AN IMPROVEMENT IN FINISHING YARNS OF WOOL PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Brook, the younger, of Meltham Mills, near
Huddersfield, in the County of York, Cotton Spinner, and Joseph Hirst,
of Wilshaw, near Huddersfield aforesaid, Woollen Cloth Manufacturer,
for the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FINISHING YARNS OF WOOL
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Brook and
Joseph Hirst at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 23rd February 1856.
We, CHARLES BROOK, the younger, of Meltham Mills, near Huddersfield, in
the County of York, Cotton Spinner, and JOSEPH HIRST, of Wilshaw, near
Huddersfield aforesaid, Woollen Cloth Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the Invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN FINISHING YARNS OF WOOL OR
HAIR, AND IN THE FINISHING OF WOVEN FABRICS OR PIECE GOODS, to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an improvement in finishing yarns of wool
or hair, and in the finishing of woven fabrics or piece goods, and consists of
causing yarns of wool or hair, whilst distended and kept separate, to be
subjected to the action of rotatory beaters or burnishers, by which such yarns
will be burnished or polished on all sides. And the Invention also consists of
subjecting woven fabrics or piece goods of cotton, linen, silk, wool, hair, or
other fibre, when in an extended state, to the action of rotatory beaters or
burnishers on either or both sides, by which such woven fabrics or piece
goods will be burnished or polished on their surfaces.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Brook, and Joseph Hirst in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 23rd August 1856.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CHARLES
BROOK, the younger, of Meltham Mills, near Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Cotton Spinner, and JOSEPH HIRST, of Wilshaw, near Huddersfield
aforesaid, Woollen Cloth Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
Charles Brook, and Joseph Hirst. Her special licence that we, the said
Charles' Brook', and, Joseph Hirst,, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or, such others as we; the said Charles. Brook and Joseph Hirst, our, executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time, agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN FINISHING YARNS OF
WOOL OR HAIR, AND IN THE FINISHING OF WOVEN FABRICS OR PIECE GOODS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Charles Brook and Joseph
Hirst, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our
or their hands and seals, or under the" hand and seal of one of us or them,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention; and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters: Patent.*
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NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Charles: Brook and Joseph Hirst,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say::-)
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This 'Invention has for its object an improvement in finishing'yarns of wool
or hair, and in the finishing. of woven fabrics or piece.goods, and consists of
causing yarns of wool or hair whilst distended and kept separate to :be
subjected to the action of rotatory beaters or burnishers, by which such yarns
will be burnished or polished on all sides...
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And the Invention also consists of subjecting woven fabrics or piece goods
of cotton, linen, silk, wool, hair, or other fibre, when in an extended state, to

page_text: the action of-rotatory beaters or burnishers on either or both sides, by which..
such woven fabrics or piece goods will be burnished or polished on their surfaces.
And in order that our said Invention may be most fully understood, and
readily carried into effect; we will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto
annexed:
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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view; Figure 2, a plan; and Figures 3 and 4, end views
of a machine, suitable for finishing yarns of wool and. hair, according to
our Invention. machine frame; b, first beam, with unpolished thread
on; c, last beam, with polished thread on after passing, through machine;
d, thread, shewn as passing through machine; the lower dotted lines & show.
the position of the thread when the beams''are empty, the higher dotted lines
when the beams are full; e, wood roller, which rolls upon the thread, and
which moves the levers f as the thread'upon the beam b gets less; ff. f. f, are
four levers fixed upon the shaft g, and worked by the wood roller e; h, h, are
two levers, which work in a joint at "j," Figure 1, with two weights i, which
move backwards and forwards upon the levers h; the weights i can be made,
heavier or lighter at pleasure; the weights are worked by a cord k, attached'
to the end of two of the levers f; l'is the break at each end of the beam b,;
one end of which is attached to the machine frame, and then passes over the
ends of the beams, and the other enils are attached to the levers h; m is a
wood guide roller for the thread; n, m, n, n, are four stays that the thread
passes through; o, o, o, are three wood stays or guides for thread; p, p, are.
two cast-iron rollers that the thread passes between; 9, are levers for giving
additional weight to the top iron roller; r, are weights; which can be moved>
backwards or forwards upon the levers 7; 8, Figure 1, is a wood trough fixed³
under the iron rollers; t is a circular brush with six wings; u, are three
beaters, are two cone drums, one fixed on the main driving shaft marked:
with X, the other is fixed at the end of the machine frame, as shewn in,
Figure 1 and Figure 2; w is the belt which drives the latter conc drum from
the cone drum on the main shaft; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are spur wheels,"
which drive the last beam c from the latter cono drum, fixed to the out end of
the-frame; a is a 'sneck wheel, driven from the last beam c, with an excentric
and lever;, ; and 8 and 9, are spur wheels driven by the'sneck wheel; the
wheel marked 9 has a barrel on for a cord to wrap'on; y is a cord, and z a
weight, attached to one end of the cord; the cord moves the guide for the
cone belt, and gives one uniform speed to the thread whilst. passing through
the machine; the thread is pulled through the machine by the beam c, and
the levers h, with the weights i attached, is for the purpose of giving a uniform

page_text: pulleys
tension to the thread, as the weight upon the break is decreased as the thread
upon the beam gets less; a, a, the main driving pulleys, one is loose, the
other fast; b, b, is a pulley for driving the counter shaft c, c, with a belt, and
the beaters and circular brush are driven from the counter shaft c, c,
and belts, as shewn on Figures 1 and 2; Figure 5 is a side view; Figure 6, a
plan; and Figure 7, an end view of a machine for finishing woven fabrics or
piece goods according to our Invention; a, machine frame; b, creeper frame,
for spere cloth to lay upon whilst passing through the machine; c, cloth
passing through the machine; d, wood box or trough for hot or cold water, or
any other kind of liquid or composition; e, wood roller fixed inside the trough
to conduct the cloth through liquid; f, brass rollers for the cloth to pass
between; g, friction rollers for the bottom brass roller centre bearings; h, lever
at each end of top brass roller, to act as bearings for roller centres, and also
for the purpose of adding, additional weight to the top roller, for compressing
the cloth whilst passing through or between the rollers; i, rod at each end of
the rollers, for the purpose of connecting the lever h to the lower lever j, for the
purpose of giving weight to the top brass roller; k, wrought-iron shaft to
receive the two short levers j, and the long lever 7 with the weight m attached
to the same, all for the purpose of giving weight to the top brass roller; j, two
short levers at each end of the shaft k; 1, lever; m, weight, which can be
moved backwards or forwards upon the lever 1, for the purpose of increasing
or decreasing the weight upon the top brass roller, and for increasing or
decreasing the compressing upon the cloth; n, two screw nuts on the rod i, at
each end of the brass rollers, for the purpose of raising or lowering the top
brass roller by the lever h, for the purpose of taking the weight of the top
brass roller from the bottom roller, and also for setting the top brass roller at
any required distance from the bottom roller; o, pulley and belt for turning
the top brass roller when required from the first beater; 0, 0, Figure 2, loose
pulleys, for the belt o to be put upon when not required for turning the top
brass roller; p, circular brush; r, beaters with six wood wings; s, three wood
rollers; t, bevil wheels at each end of the wood rollers s, for the purpose of
raising or lowering the same, to give greater or less pressure on to the brush p
and beaters r, as required; u, wood rollers for drawing the cloth through the
machine; v, wood break rollers, either to run round or stand just as required,
for giving greater or less tension to the cloth; w, main driving shaft; a, nain
pulleys; y, pulleys and belt for turning the brush from the main driving
shaft w; z, pulleys and belt for. turning the first beater from the main
driving shaft w; a, a, pulleys and belt for turning the second beater from the.
brush p; b, b, pullies and belt for giving a motion from the main driving

page_text: shaft w to the spur and bevil wheels for turning the wood rollers ; 1, 2, 8, 4
are four spur wheels, driven by the pulleys and belt b, b, for reducing the
speed and giving a motion to the first wood roller u; 5, 6, are two spur wheels,
for the purpose of connecting and turning the second wood roller u from
the first wood roller u; 7, 8, 9, 10 are four mitre wheels for driving the third
wood roller u from the first wood roller u, by means of the upright shaft c, c;
c, c, upright shaft; d, d, pulleys and belt for driving the fourth wood roller u
from the third wood roller u; e, e, pulleys and belt for driving the creeper
sheet f,f, from the fourth wood roller u. The wood rollers v, the wood roller e
in the trough, and the three wood rollers s, are all turned or driven by the
friction of the cloth. The arrows show the direction in which the cloth moves
whilst passing through the machine.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, we would have it understood that we make no claim to
any of the parts separately, nor do we confine ourselves to the exact details
described; but what we claim, is,--
Firstly, the causing yarns of wool or hair whilst distended and kept separate
to be subjected to the action of rotatory beaters or burnishers, whereby the
fibre is closed and strengthened, and the surface effectually polished.
Secondly, we claim the subjecting woven fabrics or piece goods of cotton,
linen, silk, wool, hair, or other fibre, when in an extended state, to the action
of rotatory beaters or burnishers, as herein described, whereby the face of the
woven fabric or piece goods is closed and polished, and is made soft and silky
to handle or touch.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Brook, the younger, and Joseph
Hirst, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twentieth day of
August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.
CHARLES BROOK, JUN". (L.S.)
JOSEPH HIRST.
(L.S.)
Witness to the signature of the said Charles Brook,
the younger, and the sealing thereof by him,
JOHN FREEMAN, Solicitor, Huddersfield.
Witness to the signature of the said Joseph Hirst,
and the sealing thereof by him,
Huddersfield