proved Frocess ΟΙ and Apparatus to be Employed, in the Steeping, Liming, Baiting, and Tanning of Hides.
Year: 1884

page_text: proved Frocess ΟΙ and Apparatus to be Employed, in the
Steeping, Liming, Baiting, and Tanning of Hides.
I CHARLES LOUIS ROYER of Bond Mill, Halifax, in the County of York,
Patentee of the Fulled Raw'Hide Manufacturo do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention for "IMPROVED PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED
IN THE STEEPING, LIMING, BAITING, AND TANNING OF HIDES" to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to obviate the necessity of the frequent removal of
the hides from the several pits, or vats, which work has hitherto mainly been
performed by hand, involving much labor, loss of time and expense in wages.
According to this my said invention in lieu of laying the hides in layers, or one
upon another, I employ a shaft or axis preferably vertical having its footsteps or
bearings about the contre of the pit, the shaft is provided with a series of hooks or
fastenings to which the outer edges of the hides are attached, so that when it is
necessary to agitate the hides, and liquor, rotation and reverse rotation by driving
pulley and gear or other means will be imparted to the shaft whereon the whole of
the hides will be wound round the axis and on the rotation being reversed the
hides will be unwound and then wound again around the axis in the opposite
direction and so on, thus ensuring a complete manipulation and exposure of all
parts of the several hides, to the ingredients, contained within the pit or tank..

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Steeping, Liming, Baiting, and Tanning of Hides.
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I, CHARLES LOUIS ROYER of Bond Street, Hopwood Lane, Halifax do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVED PROCESS OF AND APPARATUS
TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE STEEPING, LIMING, BAITING AND. TANNING OF HIDES
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention is designed to obviate the necessity of the frequent removal of
the hides from the several pits or vats, which work has hitherto mainly been
performed by hand, involving much labor, loss of time and expense in wages.
I attain this object by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing
in which:-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a tank fitted with the improved apparatus,
Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 ; similar figures refer to similar parts throughout the
several views.
1 is a vertical shaft having its footstep 2 in or about the centre of the pit 3, 2ª is
a disc for preventing the hides coming in contact with the footstep. The shaft 1
has a boss 4 in which are received and secured the ends of a series of radial arms 5
on which the hides to be operated are carried, each hide has a slit or opening formed
near its edge, and is slipped or slid on to or about the radial arms 5. At the upper
end of the vertical shaft 1 is a bevil wheel 6 gearing with and driven by pinion
wheel 7 on the shaft 8, the latter carries at its outer end a driving pulley 9 the
shaft of which receives motion from a counter shaft fitted with any of the ordinary
well known automatic reversing mechanisms for purpose of reversing the direction
of motion of shafts 8 and 1, and the radial arms 5, whereby the hides are caused to
coil and uncoil or manipulate by reason of the alternate rotation of the shaft in
reverse directions, thus thoroughly agitating and stirring the liquid and ingredients
within the tank 3.
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
The use, in apparatus for steeping, liming, baiting and tanning hides, of a shaft
provided with arms from which the hides are hung, and to which rotary motion is
imparted alternately in opposite directions for the purpose of manipulating the
hides, substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
Dated this 21st day of Angust 1985