Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Dec., 1886
Complete Left, 5th Sept., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Oct.. 1887.
I, ALFRED GLAISTER of Mill Hill Bleach Works, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
Bleacher, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows
This invention relates to improvements in machinery employed in the process of
finishing textile fabrics and has for its object that of enabling starching to be
performed in a friction or ordinary stiffening or filling mangle to enable a superior
gloss or finish to be imparted as well as that of saving time in damping, turning,
and mangling. This accomplish by placing above the top bowl or roller of the
machine a starch box containing a howl or roller of any suitable material. The bowl
or roller is mounted in bearings in the cheeks of the machine and is revolved by
suitable gear from any convenient part. The cloth or textile fabric is passed from the
ordinary bowls or rollers of the machine to guide rollers and over the starch roller,
after which it is operated upon by an adjustable "doctor" which removes the surplus
starch and returns it to the starch box. "After the cloth or textile fabric has passed
the "doctor" it is guided by a roller to the batch roller; the former roller being
employed for the purpose of producing an uniform tension on the "doctor." To
regulate the amount of starch supplied by the starch roller an adjustable "doctor" is
mounted on a crossbar extending across the starch box.
L. 100
EDMUND CHADWICK, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Finishing Textile Fabrics.
I, ALFRED GLAISTER of Mill Hill Bleach Works, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
Bleacher, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 improvements in machinery employed in the process of
finishing textile fabrics and has for its object that of enabling starching to be
performed in a friction or ordinary stiffening or filling mangle to enable a superior
gloss or finish to be imparted as well as that of saving time in damping, turning, and
mangling. This I accomplish by placing above the top bowl or roller of the machine
a starch box-containing a bowl or roller of any suitable material. The bowl or roller
is mounted in bearings in the cheeks of the machine and is revolved by suitable
gear from any convenient part. The cloth or textile fabric is passed from the
ordinary bowls or rollers of the machine to guide rollers and over the starch roller,
after which it is operated upon by an adjustable "doctor" which removes the surplus
starch and returns it to the starch box. After the cloth or textile fabric has passed
the "doctor" it is guided by a roller to the batch rolier; the former roller being
employed for the purpose of producing an uniform tension on the "doctor."
regulate the amount of starch supplied by the starch roller tho adjustable
"doctor" is mounted on a crossbar extending across the starch box.
To
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a frictional stiffening or filling mangle with my
improvements applied, and Fig. 2 is a plan of starch box and "doctors."
A is the framework or checks of the machine and B and Care the ordinary bowls or
rollers. Above the top bowl or roller B is fixed the starch-box D which extends the
full width between the framework or cheeks of the machine, and is supported on the
fixings E secured thereto. The starch box D is provided with the bowl or roller G
of any suitable material, such as, Brass, paper, wood, and other analogous materials,
and is provided with the centre H mounted in the bearings I in the framework or
cheeks A of the machine. The bowl or roller G is driven by the spur wheel J from
the wheel K on the centre L of the bowl or roller B. The batch of cloth or textile
fabric N intended to be operated upon is mounted on the stands M, from whence it is
passed as indicated by the line 0-between the rollers B and C to the guide rollers P
and over the starch roller G. The rollers P are mounted in the fixings Q attached
to the cheeks A.
The starch in the box D is licked up by the roller G, the amount being regulated
by the adjustable "doctor" R before it comes in contact with the cloth or fabric being
operated upon. The "doctor" R is mounted on the crossbar S and can be adjusted
laterally by means of the set-screws T and slot U as shown in Fig. 2. The cloth or
fabric after being in contact with the starch roller G passes over the adjustable
"doctor"V, which removes the surplus starch and returns it to the starch box D.
The "doctor V is provided at each end with the centres W, and is mounted in the

page_text: bearings X by means of which the angle of the same can be adjusted at will according
to the amount of finish required. The cloth or fabric after passing the "doctor" V is
wound onto the batch roller Y mounted in the bearings Z.
In
Fig. 3 is a part sectional elevation of another modification of my invention wherein
the adjustable "doctor" R is mounted on the swivelling bar S. This bar is provided
at each end with centres mounted in the hearings X. The "doctor" R is adjusted
to regulate the amount of starch passed to the cloth or fabric by the screw a and
lever the latter being attached to the swivelling bar S carrying the "doctor."
this modification the additional roller d is provided to guide the cloth or fabric over
the starch roller by which an uniform tension is given to the cloth or fabric. The
cloth or fabric after passing the doctor" V is guided by the roller to the batch
roller or otherwise as may be desired.
;
The advantages arising from this invention are as follows:-
1st. That it dispenses with once mangling, as both filling and starching are
performed in one machine.
2nd. The cloth or fabric operated upon in this machine only requires to be dried
once, consequently less damping and turning is required.
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 :-
:-
1st. The method, substantially as herein described, of filling and starching cloth or
textile fabrics at one operation in a single machine.
2nd. In combination with a stiffening and filling mangle employed for finishing
cloth or textile fabrics the use and application of apparatus consisting of the starch-
box D, bowl or roller G, adjustable "doctor" R, and the means for guiding the
cloth or fabric, applied and operating substantially as described and as shown on the
drawings.