Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting Woven Piece Goods from One Operation to Another During the Process of Finishing, Bleaching, or Dyeing.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left 14th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1890
Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting Woven Piece Goods
from One Operation to Another During the Process of Finishing,
Bleaching, or Dyeing.
I ROBERT MOULDING of 3 Marble Street Oswaldtwistle, near Accrington, Lancashire,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to apparatus for transmitting woven piece goods from
one, operation to another during the process of finishing bleaching or dyeing.
The transmission of piece goods from one operation to another is for the most part
effected by means of plain revolving rollers, and, in some cases, revolving bars, by
which the piece goods are drawn forward.
When this is done, after the piece goods have been immersed in or coated with
starch, size, dyestuffs or other liquors, there is a tendency often for a large portion
of such material, taken up by the cloth to be pressed out by such rollers, or pressed
through in thin goods to the face where such is not required; while in other cases,
such as when the goods are drawn forward by revolving bars, there is a tendency, in
thin goods, for such to disturb the weft of the cloth, on account of such bars revolving
at a greater velocity than the travel of the cloth, to ensure the same being carried
forward.
Now the object of my improvements is to prevent the drawing rollers from pressing
or squeezing out the starch or other material from the cloth during the drawing
forward, when rollers are used; and also preventing the disturbance of the weft
when revolving bars are employed.
To accomplish this, and to effect my improvements, I cover the drawing rollers
with card clothing, such as carding engines are clothed with, and also I clothe the
face of revolving bars employed for drawing forward the cloth, with the same
material.
The effect is that the rollers will draw forward the cloth as effectually as at
present, but on account of the interstices between the card wires allowing space for
the starch or other substance adhering to the running face of the cloth, such is not
pressed off or through the cloth; but remains on the face in full quantity.
In the case of the revolving bars, the grip obtained upon the cloth by the "card"
clothing of such bars, prevents slip, and thus renders possible an equal or nearly
equal speed on the revolving bars to that of the travel of the cloth, and thus the weft
is not disturbed from this cause.
Drawing rollers of any size may be employed in this manner, as also various
forms of revolving bars; and the rollers or bars may be clothed with new card
clothing, or old, such as is rendered valueless for the carding of cotton or wool.
Dated this 18th day of April 1889.
WILLIAM GADD,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Transmitting Woven Piece Goods
0 from One Operation to Another During the Process of Finishing,
Bleaching, or Dyeing.
I, ROBERT MOULDING of 3 Marble Street, Oswaldtwistle near Accrington, Lanca-
shire, Mechanic, 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
5 the following statement:-
The improvements relate to apparatus for transmitting woven piece goods from.
one operation to another during the process of finishing bleaching or dyeing.

page_text: The transmission of piece goods from one operation to another is for the most part
effected by means of plain revolving rollers, and, in some cases, revolving bars, by
which the piece goods are drawn forward.
When this is done, after the piece goods have been immersed in or coated with
starch, size, dyestuffs or other liquors, there is a tendency often for a large portion
of such material, taken up by the cloth to be pressed out by such rollers, or pressed
through in thin goods to the face where such is not required; while in other cases,
such as when the goods are drawn forward by revolving bars, there is a tendency, in
thin goods, for such to disturb the weft of the cloth, on account of such bars revolving
at a greater velocity than the travel of the cloth, to ensure the same being carried
.forward.
Now the object of my improvements is to prevent the drawing rollers from pressing
or squeezing out the starch or other material from the cloth during the drawing
forward when rollers are used; and also preventing the disturbance of the weft
when revolving bars are employed.
To accomplish this, and to effect my improvements, I cover the drawing rollers
with card clothing, such as carding engines are clothed with, and also I clothe
the face of revolving bars employed for drawing forward the cloth, with the same
material.
The effect is that the rollers will draw forward the cloth as effectually as at
present, but on account of the interstices between the card wires allowing space
for the starch or other substance adhering to the running face of the cloth,
such is not pressed off or through the cloth; but remains on the face in full
quantity.
"
In the case of the revolving bars, the grip obtained upon the cloth by the "card
clothing of such bars, prevents slip, and thus renders possible an equal or nearly
equal speed on the revolving bars to that of the travel of the cloth, and thus the weft
is not disturbed from this cause.
Drawing rollers of any size may be employed in this manner, as also various forms
of revolving bars; and the rollers or bars may be clothed with new card clothing,
or old, such as is rendered valueless for the carding of cotton or wool. The card
wires may be of any suitable metal; but 1 prefer that they should be of brass or
other similar or non-oxidisable substance.
The rollers and bars may be clothed either with sheet carding, or with fillets or
strips of card clothing wound spirally round the same, or in any other suitable manner,
without departing from the peculiarity of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
In apparatus used for transmitting piece goods from one operation to another
during the processes of bleaching dyeing or finishing, the clothing or covering the
surfaces of the rollers or revolving bars with wire card material, for the purpose and
in manner substantially as hercin set forth and described.
Dated this 13th day of January 1890.
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.