A New or Improved Machine for Scouring and Dyeing Hanks of Yarn.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 6th Apr., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Scouring and Dyeing Hanks of
Yarn.
We, WILLIAM BLACKBURN and RALPH EAGLAND BRAY, trading as Black-
burn and Bray, of Ellen Royd Mills, Halifax, in the County of. York, Worsted
Spinners and LEMUEL CLAYTON of Halifax aforesaid, Silk Spinner do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention consists in constructing and arranging a new form of machine
whereby hanks of yarn may be automatically scoured and dyed, thereby dispensing
with considerable manual labour at present employed to effect the same object.
In carrying out our invention we use any suitable form of vessel or cistern to
contain the scouring or dyeing liquor. Above the cistern are mounted on rising
and falling brackets or pedestals a series of horizontal rollers or rods upon which
the hanks are placed, a copper or other suitable form of roller being employed at
the bottom of the hank for the purpose of keeping such hank at a suitable state
of tension. The brackets or pedestals carrying the rollers and hanks have an
upward and downward motion given to them by crank and rod or other suitable
form of mechanism for the purpose of dipping the hanks in the scouring or dyeing
liquor; weights and levers being also employed to counterbalance the parts. Each
time the hanks are withdrawn from the cistern, the liquor drips or runs down the
whole length of hank, thoroughly scouring or dyeing every particle of fibre.
When the hanks have been sufficiently dipped, the operative revolves the rollers
carrying the hanks so as to permit that portion of hank to be immersed which had
previously been raised above the liquor, so that all parts of the hanks are subjected
to its action, but the hanks may be made to continuously or intermittently revolve
self-actingly by means of pinion wheels on the ends of the rollers carrying the
hanks, gearing with each other and receiving their motion from a pinion and rack,
set in motion by the upward and downward movement of the frame, to perform the
dipping operation; or other mechanical equivalents may be employed for giving
rotary or intermittent motion to the hanks.
By the use of a machine constructed as herein described, the felting or entangle-
ment of the hanks is now avoided, as by this method they are left in a free and
open state.
Dated thin 5th dow of Lulu, 1900
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Scouring and Dyeing Hanks of
Yarn.
We, WILLIAM BLACKBURN and RALPH EAGLAND BRAY, trading as Blackburn
and Bray, of Ellen Royd Mills, Halifax, in the County of York, Worsted
Spinners, and LEMUEL CLAYTON, of Halifax, aforesaid, Silk Spinner, 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:
Our invention consists in constructing and arranging a new form of machine
whereby hanks of yarn may be automatically scoured and dyed, thereby dispensing
with considerable manual labour at present employed to effect the same object.
In carrying out our invention we use any suitable form of vessel or cistern to

page_text: contain the scouring or dyeing liquor. Above the cistern are mounted on rising
and falling framework a series of horizontal rollers or rods upon which the hanks
are placed, a copper or other suitable form of roller being employed at the bottom
of the hank for the purpose of keeping such hank at a suitable state of tension.
The framework carrying the rollers and hanks has an upward and downward
motion given to it by crank and rod or other suitable form of mechanism for the
purpose of dipping the "hanks in the scouring or dyeing liquor. Each time the
hanks are withdrawn from the cistern, the liquor drips or runs down the whole
length of hank, thoroughly scouring or dyeing every particle of fibre. When the
hanks have been sufficiently dipped, the operative revolves the rollers carrying the
hanks so as to permit that portion of hank to be immersed which had previously
been raised above the liquor, so that all parts of the hanks are subjected to its
action, but the hanks may be made to continuously or intermittently revolve self-
actingly by means of pinion wheels on the ends of the rollers carrying the hanks,
gearing with each other and receiving their motion from a pinion and ratchet
wheel, set in motion by the upward and downward movement of the frame, to
perform the dipping operation; or other mechanical equivalents may be employed
for giving rotary or intermittent motion to the hanks.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, we will now proceed to
describe the same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accom-
panying sheets of drawings, wherein
Fig. 1 is end elevation (partly in section) of our machine for scouring and
dyeing hanks of yarn ;
Fig. 2 is cross-section through the line 1-2 of Fig. 1 shewing the interior of
the machine;
Fig. 3 is plan view and
Fig. 4 detail of one of the parts.
A represents the vessel containing either the scouring or dyeing liquor, to which
are fixed stationary standards or framework B. The hanks to be operated upon
are represented at C and they are supported on rollers or rods D, the lower part
of the hanks receiving a copper or other suitable rod E employed for the purpose
of keeping the hanks in a distended state in the liquor. The rollers or rods D
are supported or carried at each end by the frame F which is made to rise and fall
for the purpose of dipping the hanks in the liquor and for withdrawing them.
The means we employ for causing the framework, together with the hanks, to rise
and fall, consists of a disc or face plate G driven by worm and wheel H made to
revolve by the driving pulleys I. On the face plate G is a stud J, to which is
connected one end of the chain K, the other end of such chain passing around a
grooved pulley L, to which it is also connected. The grooved pulley L is mounted
upon the horizontal shaft M which also carries other grooved pulleys N to which
are connected other chains O, the opposite ends of such chains being connected to
cross rail P which is capable of rising and falling within grooves or slots made in
the standards or framework or brackets B. It will be apparent that as the face
plate G revolves, say in the direction of the arrow indicated thereon, and whilst
travelling upward between point J and J, the chain K will be slackened and taken
up around the pulley L fixed on the shaft M, such said shaft being caused to
revolve in that particular direction when the chain K is slackened by the pull or
weight of the rail P, frame F, rods D, and hanks, causing the hanks to be sub-
merged in the dye liquor; but on the continued rotary motion of the face plate G,
which will take the stud J down to the position J', the chain K will be tightened
and drawn downward, causing the shaft M to revolve in the opposite direction, in
doing which the rail P and frame F, together with the hanks, are raised so as to
withdraw them from the liquor, and this dipping of the hanks and the withdrawing
of them continues to take place at every revolution of the face plate. It will
therefore be understood that on the upward movement of the chain K, the hanks
descend into the liquor, but on the downward movement of the said chain K the
hanks are lifted out of the liquor a counterbalance weight X see Fig. 1 being

page_text: employed to assist in the rocking motion of the shaft M. In order that every
portion of the hanks may be dyed or scoured without requiring any attention on
the part of the workman, we cause the said hanks to travel vertically in the dyeing
or scouring liquor, and this is effected in the following manner, namely, we fix a
pinion wheel Q on the end of each roller or rod D, the pinions being made to gear
with each other, and we impart to the said pinions an intermittent motion by means
of a ratchet wheel R and pawl S, the latter being connected to an arm or rod T
hinged to another rod U attached by pin to a fixed part of the framework at V,
therefore when the frame F and rods T are raised out of the machine as shewn in
dotted lines, the two arms T and U assume the positions shewn in dotted lines, but
when the framework is descending the ratchet R is descending, and the two arms T
and U follow with the framework; then the pawl S turns over the ratchet wheel a
few teeth, in doing which the pinion W (see Fig. 4) imparts intermittent rotary
motion to the various pinions on the ends of the horizontal rods, thereby causing
the hanks to traverse in the liquor, and this happens every time the hanks are
dipped in the liquor, consequently the positions of the hanks are constantly being
changed, but the traversing of the hanks may be timed to be moved when they are
rising out of the liquor.
By the use of a machine constructed and operated as herein described, hanks
can be evenly and perfectly scoured and dyed, and the felting or entanglement of
the hanks at present experienced is avoided. Each hank is also left in a free and
open state, and as the liquor drips down the hanks every time they are lifted out
of the said liquor, the loose fibre projecting from the yarn is smoothed down.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Firstly. In a machine for scouring and dyeing hanks of yarn, the apparatus
herein shewn and described, or any modification thereof, for dipping the said hanks
and withdrawing them from the liquor.
Secondly. In a machine for scouring and dyeing hanks of yarn, the apparatus
herein shewn and described for dipping hanks and withdrawing them from the
liquor, in combination with means for causing the said hanks to travel, all arranged
as described and shewn in the drawings.
Dated this 4th day of April 1891.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.