Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Dyeing Warps Turkey Red, Alizarine Red, and other Fancy Colors.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Nov., 1886
Complete Left, 25th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 27th Sept., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Dyeing Warps
Turkey Red, Alizarine Red, and other Fancy Colors.
I RICHARD HOLT of the firm of Richard Holt and Co. of Weaste, Manchester
(late of Radcliffe) in the county of Lancaster, Dyers do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows:-
I employ a dye beck above which are mounted two draw rollers, and below which
rollers is a peg or guide rail, at one side of the dye beck are placed a series of pipes
(preferably of glazed pot) at the side of the pipes is a mid-feather also two guide
eyes and rollers on opposite sides to each other in suitable positions, at the bottom of
the pot pipes is an hinged float which puts the necessary tension on the warp as it is
drawn through the pipes at the bottom of the dye beck are two perforated steam
pipes one large and the other small, the small one being placed within the large one,
and the perforations being (preferably) not opposite each other prevents the liquor
from being too much agitated and the steam from blowing against the warp, the action
is as follows:-The warp is entered through one of the eyes, and carried over the
bottom roller or between the two rollers, and divided into six or more parts, according
to the number of pipes, and dropped into the pipes and drawn under the mid-feather
and upwards past the first, second, third fourth and fifth guide peg, over the peg rail,
then between the two rollers, the ends of the warp being tied together, it is passed
through the pipes and dye beck by the rollers the required number of times until it is
dyed the shade required.
Dated this Twenty fifth day of November 1886
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Dyeing Warps
Turkey Red, Alizarine Red, and other Fancy Colours.
I RICHARD HOLT of Weaste near Manchester in the county of Lancaster Bleacher,
Dyer, and Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
For washing, dyeing, or soaping warps Turkey Red, Alizarine Red, Analine black,
and other fancy colours.
employ a dye beck above which are mounted two draw rollers, and below which
rollers is a peg or guide rail fixed on the front side of the machine, on the back side
of the machine is a rotary motion imparted to the guide rail from the shaft of the
roller by bevel wheels, shaft, gear wheels, and studs or crank pins; at one side of
the dye beck are placed a series of pipes, (preferably of glazed pot) at the side of the
pipes is a midfeather, also two guide eyes and rollers on opposite sides to each other
in suitable positions, at the bottom of the pot pipes, is a hinged float which puts the
necessary tension on the warp as it is drawn through the pipes; at the bottom of
the dyebeck are two perforated steam pipes one large and the other small, the small
one being placed within the large one, and the perforations being, (preferably) not
opposite each other, prevents the liquor from being too much agitated and the steam
from blowing against the warp, the action is as follows:-The warp is entered through
one of the eyes and carried over the bottom roller or between the two rollers, and
divided into six or more parts according to the number of pipes and dropped into the
pipes and drawn under the midfeather and upwards past the first second, third, fourth
and fifth guide peg over the peg rail then between the two rollers, the ends of the
warp being tied together it is passed through the pipes and dyebeck by the rollers the
required number of times until it is dyed the shade required.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation in section of dye beck with my apparatus applied.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation in section of Fig. 1, on the line Y. Z.
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 1.
A is the vessel or dye beck for dyeing the warps in, B is the larger drawing roller
driven by fast and loose pulleys D and D' upon its shaft, C is the smaller drawing
roller driven by friction from the roller B, E is the midfeather fixed in the vessel or
dye beck; F, F, are the sides or frames of the apparatus carrying the drawing
rollers B and C. G is the peg rail for guiding the warp before going through the
draw rollers, K is a coiling down rail for folding the warp in the pipes, it having a
rotary motion imparted to it by means of the studs or crank pins V and V₁ gear

page_text: wheels T and T¹ shaft S and bevelwheels R and R', from the shaft of the drawing
roller B, G G2 G3 GG are the pegs fixed on the peg rail, H³ H³ H³ H* H³ and H
are preferably pot pipes nicely glazed acting as guides to keep the warp separate,
L and L are two small rollers fixed one to the side of the apparatus and the other to
the midfeather, M and M² are two eyes one fixed over and one under the small
rollers L and L³, N is a small float hinged to the side of the vessel under the pot pipes
which puts the necessary tension on the warp and is drawn through the pipes; P and P¹
are two perforated steam pipes fixed near the bottom of the vessel or dye beck for
heating it, one pipe is placed within the other, the perforations being arranged so as
not to be opposite each other, so preventing the liquor from being too much agitated.
The warp is entered through the eye M from the underside and carried over the
winch or drawing roller B, and dropped into the pot pipe H and then it is drawn
under the midfeather E and upwards over the peg rail G, on the right hand side of
the peg G then over the winch B and down the pot pipe H2 and so on until it has
got over the winch for the sixth time and down the pot pipe He then it is drawn under
the midfeather for the last time and then upwards through the eye M* and over the
roller L and across the vessel towards the roller L when the two ends of the warp
are tied together. The warp fed into the machine so as to have about th of it in
each pot and then it is worked on until it is dyed to the required shade.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The general arrangement and combination of the parts shewn and described.
2. Putting the whole of the warp into the liquor at one time and giving to it a
continuous circulating motion until it is dyed the required shade as shewn and
described.
3. The pipes and float as and for the purposes shewn and described.
4. The guide pog rail in combination with the pipes for the purposes shewn and
described.
Dated this Twenty third day of August 1887.