Improvements in and Apparatus for Passing Warps into and Receiving them from Dyeing Machines and Drying Cylinders.
Year: 1887

page_text: Improvements in and Apparatus for Passing Warps into and
Receiving them from Dyeing Machines and Drying Cylinders.
I EDWARD WRIGHT WRIGLEY of the firm of Lees & Wrigley of Greenbank Mills,
Oldham in the County of Lancaster Cotton Spinner do hereby declare the nature of
my invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to an improved method of and apparatus for feeding or
supplying warps to the rollers of dyeing machines and to drying cylinders and also
for receiving the same at the delivery end of such machines in a convenient form for
undergoing the next process and whereby the tendency of the warps to become twisted
or entangled as heretofore is obviated.
Instead of supplying and receiving the warps in a loose irregular mass as hereto-
fore I wrap or wind them upon rollers in regular diagonal folds and in such a manner
as prevents them becoming twisted or entangled. I then mount the rollers upon
which the spools or balls of warp are so formed-as illustrated by side view Fig. 1 and
plan view Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawing-in horizontal bearings in a creel or
frame a arranged in front of the ordinary dyeing machine (shewn broken off in the
drawing for want of space to illustrate it in its entirety) and then pass the warps
(marked c and c) around the rollers and through the troughs of the dyeing machine d
in the ordinary manner.
In so passing through the dyeing machine I draw and unwind the warps off the
creel a and as the warps c and c emerge from the other end of the machine they are
received by my improved receiving apparatus and thereby laid in a ball form upon
a set of rollers e which are caused to revolve by resting in frictional contact with the
revolving drums e¹.
To effect this balling or reeling operation of the warps upon the rollers e I arrange
each set of warps to pass through the eye or loop of an oscillating arm 9 (three of
which are illustrated side by side) and which arms 9 are all caused to oscillate to and
fro simultaneously in front of their respective rollers by being affixed to a rod h which
receives a reciprocating motion by being connected to a revolving crank pin i-the
shaft carrying which is geared by bevil wheels j to the revolving roller axles e² as
illustrated.

page_text: In this manner the warps are laid or wound in alternate spiral directions upon the
rollers and thus are "balled" or "spooled" thereupon. This effected the said rollers
with warps wound upon them e e are ready to be transferred to a creel mounted upon
wheels and which creel may then be placed in front of the next dyeing machine which
is similarly fitted with my improved apparatus and in which the same feeding and
delivering operations are repeated.
Although I have shown only three sets of rollers and balls in the creel and two
sets in the receiving apparatus I do not confine myself to this number or precise
arrangement as more or less may be used and which may be varied in position
according to circumstances without departing from my invention.
It will be apparent that this improved creel and receiving apparatus although
herein before described only in reference to dyeing machines are equally applicable to
the drying cylinders used for drying warps.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
1st. The improved method of and apparatus for passing warps into and receiving
them from dyeing machines and drying cylinders substantially as and for the purpose
herein before described.
2nd. The use and application to dyeing machines used for dyeing warps and to the
drying cylinders employed for drying the same of a creel and receiving apparatus
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
3rd. The general combination and arrangement of mechanism or apparatus for
supplying warps to and delivering the same from dyeing machines (and equally
applicable to drying cylinders) substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 20th day of August 1887.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.