A New or Improved Machine for Drying Hanks of Yarn.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1892-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Drying Hanks of Yarn.
We, JOE BOOTH WHITELEY and EDWARD WHITELEY, of the firm of
William Whiteley and Sons, Limited, of Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved machine for drying hanks of yarn.
According to our invention we employ any suitable number of discs or face plates
made to revolve by worm and gearing or other suitable means. Projecting from
and attached to these face plates are a number of bars or rollers, upon which the
hanks are slung for being dried. On the end of each roller is a pinion wheel in
gear with an internal rack, therefore as the face plate revolves, the pinions are
carried around with them, and as the pinions are in gear with the stationary
internal rack, they have, together with the rods or bars, a slow rotary motion
imparted to them in addition to being carried around by the discs, so that the
hanks which are slung upon the rollers are made to roll over or turn for the
purpose of changing their position upon the rollers. The apparatus is preferably
enclosed in a suitable casing, perforated or otherwise, and blasts of hot or cold air
are blown or drawn through the chamber for the purpose of accelerating the
drying of the hanks, and as the casing is perforated, the hot or cold air is free to
circulate and permeate every portion of the hanks. Dampers may be arranged in
connection with each face plate and each set of rollers so that the hot or cold air
may be shut off from one without affecting the others.
In order to place the hanks readily over the free end of the rollers, each roller
of each set is connected by a jointed link to a boss or disc free to slide upon the
central shaft of the face plate, so that when this latter disc is drawn forward, the
links cause the free end of the hank carrying rollers to collapse or to be brought
closer together, by which means the hanks can be easily placed onto the free ends
of the rollers, after which the sliding disc is put back again so as to straighten the
rollers or put them back into horizontal positions, thus permitting the hanks to be
more easily put onto the ends of the rollers than would be the case if the rollers
were not brought nearer together as described.
Duted this 28th day of October 1891
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax and Huddersfield, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Drying Hanks of Yarn.
We, JOE BOOTH WHITELEY and EDWARD WHITELEY, of the firm of
William Whiteley and Sons, Limited, of Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire,
Machine Makers, 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 a new or improved machine for drying hanks of yarn
and which is illustrated in the accompanying sheets of drawings wherein
Fig. 1 is front elevation of our improved machine.
Fig. 2 plan view.

page_text: A represents chambers or compartments provided with suitable doors and lids B
which are employed for the purpose of covering up the mechanism and for enclosing
the hot air blown therein by fan C which forces the air through a heater D and
through openings or apertures made in the back portion of the casing, the hot air
being used to accelerate the drying of the hanks; but instead of blowing hot
air through the machine, cold or hot air may be drawn therethrough by an
exhaust fan. Within these chambers or compartments A we mount discs É on
the back of each of which is cast or otherwise attached a toothed worm wheel F
made to revolve by the worm G which worm is caused to rotate by a wheel and
worm H on the vertical shaft I driven by bevel wheels J from the driving
pulleys L. Each disc E is mounted upon a stationary horizontal shaft M, and
connected to each disc by ball or other form of joint a are six or other suitable
number of studs or shafts on which are placed flanged rollers N. The opposite end
of these flanged rollers N are connected by links b to a bush e mounted on the
central shaft M. This bush c can be drawn outward until it abuts against the
collar d also fixed on the central shaft shewn more clearly in Fig. 3 so that when
the bush e occupies the position shewn at P in the lower portion of Fig. 3, the
rollers N are moved upon their hinges a permitting the front end of the said
rollers to be brought nearer together forming a smaller circle to allow of the
hanks Qbeing placed around the series of rollers as shewn in the drawings.
When the hanks have thus been placed on the rollers the bush c is slided against
another fixed collar e on the central shaft so as to cause the several rollers to
assume a horizontal position ready for being rotated, therefore on the machine
being started the discs which are made to rotate by the wheel F and worm G,
carries the series of rollers N around and the hanks with them the centrifugal
action of which dries the said hanks, but the process of drying is accelerated by
the admission of the hot air generated by fan C. In addition to the rollers N and
hanks Qbeing carried bodily as already described, we cause each roller N to
rotate slowly on its own axis and this we accomplish by means of pinion wheels R
fixed on the rear of each roller, such pinions being in gear with a stationary
toothed internal wheel S whereby on the disc E revolving, the pinions on the ends
of the rollers are rolled within the stationary internal toothed wheel, causing the
rollers to rotate separately, so that the hanks in addition to being carried around
by the discs, are made to roll over or turn around for the purpose of changing
their positions upon the rollers. A plate W is attached to the bush c so that when
the rollers N are in a horizontal position and the machine is at work, the hot air
which is blown into the centre of the series of rollers N cannot escape at the opposite
end but must pass through the yarn on the roller.
Although we have shewn and described three chambers A provided with these
rotating discs and revolving rollers, it will be understood that more or fewer
compartments and their accessories may be used, and we would also observe that
the rollers of each chamber can be used for drying purposes without the other
chambers being in use, so that small or large quantities of hanks may be dried;
each chamber is also provided with openings or apertures and dampers T shewn
more clearly on Fig. 5 and that by moving hand lever U the dampers T can be
made to cover over the openings or to leave them uncovered, the two dampers in
each case being connected by a link or connecting rod V.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Firstly. In a machine for drying hanks of yarn, the use of revolving discs
provided with bank carrying rollers connected to links which can be brought nearer
together as shewn at P in manner and for purposes described.
Secondly. In a machine for drying hanks of yarn, the combination of a revolving
disc E central shaft M hinged axles carrying rollers N with means for bringing
the front ends of the rollers nearer together all as described and shewn.

page_text: Thirdly. In a machine for drying hanks of yarn, the combination of a revolving
disc E central shaft M hinged axles for carrying rollers N together with means for
causing the bank carrying rollers to rotate in addition to being carried around by
the discs all as described and shewn in the drawings.
stly. The general arrangement and combination of the parts comprising a hank
machine, the same being enclosed in a chamber provided with dampers and
cold air all as described.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.