IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF OIL, SOAP LIQUID, OR OTHER LIQUID TO THE SURFACES OF SLIVERS, BATTS, OR SHEETS OF WOOL OR OTHER FIBRE AS SUCH FIBRE IS BEING FED TO CARDING, FELT HARDENING, OR OTHER PREPARING ADDADATUS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Bywater, of Holbeck, Leeds, in the County of
York, Machine Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR THE APPLICATION OF OIL, SOAP LIQUID, OR OTHER LIQUID TO THE
SURFACES OF SLIVERS, BATTS, OR SHEETS OF WOOL OR OTHER FIBRE AS SUCH
FIBRE IS BEING FED TO CARDING, FELT HARDENING, OR OTHER PREPARING
ADDADATUS"
Sealed the 3rd June 1879, and dated the 7th December 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Bywater at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th December 1878.
WILLIAM BYWATER, of Holbeck, Leeds, in the County of York, Machine Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF OIL, SOAP LIQUID, OR
OTHER LIQUID TO THE SURFACES OF SLIVERS, BATTS, OR SHEETS OF WOOL OR OTHER
FIBRE AS SUCH FIBRE IS BEING FED TO CARDING, FELT HARDENING OR OTHER PRE-
PARING APPARATUS."
The object of the Invention is to facilitate the application of oil, soap liquid, or
other liquid in fine spray to the surfaces of wool or other fibre in slivers, batts, or
sheets as such fibre is being fed to carding, felt hardening, or other preparing
apparatus.
For this purpose the oil, soap liquid, or other liquid to be employed is maintained
at about an uniform level by means of a ball tap or other suitable apparatus in a
trough or reservoir, in which a supply roller, which may be of wood, zinc, tin, or
other suitable material, is caused to revolve at any required speed to keep up the
necessary supply.

page_text: At a short distance from and parallel to the axis of this supply roller there is
applied another roller or axis, with arms carrying a series of brushes, the ends of
which in the revolution of the roller or axis carrying them are sufficiently close to
the supply roller revolving in the trough referred to, so that by the brushes
travelling on the surface of the supply roller, and at an increased speed to it, the
oil or other liquid will thereby be thrown off from the surface of the supply roller
in a fine spray, for the more uniform distribution of the oil or other liquid on to the
fibre under operation.
The speed of the axis of the supply roller and brushes may be varied to suit the
required quantity of oil or other liquid to be thrown off.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Bywater in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th June
1879.
WILLIAM BYWATER, of Holbeck, Leeds, in the County of York, Machine Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE APPLICATION OF OIL, SOAP LIQUID, OR
OTHER LIQUID TO THE SURFACES OF SLIVERS, BATTS, OR SHEETS OF WOOL OR OTHER
FIBRE AS SUCH FIBRE IS BEING FED TO CARDING, FELT HARDENING, OR OTHER PRE-
PARING APPARATUS."
The object of the Invention is to facilitate the application of oil, soap liquid, or
other liquid in fine spray to the surfaces of wool or other fibre in slivers, batts, or
sheets, as such fibre is being fed to carding, felt hardening, or other preparing
apparatus.
For this purpose the oil, soap liquid, or other liquid to be employed is maintained
at about an uniform level by means of a ball tap or other suitable apparatus in a
trough or reservoir, in which a supply roller, which may be of wood, zinc, tin, or
other suitable material, is caused to revolve at any required speed to keep up the
necessary supply.
At a short distance from and parallel to the axis of this supply roller there is
applied another roller or axis with arms carrying a series of brushes, the ends of
which in the revolution of the roller or axis carrying them are sufficiently close to
the supply roller revolving in the trough referred to, so that by the brushes
travelling on the surface of the supply roller, and at an increased speed to it, the.
oil or other liquid will thereby be thrown off from the surface of the supply roller
in a fine spray for the more uniform distribution of the oil or other liquid on to the
fibre under operation.
The speed of the axis of the supply roller and brushes may be varied to suit the
required quantity of oil or other liquid to be thrown off.
But that the Invention may be the better understood, I will, by the aid of
the accompanying Drawing, proceed to describe more in detail means employed
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING, WHICH BY SECTIONAL VIEW REPRESENTS
APPARATUS ARRANGED ACCORDING TO MY INVENTION.
a, a, represents the main framing; b is the driving axis, which by tooth wheel
and band give motion to the respective rollers; c represents by dotted line the
fibre acted upon; d is the reservoir for the oil or other liquid to be thrown by the
spray on to such fibre; e is a roller revolving in the trough d, and in its revolution
taking up on its surface a portion of such oil or other liquid.
This roller receives motion from the axis b by means of a tooth wheel b¹ on that
axis taking into the teeth of a wheel e' applied on the axis c² of the roller c, and ƒ
is another roller with brushes f¹ applied to it to act upon the oil or other liquid
brought forward by the surface of the cylinder e, and to throw it down in the form
of spray on the fibre to be treated. This roller f is driven by belt acting with
variable cones, applied one on the shaft b, and the other on the shaft f2 of the
roller f. The direction of motion of the roller e may be varied, as may also the
relative speeds of the respective rollers, according to the degree of fineness of
the spray for the time desired to be obtained. g is a cover to the rollers e and f.
Having thus described my Invention, and means which I adopt in carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim is, the arranging or
combining parts forming apparatus for the application of oil, soap liquid, or other

page_text: liquid to the surfaces of slivers, batts, or sheets of wool or other fibre as such fibre
is being fed to carding, felt hardening, or other preparing apparatus, substantially as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Bywater, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy nine.
WILLIAM BYWATER (L.S.)