US17708A - Coloring yarn ijst the bobbin - Google Patents

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THOMPSON e WAKELEE.

Dyeing Yarn No. 17.708. Patented June 30, 1857.

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JAMES THOMSON AND WM. P. VVAKELEE, OF NEW HARTFORD, NEW YORK.

COLORING- YARN IN THE BOBBIN.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 17,708, dated June 30, 1857.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J AMES THOMSON and WILLIAM P. WAKELEE, of New Hartford, in the county of Oneida and State of New York,

have invented a new and Improved Mode of Dyeing Yarn; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of our invention consists in providing the means of dyeing yarn in the cop, or bobbin, without reeling it off into hanks, or skeins, for that purpose, as is usually done. In order to let the dye pass into the mass, and reach all the fibers, and thoroughly color the whole in a uniform manner, and with great rapidity, we place the yarn while in the cop, or bobbin, as it comes from the mule or throttle in spinning, within a tight box or vessel, in such a manner as to receive the liquid dye to great advantage, and then exhaust the air from the interior of the vessel. Then by opening certain faucets the dyeing material is let into the vessel, passing through and among the thread and fibers of the yarn in each cop as it enters; thus reaching and thoroughly dyeing the mass in a perfect and uniform manner.

A, B, Figure 1 is a perspective elevation of c, d, e, is the to of the vessel in which the yarn is to be dye it isa large rectangular box, which we denominate a receiver, of which f, g, 7L, is the interior, the front plate, which is necessary to perfect the inclosure, being taken off, and is shown separate in Fig. 3. t, c, Z, are specimen cops of yarn, showing the manner of their being set within the receiver.

Fig. 4, represents a specimen of a hollow skewer or spindle, which is inserted in each cop of yarn preparatory to being placed within the receiver. These skewers are open at the largest end, a, and closed at the end b; and they are perforated by numerous holes as shown in the figure. The cops to be dyed being thus prepared, each with a hollow skewer, they are set into movable plates f, h, (Fig. l), and similar ones m, m, immediately over them, the open ends of the skewers standing in the plates. These plates being perforated by ranges of holes to receive them. The plates are then slid into their places in the receiver on ways fixed to the sides of the box: the cops standing upright in the lower plates, and hanging perpendicularly from the upper ones, as shown by the specimens i, k, Z, i and Z standing in the lower plate, and 7c hanging from the plate above. Fig. 2, represents a specimen of these plates with only one range of holes; the number of ranges are of course governed by the dimensions of the plates, or size of the receiver, and those in the upper and lower plates, match and alternate with each other, so that the plates may be inserted, and withdrawn separately, the ranges of cops in one passing between those of the others. These plates studded with cops being thus inserted a vacant space o, o, is left below the lower plates, and a like space is also left above the upper plates m, m, within the body of the receiver. The door plate A, (Fig. 3) is now screwed up in front, and packed to make the oinings perfect, so that the whole box shall be air tight. The liquid dye to be used is placed in the vats p, and g, (Fig. 1), one of which is to supply one apartment of the engine, and the other one the other apartment, the engine here described being double, each apartment being capable of separate action, the partition r, being the division between them. Before the coloring material is admitted into the receiver, the air is exhausted therefrom as near as may be, by the air pump S, T, which by the usual arrangement is made to connect with its interior. The interior of the receiver being thus made a vacuum the next step in the process is to let the liquid dye into it. For this purpose the cut off faucets a, a, are turned, and the liquid dye rushes through the pipes connected with these faucets into the spaces 0, 0, at the bottom of the receiver, one of these pipes connecting with one of the departments of the engine, and the other one with the other department. From the spaces o, o, it passes up the hollow skewers set in the lower plates, and passing through the numerous holes in these hollow skewers it penetrates the yarn of the cops, filling every interstice between its fibers, the air having been discharged from all these interstices. Thence filling the body of the receiver it in the same manner passes in the inverse direction through the mass of yarn forming the cops hanging from the upper plates, seeking the vacuum within their hollow skewers; and thence into the vacancies m, fm, above. This passage of the liquid is very rapid, being under the pressure of the entire Weight of the atmosphere when a perfect vacuum is formed, and soon fills the entire receiver. From the chambers m, m, there is a passage through the pipes U and V into the receiving cylinders W, and X, Which are at the same time also exhausted of the air through the pi es Z, Z. These cylinders are designed mere y to keep up the liovv of the liquid through the yarn for a longer time on the opposite side ofthe machine; the pi es D, at the same time draining the cylin ers W and X. The door Way in front being then removed the cop plates are drawn out, the cops removed and others put in their places and the same process is re eated.

Fig. 5, represents a cop fuil dyed as When taken from the engine. As t e departments on the respective sides of the partition 1 are entirely separate, various coloring materials may be used at the same time. The machines or engines may be made single, or they may be duplicated as often as may be de- I material into the sired, using various kinds of coloring at the same time. The engine here represented exhibits the manner of duplicating the machine, While at the same time as the arrangement for each department or division of a double or triple machine is independent of the others, a single department may be used Without using the others. The ipe and faucet F serve merely to draw off t e vapor that may condense and settle at the bottom of the air pump.

We are aware that a vacuum has been used to facilitate the admission of the dyeing ores and around the fibers in the dyeing of c oth. We do not therefore claim the use of a vacuum for the purpose of dyeing generally. But

at We claim as neW, and desire to secure by Letters .Patent is- The use of a vacuum, in combination With our arrangement of ap aratus t0 render the same available in the yeing of yarn in the cop, bobbin and the like, Without first reelingV it into hanks or skeins, as described, the

Whole apparatus being constructed and op' erating substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein set forth.

JAMES THOMSON. f

WILLIAM P. WAKELEE.

Witnesses:

WM. BAKER, R. C. BAKER.

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