Improvements in Means for Clearing and Cleansing Yarn in Winding and other Machines.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 11th Jan., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Clearing and Cleansing Yarn in
Winding and other Machines.
I HENRY TETLOW of the Miles Platting Reed, Heald and Wire Works Varley
Street Oldham Road Manchester in the County of Lancaster Reed Maker do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows :―
My said Invention relates to the means which are employed to clear and cleanse
yarn from inequalities and impurities in winding frames and in other machines through
which yarns may be passed in the course of manufacture or preparation. According
to my invention I pass the yarn through clearers which consist of fixed combs made
from flat wire similar to the dents of loom reeds the said flat wire being finished on the
edges so as to present a square edge to the yarn passing through the clearer. The
dents of my improved clearers are set to any desired pitch corresponding in fineness to
the yarn which the clearer is intended to act upon. An ordinary reed setting machine
or a modified form of such a machine is employed to set the teeth of my improved
clearer and when set they may be secured together in any suitable manner. I prefer
however to lay a metallic strip along each side of the foot of the dents composing the
clearer and to dip the foot into solder or otherwise solder the strips to the dents in such
a manner as to fix the dents permanently at the distance apart to which they have been
set in the machine. When applied to a winding frame my improved clearers are fixed
in any convenient situation between the cops and the bobbins and are preferably carried
on bars or in frames to or in which they can be secured by pinching screws or wedges
or other means for enabling them to be readily removed or adjusted. The clearers are
preferably made in short sections any one of which can be removed and replaced
without disturbing the others. I may fix the clearers in a single rank or I may employ
two three or any greater number of ranks each rank being separated from its
neighbour by a loose distance piece, the pinching screws or other fastenings employed
binding the various ranks with their separating distance pieces securely together. As
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page_text: already indicated I make the clearers to suit different counts of yarn and as the clearers
are easily removable from their supporting bars or frames whatever count of yarn is
being treated I use correspondingly pitched clearers. Although I have more
especially referred to their use in conjunction with winding frames it will be evident
that my improved construction of clearer could be used in other machines through
which the yarn is passed in the course of manufacture or treatinent.
It will be found that yarn passed through my improved clearer consisting of
upright dents does not present the inequalities and is free from the impurities which
are at present only partly removed by the clearing arrangements now in use.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

page_text: Winding and other Machines.
I HENRY TETLOW of the Miles Platting Reed, Heald and Wire Works, Varley
Street, Oldham Road, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Reed maker, 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 and
accompanying drawings:
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My said Invention relates to the means which are employed to clear and cleanse
yarn from inequalities and impurities in winding frames and in other machines
through which yarns may be passed in the course of manufacture or preparation.
According to my invention I pass the yarn through clearers which consist of fixed
combs made from flat wire similar to the dents of loom reeds the said flat wire being
finished on the edges so as to present a square edge to the yarn passing through the
clearer. The dents of my improved clearers are set to any desired pitch corresponding
in fineness to the yarn which the clearer is intended to act upon. An ordinary reed
setting machine or a modified form of such a machine or any other known means
may be employed to set the teeth of my improved clearer and when set they may
be secured together in any suitable manner. I prefer however to lay a metallic strip
along each side of the foot of the dents composing the clearer and to dip the foot
into solder or otherwise solder the strips to the dents in such a manner as to fix the
dents permanently at the distance apart to which they have been set.
A yarn clearer produced in the manner hereinbefore described and having the
dents secured together by solder and metallic side strips as aforesaid is shown in side
elevation at Fig. 1, in end elevation at Fig. 2, and in plan at Fig. 3 of the accom-
panying drawings. In the said figures the dents of the clearer which are
exaggerated for the sake of clearers are marked a and the side strips along cach side
of the clearer are marked b. The solder enters between the side strips and the
spaced dents a and binds the whole permanently together. The flattened dents of
the clearer are pointed at the upper ends as shown and the edges are finished so as
to present a sharp corner to the yarn as shown by the enlarged sectional view of
three dents at Fig. 4. Instead of the metal strips the dents might be secured in a
Ushaped holder or shield or they might be secured together by means other than
soldering. When applied to a winding frame my improved clearers are fixed in any
convenient situation between the cops and the bobbins and are preferably carried on
bars or in frames to or in which they can be secured by pinching screws or wedges
or other means for enabling them to be readily removed or adjusted. The clearers
are preferably made in short sections similar to the section shown at Fig. any one
of which can be removed and replaced without disturbing the others. I may fix the
clearers in a single rank as shown in full lines at Figs. 2 and 3 or I may employ
two, three or any greater number of ranks which may or may not vary in pitch. In
Figs. 2 and 3 I have indicated two additional ranks in dotted lines each rank being
separated from its neighbour by a loose distance piece e the pinching screws or other

page_text: fastenings employed binding the various ranks with their separating distance pieces
securely together. Instead of being separated by distance pieces the clearer ranks
may be set in grooves. The yarn may if desired be led straight through the clearer
but I prefer to lead it to the clearer at an angle as shown by d Fig. 3 and it may
either be drawn away from the clearer in a direction at right angles to the clearer
or at an angle other than a right angle as shown by the dotted line d¹ Fig. 3.
When there are several ranks of clearers the yarn is preferably led through them in
a zig-zag manner as indicated at de Fig. 3. When several ranks are used the first
rank loosens the impurities on the yarn and the succeeding ranks remove the same.
Instead of setting the dents of the clearer in uninterrupted succession I may arrange
the said dents in groups spaced at intervals corresponding to about the
pitch or
distance apart of the cops, bobbins or other holders from or towards which the yarn
is drawn. As already indicated I make the clearers to suit the different counts of
yarn and as the clearers are easily removable from their supporting bars, grooves or
frames whatever count of yarn is being treated I use correspondingly pitched
clearers. Although I have more especially referred to their use in conjunction with
winding frames it will.be evident that my improved construction of clearer could be
used in other machines through which the yarn is passed in the course of manufacture
or treatment. It will be found that yarn passed through my improved clearer con-
sisting of upright dents arranged as shown does not present the inequalities and is
more completely freed from the impurities which are at present only partially
removed by the clearing arrangements now in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
:-
(1.) The improved yarn clearer consisting of a number of dents set closely together
in a continuous row or arranged in groups at intervals and secured together at the
foot between strips of metal or in a holder or shield by means of solder or by other
suitable means, the said dents being composed of wire flattened at the sides and
finished at the edges so as to present sharp corners to the yarn passed through the
clearer, substantially as herein before described and shown.
(2.) Arranging yarn clearers of the indicated description in ranks or rows of two
or more and passing the yarn through the said successive ranks so as more com-
pletely to eliminate or remove inequalities and impurities substantially as described
and shown.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

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