Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Sizing Yarns for Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left 12th June 1803 Accanted, 22nd July,
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Sizing Yarns for
Textile Fabrics.
I, ROBERT THOMAS GILLIBRAND of Hollins Grove, Darwen in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
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This invention refers. to improvements in or relating to machinery known as
"slashers"
or taping machines for sizing yarns employed in weaving textile
fabrics, and is designed to effect more regular sizing than hitherto, also to reduce
wear and tear and a saving of flannel and calico or other materials employed for
imparting the requisite finish to the yarn. The yarn or "twist" travels in the
usual manner from the warp beams to the " SOW or starch box and passes between
the "sow" or starch roller and the upper squeezer roller to the drying cylinder...
On the squeezer roller and a roller disposed between the drying cylinder I mount
an endless travelling flannel or felt on the outside of which is placed an endless
travelling calico or other material employed for giving the requisite finish to the
The endless travelling calico or other material is of sufficient length to
allow of its being passed round other rollers to immerse the same in a water or
liquid box or vessel disposed above the yarn or "twist in its travel from the
yarn.
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SOW or starch box to the ordinary tape or drying cylinder. The rollers on
which the endless flannel or felt and the calico or other material are mounted may
be rotated by friction or by mechanical means as desired or necessary according to
the class of yarn under operation.
Dated the 9th September 1892.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Machinery for Sizing Yarns for
Textile Fabrics.
I, ROBERT THOMAS GILLIBRAND of Hollin's Grove, Darwen in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
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This invention refers to improvements in or relating to machinery known as.
"slashers
or "taping" machines for sizing yarns employed in weaving textile
fabrics, and is designed to effect more regular sizing than hitherto, also to reduce
wear and tear and a saving of flannel and calico or other materials employed for
imparting the requisite finish to the yarn. The yarn or "twist" travels in the
usual manner from the warp beams to the " SOW or starch box and passes between
the "sow or starch roller and the upper squeezer roller to the drying cylinder.
On the squeezer roller and a roller disposed between the drying cylinder I mount
an endless travelling flannel or felt to effect more regular sizing than hitherto.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a SOW or starch box and rollers employed in
machinery known as slashers or taping machines for sizing yarns employed in
weaving textile fabrics with my invention applied, and
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Fig. 2 is an outside elevation of my invention.
A is the "sow" or starch box, and B and C are rollers contained therein for
guiding the yarn through the contents of same. The yarn to be sized is delivered

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from the yarn beams in the usual manner, and travels in the direction shown by the
line D and the arrows. Above the roller C in the " SOW or starch box A is
disposed the roller E on the centre G mounted in bearings on the framework of
the machine. Above the roller E are mounted the guide roller H and the carrier
roller 1; the roller H being supported by the centre J in suitable bearings, and
the carrier roller I is carried by the centre K supported in the adjustable sliding
bearings L on the standards M on each end of roller E. The standards M are
supported from the centre G as shown in Fig. 2. On the rollers E, H, and I is
mounted the endless travelling flannel or felt N, under which the yarn travels to the
ordinary drying cylinder. To maintain the tension of the endless travelling
flannel or felt N the bearings L are adjustable by means of the screws O. The
latter are operated by the bevel or other gear P from the shaft Q, which may be
effected from each side of the machine, to give or produce an uniform up and down
motion to the carrier roller I according to the demands or requirements of the
endless flannel or felt N. If a greater amount of yielding is required for heavy
sizing the roller E may be covered with flannel or its equivalent to any required
degree.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In combination with the "sow or starch box and rollers contained therein of
machinery known as "slashers" or taping machines for sizing textile yarns
employed in weaving textile fabrics, the use of the endless travelling flannel or
felt N, applied and operating substantially as described and for the purpose
specified.
Dated the 7th June 1893.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
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