig. 3 Sheet 2) the carrier rollers.
being so arranged as to cause the threads or yarn to have six, eight, or any
other desirable number of points of contact therewith, each time they pass round
the brush.
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 improved apparatus for polishing and drying yarns, threads, twines, or
cords, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings.
annexed.
is 19th day of March 1997.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants..
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GEO. DAVIES & SON, -
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants..