Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Oct., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st July, 1887:
Complete Accepted, 2nd Aug., 1887.
RESERV
I; TOM FRUSHER, of White Abbey Dyeworks, White Abbey, Bradford in the
County of York, Dyer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in apparatus for stretching yarn;
and has for its object the construction of the apparatus in such a manner that the yarn
can be moved on the arms for completing the operation of stretching without having
occasion to release the tension of the yarn as is now the case with machines of the
ordinary construction.
I accomplish my object in the following manner. The apparatus is mounted on
wheels and above the platform of the carriage is a stout bar having a number of armis
projecting at each side thereof which are capable of being turned in their respective
bearings. Projecting from the above-named bar in a vertical direction are two or
more screws geared together and engaging with a similar bar having arms projecting
from each side somewhat similar to those before-mentioned, all of which are coated
with zinc or other non-corrosive metal.
The hanks of yarn are placed on the arms and the vertical screws operated, by
which the arms are moved further apart, thereby stretching the yarn, and when it
has been boiled and under tension the necessary time for the same to be "set" the
apparatus is removed from the vat and each pair of arms turned in their bearings,
thereby causing the yarn to travel along with them somewhat after the manner of a
belt on a pair of pullies, thus altering the position of the yarn so that the yarn that
was around the curved portions of the arms fully exposed to the action of the
boiling water.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Stretching Yarn.
I, TOM FRUSHER, of White Abbey Dyeworks, White Abbey, Bradford, in the County
of York, Dyer 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 relates to certain improvements in apparatus for stretching yarn, and
has for its object the construction of the apparatus in such a manner, that the yarn can
be moved on the arms for completing the operation of stretching without having
occasion to release the tension of the yarn as is now the case with machines of the
ordinary construction; and consists in mounting the apparatus upon wheels, and above
the platform of the carriage is a stout bar, having a number of projecting arms at each
side thereof, which are capable of being turned in their respective bearings. Projecting
from the above named bar in a vertical direction are two or more screws geared
together, and engaging with a similar bar having arms, similar to those before
mentioned, all of which are coated with zinc or other non-corrosive material.
The banks of yarn are placed on the armis, and the screws operated, thereby moving
the arms further apart, stretching the yarn for boiling under tension until "set," and
by turning the arms in their bearings, the hanks travel along with them to the position
so that the yarn that was around the curved portions is exposed to the action of the
boiling liquor.
In order that my invention may be better understood I will further describe the
same by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a front view
of my apparatus. Figure 2 a section of the same through line a. b. and Fig. 3 a
detail shewing another method of operating the vertical screws.
The apparatus is mounted upon wheels A, and above the platform of the carriage B
I mount a stout bar C, having a number of projecting arms D at each side thereof, the
same being capable of turning in their respective bearings formed in the stout bar C.
Projecting from the before named bar C, in a vertical direction are two or more
screws E, which may be geared together by bevel wheels F, the said screws E engaging
with another stout bar G similar in construction to C having arms D' projecting on
each side somewhat similar to those before mentioned, all of which are coated with zinc
or other non-corrosive material.
The hanks of yarn are placed on the projecting arms D and D', and on the vertical
screws E being operated by the bevel-wheels F and shaft F', the stout bars C and G
along with the projecting arms D and D' are moved apart, thus stretching the yarn.
The banks of yarn being now under strain are placed along with the apparatus in a
"vat" of boiling liquor, and having been exposed under tension the necessary time for
the same to be "set," motion is given by the ratchet L to the screw or worm K
extending the width of the machine and gearing with worm wheels K' on the
respective arms D', thus causing the arms D and D¹ to turn in their respective
bearings and the hanks to move along with them, by which means the portions that

page_text: were protected by the arms from the full action of the boiling liquor are now exposed
and boiled the same as the other portions of the hanks: or by dispensing with the said
screw or worm K and worm wheels K' and making a square or other provision at the
end of each top bar D¹ for the reception of a lever, each pair of bars may be turned
separately, and the yarn moved for exposure to the boiling liquor as before described.
I have described the operation of the screws E by means of bevel wheels F, but as
will be understood by persons acquainted with dyeing machinery, the said screws may
be operated by worm gearing arranged somewhat as shewn by detail Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The combination of the bars supporting the arms D and D', with the screw or
worm K and worm wheels K' arranged substantially in the manner and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
2. The arms D and D¹, screw or worm K and worm wheels K', in combination with
the vertical screws E and bevel wheels F or worm gearing arranged substantially in
the manner and for the purpose herein set forth.
3. In a machine for stretching yarn in which are mounted arms for receiving the
same, such arms being capable of being rotated either together or each pair separately,
substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shewn and described.
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JOHN WAUGH,.
Bradford, Yorks,
Agent.