IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZING MACHINES
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Dugdale and Joseph Dugdale, of Soho
Foundry, Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZING MACHINES."
Sealed the 10th September 1870, and dated the 15th March 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Dugdale and
Joseph Dugdale at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 15th March 1870.
We, EDWARD DUGDALE and JOSEPH DUGDALE, of Soho Foundry,
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SIZING MACHINES,"
to be as follows:-
:-
In this Invention the machine is supposed to have the usual cone
drums, viz., one on the first driving shaft in the machine, the other
being driven from it by a strap and constituting the second driver, from
which second driver a third shaft receives its motion, usually by means
of a spur wheel and pinion.

page_text: One part of our Invention consists in the manner of driving the 9-inch
or black roller, for which purpose we make use of the before named
third motion shaft, or as it is sometimes called the eccentric shaft, from
one end of which we drive the black roller, either by means of a fast
pulley on each shaft, and a strap driving to one from the other, or by
means of toothed gearing or by toothed gearing in combination with a
pulley driving a fast pulley on the black roller shaft with a strap. Or
we drive from the second cone drum shaft by means of toothed gearing,
or toothed gearing in combination with a pulley driving a fast pulley
on the black roller shaft with a strap.
As in this Invention we find it necessary for the yarn beam to be
driven by friction, we make either the pinion on the second motion shaft
or one of the wheels between it and the L shaft, which turns the weavers
beam into a friction wheel, that is, the wheel and its shaft are not
absolutely fast together, but the one turning the other by friction; if
instead of any two of these wheels we use a strap and two pulleys, we
make one of the pulleys into a friction pulley just the same; if it be the
large wheel on the third motion shaft that we make into a friction
wheel, we should prefer attaching one of the wheels or pulleys driving
the black roller to this wheel, so that the slipping of the shaft in this
wheel may not produce any effect on the black roller, as we intend
the black roller to give a definite speed to the yarn through the machine,
at the same time a friction wheel being placed on or between the second.
driver and the yarn beam, and properly adjusted causes the yarn beam
to take up all that the black roller delivers without exerting any undue
strain on the yarn, at the same time as a difference in the counts of the
yarn or the number of ends require a like variation in its speed through
the machine, we for this purpose avail ourselves of the cone drums by
moving the strap upon which gives the variation required, through the
second and third drivers to the black roller and the yarn beam, so that
after the position of the strap on the cone drums is once fixed for any
one sort of yarn it does not require changing again, except it might be
when beginning to fill a weaver's beam, when it may be done in order
to cause the yarn to be delivered slower to give the operative a full
opportunity of properly adjusting the width of the sheet of yarn to that
of the weaver's beam, but for this purpose we prefer one of the following
arrangements, one of which is a loose pulley placed on the first driving

page_text: shaft alongside the ordinary first driving pulleys, and attached to which
loose pulley is a pinion working into a train of wheels decreasing in
speed, and the last of which is fixed on the driving shaft; by moving
the strap fork a little further the strap is thrown on to this extra pulley,
and the machine runs so much slower, and then by throwing the strap
on to the usual pulley the machine runs at its ordinary speed.
In another arrangement we use the same extra pulley before named,
but in place of the pinion attached to the same we attach thereto a
smaller pulley and drive from it with a strap a larger pulley on the
second driver, by which we obtain the necessary decrease in speed.
In another arrangement wo insert a train of wheels decreasing in speed
between the second and third driver, and one of which wheels is thrown
in gear as the usual pinion connecting the second and third driver is
thrown out of gear.
Another part of our Invention relates to the marking motion. Instead
of all the wheels being fast on their shafts as is usual, we make one of
them loose to slide laterally on its shaft, but so keyed that it must turn
with the shaft, the object of which is that the operative may draw the
wheel out of gear and turn the marking motion to a suitable position
and then replace the wheel. The same thing may be effected by making
one of the wheels loose on its shaft, and also to form one part of a clutch
box, the other part of the clutch box being keyed to turn with the shaft
but allowed to slide laterally, so that by disengaging the clutches the
shaft may be allowed to turn round.
Another part of our Invention consists in making the dividing rods,
the rod for depressing the yarn previous to its going over the breast
beam, and the breast beam itself of steel tubing or of solid steel if
preferred, which is not so liable to be worn into grooves by the yarn as
the ordinary iron now used.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Edward Dugdale and Joseph Dugdale, Her special
license that we, the said Edward Dugdale and Joseph Dugdale, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Edward Dugdale and Joseph Dugdale, 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 SIZING MACHINES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we, the said Edward Dugdale and Joseph
Dugdale, our exectutors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe 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
immediatly after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Edward Dugdale and Joseph
Dugdale, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had:
to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
The object of the before-named Invention is for procuring a regularity
in the sizing of yarns and of giving to each sort and quality of them the
speed most desirable in cach case. We for this object cause the 9-inch.
or black roller A, Fig. 1, to be that which determines the speed of the
yarn through the machine, the yarn beam mearly winding on what the
before-named 9-in. roller delivers, and we vary the speed of this 9-inch
roller to suit cach particular class of yarn by changing the position of
the strap on the ordinary cone drums.
Our Invention consists, firstly, in our manner of driving the 9-in.
roller, which object we effect by various mechanical means, viz., we fixa;
fast pulley on the shaft of the black roller and drive it with a strap from
a fast pulley on the third motion or eccentric shaft, or we drive the said
9-inch or black roller from either the second or the third motion shafts by

page_text: means of toothed gearing, or by means of tooth gearing in combination
with a strap and pulleys. We ensure the yarn beam taking up all that
the 9-in. roller delivers by driving it with the intervention of a friction,
and driving a little in excess of what is wanted, the friction slipping
when there would otherwise be too great stress upon the yarn; for this
purpose we make into a friction wheel, either the small pinion on the
second motion shaft or, one of the wheels between it and the L shaft
which turns the weavers' beam, and the kind of friction we prefer to use
is formed by discs of metal with a piece of flannel between them, one of
the discs being attached to the shaft and turning with it, and the other
being pressed and regulated against the flannel by two thumb screws in
connection with the wheel. If we convert the large wheel on the
third motion shaft into a friction we attach to it one of the wheels or
pulleys driving the black roller, otherwise the slipping of the shaft in
this wheel would affect the black roller and render the delivery incon-
stant. When the position of the strap upon the cone drums is once
fixed for one class of yarn it does not require altering, except it might, if
preferred be done to cause the yarn to be delivered slower to enable the
operative to adjust the width of the sheet of yarn with that of the
weaver's beam, but for this purpose we prefer one of the following
arrangements, one of which is a loose pulley placed on the first driving
shaft in the machine alongside of the ordinary first driving pulleys, and
attached to which loose pulley is a pinion working into a train of wheels,
the last of which is fast on the first driving shaft; by moving the strap on
to the said loose pulley the machine runs so much slower, and then
by throwing the strap on to the usual pulley the machine runs its
ordinary speed.
In another arrangement we use the same extra pulley before-named,
but in place of the pinion attached to the same we attach thereto a
small pulley and drive from it a larger pulley on the second motion.
shaft by which we obtain the necessary decrease of speed.
In another arrangement we insert a train of wheels, decreasing in
speed, between the second and third driver, and one of which wheels is
thrown into gear as the usual pinion connecting the second and third
motion shafts is thrown out of gear.
Another part of our Invention relates to the "marking motion,"
which we so arrange that the operative may conveniently withdraw one

page_text: of the wheels, and after turning the shaft to a suitable position may
replace the wheel; this we effect by making one of the wheels to slide
laterally upon its shaft, but so keyed that it must turn with the shaft;
or we make one of the wheels loose on the shaft, and also to form part of
a clutch box, the other part of the clutch box being so keyed as to turn
with the shaft, but allowed to slide laterally, so that by disengaging the
clutches the shaft may be allowed to turn round.
Another part of our Invention consists in making the dividing rods,
the rod for depressing the yarn previous to its going over the breast
beam, and the breast beam itself of steel tubing or of solid steel if pre- 1
ferred, which is not so liable to be worn into grooves by the yarn as the
ordinary iron ones now used,
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the front end of a sizing machine, and
Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
A is the 9-inch or black roller which serves to draw the yarn through
the machine; B is the yarn beam winding on what the black roller
delivers; C and D are the ordinary cone drums. When it is desired to
increase or decrease the speed of the 9-inch or black roller the strap E
is moved to a larger or smaller part of the driving cone drum C, and the 2
increase or decrease of speed is transmitted through the driven cone
drum or second motion shaft D, and the third motion or eccentric shaft
F to the shaft G which drives the yarn beam B, from any of which
fast-named shafts it is possible by various means to drive the 9-inch
roller A. In one arrangement of driving the said 9-inch roller we
fix a fast pulley H, Fig. 2, on the third motion shaft F and drive
a fast pulley I on the black roller shaft A with a strap, as shewn in
Figs. 1 & 2,
Fig. 3 shews an arrangement of driving the 9-inch roller from the
third motion shaft by means of toothed gearing; J is a bevil wheel fixed 3
on the third motion shaft; K is a similar wheel fixed on the black
roller shaft, a side shaft L, with wheels M and N, communicates the
motion from the 3rd motion shaft to the black roller,
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Fig. 7 shews an arrangement for driving the 9-inch roller from the
third motion shaft by means of a strap and pulleys in conjunction with 3

page_text: toothed gearing%3B O is a pulley on the third motion shaft, driving a
pulley P with a strap; Q is a pinion attached to the pulley P, com-
municating motion to the wheel R on the black roller shaft.
Fig. 4 shews an arrangement for driving the 9-inch roller from the
second motion shaft by means of toothed gearing; S is a bevil wheel
on the second motion shaft; T is a similar wheel on the black roller
shaft, a side shaft U with bevil wheels V and W communicates motion
from one to the other.
Fig. 5 shews an arrangement for driving the 9-inch roller from the
second motion shaft, by means of toothed gearing in combination with a
strap and pulleys; X is a pulley on the second motion shaft, driving
á pulley Y with a strap; Z is a pinion attached to the pulley Y, and
driving a spur wheel T on the black roller shaft; Z, Fig. 1, is the
friction arrangement in connection with the driving arrangement of the
yarn beam; it is shewn in section at Fig. 8.
Fig. 9 shews an arrangement for causing the machine to run slower
to enable the operative to more easily adjust the width of the sheet of
yarn with that of the weavers' beam; Y' are the ordinary driving pulleys;
X is an extra pulley loose on the shaft and placed alongside the driving
pulleys Wis a pinion attached to the pulley X'; V₁ is a wheel work-
ing into the before-named pinion; U¹ is another pinion attached to the
wheel V, and working into another wheel S¹ fast on the driving shaft. As
the pinion W' is smaller than the wheel V₁, and the pinion U¹ is smaller
than the wheel S₁, it is evident that the motion communicated through
the pulley X' will be considerably reduced and the machine run so much
slower.
Fig. 6 shews another arrangement for the same purpose; ✗¹ is the
same extra pulley named in the foregoing arrangement, but in place of
the pinion W¹ we substitute a small pulley J¹, and drive from it with a
strap a larger pulley I¹ on the second motion shaft, which has the effect
of decreasing the speed as before,
Fig. 10 and 11 shew another arrangement for the same purpose;
R' is the ordinary pinion on the second motion shaft, which said pinion
when thrown out of gear with the large wheel Q¹ drops into gear with
the pinion P¹; another pinion on the same stud and turning with the
before-named pinion, drives a wheel O' working into another wheel N¹
attached to a pinion M³ driving a wheel L' on the third motion shaft;

page_text: the object of the before named train of wheels being to cause the third
motion shaft to run much slower than when the ordinary pinion R turns
the large wheel Q'
The next part of our Invention relates to the marking motion, and is
shewn in Fig. 2 and 5; H' is one of the wheels, which is made to
slide on a key on the shaft, and is kept up in its place by a spring.
When the operative desires to change the position of the shaft, he can
withdraw the wheel sufficiently to turn the shaft and then replace the
wheel. Or, we form one side of a wheel into a clutch box G³, Fig. 5,
the said wheel being loose on the shaft, but the other part of the clutch:
box sliding on a key. and turning with the shaft; a spring keeps the
two parts of the clutch box in gear; by withdrawing one part of the
clutch the shaft may be turned as before. F, Fig. 1 and 2 is the breast
beam; E¹ is the rod for depressing the yarn; and D¹, D¹, D¹, D', D¹, D¹,.
are the dividing rods, all of which are made of steel tubing or of solid ]
steel..
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and the means
of carrying the same into effect, we wish it to be understood that the
improvements we claim are,-
1st. Driving a fast pulley on the black roller shaft by a strap from 2
a fast pulley on the third motion shaft.
2nd. Driving the black roller from the third motion shaft by means of
toothed gearing.
3rd. Driving the black roller from the third motion shaft by a strap
and pulleys, in combination with toothed gearing.
4th. Driving the black roller from the second motion shaft by means
of toothed gearing, or by means of toothed gearing in combination with
a strap and pulleys.
5th. Converting either the pinion on the second motion shaft, or the
large wheel on the third motion shaft into a friction wheel.
6th. Attaching to the large wheel on the third motion, a pulley or
toothed wheel communicating motion to the black roller shaft.
7th. The arrangements shewn at Figs. 9, 10, 11, & 6, for driving the
machine at a slower speed.
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page_text: 8th. The arrangements for changing the position of the marking
motion.
9th. Making the breast beam, the rod for depressing the yarn, and
the dividing rods of steel tubing or of solid steel.
In witness whereof, we, the said Edward Dugdale and Joseph
Dugdale, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Ninth
day of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and seventy.