Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1892-Accepted, 26th Mar., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Textile
Fabrics.
I, CHARLES TAYLOR of 7 Boardman Street, Blackburn Road, Bolton in the
County of Lancaster, Singeer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to apparatus employed in
bleachworks and other places for singeing textile fabrics in their passage over the
same, and has for its object that of prolonging the life and protecting the edges or
ends of the copper singeing plate or plates heated by fire or its equivalent. This
I accomplish by constructing the side or furnace tiles with lips or projections over
which each singeing plate is mounted, and by which the ends or edges are protected
from the fire or its equivalent, which ensures of the plate or plates maintaining their
original form or shape. The end of the singeing plate nearest to the furnace month
is protected by a semi-circular or other tile according to the form of plate employed.
Dated the 29th May 1891.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Textile
Fabrics.
I, CHARLES, TAYLOR of 7 Boardman Street, Blackburn Road, Bolton in the
County of Lancaster, Singeer, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 refers to improvements in or relating to apparatus employed in
bleachworks and other places for singeing textile fabrics in their passage over the
same, and has for its object that of prolonging the life and protecting the edges.or
ends of the copper singeing plate or plates heated by fire or its equivalent. This
I accomplish by constructing the side or furnace tiles with lips or projections over
which each singeing plate is mounted, and by which the ends or edges are protected
from the fire or its equivalent, which ensures of the plate or plates maintaining
their original form or shape. The end of the singeing plate nearest to the furnace
mouth is protected by a semi-circular or other tile according to the form of plate
employed.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. is a part longitudinal sectional elevation of a singeing plate mounted
according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan.
Fig. 3 is a transverse section through line A. B in Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a transverse section through line C D in Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is an outside elevation of tile or month piece for protecting singeing plate
on furnace end, and
Fig. 6 is a transverse section showing another modification of my invention.
E is the singeing plate, and G the furnace bars to receive the fire for heating the
copper or other singeing plate E. On the brickwork H of the furnace I provide or
fix the side or furnace tiles I of any convenient width provided with the lips or
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page_text: projections K, over which the singeing plate E is placed as shown. The lips
or projections K are provided to protect the ends or edges of the singeing plate E
from the action of the fire or its equivalent employed for heating the same. Behind
each lip or projection K is provided the recess L into which the ends or sides of
the singeing plate E sit, and which allows of the same being made thoroughly air-
tight by means of cement or other suitable substance or material, which is
impossible under the old system of mounting the singeing plate. The tiles I may
be constructed without the recess L as shown in Fig. 6, in which case the singeing
plate E sits on the tiles behind the lips or projections K. To protect the singeing
plate E at the end nearest to the furnace mouth I provide a semi-circular or other
tile M according to the form or shape of singeing plate employed.
The object of this invention is to protect the ends or edges and the furnace
mouth end of the singeing plate E from direct action with the fire or furnace. By
protecting the ends or edges of the singeing plate from the action of the fire a true
singeing surface is maintained, bending prevented, and economy effected, at the
same time prolonging the life of the expensive copper singeing plates, and
minimising the amount of labour and materials to keep the same air-tight, which
is a matter of vital importance to procure an uniform heat, a necessity to allow of
the singeing of textile fabrics being perfectly performed.
Having now particularly described, and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that, what I
claim is :-
1. In combination with a singeing plate and furnace the use of side tiles provided
with lips or projections to protect the ends or edges of the singeing plate from the
action of the fire, substantially as described.
2. In combination with a singeing plate and furnace the use of a semi-circular or
other tile to protect the furnace mouth end of the singeing plate from the action, of
the fire, substantially as described.
Dated the 20th February 1892.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.