Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Yarns or Threads, in the Form of Warps or Portions of Warps or other analogous Forms, into Bundles for Purposes of Handling or Transport or other purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 20th Mar.. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Yarns or Threads, in the
Form of Warps or Portions of Warps or other analogous Forms,
into Bundles for Purposes of Handling or Transport or other
purposes.
1, ALFRED LEACH of Hamer Hall, Rochdale in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in improvements in apparatus for laying yarns or threads
in the form of warps or portions of warps or other analogous forms into bundles
for purposes of handling or transport or other purposes.
My invention relates to apparatus to be employed in the laying of yarns or
threads in the form of warps or portions of warps, chained or linked or otherwise,
or other analogous forms into bundles for purposes of handling or transport or
other purposes, and has for one object to enable yarns or threads in the form of
warps or portions of warps or other analogous forms to be so laid into bundles for
purposes of handling or transport or other purposes, that they shall not be liable
to entanglement by the falling apart or amongst one another of the layers or coils
or bights or loops in which the said yarns or threads are laid into the said bundles,
and has for a further object to dispense with the formation of yarns or threads in
the form of warps or portions of warps into balls so as to enable some of the
objectionable results of that operation to be avoided.
In the arrangements which I employ according to my invention I provide a
vibrating or oscillating guide or trumpet which is caused to oscillate backwards
and forwards by means of a stud or crank caused to revolve and preferably
arranged either so as to be capable of being secured in different positions in a slot
or groove in the disc or arm in which it may be mounted or capable of being
secured in different holes in the said disc or arin, or otherwise made capable of
adjustment in such disc or arm, in order that the extent of the backward and
forward oscillations of the said trumpet or guide may be adjusted and, in order
that the adjustment of the extent of the backward and forward oscillations of the
said trumpet or guide may be more easily and efficiently accomplished, I prefer to
transmit motion from the said stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or guide by
means of a connecting rod one or both of the points of attachment of which may
be varied as may be desirable. I also cause the said trumpet or guide to be
oscillated to and fro laterally at a speed such that the yarns or threads being laid
into a bundle shall be laid in loops or bights the sides of which are at a considerable
inclination to the length of such bundle and I cause the said trumpet or guide to
be so oscillated to and fro laterally that at the ends of its lateral traverse it shall
make no dweil such as would tend to cause the yarns or threads being operated
upon to be laid parallel or nearly so to the length of the bundle being formed.
In one mode of imparting the lateral movement to the said trumpet or guide
I provide elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels one of which receives motion by
means of a worm and worm-wheel or other suitable means and imparts motion to
the other which is provided with a stud or crank-pin preferably made adjustable in
position thereon, either by being mounted or secured in a slot or groove or by the
provision of different holes in which it may be mounted or other means so that the
extent of the motion imparted by such stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or
guide may be adjusted as may be desirable. The stud or crank-pin in the said

page_text: elliptical wheel is made to impart motion to the said trumpet or guide preferably
by being made to project into a slot or groove provided in a plate formed upon a
bar capable of being moved longitudinally and supported and guided by any
suitable means and connected to the said trumpet or guide either so as to be caused
to move with the said trumpet or guide in the longitudinal oscillations thereof or
otherwise but in some cases a connecting rod may be employed to connect such
stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or guide, and if a connecting rod is employed
provision should be made in the shape of the wheels employed or otherwise to
compensate for the irregularities of the motion of the trumpet or guide which
would otherwise result from the use of a connecting rod. When the said crank-
pin or stud is made to project into a slot or groove I prefer to provide such crank-
pin or stud with a slide-block or sleeve in order that there may be no undue wear
of such stud or crank-pin and the sides of the slot or groove into which it projects.
The elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels above mentioned are proportioned
according to the character of the motion required to be imparted to the trumpet or
guide in any particular case.
In another mode of imparting lateral movement to the said trumpet or guide I
provide a stud or crank-pin which is made to revolve by means of a worm and
worm-wheel or other suitable means and is made to project into or engage with an
inclined slot or groove which is provided in a plate or part mounted or formed
upon a bar capable of being slidden longitudinally in bearings or supported in any
suitable manner and connected by a connecting rod or other suitable means to the
said trumpet or guide either so as to be caused to move with the said trumpet
or guide in the longitudinal oscillations thereof or otherwise, and is so formed
that the said crank-pin or stud in revolving will in approaching the ends
of that diameter of the circle described by it which is parallel or approximately
parallel to the direction in which it moves the said plate or part hear against one
or other of the inclined sides of such slot or groove and by so doing cause such
plate or part to move in relation to such crank-pin or stud, and thus prevent the
said plate from being allowed to move comparatively slowly near the ends of its
movement. The form of the said inclined slot or groove may be varied to some
extent in order to vary the motion imparted to the trumpet or guide as may be
requisite in different cases.
1 prefer that the above described means which I employ in order to effect the
longitudinal and lateral oscillations of the trumpet or guide above referred to shall
receive motion by means of pulleys or other means connected to the rollers around
or over or under which the yarns or threads being operated upon are made
to pass.
The means which as hereinbefore described I employ in order to effect the
longitudinal oscillation of the trumpet or guide above mentioned may receive
motion by means of the same belt or band or pulley as the mechanism which
1 employ therewith in order to effect the lateral oscillation of the said trumpet or
guide and very conveniently one shaft may serve to support and impart motion to
a guide-roller or pulley over which the yarns or threads being operated upon may
be passed and also impart motion by means of any suitable gearing to the crank-
pin or stud effecting the longitudinal oscillation of the said trumpet or guide and
also support or impart motion to the worm or other means by which motion is
transmitted to the elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels or crank-pin or stud
employed as herein before described in order to effect the lateral oscillation of the
said trumpet or guide or in some cases the means for effecting the lateral traverse
or oscillation of the trumpet or guide may receive motion by means in part distinct
from the means by which the longitudinal vibration of the said trumpet or guide is
effected.
Dated this Fourteenth day of May 1896.
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Laying Yarns or Threads, in the
Form of Warps or Portions of Warps or other analogous Forms,
into Bundles for Purposes of Handling or Transport or other
purposes.
I, ALFRED LEACH, of Hamer Hall, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, 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 :-
My invention consists in improvements in apparatus for laying yarns or threads
in the form of warps or portions or warps or other analogous forms into bundles
for purposes of handling or transport or other purposes.
My invention relates to apparatus to be employed in the laying of yarns or
threads in the form of warps or portions of warps, chained or linked or otherwise,
or other analogous forms, into bundles for purposes of handling or transport or
other purposes, and has for one object to enable yarns or threads in the form of
warps or portions of warps or other analogous forms to be so laid into bundles for
purposes of handling or transport or other purposes, that they shall not be liable to
entanglement by the falling apart er amongst one another of the layers or coils or
bights or loops in which the said yarns or threads are laid into the said bundles,
and has for a further object to dispense with the formation of yarns or threads in
the form of warps or portions of warps into balls and so enable the twisting of such
yarns or threads resulting from that operation to be avoided, and render casier the
manipulation of such yarns or threads and the submission thereof to the various
kinds of treatment to which they may need to be subjected.
In the arrangements which I employ according to my invention, I provide a
vibrating or oscillating guide or trumpet which is caused to oscillate backwards
and forwards by means of a stud or crank caused to revolve and preferably
arranged either so as to be capable of being secured in different positions in a slot
or groove in the disc or arm in which it may be mounted or capable of being
secured in different holes in the said disc or arm or otherwise made capable of
adjustment in such disc or arın, in order that the extent of the backward and
forward oscillations of the said trumpet or guide may be adjusted and, in order
that the adjustment of the extent of the backward and forward oscillations of the
said trumpet or guide may be more easily and efficiently accomplished, I prefer to
transmit motion from the said stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or guide by
means of a connecting-rod one or both of the points of attachment of which may
be varied as may be desirable. I also cause the said trumpet or guide to be
oscillated to and fro laterally at a speed such that the yarns or threads being laid
into a bundle shall be laid in loops or bights the sides of which are at a considerable
inclination to the length of such bundle, and I cause the said trumpet or guide to
be so oscillated to and fro laterally that at the ends of its lateral traverse it shall
make the change from one direction of oscillation to the opposite quickly and so
make no dwell such as would tend to cause the yarns or threads being operated
upon to be laid parallel or nearly so to the length of the bundle being formed.
In one mode of imparting the lateral movement to the said trumpet or guide,
I provide elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels, one of which receives motion by
means of a worm and werin-wheel or other suitable means and imparts motion to
the other which is provided with a stud or crank-pin preferably made adjustable in
position thereon, either by being mounted or secured in a slot or groove or by the
provision of different holes in which it may be mounted or other means, so that the
extent of the motion imparted by such stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or

page_text: guide may be adjusted as may be desirable. The stud or crank-pin in the said
elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel is made to. impart motion to the said trumpet
or guide preferably by being made to project into a slot or groove provided in a
plate formed upon a bar capable of being moved longitudinally and supported and
guided by any suitable means and counected to the said trumpet or guide either
so as to be caused to move with the said trumpet or guide in the longitudinal
oscillations thereef or otherwise, but in some cases a connecting rod may be
employed to connect such stud or crank-pin to the said trumpet or guide, and if a
connecting rod is employed provision should be made in the shape of the wheels
employed or otherwise to compensate for the variations of the motion of the
trumpet or guide which would otherwise result from the use of a connecting rod.
When the said crank-pin or stud is made to project into a slot or groove I prefer
10 provide such crank-pin or stud with a slide-block or sleeve in order that there
may be no undue wear of such stud or crank-pin and the sides of the slot or groove
into which it projects. The elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels above mentioned
are proportioned according to the character of the motion required to be imparted
to the trumpet or guide in any particular case.
In another mode of imparting lateral movement to the said trumpet or guide!
provide a stud or crank-pin which is made to revolve by means of a worm and
worm-wheel or other suitable means and is made to project into or engage with an
inclined slot or groove which is provided in a plate or part mounted or formed
upon a bar capable of being slidden longitudinally in bearings or supported in any
suitable manner, and connected by a connecting rod or other suitable means to the
said trumpet or guide either so as to be caused to move with the said trumpet or
guide in the longitudinal oscillations thereof or otherwise, and is so formed that
the said crank-pin or stud in revolving will in approaching the ends of that
diameter of the circle described by it which is parallel or approximately parallel
to the direction in which it moves the said plate or part, bear against one or other
of the inclined sides of such slot or groove, and by so doing cause such plate or
part to move in relation to such crank-pin or stud, and thus cause the said plate or
part to be more quickly moved near the ends of its movement than it would be if
connected to such crank-pin or stud so as to simply move to and fro therewith.
The form of the said inclined slot or groove may be varied to some extent in order
to vary the motion imparted to the trumpet or guide as may be requisite in
different cases.
I prefer that the above described means which I employ in order to effect the
longitudinal and lateral oscillations of the trumpet or guide above referred to shall
receive motion by means of pulleys or other means connected to the rollers around
or over or under which the yarns or threads being operated upon are made to pass.
The means which as herein before described I employ in order to effect the
longitudinal oscillation of the trumpet or guide above mentioned may receive
motion by means of the same belt or band or pulley as the mechanism which 1
employ therewith in order to effect the lateral oscillation of the said trumpet or
guide, and very conveniently one shaft may serve to support and impart motion to
a guide-roller or pulley over which the yarns or threads being operated upon may
be passed, and also impart motion by means of any suitable gearing to the crank-
pin or stud effecting the longitudinal oscillation of the said trumpet or guide and
also support or impart motion to the worm or other means by which motion is
transmitted to the elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels or crank-pin or stud
employed as hereinbetore described in order to effect the lateral oscillation of the
said trumpet or guide or in some cases the means for effecting the lateral traverse
or oscillation of the trumpet or guide may receive motion by means in part distinct
from the means by which the longitudinal vibration of the said trumpet or guide
is effected.
In the accompanying drawings, in all the figures of which the same letters of
reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts, Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
and 9 illustrate an arrangement of apparatus arranged according to one form of my

page_text: invention, Fig. 1 being a front elevation, Fig. 2 a side elevation and Fig. 3 a plan
of a portion of such arrangement of apparatus, and Fig. 4 a side elevation and
Fig. 5 a front elevation of one form of oscillating guide or trumpet which may be
employed in the said arrangement of apparatus, and Fig. 6 a transverse section of
such guide or trumpet taken on the plane indicated by the line (A) (A) of Fig. 4,
and Fig. 7 a side elevation and Fig. 8 a front elevation of another form of oscillating
guide or trumpet which may be employed in the said arrangement of apparatus, and
Fig. 9 a transverse section of the guide or trumpet illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 taken
on the plane indicated by the line (B) (B) of Fig. 7. Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are
drawn upon a smaller seale than Figs. 1, 2 and 3.
In Figs. 1, 2 and 3, (a) is the guide or trumpet employed in the apparatus
illustrated in such figures. The guide or trumpet (a) which may conveniently be
formed in part of a piece of wood (a) is provided at its upper end with plates or
cheeks (a 2) of metal through which is passed a pin (a 3) passed also through
projections formed on a bracket (6) and serving to connect such guide or trumpet (a)
to the said bracket (6) while allowing it to be oscillated in relation thereto.
The bracket (b) is secured by means of a set-screw in position upon a shaft (b)
capable of being oscillated in bearings formed in brackets or pelestals (e) (d)
respectively secured upon beams or girders (e) (f) which are supported or mounted
in any suitable manner in a suitable position at the requisite distance above the
floor of the room or other building in which the apparatus is to be employed, that
is to say at such a height above the said floor as will permit the lower end of the
guide or trumpet (a) to be oscillated over the box or receptacle in which the yarns
or threads in the form of warps or portions of warps or other analogous forms are
to be laid. The guide or trumpet (a) may be conveniently stiffened by being
provided with a projecting rib along one side and may either be of the form
illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, in which a channel is provided by stiff paper or
sheet metal or other suitable material (a 4) being fastened along the edges of the
piece of wood (a) employed in the formation of the guide or trumpet (a), or of
the form illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 in which the piece of wood (a) of which
the guide or trumpet (a) is formed is provided with several conical guides (a 5)
formed of sheet metal and secured to it in any suitable manner. I prefer that the
guide or trumpet (a) shall be of the form illustrated in Figs 4, 5, and 6. Fast upon
the shaft (6) is mounted an arm (g) formed with a slot (9) in position in which a
stud () is secured by means of a nut. The stud (1) is embraced by one end of a
connecting rod (4) which at its other end embraces a stud (1) secured by means of a
nut in position in a slot formed in an arm (i) fast upon a shaft (i2) capable of being
oscillated in brackets (i3) secured upon the beams or girders (e) (). Fast upon
the shaft (2) is mounted an arm (j) in a slot in which a stud (2) is secured by
means of a nut. The stud (2) is embraced by one end of a connecting rod (k) the
other end of which embraces a stud or crank-pin (m') secured in a toothed
wheel (m) mounted and capable of being revolved upon a stud (m2) secured in a
bracket or pedestal (o), secured upon the beam or girder (e). The toothed
wheel (m) receives motion by means of a toothed wheel (n) mounted fast upon a
shaft (n) upon which is mounted a roller (p) over which the yarns or threads to
be guided to the guide or trumpet (a) are passed and with a pulley (9) by means
of which it receives motion. The shaft (n) is mounted in bearings provided in
the pedestal or bracket (o) and a pedestal or bracket (r) secured upon the bean
or girder (f), and fast upon such shaft (n) there is mounted a worm (s) which
gears into and imparts motion to a worm-wheel (t) mounted fast upon a shaft (1)
which is mounted and capable of being revolved in bearings formed in the pedestal
or bracket (o). Fast upon the shaft (t) is mounted a toothed wheel (v) of an
elliptical or nearly elliptical form which gears into another toothed wheel (w) of a
corresponding elliptical or nearly elliptical form capable of being revolved upon a
stud (w) secured by means of a nut in a projecting part formed upon the pedestal
or bracket (o). The elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel (w) is provided with
stud or crank-pin (w 2) screwed or otherwise secured in it and provided with a

page_text: sleeve (w 3) which is made to project through a slot (el) formed in a projecting
part (2) formed upon an arm or rod () capable of being slidden and turned or
oscillated to a slight extent in an arm or bracket (y) mounted fast upon the
shaft (b). The arm or rod (a) is connected by means of a pin (3) to plates (x4)
formed with slots through which pass bolts (25) securing the plates (x4) to the
piece of wood (a) employed in the guide or trumpet (a).
When the pulley (9) is caused to revolve and turn the shaft (n¹) the toothed
wheel (m) being caused to revolve will by means of the crank-pin or stud (m²),
connecting rod (k), stud (2), arm (j), shaft (i 2), arm (), stud (¹), connecting
rod (h), stud (1), arm (y), shaft (b) and bracket or arm (6) cause the guide or
trumpet (a) to be oscillated to and fro in the direction indicated by the arrow (C)
and in the opposite direction, and the worm (s) imparting motion to the worm-
wheel (), shaft (t¹), elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel (v), elliptical or nearly
elliptical wheel (w), crank-pin or stud (w2), sleeve (3), arm or rod (a) and
pin (3) and plates (4) will cause the guide or trumpet (a) to be oscillated to
and fro in the direction indicated by the arrow (D) and in the opposite direction,
the movements of the trumpet or guide (a) in the directions indicated by and
opposite to that indicated by the arrow (C) and the movements of such guide or
trumpet (a) in the directions indicated by and opposite to that indicated by the
arrow (D) being compounded together in the resultant movements of the said
guidé or trumpet (a). The crank-pin or stud (w 2) is secured in such a position in
the elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel (w) that when such crank-pin or stud (w2)
is near to the ends of the horizontal diameter of its path the parts of the elliptical
or nearly elliptical wheel (v) which are of largest radius shall impart motion to the
parts of the elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel (w) which are of least radius
and the elliptical wheels or nearly elliptical wheels (v) (w) are so proportioned to
each other that the guide or trumpet (a) in being moved to and fro in the
direction indicated by the arrow (D) and in the opposite direction shall make the
change from one direction of movement to the other quickly and so make no such
dwell at the ends of its movement in each of such directions as would tend to cause
the yarns or threads being operated upon to be laid parallel or nearly so to the
length of the bundle being formed and the worm (s) and worm-wheel (t) are so
proportioned that the lateral movements of the guide or trumpet (a) in the
direction indicated by the arrow (D) and in the opposite direction shall be made
at such a speed that yarns or threads being laid into a bundle by means of such
guide or trumpet (a) shall be laid in loops or bights the sides of which are at a
considerable inclination to the length of the bundle being forined.
The roller (2) which in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings, is shown
as resting upon the roller (p) and being provided with projecting axles (1) capable
of being revolved and moving vertically in slots formed in the pedestals or
brackets (o) (r) is employed in cases in which the yarns or threads to be operated
upon are required to be drawn through a beaming frame from bobbins in a creel
or from a warping mill or other object or form upon or into which they may have
been previously wound, and it is not desired to employ an arrangement of drawing
or calender rollers to effect the unwinding of such yarns or threads from such
objects or forms, but in cases in which the unwinding of the yarns or threads to be
operated upon from the objects or forms upon which they may have previously been
wound requires little force to be exerted upon such yarns or threads, or in cases in
which drawing or calender rollers are employed to effect such unwinding or in cases
in which no such unwinding is requisite the roller (2) may be dispensed with and
the roller (p) be employed to pass and guide the said yarns or threads to the guide
or trumpet (a), the said yarns or threads being in such cases guided to the roller (p)
in any suitable manner and passed over such roller (p). When the roller (=) is
employed the yarns or threads may be guided in any suitable manner to and passed
between the roller (=) and the roller (p) and may if it be considered desirable be
made to pass over the roller (2) before being passed between the roller (a) and the
roller (p).

page_text: The slots in the arms (g) (j) (i) and plates (4) enable the extent of th
movements of the guide or trumpet (a) to be regulated or adjusted to a certain
extent without changes being made in the proportions of the to thed wheels (n) (m)
and worm (s) and worm-wheel (t).
The connecting rods (k) (h) and arms (j) (i) are employed in order that the
movement of the guide or trumpet (a) in the direction indicated by the arrow (C)
and in the opposite direction may be smoother and steadier than would be the case
were the stud or crank-pin (m) to be connected to a connecting rod connected
directly to a stud secured in the arm (g) but in any cases in which it may be
considered preferable the said crank-pin or stud (m) may be connected to a
connecting rod connected directly to the arm (g).
Instead of the crank-pin or stud (2) being provided with a sleeve (3) ant
made to project through a slot (e) formed in a projecting part (x 2) formed upon
an arm or rod (a) capable of being slidden and slightly oscillated in a guide formed
in an arm or bracket (y) mounted fast upon the shaft (b) such crank-pin or stud (w 2)
may be connected by means of a connecting rod provided at its ends with suitable
universal joints to the guide or trumpet (a) but in cases in which such an arrange-
ment is employed the elliptical wheels or nearly elliptical wheels (v) (w) must be
so shaped that in the movement of the guide or trumpet (a) in the directions
indicated by and opposite to that indicated by the arrow (D) each movement of
such guide or trumpet (a) from its central position to either end of its stroke and
back to its central position shall be performed in the same number of revolutions
of the shaft (n¹) in order that the employment of such connecting rod may not
cause irregularities in the laying of the yarus or threads being operated upon into
the bundle to be formed.
The roller (p) is preferably covered with cloth, flannel or other suitable
material so that it may be more effective in delivering the yarns or threads being
operated upon to the guide cr trumpet (a) and when the roller () is employed
such roller () is also preferably covered with cloth or flannel or other suitable
material so that it may be more effective in delivering to the guide or trumpet (a)
the yarns or threads heing operated upon.
Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of the accompanying drawings illustrate the arrangements
employed in cases in which instead of elliptical or nearly elliptical wheels being
employed in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, a crank-pin projecting into
an inclined slot is employed. In Figs. 10, 11 and 12 there are only shown such
parts as are different from those illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the other parts
employed being similar to those illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. Fig. 10 is a front
elevation, Fig. 11 a side elevation and Fig. 12 a plan of the said parts of the
arrangements employed. In Figs. 10, 11 and 12, 1 is the crank-pin which is
secured in a disc (2) which is mounted fast upon the shaft (t'). The crank-pin (1)
is made to project through a slot (3) formed in a plate or part (3) secured upon a
bar (4) capable of being slidden lengthwise in a bracket (5) secured upon the
beam or girder (e) and provided with caps (5*) which serve to retain the bar (4)
in such bracket (5). In the plate or part (3) is secured a stud (3) which is made
to project through a slot (6) formed in a plate (6) formed on an arm or rod (7).
The arm or rod (7) like the arm or rod (2) illustrated in Fige. 1, 2 and 3 is
capable of being slidden and turned or oscillated to a slight extent in an arm or
bracket () mounted fast upon the shaft (b), by which as in the arrangement
illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the guide or trumpet (a) employed is suspended and
the arm or rod (7) is connected by means of a pin (2 3) to plates (24) formed with slots
through which pass bolts (5) securing the plates (4) to the piece of wood (a')
employed in the guide or trumpet (a). The slot (3) in the plate or part (3) is 60
formed that when the crank-pin (1) in revolving is approaching or near the ends of a
horizontal diameter of its path, it will bear against the one or other of the inclined
sides of such slot (3") and so move the plate or part (3) in relation to the said
crank-pin (1).
The employment of my invention enables yarns or threads in the form of warps

page_text: or portions of warps or other analogous forms to be so laid into bundles that even
though such bundles be not formed in boxes there shall be no danger of such yaras
or threads becoming entangled by the falling apart or amongst one another of the
layers or coils or bights or loops in which the yarns or threads are laid into the
said bundles and the employment of my invention also enables the formation into
balls of yarns or threads in the form of warps or portions of warps to be dispensed
with and so enables the twisting of such yarns or threads resulting from that
operation to he avoided, and renders easier the manipulation of such yarns or
threads and the submission of such yarns or threads to the various kinds of
treatment to which they may need to be subjected.
Arrangements of apparatus constructed according to my invention may be
employed in conjunction with warping mills or beaming frames or other machines
or means for assembling yarns or threads into warps or portions of warps or other
analogous forms.
In the construction of an arrangement of apparatus according to my invention
for the use of a bleacher or for any other purpose for which it may be requisite to
simultaneously lay into bundles for purposes of handling or transport or other
purposes two or more sets of yarus or threads in the form of warps or portions of
warps or other analogous forms, I may employ two or more guides or trumpets such
as are herein before described and connect such two or more guides or trumpets
together so that they shall both or all be oscillated backwards and forwards and
laterally by means of one set of mechanism such as is hereinbefore described as being
employed according to my invention to oscillate a guide or trumpet backwards and
forwards and one set of mechanism such as is hereinbefore described as being
employed according to my invention to oscillate a guide or trumpet laterally and in
the construction of such an arrangement of apparatus two or more guides or trumpets
may very conveniently be suspended from one shaft so as to be oscillated backwards
and forwards by the oscillation of such shaft which is oscillated by means similar to
those herein before described as being employed to oscillate the shaft (6) illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and be connected together by means of connecting
rods so as to receive a lateral oscillation from means similar to those herein before
described as being employed to impart a lateral oscillation to the guide or
trumpet (a) illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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
1. In an apparatus for laying yarns or threads in the form of warps or portions
of warps or other analogous forms into bundles for purposea of handling or
transport or other purposes, a vibrating or oscillating guide or trumpet which is
for the purposes and substantially in the manner hereinbefore described, caused to
oscillate backwards and forwards by means of a stud or crank caused to revolve
and is also caused to be oscillated to and fro laterally at a speed such that the
yarns or thrends being laid into a bundle shall be laid in loops or bights, the sides
of which are at a considerable inclination to the length of such bundle and also so
oscillated laterally that at the ends of its lateral traverse it shall make the change.
from one direction of oscillation to the opposite quickly and so make no dwell such
as would tend to cause the said yarns or threads to be laid parallel or nearly so to
the length of the bundle being formed.
2. In an apparatus for laying yarns or threads in the form of warps or portions
of warps or other analogous forms into bundles for purposes of handling or transport
or other purposes the combination with a guide or trumpet capable of being caused
to oscillate backwards and forwards and also capable of being caused to oscillate
to and fro laterally, of a stud or crank-pin caused to revolve and connected to the
said guide or trumpet so as to cause it to oscillate backwards and forwards and of
a crank-pin or stud which is secured in an elliptical or nearly elliptical wheel

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motion by means of a worm and worm wheel or other suitable means and is
made to impart a lateral oscillation to the said trumpet or guide, all arranged,
employed and operating for the purposes and substantially in the manner herein-
before described and so that the said guide or trumpet is caused to oscillate
backwards and forwards and to oscillate to and fro laterally at a speed such that
the yarns or threads being laid into a bundle shall be laid in loops or bights the
sides of which are at a considerable inclination to the length of such bundle and to
so oscillate to and fro laterally that at the ends of its lateral traverse it shall make
the change from one direction of oscillation to the other quickly and so make no
dwell such as would tend to cause the said yarns or threads to be laid parallel or
nearly so to the length of the bundle being formed.
3. In an apparatus for laying yarns or threads in the form of warps or portions
of warps into bundles for purposes of handling or transport or other purposes, the
combination with a guide or trumpet capable of being caused to oscillate back-
wards and forwards and also capable of being caused to oscillate to and fro
laterally, of a stud or crank-pin caused to revolve and connected to the said guide or
trumpet so as to cause it to oscillate backwards and forwards and of a crank-pin or
stud which being made to revolve by means of a worm and worm-wheel or other
suitable means and being made to project into or engage with an inclined slot or
groove provided in a plate or part mounted or formed upon a bar capable of being
slidden longitudinally in bearings and supported in any suitable manner and
connected by a connecting rod or other suitable means to the said trumpet or
guide so as to impart a lateral oscillation thereto, is made to bear against one or
other of the inclined sides of such slot or groove in approaching the ends of that
diameter of the circle described by it which is parallel or approximately parallel
to the direction in which it moves the said plate or part, and thus made to move
such plate or part in relation to such crank-pin or stud and thus to prevent the said
plate or part from being allowed to move comparatively slowly near the ends of its
movement, all arranged, employed and operating for the purposes and substantially
in the manner hereinbefore described and so that the said guide or trumpet is
caused to oscillate backwards and forwards and to oscillate to and fro laterally at
a speed such that the yarns or threads being laid into a bundle shall be laid
in loops or bights the sides of which are at a considerable inclination to the length
of such bundle and to so oscillate to and fro laterally, that at the ends of its
lateral traverse it shall make the change from one direction of oscillation to the
other quickly and so make no dwell such as would tend to cause the yarns or
threads to be laid parallel or nearly so to the length of the bundle being formed.
Dated this Thirteenth day of February 1897.
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicant..