Improvements in Machinery for the Continuous Bleaching, Soaping, Blueing, Washing, Finishing, Sizing, Dyeing, or otherwise Analogously Treating in the Hank, of Cotton, Linen, Woollen, Silk, or other Yarns, Tapes, and similar Manufactures.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 15th Apr., 1890-Accepted, 24th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for the Continuous Bleaching, Soaping,
Blueing, Washing, Finishing, Sizing, Dyeing, or otherwise
Analogously Treating in the Hank, of Cotton, Linen, Woollen,
Silk, or other Yarns, Tapes, and similar Manufactures.
I, GEORGE BELL SHARPLES, of 23 Blackfriars Street, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Bleacher, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows
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It consists as follows employ three rollers of which, two revolve in suitable
bearings, parellel to each other, and the third is sustained upon and revolved by them,
leaving its two ends free.
These rollers revolve at a suitable or adjustable height above a series of tanks or
vessels, or one or more tanks or vessels divided into compartments, containing the
neccessary liquids for the various stages, of any, or all of the processes before-
mentioned.
The hanks are put on one end of the loose top roller and taken off its further end,
being carried forward by a suitable adjustable traverse, receiving a continuous
rotatory motion through the various liquids, neccessary to obtain any desired result,
and a double squeeze between the loose roller and the two lower rollers, during the
whole of their passage.
Dated this 15th day of July 1889.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46A, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for the Continuous Bleaching, Soaping,
Blueing, Washing, Finishing, Sizing, Dyeing, or otherwise
Analogously Treating in the Hank, of Cotton, Linen, Woollen,
Silk, or other Yarns, Tapes, and similar Manufactures.
I, GEORGE BELL SHARPLES, of 23 Blackfriars Street, Salford, Manchester, in the
County of Lancashire, Bleacher, 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 improved machinery for bleaching soaping, blueing,
washing, finishing, sizing, dyeing or otherwise analogously treating cotton, linen,
woollen, silk or other yarns, tapes and similar manufactures in the bank by a
continuous process. The hanks are placed over a loose roller carried and rotated by
two parallel rotating rollers, by means of which the hank is continuously turned and
squeezed.
The rollers are arranged above a series of tanks or vessels, or one or more tanks or
vessels divided into compartments containing the necessary liquids for the various
stages of any or all of the processes beforementioned.
The hanks are carried forward along the rollers by a suitable traversing arrange-
ment, and taken off at the further end, thus receiving a continuous rotatory motion
through the various liquids necessary to obtain any desired result.
In order that my invention may be fully understood I annex hereto a sheet of
drawings in which
Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4 represent respectively two end elevations, a side elevation and
a plan of a machine upon the principle of my invention.
In these Figs. G and S indicate two rollers, revolving in suitable bearings, a,

page_text: and actuated by spur wheels c c geared to strap pulley d. Upon these two rollors is
sustained a loose roller B actuated by their motion and retained in proper position by
the guide or indiarubber thrust wheel e at its end, indicates a tank or vessel of any
suitable length divided into compartiments, h, i, k, l'or more if required, for containing
the necessary liquids for the operation in progress.
The lanks are placed upon the cone shaped end 1 of the roller B and are carried
forward to the further end of the roller B, as it rotates, by the traverse hooks m m
which guide the banks over and off the end 62 of the roller, each hook retaining its
hank as it is passed down between wheel e and the end of roller B until it is
removed by an attendant at n (see Fig. 3) receiving during its passage a constant
double squeeze between rollers G. B and S.
By adjusting the length of the compartments or tanks and regulating the speed of
the traverse motion, according to the quality of the goods. any or all of the before-
mentioned operations can be performed with more perfect and satisfactory results
than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The combination of three rollers, two revolving in bearings and sustaining and
rotating the third or loose roller so that the hanks can be passed on to the
loose roller at one end and off at the other, substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. The combined apparatus, substantially as described and shown hereinbefore
and in the accompanying drawings, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this with day of April 1890
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46A, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.
JOHN HENRY TOPHAM,
46A, Market Street, Manchester, Agent to Applicant.