AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRESSING AND CLEANING SKEINS OR HANKS OF SILK AND OTHER SPUN MATERIALS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRESSING AND CLEANING SKEINS OR HANKS OF SILK
AND OTHER SPUN MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by César
Corron, of St. Etienne (Loire), France, Dyer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd September 1870.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRESSING AND
CLEANING SKEINS OR HANKS OF SILK AND OTHER SPON MATERIALS "
munication.
A com-
This Invention relates to an improved dressing and cleaning machine for silk and
other spun materials in skeins or hanks, and is designed to replace hand work in
certain operations either before or after dyeing, which operations are, before dyeing,
treating of the scoured dressing for the skeins or hanks, and after dyeing the
diminishing of the threads and drying.
The said machine has a double reel or horizontal shaft supported in two frames,
whose form may be varied according to the nature of the materials to be treated.
This double reel or horizontal shaft has imparted to it a continuous rotative motion
by means of two pulleys, one of which is mounted upon the driving shaft of the
machine. At the two extremities of the said reel are place discs which have a
special curvature These discs are designed to prevent the escape of the thread
during the operation of the machine. Å horizontal shaft parallel with the said
reels is supported on the same frames, and receives motion either through a special
motor or through gearing by means of the said two pulleys, one of which is fast and
the other loose. Upon this shaft are mounted two cams having a spiral form and
which are intended to give a reciprocating movement to a beater or board which
carries upon two journals the stretcher, which with the aforesaid reel serves for
treating the textile materials The aforesaid beater or board oscillates upon one of
the said journals, and the said cylinder describes an arc around the same as its
centre Upon this journal is mounted a sector, upon which is a belt or band which
carries at its free end a cylindrical rod whereon is fitted a number of cast-iron discs,
[Price Gd.]

page_text: whose weight added to the weight of the said beater and of the stretcher permits
the augmentation or diminution of the effect produced by the beater in its descent.
The said beater when stopped is suspended by a tappet on the frame, and while in
this position one of the said cams passes around without causing the movement of
the said beater; then the skein or lank to be treated is taken by one hand and
presented to the recl. With the other hand the said stretcher is raised and
introduced into the skein and returned to its place This operation finished, the
aforesaid tappet which holds the beater is disengaged; the stretcher left to itself
and subjected to the weight falls and stops remaining suspended by the skein or
hank in which it is engaged, thereby giving a jerk to the entire skein and causing
the fall of refuse particles and all matters desired to be separated therefrom The
repeated action of the beater and the rotative movement of the skein upon the icel
effect the parallelism and straightening of the thread. This action of the beater is
imparted to it by one of the said cains acting on a roller thereon. It is necessary
to vary the force or intensity of the blows, and this variation is effected by means
of counterweights, whose number may, be varied as desired
As before mentioned the said stretchers have imparted to them a continuous
rotary motion but very slow; this continuous motion may be replaced by an
alternating rotary motion which may be obtained as follows, that is to say -A cam
is provided on the driving shaft of the machine, which cam in its motion meets the
said roller and causes it to rise with the part on which it is mounted At the
extremity of this part is fixed a pawl which acts on a tooth of a ratchet each time
the cam raises the roller, the ratchet will turn at an angle determined by the
course of the cain and the position of the levers with regard to the part carrying
the roller
On the axis of the ratchet wheel is a wheel which works with it and gears with
a pinion keyed on the shaft of the reels, and thus will be given to the said shaft
and to the reels an alternating rotary inotion. By means of this arrangement the
said stretchers will be at rest when the skein or hank receives the blow or jerk.
The form and arrangement of the machine may be varied, the said stretchers or
holders may occupy different positions with regard to each other, and may be placed
in a horizontal or vertical or an oblique plane
The movement of the cylinder may be produced by cains, levers, excentrics, or
by any other suitable means
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by 3
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd March 1877.
WILIJAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firin of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR DRESSING AND
CLEANING SKEINS OR HANKS OF SILK AND OTHER SPUN MATERIALS”
A com- 4
munication from abroad by César Corron, of St. Etienne (Loire), France, Dyer.
This Invention relates to an improved machine for dressing and cleaning silk and
other spun materials in skeins or hanks, and is designed to replace hand work in
certain operations either before or after the dyeing of such materials, which
operations are as follows, namely, before dyeing the preparation of the boiling,
diessing for the skeins or hanks, and after dyeing the thinning of the threads and
drving of the same.

page_text: Figure 3 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating a modification of the
said machine.
The said machine has a double reel or horizontal shaft A supported in two
frames D, whose form may be varied according to the nature of the materials to be
treated This double reel or horizontal shaft A has imparted to it a continuous
rotative motion by means of two pulleys J and K, the latter being mounted upon
the driving shaft of the machine. At the two extremities of the said eel are
placed discs which have a peculiar form or curvature, these discs are designed to
prevent the escape of the thread duing the operation of the machine. A horizontal
shaft F parallel with the said reel is supported on the same frames and receives
motion either from a special motor or through gearing by the aid of two pulleys L
and M, one of which is fast and the other loose. Upon this shaft are mounted two
cans having a spiral form, and which are intended to give a reciprocating move-
ment to the slab or the beater C which carries upon two journals the jerking reel B,
which with the aforesaid reels A serves for treating the textile materials The
aforesaid slab or beater oscillates upon a journal or pivot N, and the said jerking
reel describes an arc around the same as its centre Upon this journal N is mounted
a sector upon which is a belt or band which carries at its free end a cylindrical 1od
whereon is fitted a number of cast-iron dises, whose weight added to the weight of
the said beater, and of the jerking reel B permits the augmentation or diminution
of the effect produced by the beater in its descent In the operation of this machine
the said beater being in the position shown in the Drawing is stopped and
suspended by a tappet on the frame, and while in this position the cain G rotates
without touching the roller H, and consequently without causing any movement of
the beater C; then the skein or bank to be treated is taken in one hand and
presented to the recl A With the other hand the jerking reel B is raised and
inserted into the skein and returned to its place, and the reel is returned to its
place. The dotted lines indicate the position of the skein at the commencement of
the operation. This operation finished, the aforesaid tappet which holds the beater
is disengaged, the said reel left to itself and subjected to the weight falls and stops,
remaining suspended by the skein or hank in which it is engaged, thereby giving a
jerk to the entire skein, and causing the fall therefrom of refuse particles and all
matters desired to be separated therefrom. The action of the beater is obtained by
the rotation of the cam which acting against the roller H raises it, and with it the
said beater and the reel, and continuing its rotation the cam escapes from the said
roller, and the entire apparatus falls with a blow upon the skein. It is necessary to
vary the force or intensity of the blows according to the nature of the material
being treated, and this variation is effected by means of counterweights I, whose
number may be varied as desired.
As above specified the reels or cylinders have imparted to them a continuous but
very slow rotary motion, this continuous motion may be replaced by an intermittent
rotary motion which may be obtained by the arrangement illustrated in Figure 3,
that is to say, a cam a is mounted on and turns with the driving shaft F of the
machine, which cam in its motion meets the roller b and causes it to rise with the
arm c on which it is mounted. At the extremity of this arm c is fixed a pawl
which so acts on the teeth of the ratchet wheel d, that every time the cam a raises
the said roller the said ratchet wheel will turn a certain distance determined by
the form and movement of the cam and the position of the lever arm c.
On the axis of the ratchet wheel is a wheel which is solid on the same and gears
with a pinion keyed on the shaft of the reels A, and thus will be given to the said
shaft and to the reels an intermitting rotary motion. By means of this arrange-
ment the said beater reel will be at rest when the skein or hank receives the blow
or jerk.
The form and arrangement of the machine may be varied; the said reels or
cylinders may occupy different positions with regard to each other and may be
placed in a horizontal, a vertical, or an oblique plane.

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The movement of the beater reel may be produced by cams, levers, excentrics, or
by any other suitable means.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that the main objects of the said machine are the mechanical disentanglement and
dressing of the threads in skeins of silk or other textile materials, and that I claim,
a machine in which the method of mechanically jerking or beating the skeins or
hanks of silk or other textile materials is carried into practise for the purposes
above specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.