Year: 1897

page_text: SAMUEL SOUTHALL PARTRIDGE, Somerleyton Avenue, Kidderminster, Joiner, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved machine for drying yarns, garments, or
other articles, which can be hung on poles or rods, after dyeing, or washing, or
wetting from any cause.
The invention consists of a drying chamber with steam-pipes on the floor, and
two fans above the said pipes, one fan on one side at one end, and the other fan
at the opposite side and end of the chamber; there is also a coil of smaller steam
pipes in front of each fan.
Inlets for air may be provided by a pipe near cach fan, fixed outside the cham-
ber, having an open end inside a little above the floor, then rising upward above
the chamber to receive the air at the top opening. The action of the fans will
be to draw the air downwards into the chamber, which air may be warmed by a
coil of small steam pipes, inside the air pipes at the top ends.
An outlet for the air and moisture is also provided at the top of the chamber,
in connection with which is a small Blackman's ventilator fan, for drawing
upwards the damp air, and discharging the same through the aperture.
The skeins of yarn or other articles are arranged on the poles or rods, placed
a little distance apart, and there may be as many as will fill the chamber.
The pipes are heated with steam, and the action of the two fans is to drive the
heated air through and between the wet skeins or articles; the one fan acting
at one side and end of the chamber, and the other fan acting at the opposite side
and end, causes a circulation of the heated air, which thoroughly dries the contents,
and then ascends and carries with it the moisture to the outside of the chamber as
before mentioned.
The chamber, (which may be constructed of wood or any suitable material,)
has a sliding door at each end, to be closed during the drying process, and opened
for the removal of the dried things, and to admit a fresh supply of wet ones.
The poles or rods rest upon rails or carriers which run upon a raised tram-way,
extending through the chamber into outside spaces at each end of the chamber,
provided for loading and unloading the wet and dried things.
The operation is a follows: a wet load is put on at one end, and run into the
chamber, which at the same time runs a dry load out at the other end; during
the drying process, the dried lot is unloaded, and another wet lot put in its place;
the carriers are then moved the reverse way for the wet load to enter the cham-
ber, the dried lot coming out at the opposite end, and so on.
So that while one load is drying, another is being prepared, there is no loss of
time, and the process is practically continous.
Dated this 20th day of An1007

page_text: I, SAMUEL SOUTHALL PARTRIDGE, of Somerleyton Avenue, Kidderminster, in
the County of Worcester, Joiner, 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:
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This invention relates to an improved machine for drying yarns garments and
other articles which can be hung on poles or rods after dyeing or washing or
wetting from any cause. This invention consists of a drying chamber heated
with steam pipes as herein described and fans to force air into the chamber over
said steam pipes and another fan to withdraw the moist air therefrom in combina-
tion with means for suspending the skeins of yarn or garments or other articles
which are to be dried, and for quickly passing them into the drying chamber and
at the same time passing another load of the dried yarns or garments or other
articles out of the drying chamber so that whilst one load of yarn or other articles
is drying another load is being prepared for drying and thus there is no loss of
time as the drying process is practically continuous.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of my improved drying machine and
Fig. is a sectional plan of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional elevation of
the same.
The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.
In carrying out my invention I provide a drying chamber A which is by
preference of rectangular form when viewed in plan and has a range of steam
pipes B coiled to and fro along the floor the steam entering at b' and passing out
at 62, and I provide two fans marked respectively C1 C2 above the steam pipes B
the fan C being at one side and near one end of the said chamber and the other
fan being at the opposite side and near the other end of the said chamber.
There is also a coil of steam pipes I¹ in front of the fan C¹ and a similar coil of
steam pipes D2 in front of the fan C. The fans C¹ C² receive rotary motion from
any convenient source as by the bands c¹ from the driving shaft E. Adjacent
to the fan C I provide the air inlet pipe 01 which extends from some distance
above the drying chamber to an air inlet p below the fan C¹ and there is a
similar air inlet pipe 02 and air inlet 7 for the fan C2 so that as these fans C' C²
revolve they draw the air down the pipes 01 02 and force the air into the chamber
over the steam coils D1 D2 and steam coil B so that the warm air will dry the
yarns or other articles which are hanging in the chamber as hereinafter described.
g¹ is an outlet for the air and moisture at the top of the chamber A and arranged
at this outlet there is a small Blackman's or other ventilating fan H driven from
any convenient source so as to draw upwards the damp air and discharge the same
through the aperture g¹. Inside the upper part of the chamber A there is a pipe
or passage G with an opening g² so as to withdraw the air from about the centre
of the upper part of the chamber. The opening can be regulated by the sliding
door g³.
Passing through the chamber from end to end and extending for a certain
distance beyond each end of the chamber there is a raised tramway consisting
of two rails I¹ I carried by standards and at a certain distance above the
floor, and on these rails I provide a carrier or waggon J which is provided with
rollers underneath which run upon the rails 12. This carrier J carries a
number of horizontal poles or rods K fixed at short distances apart all along the
carrier J which as shewn is about twice as long as the length of the chamber A.

page_text: This carrier J can be moved to and fro along the rails I 12 by any convenient
means as by the shaft L arranged a certain distance above the same and provided
with two spur wheels which gear with racks m¹ m² which are fixed on the
carrier so that by turning this shaft L the carrier J with the rods K can be moved
to and fro along the tramway I I. The skeins of yarn or other articles which
are to be dried are arranged to hang on the poles or rods K. The action of the
fans CC is to draw the air down the air pipes 01 02 and force the same over the
pipes B, D D thereby heating the air and driving it through and between the wet
skeins of yarn or other articles hanging on the poles or rods K, one fan C¹ acting
on one side and end of the chamber A and the other fan C acting at the opposite
side and end of the chamber A, thus causing a circulation of heated air which
thoroughly dries the contents and the moisture is by the fan H drawn out of the
chamber as before described. At each end of the chamber A there are sliding
doors which sliding doors are marked N1 N2 which can be raised and lowered as
by the cords n' passing over the pulleys n² n³ to counter-balance weights arranged
at any convenient position so that the doors N1 N2 can be raised and lowered
from the floor and closed during the process of drying and opened for the removal
of the dried skeins of yarn or other articles and to admit a further supply of wet
ones.
The operation of the drying machine above described is as follows:-Assuming
the parts are in the positions represented by Figs. 1 and 2 and the drying machine
is empty, a load of wet skeins of yarn or other articles are placed on the rods or
poles K which extend out of the drying chamber A at the right hand end of the
same. By turning the shaft L the carrier with the wet load is then moved along
the rails I¹ º until the whole of the wet load is enclosed by the chamber A when
the empty rods or poles will project at the other or left hand end of the chamber.
Another load of wet skeins or other articles to be dried are now placed on those
rods or poles which are on the part of the carrier projecting at the left hand end
of the chamber, and when the load which is in the chamber has been thoroughly
dried the doors N1 N2 are raised and by means of the shaft L the carrier with its
poles or rods K is run along the rails 112 to the right hand so that the load of
dried skeins or other articles are run out at the right hand end of the chamber A
while a further wet load is run in at the left hand end of the same. The doors
are then closed and as the drying continues the dried load is removed from the
poles or rods at the right hand end of the chamber and another load of wet skeins
or other articles is placed thereon to be dried as before. Thus whilst one load
is drying another is being loaded on to the carrier and thus there is no loss of
time as the drying process is practically continuous.
The accompanying drawings illustrate what I consider to be the best method
of carrying my said invention into practice but it is to be understood that my
invention is not limited to the precise details shewn.
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:-
1. A machine for drying yarns garments or other articles which can be hung
on poles or rods, consisting essentially of a hot air chamber heated by steam pipes
having an opening at each end with doors to close the same, fans to force heated
air into said chamber and to withdraw the moist air therefrom, a tramway running
along the chamber through said openings and extending beyond the chamber at
each end for a certain distance, and a carrier adapted to run along said tramway
made with horizontal cross poles or rods at short distances apart on which the
articles to be dried are hung, said carrier being about twice the length of the
chamber more or less so that while one part of the carrier with a load of articles
thereon is enclosed in the chamber to dry the articles, a dried load can be removed
from and another wet load placed on the other part of the carrier which is outside
the drying chamber, substantially as described."

page_text: 2. The improved machine for drying yarns garments or other articles which can
be hung on poles or rods, constructed and arranged substantially as herein before
described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated thin 10th low of W 1000
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.