Improvements in Machines for Washing Wool and other Fibrous Substances.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 11th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 21st Oct.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Wool and other Fibrous
Substances.
I, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON, of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons
Limited, of Keighley, in the County of York, Laundry Engineers and Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is
to say:-
In machines used in the process of washing or cleansing wool and other fibrous
substances squeezing rollers are mounted thereon for the purpose of wringing
or expressing the water or liquid matter from said fibrous substances on their
being delivered by the said machinery. To feed, supply or deliver the fibrous
substances from the washing bowl to these rollers considerable difficulties are
encountered in making the parts of a durable construction and yet to operate
efficiently.
To attain this object in accordance with this invention any of the well known
fork or agitating and delivery devices at present in use for carrying the wool
or fibrous substance through the washing bowl and depositing it on or into
proximity with the inclined end of said bowl are employed, but the mechanism
for receiving and transmitting said fibrous substance from said delivery devices
to the rollers is constructed and arranged as hereinafter described.
On each side of the bowl and in proximity with the squeezing rollers is
mounted a rotary disc or plate having radial slots formed in it for the recep-
tion of a sliding piece through which the bar carrying the prongs or forks, passes
and in which it may freely rotate.
About each of the axles of these radial plates is mounted a cam plate, the
cam groove of which is formed to receive a runner carried by the end of the bar
upon which the forks are secured which a portion of this cam groove is also
formed to receive another runner carried by an arm or lever also secured to the
fork bar, from this it will be seen that the path of motion of the forks is deter-
mined by the formation of this double acting cam groove and since the move-
ments of the respective parts do not restrict this formation within very narrow
limits the forks may be carried through a path leading in any desired direction,
consequently the fibrous substances are laid-hold-of, carried, delivered and freed
from the actions of said forks in a manner that meets all the requirements, and
the mechanism employed is durable and efficient.
The cam plate has openings made in its flanges with detachable covers for
filling same if desired to enable the detachment of any of the fork bars as
occasion may require.
Appropriate gearing wheels at one or both sides of the apparatus are employed
for transmitting motion to the radial plate and parts it carries from any motor
part of the machine.
Doted this 9th day of December 1808

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing Wool and other Fibrous
Substances.
I, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON, of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons
Limited, of Keighley, in the County of York, Laundry Engineers and Machine
Makers, 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, that is to say:-
-
In machines used in the process of washing or cleansing wool and other fibrous
substances squeezing rollers are mounted thereon for the purpose of wringing
or expressing the water or liquid matter from said fibrous substances. on their
being delivered by the said machinery. To feed, supply or deliver the fibrous
substances from the washing bowl to these rollers considerable difficulties are
encountered in making the parts of a durable construction and yet to operate
efficiently.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings, which are illustrative of my said
invention:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a sufficient portion of a machine for
washing wool, having my improved mechanism applied thereto, certain of the
parts of said machinery, which are of well known construction, being omitted for
the sake of clearness.
Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of certain of the parts illustrated by Fig. 1
and as seen in the direction of the arrow 1.
Fig. 3 is a view as seen from above of parts illustrated by Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of the cam plate hereinafter described.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation on line A-B of parts shown by Fig. 4.
Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of said cam-piece.
Figs. 7 and 8 are front and sectional end elevations respectively, of a part
hereinafter referred to.
Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and S are drawn to an enlarged scale.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the
several views.
To attain the object above described, in accordance with this invention any
of the well known fork or agitating and delivery devices at present in use (such
as that illustrated by Fig. 1, wherein the last row of forks a of the series are shown,
said forks a being mounted on the bar b¹ fixed to the rod bi said rod b deriving its
motion by means of the crank c mounted on the shaft c¹, and link d pivotted
at ), for carrying the wool or fibrous substance through the washing bowl e and
depositing it on or into proximity with the inclined end e¹ of said bowl e are
employed, but the mechanism for receiving and transmitting said fibrous sub-
stances from said delivery devices to the rollers f and f¹ (these latter being
shown in full lines Fig. 1 and in dotted lines Fig. 3, the framework for support-
ing them and the mechanism for transmitting pressure to the upper roller f,
being omitted for the sake of clearness as they are all of well known construc-
tion) is constructed and arranged as hereinafter described.
On each side 2, 3 of the washing bowl c, and in proximity with the squeezing
rollers f, f, I mount a shaft g' carrying a plate or disc g having radial slots g³
formed in it for the reception of the sliding pieces h through which the bars k
carrying the prongs or forks & pass, and in which they may freely rotate. The
said shafts g may receive their motion from any suitable motor part of the
machine, however I preferably arrange them to be driven from the shaft c¹

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(which is rotated in the ordinary manner through the gear wheel m) by means
of the wheels n, o, p, and q said wheels o and p being carried by the shaft o'.
To each side of the walls e3e3 of the bowl e I fix, by means of the bolts r¹, a
cam plater the cam groove of which is formed to receive runners s
carried by the ends of the bars k, while the portion 73 of said
groove is also formed to receive other runners carried by
the arms or levers 12 secured to the fork bars k, from this it
will be seen that the path of motion of the fork bars k is determined by the
formation of this double acting cam groove³ ³, and since the movements of the
respective parts do not restrict this formation within very narrow limits the
forks may be carried through a path leading in any desired direction, conse-
quently the fibrous substances are laid-hold-of, carried, delivered and freed from
the actions of said forks in a manner that meets all the requirements and the
mechanism employed is durable and efficient.
The flanges formed on the cam plater serve as a bearing for the shaft g', and
the shaft o is carried by the bracket also formed on said cam plate r. The
said cam plater has openings w made in its flanges with detachable covers for
filling same if desired, to enable the detachment of any of the fork bars k as
occasion may require.
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:-
1. In machines for washing wool and other fibrous substances delivery
mechanism consisting of rotary discs or plates having radial slots in which operate
sliding pieces carrying the fork bars, and cam plates having double acting cam
grooves into which take bowls mounted on said fork bars, in combination sub-
stantially as herein specified.
2. In machines for washing wool and other fibrous substances, mechanism for
delivering or transmitting the wool from the washing bowl to the squeezing
rollers, the same being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein
specified.
Dated this 9th day of September 1899