Improvements in or relating to Cylinder Drying Machines for Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 17th Nov.. 1892-Accepted. 17th Dec.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Cylinder Drying Machines for
Textile Fabrics.
We, ELIZABETH APPLETON and ANNE APPLETON of the firm of Thomas
Appleton and Co. of Turton and Bradshaw Bleachworks, Bleachers and Dyere,
and SAMUEL FLETCHER HOLT of Prospect Hill, Millwright, all of Turton near
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to cylinder drying machines,
better known as drying tins, heated by steam for drying textile fabrics, and consists
in means for dispensing with the loose internal sheet metal buckets and their
appendages employed for conveying condensed and other water therefrom. This
we accomplish by casting to one of the metallic ends of the drying tin or cylinder
two or more curved or other forms of scoops so disposed that, as the said tin or
cylinder rotates, the condensed or other water that collects therein will be scooped
up and delivered into a chamber or cavity leading to a passage through the
supporting shaft or journal, from whence the water is conveyed away in any
convenient manner. To prevent the water collected by each scoop flowing back
through the other scoop or scoops a suitable midfeather is provided to guide the
water into the passage in the shaft or journal. The midfeather may be of any
convenient form and secured by any suitable means.
Dated the 16th February 1892.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements.in or relating to Cylinder Drying Machines for
Textile Fabrics.
We, ELIZABETH APPLETON and ANNE APPLETON of the firm of Thomas
Appleton and Co. of Turton and Bradshaw Bleachworks, Bleachers and Dyers,
and SAMUEL FLETCHER HOLT of Prospect Hill, Millwright, all of Turton near
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention and-in-what-manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to cylinder drying machines,
better known as drying tins, heated by steam for drying textile fabrics, and
consists in means for dispensing with the loose internal sheet metal buckets and
their appendages employed for conveying condensed and other water therefrom.
This we accomplish by casting to one of the metallic ends of the drying tin or
cylinder two or more curved or other forms of scoops so disposed that, as the said
tin or cylinder rotates, the condensed or other water that collects therein will be
Ecooped up and delivered into a chamber or cavity leading to a passage through
the supporting shaft or journal, from whence the water is conveyed away in any
convenient manner. To prevent the water collected by each scoop flowing back
through the other scoop or scoops a suitable midfeather is provided to guide the
water into the passage in the shaft or journal. The midfeather may be of any
convenient form and secured by any suitable means.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal side elevation of so much of a cylinder drying machine,
better known as drying tius, as is necessary to illustrate our present invention.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a part sectional elevation of a drying tin or cylinder with our invention
applied.
Fig. 3 is a sectional end view through line A B in Fig. 4.
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan through line C D in Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of our invention with a loose midfeather.
Fig. 6 is an end view of same.
Fig. 7 is a side view of loose midfeather, and Fig. 8 is an end view.
Our invention consists in casting to the cylinder end E the scoops G disposed
so that, as the tin or other drying cylinder H rotates, the condensed or other
• water that collects therein will be scooped up and delivered into the chamber or
cavity I leading to the passage K in the supporting shaft or journal S, from whence
it is delivered down the ordinary hollow bearings or supports L to the troughs or
pipes M forming the framework of the machine; being emptied from the latter in,
the usual manner by a trap or other means. It will be seen that when the'
cylinder H is rotating that only one scoop will operate.
To ensure of the
cylinder H being emptied of condensed or other water in whatever direction
the same may be rotated we provide or cast two scoops on the end E as shown in
the drawings. To prevent the water collected by the scoop G operating flowing
back through the other scoop we provide the midfeather N, to guide the water
into the passage K in the bearing S. The midfeather N may be cast therein as
shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, or, be made separate as shown in Figs. 5, 6, 7, and 8.
In the latter case the midfeather N may be of brass or other metallic materials,
and secured in position to the chamber or cavity I by means of the flange O and
bolts or set screws P.
We would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the number of
scoops shown and stated as the same may be increased according to the diameter
or requirements of the cylinder.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
In combination with the drying tins or cylinders H, the use of the metallic end E
with the scoops G cast thereto, and provided with the midfeather N which may be
cast therein or separate for the purpose specified, substantially as described and as
shown in the annexed drawings.
Dated the 11th day of November 1892.