IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING MILLS, OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Stott, of Greetland, near Halifax, in the
County of York, Cotton Warp Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING MILLS, OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
Sealed the 14th May 1859, and dated the 18th November 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by. the said Henry Stott at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th November 1858.
I, HENRY STOTT, of Greetland, near Halifax, in the County of York,
Cotton Warp Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN WARPING MILLS, OR APPARATUS CONNECTED
THEREWITH," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the application to, or employment in connection
with warping mills, of a "heck" or apparatus for separating or taking the lays
at the tail end of the warp. It is formed or constructed similar to the heck.
now in use for taking the lays at the head end of the warp, but instead of
having eyes or holes for the threads to pass through, I employ forks or slots
open at the top, so that the separate lays can be lifted out at the openings
thereof. By means of this contrivance a great saving of time is effected in
making warps, and also more certainty in having the lays taken correctly.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Stott in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th
May 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
STOTT, of Greetland, near Halifax, in the County of York, Cotton Warp
Manufacturer, send greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-second year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Henry Stott, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Stott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henry Stott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN WARPING MILLS, OR APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Stott, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, 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 immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Stott, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
.statement (that is to say)
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My Invention consists in the application to, or employment in connection
with warping mills, of a "heck" or apparatus for separating or
'taking the
lays" at the "tail end" of the warp. It is formed or constructed similar to the
heck now in use for taking the lays at the head end of the warp; but instead
of having eyes or holes for the threads to pass through, I employ forks or
slots open at the top, so that the separate lays can be lifted out at the openings
thereof. By means of this contrivance a great saving of time is effected in
making warps, and also more certainty in having the lays taken correctly.
In order that my Invention may be clearly understood, I have given
reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings, illustrating the manner in
which the same is performed or applied, and carried into practice.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a warping mill, with my improvements
applied thereto. A represents a portion of the reel or swift; B, the bobbin
creel; C, the carriage or frame which carries the guides and hecks; D, the
post on which the carriage moves up and down when motion is communicated
thereto; E is the ordinary heck (which is well understood) for taking the
"lays" at the "head end" of the warp, and G the guides. His the heck

page_text: which I have introduced for separating the warp, or taking the "lays" at the
"tail end" of the warp.
Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the heck H drawn on a larger scale, shewing
the construction thereof, and the mode of operation. a is the framework, and
b, c, are bars or rails in which the forks d, e, are fixed; f, g, are slide rods on
which the inclines h, i, and j, k, are fixed; and are pulleys or friction rollers
attached to the bars b, c, for the inclines to act against. The slide rod g being
drawn out, the rail c with the forks e are raised to the highest position; and it
will be readily perceived that when the slide f is pulled out, the inclines h, i,
will act against the friction rollers 1, and thus lift or raise the rail b, and with
it the forks d to the position in which the forks e are now in; and by pushing
up the slide g, the forks e will be lowered to the position which the forks d are
now in, so that the warp threads which are placed between the forks d and e
respectively may be separated and alternately raised one above the other for
taking the "lays" at the "tail end" of the warp.
Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the "heck" drawn full size; Fig. 4 is a cross
section, and Fig. 5 is a plan of the same, the letters of reference thereon cor-
responding with those on Fig. 2.
Having thus fully described the nature of my Invention, and illustrated
by Drawings the manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have
it distinctly understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details of
construction and method of application as herein set forth; but I claim as my
Invention, the application to and use in connection with warping mills of a
"heck" or apparatus for taking the "lays" at the "tail end" of warps.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Stott, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Sixteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the within-
named Henry Stott in the presence of
W. TASKER, Patent Agent,
Halifax.
HENRY STOTT. (L.S.)