Improvements in Machines for Washing, Bleaching, Mordanting, Dyeing Cotton, Wool, or other Fibres in a Raw, Spun, or Manufactured State.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Mar., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 1st Dec., 1893--Accepted, 24th Feb., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing, Bleaching, Mordanting,
Dyeing Cotton, Wool, or other Fibres in a Raw, Spun, or
Manufactured State.
We, CARADOC OWENS, of 88, Great Clowes Street, Lower Broughton, Dyer
and Chemist, and JOSEPH WHITELEY, of Clowes Street, Chapel Street, Salford,
Pattern Maker, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a machine whereby cotton, wool, or
other fibres in a raw, spun, or manufactured state can be washed, bleached,
mordanted, or dyed in a more efficient manner and without the slightest injury to
the fibres especially in the raw state. This machine is also applicable for washing
ship-wrecked cotton or other fibres which have absorbed injurious matter as is the
case during fires. The said machine is also applicable for the dyeing of raw cotton
with indigo, which heretofore has not been successfully performed.
To this end our improvements consist in the use and application for the aforesaid
purposes of a suitable number of perforated plates linked, pivotted or otherwise
connected together, so as to form a perforated endless travelling table suitably
driven and supported at each end and adapted to receive the fibres to be treated
and carry the same between one or more pairs of rollers employed in connection
with liquor and water pipes or jets, serving respectively to saturate the fibres and
cleanse the said rollers. The fibres to be treated are placed on one end of the said
table and after having thereby been passed through one or more pairs of rollers
and subjected to the action of water or solution, are then automatically delivered
by the said table. The said rollers are suitably geared up so as to revolve at a
uniform speed, the lower one serving to drive and support the said table and the
upper one to impregnate by direct pressure the fibres under treatment with water,
dye or other liquor as may be required for the different operations. The
superfluous water or liquor is thereby expelled from the fibres and permitted to
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pass through the perforations in the said table arranged below the same.
said upper rollers are under the influence of springs and screws to permit of varying
the pressure exerted thereby onto the fibres as may be required.
In some cases we may employ an endless travelling table or creeper below the
first named table, onto which the fibres under treatment are delivered and returned
to the feeding end of the first named table.
Dated this 27th day of February 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing, Bleaching, Mordanting,
Dyeing Cotton, Wool, or other Fibres in a Raw, Spun, or
Manufactured State.
We, CARADOC OWENS, of 88, Great Clowes Street, Lower Broughton, Dyer
and Chemist, and JOSEPH WHITELEY, of Clowes Street, Chapel Street, Salford,
Pattern Maker, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: this 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 has for its object to provide a machine whereby cotton, wool, or
other fibres in a raw, spun, or mauufactured state can be washed, bleached,
mordanted, or dyed in a more efficient manner and without the slightest injury to
the fibres especially in the raw state. This machine is also applicable for washing
ship-wrecked cotton or other fibres which have absorbed injurious matter, say
during fires. The said machine is also applicable for the dyeing of raw cotton with
indigo, which heretofore has not been successfully performed.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section and Fig. 2 a plan of a machine constructed in
accordance with our invention as used for washing cotton or other fibres.
In carrying out our invention and referring to the figures generally our improve-
ments consist in the use and application for the aforesaid purposes of a suitable
number of perforated plates a linked, pivotted or otherwise connected together, so
as to form a perforated endless travelling table A, having a flange a' at each side
to prevent the water or liquor running off and the fibres falling off side-ways. The
table A is supported at each end by means of a roller b, 6', respectively, and
adapted to receive the fibres c to be treated and to carry the same between one or
more pairs of rollers, in the present instance one pair d, d', employed in connection
with liquor and water pipes or jets e, e¹, serving respectively to saturate the fibres c
and cleanse the rollers d, d¹.
In commencing the operation the fibres to be treated are placed at the right end
of the table A and having thereby been passed through one or more pairs of
rollers d, d', and subjected to the action of water or solution, are then automatically
delivered by the table A into a receptacle f. The rollers d, d' are geared up by
means of the wheels 9, 9, and revolve at a uniform speed, the lower roller d serving
to drive and support the table A and the upper one d¹ to impregnate by direct
pressure the fibres c under treatment with water, dye or other liquor as may be
required for the different operations. The superfluous water or liquor is thereby
expelled from the fibres and permitted to pass through the perforations a³ in the
table A into a trough h arranged below the same. The upper roller d' is under
the influence of springs i and screws or their equivalents to permit of varying
the pressure exerted thereby onto the fibres as may be required. The roller d is
rotated by means of a pinion k secured upon the driving shaft k and a carrier
wheel in gear with a spur wheel m secured upon the roller shaft d from which
latter, by means of a double, carrier pinion n, motion is imparted to the spur
wheel o secured upon the shaft & of the roller 6' which supports one end of the
table A.
A rotary doffing brush p is employed to remove the fibres which may adhere to
the table A in delivering the same into the receptacle f.
In some cases we may employ an endless travelling table or creeper below the
table A onto which the fibres under treatment are delivered and returned to the
feeding end of the table A as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim, is-
"In machines for washing, bleaching, mordanting, and dyeing cotton, wool, or
other fibres in a raw, spun, or manufactured state."
1st. The general construction and combination of parts constituting our
improvements operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. The use and application of a perforated endless table A suitably supported

page_text: and travelling between one or more pairs of rollers d, d', in connection with water
and liquor pipes or jets e, e', the table A serving to receive the fibres c to be
treated and pass the same between the said rollers and the latter to impregnate the
fibres by direct pressure with water or liquor supplied by the said pipes or jets,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 30th day of November 1893.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.