Improvements in Stentering and Drying Machines for Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1898
and Dee 1808 Accented. 23th Jan.. 1899
Date of Application, 25th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Doc., 1808 Accepted. 23th Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stentering and Drying Machines for Textile
Fabrics.
We, RICHARD WATERHOUSE, of 50, Fox Street, Stockport, Manager, and SAMUEL
MYCOCK, of 66, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows;-
Our said invention relates to an improved construction of machine to be used
for stentering and drying textile fabrics.
According to our said invention we combine with a stentering machine a series
of drying cylinders. The stentering part of the machine for stretching the cloth
is provided with chains carrying pins or clips for holding the cloth during the
stentering process which is effected in the usual manner.
The cloth in the stentering machine has the usual forward and return travel.
Immediately under the stentering part of the machine we arrange a series of
heated drying cylinders each of which is provided with guide rolls for causing
the cloth to pass almost entirely round the circumference of the cylinders. The
cloth at the end of its return travel in the stentering part of the machine is led
downwards and passes round the successive drying cylinders to a plaiting-down or
other similar arrangement at the place where it leaves the machine.
By the use of guide rollers in combination with the cylinders the cloth is made
to form a kind of chamber immediately under the stentering part of the machine.
In this space or chamber we insert steam pipes heated rollers or the like.
By such a combination of drying cylinders with a stentering machine the
waste heat rising from the drying cylinders in utilised for drying or partly
drying the cloth during its return travel in the stentering part of the machine.
The whole is suitably cased in at the sides so as to prevent lateral escape of
the heated air.
1 1000
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M. Inst. C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stentering and Drying Machines for Textile
Fabrics.
We, RICHARD WATERHOUSE, of 50, Fox Street, Stockport, Manager, and SAMUEL
MYCOCK; of GG, Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, 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:-
Our said invention relates to an improved construction of machine to be used
ine and drving textile fabrics.

page_text: According to our said invention we combine with a stentering machine a serie
of drying cylinders. The stentering part of the machine for stretching the cloth
is provided with chains carrying pins or clips for holding the cloth during the
stentering process which is effected in the usual manner.
The cloth in the stentering machine has the 'usual forward and return travel.
Immediately under the stentering part of the machine we arrange a series of
heated drying cylinders each of which is provided with guide rolls for causing
the cloth to pass almost entirely round the circumference of the cylinders. The
cloth at the end of its return travel in the stentering part of the machine is led
downwards and passes round the successive drying cylinders to a plaiting-down or
other similar arrangement at the place where it leaves the machine.
In order that our said invention may be more clearly understood we will
describe it with reference to the accompanying drawing which shows a sectional
elevation of a machine constructed in accordance with our said invention.
The cloth which is shown in chain dotted lines passes through the machine
in the direction of the arrows. It is fed through the stentering part of the
machine a round the roller b and back under the stentering part of the machine
to the roller c. At the roller e the cloth is led downwards and passes between the
guide roller d and the heated drying cylinder e. The cloth passes almost entirely
round the drying cylinder e to the guide roller d' over which it passes to the
next drying cylinder and so on round the series of cylinders as shown in the
drawing. From the last drying cylinder g the cloth passes to a plaiting down
machine or other similar arrangement.
By the use of guide rollers in combination with the cylinders the cloth is made
to form a kind of chamber & immediately under the stentering part of the machine.
In this space we insert steam pipes heated rollers or the like..
By such a combination of dry cylinders with a superposed stentering machine the
waste heat arising from the drying cylinders is utilised for drying or partly
drying the cloth during its return travel under the stentering part of the machine.
The whole is suitably cased in at the sides so as to prevent lateral escape of
the heated air.
We make no claim to any particular construction of the stentering arrange-
ments nor to any particularly construction or mode of heating the drying cylin-
ders. In these respects these parts of the machine may be made in any suitable
manner as will be well understood by those conversant with such machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is: _
1. A stentering and drying machine substantially as and for the purpose set
forth and shown.
2. The combination with a series of heated drying cylinders of a superposed
stentering arrangement substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.
3. In a stentering and drying machine the combination of the stentering
part of the machine a the heated drying cylinders the guide rollers d d for
causing the cloth to pass almost entirely round the heated drying cylinders sub-
stantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.
Dated this 21st day of December 1898
E. T. WHITELOW, A.M. Inst. C.E.,
70, Deansgate, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.