Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Treating, Washing, Cleansing, Discharging, Bleaching, Drying, and Softening Fibrous and Textile Materials.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd May, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 4th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd May, 1889
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Treating, Washing,
Cleansing, Discharging, Bleaching, Drying, and Softening Fibrous
and Textile Materials.
I EDWARD BRASIER of Bastable House, New Cross, in the County of Surrey
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improved apparatus consists of a long shallow tank or trough of any suitable
length or width arranged with a frame or carriage carrying two or more rollers
fluted or plain. The fibrous material to be treated is placed lengthwise in the bottom
of the tank and the rollers and carriage are caused to travel to and fro over them.
The pressure upon the rollers is adjusted by means of a spring and screw and the
carriage or frame is furnished with loose arms carrying the rollers so that they can
be readily changed for the various successive operations upon the fibrous materials.
The frame or carriage traverses backwards and forwards lengthwise of the tank or
trough and may be driven by means of a pulley and shaft and with a pinion upon a
shaft having a universal joint the pinion gearing into an external and internal toothed
wheel. The motion to the carriage is given by means of a grooved pulley fixed upon
a cross shaft (above the tank) and carrying the external and internal toothed wheel.
A wire rope strap or endless band is connected to the frame or carriage passing
over pulleys connected at each end of the tank and driven by the grooved pulley
before mentioned. The mechanism employed for imparting a to and fro motion to
the carriage and pressing rollers may be considerably varied without departing from
the nature of my invention. Suitable means are employed for filling and discharging
the contents of the tanks or troughs as required for the successive processes in the
treatment of the fibrous material. In the process of cleansing water is admitted at
each end of the tank or with a flexible tube connected to a perforated pipe over the
pressing rollers.
The same machine or apparatus may be used for softening various kinds of fibrous
materials such as china grass or rhea and other similar fibres suitable rollers being
employed working upon a rubber pad.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,.
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Treating, Washing,
Cleansing, Discharging, Bleaching, Drying, and Softening Fibrous
and Textile Materials.
I EDWARD BRASIER of Bastable House New Cross in the County of Surrey,
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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for treating
washing cleansing discharging bleaching drying and softening fibrous and textile
materials.
And in order that my improvements may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the same reference being made to the
drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a plan, Figure 2 and end elevation and Figure 3 a side elevation part
of the tank being broken away to show the rollers and apparatus combined therewith
arranged to operate on fibrous and textile materials in accordance with my invention.
My improved apparatus consists of a long shallow tank or trough a of any suitable
length or width arranged with a frame or carriage b travelling to and fro therein and
two or more rollers cc (fluted or plain) mounted thereon. The fibrous material to
be treated is placed lengthwise in the bottom of the tank b (which may be plain or
corrugated) and the rollers cc¹ and carriage bare caused to travel to and fro over
them. The pressure upon the rollers cc is adjusted by means of springs dd and
adjusting screws d'd¹. The carriage or frame 6 is furnished with loose arms ee
moving on axes at ele¹ and carrying the rollers cc so that they can be readily
changed as required for the various successive operations upon the fibrous materials.
ee are adjusting screws which act upon the ends of the levers e³ (moving on
axes e e¹) to raise the rollers cc' as required in order to lessen the pressure of the
rollers upon the fibrous materials.
The frame or carriage b traverses backwards and forwards lengthwise of the tank or
trough a and may be driven by means of a pulley fand shaft and with a pinion g
upon the shaft having a universal joint g¹ the pinion g gearing into an external
and internal toothed wheel / acting like the ordinary "mangle motion" for reversing
the motion of the grooved pulley i and carriage b. The motion to the frame or
carriage b is given by means of a grooved pulley i fixed upon a cross shaft i¹ (above
the tank) and carrying the external pin wheel and internal toothed wheel h
(Figure 3*).
The universal joint gl allows part of the axis f and pinion 9 to vibrate when
changing from the exterior to the interior of the pins on the wheel h and vice versa a
sufficient space between the pins at one part allowing the pinion to pass through and
reverse the motion as is well understood.

page_text: A wire rope strap or other endless band j is connected to the frame or carriage b
passing over pulleys & connected at each end of the tank a and driven by the grooved
pulley i before mentioned or by other suitable means. The mechanism employed for
imparting a to and fro motion to the carriage and pressing rollers may be
considerably varied without departing from the nature of my invention. Suitable
means are employed for filling and discharging the contents of the tanks or troughs
by the valves or otherwise as required for the successive processes in the treatment
of the fibrous materials. In the process of cleansing water is admitted at each end of
the tank or with a flexible tube connected to a perforated pipe over the pressing
rollers cc'.
The same machine or apparatus may be used for softening various kinds of fibrous
materials such as china grass or rhea and other similar fibres suitable rollers being
employed working upon a rubber pad or otherwise, heated rollers are substituted
when the apparatus is employed for drying the fibres after previous treatment as
described.
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 improved arrangement construction and combination of machinery or
apparatus employed for treating washing cleansing discharging bleaching drying
and softening fibrous and textile materials in which a series of rollers such as e c¹
mounted upon a carriage or frame bare caused to travel to and fro from end to end
of a tank a so as to operate upon the fibrous and textile materials placed therein
during either of the before mentioned processes substantially as and for the purposes
bereinbefore described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
2. The improved general arrangement and combination of machinery or apparatus
for operating upon fibrous and textile materials substantially in the manner and for
the purposes herein before described and represented in the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 4th day of February 1889.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Patentee.