CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING WOOLLEN THREADS AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES FOR WEAVING
Year: 1852

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EMANUEL
CHARLES THEODORE CROUTELLE, (Manufacturer), of Rheims, in the French
Republic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Third day of February,
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, in the fifteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, my exors, adñors, and assigns, Her
especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, my exors, adiñors, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, my exors, admors,
or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney,
Sark, and Man, and also in all Her said Majesty's Colonies and Plantations
abroad, my Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR PREPARING WOOLLEN THREADS AND OTHER FILAMENTOUS SUBSTANCES FOR
WEAVING;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I,
the said Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, shall cause a particular

page_text: description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to
be enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancellary within
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited
Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will
more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, do hereby declare that the nature of
the said Invention, and the manner of performing the same, are fully described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being
had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say:-
The Invention consists of improvements in combining machinery for dressing
warps, particularly those of woollen yarn. And in order that the Invention may
be most fully understood, and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe
the means pursued by me; and in doing so I would state that the great object
of this Invention is, to cause the yarn to be compressed when under the fluid
dressing materials by passing between pressing rollers, by which the air
contained within the yarn, and which, particularly in woollen yarns, is very
difficult to be removed in such manner as to obtain an effectual dressing to
such warps by the means heretofore resorted to; but by causing the yarns to
be pressed between rollers whilst under the dressing fluid, and then allowed
the yarns to expand under the fluid free from air, the fluid can enter amongst
the fibres and effectually apply itself to and into the yarns.
DESCRIPTION OF TITE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of a double machine for dressing
warps. Figure 2 is a section on a larger scale of a part of the machine.
Figure 8 is an exterior view of a like part of the machine to that shewn at
Figure 2. The warp threads A are placed upon the rollers B at each end of
the machine; the threads A are directed by the guide roller C into the bath
or vessel D, which contains the dressing material, and they are caused to pass
between the three pressing rollers or cylinders which revolve in the bath, and
the threads or yarns will be pressed between the under and upper rollers when
under the fluid, so as to drive out all air therefrom. On coming out of the
bath the threads or yarns are divided into two sets by the rod E, and pass
through a metal plate F, pierced with holes, or through a comb or reed. The
threads are divided in this manner to allow each thread to dry without contact
with others; afterwards they pass through the comb G to the clothed rollers H;

page_text: they then pass under the roller I to the warp beam J. The cylinders K, L,
I prefer to be of copper clothed with woollen cloth, and the cylinder M is of
copper without clothing. The pressure of the cylinder L against the
cylinder K is obtained by means of the lever n (at each end of the cylinder L),
and the counterpois p, which can be moved along the lever n to adjust the
pressure. The roller M is pressed against the cylinder K by similar levers
moving on axes 1. Only the cylinder L is turned by power, the cylinder K, M,
being turned by the friction, but this may be varied. The pressing the yarns
or threads of a warp between the cylinders K and M has the effect of
squeezing the air out of the threads, which causes them afterwards to take the
dressing more effectually. The pressure between the cylinders L and M
removes any superfluous dressing. The dressing fluid or paste is placed in the
vessel D, which is divided into three compartments; the upper compart-
ment v contains the dressing; the middle compartment a contains water, and
the lower one y contains either hot air or steam for heating the dressing
material. j is the opening for filling, and i the tap for emptying the compart-
ment &, and the cock Z admits the hot air or vapour which goes out on the
opposite side.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the details as herein given; but what I claim is, the mode herein described
of combining machinery for dressing warps.
In witness whereof, I, the said Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of June,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
EMMANUEL CHARLES THÉODORE (L.S.) CROUTELLE.
Taken and acknowledged by Emanuel
Charles Theodore Croutelle (party
hereto), at Paris, in the Republic of
France, this 29th day of June, 1852,
EMMANUEL CHARLES THÉODORE (L.S.) CROUTELLE.
aken and acknowledged by Emanuel
Charles Theodore Croutelle (party
hereto), at Paris, in the Republic of
France, this 29th day of June, 1852,
before me,
Seal.
THOMAS PICKFORD,
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Paris.

page_text: Samuel Carpmael, of Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middle-
sex, Gentleman, maketh oath and saith, that he is acquainted with the manner
and character of the handwriting of Thomas Pickford, Her Britannic Majesty's'
Consul at Paris, in the Republic of France; and this Deponent further saith
that the signature "Thomas Pickford," set, subscribed, or written in the
margin of the Specification hereunto annexed, marked A, and dated the
Twenty-ninth day of June now last past, and purporting to be executed and
acknowledged by Emanuel Charles Theodore Croutelle, (Manufacturer), of
Rheims, in the French Republic, on the said Twenty-ninth day of June, before
the said Thomas Pickford, at Paris aforesaid, is of the proper handwriting of
the said Thomas Pickford
By Aft.
before me,
J. JEFFERSON.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the oath of Samuel Carpmael, the
Specification aforesaid was enrolled word for word as above written. And
also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the 20
Statute made for that purpose.
Enrolled the Twenty-third day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.