US1505433A - Means for waxing yarns - Google Patents

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Application filed April a,

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Be it known that I, SAMUEL P: Burr, Jr, a citizen of the 'United States, residing at Chester, county of Delaware, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means for,- IVaxing Yarns, of which the following is? a specification.

My invention relates to m'eansfor waxing yarns and is particularly adaptedfor use in connection withv quillingi. machines.

The fibrous surfaces of the yarns as they come from the bale involve too much friction in the subsequent operations for successful mechanical knitting and it has been found practically essential to smooth or soften these surfaces before the yarns enter the knitting machines. This is usually effected by means of a bar of wax which engages the yarn as it is wound on the cones or after it leaves the cones. The perfection of the knitting and consequently the proportion of firsts and seconds produced depends in large degree upon the smoothness imparted to the yarns and in large degree upon the perfection with which the coning is accomplished. In waxing by the usual method, the yarns may be well waxed in a part of their circumferences, slightly waxed on other parts and not waxed on another part. This not only involves imperfect coning but leads to trouble in the knitting.

The objects of my invention are to provide means for more effectively waxing or smoothing the yarns, and to provide means for applying the wax or other smoothing material to the yarns before they reach the quills, thereby reducing the friction of the yarns in the winding stage and insuring more even tension in both winding and knitting.

These objects, and other advantageous ends which will be described hereinafter, I attain in the following manner, reference I being had to the accompanying drawings in Which- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of a 'quilling machine having my invention applied thereto, a Y

Figure 2 is afragmentary enlarged view of my invention as illustrated in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 a front view in the direction of the arrow in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the frame of a quilling machine having the 192 3. Serial no. 629,577.

bobbins orquills 5 and driving means 6."

The driving means consists of a driving sprocket ,7 connected by "a sprocket] chain 8 to another sprocket 9 fixed to roller shaft 4p The yarn 10 in passing from the bale (not shown)-travels through the reed" and over roller 3, then down through the guid: ing' frame which guides the yarn onto the bobbins as they rotate. I

invention includes a waxing bar 11 composed of a block of wax '12 secured to a sliding bar 13. This waxing bar is disposed between the reed 2 and roller 3 and slidably supported by a guide 14 of any suitable character. is connected to a crank or disk 15 by a rod 16. The disk is fixed to one end of a shaft 17 which has, at its other end, a bevel gear 18 meshing with a bevel gear 19 fixed to a shaft20 to which is fixed a spur gear 21 meshing with a pinion 22 fixed to a shaft 23 which carries a sprocket wheel 24. A sprocket wheel 25. is keyed to roller shaft 4 and connected to sprocket wheel 24 by a sprocket chain 26.' Shaft 17 is rotatably mounted in any suitable bearing such as indicated at 27. Shafts 20 and 22 are rotatably mounted in any suitable bearings such as bracket 28.

The operation .of the waxing means is as follows Assuming that the yarn is being fed through the reed over the waxing bar and roller 3 down tothe bobbins 5, a reciprocating movement is imparted to the waxing bar through rod 16, disk 15, shaft 17, bevel gears 18 and 19, shaft 20, spur gear 21, pinion 22, shaft 23, sprocket wheel 24, chain 26 and sprocket wheel 25 which is keyed to roller shaft 4. The waxing bar, as it is reciprocate'd under the yarn, causes the,

yarn to turn or roll as it passes over the surface of the wax; thus insuring complete waxing of all parts of the yarn.

While I have described my invention as takinga particular form, it will be under stood that thevarious parts of my invention maybe changed without departing from the spirit thereof, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise construction set forth, but consider that I am at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having; thus described my invention,

The sliding bar what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is bar adapted to engage the yarns as they pass to the wlnding means, and means for moving the waxing bar to impart rotation to the yarns.

3. In a yarn winding machine, a waxing I bar adapted to engage the yarns as they pass tothe winding means, and means for reciprocating the waxing bar transversely of the yarns.

4:. In a yarn winding machine,'a'reed; a shaft; a roller carried by the shaft; a waxing bar, between the reed and the roller, adapted to engage the yarns and means operatively connected with the roller shaft,

atively connected with the waxing bar, and I means operatively connecting the crank with the roller shaft.

6. In a yarn winding machine, a reed; a roller; guides between the reed and the roller; a waxing bar, sliding in the guides and adapted to engage the yarns; and means for reciprocating the waxing bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL P. RUFF JR. Witnesses:

THOS. P. BOYLE,

G. W. HERRIoK, JR.

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