Improvements in Means for Steaming Printed or Dyed Fibres or Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 17th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
Date of Application, 17th July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 7th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 20th May, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Steaming Printed or Dyed Fibres or
Fabrics.
We, HENRY GIESLER, of Molsheim, Alsace, in the Empire of Germany, Dyer,
and JOSEF DABERT, of 1ter, Rue du Congrès, Asnierès, near Paris, in the Republic
of France, Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
follows:-
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Hitherto it has been customary to subject printed or dyed fibres or fabrics to
the fixing process known as steaming by supporting upon a wheel and introducing
them into the steaming chamber from above, the steam being subsequently passed
in from beneath. This has the objection that the materials are not equally sub-
jected to the steaming operation and therefore have an irregular appearance the
bottom edge especially becoming darker. To overcome this the material has been
turned and again steamed.
This invention is designed to obviate these objections.
According to this invention we provide a closed box, or chamber, into which
a reel or the like carrying the material to be steamed is inserted preferably hori-
zontally and is caused to slowly and continually rotate during the whole steaming
operation.
The material is so carried by the reel or the like that it is not compactly arranged
thereon but has spaces intervening between the convolutions or folds of the
material such as will afford free access for the steam to all parts of the material.
The said reel preferably consists of a shaft carrying two discs which are capable
of being adjusted by being moved lengthwise upon the shaft. Upon the inner
sides of these discs hooks or equivalent means of attachment are provided to which
the material (or carrier of the material if such be used) is hooked or secured, the
material to be steamed being narrower than the carrier so as to pass between its
folds. As soon as the material has been secured in place, it can be stretched by
moving the discs apart along the shaft and subsequently fixing them to the shaft
in their adjusted position by any suitable catches or devices.
Steam is passed into the box or chamber from above, the said steam gradually,
displacing the enclosed air which escapes through openings provided at the lower
part of the box or chamber for the purpose. In this manner the steam is caused
to slowly and evenly penetrate all parts of the apparatus while at the same time
a completely uniform temperature is ensured.
For the treatment of wide fabric it is preferable to make use of a carrier, the
main or central part of which is not so closely woven as are the two edges, so that
the steam can readily penetrate to the material under treatment.
D this 17th don of Tule 1807
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.

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DI MOTIVATION
Improvements in Means for Steaming Printed or Dyed Fibres or
Fabrics.
WAY
We, HENRY GIESLER, 'of Molsheim, Alsace, in the Empire of Germany, Dyer,
and JOSEF DABERT, of 1ter, Rue du Congrès, Asnierès, near Paris, in the Republic
of France, Printer, 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:-
Hitherto it has been customary to subject printed, or dyed fibres, or fabrics to
the fixing process known as steaming by supporting upon a wheel and introducing
them into the steaming chamber from above, the steam being subsequently passed
in from beneath. This has the objection that the materials are not equally sub-
jected to the steaming operation and therefore have an irregular appearance, the
bottom edge especially becoming darker. To overcome this, the material has been
turned and again steamed.
This invention is designed to obviate these objections.
According to this invention we provide a closed box. or chamber, into which
the material to be steamed is introduced or through which it is caused to traverse.
For instance it may be mounted on a reel and be introduced horizontally into the
chamber and the reel be caused to slowly and continuously rotate during the whole
steaming operation or the fibre or fabric may be passed alternately over rollers
above and below and be traversed slowly through the chamber.
In the said chamber condensation, radiation of heat, and variation of tempera-
ture, should be avoided as far as possible. Metals should, therefore, not be
employed in it, or not be employed to any material extent. The said chamber
should be constructed of brick with heat insulating material applied to it and lined
with a thick wooden lining.
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The material is so carried that it is not compactly arranged thereon but has
spaces intervening between the convolutions or folds of the material such as will
afford free access for the steam to all parts of the material.
Steam is passed into the chamber from above the said steam gradually displacing
the enclosed air which escapes through an opening or openings provided at the
lower part of the chamber for the purpose. In this manner the steam is caused
to slowly and evenly penetrate all parts of the chamber and material therein while
at the same time a completely uniform temperature is ensured.
For the treatment of wide fabric it is preferable to make use of a carrier, the
main or central part of which is not so closely woven as are the two edges so that
the steam can readily penetrate to the material under treatment.
We will describe with reference to the accompanying'drawings apparatus adapted
for the purposes of our invention premising however that we do not limit ourselves
to the precise arrangements of apparatus illustrated by way of example.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 shew an apparatus wherein the material to be treated is
introduced into the chamber upon a reel Figures 1 and 2 being vértical sections
at right angles to each other and Figure 3 being a sectional plan.
Figure 4 illustrates an apparatus wherein the fabric is passed through the
apparatus by causing it to travel over rollers as hereinafter described
A is the outer brick chamber lined with fire clay or other heat insulating
material and having its interior formed of an inner shell of wood a with side
walls a extending to near the top so as to form spaces--in the lower parts of which
the steam pipes b open, the steam passing up through these spaces and out over
the top of the walls a³ and' into the interior of the chamber in which is the reel

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carrying the material to be treated..; The said reel is carried upon a frame furnished
C is a door
with wheels which run upon rails led into the floor of the chamber A.
through which the reel carrier and reel can be run in, the said door being after-
wards tightly closed. D is an opening at bottom through which and the con-
nected passages the steam passes off and condenses.
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The reel consists of a shaft e carrying two discs or frames ff which are capable
of being adjusted by being mounted, upon bosses g which run upon the shaft 'the
nuts which form the bosses of the wheels h running upon screws on the said shaft
and engaging by a pin and groove attachment with the bosses g of the discs
or frames so that when the wheels are rotated the discs or frames are
moved along the shaft. Upon the inner sides of these discs or frames, hooks or
equivalent means of attachment are provided to which the material (or carrier of
the material if such be used) is hooked or secured. The material to be steamed,
if a carrier be used, is narrower than the carrier so as to pass between its folds.
As soon as the material has been secured in place it can be stretched by moving
the discs or frames ff apart along the shaft the screws then retaining them in
position on the shaft. The reel is rotated by any suitable means. those illustrated
consisting of a first motion shaft i with a worm engaging a worm wheel j on a
shaft J provided with a worm gearing with a worm wheel k on a short shaft K
provided with a disc having pins which engage a cross piece on the shaft of
the reel. m is a copper plate.
The steam is admitted by the pipes at b and passes into the interior of the
chamber at the top and down and amongst the material being acted upon and
then passes off by the opening E and water of condensation can be drawn off by
the pipe n.
We may employ an apparatus which is composed of two, three, or more of the
aforesaid chambers arranged in succession, as this is more advantageous than one
large chamber without intermediate walls, because in each separate chamber there
is a completely uniform temperature, the steam being evenly distributed therein
which would not be the case if one large chamber were used.
Each of the chambers will be constructed like that described, the steam entering
each box from above and escaping through an opening or openings at bottom.
Where several chambers are thus employed the arrangement illustrated dia-
grammatically in Figure 4 can be employed. The fabric to be steamed is passed
into the first chamber between two rollers pp forming a slot and over and under
guide rollers q and r in the chamber so as to travel from the top to the bottom
and again from the bottom to the top and so on until it eventually leaves the first
box through a slots and it then similarly enters and passes through the second
chamber and so on until it has traversed all chambers and then the steamed fabric
finally passes from the last chambers through a slot-opening t provided with
rollers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
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1. The steaming process for printed or dyed fibres or fabrics, consisting in
placing the fibres or fabrics in or passing them through a chamber constructed of
brick and wood or equivalent heat insulating materials whilst steam is admitted
from above, and passes out at the bottom; substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. The steaming process for printed or dyed fibres or fabrics, consisting in
attaching the fibres or fabrics to a reel or the like and introducing this reel into a
chamber constructed of brick walls and wood or equivalent heat insulating
materials and rotating it therein whilst admitting steam into the chamber from
above, it passing out at the bottom substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The steaming process for printed or dyed fibres or fabrics consisting in
attaching the fibres or fabrics to a reel or the like and stretching them thereon
and then introducing them when so stretched into a heat insulating chamber and

page_text: rotating them therein whilst admitting steam into the chamber from above and
allowing it to pass out from below substantially as herein before described.
4. An apparatus for steaming printed or dyed fibres or fabrics the said apparatus
consisting of a heat insulating chamber with an inlet for steam into the chanber
from above and an outlet therefor below and a reel consisting of discs or frames
provided with hooks or other means for securing the fibres or fabrics on the carrier
thereof and capable of being moved apart so as to stretch the fibres or fabrics;
substantially as herein before described.
5. For use in steaming printed or dyed fibres or fabrics as aforesaid a carrier
woven less closely at its mid-part than at its edges; substantially as and for the
purpose described.
6. The combination of two or more steaming chambers of the kind herein before
described and claimed into each of which the steam enters from above and leaves
at the bottom to form a continuous steaming apparatus as above and provided with
means for traversing the fabric therethrough in the manner herein before explained.
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JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.