while in the Form of Hanкs.
Year: 1884

page_text: while in the Form of Hanкs.
We WILLIAM HAMILTON LAWLOR Mill Manager and JOHN ESDALE Mechanic
both of Balnamore near Ballymoney in the County of Antrim do hereby declare
the nature of said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING &
SMOOTHING YARNS IN HANKS to be as follows:-
These improvements consist of a novel arrangement of machinery for cleaning
and smoothing yarns after being made into hanks which are brought from the
reels or drying chamber on short poles or tubes as described in Patent N° 6289
dated 12 April 1884.
The machine for cleaning or smoothing yarn consists of a pair of endless sheets
of leather or other suitable material set at a convenient distance apart to suit the
length of the short yarn poles or tubes on which the hanks are carried. These
endless sheets have hooks or slots attached to receive the ends of the yarn poles or
tubes each pair of which is connected together by the hauks they carry thus
forming a web or sheet of yarn connected together by the hooks or slots on the
endless sheets.
The endless sheets are carried by pullies in convenient framing and are caused to
revolve and carry the yarn on the aforesaid poles or tubes with them.
During the movement of the yarn by the endless sheets it is subjected to the
action of revolving or oscillating brushes which act upon both sides of the web or
sheet of hanks and remove any loose woody matter or fibre and lay the projecting
ones.
.
The yarn may also be damped either before, at the time of, or after brushing by
means of a series of jets of spray of any required fluid or by a brush revolving or
oscillating against a suitably moistened pad.
After passing once through the cleaning or smoothing machine the hanks of
yarn are turned inside out which is a simple operation when the hanks are on the
short poles or tubes and is effected without disturbing the original layers of the
yarn side by side each other. This reversing of the hanks ensures the thorough
brushing or cleaning of the yarn when it is passed a second time through the
) machine.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Cleaning and Smoothing Yarns
while in the Form of Hanks.
We, WILLIAM HAMILTON LAWLOR, Mill Manager, and JOHN ESDALE mechanic
both of Balnamore near Ballymoney in the county of Antrim do hereby declare
the nature of our invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING &
SMOOTHING YARNS WHILE IN THE FORM OF HANKS and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:—
These improvements consist of a novel arrangement of machinery for cleaning
and smoothing yarns after being made into hanks which are brought from the
reels or drying chamber on short drying poles or tubes as described in Patent
N° 6289 dated 12th April 1884.
The nature of these improvements will be understood from the following
description reference being made to the drawings herewith in which the same
letters or figures of reference always apply to the same or like parts.
Fig. 1 being section of the machine for treating the yarns.
Fig. 2 is a top view.
Figs. 3 & 4 show the arrangement or method of reversing or turning the hanks
inside out.
The machine for cleaning or smoothing yarns consists of a pair of endless
sheets (a) of leather or other suitable material set at a convenient distance apart
to suit the length of the short yarn poles or tubes (b) on which the banks of
yarn (c) are carried.
These endless sheets (a) have hooks or slots (a) attached to them to receive the
ends of the yarn poles or tubes (b) each pair of which is connected together by the
hanks (c) they carry thus forming a web or sheet of yarn connected together by
the hooks or slots (a¹) on the endless sheets (a).
The endless shects (a) are carried by pullies (a² a³ a').on convenient framing (d)
and are caused to revolve in the direction indicated by the arrows on the drawing
fig. 1 and carry the yarn (c) on the poles or tubes (b) with them. The poles or
tubes (b) carrying the yarn (c) are placed in the slots or hooks (a') as they pass
over the pullies (a³) and they are removed after the yarn (c) has been brushed as
they (the poles) b pass over the delivery or driving pullies (a³).
During the movement of the yarn (c) by the endless sheets (a) it is subjected to
the action of revolving brushes (c) a pair of which is shown in the drawing whose
surface in contact with the yarn travels in the same direction as the yarn but at a
bigher speed. These brushes (e) act upon both sides of the web or sheet of
hanks (e) and thus remove any loose woody matter or fibre and lay the projecting
fibres.
Brushes with an oscillating movement may be used along with or in place of
the rotary brushes.
The yarn (c) may also be damped when desired either before, at the time of, or
after brushing by means of a series of jets of spray of any required fluid as shown
in fig. 1 or by a brush revolving against a suitably moistened pad.

page_text: After passing once through the cleaning or smoothing machine the banks of
yarn (c) are turned inside out which is a simple operation when the hanks (c) are
on the short poles or tubes (b) and it is effected without disturbing the original
ayers of the yarn side by side each other in the following manner :-
As the hanks (c) on the poles (b) come out of the machine they are placed by
the attendant on a convenient pair of slides (f) at the end of which is a pair of
spring notches (f¹) in which rests the upper pole (b) on which the yarn (c) and
lower pole (b') is suspended.
The operator who is provided with two spare poles then places the 1st spare pole
in the spring notches (f¹) along with the upper pole (b) which holds the hanks
firmly in position.
He then lifts the lower pole (6¹) into another pair of spring notches (f') fixed at
such a distance that the yarn or hanks (c) are slack. A dividing rod (g) is then
inserted between the two sides of the hanks and the upper side is lifted up separate
from the lower. He then places the 2nd spare pole into the spring notches (f³) in
order to hold the yarn firm in a second place, and grasping the two poles which
are in the notches (ƒ) firmly by the ends, lifts them out of the notches and turns
them end about through the opening in the hanks and replaces them in the
notches (f) leaving the pole that was outside inside the hanks which are then
half turned.
The operator then in a similar manner turns the other poles which are in
notches (f) and the operation of turning is complete care having been taken that
the corresponding ends of the poles passed through the opening in the hanks in
the same direction.
The dividing rod (g) is then removed and the turned hanks (c) are placed on a
rack or slide (h) situated convenient for putting them a second time through the
machine.
This reversing of the hanks ensures the thorough brushing or cleaning of the
yarn when it is passed a second time through the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The manner and method described for cleaning and smoothing yarns while in
the form of banks.