IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR DRESSING TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake
and Co Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR DRESSING TEXTILE FABRICS" Commu-
nicated to him from abroad by Monsieur Luthringer of Lyons, France,
Dresser
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th February 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co, Patent
Agents, Southampton Buildings, London "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
DRESSING TEXTILE FABRICS "-[A communication to him from abroad by Monsieur
Luthringer of Lyons, France, Dresser]
This invention relates to machines for dressing textile fabrics, and more
particularly light tissues such as smooth crape grenadine, gauze or the like, but
it can also be rendered available for dressing any kind of similar material
The said invention consists essentially of a presser roller covered with cretonne
or twill vulcanised on India-rubber (this cretonne or twill is so placed that the
India-rubber shall be in contact with the roller, and consequently the cretonne will
be on the outside); of an engraved roller the purpose of which is to supply the
dressing solution continuously to the presser roller; of a feed-roller dipping in a
trough containing the dressing solution, (this feed-roller can be dispensed with, and
replaced by the trough alone into which the engraved roller would then dip); and,
of a second engraved roller, or, if desired, a smooth roller according to the material
to be dressed. All these rollers are supported by two vertical frames similar to
those of ordinary dressing machines
The motion of the machine is effected through the first engraved roller which
transmits the motion by toothed gearing to the presser and second engraved
rollers

page_text: The material to be dressed passes between the presser roller and the second
engraved or smooth roller and receives the dressing solution which is applied by
means of the transmission or intermediate feed and first engraved rollers; with
extreme regularity. The material then passes on to the drying machine or to the
reels whence it can be made to pass back again or smoothed as often as desired
In dressing machines as heretofore constructed the material to be dressed is
generally dipping to excess in a dressing solution, thereby making it too wet which
is objectionable
By the use of this improved machine this objection is avoided; the dressing is
applied to light fabrics by means of the transmission or intermediate rollers and can
be applied to ordinary fabrics

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th August 1883.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co Patent
Agents, Southampton Buildings, London "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR
DRESSING TEXTILE FABRICS A communication to me from abroad by Monsieur
Luthringer, of Lyons, France, Dresser
"
This invention relates to machines for dressing textile fabrics, which machines
are more particularly applicable for dressing light fabrics such as smooth crape,
grenadine, or gauze.
The said invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which A is a
presser roller covered with cretonne or twill vulcanized on india-rubber. This
cretonne or twill is so placed that the india-rubber will be in contact with the
roller, and consequently the cretonne will be on the outside. B is an engraved or
roughened roller, the purpose of which is to supply the dressing solution continu-
ously to the roller A. D is a feed roller partly immersed in a trough E containing
the dressing solution. This feed-roller can be dispensed with and replaced by the
trough E alone, in which trough the roller B will then be partially immersed. O is
another engraved or roughened roller, or, if desired, this roller may be smooth,
according to the nature of the material to be dressed. All these rollers are
supported by two vertical frames similar to those of ordinary dressing machines
The machine is set in motion through the roller B which transmits movement by
toothed gearing to the rollers A and C. The fabric to be dressed passes, in the
direction indicated by the arrows, between the presser roller A and the roller C and
receives the dressing solution which is applied by means of the rollers B and D
with extreme uniformity and in regular quantity. The material then passes
directly to the drying machine or to the reels, whence it can be passed again
between the rollers as often as desired.
In dressing machines as heretofore constructed the material to be dressed is
generally immersed to excess in a dressing solution, which has the inconvenience of
producing too moist a contact. But by the present invention this inconvenience is
obviated
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent and the manner of performing the same, I wish it understood
that I claim
The employment of the two rollers or cylinders between which the material
receives the dressing, not directly, but through the medium of the lower rollers,
in a quantity which can be regulated, substantially as, and for the purpose, set
forth.
In Witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Fourteenth day of August in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty threc.