Improved Apparatus to be Employed in "Veneering" Felt Hat Bodies.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1887;
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
Improved Apparatus to be Employed in "Veneering" Felt Hat
Bodies.
1 NATHAN LEES HILTON of 147 Back Lane Hyde in the County of Chester
General Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to construct an apparatus for containing the felt hat
bodies together with the mixture of hot liquor and fine fur or wool or other staple
with which they are to be "veneered;" and to keep the whole in a state of agitation
during the process.
.
My improved apparatus is constructed as follows. .
In a kettle, pan, or other suitable vessel which may be made of or coated with any
metal or material which will not be injuriously affected by the acid employed in the
process, 1 mount a vertical shaft which is supported in a suitable bearing above the
kettle pan or vessel and may also if preferred be provided with a footstep at the
bottom attached to the said.kettle, pan or vessel.
Near the top of this vertical shaft outside the vessel is fixed a bevil wheel gearing
with a similar wheel, keyed upon a horizontal shaft which is also supported in
suitable bearings and is provided with a driving pulley or a winch handle by means of
which it can be turned.
Below the upper bearing of the vertical shaft (and inside the vessel) I fix a boss
having two or more arms projecting therefrom horizontally and fixed therein are rods
or arms projecting downwards towards the bottom of the vessel.
These latter on the shaft being caused to revolve will act as stirrers or agitators
and keep the contents of the vessel in constant motion so long as the shaft is kept
revolving..
The kettle, pan, or other vessel may be used either with or without a cover and is to
be so arranged that it can be heated by either steam, gas, coal or other means.
The felt proofed hat bodies fur or wool, and acid liquor are to be placed in the
vessel and kept stirred by means of these agitators whilst the liquor is kept at or
above the boiling point.
11: 17th day of November 1887
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be Employed in Veneering Felt Hat
Bodies.
I NATHAN LEES HILTON of 147 Back Lane, Hyde in the County of Chester,
General Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to construct an apparatus for containing the felt hat
bodies together with the mixture of hot liquor and fine fur, or wool, or other staple,
with which they are to be "veneered" and to keep the whole in a state of agitation
during the process.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved apparatus (the vessel being shown in
section) and Fig. 2 an end elevation of the same (showing only a part of the vessel)
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a detached portion hereinafter more particularly referred to.
In a vat a or in a kettle, pan or other suitable vessel which may be made of or
coated with any metal or material which will not be injuriously affected by the acid
employed in the process, I mount a vertical shaft b which is supported in a suitable
bearing c above the vat, kettle, pan, or vessel, and may also if preferred be carried
downwards and provided with a footstep at the bottom of the same.
C
Near the top of this vertical shaft b outside the vessel a is fixed a bevil wheel e
gearing with a similar wheelf keyed upon a horizontal shaft g which is also supported
in suitable bearings and is provided with driving pulleys or with a winch handle by
means of which it can be turned.
In the drawing I have shown a convenient arrangement of reversing gear which
may be employed to give the shaft g a certain number of turns in one direction, and
then to reverse the motion and give a certain number of turns in the opposite
direction as I find in practise that this reversing motion causes the "veneering
operation to be more effective than if the revolution was continuous in one
direction only.
"
Below the upper bearing c of the vertical shaft b (and inside the vessel a) I fix a
boss i having two or more arms i* projecting therefrom horizontally (two are shown
on the drawing see plan view Fig. 3) and fixed therein are rods or arms k projecting
downwards towards the bottom of the vessel a.
These latter on the shaft being caused to revolve will act as stirrers or agitators,
and keep the contents of the vessel in constant motion so long as the shaft is kept
revolving.
The vat, kettle, pan or other vessel may be used either with or without a cover
ond is to be so arranged that its contents can be kept heated either by a steam pipe h,
or by gas, coal or other means.

page_text: The felt proofed hat bodies fur or wool and acid liquor are to be placed in the
vessel a and kept stirred by means of these agitators k, whilst the liquor is kept at or
above the boiling point.
my said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declarè that what
I claim is :-
The improved apparatus to be employed in "veneering" felt hat bodies consisting
chiefly of a suitable vat, kettle, pan, or other vessel in which revolves a vertical shaft
provided with two or more horizontal arms furnished with rods or stirrers projecting
downwards into the vat or vessel which latter is so arranged that its contents can
be kept heated by either steam gas, coal or other means substantially in the
manner and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the drawings
annexed.
D
GEORGE DAVIES,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.