Improvements in Apparatus for Conditioning Yarn in Cops.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1893-Accepted, 15th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Conditioning Yarn in Cops.
I, THOMAS ROTHWELL, of Rose Cottage, Edge Lane, Oldham, in the County
of Lancaster, Mill Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby yarn in cops can be
conditioned, i.e. damped as may be required in a more simple, expeditious, cheap,
and uniform manner than heretofore has been the case.
The improvements consist principally in the construction of an apparatus in
which the cops can be conditioned whilst in the skip.
To this end I employ a frame in which I render vertically movable, by suitable
lu the said frame above
gearing, a platform carrying a number of vertical plates.
the plates 1 place the skip containing the cope, the bottom of which I form with
longitudinal slots corresponding in position with the aforesaid plates. On each of
the latter I place a piece of fabric covering each side thereof and previously dipped
into a suitable anticeptic liquid. On the said plates being raised through the slots
in the skips the wet fabric is forced between the several layers of cops in the skip
and suspended therein by means of rods after which the plates are lowered and the
skip with the wet fabric removed. The latter imparting to the cops the required
uniform dampness.
Dated this 12th day of August 1892.
F. BOSSHARDT & CO.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Conditioning Yarn in Cops.
1, THOMAS ROTHWELL, of Rose Cottage, Edge Lane, Oldham, in the County
of Lancaster, Mill Manager, 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:—
This invention has for its object to provide means whereby yarn in cops can be
conditioned, i.e. damped as may be required in a more simple, expeditious, cheap
and uniform manner than heretofore has been the case.
The improvements consist principally in the construction of an apparatus in
which the cops can be conditioned whilst in the skip in a body or bulk.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is an end view, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 a plan of the said apparatus
without the skip. Fig. 4. is a vertical section of Fig. 2 on line A-B of the
apparatus with skip in position. Figs. 5 & 6 are perspective views of the skip,
showing respectively the bottom and top thereof.
In carrying out my invention and referring to the figures generally I employ a
frame a in which I render vertically movable, by suitable gearing bereinafter
In the frame a,
described, a platform 6 carrying a number of vertical plates c.
above the plates c I place the skip d, see Fig. 4, containing the cops e, the bottom
of which skip d I form with longitudinal slots f, see Figs. 4 & 5, corresponding in
position or distance with the aforesaid plates c. On each of the latter I place one
or more pieces of fabric g covering each side thereof and previously dipped into a

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suitable anticeptic liquid. On the plates c being raised, by suitable gearing
hereinafter described, from the position shown in Fig. 1, through the slots in the
skip d, the wet fabric is forced between the several layers of cops e contained in
a body or bulk in the skip d and retained therein by means of rods h, see Fig. 4,
after which the plates are lowered into their former position. The rods are
then withdrawn, the skip d with the wet fabric 9 therein removed from the
apparatus and the wet fabric allowed to remain, see Fig. 6, until the cops e have
absorbed therefrom the desired amount of moisture in a uniform manner.
the
To facilitate the raising and lowering of the platform I fix to the underside
thereof two tooth racks into which gear two pinions i, ¹, fixed on a shaft k,
mounted in bearings on the frame a, which shaft k at one end also carrys a chain
wheel m.
Above the shaft & is suitably mounted on the frame a a short shaft n
having fixed thereto a ratchet wheel o, a chain wheel p and a crank handle
ratchet wheel o being retained in position by a click r. A chains is placed onto
the chain wheels m & p, and on the crank handle 9 being turned to the right
rotary motion is imparted by the chain s to the wheel m, shaft k and pinions i, i,
which latter raise the racks i and with them the platform b and plates c carrying
the wet fabric g and thereby insert the latter through the slots in the skip d
between the cops e contained in a body or bulk therein. The lowering of the
platform band withdrawing of the plates e takes place by throwing the click out
gear and turning the crank handle g to the left.
of
The frame a is formed with two extensions a¹ & a' each furnished with an
adjustable cross rail d' which serve to hold the skip d in position during the
insertion of the plates c and fabric g, one or both of the extensions a¹, a², may be
hinged and locked in position by means of bolts d² and on withdrawing the said
bolts be thrown back, see Fig. 1, to allow of removing the skip d, or placing the
same in position in the frame a.
In lieu of forming the slots f in the bottom of the skip d they may be formed in
the side or end thereof and the apparatus described for inserting the clothed plates o
formed accordingly, the former plant however is preferable.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
"In apparatus for conditioning yarn in cops."
1st. The construction of an apparatus for conditioning yarn in cop form, adapted
to place wet fabric between cops contained in a body or bulk in a skip through
slots formed in the latter in lieu of laying cops on wet fabric by hand, or vice versa,
substantially as set forth.
2nd. A skip d formed with slots f, which permit of inserting or placing between
cops contained in a body or bulk in a skip d wet fabric by means of plates c or
their equivalents, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. An apparatus for inserting wet fabric between the cops contained in a
skip d in a body or bulk, as specified in the preceding claims, consisting of a frame
adapted to support the skip d, of a platform & carrying plates c, or their equivalents,
to be clothed with damp fabric and of means for inserting the said clothed plates,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of June 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.