IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR SIZING, DRESSING, DYEING, AND DRYING
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Parkinson and Francis Taylor, both of
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, and Thomas
Burton, of Padiham, in the same County, Tape Sizer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR SIZING,
DRESSING, DYEING, AND DRYING."
Sealed the 8th September 1864, and dated the 14th March 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Parkinson,
Francis Taylor, and Thomas Burton at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th March 1864.
We, THOMAS PARKINSON and FRANCIS TAYLOR, both of Blackburn, in
the County of Lancaster, Machinists, and THOMAS BURTON, of Padiham,
in the same County, Tape Sizer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY AND APPARATUS FOR SIZING,
DRESSING, DYEING, AND DRYING," to be as follows:-
The object of the first part of our Invention is to simplify and increase
the efficiency of the apparatus employed in agitating and boiling liquids
used in sizing, dressing, and dyeing. This part of our Invention consists
in applying to the vessel containing the liquid to be operated upon one
or more stationary or revolving cylinders or other shaped vessels made
of copper or any other suitable material; these cylinders are immersed
in the size or other liquid to be mixed and boiled, when the cylinder or
cylinders are made to revolve; and when more than one are used they
are made to revolve in opposite directions by bevel wheels or other suit-
able gearing. The said cylinders are heated internally by steam of any
required pressure, the steam being supplied to the cylinders through

page_text: the journals, which are made hollow, and the supply pipes are conveyed
to any height in the cylinders. The water of condensation also escapes
through the journal from the cylinders or vessels, and is conveyed to
the ordinary condensing box. Agitators may be applied to the axle
of the revolving cylinder.
The second part of our Invention is applicable to the ordinary
apparatus for boiling size and other liquids, or to our improved apparatus
above described, and in which pumps are used for discharging the size
from the boiling apparatus through pipes to the size box of the sizing
machine, or tape leg or other machine, and it consists in the application
of a three-way cock or other cocks fixed at suitable places in the range
of pipes for conveying the size from the boiling apparatus to the size
boxes and back again, when required, to the boiling apparatus, thus
keeping the full pressure of the pump upon the size as it is delivered
into the size box.
The third part of our Invention relates to sizing machines called tape
legs or tape-sizing machines, or slashers, and it consists in the appli-
cation of two or more rollers or rods placed immediately over the back
beam of the present sizing machines, and at any suitable distance from
the size box; the upper circumference of each of the said rollers or rods
is a little higher than the preceding roller or rod as they recede from
the size box, so that the yarn from each of the back beams can pass over
the aforesaid rollers or rods without coming in contact as at present.
In the space between the size box and the first of these rollers, or at
any convenient place, we apply a suitable wraith so arranged as to slide
freely on suitable bearings to or from the size box; the said wraith is
connected by suitable mechanism to the strap guide or knocker-off, so
that when the wraith is pressed forward by crossed ends or other
obstructions of the yarns it is made to act upon the strap guide or
knocker-off, by which means the strap is conveyed from the fast to the
loose pulley and the machine is stopped.
Our improvements in sizing machines consist also in the application of
two rollers as a substitute for the three rollers at present in use for
guiding the yarn on leaving the drying cylinder; the diameter of the
roller for propelling the yarn is reduced and the speed increased, by this
means we are enabled to raise the blowing fan to the most convenient
height or place for conveying the current of air towards the drying
cylinder and the yarn to be dried, thus evaporating the moisture more
effectually than by the present arrangement of rollers and fan.

page_text: The last part of our Invention is applicable to the journals of steam-
heated cylinders employed in machinery for sizing, dressing, dyeing,
and drying. The ordinary stuffing boxes are dispensed with and a taper
tap is formed at the end of the axle or journal, the tap is made with
two openings, one for the steam to enter and the other for the exit of
the water of condensation.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Parkinson, Francis Taylor, and Thomas
Burton, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th September
1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wе, THомAS
PARKINSON and FRANCIS TAYLOR, both of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Machinists, and THOMAS BURTON, of Padiham, in the same
County, Tape Sizer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria. by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Thomas Parkinson, Francis Taylor,
and Thomas Burton, Her special license that we, the said Thomas
Parkinson, Francis Taylor, and Thomas Burton, our executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas Parkinson.
Francis Taylor, and Thomas Burton, our 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 AND
APPARATUS FOR SIZING, DRESSING. DYEING, AND DRYING," проп the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Thomas Parkinson, Francis Taylor,
and Thomas Burton, our executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under our, or their, or one of our or their hands and seals,
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 we, the said Thoras Parkinson, Francis Taylor,
"

page_text: and Thomas Burton, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following Specification thereof,
reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and to the
figures and letters marked thereon (that is to say);-
The object of the first part of our Invention is to simplify and increase
the efficiency of the apparatus now employed in agitating and boiling
liquids for sizing, dressing, and dyeing yarns and fabrics. This part
of our Invention is illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, and it consists in
applying to the vessel containing the liquid to be operated upon one
or more revolving cylinders or other shaped vessels made of copper or
any other suitable material; these cylinders, which are marked a, a,
are immersed in the size or other liquid to be mixed and boiled con-
tained in the cistern b. When two cylinders are used, as shewn in the
Drawing, they are made to revolve in opposite directions by the bevel
wheels c on the driving shaft d gearing into the wheels e fixed to
the axles f of the cylinders a, or by other suitable gearing; but when it
is desirable to move the cylinders round in the same direction, in order
that the circumferences at the point of contact may revolve in contrary
directions, we place one of the wheels c in the position shewn by dotted
lines in Figure 1, or we drive the cylinders a by spur wheels working
into an intermediate wheel. The said cylinders are heated internally by
steam of any required pressure, the steam being supplied to the cylinders
through the pipes g passing through the journals of the axles f, which
are made hollow, and the supply pipes are conveyed to any height in
the cylinders. The water of condensation also escapes through the
lower journals of the cylinders or. vessels a, and is conveyed to the
ordinary condensing box. The agitators h are or may be applied to the
axles of the revolving cylinders.
The second part of our Invention is applicable to the ordinary appa-
ratus for boiling size and other liquids, or to our improved apparatus
above described, and in which pumps are used for discharging the size
from the boiling apparatus through pipes to the size box of the sizing
machine, or tape-leg or other machine, and it consists in the application
of a three-way cock, as shewn in Figure 3, fixed at suitable places in
the range of the pipes which are employed for conveying the size from
the boiling apparatus to the size boxes, and back again, when required,
to the boiling apparatus. The plug i of the cock j is shewn with the
communication with the size box z closed, but by turning the plug half

page_text: round the passage to the size box is full open, thus keeping the full
pressure of the pump upon the size as it is delivered into the size box.
The third part of our Invention relates to sizing machines called tape
legs or tape-sizing machines, or slashers, and it is illustrated in Figures 4
and 5. Our Invention consists in the application of two or more rollers
or rods,, placed immediately over the last back beam m of the present
sizing machines, and at any suitable distance from the size box l; the
upper circumference of each of the said rollers or rods k is a little higher
than the preceding roller or rod as they recede from the size box, so that
the yarn from each of the back beams can pass over the aforesaid
rollers or rods without coming in contact as at present. The yarn is
taken by preference under the back beams instead of over them as now
customary. In the space between the size box and the first of these
rollers or rods, or in any other convenient place, we apply the wraith
or reed n, which so arranged as to slide freely in suitable bearings or to
vibrate upon a fixed centre, to and from the size box. The said wraith
is connected by the following mechanism to the strap guide or knocking-
off lever o. To the fulcrum of the wraith n is fixed the lever n', at the
extremity of which is a stud to hold up the end of the lever p, on which
is a weighted catch p'; this weight is connected by the link g to the
knocking-off lever o. The side bar has a constant to-and-fro motion
given to it by the crank pin s projecting from the bevel wheel on the
axle of the roller t, which revolves in the size trough as usual. When
the upper end of the wraith is pressed forward by crossed ends or other
obstructions of the yarn the stud in the lever n' liberates the weighted
catch p', which then drops onto side bar 1, the catch on which moves
the weighted catch p' along the lever p, and by means of the link q
draws the knocking-off lever in the direction of the arrow; by this means
the usual strap guide is brought into action for moving the driving strap
from the fast to the loose pulley and the machine is stopped. When
the obstruction is removed the wraith regains its vertical position and
the lever p is again held up by the stud in the lever n'.
Our improvements in sizing machines consist also in the application
of the two rollers u and vas a substitute for the three rollers at present
in use for guiding the yarn on leaving the drying cylinder w; the
diameter of the roller u for propelling the yarn is reduced and the speed
increased; by this means we are enabled to raise the blowing fan x to
the most convenient height or place for conveying the current of air
towards the drying cylinder w and the yarn to be dried, thus evaporating

page_text: the moisture more effectually than by the present arrangement of rollers
and fans.
The last part of our Invention is applicable to the journals of steam-
heated cylinders employed in machinery for sizing, dressing, dyeing,
and drying, and will be readily understood without the aid of Drawings,
In performing this part of our Invention the ordinary stuffing boxes are
dispensed with and a taper tap is formed at the end of the axle or journal
of the steam cylinder; the tap is made with two openings, one for the
supply steam to enter in and the other for the escape of the water of con-
densation.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention and described the
manner of performing the same, we declare that we claim,―
First, the application of one or more heated vessels revolving in the
liquid to be boiled, as shewn and described in reference to Figures 1
and 2.
.
Secondly, the application of agitators in combination with revolving
heated vessels, as shewn and described in reference to Figures 1 and 2.
Thirdly, the application of a three-way cock to the pipes for convey-
ing the size from the boiling apparatus to the size box for the purpose
described in reference to Figure 3.
Fourthly, the application of the guide rollers or rods to sizing
machines, as shewn and described in reference to Figures 4 and 5.
Fifthly, the application of the moveable wraith or reed to sizing
machines, and the mechanism for connecting the same to the knocking-
off lever, as shewn and described in reference to Figures 4 and 5.
Sixthly, the peculiar combination of the drying cylinder, the fan, and
the propelling roller, as shewn and described in reference to Figures 4
and 5.
And, lastly, dispensing with the ordinary stuffing boxes of steam-
heated cylinders used for sizing, dressing, dyeing, and drying, and the
employment in lieu thereof of a taper tap, as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Parkinson, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of September One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
THOMAS PARKINSON. (L.S.)