IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TREATING SEWING THREADS, TO PREPARE, STARCH, DRESS, POLISH, AND WIND THE SAME, AND IN SOME OF THE MACHINERY TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Weild, of the City of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PROCESS OF TREATING SEWING THREADS, TO PREPARE, STARCH, DRESS,
POLISH, AND WIND THE SAME, AND IN SOME OF THE MACHINERY TO BE
EMPLOYED THEREIN."
Sealed the 14th August 1868, and dated the 18th February 1868.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Weild at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th February 1868.
I, WILLIAM WEILD, of the City of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TREATING SEWING THREADS, TO PREPARE,
STARCH, DRESS, POLISH, AND WIND THE SAME, AND IN SOME OF THE MACHINERY
TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN," to be as follows:-
The object of my improved process is to save labour and waste of
material in the operations of bleaching, dyeing, starching, dressing, and
winding sewing thread. I take the thread as it comes from the throstle
or "doubler" and wind it on to larger bobbins so that threads from

page_text: such large bobbins may be wound on to a beam or warping mill as
if for a warp.
The threads from the beam or mill in the chain are
dyed or bleached and then dried or partially dried by an hydro-extractor
or by passing over drying cylinders or by other suitable means. The
chain from the last operation is next wound upon a beam by a warp
beaming machine. The beam of threads thus prepared is next taken
to and operated upon by a starching, dressing, polishing, and beam-.
ing machine (having novelties herein-after described) and the beams
from this machine are next placed one at a time in a machine where
each thread is wound upon a separate bobbin ready for the machines,
where the thread is wound on to spools for the market.
Secondly. My improvements in machinery for starching, dressing,
polishing, and beaming consist in an improved combination and arrange-
ment of the parts. The starch is placed on a box formed upon the
upper surface of a roller and the threads pass between the surface of
the roller and the lower edge of a moveable board forming one side
of the starch box. This roller is made in sections keyed upon a strong
shaft. The upper roller which works upon the last named roller is
weighted by lever and links, the levers being arranged so that they
can be lifted and held up in racks when required. The beaters consist
of three rotating shafts having arms carrying bars, and the middle of
these rotating beaters is adjustable vertically by screws to give more
or less tension or friction upon the threads passing between the beaters.
The bars used in the beaters are made of iron or steel, grooved with
a series of grooves in the direction of the circumference, or with a screw
thread cut upon them, and so arranged in the carrying arms that they
can be turned when one side is worn to bring a fresh part to operate
upon the threads. The middle of the three rotating burnishers is made
adjustable vertically by screws so as to press more or less upon the
passing threads. The beams upon which the threads are wound are
formed so that the axis of each beam will pass into the hollow axis
of a wheel, and ribs upon the end of the beam come in contact with
projections on the face of the wheel so as to be carried round by it.
The wheels driving each beam all gear with a cone drum driven by
another cone drum and the belt between the two cone drums is traversed
by a screw actuated by hand or by self-acting gearing.
Thirdly. My improvements relate to winding machinery and consists
in placing the beams from the polishing machines in a head which

page_text: can slide endways on a bed, being moved by a toothed rack and pinion,
so that each section of the beam can be brought opposite the winding
machine where the bobbins are placed in a vertical position in three
or more rows one above the other, the machine being double sided. Each
bobbin rests upon a disc driven by a bevel wheel from a horizontal shaft,
the shaft on one side of the machine being driven by friction cones
with which a treadle is connected so that the attendand can instantly
stop the winding by the action of the treadle when required. The
traverse for distributing the threads upon the bobbins is by means of
a right and left-handed screw and oscillating screw nuts which are made
alternately to gear with the right and left handed screw by the action of
a shaper.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Weild in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 14th August 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WELLD, of the City of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, En-
gineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Hor most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said William Weild, Her special license
that I, the said William Weild, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said William Weild, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE PROCESS OF TREATING SEWING THREADS, TO PREPARE, STARCH, DRESS, POLISH,
AND WIND THE SAME, AND IN SOME OF THE MACHINERY TO BE EMPLOYED THEREIN,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Weild,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in

page_text: 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 William Weild, do hereby declare
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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say).—
The object of my improved process is to save labour and waste of
material in the operations of bleaching, dyeing, starching, dressing,
and winding sewing thread. I take the thread as it comes from the
throstle or "doubler" and wind it on to larger bobbins, so that
threads from such large bobbins may be wound on to a beam in an
ordinary beam warping machine or on to a warping mill as if for a
warp. The threads from the beam or mill in the "chain" are dyed
or bleached and then dried or partially dried by a hydro-extractor or
by passing over drying cylinders or by other suitable means. The
"chain" from the last operation is next, wound upon a beam by an
ordinary warp beaming machine or by a machine herein-after described
under the third head of this Specification. The beam of threads thus
prepared is next taken to and operated upon by a starching, dressing,
polishing, and beaming machine (having novelties herein-after described)
and the beams from this machine are next placed one at a time in a
machine where each thread is wound upon a separate bobbin ready for
the machines where the thread is wound on to spools for the market.
Secondly. My improvements consist in the application of an
arrangement and combination of mechanism for beaming the warps
of threads after having been dyed or bleached according to the process
described under the first part of this Specification, the main features
of which consist in the use of a revolving cylinder combined with
friction brakes to hold back the warp, and in rotating the beam
upon which the threads are wound between rollers which are positively
driven and pressed against the beam. My improvements also under
this second head relate to machinery for starching, dressing, polishing
and beaming, and consists in an improved combination and arrange-
ment of the parts. The starch is placed in a box formed upon the
upper surface of a roller, and the threads pass between the surface
of the roller and the lower edge of a moveable board forming one
side of the starch box. This roller is made in sections keyed upon

page_text: a strong shaft. The upper roller, which works upon the last-named
roller, is weighted by levers and links, the levers being arranged so
that they can be lifted and held up in racks when required. The
beaters consist of three rotating shafts having arms carrying bars, and
the middle of these rotating beaters is adjustable vertically by screws
to give more or less tension or friction upon the threads passing
between the beaters. The bars used in the beaters are made of iron
or steel grooved with a series of grooves in the direction of the
circumference, or with a screw thread cut upon them, and so arranged
in the carrying arms that they can be turned when one side is worn
to bring a fresh part to operate upon the threads. The middle of the
three rotating burnishers is made adjustable vertically by screws so
as to press more or less upon the passing threads. The beams upon
which the threads are wound are formed so that the axis of each
beam will pass into the hollow axis of a wheel, and ribs upon the end
of the beam come in contact with projections on the face of the wheel
so as to be carried round by it. The wheels driving each beam all
gear with a cone drum driven by another cone drum, and the belt
between the two cone drums is traversed by a screw actuated by hand
or by self-acting gearing.
Thirdly. My improvements relate to winding machinery, and consist in
placing the beams from the polishing machine in a head which can
slide endways on a bed being moved by a toothed rack and pinion, so
that each section of the beam can be brought opposite the winding
machine where the bobbins are placed in a vertical position in three
or more rows, one above the other, the machine being either single
or double sided. Each bobbin rests upon a disc driven by a bevel
wheel from a horizontal shaft; the shaft on one side of the machine
being driven by a belt and fast and loose pulleys or by friction cones
with which a treadle is connected, so that the attendant can instantly
stop the winding by the action of the treadle when required. The
traverse for distributing the threads upon the bobbins is by means
of a right and left handed screw and oscillating screw nuts, which are
made alternately to gear with the right and left handed screw by the
action of a shaper.
Fig. 1 Sheet 1, is a diagramatic plan view of such a beam warping
nachine as I prefer to use in my improved process. It is similar to
the ordinary beam warping machines used for preparing warns for

page_text: weaving. Fig. 2, Sheet 1, is a diagramatic plan view of the arrange-
ment and combination of mechanism which I prefer to use for beaming
the threads from the chain according to my improved process, by which
machinery the chain is passed through an eye in the ceiling of the
room, and then to a holding back apparatus or tension cylinder (x), then
the threads are separated and passed through a wraith (y), and then to
the beaming apparatus (2). Fig. 3 is a diagramatic plan view of a
double machine for winding the threads from the beams after being
dressed or polished, in which (v) is the apparatus for holding the
beam and (w) the mechanism which winds it on to the bobbins used
in the machines by which the thread is bound on to spools for the
market. Fig. 4, Sheet 2, is a side elevation; and Fig. 5, Sheet 2, is
a front view of the holding back mechanism, represented in Fig. 2,
by (x) the front side as shown by Fig. 5 being arranged to face the
back of the mechanism (z, Fig. 2) for beaming.
A, two side frames connected by cross stays; a, cylinder free to
rotate on an axis (a¹); b, b¹, are two rollers, the axis of which have.
bearings in vertical slots (62) as shown, the upper roller (b) resting
and rotating upon the lower roller (b'); ³ are two brake levers having
their fulcrums at (7), each lever being provided with an adjustable
weight (). The brake surface of these levers rests upon the upper
surface of the roller (6). The "chain" of threads descend from the
eye secured to the ceiling of the room, then through the eye (60)
which is secured upon the cross stay (a¹), then under the roller (¹),
and between the rollers (6 and 6), over and round the cylinder (a),
and then between the rollers (b and b) through the cye (67) jointed
to the stay (a), and then to the wraith (y) Fig. 2, and thence to the
beaming machine (*). The direction of the "chain" through the
holding back mechanism is shown by the peculiar dotted line in
Fig. 4. The friction of the break levers (6³) upon the roller (b) gives
the required holding back tension which can be varied by the brake
lever weights (65).
Fig. 6, Sheet 1, is a front elevation, partly in section; Fig. 7, Sheet 3
the driving end elevation; and Fig. 8, Sheet 3, the end elevation
opposite to the driving end of that part of the arrangement for beaming
represented by (2) Fig. 2; d is the beam upon which the threads
are wound, and the peculiar dotted line in Fig. 8 shows the direction
in which the threads come from the wraith (y), Fig. 2, to the upper

page_text: side of the beam, each thread passing before going on to the beam
through a separate space in a reed.
A is the framing of the machine; 1, is the lower roller, it is formed
by two drums secured upon a shaft (e¹) having bearings in the
framing. These drums are covered with woollen cloth coiled and
secured upon the surface of the drums "card fillet fashion," the
cloth giving sufficient adhesion upon the threads wound upon the
beam to ratate it. The upper roller (f) is the same as the lower
roller (e) except that its bearings are arranged in two arms (f) keyed
upon a shaft (f³) having bearings in the framing. One of the arms
(f) has another arm (*) branching from it that forms a toothed
segment (see Fig. 8) which gears with a pinion upon the boss of a
pulley (f) that is free to rotate upon a stud carried by a bracket
from the framing. Upon the periphery of this pulley (f") is made
to act a brake lever (f) having its fulcrum (f) upon a stud secured
in the framing, the brake lever being pressed against the pulley by
a weight lever (f) having its fulcrum on a stud in the framing at (ƒ),
which lever is connected by a link with a foot lever (f) upon a
stud in the framing. When the beam (d) is not between the rollers
(e and f), the roller (f) is held up by a pawl lever (f") on a stud
in the framing which enters the teeth of the segment (f) see Fig. 8,
this pawl lever being lifted by the handle (12) when the upper
roller is to be lowered; g are the driving pulleys on a stud (91) secured
to the framing; is the belt guide fixed on a sliding rod (g³) passing
across the machine and actuated by lever (9) having its fulcrum on
a stud at (g), which lever is connected to a vertical spring lever
handle (g), having its fulcrum at (9), the spring handle being held
in its two extreme positions by notches in the plate (9) in the usual
manner. The pulley (*) has a pinion upon its boss which gears
with a wheel (2) on the roller shaft (e¹), and motion is conveyed to
a wheel (f) on the roller shaft (f) by means of two pinions and
a wheel which all work on studs fixed in two radius links (h and h¹)
which are jointed together, the end of on link (¹) to the upper shaft
(f) and of the other (h) to the lower shaft (e¹), see Figs. 6 and 7.
The reed (k) for keeping the threads properly separated and spaced
is carried by two levers (¹) jointed to the arms (f) at (2), the lower
parts of the levers having slots for studs (3) adjustable in slots in
the framing, by which arrangement the reed may be adjusted to the
required angle and will be lifted as the beam fills with thread. The

page_text: axis (d) of the beam is arranged to rotate in vertical slots in brackets
(d) from the framing, one side of the slot being formed by a hinged
bar (d) held upright by a hook latch (d). The hinged bar (d) is
unlatched when the beam is to be removed. As the upper roller (ƒ)
cannot rise as the beam fills only by overcoming the friction put upon
the pulley (f) by the brake, the threads wound upon the beam are
constantly under pressure between the two rollers.
The beams filled with threads by the machinery last explained are
taken to the machine for starching, dressing, polishing, burnishing,
and beaming next to be described, which machine is illustrated on
Sheet 4 by Fig. 9 a side elevation, and Fig. 10 a plan.
A the side frames of the machine; d is the beam containing the
thread to be operated upon, having its bearings (d) in brackets secured
to the framing. Tension is put upon the threads by brake belts (a)
one end of which is secured to a stud in the framing, and after
passing over the pulley part of the beam the other end is secured
to a weighted lever (a¹) having its fulcrum at a². The threads
from the beam pass through a reed (b) carried by brackets, then
under a roller (c) free to rotate in brackets adjustable vertically
and then through a small space between lower edge of a board
forming one side of the starch box (e) and a large roller (e¹). This
roller is made up of several drum or pulley sections all upon the
same shaft and turned up to the same diameter.. Above the roller
(e) there is another roller (e²) which has bearings in parts (e³)
which can slide vertically in brackets or stands (e") secured to the
framing, and to the said parts (e) links are jointed which are also
connected to weight levers (e), having their fulcrum at (5). These
levers are formed into handles, by which the roller (e²) can be lifted
from the roller (e¹), and held up by means of a pin (e) placed in a hole
in the bracket (e) for guiding the vertical movement of the lever (e³).
The roller (e) serves to squeeze the superfluous starch from the threads
back to the starch box (e), which is formed by one side and two ends,
the periphery of the roller (e¹) forming the bottom of the box. There
is a trough (e) under the roller (e¹) to catch any starch which may flow
from it. The threads from the rollers (e¹ and e²) next pass under the
roller (), which has its bearings in brackets adjustable vertically, so
as to bring the threads down more or less to be acted upon by the
brushes (f), carried by the rotating shaft (f). Under the brush shaft

page_text: there is a casing (f³) to receive any matters thrown off by the brushes.
The threads next pass through a comb (g) and then under à roller (9¹),
having its bearings in brackets adjustable vertically, then over. two
shafts and under one shaft carrying a series of bars. The two lower
shafts (h and h¹) carrying the bars, have their bearings in brackets
secured to the framing, the upper shaft (2) carrying the bars is placed
above and between the two lower shafts, and it rotates in bearings,
which can be adjusted vertically by screws (h³), to cause the bars (')
to act with greater or less tension upon the passing threads.
The
bars (), carried by these shafts (h, h, and h²), I prefer to make of
round steel, grooved with small grooves all round to the pitch the threads
are apart, or they may have a screw thread cut upon them to the same
pitch. These bars are secured so that they can be turned slightly round
when worn to present a fresh surface. The threads next pass through
three burnishing rollers under two and over one; the lower burnisher (/)
comes between the two upper ones (¹), and it is adjustable in its
bearings up and down. These burnishers are made of iron or steel,
having grooves all round at a distance from each other equal to the
pitch of the threads. The threads next pass to the under roller (4),
having its bearings upon the side frames, and here the threads divide.
Upon the beam (d) there are say three hundred and sixty threads,
and they are divided into three equal parts of one hundred and
twenty threads each. Beginning at one side the first, fourth, and
seventh threads and so on pass to the beam (m'); the second,
fifth, and eighth threads and so on to the beam (m²); and the
third, sixth, and ninth threads and so on to the beam m³. The
threads in going to their beams pass over guiding rollers (m), having
bearings in suitable brackets. The beams are rotated by hollow
axles (m) upon one side of the machine, carried by brackets secured
to the framing. The privot of each beam passes into its hollow axle
and the ribs upon the end of the beam come against a projection upon
the wheel me upon the hollow axle, which thus gives rotary motion
to it. The pivot of each beam at the side opposite to the driving
wheel (m) is carried by a slotted bearing, and a jointed arm (m) is
arranged to come against the end of each beam in one position (see
Fig. 10) to prevent the pivot within the hollow shaft from being with-
drawn, but when the arm (m) is turned back the beam can be removed.
n, are the fast and loose pulleys for driving the machine upon the first
motion shaft (¹); n is the belt guide upon a sliding rod (n³), having

page_text: a handle at (*); but I prefer to actuate this rod by a screw and hand
wheel, so that the belt can only be gradually moved upon the pulleys (»).
Upon the first motion shaft (n¹) a cone drum (n) is secured, which
drives by a belt (n) a corresponding but reversed cone drum upon
another shaft (228). The belt (2) between the two cone drums is
traversed to regulate the speed by a guide (n) upon a screw shaft (2210)
in suitable bearings, which is rotated by a hand wheel (n*) and suitable
wheel gearing. From the cone drum (27) motion is taken to the hollow
shafts (m), driving the beams (m³, m³, and m³) by gearing shown by
dotted pitched lines in Fig. 9. Motion is taken by a belt (f) from
the shaft (n) to a counter shaft (f), and by a belt (f) from this
shaft to the brush shaft (f). Motion is also taken from the shaft (f)
to a counter shaft (*), and a belt (s) from this shaft drives the two
upper burnishers (¹), and another belt (*) from the shaft (k) drives
the upper shaft (²), carrying the rotating bars (h). A. crossed belt (*)
from the first motion shaft (¹) drives the counter shaft (h), which
drives two lower shafts (h and 7), carrying bars (h) by two separate
belts (and h), and a belt (*) from the shaft h¹ drives the middle
burnisher (/).
The
The belts are shown in dotted line in Fig. 9, and the threads as
they pass through the machine are. represcuted in Fig. 9 by peculiar
dotted line. I prefer to make the beams upon which the thread is
wound of brass, and with a middle partition flange, as shown in Figs. 1:1
and 12. Fig. 11 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 12 an end sectional
elevation of that apparatus for holding the beam when the threads are
being wound upon bobbins, represented by v, Fig. 3. The side of this
machine is placed opposite and parallel to the side of the machine
represented by 1, Fig. 3, and herein-after described, and the centre of
one machine is opposite to the centre of the other machine.
bed (a) of the machine rests and is secured upon two feet (a). The
bed, though drawn shorter for want of space, extends to the same
length on each side of the frame (b), which is secured to the bed, as
shown. Upon the bed a slide (c) is mounted, having two stands, in
which bearings are formed for the beam (m), as shown. Under the
slide a toothed rack (c) is formed, which gears with a pinion on a
short shaft (c), having bearings in the bed (a), and upon the end of
the shaft a handle (c) is placed, by turning which the slide can be
moved along the bed to bring first one half, and then the other half
of it opposite to the frame (b). This frame (b) is divided by bars (¹)

page_text: into four spaces, and (say) fifteen threads are taken through each space
to be wound on to bobbins in the machine to be herein-after described.
After the threads are wound off one half of the beam, the other half
is brought opposite the frame (6).
Fig. 13 is a front elevation, and Fig. 14 a sectional end elevation
of a double machine for winding the threads on to bobbins, as repre-
sented by w, in Fig. 3. One side of the machine only will be referred
to in the following description, as both sides are alike. The bobbins
are arranged in four lines, in steps backwards and upwards one above
the other. A, are the end frames; A', beams carried by the end or a
cross frames, upon which a bracket (a) is secured for each bobbin. The
bracket (a) forms the bearing of each horizontal shaft (b), and also
forms the socket of a fixed vertical spindle (a¹). For each bobbin (h)
there is a bevel wheel (c) with a disc (c) attached, and in the wheel
a tube (c²) is fixed, the tube passing over and rotating with the wheel (c)
upon the spindle (a¹), the under side of the wheel (c) resting upon the
top of the bracket (a), and each bobbin wheel (c) is driven by a bevel
wheel (¹) upon the horizontal shaft (b). The horizontal shafts (b)
on one side of the machine are all geared together by spur gear (6).
The lowest shaft (6) has a pair of fast and loose pulley (62) upon it, and
upon these pulleys a belt works that is driven from a pulley (63) working
upon a stud, which pulley is driven by spur wheels (6) from the first
motion shaft (d), driven by a belt working upon the fast and loose
pulleys (d¹). The belt on the pulleys (7) is traversed to stop and
start the winding by a guide lever (6), having its fulcrum (6) on a
bracket, and to this lever a rod (6) is jointed, which is also jointed to
an arm (67) upon a cross shaft (68), which extends to a position near
the machine (t), Fig. 3, and has a treadle lever upon it, by which the
attendant can keep the belt upon the fast pulley (b), so that when
the foot is removed from the treadle, when a thread breaks or anything
goes wrong in winding a helical spring (6) upon the rod (6) acting
against a collar upon the rod and the side of the frame, as an abutment
will instantly traverse the belt from the fast to the loose pulley, another
collar (*) upon the rod by coming against the side of the frame
limiting the movement. The threads are distributed upon the bobbins
by bars (e) passing from end to end of the frame, secured to brackets
or arms (e¹) attached to vertical sliding rods (e), which move up and
down in brackets secured to the framing. Each vertical rod is jointed
to a link (e) at its lower end, which is jointed to the end of an arm

page_text: or lever (e'), secured upon a shaft (e) passing from end to end of the
machine, and this shaft has weighted levers (e) to counterbalance
the weight of the rod (e) and bars (e). To the shaft (e) an arm (e)
is secured, which is jointed by a link to a rod (es) sliding vertically in
a bracket or frame (e) secured to the middle frame of the machine.
Upon the vertical sliding rod (e³) a part (f) is arranged, so that it can
oscillate but not move endways upon the rod (e), and this part carries
two half screw nuts, arranged so that one will come on one side, the
other on the other side of a right and left-handed screw shaft (g), and
the part (f) also carries a finger (f¹), which works against a fixed
but adjustable shaper plate (f) secured to the frame, by means of which
first one and then the other half screw nut is kept in gear with the
screw shaft (g). The oscillations of the part (f) are produced by
fingers (f) jointed upon the frame, the ends of which fingers act upon
inclines on the part (f), each of these jointed fingers being connected
with one end of a helical spring (f), the other end of which is attached
to a bracket (f³) secured to the frame.
The arrangement above described is similar in principle to that for
producing a traversing motion in my patented self-acting spooling
machines. The screw shaft (9) is driven by bevel wheels from a
shaft (g), which is driven from the lowest shaft (b) by a band working
on the pulleys (9). The traverse motion for one side of the machine
is driven from one end, and that for the other side from the other end
of the machine. Beginning at one side of the half beam the first
thread may be taken to the bobbin nearest the end of the machine at
the second row, calling the bottom the first row, the second thread to
the first bobbin of the first row, the third to the first of the top row,
the fourth to the first of the third row, the fifth to the second of the
second row, the sixth to the second of the first row, the seventh to
the second of the top row, and so on, the threads ranging in parallel
diagonal.lines.
I have now particularly described the nature of my Invention, and
the manner of carrying the same into effect, and claim,-
Firstly. The process of treating sewing threads, as herein-before
described under the first head of my Invention.
Secondly. The application and use of the machines described under
the second head of my Invention for treating sewing threads according
to the first part of my Invention.

page_text: Thirdly. The improved combination, arrangement, and construction
of the machines, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated
by Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Weild, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Patent Agent,
Manchester.
(L.B.)