IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR WARPING YARNS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO CREELS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Harrison, of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR WARPING YARNS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE TO
CREELS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES."
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PROVISIONAL-SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Harrison at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
October 1856.
I, JOSEPH HARRISON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR WARPING YARNS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE
TO CREELS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES," to be as follows:-
First, my Invention relates to creels for holding the bobbins containing the
yarn used in connection with machinery for warping and for other purposes,
the object of my Invention being to provide against wear and reduce the
friction in the bearings in which the axes of the bobbins rest; and my Inveri-
tion consists in bushing" those parts of the rails, in which the bearings are
usually formed, with metal, glass, or porcelain.

page_text: Second, my Invention relates to beam-warping machines, and consists in
the application of the elastic force of an india-rubber or other spring to give
increased pressure of the beam upon which the yarn is wound on to the
cylinder which rotates it, and thus increase the adhesion between the two.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Harrison in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th April 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
HARRISON, of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Joseph Harrison, Her especial license that I, the said Joseph
Harrison, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Joseph Harrison, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR WARPING YARNS, PART OF WHICH IMPROVEMENTS ARE APPLICABLE
TO CREELS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Joseph Harrison, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent. "
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Harrison, do hereby declare
"the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
'formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
Firstly, my Invention relates to those creels in which the axes of the
bobbins are placed in an horizontal position, such creels being used in con-
nection with machinery for warping and for other purposes, the object of' my

page_text: Invention being to provide against wear and reduce the friction on the bear-
ings in which. the axes of the bobbins rest; and my Invention consists in
lining or bushing those parts of the rails or bars on which the bearings are
usually formed with metal, glass, or porcelain. The manner in which this is
carried into effect is shewn in the annexed Drawings by Fig. 1 and 2. Fig. 1
is a side view of a portion of a creel bar or rail, and Fig. 2 an edge view of
the same. In the first modification the space cut out of the creel bar a
(which is usually made of wood) is lined with thin metal plate (6), which is
secured by a division plate (c) of metal. The bottom part of the division
plate (c) passes through a slit or perforation in the lining (6) and into the
wood; the upper part of the division plate also passes through slits in the
upper sides of the lining and into the wood, as will be understood by
examining the Drawings. In the second modification, shewn by Figs. 1 & 2,
the bearings of the axes of the bobbins are formed in one solid piece (d),
which fits into the space cut in the creel bar, and is kept securely in its
position by flanges formed on its sides, as shewn. This form of bearing may
be made of metal, glass, or porcelain.
Secondly, my Invention relates to beam-warping machines, and consists in
the application of the elastic force of india-rubber or other springs to give
increased pressure of the beam upon which the yarn is wound on to the
cylinder which rotates it, and thus increase the adhesion between the two.
Fig. 3 is a Diagram which will explain the mode of applying the springs.
e, represents the floor line; f, the end of the cylinder that rotates the
beam (9) upon which the yarn is wound; h is a staple, fixed in the floor (e)
(or it may be fixed in the framing of the machine); i is a vulcanised india-
rubber or other spring of sufficient power and range, which is attached to the
staple (h) at one end and to a hoop (k) at the other end. When the beam (g)
to be filled with yarn is placed upon the cylinder (f), the hook (k) is hooked
upon the projecting axis of the beam (g), as shewn. A spring, arranged in
the manner described, is placed at each end of the beam.
I have now described the nature of my Invention, and the mode of carrying
the same into effect, and claim,―
Firstly, lining the bearings formed in creel bars for the axes of the bobbins
by metal plate, substantially in the manner herein-before described, as the first
modification under the first division of my Invention.
Secondly, forming the bearings of the axes of the bobbins in creels of metal,
glass, or porcelain, substantially in the manner described, as the second modi-
fication under the first division of my Invention.

page_text: Thirdly, the use of india-rubber or other springs, for the purpose and in the
manner described under the second division of my Invention.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Harrison, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
JOSEPH HARRISON.. (L.s.)