Year: 1888

page_text: I, GEORGE CAMERON DOUGLAS, of 41 Reform Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention of improvements in the arrangement and construction of singeing
machines, refers principally to burners, my object being firstly, to uniformly singe
the cloth on both sides; and secondly to efficiently burn coal or oil gas as may be
desired.
The first part of my invention is carried out in the following manner. I employ
the usual type of machine for running the cloth over the burners, each side being
separately presented to a different set of burners by means of guide rollers suitably
placed.
Each set of burners are closely placed side by side, and are screwed into a tube
which acts as a reservoir for the gas, said tube being in connection with a gas holder.
Each tube is laid horizontally across the machine and is supported at the ends by
brackets, provision being made for moving them automatically or otherwise in a
transverse direction.
These brackets also permit of the tube with its burners being adjusted vertically.
The second part of my invention relates to the construction of the burners.
The lower part of the burner is screwed into the horizontal tube or reservoir and
is fitted with an ordinary stop cock so that the gas may be turned off or on at will;
fitted into the top of this stop çock is a brass top having an opening at centre of
No. 28 wire gauge for gas passing through.

page_text: Screwed on the upper portion of said stop cock is a hollow tube with one or more
air holes in its lower end, and into this at top is fixed a chamber, with orifice from
which the burning gas issues.
This top chamber is made in breadth about equal to the diameter of the central
tube and in width equal to about two diameters.
It is of a hollow box like form and has a narrow slit in the width direction, through
which the gas mixed with air issues.
The whole combination of burner being a modification of the Bunsen burner and
is equally applicable for burning coal or oil gas.

page_text: Improvements in the. Arrangement and Construction of Singeing
Machines for Textile Fabrics.
I, GEORGE CAMERON DOUGLAS, of 41 Reform Street, Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE ARRANGEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF SINGEING MACHINES, FOR TEXTILE
FABRICS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention of improvements in the arrangement and construction of singeing
machines, refers principally to burners, my object being firstly, to uniformly singe
the cloth on both sides; and secondly to efficiently burn coal or oil gas as may be
desired.
The first part of my invention is carried out in the following manner.
I employ the usual type of machine for running the cloth over the burners, each
side being separately presented to a different set of burners by means of guide rollers
suitably placed.
Each set of burners are closely placed side by side, and are screwed into a tube
which acts as a reservoir for the gas, said tube being in connection with a gas holder.
Each tube is laid horizontally across the machine and is supported at the ends by
brackets, provision being made for moving them automatically. or otherwise, in a
transverse direction.
These brackets also permit of the tube with its burners being adjusted vertically.
The second part of my invention relates to the construction of the burners.
The lower part of the burner is screwed into the horizontal tube or reservoir, and
is fitted with an ordinary stop cock, so that the gas may be turned off or on at will i
fitted into the top of this stop cock is a metal top having an opening at centre of
No. 28 wire gauge for gas passing through.
Screwed on the upper portion of said stop cock is a hollow tube with one or more
air holes in its lower end, and into this at top, is fixed a chamber with orifice, from `
which the burning gas issues.
This top chamber is made in breadth about equal to the diameter of the central
tube and in width equal to about two diameters.
It is of a hollow box like form and has a narrow slit in the width direction, through
which the gas mixed with air issues.
The whole combination of burner being a modification of the Bunsen burner and is
equally applicable for burning coal or oil gas.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. Sheet No. 1. represents a side view of the singeing machine.
A. is the feed and B. the delivery side of the machine, C. being the cloth which is
to be singed. It passes over the tension rails D. D. D, thence over guide rollers E. E,
between the rollers F. and G. to the delivery side, H. being the singed cloth.

page_text: The combination of rollers F. and G. may be used as a measuring machine if so
desired.
I. I. are the burners, made in such a manner as to be adjustable to the most suitable
distance from the cloth.
The burners are shown in detail on sheet No. 2, Fig. 2. being a side and Fig. 3.
a front view of the burners, Fig. 4. being a plan of top at J. J. J.
K. K. are the upright standards upon which slide the brackets L. L. which are
used for the purpose of carrying the reservoirs M, said reservoirs being reduced in
diameter as they pass through L, as shown at N.
O. O. are set screws for securing L. L. in their proper position.
P. P. P. are ordinary stop cocks as used for gas burners, Q. Q. Q. being perforated
with a small hole along its axes and No. 28. wire gauge in diameter.
R. R. R. are hollow tubes having one or more holes S.. S. at their lower ends.
.T. T. T. are the top chambers; U. Fig. 4. being the orifice through which the
burning gas issues.
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 application of a burner constructed and operating substantially as
hereinbefore described.
(2) The application of a burner or burners, as described for singeing cloth, as
herein before described.
Dated this 3rd day of July 1888.