IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEARING YARN AND THREAD
Year: 1884

page_text: We, LEWIS HASLAM, Derby Street Mill, Manufacturer, and CORNELIUS
MARSHALL, Manager, both of Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
CLEARING YARN AND THREAD," to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to apparatus for clearing yarn and other fibrous materials
of snicks, uneven threads, soft ends, "fly," "fluff," knops or slubs, and other
imperfections during the operation of winding the same on bobbins, or when reeling
into hanks or otherwise, and consists in providing a snick plate cut diagonally at
the bottom of the slits. On the front side of the snick plate we arrange suitable
levers supported on centres, and provided with projecting catches or arms cut
diagonally on the underside in a contrary direction to the diagonal slits in the
snick plate, so as to form with the latter, eyes of varying dimensions, through
which the yarn is drawn in the process of being wound.
On the snick plate we place below the diagonal slits a suitable metallic casing or
casings, provided, with slots to allow of the levers being worked sideways when
desired, or, for the purpose of regulating the size of the cyes or openings in the
slits according to the counts of yarn or thread under operation, or otherwise. For
the purpose of maintaining the tension and position of the levers, they are operated
upon by spiral springs and centre guide pins fixed inside the metallic casing or
casings, which can be readily adjusted for fine or coarse yarns or threads by a screw
placed at one end or otherwise of the apparatus, whereby the whole of the levers
can be set at one operation, thereby producing an equal gauge and tension throughout
the entire length of the frame. To enable the setting to be readily effected, the
snick plate is provided with an index, to any part of which the pointer or finger on
the metallic casing can be set by the aforesaid screw, thereby indicating at a glance
the counts the clearers are intended to operate upon.
By this arrangement we dispense with the ordinary guide rods fixed behind the
snick plate, and place the top clearer brush in the position previously occupied by
the flannel board, by which the gathering of "fluff" is considerably reduced, and
is entirely prevented from passing on to the bobbins or hanks on which the yarn or
other fibrous materials are being wound.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We, LEWIS HASLAM, Derby Street Mill, Manufacturer, and CORNELIUS
MARSHALL, Manager, both of Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
CLEARING YARN AND THREAD," and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:--
Our invention relates to apparatus for clearing yarn and other fibrous materials
of snicks, uneven threads, soft ends, fly, fluff, knops or slubs, and other imperfections
during the operation of winding the same on bobbins, or when reeling into hanks
or otherwise, and consists in providing a snick plate cut diagonally at the bottom
of the slits. On the front side of the snick plate we arrange suitable levers supported
on centres, and provided with projecting catches' or arm's cut diagonally on the
underside in a contrary direction to the diagonal slits in the snick plate so as to
form with the latter, eyes of varying dimensions, through which the yarn is
drawn in the process of being wound.
On the snick plate we place below the diagonal slits a suitable metallic casing or
casings provided with slots to allow of the levers being worked sideways when
desired, or, for the purpose of regulating the size of the eyes or openings in the
slits according to the counts of yarn or thread under operation or otherwise. For
the purpose of maintaining the tension and position of the levers they are operated
upon by spiral springs and centre guide pins fixed inside the metallic casing or
casings, which can be readily adjusted for fine or coarse yarns or threads by a screw
placed at one end or otherwise of the apparatus, whereby the whole of the levers
can be set at one operation, thereby producing an equal guage and tension
throughout the entire length of the frame. To enable the setting to be readily
effected the snick plate is provided with an 'index to any part of which the
pointer or finger on the metallic casing can be set by the aforesaid screw, thereby
indicating at a glance the counts the clearers are intended to operate upon...
For this purpose we arrange the mechanical movements and arrangements of
mechanism in the manner we will describe referring to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a part elevation of a snick plate with our improvements applied; Fig. 2 is
a plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation through line A¹ B'; Fig. 4 is a
sectional elevation through line C D¹; Fig. 5 is a sectional plan through line E' F¹
with a number of the springs removed, and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan through
line G¹ H¹.
A is the snick plate, which is secured in any suitable or convenient way to a
winding or reeling frame, provided with the slits B cut diagonally at the bottom of
the said slits. To the snick plate A are mounted the levers C on the centres D secured
by the nuts E or other equivalents. The levers C are provided with the projecting
arms or catches F cut diagonally on the underside in a contrary direction to the
slits B in the snick plate A, which is shewn in Fig. 4. Below the diagonal slits B
in the snick plate is disposed the metallic casing G, being secured thereto by the
brackets H. This casing is provided with the slots I to allow of the levers C being
operated sideways when desired, or for the purpose of regulating the size of the
opening between the bottom of the diagonal slots B and the underside of the

page_text: diagonally cut arms or catches F on the levers C, thus allowing of regulation to
produce eyes or openings of varying dimensions through which the yarn or thread
is drawn in the process of being wound. To ensure an uniform tension and for
maintaining the action of the levers on the yarn or thread under operation, the
inside of the casing G is provided with the chambers J in which are placed the
spiral springs K and the centre guide pins L. which operate on the levers C as
shewn on the drawings. After the springs and centre guide pins are inserted the
chambers J are closed by the covers M, being half lapped at each joint as shewn,
or in any other suitable and convenient manner.
To enable the levers C being readily adjusted for regulating the size of the eyes
or openings through which the yarn or thread passes in the operation of being
wound, in the snick plate A is disposed the fixing N through which the screwed
spindle O passes, the opposite end being attached to the bracket P on the underside
of the casing G by the nuts S. The screwed spindle O is operated either one way
or the other, according to the counts being operated upon, by the nuts R, with the
result of sliding the metallic casing G and its adjuucts together, thus maintaining
and producing an equal gauge of the eyes and the tension on the levers C by the
spiral springs K throughout the entire length of the frame, which can be set readily
to any desired counts by operating the casing G until the finger T points to the
counts or corresponding number on the index V on the side of the snick plate.
The numbers on the index, although not indicated on the drawing, are marked
from the minimum to the maximum counts the frame is intended to operate upon
or wind.
In case the yarn or thread breaks when passing through the eyes or otherwise,.
the levers C are pressed back as shewn in Fig. 7, which is also performed for the
purpose of cleaning or otherwise.
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
The combination and arrangement of the parts forming our improved modi-
fication of apparatus for clearing yarn and thread, wherein is used the levers C
mounted on the snick plate A, and the casing G provided with the spiral springs K
and the centre guide pins L, with the means for adjusting or setting the same
according to the counts to be wound, the whole being respectively constructed and
operating substantially in the manner described and as shewn on the drawings.
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EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicants,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton.