Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Scouring, Bleaching, and otherwise Treating Yarn in Cops or other similar Compact Form.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVIDIUNAL OF MULTIUATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Scouring, Bleaching, and
otherwise Treating Yarn in Cops or other similar Compact Form.
ALEXANDER MARR, Electrical Engineer, 66, Upper Brook Street, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to that class of apparatus for dyeing scouring and bleach-
ing and otherwise treating yarn in cops or other similar compact form in which it
is placed on hollow perforated injection tubes or spindles by means of which latter
and the assistance of suitable pump or pumps the yarn is exhausted of air and
impregnated with dye or other suitable liquor by drawing or forcing it through
and ultimately extracting the superflous liquor from the same.
In constructing my machine I provide a cast trough or box to carry the dyeing
liquor in with an outlet pipe in the centre of the trough at its base, and which
outlet pipe is continued up the sides of the trough and connected to the force
pump or pumps and then continued on from the pump or pumps to or near the
top of the trough or box carrying the liquor.
A portion of the pump or pumps may be cast on the side or sides of the trough.
For the purpose of holding or carrying the yarn in cops or other suitable form
I cast a box with a space of about one inch between the two outside faces.
On one edge of the box I cast a flange, and opening equal in area to the space
between the two faces.
I then bore holes through the two faces of the box and the yarn in cops being
fix'd on the perforated spindle the spindle is then placed in the hole in the plates
or outside faces of the box.
The flange or opening cast on one edge of the box is arrang'd to fit onto the
outlet pipe on the base of the liquor carrying trough.
The pump or pumps are then set in motion which draws the liquor through the
yarn then through the spindles into the space between the two faces of the box
carrying the spindles and out at the opening cast on one edge of the box, out at
the pump or pumps and continued on at or near the top of the liquor trough and
so emptied into the liquor trough.
I may construct the machine in parts and bolt together if desired.
I arrange steam pipes at bottom of trough to heat the liquor.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Dyeing, Scouring, Bleaching, and
ctherwise Treating Yarn in Cops or other similar Compact Form.
I, ALEXANDER MARR, of 66, Upper Brook Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Electrical Engineer, 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:-
This invention relates to apparatus for dyeing, scouring, bleaching and similarly
treating yarn in cops and the like and its main object is to increase the efficiency
and output of such apparatus.
An apparatus of the type to which these improvements refer consists of two
vessels one contained within the other and removable. The inner vessel; or casing
is cylindrical and is provided with radially placed perforated spindles upon which
the cops are placed. The space between the two vessels contains the dyeing or
other liquid which is forced by means of a pump through the substance of the cops.
According to this invention the inner vessel is in the form of a flattened box
the two opposite faces of which are perforated for the spindles. By this arrange-
ment the spindles are more compactly and closely placed and the capacity of the
apparatus is largely increased.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the construction of the improved inner
vessel and its arrangement within the dye containing bath or outer vessel.
Figure 1 illustrates the apparatus in vertical cross section.
Figure 2 shews a vertical longitudinal section through the outer vessel, the
inner vessel being shewn in elevation.
Figure 3 is a sectional representation of one of the perforated spindles
employed.
A is the outer vessel or tank for containing the dyeing or other liquid with
which the cops are to be impregnated or treated. B is the inner vessel formed, as
shewn, as a flattened box with the opposite sides perforated as at b. These per-
forations are arranged as closely together as possible and receive the ends of the
perforated spindles C upon which the cops are placed. Two such spindles with
their cops are shewn in position in the lower part of Figure 1. The bottom of
the box B is provided with a flared mouth D which fits upon a nozzle E formed
upon the pipe F which communicates with the G.
pump
In use the inner vessel B is charged with cops and is lowered into the position
shown within the outer dye containing vessel. The pump is then started and
liquid is drawn from the outer vessel through the cops and spindles, the inner
vessel and the pipe F, being returned to the apparatus by the pipes H. The
cops are thus thoroughly impregnated. When the operation is completed or has
extended a sufficient length of time the box with its cops is lifted out of the
tank and the cops may be removed therefrom or be left in place for further
similar treatment if desired.
J, J, are guide flanges for guiding the box in its downward movement, and
thus ensuring that it takes its proper place upon the nozzle, and K, K, are eye-
bolts or similar devices by means of which the inner vessel may be lifted and
lowered.
If desired, steam pipes may be arranged within the bottom of the tank to heat
the liquid.

page_text: 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:-
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In apparatus for dyeing, scouring, bleaching and similarly treating yarn in
cops and the like, a flattened box or vessel the two opposite sides of which are
perforated for the reception of the spindles carrying the cops constructed and
arranged substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.