Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Conveyance of Prepared Warp, and for Placing the same upon Warp Beams.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1890-Accepted, 27th Sept., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Conveyance of Prepared
Warp, and for Placing the same upon Warp Beams.
I, GEORGE CARR of Westgate Barnsley in the County of York, Manufacturer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My present invention relates to means for facilitating the conveying of prepared
warp from the place where it has been prepared to the loom, and also in means for
placing the prepared warp upon the warp beam.
Hitherto the warp has been prepared and wound upon the beam direct thus necessi-
tating in instances where the warp is prepared in one town or place and the loom for
weaving the saine is situated in another town or place the conveyance of the beam
from the preparers to the weavers and vice versa, this causes some considerable expense
inasmuch as the carriage for the beam has to be met both ways; the object there-
fore of my invention is to obviate this expense and also to secure an expeditious and
easy means of placing the prepared warp upon the beam; to attain which I employ a
shell or drum composed of zinc or other suitable material or combination of materials.
This shell or drum is made with a hole running axially through its centre and the
diameter of said hole corresponds with the diameter of the warp beam. The face of
said drum or shell is also made with a suitable channel or recess running lengthwise
and corresponding in shape to the ordinary groove or channel formed in the beam, so
that when the shell or drum be placed upon said beam the channel receives a rod or
wedge in order that the drum or shell may be prevented from slipping round upon
the beam.
The said shell or drum has formed at each end thereof a suitable flange.
When preparing the warp the shell or drum is placed upon a dummy beam and two
ordinary loose flanges are brought up one against one end of one flange of drum
and the other against the opposite flange thereof, and they are secured up to this
position by ordinary clamps. The warp is then prepared and wound upon the shell
or drum and when sufficient quantity has been placed thereon the clamps and separate
flanges are unloosened and the shell or drum with the prepared warp thereon is
removed from the dummy beam and packed as follows:
I employ two discs which are preferably composed of wood one of which is secured
to the end of a bolt which I pass axially through the hole formed through the drum
or shell in such a manner that the disc secured to the bolt bears against one flange of
the shell or drum; the other disc is then placed against the opposite flange of drum
or shell and is secured to the bolt by means of a nut or other suitable device so that
both the flanges of the drum or shell are fully protected, and it only needs now
to wrap paper round the drum or the warp thereon or encase it in any other
suitable way when it may with safety and with facility be conveyed or forwarded
to the weavers, and when there it is unpacked and the drum or shell with the
prepared warp thereon is fitted upon the warp beam and secured thereto in a similar
manner to that herein before described with reference to securing it to the dummy
beam used in the preparation of the warp.
Dated this 22nd day of November 1889.
H. F. BOUGHTON, M.I.M.E.,
Sheffield and Barnsley, Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Facilitating the Conveyance of Prepared
Warp, and for Placing the same upon Warp Beams.
I, GEORGE CARR of Westgate Barnsley in the County of York Manufacturer 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:
My present invention relates to means for facilitating the conveying of prepared
warp from the place where it has been prepared to the loom, and also in means for
placing the prepared warp upon the warp beam.
Hitherto the warp has been prepared and wound upon the weaving beam direct,
thus necessitating in instances where the warp is prepared in one town, or place, and
the loom for weaving the same is situated in another town or place the conveyance of
the beam from the warp preparers to the weavers, and vice versa, this method causes
some considerable expense especially when the beam is of great weight inasmuch as
the carriage for the weaving beam has to be expended both ways; the object therefore
of my invention is to obviate this expense and also to secure an expeditious and easy
means of placing the prepared warp upon the weaving beam, to attain which I
employ the means illustrated in the accompanying sheet of drawings which are to be
taken as part of this Specification and read therewith.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved shell or drum,
Fig. 2 is a cross sectional elevation of the same, and
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of said drum or shell fixed upon a weaving
þeam.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal elevation, and
Fig. 5 an end view of my improved drum or shell, fitted and secured upon a dummy
beam, or the beam employed in the preparation of the warp.
Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of said shell or drum having the prepared
warp thereon, and packed in accordance with my present invention ready for transit,
and
Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional elevation of my improved shell or drum secured to
the warp beam used in the loom.
Like letters of reference denote corresponding parts in each view.
The shell or drum A is preferably composed of galvanized iron or zinc, it may how-
ever be made of any other suitable metal or material. The said drum or shell A is
formed with a hole a' running axially through its centre, and the diameter of said
hole a corresponds with the diameter of the warp beam B or B'. The face a² of the
drum or shell A is made with a suitable channel or recess a³ running lengthwise and
corresponding in shape to the ordinary groove or channel 61, formed in the beam B
or B', so that when the said shell or drum A is placed upon the beam B or B¹ the
channel a' receives a rod or wedge C (Fig. 3) in order that the drum or shell A
may be prevented slipping round upon the beam B or B¹.
My improved shell or drum A has formed at each end thereof a suitable flange a¹
which may be either made in one with the drum A as shown, or made separate and
secured thereto in any convenient manner.
When preparing the warp K; the shell or drum A is placed upon the dummy or
warp preparing beam B, and then two ordinary loose flanges or rings D which are
made of metal or other suitable material are brought up one against one flange a* of
drum A, and the other against the opposite flange a thereof, and the said flanges
or rings D are secured up to the said positions by means of the ordinary clamps E.
The warp is then prepared in the usual way and wound upon the shell or drum A
between the flanges a thereof, and when a sufficient quantity has been thus pre-
pared and wound thereon, the clamps E and separate flanges or rings D, are
unloosened and removed, and then the shell or drum A-having the prepared warp

page_text: thereon-is taken from the warping or dummy beam B, and packed ready for
transit in the following manner :
I employ two discs G and G¹ which are preferably composed of wood, but may be
made of any other suitable material and two smaller discs 92 and g³ which are also
preferably composed of wood. The disc G and smaller disc are secured to the end
of the bolt H which passes axially through the hole a¹ formed through the drum or
shell A so that the said disc G bears against one of the flanges a. The discs G¹ and
smaller disc 93 are now placed upon the bolt H and the disc G is forced up to the
opposite flange at of drum or shell A, and it is secured to the bolt H by means of the
nut L, so that by this means the said discs G and G₁ are kept tight up to
the flanges at of the drum A, and keep the same in position, in order that the warp K
may not have its prepared condition altered or interfered with during transit. The
dises 92 and 93 answer two purposes, when composed of wood they are placed cross
grained with the outer dises G and G so that they support or strengthen said outer
discs and also tend to preserve in shape the cylinder A as will be well understood by
referring to Fig. 6. After so protecting the said flanges a¹ of my improved drum or
shell A, it is only necessary to wrap the paper or other suitable covering J around the
warp K upon the drum A, or to encase the said drum A in any other suitable manner
when it is packed complete as shown at Fig. 6, and may be with facility and safety
conveyed or forwarded to the weavers.
When at the weavers it is unpacked by removing the case or covering J, unscrewing
the nuts L, and taking the bolt H together with the discs G, G', 92 and 93 therefrom;
after which the shell A having the prepared warp thereon is fitted upon the warp
beam B as shown at Fig. 7, and is secured thereto in a similar manner to that herein-
before described with reference to securing the said shell or drum A to the warp
preparing beam B.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. In means for facilitating the conveyance of prepared warp and in placing the
same upon warp beams the use of the specially formed shell or drum A substantially
as described and illustrated at Figs. 1 to 7 of the accompanying drawings.
2. In means for facilitating the conveyance of prepared warp the use of the shell or
drum A together with the discs G, G¹, 92, and g³ and bolt H substantially as described
and illustrated at Fig. 6 of the drawings annexed.
DL: 001 1
AL 1900