Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Cloth and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left. 7th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1899
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Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Cloth and
other Fibrous Materials.
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"I, AMOS MATHER, of 343,, Blackburn Road, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Bleachers' Manager, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:
This invention refers' to improvements in or relating to apparatus for singe-
ing cloth and other fibrous materials and consists in providing suitable frame-
work in one or more sections as desired according to the width and number of
widths of cloth and other fibrous materials' to be treated or operated upon at
one and the same time or otherwise To the framework are attached gas pipes--
with solid and other ends provided with taps' or valves for regulating the supply
of gas or otherwise as desired according to the width and number of widths
of cloth and other fibious materials to be singed or treated To the gas pipes
are attached hinged' burners to allow of the same being adjusted according to
the class or nature of the cloth or other fibrous materials to be treated, also for
admitting of the burners being removed out of action when desired or necessary.
Dated the 11th day of February 1899..
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Singeing Cloth and .
other Fibrous Materials.
I, AMOS MATHER, of 343, Blackburn Road, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Bleachers' Manager, 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;
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to apparatus for singe-
ing cloth and other fibrous materials and consists in providing suitable frame-
work in one or more sections as desired according to the width and number of
widths of cloth and other fibrous materials to be treated or operated upon at
one and the same time or otherwise. To the framework are attached gas pipes―
with solid or other ends-provided with taps or valves for regulating the supply
of gas or otherwise. as .desired according to the width and number of widths
of cloth and other fibrous materials to be singed or treated. To the gas pipes
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page_text: are attached hinged burners to allow of the same being adjusted according to
the class or nature of the cloth or other fibrous materials to be treated, also for
admitting of the burners being removed out of action when desired or necessary.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improvements in or relating to
apparatus for singeing cloth and other fibrous materials-Fig 2 a plan of Fig. 1-
Fig. 3 a transverse sectional elevation through line. E F in Fig. 1 of my inven-
tion when in position for singeing cloth and other fibrous materials-Fig. 4
a transverse sectional elevation through line E Fin Fig. 1 of my invention when
out of action, and Fig. 5, a transverse section through line G H in Fig. 1.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A is the gas pipe located on one side of the singeing machine and supplied
with coal gas-from any convenient source: C.stuffing-boxes; D glands: I.sup-
ports for gas pipes; J gas pipes: K hinged burners, and L represents the cloth
or other fibrous materials to be treated. The gas pipes J are mounted at one
end in the stuffing boxes Ceand glands D on-the side of the gas pipe. A to make
agas-tight.joint, and allow of the movements of the same. to place the gas
burners K in and out of action as desired: the other end of each gas pipe J
being stopped up or made solid by the screwed plug is supported in the bear-
ing I secured to the framework P of a singeing machine by means of the nut. M.
To the gas pipes J are secured the unions N carrving the pipes O. The upper
ends of the latter are screwed into the underside of the gas burners K. The
gas burners Kare composed of the channel R over which is secured the plate S
by means of the bolts or set screws T, which when fitted together forms a gas
chamber from end to end' internally; the outlet being provided on the upper
side by means of the slot W, the upper or outer edge being the point of igni-
tion The plugged ends g of the gas pipes J are provided with the levers X to
which are secured the pins or centres Y by the' nuts Z. . On the pins or centres.Y
is mounted the rod a to connect the levers X together and allow of the gas
pipes J and their adjuncts being moved simultaneously in and out of action by
means of the hand lever 6 mounted on one of the gas pipes J. If desired each
gas pipe J may be provided with a tap or valve to allow of one or more lengths
being employed at one and the same time, which taps or valves may also be
employed for regulating the supply of gas according to the strength of flame
required or necessary as demanded by the various kinds of cloth and the nature
of other fibrous materials to be singed or treated This apparatus may be
constructed so as to extend full across the cloth travelling portion of the machine,
or may be duplicated in short lengths in the width.of the machine to allow of
varving widths and kinds of cloth or other fibrous material being operated upon
with varying degrees of singeing according to the. various kinds and natures
of cloth or other fibrous materials to be singed or treated. The gas is supplied
with atmospheric air by means of a fan when passing through the pipe A in
its passage to the burners K, by, which an intense flame and heat is produced
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thus, ensuring of singeing being effectively performed with economy
ends U of the gas burners K are closed to ensure of all the ras and air being
forced through the slots W
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, declare that what I
claim is
The general arrangement construction and combination of parts composing
my improvements in or relating to apparatus for singeing cloth and other
fibrous materials, consisting of the gas pipes J loosely mounted: and carried at
one end in the stuffing-boxes C attached to the gas pipe A, the opposite end

page_text: being loosely mounted and carried in the bearing I on the framework P: the
pipes J being fitted with the unions N to which are attached the pipes 0 carry-
ing the gas burners K composed of the channel R covered with the plate S
secured by the bolts or set screws T which are constructed and arranged to
form on the upper side the slot W for the emission of coal gas, the upper edge
being the point of ignition: the pipes J being fitted with the levers X and pins
or centres Y coupled together by the rod a, the gas burners K being operated
in and out of action by means of the hand lever, the whole being connected,
applied, and operating substantially as described and as illustrated in the
annexed drawings Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive.
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