A New Manufacture of Yarn.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 7th Jan.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New Manufacture of Yarn.
I, HENRY MERCER GIRDWOOD, of Broughton Flax Mills, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Flax Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a new manufacture of yarn and consists essentially in
forming a union yarn of combined flax and cotton fibres.
I may combine the fibres during the spinning process or, where practicable,
during any of the preparatory processes previous to spinning.
If combined during the spinning process I should pass the linen rovo and the
cotton rove through the drawing rollers and spin them together on to one bobbin
or cop so as to form a union yarn the cotton rove being preferably spun dry and
the linen rove wet.
Dated this 12th dow of Monah 1808
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
A New Manufacture of Yarn.
I, HENHY MERCER GIRDWOOD, of Broughton Flax Mills, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Flax Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to a new manufacture of yarn and consists essentially in
forming a union yarn of combined flax and cotton fibres.
I may combine the fibres during the spinning process or, where practicable,
during any of the preparatory processes previous to spinning.
If combined during the spinning process I should pass the linen rove and the
cotton rove through the drawing rollers and spin them together on to one bobbin
or cop so as to form a union yarn.
In the accompanying Sheet of Drawings-
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, and Figure 2 a plan illustrating the arrange-
ment of a wet spinning frame for the purposes of my invention.
In these views, a designates the bobbins of linen rove, 6 the bobbins of cotton
rove, c the back guide which is prepared to keep the two ends apart, da trough
containing water, e a guide rod, fa guide pin, g g and h h the front drawing

page_text: rollers and the winding on bobbin, cop or equivalent. The linen rove and
cotton rove pass separately through the frame being kept apart by the grooved
guide c, or its equivalent, and guide pin f until they pass t latter, they then
go between the pairs of drawing rollers g g and h h and are pun together and
wound upon one bobbin i.
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I find that in some cases it is preferable to take a cotton yarn preferably with
but little twist and spin this yarn with a linen rove, or as a further alternative
I take a flax sliver and a cotton sliver, rove or yarn a ombine them by twist-
ing them together on a roving frame.
I prefer to spin both the cotton rove or yarn as well as the linen rove wet as I I
find in practice that I thereby obtain the best result.
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:-
As a new article of manufacture, a union yarn composed of combined flax and
cotton fibres substantially as herein set forth.
Thated this 0th day of December 1808
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.