I Cotton or other Fabrics so as to Produce therein a Greater 31 Amount of Softness or Flexibility.
Year: 1885

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Cotton or other Fabrics so as to Produce therein a Greater
31
Amount of Softness or Flexibility.
I, EDWIN HORATIO HARGRAVES, of Gerald Road, Lower Broughton, Manchester,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OF AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING COTTON OR OTHER FABRICS, SO AS TO PRODUCE
THEREIN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SOFTNESS OR FLEXIBILITY to be as follows:-
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The improvements, relate to the treating of cotton or other fabrics, such as
textile goods, paper, and the like; and have for object the rendering such goods
of a greater amount of softness or flexibility than when finished by the ordinary
processes only.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements; I mount in any suitable
frame a series of two or more rollers, geared or otherwise driven in pairs or other
combination, of which one, or
or more is constructed in a peculiar manner; that is to
Bay, projections or indentations are made thereon or therein, either, in regular, or
irregular formation, in such manner that the projections or indentations of one
roller shall take into the indentations or projections of another, or shall be geared
up with a roller covered with india-rubber or other soft or yielding surface, which
will allow the indentations or projections to embed or be embeded therein.
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The fabric to be treated, either as an intermediary or final process, is passed
between the rollers described, the result being a crushing or breaking up of the
starch, size, or other stiffening substance, which may have been used in the finish
to that point, and a consequent softening of the fabric, which renders it more pliable
or flexible in nature or condition of finish.
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This apparatus may be either constructed as a separate machine or may be com-
bined with existing finishing machinery by mounting one or more of the peculiarly
formed rollers in connection with the cylinder. of such machines, or otherwise.
Variations in the form of projection or indentation, or both, and in the method
of mounting and driving the rollers, may be employed without departing from the
peculiar character of the invention.
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page_text: Amount of Softness or Flexibility.
I, EDWIN HORATIO HARGRAVES, of Gerald Road, Lower Broughton, Manchester,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OF AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING COTTON OR OTHER FABRICS, SO AS TO PRODUCE
THEREIN A GREATER AMOUNT OF SOFTNESS OR FLEXIBILITY, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
The improvements' relate to the treating of cotton or other fabrics, such as
textile goods, paper, and the like; and have for object the rendering such goods
of a greater degree of softness or flexibility than when finished by the ordinary
processes only.
To accomplish this and to effect my improvements, I mount in any suitable
frame a series of two or more rollers, geared or otherwise driven in pairs or other
combinations, of which one, or more, is constructed in a peculiar manner, that is
to say, projections or indentations are made thereon or therein, either in regular
or irregular formation, in such manner that the projections or indentations of one
roller shall take into the indentations or projections of another, or shall be geared
up with a roller covered with or formed of india-rubber or other soft or yielding
surface, which will allow the indentations or projections to embed or be embeded
therein.
The fabric to be treated, either as an intermediary or final process, is passed
between the rollers described, the result being a crushing or breaking up of the
starch, size, or other stiffening substance, which may have been used in the finish
to that point, and a consequent softening of the fabric, which renders it more pliable
or flexible in nature or condition of finish.
This apparatus may be either constructed as a separate machine or may be com-
bined with existing finishing machinery, by mounting one or more of the peculiarly
formed rollers in connection with the cylinder of such machine, or otherwise.
Variations in the form of projection or indentation or both, and in the method
of mounting and driving the rollers, may be employed.
But that the improvements may be better understood, I will, by the aid of the
accompanying drawings, proceed to more fully describe means employed by me.
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DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shews an elevation of a pair of rollers, and Fig. 2, an end view thereof,
having projections or protruberances, and indentations or depressions, of one kind,
arranged according to my improvements; and Figs. 3 and 4, shew like views of
a pair of rollers where one of them is formed of india-rubber or other yielding
substance or surface.

page_text: The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a, a, is the
roller, and a¹, a', the projections or protruberances thereon, and a³, a³, the depres-
Bions or indentations. Although one form of such projections, and indentations is
shewn, I would have it understood that the form of such together with the height
and number may be greatly varied, from that of high tooth-like projections to that
of gentle undulations according to the nature of the work required. Also the size
and order of arrangement may be greatly varied in the same way without departing
from the peculiar character of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The employment of rollers, either in pairs or otherwise, having projections or
indentations or a combination thereof, either as a separate process or in connection
with other machinery, for the purpose of softening or finishing textile fabrics as
herein named, substantially as shewn and described.
2. The softening or finishing of textile fabrics, as indicated, by passing the same
between revolving rollers of the peculiar character named, substantially as shown
and described.