OR IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS IN BATCHING JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexander Freir, of Dundee, in the County of
Forfar, North Britain, for the Invention of "NEW OR IMPROVED
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS IN BATCHING JUTE
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 13th July 1875, and dated the 18th February 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexander Freir at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
18th February 1875.
I, ALEXANDER FREIB, of Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "NEW
OR IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS IN BATCHING
JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows, that is to say :—
This Invention, which relates to improvements in the arrangement
and construction of machinery or apparatus employed in distributing
liquids on to jute and other similar fibres whilst being batched in the.
softening machine, has for its object to effect an equal distribution of the
oil, water, or other liquid employed.

page_text: The apparatus as constructed in accordance with this Invention con-
sists of a tank or vessel in which the oil or other liquid is placed, which
tank is formed with a hole or opening at its lower end, into which a
block formed with a series of vertical channels or passages is fitted.
The channels or passages taper downwards from the bottom of the
tank or vessel, and in each channel or passage a tapered bar or needle
is placed with the point projecting downwards therefrom. Between the
needles or bars and the channels or passages an annular space is left for
the passage outwards of the oil or other liquid. The needles or bars are
at their upper ends screwed or otherwise fixed into a block, the under
side of which is provided with a lining of india-rubber or other elastic
material which bears on the upper ends of the channels or passages
herein-before referred to and closes them, except at the proper intervals.
To the upper side of the needle bar or block a spindle is fixed, whose
higher end is attached to a crank situate on a shaft whereon another
crank or tappet is also secured. The latter crank or tappet bears upon
the upper end of a vertical rod or spindle, whose lower extremity is
secured to the axis of one of the upper rollers of the softening machine.
The jute or other fibre in passing between the softening rollers raises
the upper roller to which the spindle is attached, which acting on the
crank or tappet moves the shaft whereon it is situated, and thereby
through the intervention of the crank first referred to raises the elastic
surface of the block holding the needles or bars from the upper ends of
the channels or passages, and allows the oil or other liquid to pass
through them on to the tapered needles or bars, by which it is distributed
to the jute or other fibre being treated.

page_text: year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
38th year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Alexander Freir, Her special license that I,
the said Alexander Freir, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Alexander Freir, my executors, admini-
strators, or assigns, should at any time agree with and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for " NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUIDS IN BATCHING JUTE AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Alexander Freir, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal;
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexander Freir, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to
say :-
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My said Invention, which relates to improvements in the arrange-
ment and construction of machinery or apparatus for distributing liquids
on to jute and other similar fibres whilst being batched, has for its object
to effect an equal distribution of the oil, water, or other liquid
employed.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I
now proceed particularly to describe the arrangement or construction of
the machinery or apparatus, and the system, mode, or manner in or
under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
effect, reference being had to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
On the Sheet of Drawings hereunto appended Figure 1 is a part
longitudinal section, and Figure 2 a transverse section on the line an b,

page_text: Figure 1, of the apparatus as constructed in accordance with my said
Invention, whilst Figures 3 and 4 are respectively detailed views of parts
of the same.
As shewn by Figures 1 and 2 the apparatus consists of a tank or
vessel A, whose length is equal or nearly equal to that of the rollers of
the batching machine, and in which the oil, water, or other liquid is
placed. The tank or vessel A is formed with an oblong hole or opening
at its lower end, into which a block B, made with a series of vertical
channels a, is fitted, as shewn. The channels or passages a taper down-
wards from the bottom of the tank or vessel A, and in each channel or
passage a tapered bar or needle 6 is situated with the point projecting
downwards from the channel or passage. Between the needles or bars b
and the sides of the channels or passage an annular space is left for the
passage outwards of the oil, water, or other liquid from the tank or
vessel A. The needles or bars are at their upper ends screwed or other-
wise fixed into a block O which extends along the tank or vessel A, and
whose under side is provided with a lining d of india-rubber, leather, or
other flexible material held in position by a plate e, the form of which
in plan is seen at Figure 4 of the Drawings. The lining d bears on the
upper ends of the channels or passages a and closes them, except at the
proper intervals. To the upper side of the bar or block C a spindle D
is secured, the upper end of which is attached to or bears on a crank E
situate on a shaft F supported in brackets G. The brackets are attached
to opposite ends of the tank or vessel A on the shaft F; other cranks or
tappets H are also secured, each of which bears upon the upper end of a
vertical rod or spindle I, whose lower extremity is attached to the axis
of one of the upper roller J of the batching or softening machine.
The jute or other fibre in passing between the softening rollers of the
batching machine raises the upper roller J, to the axis of which the
spindles I are attached, which spindles acting on the cranks or tappets H
move the shaft F through an arc, and thereby through the intervention
of the crank E raise the elastic surface d of the block C, thereby holding
the needles or bars 6 a short distance up in the channels or passages a;
oil or other liquid is thereby allowed to flow from the tank or vessel A,
and passing through the channels on to the tapered needles 6 is by them a
distributed throughout the entire length of the roller J, or throughout
such portion of its length as may be desired on to the jute or other fibre
being treated.

page_text: By arranging machinery or apparatus for distributing oil or other
liquid on jute or other fibres with the conical needles and channels, as
herein-before described, an equal distribution is obtained, whilst at the
same time the quantity of oil put on can be regulated with facility.
The quick action of the machine has also the effect of saving a con-
siderable portion of oil which in apparatus as hitherto constructed passes
on to the fibre in excess of the quantity required to be used.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which
the same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would
observe in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and
therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in
part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The general arrangement and construction of apparatus con-
stituting the machine herein-before described and shewn, or any mere
modification of the same, and the employment thereof in distributing
oil, water, or other liquids in batching or softening jute and other
fibres.
Second. The conical needles 6 and tapered channels a, as and for tho
purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexander Freir, have hereunto set
my hand and seal. this Twelfth day of August. One thousand