US626879A - Eugene tymeson and reuben borland - Google Patents

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No. 626,879. Patented lune l3, I899. E. TYMESON &. B. BDRLAND.

' SPOOLED YARN, 8w.

(Application filed Aug. 2, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE TYMESON AND REUBEN BORLAND, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE ALEXANDER SMITH & SONS CARPET COMPANY,

OF SAME PLACE.

SPOOLED YARN, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,87 9, dated J une 13, 1899.

Original application filed May 26, 1897, Serial No. 638,216. Divided and this application filed August 2, 1898. Serial No. 687,498. (No model- 7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EUGENE TYMESON and REUBEN BOB-LAND, citizens of the United States, residing at Yonkers, in the county of WVestchester and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spooled Yarn and Similar Material, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawing, forming a part of the same.

In weaving fabrics from dyed yarn in solid colors or in weaving a solid-color portion of any considerable size in figured fabrics the color matching of the yarn from which the solid-color portions are formed is a matter of great importance, since a very slight variation in shade of the yarn woven into adjacent portions of thesolid-color fabric will be noticeable and of course very objectionable.

It has been a matter of great difficulty and expense to secure the proper matching of the yarn in weaving solid colors, since it is practically impossible to dye yarn exactly to a desired shade or to dye two batches of yarn to exactly the same shade, so that it has been necessary to dye and select the yarn with great care to get that which is dyed to a sufficiently good match, and a great portion of the yarn which has been dyed for the solid color desired has necessarily been rejected. This difficulty has been overcome to a great extent in the weaving of the coarser grades of carpet by weaving the carpet with strands formed by combining into a single strand two ends of yarn, as the strands of yarn in the hank as they come from the dyer are called, each of these ends of yarn in the hank usually being formed of two or more of the strandsin which the yarn is spun. These two ends of yarn to form the combined strand or double end in the carpet are matched double in the hanksthat is, so that the two ends combined match the color and shade desired in the fabricand are then treated as a single end in winding from the hanks and weaving the carpet. Thus one of the ends of the combined strand may be of yarn lighter and the other end of yarn darker than the shade desired; but when combined intoa double end they will blend together and the difference in shade between the individual ends will not be noticeable, although such as to be very apparent if the two ends were woven in sep arate parts of the fabric. A solid color of the desired shade is thus secured without the very accurate matching of the shades otherwise necessary, and yarn may be used which under the method of single matching must be rejected.

The difficulties in matching yarn above pointed out and which have led to the use of the double ends in coarse fabrics are especially objectionable in producing tufted fabrics of the classes known as moquette and Axminster, in which separate and independent rows of yarn tufts are inserted and bound in by a body of Warp and weft strands being looped about the weft or warp strands; but they exist also in connection with tufted fabrics of the classes known as pile fabrics, more especially in cut-pile fabrics, although to a less degree in uncutpile fabrics, and to some extent in fabrics of other classes woven from dyed yarns whether tufted or not. In weaving such tufted fabrics by the double-end method heretofore em ployed to some extent in coarse fabrics each tuft has consisted of two ends of yarn combined to form a double end, as above described, and in winding the yarn onto the tuft-spools for such weaving it has been the practice to run two ends of yarn from different hanks together and wind them together onto the bank-spool and then to treat the two ends thus Wound on the bank-spool as one end or strand in winding from the bankspools to the loom tuft-yarn spools.

In another application we have described and claimed an improved woven fabric and method of producing the same, in which single ends of yarn are matched in sets to blend to the shade desired in the fabric and the ends of each set then woven into the fabric singly, but contiguous to each other. In this improved fabric and method as applied to tufted fabrics of the classes above referred to we use tufts formed of single ends of yarn but the tufts are woven in pairs throughout the row of tufts or that portion of the row that is to form solid-color fabric, so that the two matched tufts of each pair of tufts match the shade desired in the fabric, although one tuft of each pair may be a little lighter and the other tuft of each pair a little darker than the shade desired, In carrying out this method the matched ends of each pair should be kept separate from the time they are matched until they are woven into the fabric, so that the two ends of each pair will not become matted or felted together and may be handled as separate single ends in weaving, while at the same time it is necessary to associate or mark the ends of each pair in some way, so that they shall not be mixed with the ends of other pairs after matching, but certainty shall be secured in the weaving of the ends of each pair into the fabric contiguous to each other. The diffieultyof thus retaining the matched ends of each pair separate from each other and at the same time avoiding confusion between the ends of different pairs and securing certainty in the weaving of the various pairs into the desired portions of the fabric is obvious, especially with the large number of different strands used in weaving tufted fabric.

The especial object of the present invention is to provide for the convenient and efficient holding of the single ends of yarn of a number of pairs matched double, as above described, so that the different matched pairs shall be arranged properly to produce the desired result in weaving and so that the single ends of each pair shall be associated and kept together on the spool in proper relation for weaving, while at the same time prevented from becoming matted or felted together,as in the compound strands heretofore used, thus avoiding danger of confusion be-' tween the ends of different pairs, while the single ends may be drawn off separately from the spool, and then are in proper position for weaving into the fabric singly, with the single ends of each pair contiguous to each other. \Ve secure this result by winding the single ends of yarn of the desired number of pairs matched double onto a spool, with the ends of each pair forming separate but adjacent rings or zonesof yarn on the spool, sothat the rings on the spool or a part thereof are arranged in pairs of adjacent rings, the two rings of each pair being of yarn of such' shades that although varying they blend into the shade desired in the fabric. The spool may be wound throughout its length or only a part-thereof with the matched pairs, according to the result desired. The spools thus wound are intended to be used as weavingspools, from which the yarn is woven directly into the fabric and in the same order as upon the spool, in which case the portion of the spool occupied by the matched pairs will depend upon the extent to which the method of matching double is employed and the extent of solid color in the pattern, and the matched pairs of rings on the spool will be arranged thereon according to the pattern of the fabric.

The yarn may be wound onto the spool in rings, as above described, either by hand or by winding apparatus of any suitable form,

and the yarn may be wound onto the spools directly from the matched hanks of yarn, or first wound from the hanks onto bank-spools and then onto the loom-spools. It will be found more convenient and preferable to employ spools, in which case we preferably wind onto asingle bank-spool the two ends of yarn forming a matched pair, the yarn being wound upon the bank-spool with the two ends side by side in the same layer of yarn, but separate, so that they are'prevented from becoming matted or felted together and may be treated as separate ends in. subsequent operations. The bank-spools thus wound are then arranged in the usual setting-frame and the yarn wound therefrom into rings on the loom-spool, as above described, with the pairs of ends arranged thereon according to the pattern, if the latter is not a single solid color throughout, the. ends of yarnon each bank-spool being treated as separate ends and run through a suitable winding-reed, so as to be wound separately onto the loomspool. The bank-spools may be wound by hand or by any suitable winding apparatus, but preferably an apparatus will be used employing a traverse-bar for the spool or yarn,

so that the yarn is wound in successive layers and spirally from opposite ends of the spool.

The invention claimed in this application relates to the spool wound wholly or partially with the yarn in adjacent rings matched double, above described. WVhile, however, the invention is especially designed for use with single ends of yarn matched double for use in connection with thefabric and method above described and specific parts of the invention consist in a spool thus wound wholly or partially with single ends of yarn and a tuft-yarn loom-spool thus wound wholly pr partially with single ends of tuft-yarn, the present invention includes, broadly, a spool wound wholly or partially in the same manner with strands of yarn or similar material matched in sets of two or more strands and wound with the strands of each set in rings adjacent to each other.

For a full understanding of the invention there is shown in the accompanying drawing a spool of yarn embodying the invention as applied in its preferred form in connection with single ends of tuft-yarn matched double for weaving a tufted fabric, as above described, and this spool will now be described in connection with the drawing, and the feaemployed for carrying the tuft-yarn in looms for weaving moquette and similar tufted fabrics, and B is the yarn wound thereon. The yarn is wound thereon in rings, each formed of a single end of yarn, and the rings on the whole or one or more portions of the length of the spool, according to the extent to which the method of double matching is used and the pattern to be woven, consistof single ends of yarn matched double, as above described, these rings being arranged in pairs of adjacent rings, with the yarn of the two rings blending to the shade desired, although one may be somewhat lighter and the other somewhat darker than such shade. Such pairs of rings formed of yarn matched double are indicated in the drawing at the left end of the spool, the rings a a forming one pair, rings 1) b another pair, and'so on. If the method of matching double is not to be used through the whole width of the fabric, so that only a portion or portions of the spool are wound with ends of yarn matched double, it will be understood that the portion of the spool not thus wound will be wound in rings with yarn in accordance with the pattern of the fabric to be woven.

It will be seen that the present invention provides a convenient and efiicient means for holding yarn matched in sets, as above described, so that the ends of each set are associated, but kept separate, so as to be conveniently woven into the fabric singly, but with the ends of each set contiguous to each other, and that with the ends of yarn thus associated and held for weaving no more than two unmatched ends of yarn are ever brought adjacent into a row of tufts or that portion of a row of tufts inserted from a loom -spool woven in this manner.

It will be understood that the yarn may be drawn from the loom tuft-yarn spool wound as described above and woven in by a loom of any suitable formsuch, for instance, as the moquette-looms shown in United States Letters Patent Nos. 186,374, 233,290, 233,291, 520,636, and 571,418-the endsfrom each pair of rings on the tuft-yarn spools being led through two adjacent tuft-inserting tins or taken by two adjacent tuft-inserting fingers or needles in looms of other form, so that the two ends of each pair are kept separate, and thus Woven into the fabric to form separate tufts, each consisting of a single end of yarn.

The term spool used herein is intended to include all carriers on which yarn or similar material maybe wound, as defined bythe claims. This application forms a division of our application forUnited States Letters Patent, Serial No. 638,216, filed May 26, 1897, in which is claimed the fabric and method of producing the same above described.

The bank-spools above described and apparatus for winding the same are fully described and claimed in other applications for United States Letters Patent filed simultaneously herewith.

What is claimed is 1. A spool wound with yarn or similar material in rings with the rings on a portion or the whole of the spool arranged in sets, the rings of each set being adjacent to each other and formed of yarn of different shades matched in sets to blend to a single shade, substantially as described.

2. A spool wound partially or entirely with yarn or similar material matched in sets for weaving a solid color and having on the part so wound rings of yarn or similar material arranged in successive sets, the rings of each set being adjacent to each other and formed of yarn or similar material matched in sets to blend to the solid-color shade, substantially as described.

3. A tuft-yarn spool for looms for Weaving tufted fabrics wound partially or entirely With yarn matched in pairs for weaving a solid color and having on the part so wound rings arranged in successive pairs, the rings of each pair being adjacent to each other and formed of single ends of yarn matched in pairs to blend to the solid-color shade, substantially as described.

In testimony-whereof We have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENE TYMESON. REUBEN BORLAND.

Witnesses:

RICHARD EDIE, Jr., ARTHUR LAUD.

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