Year: 1885

page_text: I, JAMES HENRY ASHWELL, of New Basford, in the County of Nottingham, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of an apparatus by which the fabric can be alternately
immersed in the dyeing or cleansing liquid, drained, and immersed again without
being handled or disarranged.
The material is placed in a series of cages and the lids made fast. These cages
are suspended each from two arms of a revolving shaft. The cages are formed of
wire-work or other suitable perforated material in such a way as not to interfere
with the free passage of the liquor through the goods. The shaft preferably makes
from three to six revolutions per minute, and the cages are suspended by trunnions
near their centres, but are weighted below to prevent their parts revolving
relatively to the centre lines of the trunnions. The direction of rotation of the
shaft is preferably reversed every few minutes so as to insure more even and
thorough penetration.
In practice in dyeing, four cages to each machine will probably be found best-
each of them rectangular in section and weighted so that a side, not a corner shall
be bottom. The goods will be put in the cages, the lids made fast, and then the
whole machine lifted into a bark, and set in motion. When the goods are to shade
of pattern required, the machine can be removed to another bark of water, to wash
the goods.
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page_text: Improvements in Apparatus Applicable for Dyeing, Scouring,
and other like Purposes.
I, JAMES HENRY ASHWELL, of New Basford in the County of Nottingham 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 consists of an apparatus by which the fabric can be alternately
immersed in the dyeing or cleansing liquid, drained, and immersed again without
being handled or disarranged.
The invention is best described by aid of the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is an end view with end of tank removed.
Figure 2, plan, Figure 3 longitudinal section.
The material is placed in a series of cages A, and the lids made fast. These
cages are suspended each from two arms B, C, of a revolving shaft D. The cages
are formed of wire work, or other suitable perforated material in such a way as
not to interfere with the free passage of the liquor through the goods. The shaft
preferably makes from three to six revolutions per minute, and the cages are
suspended by.trunnions D¹ near their centres, but are weighted below to prevent
their parts revolving relatively to the contre lines of the trunnions. In place of
the cages being hung on their centre lines, and weighted to keep right side up,
they can be suspended on a line, considerably above the centre line, and thus their
own weight will serve to keep them level. The direction of rotation of the shaft
is preferably reversed every few minutes so as to insure more even and thorough
penetration.
In practice in dyeing, four cages to each machine as shown will probably be
found best, each of them rectangular in section, and weighted so that a side, not a
corner shall be bottom. The goods will be put in the cages, the lids made fast, and
then the whole machine lifted into a bark E containing the liquor required, and set
in motion by gearing H. When the goods are to shade of pattern required, the
machine can be removed to another bark of water to wash the goods, the wheel H
on the shaft, gearing into a similar wheel on a driving shaft by each bark. Belting
or other mechanism for giving the rotation can be used instead.
In order the more easily to transport the apparatus from one bark to another
the shaft is made to overhang its bearings at each end leaving room for a pair of
slings. An overhead railway crane, or its equivalent can be used to carry the
slings or block tackle. The bearings of the shaft have preferably hinged caps
easily loosened and thrown back, so that while fast to their bases, and so not liable
to be lost, they can easily be swung out of the way when the shaft is lifted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The manufacture and use of apparatus for dyeing hosiery, and for other
like purpose, consisting of a series of cages balancing each other round a shaft or

page_text: its equivalent, and each to be alternately plunged into the dyeing or other liquor
and rise free from it to drain while the other or others are immersed.
2nd. The combination of a shaft having a series of cages suspended to arms, or
a spider or skeleton disc on said shaft at each end, with two or more barks having
bearings thereon for said shaft, and so arranged that the shaft can be rotated first
in one bark, and then in another.
3rd. In combination with the above cages so weighted or hung on their trunnions
as not to revolve on their axes while revolving round the common axis of the lot.
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