Improvements in and in connection with Squeezing Rollers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug.. 1896
Complete Specification Left. 28th Oct., 1896-Accepted. 16th Jan. 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Squeezing Rollers.
JOHN FIELDEN Machinist 32 Sussex Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to squeezing rollers such as are used for squeezing
moisture from wool, cotton, cotton waste, felt, cloth and the like, and consists in an
improved form of holding-discs or washers as used in such rollers.
An improved method of fastening the end washer upon the centre shaft or arbor,
and special tools designed for this purpose. Also in the use of wood-pulp mixed
with a fibrous material for the purpose of forming the body of such roller or
rollers.
The improved holding disc or washer employed, consists of a corrugated disc, or
a disc formed with annular raised ring or rings upon its face or faces, thus
affording a better hold for the material of which the body of the roller is
composed.
In order to fix the squeezing material upon the center shafts or arbor to form
the body of a roller, 1 fix one of the metal end washers rigidly in its position
upon the arbor and compress the said material with its holding-discs or washers,
against the fixed end washer.
Fitting upon the other end of the roller-centre or arbor, there is a loose flange
which after being forced into position can be fixed by means of a screwed-hoop-
or with a conical ring, hoop or screw-nut.
I make and use a special design of keys or tools, for fixing the screw-nut or
hoop in position to secure the compression placed upon the end washer or flange, of
squeezing roller during its construction or covering. The aforesaid keys or tools
may be a clutch-nut, hoop, or lever attached or fixed to one of the two faces of the
screwed hoop, or nut, to be afterwards removed, which I will illustrate by
drawings with Complete Specification.
The composition, of which the body of the roller is composed, consists of wood-
pulp or the like, mixed intimately with wool-cloth, or similar suitable fibrous
material.
14th day of August 1896
JOHN FIELDEN.
Improvements in and in connection with Squeezing Rollers.
JOHN FIELDEN, Machinist 32, Sussex Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, do hereby
declare the nature of this 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 squeezing rollers such as are used for squeezing

page_text: moisture from wool, cotton, cotton waste, felt, cloth and the like, and consists in an
improved form of holding-discs, or washers as used in such rollers.
An improved method of fastening the end washer upon the centre shaft or
arbor, and special tools designed for this purpose. Also in the use of wood-pulp
or prepared wood mixed with a fibrous material for the purpose of forming the
body of such roller or rollers.
My improved holding disc or washer is a corrugated disc or a disc formed with
one or more annular raised rings upon its face or faces, which, when attached to
cloth or pressed against sheet metal form such discs and hold the cloth or
composition firmly together.
This arrangement avoids the cutting and destruction of the covering or body of
the roller frequently caused by the feather edged washers formerly used.
In order to fix the squeezing material upon the centre shaft or arbor to form the
body of a roller, I fix one of the metal end washers against a projection left upon
the centre shaft for this purpose.
The cloth or composition along with its holding discs, annular rings or washers
are compressed upon the centre shaft and against the fixed end washer in the usual
manner, but in place of keying on the loose end washer, it is now screwed into
position by means of a screwed hoop or screwed nut of any form to suit the
requirements of the squeezing roller. This nut or screwed hoop has one of its
two sides or faces designed to receive a key or tool in such a manner that the said
screwed nut may be worked into its position during construction or repair without
injury from the use of rods or levers.
I make a hoop or key to fit against the face of the screwed nut or hoop, and
this key may have holes in it, so arranged that it will receive a lever or levers
for the purpose of moving this key which works the screwed hoop or nut to the
position desired.
After which the key or tool may be removed without damage to the screwed nut
or to the roller.
The key and the screwed nut may be attached to each other by a set screw,
pin-clutch or the like, during the time that they are being worked round by lever
or levers. As the covered rollers are in use for squeezing various kinds of liquor
from wool, cotton, &c., the covering has to be varied to suit each particular case.
For some purposes a prepared soft wood pulp mixed or incorporated with cloth is
more durable than cloth alone.
.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have herennto annexed
a sheet of drawings upon which like letters of reference indicate like parts.
Figs. 1, 2, 3, & 4 represent the holding discs or washers which keep cloth &c. in
its place upon the squeezing roller.
Fig. 1-a, is a flat disc with a round ring attached to its periphery-and a¹ is a
section through the disc.
Fig. 2. is a section of a similar disc with annular corrugations formed in it.
Fig. 3. is a single holding ring of round metal, these rings may be varied in
diameter to form annular rings around the centre shaft.
Fig. 4. is a flat disc or ring with two round projecting edges forming annular
rings or projections a, a, attached by a metal web between them. a' is a section
through this disc or hoop.
Figs. 5 and 6. represent two complete squeezing rollers. a designates the fixed
metal end flange or washer. b, b, b, are holding discs, rings, or washers serving to
bind the roller together. c is the louse flange which is forced against the cloth or
composition with its holding discs and rings to form a semi solid or elastic roller.
d is the screwed hoop or nut which may vary in form as required.
Figs. 7, 8, and 9 represent three forms of the screwed hoop or nut showing plan
and side elevation of each. Fig. 8 is of cone form or design, which may be used
when there is not sufficient space at the end of the roller to allow for fixing nuts
similar to Figs. 7 or 9. and the like.
Fige: 10 and 11. are plans and elevations of keys or tools which fit upon one

page_text: face of the screwed hoop or nut. Such key may be held in position by pins or by
set screws as illustrated Fig. 11. a-or it may be castellated or formed with
radiating grooves upon its face, to suit a similar face upon the screwed nut.
These or the like keys may have recesses or holes in the rim b-Fig. 11. to receive
any lever such as Fig. 12. This lever and the like tools are for the purpose of
working the screwed nut to its position upon the roller shaft without wearing or
injuring the aforesaid screwed nut or hoop.
Fig. 5. e. e. represents the composition, cloth, or body of the roller. Such
squeezing rollers are usually covered with cloth alone. I propose to use softened
wood intermixed or in washers, discs, and the like along with cloth or other fibrous
material. For some uses this will facilitate the construction of the roller and
increase its durability.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
CLAIMS.
1. A squeezing roller consisting essentially of a central arbor or spindle, a fixed
end washer, one or more annular discs encircling the central spindle and being
corrugated or otherwise formed with projections upon their faces. A mass of
wood pulp or prepared wood mixed or incorporated with cloth or other fibrous
material surrounding and closely pressed into contact with such discs or loose
washers, and means for fixing the same endwise for the purpose of securing the
whole together and forming a solid, and durable roller, substantially as shown and
described.
2. For use in forming squeezing rollers, a holding disc formed either with a
ring or projecting edge, annular corrugations or projections for the purpose of
coming into intimate contact with composition or cloth when pressed together,
substantially as shewn and described.
3. A screwed nut or hoop having one of its faces formed so as to receive a
second hoop or a key by means of which when adjusted it can be fixed in any
desired position, substantially as described and shewn.
4. A hoop, ferule, or key made to fit upon or against the face of the aforesaid
screwed nut for the purpose of adjusting or working the same into position upon
the roller shaft.
5. A squeezing roller substantially as shown and described in the accompanying.
drawings.
JOHN FIELDEN.