IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC- TURE OF FLOCKS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Illingworth, of Batley, in the County of York,
Flock Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFAC-
TURE OF FLOCKS, AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN."
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Illingworth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 18th December 1876.
WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH, of Butley, in the County of York, Flock Manufacturer.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOCKS, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN."
This Invention consists in connecting the rag machine or "breaker" with the
"shaker," or machine for shaking the dust and dirt out of the broken rags or flocks.
This connection may be effected either by pipes of suitable diameter, or by con-
structing both machines together, so as to form one complete apparatus.
When pipes are employed I conduct a pipe from under the rag machine to the
box of the shaker," and the current of air generated by the cylinders of the
machines is found sufficiently strong to carry the material from the rag machine to
the "shaker." I also make an opening in the upper part of the "shaker box" for
the egress of the flocks which are thrown out by the revolving shaker. The
manual labor required for transferring material from one machine to the other is
dispensed with, the dust and dirt is kept entirely under cover, and there is no
necessity for stopping the "shaker" in order to feed or empty the same, as here-
toforo.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Illingworth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th June
1877.
WILLIAM ILLINGWORTH, of Batley, in the County of York, Flock Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF FLOCKS, AND IN THE APPARATUS
EMPLOYED THEREIN."
This Invention consists in connecting the rag machine or "breaker" with the
"shaker" or machine for shaking the dust and dirt out of the broken rags or

page_text: flocks. This connection may be effected either by pipes of suitable diameter, or by
constructing both machines together, so as to form one complete apparatus.
"
When pipes are employed I conduct a pipe from under the rag machine to the
box of the "slinker," and the current of air generated by the cylinders of the machines
is found sufficiently strong to carry the material up the pipe from the rag machine
to the "shaker." I also make an opening in the lower part of the "shaker box
for the egress of the flocks which are thrown out by the revolving "shaker." The
manual labour required for transferring material from one machine to the other is
dispensed with, the dust and dirt is kept entirely under cover, and there is no
necessity for stopping the "shaker" in order to feed or empty the same as here-
tofore.
By means of this Invention two or three "breakers" may be connected to one
shaker," and the material thus treated is more thoroughly and equally mixed
than by the system of hand feeding, and also increased in value.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my Invention, I would have
it understood that what I consider to be new in the manufacture of flocks, and
therefore claim as my Invention is, the connection of a "shaker" and "breaker,"
whether such connection is effected by pipes for the passage of material, or by com-
'bining the two machines together, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Illingworth, have herenuto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-soven.
CATADATE
Witness,
A. B. CROSSLEY,
Mr. Tasker's,
Patent Office,
Halifax.
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