IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STARCHING COLLARS AND OTHER MATERIALS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Barrett, of Keighley in the County of York, Shirt
Manufacturer for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
STARCHING COLLARS AND OTHER MATERIALS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Barrett at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th February 1883.
SAMUEL BARRETT of Keighley in the County of York, Shirt Manufacturer
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STARCHING COLLARS AND OTHER MATERIALS
My invention has for its object the arrangement of apparatus for starching
collars and other materials in such a manner, that during the operation of starching,
the articles are exposed to the view of the attendant, which I accomplish in the
following manner.
To the framework of the apparatus I mount a vertical rotating spindle, at the
top of which I secure a circular flat-bottomed vessel. Above this vessel one or
more cross bars are fixed to which are attached a number of jointed brackets: each
of these brackets is fitted with a narrow roller the circumference of which rests on
the bottom of the vessel.
The starch and articles to be operated upon are placed in the vessel, which is
then caused to rotate by suitable gearing in connection with the vertical spindle,
the articles passing between the rollers and the bottom of the vessel, the weight of
the former pressing the starch into the fabric

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Samuel Barrett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
August 1883.
SAMUEL BARRETT of Keighley in the County of York, Shirt Manufacturer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STARCHING COLLARS AND OTHER MATERIALS.
My invention has for its object the arrangement of apparatus for starching collars,
shirts, and other articles, in such a manner, that during the operation of starching,
the articles are exposed to the view of the operator.
The invention consists in mounting to the top of a vertical rotating spindle a
circular flat bottomed vessel, above which one or more cross bars are fixed. To the
cross bars I attach brackets each being fitted with a roller, the circumference of
which rest on the bottom of the vessel: or the vessel may be made stationary, and
the cross bars attached to the rotating spindle, in either case the articles to be
operated upon are placed in the vessel along with the starch, and the-vessel or the
cross bars as the case may be, caused to rotate by suitable gearing in connection
with the vertical spindle, the articles passing between the rollers and the bottom of
the vessel, the pressure of the rollers upon the articles pressing the starch into the
fabric.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood, I have appended
drawings illustrative thereof, and marked the same with letters of reference.
Figure 1 represents the elevation of my improved apparatus, shewing the tub or
vessel in section which is arranged to revolve. Figure 2 is a plan of the same-
Figure 3 is an elevation of my apparatus in which the tub or vessel is stationary,
and the top cross bars revolve. Figure 4 is a plan thereof, and Figure 5 is a detail
of one of the rollers and brackets with a spring attached.
The shafts A and B are mounted to the framework C of the apparatus, and are
geared, together by wheels D and E. To the top of shaft or spindle B in Figure 1
is secured the vessel or tub F, and to the stationary cross bars G are attached the
brackets that carry the rollers R which rest by their own gravity upon the tub
bottom, or if additional pressure is required, springs S may be attached to the
brackets as shewn by Figure 5.
The starch and articles to be operated upon are placed in the vessel or tub F,
which is then rotated by turning the shaft A, by means of a handle secured on the
end thereof, or by pullies P, the articles rotating along with the tub, pass under the
rollers R which press the starch into the fabric.
Figure 3 shews an arrangement by which the tub F is stationary and the
rollers R rotate. By constructing the apparatus in this manner, I am enabled to
operate upon material a portion of which only requires to be starched, such as shirt
fronts, wristbands, and similar articles. When operating upon shirts, the shield H
is raised, and the parts to be starched placed in the vessel beyond the flange J, the
shield H is then lowered, which prevents the other portions of the articles being
damped.
Motion to the rotating cross bars K and rollers R is imparted in the manner as
before described, the rollers R revolving upon the articles, thereby pressing the
starch into the fabric.
In the drawings I have only shewn a few of the rollers, some of which are
without brackets, but in practice they are all mounted in a similar manner and the
number of rollers connected to each cross bar varies according to the size of the
machine.
Having thus described my said invention, and the manner in which the same
may be carried into effect, I wish it to be understood, that I do not confine myself

page_text: to the precise details shewn and described, as the form of the rollers may be
considerably varied without departing from the peculiar character of the invention,
but what I do claim is:
The arrangement and combination of the rollers R with a stationary or rotating
tub or vessel F, substantially in the manner, and for the purpose as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
In witness whereof I the said Samuel Barrett have hereunto set my hand and
seal this fifteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.
SAMUEL BARRETT (L.S.)