Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 6th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 9th Nov., 1888
JAMES BARBOUR and ABRAM COMBE of Falls Foundry Belfast Ireland Machinists
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
These improvements relate to twisting frames with vertical flyers for flax and similar
yarns in which a ring or register plate is employed to guide the yarns radially into a
forming tube or eye in which the twist is formed.
This invention consists in a special arrangement for applying moisture to the yarns
immediately before they are twisted together with the object of lessening the time that
the yarns have to absorb the moisture and swell before they pass through the tube
or eye.
By this means the smallest possible tube or eye can be used for forming the twist or
thread thereby improving the twist by incorporating it properly.
This is accomplished by surrounding the entrance of the forming tube or eye by a
cup sufficiently largo to contain the requisite liquid which thus moistens the yarns
immediately before they are twisted.
A very simple arrangement of brackets being used to support the ring and register
plate the cup with the forming tube and the pipe for supplying the liquid.
The pipe has a tap to each cup to regulate the supply of liquid and to the cup an
overflow pipe can be applied to keep the liquid always at the same level in the cup so
that an equal amount of moisture is imparted to the yarns during the process of
twisting.
By this arrangement of register plate cup and eye the yarns are made to pass
straight into the eye so that the yarns are not made hairy by being bent in their
passage and thus a round smooth well incorporated twist is produced.
Dated this 9th day of January 1888

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Applying Liquid to Yarns whilst being Twisted.
JAMES BARBOUR and ABRAM COMBE of Falls Foundry Belfast Ireland Machinists
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
These improvements relate to twisting frames with vertical flyers for flax and
similar yarns in which a ring or register plate is employed to guide the yarns radially
into a forming tube or eye in which the twist is formed.
This invention consists in a special arrangement for applying moisture to the yarns
immediately before they are twisted together with the object of lessening the time
that the yarns have to absorb the moisture and swell before they pass through the
tube or eye.
By this means the smallest possible tube or eye can be used for forming the twist
or thread thereby improving the twist by incorporating it properly and laying what
would otherwise be diverging fibres.
Such being the nature and object of this our said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which
Fig. 1. is an elevation of our improved appliances for purpose set forth.
Fig. 2. is a plan view of nicked ring or register plate.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of the cup and supply pipe for liquid.
Fig. 4. is an elevation of arrangement wherein the nicked ring or register plate is
dispensed with the yarns passing under guiding hooks to the forming tube or eye.
Fig. 5. is a plan view of Fig. 4.
The formning tube or eye (a) is surrounded by a cup (c) sufficiently large to contain
the requisite liquid through which the yarns (b) pass immediately before they are
twisted.
In the drawings are shewn two arrangements of cup (c) and register plate (d) or
means for guiding the yarns (b) radially and equidistant into the forming tube or
eye (a).
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In the one case Figs. 1. 2 and 3 the register plate (d) is above and outside the
cup (c) and in the other case Figs. 4 and 5 the guiding of the thread is by hooks (e)
fixed in a ring (e) attached to the bottom of the cup (c).
In the first instance Figs. 1 and 3 the yarns (b) pass directly into the eye (a) so
that the yarns (b) are not made hairy by being bent in their passage and thus a
round smooth well incorporated twist is produced.
In the second arrangement Figs. 4 and 5 the yarns (b) are passed through the
liquid under the hooks (e) thence to the mouth of and through the tube or eye (a)
and although bent in such course the bending is resorted to only when the yarns are

page_text: immersed and the deflection of the short ends of fibres either does not occur or if the
short fibres do for the time being diverge they are immediately laid to the body of the
yarn in the process of twisting and during passage through the tube or eye (a).
A constant supply of liquid is given to each cup (c) by means of a pipe (f) in
which are taps (f) to each cup (c) and each cup (c) has an overflow pipe (c¹) to
carry away the excess liquid.
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:
The employment of liquid containing cups around the forming tubes or eyes of
twisting frames in combination with such tubes or oyes and rings register plates or
hooks for purposes as described and illustrated by annexed drawings.
Dated this 4th day of October 1888.
JAMES BARBOUR.
ABRAM COMBE.