IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRESSING WARPS
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Ingham, of the Valley Dye Works, Bradford,
Dyer and Finisher, and Illingworth Butterfield, of the same Place,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR DRESSING WARPS."
Sealed the 26th November 1869, and dated the 28th May 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Ingham and
Illingworth Butterfield, at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 28th May 1869.
We, JOHN INGHAM, of the Valley Dye Works, Bradford, Dyer and
Finisher, and ILLINGWORTH BUTTERFIELD, of the same Place, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DRESSING WARPS," to be
as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the dressing or preparing warps for the
loom after any of the processes of sizing dyeing, or bleaching, or any
other process which causes the "ends" or threads to adhere together,
and whether such warps are first wound upon a beam or taken direct

page_text: from the ball, as in hand dressing; and the improvements consist in
combining and arranging mechanism so that a brush or a series of
brushes are caused to travel a certain distance upon a slide plate or bed
to operate upon the warps, then drop or be transferred to another bed
on which they are returned and again transferred to the first bed, and so
on, continuing to travel forward on one bed and back on the other. To
effect this movement of the brush or brushes we prefer to use screws to
propel the same such as are used in certain machinery well known as
screw gill boxes; but endless chains, belts, or other suitable means or
contrivances may be used for this purpose; also a slay or reed mounted
upon arms and capable of oscillating or rocking, and this slay may be
used either alone or in combination with a series of healds for the threads
of the warp to pass through, arranged so that any of the said healds
may be raised or lowered so as to separate each end or thread from the
others; also levers and rods to open a shed or sheds and for maintaining
the original "leys" also in combining the aforesaid dressing apparatus
with other apparatus for winding the said warp upon the beam, and in
so arranging these several parts that the slay, healds, and beam may be
transferred to the loom with the dressed warp thereon or therein ready
for weaving; or the beain and warp may be removed from the dressing
apparatus in the usual manner; also in the application to such dressing
apparatus of a self-acting stop motion or apparatus for stopping the
action of the machine, by means of which when any of the ends stick
fast they operate upon the slay or the healds producing motion thereof,
which motion is communicated to and operates either a strap guide, a
clutch, a friction box, or other equivalent detaching means applied to or
in connection with (by preference) the first motion shaft of the machine,
but may be applied to an intermediate shaft or to the beam shaft.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Ingham and Illingworth Butterfield in the
Great Scal Patent Office on the 27th November 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, Jonn
INGHAM, of the Valley Dye Works, Bradford, Dyer and Finisher, and
ILLINGWORTH BUTTERFIELD, of the same Place, Manufacturer, send
grecting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of May, in the year
of our Lord Once thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said John Ingham and Illingworth Butter-
field, Her special licence that we, the said John Ingham and Illingworth
Butterfield, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
we, the said John Ingham and Illingworth Butterfield, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR DRESSING WARPS," upon the condition (amongst others),
that we, the said John Ingham and Illingworth Butterfield, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or
one of our or their hands and seals, should particularly describo and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Ingham and Illingworth
Butterfield, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, aud in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, and accompanying
Sheets of Drawings (that is to say) :-
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The object of this Invention is the dressing or preparing warps for the
loom after any of the processes of sizcing, dyeing, or bleaching, or any
other process which causes the ends or "threads" to adhere together, and
whether such warps are first wound upon a beam or taken direct from
the ball as in hand dressing; and the improvements consist in combining
and arranging mechanism so that a brush or a series of brushes are
caused to travel a certain distance upon a slide plate or bed to operate
upon the warps, then drop upon or be transferred to another bed on
which they are returned and again transferred to the first bed, and so
on, continuing to travel forward on one bed and back on the other. To
effect this movement of the brush or brushes we prefer to use screws to
propel the same, such as are used in certain machinery well known as

page_text: screw gill boxes; but endless chains, belts, or other suitable means or
contrivances may be used for this purpose; also a slay or reed is mounted
upon arms capable of oscillating or rocking, and this slay may be used
either alone or in combination with a series of healds for the threads of
the warp to pass through arranged so that any of the said healds may be
raised or lowered so as to separate each end or thread from the others;
and also levers and rods are used to open a shed or sheds, or for main-
taining the original leys; also in combining the aforesaid dressing
apparatus with other apparatus for winding the said warp upon the
beam, and in so arranging these several parts that the slay, healds, and
beam may be transferred to the loom with the dressed warp thereon or
therein ready for weaving; or the beam and warp only may be removed
from the dressing apparatus to the loom; also of a self-acting stop
motion or apparatus for stopping the action of the machine, by means of
which when any of the ends stick fast they operate upon the slay or the
healds, producing motion thereof, which motion is communicated to and
operates either a strap guide or clutch, a friction box, or other equivalent
detaching means applied to or in connection with (by preference) the
first motion shaft of the machine, but may be applied to an intermediate
shaft or to the beam shaft.
In order that this Invention may be clearly understood we herein
give reference to two accompanying Sheets of Drawings of apparatus
constructed, combined, and arranged in accordance therewith.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section, Figure 2 is an end elevation, and
Figures 3, 4, and 5 are details or parts thereof drawn on a larger scale.
A and A' are a series of brushes of suitable length to extend across a
warp when the ends or threads are all arranged side by side as required
for the loom. These brushes are supported on beds B and B' on which
they are caused to slide by the action or rotation of the screws C and C'
in the direction of the arrows in the same manner as do the fallers in
the well known screw gill box. D is a slay or reed mounted on arms D'
fixed on a shaft 1 on each end of which are rockers D supported on
suitably prepared parts of the frame, and on which shaft is also an
adjustable lever and weight D', which parts are shown more clearly at
Figuro 3; E is a rod supported in arms E to open or maintain open the
original "leys" or the separation or division of the warp to form the
shed or sheds; G is an ordinary warp beam mounted temporarily in
bearings H and H which are adjustable to different lengths of beamis

page_text: by means of the screws Hand H³, the former bearing being capable
of rotation, and which gives rotary motion to the beam when motion
is communicated to it by means of the spur gearing I, cone pullics
and belt J, J, and J, pullies and belt K, K, and K, from the
shaft L, on which are the fast and loose driving pullies L' and I.
The shaft L also communicates motion to the screws C and C by
means of pullies and belt M, M³, M², shaft M³, bevil gearing M',
upright shaft M³, bevil gearing Me, and spur gearing M. The warps to
be dressed arc wound upon beams N and N', which are supported in
bearings P attached to a frame so as to be capable of being raised and
lowered or set to any desirable position by means of the racks and
pinions and held there by ratchet wheels and catches R. The warp
threads S and S pass from the two beams N and N¹ over or through the
bristles of the brushes A, thence through the reed D, and arc wound
upon or around the beam G, the original "leys" of each beam N and N¹
being kept separate by the rod E, which is carried on two levers E¹
hinged to each side of the frame respectively at E, the parts extending
beyond the fulcrum E being acted upon by springs E³ to hold the said
rod in position. It will also be seen that each brush in succession on
being raised to the upper bed will strike against the levers E', which
forcing up the springs causes the rod E to press the lower half of the
warp against the brush or brushes, by which means the bristles enter
more fully through or into the warp threads; also as the brush or brushes
are carried forward in succession by the screw C the lower half of the
warp is held in that position until they leave the ends of the levers E¹,
when the springs E will act on the levers and the rod will be thrown up
or raised, lifting the warp on the upper side of the rod from the brushes,
thereby assisting to open the threads. These levers E' may be worked
by cams, cranks, or any known motion with the same effect. It will
now be seen that when motion is given to the warp beam G the warp
will be wound thereon and pass through the brushes A, the threads will
be brushed and separated thereby, and as the brushes A' are carried by
the screw C' into position to be raised from the bed B' to the bed B they
cone into contact with the arms D' and carry the reed D forward a
certain distance faster than the warp is wound on the beam in order that
the next brush may be raised into the opening made by the slay, so that
by the backward and forward motion of the reed and the raising of the
brushes in proper time the slay is allowed to follow after the brush A by
its own weight regulated by the balance weight D', according to the

page_text: friction of the warp in the slay; but should there be any obstruction
where the threads are not properly separated by the brush the slay will
be carried along with the warp so as to bring the finger D³ into contact
with the bracket D fixed on the stop rod D', thereby causing the
machine to stop before any damage is done to the warp. There is a
hook V on cach brush which as the slay frame comes in contact with the
approaching brush A' takes hold of a plate W on the slay frame to
prevent it rebounding and continues to hold fast until the brush is lifted
on to the upper bed B, when the hook is liberated and the slay is allowed
to feel its own way again in the warp, and thus a backward and forward
or oscillating motion is imparted to it from the motion of the brushes in
one direction and the adjustable weighted lever in the contrary direction.
This oscillatory motion of the reed may be effected by other means, but
we prefer the above. To avoid "twisting in" at the loom healds may
be placed in the position and in substitution of the leys rod E, and
thereby both the beam healds and slay with the dressed warp therein may
be transferred together to the loom ready for weaving. Figures 4 and 5
are intended to shew more clearly the construction and mode of operation
of the self-acting stopping apparatus. The same parts are represented
by the same letters as in Figures 1 and 2. D' is the stop rod to the end
of which is jointed one end of a lever D³ hinged on a stud at D', the
other end entering a slot hole D" in a plate fixed on the frame. On this
plato is also a boss X' in which is a pin X capable of sliding, and to
which is hinged a lever X resting upon and operated by a cam Y fixed
on the shaft I. To the other end of this lever is hinged another pin 'Y'
capable of sliding in lugs Y and Y fixed to the frame, the top end of
which is arranged to act against a lever Z hinged to the frame at %,
the other end being formed to fit into a notch cut in the strap guido
rod T, and a spring is attached to this lever to press it into and hold
it in the notch when not acted upon by the pin Y'.
The action of this stopping apparatus is as follows:-The cam Y
operating the lever X lifts the pin X at each revolution of the cam, a
spring on the pin Y' preventing that end of the lever lifting; but when
the stop rod acts on the lever D" it is interposed in the slot hole D" so
that the pin X cannot lift, and then the pin Y is lifted, overcoming the
spring thereon, and lifts the lever Z out of the notch, when by the action
of a spring T the strap guide is pushed out, throwing the strap upon
the loose pulley L' and thereby stopping the machine.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and illustrated
by Drawings how the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical operation, we would have it understood that we do not confine
ourselves to any of the details in the construction, combination, or
arrangement, or the particular mode of operation of the mechanism
shewn and described, as various modifications may be made therein; but
we claim the combining and arranging of mechanism for dressing warps
in manner substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Illingworth Butterfield, for and on
behalf of myself and the said John Ingham, have hereunto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-sixth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
ILLINGWORTH BUTTERFIELD. (L.S.)
Signed, scaled, and delivered
by the within-named Illing-
worth Butterfield, in the
presence of
WM. TASKER,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Bradford.