IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR DRESSING OR POLISHING THREAD
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jean Baptiste Jelie, of Alost, in the Kingdom
of Belgium, Thread Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVED
MACHINERY FOR DRESSING OR POLISHING THREAD."
caled the 6th January 1854, and dated the 15th July 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jean Baptiste
Jelic at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his
Petition, on the 15th July. 1858.
J, JEAN BAPTISTE JELIE, do hereby declare the nature of the 'said
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR DRESSING OR-POLISHING THREAD"
to be as follows:→
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In the machine which forms the subject of this Invention the
polishing operation is effected by a series of brushes mounteil' upon a
drun, cylinder, or roller, which is caused to rotate rapidly and 'brush
against the banks of thread or yarn which are placed upon and
stretched between two rotating bars or rollers, the lower one of which
is weighted in order to keep the thread in tension. The brushing
cylinder is mounted, and turns in bearings on the fixed part of the
framing; but the bars or rollers on which the yarns are stretched to bu
operated upon are, together with their gearing, mounted in a moveable

page_text: framing, which is made to slide on guides connected with or fixed on
the main or stationary framing. One or both of the yarn or thread
rollers is actuated by suitable toothed gearing, so that the hanks of
yarn may have a slow progressive motion round the rollers as the
brushing cylinder is made to rotate rapidly and act upon the yarn.
A pair or set of rollers, together with the suitable gearing for
actuating the same, is placed on each side of the machine, and is so
arranged that either side may be thrown in gear and operated upon, so
that when the hanks on one side of the machine have been finished and
polished, the hanks on the other side may be drawn forward, and the
brushing cylinder made to operate on them, while the finished hanks
are being removed from the machine and fresh hanks placed therein
in their stead
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Jean Baptiste Jelie in the Great Seal Patent
Office, on the 14th January 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JEAN BAPTISTE JELIE, of Alost, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Thread
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the seven-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Jean Baptiste Jelic, Her special
licence that I, the said Jean Baptiste Jelie, my executors, administra-
tors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Jean Baptiste Jelie, my
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 "IMPROVED
MACHINERY FOR DRESSING OR POLISHING THREAD," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Jean Baptiste Jelic, by an instru-

page_text: ment 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 Jean Baptiste Jelie, do hereby
leclare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawings here-
unto annexed, and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that
is to say):
In the machine or apparatus which forms the subject of this Inven-
tion of "Improved Machinery for Dressing and Polishing Thread," the
polishing operation is effected by means of a series of brushes mounted
upon a drum, cylinder, or roller which is caused to rotate rapidly and
brush against the hanks of thread or yarn which are placed upon and
stretched between two rotating bars or rollers, the lower one of which
is weighted in order to keep the thread in tension.
The brushing cylinder is mounted and turns in bearings on the fixed
part of the framing, but the bars or rollers on which the yarns are
stretched to be operated upon are, together with their gearing, mounted
in a movable framing which is made to slide on guides connected with or
fixed on the main or stationary framing. One or both of the yarn or
thread rollers is actuated by suitable toothed gearing, so that the hanks
of yarn may have a slow progressive motion round the rollers, while the
brushing cylinder is made to rotate rapidly and act upon the yarn. A
pair or set of rollers, together with the suitable gearing for actuating
the same, is placed on each side of the machine, and is so arranged
that either side may be thrown in gear and operated upon, so that when
the banks on one side of the machine have been finished and polished,
the hanks on the other side may be drawn forward, and the brushing
cylinder made to operate on them, while the finished hanks are being
removed from the machine and fresh hanks placed therein in their
stead.
In order, however, that the Invention may be properly understood,

page_text: I have in the accompanying Drawings shewn three different views of
the machine complete. Fig. 1, is a front or side elevation, and Fig. 2,
an end elevation, of the machine. Fig. 3, is a transverse vertical
section taken in the line 1.2, of Fig. 1. The fixed and main framing
or side standards of the machine are shewn at A, A. B, is the "main
driving shaft, on which is mounted the brushing cylinder C, and the
fast and loose pullies D, and D', whereby motion is communicated to
the working parts of the machine from any prime mover.
The cylinder C, is provided with long narrow brushes E, which are
made to rotate and brush against the hanks F, F, which are placed on
the rollers G, and G', on each side of the machinc. The rollers G,
and G, are mounted in bearings in the moveable fraining H, which is
capable of sliding horizontally .backwards and forwards in guides I;
attached to the main.. and stationary framing A, A, as seen best in
Fig. 3. A slow rotary motion is given to the rollers G, and the hanks
F, while under operation, by means of the toothed gearing J, K, L,
M, and N.
On the end of the main shaft B, is a pinion' J, (Figures 1, and 2,)
which gear's into and drives a toothed spur wheel K, mounted in fixed
hearings on the main stationary framing. On the axle of this wheel K,
is another pinion L, which gears into and drives two intermediate
wheels M, and M, also mounted in fixed hearings. On the axles of
these wheels there are other pinions not seen in the Figures, but which
are made to drive the toothed wheels N, and N*, when the latter are
thrown into gear with. thent. These latter wheels are mounted on the
ends of the rollers G, and G, and therefore either side of the machine
is capable of being thrown into gear, and thereby actuated by merely
pushing forward from either side the moveable frame H.
In order to cause a. proper amount of tension on the hanks while
under operation, they are stretclied between the rollers G, and G', by
means of the weighted levers 0, 0, and the screw shafts P, P, which
are capable of adjustment, as will be clearly seen in the Drawings..
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The mode of operating with the machine is as follows:-The thread
after being dyed is to be immersed in a bath of some dressing prepa-
ration composed of the usual well known materials, or any others that

page_text: may be desired. As this composition forms no part of the present
Invention, and is left to the discretion of the manufacturer, the inventor
of the present-improvements does not consider it necessary to enter into
auty detailed explanation thereof..
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The thread is allowed, to remain in this bath for. from ten minutes to
a quarter of an hour; after which it should be removed therefrom, and
the superfluous water wrung out of the hanks. The machine.should
be placed in a room where there is a uniform temperature of froni
twenty-two degrees to twenty-five degrees centigrade. About a pound
and a half of thread may be placed upon the rollers .G, at one time,
care being taken so to spread the thread on the rollers that they may
be evenly covered.
The thread having been thus arranged, the sliding frame H, is
pushed forward by means of the band lever Q, in order to bring the
thread in contact with the brushes on one side of the cylinder; and the
machine being then put in motion by means of a band or strap passed
over the pulley D, the brushes E, on the cylinder C, will, in the space
of fifteen minutes, brush the skeins of thread four thousand five hundred
times, so that in that space of time a pound and a half of thread will be
perfectly polished.
While this operation is being performed on one side of the machine
the attendant will be enabled to place the proper supply of thread to be
polished on the other side of the sliding frame II, so that in one hour
six pounds, or in twelve hours seventy-two pounds of thread may be
perfectly dressed.
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The manipulation above described for linen thread is equally appli-
cable to cotton thread: I would observe, however, that for cotton,
softer brushes must be employed, which is also the case for twisted
linen thread from Nos. 100 to 200.
This improved method of polishing fibrous substances presents great
advantages over all existing plans, viz
Firstly, from the simplicity and facility of its operation, and the fine
and perfect-lustre which it imparts to the thread:
Secondly, from the strength and pliancy which it gives to the
substance operated upon:
Thirdly, the large quantity of work which it will produce:
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page_text: Fourthly, in the small amount of power required for working,
compared with other plans.
Having now described my Invention, and the best means with which
I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, I would observe in
conclusion that I am aware that linen, cotton, or other threads or
yarns, have heretofore been dressed or polished by means of rotating
brushes. I do not therefore mean or intend to claim the exclusive
right to such means of polishing yarns or thread, except when combined
and arranged in the manner hercin shewn and described. But that
which I consider to be new in the above improvenients, and therefore
wish to claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as
aforesaid, is,
First, the general arrangement of parts herein shewn and described,
or any mere modification thereof :
Secondly, I claim the use of a moveable frame in which two sets of
hanks may be placed, one on each side of the brushing cylinder, so
that while the brushes are operating on the hanks on one side the
attendant may be removing the finished hanks from the other side, and
supplying the machine with fresh hanks in their place, thereby greatly
economizing time, as the machine need never stand idle.
In witness whereof, 1, the said Jean Baptiste Jelie, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, the Second day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Comme temoin,
L. VAN LANGENHOVE.
J. B. JELIE. (LS.)
Vu par nous, bourgmestre de la ville, pour legalisation de
signaiture de Monsieur. J. B. Jelie, fabricant, et du
témoin Monsieur L. Van Langenhove, proprietaire, tous