Improvements in Treating Textile Fabrics Prior to Sizing, Dyeing, Scouring, Filling or the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Treating Textile Fabrics Prior to Sizing, Dyeing,
Scouring, Filling or the like.
We, CICERO SMITи and WALTER SMITH, of Joshua Smith Limited, Frost Holme
Mill, Cornholme, near Todmorden, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Manu-
facturers, JAMES HODKINSON, of the same address, Manager, and Jonx CHRISTMAS
CHORLEY, F.I.C. and F.C.S., of Lodge Lane, Bewsey, Warrington, in the said
County, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in treating textile fabrics prior to
sizing, dyeing, scouring, filling or the like, and the object of our improvements
is to prepare and condition textile fabrics before entering the size trough, dye
vat or other vessel used for like purposes so that the fibrous materials may be
in a better condition for the sizing, dyeing, scouring, filling or similar process.
In carrying our invention into effect we pass the textile fabrics over a heated
cylinder or cylinders placed immediately in front of and preferably as close as
possible to the sizing, dyeing, scouring or filling trough of the machine.
The ordinary manner of sizing, dyeing and filling textile fabrics is to send
them into the trough containing the size, dye or filling material in a cold and
unprepared state, and the materials being in this cold condition, at their first
entrance thereto reject and chill the size, dye &c. and do not commence to absorb
the size &c. until the fabrics are opened and heated up to the same temperature
as the size &c. they have to absorb.
By our invention the effect of heating the textile fabrics in the manner described
is that the heat causes the fibres to expand and open equally and freely in all
directions and enter the size, dye or filling trough in a heated and open condition
and therefore better prepared to absorb and retain the size, dye or filling material
which may be either hot or cold.
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
Improvements in Treating Textile Fabrics Prior to Sizing, Dyeing,
Scouring, Filling or the like.
We, CICERO SMITII and WALTER SMITH, of Joshua Smith Limited, Frost Holme
Mill, Cornholme, near Todmorden, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Manu-
facturers, JAMES HODKINSON, of the same address, Manager, and JOHN CHRISTMAS
CHORLEY, F.I.C. and F.C.S., of Lodge Lane, Bewsey, Warrington, in the said
Price S/1

page_text: County, 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 invention relates to improvements in treating textile fabrics prior to
sizing, dyeing, scouring, filling or the like, and the object of our improvements
is to prepare and condition textile fabrics before entering the size trough, dye
vat or other vessel used for like purposes so that the fibrous materials may be
in a better condition for the sizing, dyeing, scouring, filling or similar process.
In carrying our invention into effect we pass the textile fabrics over a heated
cylinder or cylinders placed immediately in front of and preferably as close as
possible to the sizing, dyeing, scouring or filling trough of the machine.
The accompanying drawing is a side elevation of part of a dyeing or similar
machine fitted with our improvements for heating and opening the fibres of
textile fabrics before they enter the sizing, dyeing, scouring, filling or similar
machine.
In this view, 1 denotes a batch of cloth, 2 a pair of nip rollers, 3 a guide
roller, 4 a steam heated cylinder and 5 a guide roller.
The cloth is led from the batch through the nip rollers 2, round the guide
roller 3, and round the steam heated cylinder 4, by which the cloth is dried and
its fibres are heated and expanded, thence over the guide roller 5 forward to
any suitable type of filling or dyeing machine according to the treatment required.
The ordinary manner of sizing, dyeing and filling textile fabrics is to send
them into the trough containing the size, dye or filling material in a cold and
unprepared state, and the materials being in this cold condition, at their first
entrance thereto reject and chill the size, dye &c. and do not commence to absorb
the size &c. until the fabrics are opened and heated up to the same temperature
as the size &c. they have to absorb.
By our invention the effect of heating the textile fabrics in the manner described
is that the heat causes the fibres to expand and open equally and freely in all
directions and enter the size, dye or filling trough in a heated and open condition
and therefore better prepared to absorb and retain the size, dye or filling material,
which may be either hot or cold.
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:
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1. Conditioning and preparing textile fabrics by heating and drying them
by the application of dry heat immediately before the fabrics enter the size, dye
or other vat or trough whereby the fibres of the fabrics are heated, dried and
expanded and are therefore in a better condition to absorb and retain the filling
or dye substantially as herein set forth.
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2. The combination with a trough, vat or the like for treating textile fabrics,
of a steam heated cylinder placed immediately in advance of said trough, vat
or equivalent for the purpose of heating, drying, and expanding the fibres and
rendering them in a better condition to absorb and retain the filling or dye,
substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 27th day of October 1800
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.