Improvements in and in Apparatus for Conditioning, Damping, or Moistening Yarns or Threads and Woven or other Fabrics.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 20th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in Apparatus for Conditioning, Damping, or
Moistening Yarns or Threads and Woven or other Fabrics.
I WILLIAM HURST of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in a method of and apparatus for "conditioning," damping or
moistening yarns or threads and woven or other fabrics.
According to my method of "conditioning," damping or moistening yarns or threads
and woven or other fabrics I cause the varn or thread or woven or other fabric which
is to be "conditioned," damped or moistened, to be passe in contact with a moist
surface or in contact with a brush or roller which is in contact with a moist
surface.
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According to one arrangement of apparatus constructed according to my invention
I place beneath the yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," moistened or
damped a trough to contain the water or other liquid to be employed in
conditioning," damping or moistening the said yarn or thread or fabric. In
the said trough I place an " endless" band of flannel, felt or other suitable material
which "endless" hand of flannel, felt or other suitable material passes around bars
or rollers the upper of which is supported in or upon bearings or brackets carried by
the said trough or any other suitable part. The "endless band of flannel, felt or
other suitable material is so mounted that the lower portion of such band dips into
the water or other liquid contained in the trough above mentioned while the upper
portion of such band is situate above the surface of the water or other liquid contained
in the trough.
By means of suitable guides or rollers I so guide or conduct the said yarn or
thread or fabric that while the said yarn or thread or fabric is passing across the
trough such yarn or thread or fabric will pass in contact with the upper portion of
the endless band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material and receive moisture or
liquid therefrom. The bars or rollers above mentioned may be stationary or one or
more of such bars or rollers may be periodically rotated by the attendant or may be
intermittently or continuously rotated by means of suitable gearing. The water or
other liquid in the trough above mentioned is kept at the required "level" by means
of a "ball cock" or by an apparatus similar to that known as a "bird fountain" or
in any other suitable manner or such trough may be refilled with water or other liquid
from time to time as may be necessary or desirable. The quantity of moisture or
liquid imparted to the yarn or thread or fabric may be controlled or regulated by
means of the depth of the water or other liquid contained in the trough before
mentioned or by causing one or more of the bars or rollers around or over which the
endless band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material passes to be rotated at a
suitable speed by means of a ratchet wheel and pawl or by means of a worm and
worm-wheel or by any other suitable means. I so mount the guides or rollers.by
means of which the yarn or thread or fabric is guided or conducted, that when
necessary or desirable the yarn or thread or fabric may be moved out of contact with
the "endless" band of flannel, felt or other suitable material.
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According to another arrangement of apparatus constructed according to my
invention I employ instead of the "endless" hand of flannel, felt, or other suitable
material above mentioned a roller covered with flannel, felt or other suitable material
and dipping at its lower side into the water or other liquid contained in the trough
above mentioned and I employ such roller in a manner similar to that in which
the said "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material is above described
as being amnloved

page_text: In some cases instead of causing the "endless" band of flannel, felt or other
suitable material or the roller used instead of such band to be in contact with the
lower surface of the yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," damped or
moistened I cause such band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material or the roller
used instead of such band of flannel, felt or other suitable material to be in contact
with the upper surface of the yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," damped or
moistened.
In a modification of my invention instead of placing the band of flannel, felt or
other suitable material or roller above mentioned in contact with the yarn or thread
or fabric to be "conditioned," damped or moistened I employ in conjunction with
such band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material or roller, a revolving or rotating
brush or roller so placed that such brush or roller while rotating will transfer water
or other liquid from the band of flannel, felt or other suitable material or roller to the
yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," damped or moistened.
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My invention is particularly applicable to "conditioning," damping or moistening
yarns or threads being made into a warp by means of a
warping mill" or
beaming machine or by means of other machines by means of which yarns or
threads are made into warps and is also particularly applicable to "conditioning
damping or moistening yarns or threads being wound upon the " warp beams of
looms for weaving and for "conditioning," damping or moistening yarns or threads
being used as warp" in looms for weaving.
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Dated this Eighteenth day of April 1889
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in Apparatus for Conditioning, Damping, or
Moistening Yarns or Threads and Woven or other Fabrics.
I, WILLIAM HURST of Rochdale in the county of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner
do bereby 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:-
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My invention consists in a method of and apparatus for "conditioning,"
'damping" or moistening yarns or threads and woven or other fabrics.
According to my method of "conditioning," "damping" or moistening yarns or
threads and woven or other fabrics I cause the yarn or thread or woven or other
fabric which is to be "conditioned," "damped" or moistened, to be passed in contact
with a moist surface.
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According to one arrangement of apparatus constructed according to my invention
I place beneath the yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," moistened, or
damped, a trough to contain the water or other liquid to be employed in
conditioning," damping, or moistening the said yarn or thread or fabric. In the
said trough I place an endless band of flannel, felt or other suitable material
which "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material passes around bars
or rollers, the upper of which is supported in or upon bearings or brackets carried
by the said trough or any other suitable part. The "endless" band of flannel, felt,
or other suitable material is so mounted that the lower portion of such band dips
into the water or other liquid contained in the trough above mentioned, while the
upper portion of such band is situate above the surface of the water or other liquid
contained in the trough. By means of suitable guides or rollers I so guide or
conduct the said yarn or thread or fabric that while the said yarn or thread or fabric
is passing across the trough, such yarn, or thread or fabric will pass in contact with
the upper portion of the "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material,
and receive moisture or liquid therefrom. The bars or rollers above mentioned may
be stationary, or one or more of such bars or rollers may be periodically rotated by
the attendant or may be intermittently or continuously rotated by means of suitable

page_text: gearing. The quantity of moisture or liquid imparted to the yarn, or thread, or
fabric may be controlled or regulated by means of the depth of the water or other
liquid contained in the trough before mentioned or by causing one or more of the
bars or rollers around or over which the "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other
suitable material passes to be rotated at a suitable speed by means of a ratchet wheel
and pawl or by means of a worm and worm-wheel or by any other suitable means. I
so mount the guides or rollers by means of which the yarn or thread or fabric is
guided or conducted, that when necessary or desirable the yarn, or thread, or fabric
may be moved out of contact with the "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other
suitable material.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a front view and Fig. 2 a cross section of
one arrangement of the apparatus which 1 employ.
a is a trough. In the upper part of the trough a I place a roller 6 supported by
and capable of being revolved in bearings a' formed in the ends a³ of the trough a.
Near to each end of the trough a I place a partition c.
Between the lower edge of each of the partitions c and the bottom of the trough a
I form an opening A.
Around the roller I place an "endless" band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable
material. The endless band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material is so mounted
upon the roller b that the lower portion of such endless band of flannel, felt, or other
suitable material dips into the water or other liquid B contained in the trough a. In
order to ensure the endless band d of flannel, felt, or other material dipping into
the water or other liquid BI pass such endless band d of flannel, felt, or other material
around a bar or roller e which is suspended by the endless band d of flannel, felt, or
other material. The bar or roller e may if it be desired, be caused to revolve in
bearings formed in the trough a.
The partitions e serve as guides for maintaining the endless band d of flannel, felt,
or other suitable material in correct position upon the roller b. When water or other
suitable liquid is being poured into the trough a such water or other suitable liquid
may be readily poured into the space between either of the partitions c and the
adjacent end a² of the trough a.
The yarn or thread or fabric C to be "conditioned," damped, or moistened ] so
guide or conduct by means of guides or rollers that while the yarn or thread or
fabric is passing across the trough a such yarn, or thread, or fabric will pass in
contact with the upper portion of the endless band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable
material and receive moisture or liquid therefrom.
The roller may be stationary or may be periodically rotated by the attendant,
or may be intermittently or continuously rotated by means of gearing. The quantity
of moisture or liquid imparted to the yarn or thread or fabric C may be controlled
or regulated by means of the depth of water or other liquid B contained in the
trough a, or by causing the roller band endless band d of flannel, felt, or other
suitable material to be rotated at a suitable speed by means of a ratchet-wheel
and pawl or by means of a worm and worm-wheel or by any other suitable
means.
I mount the guides or rollers f so, that when necessary or desirable the yarn or
thread or fabric C may be moved out of contact with the "endless" band d of flannel,
felt, or other suitable material.
In some cases instead of causing the "endless" band of flannel, felt, or other
suitable material to be in contact with the lower surface of the yarn or thread or
fabric to be "conditioned," damped or moistened, I cause such band of flannel, felt,
or other suitable material to be in contact with the upper surface of the yarn or
thread or fabric to be "conditioned," damped, or moistened.
One arrangement of this part of my invention is shown in cross section in Fig. 3
of the accompanying drawings. The yarns, or threads, or woven, or other fabric C
to be "conditioned," damped, or moistened, I pass over rollers or guides f. The
endless band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material the part d' of which dips
into the water or other liquid B contained in the trough a. I so pass around suitable

page_text: rollers and around a roller ; by which the endless band d of flannel, felt, or
other suitable material is caused to be in contact with the upper surface of the
yarns, or threads, or woven or other fabric C to be "conditioned," damped or
moistened.
The rollers or guides f and h may also be employed to cause the yarn, or thread,
or fabric being conditioned," damped, or moistened, to be pressed more or less
into contact with the band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material, so that
such yarn or thread or fabric may receive a greater or less amount of water or other
liquid from the band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material.
My invention is particularly applicable to "conditioning," damping, or moistening
yarns or threads being made into a warp by means of a "warping mill" or
"beaming machine" or by means of other machines by means of which yarns or
threads are made into warps, and is also particularly applicable to "conditioning,"
damping, or moistening yarns, or threads being wound upon "beams" to be "slashed
or otherwise prepared for use in weaving.
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Figs. 4 and 5 of the accompanying drawings show in front view and plan
respectively one method of applying my invention for "conditioning," damping, or
moistening yarns, or threads to be made into a warp by a "warping mill.”
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1 is the "jack post" which serves as a vertical guide upon which is slidden
upward and downward in the usual manner the "jack box" n to which is secured
the "jack armi which is provided with brackets 2 by which the "heck
carried. The heck m is omitted from Fig. 4.
To the jack box" n to which the heck m is secured, I secure a bracket o.
a is the trough in which is the roller around which is an "endless" band d of
flannel, felt or other suitable material. The trough a, roller b, and band d, of flannel,
felt or other suitable material are similar in construction and operation to those
herein before described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying
drawings.
To the bracket is secured a projecting arm p in which is formed a bearing
supported and capable of being rotated in which is one end of the axle 61 of the
roller b, the other end of which axle is supported in a bearing formed in the
trough a. Secured to the bracket o is a stud upon which and free to be rotated
thereon is a pulley g fast upon the boss of which is a bevel wheel which gears
into two bevel wheels, s, t, mounted and free to be revolved on the axle 6. One
of the bevel wheels s, t is shown detached and upon a larger scale in Figs. 6 and 7
of the accompanying drawings Fig. 6 being a plan and Fig. 7 an end view.
Fast upon the axle 6 are collars u, v, each of which is provided with ratchet teeth.
The boss of each of the bevel wheels s, t, is provided with a spring tooth which
takes into the ratchet teeth of the collar or vas the case may be, adjacent thereto.
The ratchet teeth of the collar u point in the direction indicated by the arrow D
and the ratchet teeth of the collar v, also point in the direction indicated by the arrow D.
Passed around the pulley q is a cord or band w one end of such cord or baud we being
secured to the floor or to a bracket attached to the "jack post" and the other to the
ceiling or any other suitable part. The cord or band w is so arranged as to be
parallel with the edges of the "jack post" 1. The yarns or threads C to be formed
into a warp after passing through the eyes of the heck m pass over, and in contact
with the endless" band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material, then pass
between the "half bier" rollers or pegs a and thence to the "warping mill" upon
which they are coiled. At such times as the "heck" is ascending the pulley g will
by travelling along the cord or band w be turned in the direction indicated by the
arrow E and will by means of the bevel wheels and t and the spring tooth with
which the bevel wheel is provided act upon the ratchet teeth of the collar vso as to
turn the axle in the direction indicated by the arrow F. At such times as the
heck m is descending the pulley 9 travelling along the cord or band we will be caused
to turn in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow E and will by means
of the bevel wheels r, s, and the spring tooth with which the bevel wheels is provided,
act upon the ratchet teeth of the collar u so as to turn the axle b¹ and roller b in the

page_text: direction indicated by the arrow F. By the above described arrangement the roller b
is caused to turn in the direction indicated by the arrow F, whether the "heck" m is
ascending or descending.
Instead of employing a pulley 9 and cord or band w, I in some cases employ the
arrangement shown in the detached view Fig. 8 in which I substitute for the pulley q
a toothed wheel q¹ the teeth of which take into the teeth of a chain w' secured at
its extremities to any convenient part, and so placed as to be parallel to the "jack
post" l.
As the wheel q' is carried upward or downward along the chain w¹ the wheel q
will be caused to rotate. I keep the teeth of the chain w' in gear with the wheel 7¹
by means of a pulley q² carried by the bracket o by which the wheel q' is carried.
Figs. 9, 10 and 11 are respectively an end clevation, a front elevation, and a plan
showing my invention as applied to a beaming machine. The trough a is supported
upon brackets by ears a projecting from the said trough a. In the trough a is the
roller around which the endless" band d of flannel, felt, or other suitable material
is passed. The yarns or threads C in their passage to the warp beam upon which
they are to be wound, pass over and in contact with the band
of flannel, felt or
other suitable material and so become "conditioned," damped, or moistened.
In order to impart rotary motion to the roller I employ the following
arrangement.
Upon the axle y¹ of the drum y I mount an excentric z which is embraced by
jaws 2ª formed upon a rod 2 jointed at its upper end to one end of a bell-crank-
lever 3 secured to a short shaft 4 carried by and capable of turning in a bracket 5
secured to the end-framing 6. To one arm of the bell-crank-lever 3 is jointed a
click 3ª which takes into the teeth of ratchet wheel 7 fast upon the short shaft 4.
Formed upon the short shaft 4 is a disc 8 provided with a crank-pin 9 which is
embraced by one end of a connecting-rod 10 jointed at its other end to one end of a
bell-crank-lever 11 mounted and free to be turned upon the axle 1 of the roller b.
Jointed to the bell-crank-lever 11 is a click 11" which takes into the teeth of a
ratchet-wheel 12 fast upon the axle of the roller b. Jointed to the framework 6 of
the machine is a click 6ª which takes into the teeth of the ratchet wheel 7. The
click 6 prevents the roller from being turned in a direction opposite to that
indicated by the arrow F. The rotation of the axle y' will by means of the
excentric cause the arm 2 to be alternately raised and lowered and by means of the
bell-crank-lever 3, click 3, and ratchet-wheel 7 cause the short shaft 4 and disc 8
to be rotated. The rotation of the disc 8 will, by means of the crank-pin 9, rod 10,
bell-crank-lever 11, click 11%, and ratchet wheel 12, cause the roller to be rotated
in the direction indicated by the arrow F. By the crank-pin 9 being adjusted so as
to be nearer to or farther from the axis of the short shaft 4 a less or greater amount
of rotation will be imparted to the roller b by each rotation of the axle y' and thus
the quantity of water or other liquid imparted to the yarns or threads C may be
regulated.
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The water or other liquid in the trough a above mentioned may be kept at the
required level by means of a "ball-cock or by means of an apparatus similar to
that known as a "bird-fountain' or in any other suitable manner or such trough a
may be refilled with water or other suitable liquid from time to time as may be
necessary or desirable.
One form of the apparatus similar to a "bird-fountain" which I employ according
to my invention is shown in elevation in Fig. 12. 13 is a vessel formed of glass or
other suitable material. The lower part of the vessel 13 is provided with a pipe 13"
the lower end of which terminates at the level at which the water or liquid B is to be
maintained in the trough a. The pipe 13 I furnish with a tap 13 by means of
which, liquid may at times be prevented from flowing from the vessel 13. The
tap 13 must be closed when the vessel 13 is being filled or charged with liquid
through an opening in the top of such vessel 13 which opening must, when the
apparatus is at work be kept closed by means of the stopper 14. The vessel 13 I
secure to a bracket 15 mounted upon a bracket 16 secured to the framing 6 of the

page_text: beaming machine or other machine. I provide the bracket 15 with a screw 15ª
which abuts against a projecting part 16ª formed on the bracket 16. By the
screw 15 being turned in a suitable direction the vessel 13 may be raised or lowered
so as to cause the level of the water or other liquid B in the trough a to be higher or
lower as may be necessary or desirable.
The water or other liquid to be employed in "conditioning," damping, or
moistening the yarns or threads or woven or other fabrics, may have added to it any
suitable antiseptic or other material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The hereinbefore described arrangements for "conditioning," damping, or
moistening yarns or threads or woven or other fabrics which arrangements consist
in a band of flannel, felt, or other suitable material, in contact at one part with the
yarn or thread or fabric to be "conditioned," damped, or moistened, and dipping at
another part into water or other suitable liquid contained in a trough.
2. For "conditioning," damping, or moistening yarns or threads being formed
into a warp by means of a warping inill, the arrangements of apparatus herein before
described in reference to and illustrated in and by Figs. 4. 5. 6. and 7 and 8 of the
accompanying drawings which arrangements of apparatus consist in a trough, such
as a, a band such as d, of flannel, felt, or other suitable material, cord or band,
such as w, or chain such as w¹, pulley such as q or q', bevel wheels r, s, t, and collars
such as u, v, provided with ratchet-teeth, all arranged, employed, and operating
substantially as hereinbefore described.
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3. For conditioning," damping, or moistening yarns or threads being wound
upon a warp-beam in a beaming machine, the arrangements of apparatus hereinbefore
described in reference to and illustrated in and by Figs. 9. 10. and 11 of the
accompanying drawings, which arrangements of apparatus consist in a band such as d
of flannel, felt, or other suitable material, an excentric, such as z, a rod such as 2,
bell-crank-lever, such as 3, ratchet-wheel, such as 7, short shaft such as 4, disc, such
as 8, crank-pin such as 9, connecting rod such as 10, bell-crank-lever such as 11, and
ratchet wheel such as 12, all arranged, employed and operating substantially as
bereinbefore described.
4. For maintaining the water or other liquid to be used in "conditioning,"
damping, or moistening yarns or threads or woven or other fabrics according to my
invention, the apparatus herein before described in reference to and illustrated in and
by Fig. 12 of the accompanying drawings, which apparatus consists in a vessel such
as 13 provided with a pipe such as 13" and employed, and operating in a manner
similar to what is commonly known as a bird-fountain."
Dated this Nineteenth day of February 1890