Improvements in Immersion Rollers Used in Printing, Dyeing,. Bleaching, Sizing, or other like Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 28th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
Improvements in Immersion Rollers Used in Printing, Dyeing,.
Bleaching, Sizing, or other like Purposes.
I THOMAS WINTER of Perseverance Works St. Peter Street Blackburn in the
County of Lancaster Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to improvements in immersion rollers used in the dyeing,
sizing, or bleaching of cotton or other fabrics and such rollers as heretofore
constructed having a solid core or centre, or solid core with corrugated circumference.
When in use it is found that the size, dye, or other matter does not permeate the
material under operation as effectually as is desirable, as the wrapper of warps or
other material round a roller such as described caused the dye size or other matter to
settle more and stick to that portion of the material nearest to the circumference of
the roller on account of the pressure of the warps or other material under operation
on the roller.
According to this my invention 1 dispense with the solid centre or core of the
roller and in lieu thereof I use a device constructed as follows: Secured to ordinary
end pieces or flanges of the roller are a series of laths or strips of copper, brass, or
other metal having supports placed at intervals of their lengths, these laths or strips
are placed so as to radiate to a common centre, and the warps or other material under
operation are wound on the outside edge (that furthest from the centre) of the laths
so that dye, size, or other matter is better enabled to permeate through the warps
or other material more evenly than when wound on a solid roller.
Dotad this 28th day of January 1888
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Immersion Rollers Used in Printing, Dyeing,
Bleaching, Sizing, or other like Purposes.
I THOMAS WINTER of Perseverance Works, St. Peter Street, Blackburn in the
County of Lancaster, Machinist, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in immersion rollers used in the dyeing,
sizing or bleaching of cotton or other fabrics, and such rollers as heretofore con-
structed having a solid core or centre, or solid core with corrugated circumference;
when in use it is found that the size dye or other matter does not permeate the
material under operation as effectually as is desirable, as the wrapper of warps or
other material round a roller such as described caused the dye, size, or other matter to
settle more and stick to that portion of the material nearest to the circumference of
the roller on account of the pressure of the warps, or other material under operation
on the roller.
According to this my invention I dispense with the solid centre or core of the
.roller and in lieu thereof I use a device constructed as follows.
Secured to ordinary end pieces or flanges of the roller are a series of laths or strips
of copper, brass, or other metal having supports placed at intervals of their length
these laths or strips are placed so as to radiate to a common centre, and the warps or
other material under operation are wound on the outside edge (that furthest from the
centre) of the laths so that dye, size, or other matter is better enabled to permeate
through the warps or other material more evenly than when wound on solid rollers.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my improved skeleton immersion roller.
Fig. 2. is a section on line A B of Fig. 1.
To the flange 1 is bolted the gudgeon or stud 5 by the collars 6, 7 and bolt 8 so
that when the part 5 is worn it may readily be replaced by a new part 5.
The edges of the laths or strips 2, 2, being flush with the periphery of the flange 1
any tapes or bands are prevented from becoming entangled in the laths or strips-2
when threading the bands through the twist.
The laths or strips 2 are firmly secured to the supports 3 by rivets or bolts 9 and
cannot become loose or collapse a plain surface roller is apt to, and the yarn in passing
round the roller does not come in contact with so great a surface of hot metal, the
yarn or fibre is not glazed in the absence of a centre roller or core and the size or dye
muchmore, readily permeates, and saturates the yarn or other material under
operation, and rollers constructed as described are much more durable than rollers as
heretofore.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what 1 claim is:-
The end plates 1, radial arms 3, laths 2 parts 5, 6, 7, 8 all in combination and
constituting the improved roller substantially as illustrated by drawings annexed
hereto and for purpose set forth.
Dated this 27th day of November 1888.
THOMAS WINTER.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.