IMPROVE- MENTS IN THE MODE OF BALLING WARPS OF COTTON AND OTHER YARNS
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Cornthwaite, of Skipton in Craven, in
the County of York, Mill Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MODE OF BALLING WARPS OF COTTON AND OTHER YARNS."
Sealed the 26th January 1872, and dated the 1st August 1871.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Robert Cornthwaite at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 1st August 1871, pursuant to the 9th Section of
the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
CORNTHWAITE, of Skipton in Craven, in the County of York, Mill
Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS I, the said Robert Cornthwaite, am in possession of an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF BALLING WARPS OF COTTON AND
OTHER YARNS," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for
the same, and have made solemn Declaration that I am the true and
first Inventor thereof.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert Cornthwaite, do hereby declare
that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and seal,
fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, in and by the following
statement:
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the mode of balling
warps which has hitherto been effected by hand.
The motion of the hand in forming the warp ball gives a certain
amount of twist to the warp, which is detrimental to the succeeding
manufacturing processes.
My Invention consists in winding the warp into a ball upon a tube
(made of tin or other suitable material) by mechanical means.
And that my Invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
describe the Drawings hereunto annexed and forming part of this
Specification.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a machine constructed according
to my Invention shewing a tube with a warp ball partly formed thereon;
Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same at the driving end; Fig. 3
represents a side elevation of the same at the opposite end. In each of 2
the above Figs. the same letters of reference indicate like parts.
The whole of the working parts of the machine are mounted upon two
side frames or standards A, A, A, suitably stayed by cross bars or
fixings B, B, B. The driving pulley is indicated by the letter G, and is
fixed upon the upright spindle or shaft E, which is free to revolve in 2
bearings attached to the frame A. At the top of spindle E is a bevel
pinion H in gear with a bevel wheel H¹ fixed upon a shaft C, which
revolves in suitable bearings made in frame sides A, A, and upon said
shaft C is fixed a drum D that revolves with it and causes the warp
tube Q, shewn partly filled with warp to rotate by friction as the warp 3
rests upon the surface of drum D. As the warp ball increases in size the
tube rises and is guided and held in position by means of a roller P that
passes through the tube, and having suitable ends that work in the
slotted part V, V₁, of the machine frames A, A. The termination of
each end of roller P forms a handle to remove the tube when full and 3
replace it by an empty one. The warp is guided in its course to the
balling tube P and distributed from end to end thereof by being passed

page_text: through a suitable eye x formed at the end of the lever N oscillating
upon a centre N¹ and vibrating to and fro in front of the tube. The
motion is given to lever N by means of the crank L and connecting
rod M, the crank receiving a rotatory motion from the drum shaft C by
means of a pair of bevel wheels J, K, which causes the spindle U upon
which the crank is fixed to revolve. The machine is put in motion by
the machine commonly termed a warping mill, from which the warp to
form the ball is unwound, and the motion is transmitted from the lower
end of the pawns of the warping mill by a strap to driving pulley G of
my machine, the speed of the circumferential surface of drum D being
equal to that of the warping mill plus a suitable allowance for slip
between drum D and warp balling tube Q.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion, and the manner of carrying the same into practical effect, I would
have it understood that I do not bind myself to the precise details
herein-before described and shewn in the accompanying Drawings, as the
same may be varied without departing from the principle of my Inven-
tion; what I claim is, the mode or method of balling warps upon a tube
made of tin or other suitable material, substantially in the manner
herein-before described and shewn in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Cornthwaite, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
25 Witness,
JOHN HAIGH,
Mechanic,
Skipton.
(L.S.) ROBERT CORNTHWAITE.