IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS " OR APPARATUS FOR DRESSING AND FINISHING WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRICS."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John William Bannister, of the Britannia Mills, Leeds,
in the County of York, and William Bywater, of the Sweet Street Foundry,
in the said Leeds for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS
"
OR
APPARATUS FOR DRESSING AND FINISHING WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRICS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John William Bannister
and William Bywater at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
21st May 1881.
JOHN WILLIAM BANNISTER, of the Britannia Mills, Leeds, in the County of
York, and WILLIAM BYWATER, of the Sweet Street Foundry, in the said Leeds.
AND FINISHING
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS APPARATUS FOR DRESSING
OR
WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRICS."
In carrying our improvements into effect the fabric to be operated upon is, when
required, first conducted over a steaming box, or is otherwise steamed, thence it is
conducted by rollers held so as to be capable of rocking in arms or in a frame
acted upon so as to vary the tension on the fabric as required.
Thence the fabric is acted on by another guide roller or other guide rollers in its
passage to a brushing roller, thence it passes to the surface of a sand or emery
roller, and from the surface of the sand or emery roller to what is commonly called
the "inking roller." Between these rollers the fabric is acted upon by adjustable
pressure rollers.
After leaving the "inking roller" the fabric is acted upon by
another adjustable pressure roller, and thence by a series of cylinders or rollers the
fabric is conducted to the cuttle or cuttle arms for effecting the desired folding
of it.
Motions are given to the respective main operating rollers by bands or other.
gear from a main shaft operated by steam or other suitable power, and so that any
of them may for a time be thrown out of operation by the attendant without
interfering with the correct action of the other parts.
When the operation of any of such main operating rollers is suspended the fabric
is passed over other guide roller or rollers to prevent contact with the main roller
or rollers for the time out of operation.
By thus combining these separate operations greatly increased facility as well as
economy of working may be realized.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John William Bannister and William Bywater in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 19th November 1881.
JOHN WILLIAM BANNISTER, of the Britannia Mills, Leeds, in the County of
York, and WILLIAM BYWATER, of the Sweet Street Foundry, in the said Leeds.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR DRESSING AND FINISHING
WOOLLEN OR WORSTED FABRICS."
In carrying our improvements into effect the fabric to be operated upon is, when
required, first conducted over a steaming box, or is otherwise steamed, thence it is
conducted by rollers held so as to be capable of rocking in arms or in a frame acted
upon so as to vary the tension on the fabric as required.
Thence the fabric is acted on by another guide roller or other guide rollers in its
passage to a brushing roller, thence it passes to the surface of the sand or emery
roller, and from the surface of the sand or emery roller to what is commonly called
the "inking roller." Between these rollers the fabric is acted upon by another
adjustable pressure roller, and thence by a series of cylinders or rollers the fabric
is conducted to the cuttle or cuttle arms for effecting the desired folding of it.
Motions are given to the respective main operating rollers by bands or other
gear from a main shaft operated by steam or other suitable power, and so that any
of them may for a time be thrown out of operation by the attendant without
interfering with the correct action of the other parts.
When the operation of any of such main operating rollers is suspended the fabric
is passed over other guide roller or rollers to prevent contact with the main roller
or rollers for the time out of operation.
But that the Invention may be more fully understood we will, by the aid of the
Jacanika manna
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page_text: arranging or combining parts forming means or apparatus for dressing and finishing
woollen or worsted fabrics, whereby facility is afforded for the combined or
separate operations in working therewith, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John William Bannister and William
Bywater, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Seventeenth day
of November, One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
JOHN W. BANNISTER. (L.S.)
WILLIAM BYWATER.
(L.S.)