IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DYEING, WASHING, AND SCOURING FABRICS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Marsden, John Day Marsden, and Henry
Marsden, of Dewsbury, in the County of York, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DYEING, WASHING, AND
SCOURING FABRICS."
Sealed the 11th February 1876, and dated the 12th August 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Marsden,
John Day Marsden, and Henry Marsden at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 12th August
1875.
We, RICHARD MARSDEN, JOHN DAY MARSDEN, and HENRY MARSDEN,
of Dewsbury, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
DYEING, WASHING, AND SCOURING FABRICS," to be as follows:—
This Invention relates chiefly to machinery or apparatus for dyeing,
in which the fabric passes over a winch and over or between rollers, and
through the dye cistern in the form of an endless sheet.

page_text: Hitherto difficulty has been experienced in keeping the piece or fabric
straight or open which has resulted in uneven colour, and we propose
to remedy this defect by having a trolliswork partition placed in the
cistern, between which partition and the inside of the cistern the fabric
passes. This lattice sheet is moveable and can be raised out of the
cistern and taken away when desired. By this arrangement the piece is
kept straight and open, and great oveness of colour is obtaining, also tho
person in charge of the machine is not compelled to devote constant
attention to keep the cloth straight, and by placing the partition on that
side of the cistern which is farthest from the steam pipe, the guards
usually employed for protecting the fabric from the steam are dispensed
with.
In addition to the foregoing expedient for keeping the fabric straight
we employ spirally grooved guide rollers, the grooves of which are
formed right and left handed, meeting in the middle of the roller. The
effect of this formation of the rollers is to stretch the cloth in the
direction of its width, and overcome any tendancy to double up at the
edges.
Our Invention also consists in a new method of constructing dye
cisterns or vessels. For this purpose we employ a grooved framework
which receives the ends of the planks or boards of which the cistern is
constructed, and this framework has a series of lugs cast on it through
which lugs are passed the bolts for tightening the joints of the said
planks or boards. This construction of cistern is much more durable
than when the bolts are passed through the planks themselves, as the a
planks soon wear away at the bolt holes, and thus are rendered
useless.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Richard Marsden, John Day
Marsden, and Henry Marsden, Her special licence, that we, the said
Richard Marsden, John Day Marsden, and Henry Marsden, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Richard Marsden, John Day Marsden, and Henry Marsden, our
executors, administrators, and 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
“IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DYEING, WASHING, AND
SCOURING FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the.
said Richard Marsden, John Day Marsden, and Henry Marsden, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 we, the said Richard Marsden, John Day
Marsden, and Henry Marsden, 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 state-
ment and accompanying Sheet of Drawings :-
:-
This Invention relates chiefly to machinery or apparatus for dyeing,
in which the fabric passes over a winch and over or between rollers, and
through the dye cistern in the form of an endless sheet.
Hitherto difficulty has been experienced in keeping the picce or fabric
straight or open which has resulted in uneven colour, and we propose to
remedy this defect by having a trelliswork partition placed in the
cistern, between which partition and the inside of the cistern the fabric
passes. This trelliswork is moveable and can be raised out of the
cistern and taken away when desired. By this arrangement the pieco is

page_text: kept straight and open, and great evenness of colour is obtained, also
the person in charge of the machine is not compelled to devote constant
attention to keep the cloth straight, and by placing the partition on that
side of the cistern which is furthest from the steam pipe the guards
usually employed for protecting the fabric from the steam are dispensed
with.
In addition to the foregoing expedient for keeping the fabric straight
we employ spirally grooved guide rollers, the grooves of which are
formed right and left handed, meeting in the middle of the roller. Tho
effect of this formation of the rollers is to stretch the fabric in the
direction of its width, and overcome any tendancy to double up at the
edges.
Our Invention consists also in a new method of constructing dyo
cisterns or vessels. For this purpose we employ a grooved framework
which receives the ends of the planks or boards of which the cistern is
constructed, and this framework has a series of lugs cast on it through
which lugs are passed the bolts for tightening the joints of the said
planks or boards. This construction of cistern is much more durable
than when bolts are passed through the planks themselves, as the
planks soon wear away at the bolt holes, and are thus rendered

page_text: It will be readily seen that our improvements may be applied to
other forms of washing, dyeing, or scouring apparatus than the one herein
shewn, and we would have it understood that we do not confine our-
selves to the details of construction or arrangement, as the same may be
varied, but we claim as our Invention,―