IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WINDING OF SILK AND YARNS
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 16th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th Apr., 1887.
Ì, CARL SIPMAN, of 18 Corporation Oaks, Nottingham, in the County of Notting-
hamshire, silk merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE WINDING OF SILK AND YARNS to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to avoid in the process of winding of soft and härd
silk or Yarns of any description the drag upon the skein, so as to enable an increase
in the speed, to secure a saving in the cost of winding and to avoid making waste.
According to my invention-instead of placing the skein of silk or yarn intended
for winding upon a pair of runners or a swift as now used in winding machines-1
stretch the skein upon two Pins or Pegs, fixed upon a narrow strip of wood or metal;
one of the Pins or Pegs being fastened into the strip, the other moving in a groove, so
as to be adjustable to the length of the skein and when adjusted is fastened by a nut
beneath the groove.
The strip with the skein stretched upon the two Pins or Pegs, is placed below the
winding apparatus or in any other suitable position and the thread is drawn on to the
bobbin or reel through an eye or over a rod fixed at a suitable distance over the centre
of the strip.

page_text: Improvements in the Winding of Silk and Yarns.
I CARL SIPMAN of St. Mary Gate in the Town and County Town of Nottingham
Silk Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE WINDING OF SILK AND YARNS and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:
The object of my invention is to avoid in the process of winding silk or yarns of any
description the drag upon the skein or hank and thus to enable an increase of
speed and a saving of cost in the winding and at the same time to minimise the making
of waste in the process of winding.
1
According to my invention, instead of placing the hank of silk or yarn upon a pair'
of runners or upon a swift or making use of any other contrivance as now in use in
the winding, I stretch the hank upon two Pins or Pegs, the same being either smooth
or grooved, or upon substitutes, answering the same purpose, as for instance Pegs
formed of several seperate wires or pins.
These Pegs or their substitutes of which one at least is movable, so as to enable the
distance between them to be adjusted to the length of the hank, are fixed upon a
narrow board or strip of wood or metal or any other material. The tops or heads of
the Pogs are rounded off, so as to enable the thread in the process of winding to easily
slip over.
In order to keep the sides of the hank well apart, I insert a wire hoop or any other
contrivance, answering the same purpose.
The board with the hank stretched upon the two Pegs is placed in a suitable position
below or upon the winding apparatus and the thread is then drawn off over a rod or a
wheel or through an eye, fixed at a suitable distance over the centre of the board and
the thread is then run on the bobbin or reel through another eye or by a similar
arrangement as illustrated in the annexed Drawings.
Fig. I. A. is the Board or strip, upon which the Pegs or Pins are fixed.
a, a. the
Pins, which hold the skein or hank, intended for winding. the wire hoop, inserted in
order to keep the sides of the bank apart. C. the rod or eye or wheel, fixed over the
centre of the bank, over which the thread is drawn on to the bobbin or roel d.
Fig. II. showing a substitute for the Peg, consisting of Pin and wires.
A. is the Board.
a. a the Pins.
b. b. b. the wire hoops, bent at the upper part, so as to enable the thread easily to
slip over in the process of drawing the same off through the eye C on to the bobbin

page_text: By placing two or more of these boards close together or by fixing Pegs for two or
more hanks upon one Board, two or more threads may be drawn off simultaniously
and run on the same bobbin.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim :
Firstly. The construction and arrangement of the board with the Pegs as
described.
Secondly. The position given to the Board or Boards and the general arrangement_
for drawing off the thread and running it on to the bobbin or reel.
Dated this Fifteenth day of February One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty