provements in Means or Apparatus for Use in Washing Yarns in Hanks or the like
Year: 1895

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Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Use in Washing Yarns in
Hanks or the like
A communication from abroad by GEORG AI BERT GREEVEN, of Crefeld, in the
German Empire, Civil Engineei
I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows
The washing machines generally in use for washing yarns are more or less
complicated and require frequent repairs, and a comparatively large amount of
power to drive them and the present invention is designed to avoid these
disadvantages
Ihe rollers which carry the hanks preferably do not turn round but are fixed at
the ends of hollow channels or tubes which are in connection with a hollow axis
through which the washing water passes into the rollers washing the yarn in the
ordinary way The whole is arrarged somewhat like the spokes of a wheel these
being fixed into the nave If the apparatus is turned round the hanks must of
course make a progressive motion which is equal to one complete evolution for
every turn, whereby every part of the yarn is thoroughly saturated by the water
The apparatus is further provided with a distributor of the water inside of the
central part or nave by means of which one half or a part of the water channels
can be excluded from the water supply In doing this it seems evident that one
side of the wheel becomes heavier than the other, it thereby results that the
machine is caused to turn round and keep on turning in the same direction owing
to one channel after another passing from the distributor into reach of the water,
getting filled and forcing the wheel to turn by its weight until this channel is again
secluded from the water by getting behind the distributor, where it looses connection
In order to levelse
with the water and consequently weight almost immediately
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the dnection of the revolutions the distributor is turned round one half revolution
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o that the water passes into the channels on the opposite side of the nave
turning of the distributor can be accomplished by hand or automatically by the
apparatus itself by means of a series of toothed wheels or equivalent geiring
which precipitate after a certain amount of revolutions a weight which is connected
with the distributor forcing it from one side of the central pait or have to the other
opposite or by other suitable means effecting the same ends
Dad... 20th day of Auril 1890
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant

page_text: Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Use in Washing Yarns in
Hanks or the like
A communication from abroad by GEORG AI BERT GRECVEN, of Ciefeld, in the
German Empire, Civil Engineer
I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent 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
The washing machines generally in use for washing yarns are more or less
complicated and requne frequent repair and a comparatively large amount of
power to drive them, and the present invention is designed to avoid these
disadvantages
The rollers which carry the hanks preferably do not tuin round but are fixed
at the ends of hollow channels or tubes which are in connection with a hollow
axis through which the washing water pas es into the rollers washing the yarn
in the ordinary way The whole is arranged somewhat like the spokes of a
wheel the e being fixed into the nave If the apparatus is turned round the
hanks must of course mike progressive motion which is equal to one complete
revolution for every tuin, whereby every part of the yarn is thoroughly satur ited
by the water
The apparatus is further provided with a distributor of the water inside of the
central part or "nave by means of which one half or a part of the water channel
can be excluded from the water supply
In doing this it seems evident that one side of the wheel becomes heavier than
the other, it thereby results that the machine is caused to turn round and keep on
turning in the same direction owing to one channel after another passing from the
distributer into reach of the water, getting filled and forcing the wheel to turn by
its w ight until this channel is again excludel from the water by getting behind
the distributor, where it looses connection with the wate, and consequently weight,
almost immediately
In order to reverse the ducetion of the revolutions the distributor 1 turned
round one hilf revolution so that the water passes int the channels on the opp> ite
sile of the TE VE
This turn n
t th d t but can be omulish d by mind or
automatically by the apparatus itself by m
ms of tric f toothed wheels o
equivalent caring which precipitate after a certain amount of revolutions
weight which is comicet d with the distributor forcing it from one side of the
cenil pitcrn ve to the other onmo ite, or by other mit ble means effecting the
tam cud
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page_text: Figo shows sectional detail view of means for reversing the direction of
1otation automatically drawu to a larger scale
The yarn catets a are fixed to the ends of the tubes which communicate
with the hollow X1> с Water is supplied to this axis c by means of the
pipes through the inlets e, 1 valve lever serving to control th supply, 9 is a
di tabutor which shuts off sy one half of the tubes or channels band opens the
remanin half to the interior of the nave to be supplied with water which pis es
through the tubes into tubes or passages in the rollers or y un curici a and out
through apcitures a¹ to the yun to be washed
provided
The hollow axis c has mounted or formed upon it a gear wheel h engaging
with another gear wheel ¹ hxcd upon an axis 2, mounted in bearings
on the framing k The axis 2 also has fixed upon it
engages with another gear wheel rotatable loosely on
rod n connected to the di tributor < By means of these
tributor is turned round automatically one half revolution so a to reverse the
direction of rotation
gear wheel which
sleeve m upon the
gear wheels the dis-
2 is a rod bearing a weight w This rod is fixed upon the loose box or sleeve m
by means of a key s see Figɔ The toothed wheel carries a catch engaging
The guide rod n of the distributor g is provided with
with a part on the rod r
pin p which enters a slot y in box or sleeve m
When the machine is in motion the wheel will catch, by means of 12, the
rod and will lift thereby the weight w
When w has reached its highest point the pin p has reached the end of slot
and as the weight w will now precipitate downwards it will turn the box oi
sleeve m one half revolution, forcing at the same time by means of the slot q
and pin p the guide rod n and the distributor to turn also one half revolution
The water supply being thereby reversed the machine will also tuin round in
the opposite direction, naturally also the wheel will in due course catch by
means of the rod and the same movement will be upeated as above
described
I be number of evolutions of the machine requied to bring about the half
revolution of the distributor may be varied and is dependent upon the relative
proportion and number of the teeth of the wheels applied to the geuing
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
1 claim is
1 The construction and use of washing machinery for yarns in the bank and the
like having rollers on hank holders carried by hollow tangential arms carried and
supplied with wash liquor by means of a central hollow axı, substantially as
described and shewn
2 Ihe construction and use of machinery for washing yarns in hank or the like
having the hank supports hollow and supported by tubulit tangential aims from a
hollow axis and reversing distributor to reverse the directions of flo v cf the liquid
and of rotation of the wheel on cncle, subst intially as and for the purpose set
forth and shewn by the drawings
3 The arrangement or construction and use of parts of washing machinery for
washing yains in the hank, or the like, so that the washing water supplied may be
utilized as the driving means and the direction of motion thereby imparted reveised
all substantially as and for the purpose set forth
Dated the 9th day of November 1805
WM BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56 Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant