Washing Wool and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1885

page_text: Washing Wool and other Fibrous Materials.
We JOHN M°NAUGHT and WILLIAM MONAUGHT Junior of St. Georges Foundry,
Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers and Machinists, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO
MACHINERY FOR SCOURING AND WASHING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS,"
to be as follows:-
Our improvements relate to washing machines where the wool or other fibrous
materials is propelled along the trough by a frame carrying teeth or prongs which
has a to and fro motion imparted to it in the direction of the lengthway of the
washing trough and an up and down motion to cause the prongs carried by it to
descend into and then ascend out of the liquor in the trough as described in the
Specification of Letters Patent granted to us Numbered 983 and dated the 1st day
of March 1882.
The object of our present invention is to be able to give the wool or material to
be treated, according to its character, more or less agitation, as required, in passing
through the trough in the liquid.
Our invention consists in combinations and arrangements of mechanism.
We arrange each row of prongs passing in the width way of the trough on an
axis, and carry this axis in bearings on the frame and form an arm on each axis
extending upwards and joint the end of each arm with rods or links, extending the
lengthway of the frame, so that by oscillating one of the arms, each of the arms,
and likewise each row of prongs on the axes, will be oscillated simultaneously.
With one of the arms we joint one end of a radius rod, the other end of which
is jointed on a pivot or stud, on or attached to the framing of the trough.
With such arrangement when the frame carrying the axes of the prongs receive
its ordinary to and fro and up and down motion the prongs will all oscillate so
that their points will be forward at the end of the propelling movement in the liquor,
and backward at the end of the return movement over the liquor in the trough.
By varying the point of attachment of the radius rod with the arm from one of
the axes the amount of oscillation of each row of prongs on the axes, will be
increased or diminished and thus a greater or a less amount of lifting or agitating
action is produced upon the material being treated.

page_text: Instead of every row of prongs being oscillated, every alternate row, or any
desired number of rows or prongs are or may be arranged to oscillate as described,
the others simply partaking of the ordinary to and fro and up and down motion of
the frame.
The end of the radius rod which is jointed to the pivot or stud, on or attached
to the framing of the trough, may be disconnected from the said pivot, and be
connected to the frame carrying the axes of the prongs, which prongs will thus
cease to oscillate when the frame is as work and will simply partake of the move-
ments of the frame. By this arrangement the prongs may be fixed at any desired
angle to suit the work.
When desired the radus rod is or may be changed from one hole or notch in it
to another or from one pin or stud in the frame to another to lift and hold all the
prongs in a horizontal position or thereabouts, so that they will be out of the way
when cleaning out the trough.
The prongs are straight, or curved with the points forward, the latter by
preference.
In some cases the pivot or stud to which one end of the radius rod is jointed
may have motion given to it by a crank, cam or other suitable mechanism. By
this arrangement one or more oscillations may be given to the prongs during the
propelling movement of the frame.
1995
Dated this thirteenth day of August 1985

page_text: Washing Wool and other Fibrous Materials.
We JOHN M°NAUGHT and WILLIAM MONAUGHT Junior, of St. Georges Foundry,
Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, and machinists 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 :-
Our improvements relate to washing machines where the wool or other fibrous
materials is propelled along the trough by a frame carrying teeth or prongs which
has a to and fro motion imparted to it in the direction of the lengthway of the
washing trough, and an up and down motion to cause the prongs carried by it to
descend into and then ascend out of the liquor in the trough as described in the
specification of Letters Patent granted to us Numbered 983, and dated the 1st day
of March 1882.
The object of our present invention is to be able to give the wool or material to
be treated, according to its character, more or less agitation as required in passing
through the trough in the liquid.
Our invention consists in combinations and arrangements of mechanism.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal elevation in section of a washing trough and other
mechanism with the movable prongs shown in their vertical working position, and
fig. 2 is a longitudinal section in elevation of the same parts with the movable
prongs held up as when not intended to act upon the wool.
Fig. 3 is a longitudinal elevation in section of a washing trough and other
mechanism in which all the prongs are movable, except those at the receiving and
delivery end of the trough, fig. 4 a plan view of the mechanism shown in fig. 3
and fig. 5 is an end elevation of part of the mechanism for actuating the toothed
frame and movable prongs.
In figs. 1 and 2, a is the washing trough, a¹ its false bottom, b the apron for
feeding the wool or material to the trough, a' the incline down which the wool
passes to the squeezing rollers c.
a³ are standards on the sides of the washing trough for carrying the cross
shafts d and d¹ upon arms d² from which the toothed frame e is suspended by
rods d³.
fis the front toothed delivery frame hinged to the propelling frame e at f¹;
e are the prongs at the feeding end of the frame where the wool or material is
first immersed in the liquor in the trough.
..
All the parts above referred to by letters of reference are. ordinary parts or are
like those described in the specification of our aforesaid Letters Patent, and the
toothed frame (e) is or may be arranged and receive motion as therein described.
The prongs
e are in rows across the machine and are attached to bars secured to
the longitudinal frame (e) or these bars are or may be jointed to the longitudinal
frame so as to be able to oscillate to and fro.
In figs. 1 and 2 every alternate row of prongs (e³) is fixed to the frame e in the
ordinary manner and every alternate row of prongs (e³) (except at the two ends of
the frame) is on a bar e' jointed to the frame e so as to oscillate to and fro, but if

page_text: desired all the prongs e² and e³ except at the two ends of the frame are or may be
made to oscillate or every alternate row as shown in figs. 1 and 2 or every third
row of prongs is or may be made to oscillate, if desired.
From each bar e carrying a row of prongs e³ which is to oscillate, there is an
upward arm e* that is jointed with a rod e passing lengthway of the frame e and
one of the arms (c) from the row of prongs say nearest the feeding end of the
trough is carried still higher than the others and one end of a rod e is jointed to it,
which rod has one or more collars e upon it which can be adjusted upon the rod
and then secured thereto by a set screw.
These collars (e) have each a "gab" or open slot formed on one side which can
be made to take hold of a pin in a projection (ex) from one of the arms eas
shown in fig. 1, where the gab is supposed to have hold of a pin or stud in the arm
or projection ex from the arm e³.
The "gab" if desired is made to take hold of a pin in a stand secured-to the
fongitudinal frame e.
When held by the gab as above explained and shown in fig. 1 all the jointed.
movable rows of prongs e³ are stationary as if fixed to the framing e but move
with it and in this position the wool or material receives more agitation or action,
but when the wool is of such character that less agitation or action is required, the
rows of jointed prongs e³ can be turned up into the position shown in fig. 2, and
held in that position by bringing one of the gabs e on to a pin or stud in one of
the projections ex from the arms e³ and thus only the remaining stationary rows of
prongs e will act upon the wool or material.
In the modification shown by figs. 3 and 4 all the rows of prongs e³ except those
at the receiving and delivery end of the frame e are jointed to oscillate and there
is an upward arm e³ from each bar e' carrying each row of jointed prongs which
bar is jointed to a longitudinal connecting bar or rod e so that all the jointed rows
of prongs are oscillated simultaneously.
In figs. 1 and 2, and also in figs. 3 and 4, the row of movable prongs nearest the
feeding end of the trough is jointed by two links e¹¹ to the bar or rod es connecting
the arms eo from the other rows of prongs e³.
The rod e jointed to the upper end of the long arm e7 from the movable row of
prongs nearest the receiving end of the trough has adjustable collars e³ upon it
having "gabs" as hereinbefore explained.
One "gab," as in figs. 3 and is shown attached to a pin in an arm g having its
fulcrum free on the cross shaft d and the arm g has a connection g¹ passing from it
to another arm g² on the same shaft d which latter arm g² forms one arm of a bell
crank lever the other arm g³ being jointed to the upper end of a rod g' the lower
end of which is jointed to one end of a lever go having its fulcrum 96 on a bracket
secured to the framing.
The lever g has a stud in it for a bowl which works against the edge of a
cam g' of suitable shape to give the desired movements to the rows of oscillating
prongs e³.
The cam g' is on the same axis or shaft as that for the ordinary cam h which
gives motion to the lever h¹ having its fulcrum at h² which lever is jointed to
the lower end of a rod h³ the upper end of which is jointed to an arm * on the
shaft d.
.
The other parts of the mechanism for actuating the toothed frame e are similar
to those described in the Specification of our aforesaid Letters Patent. ⚫
There is a counter balance weight upon the lever g' to keep the bowl carried
by it against the cam g7.
h is a rod for transmitting the rocking motion from the shaft d to the shafts d².
There are arms d from the shaft d and d¹ to which the upper ends of the rods d³
are jointed the lower ends being jointed to the longitudinal frame e as usual.
The delivery frame f jointed to the frame e at one end (f¹) is actuated by a
jointed to it and to an arm or lever f³ having its fulcrum loose on a rod a*
rod

page_text: passing between the standards a³, and this arm f³ is jointed by a link f* with an
arm f fast upon the rocking shaft d¹.
When arranged as described and shown in figs. 3 and 4 the rows of jointed
prongs will partake of the ordinary up and down and to and fro motion of the
frame and will have a motion in addition imparted by the cam g' according to its
shape, so as, if desired, to make the prongs oscillate once or more to and fro for
each propelling stroke of the frame e.
A simple additional oscillating motion will be imparted to the jointed rows of
prongs e³ by hooking the gab e upon the rod e8 on to the cross rod or stay a³, for
which a concentric slot is made in the arm g to allow it to oscillate without
contact with the rod or stay a³.
By turning the rod es towards the delivery end of the frame e and hooking one
of the gabs e upon it upon a stud from one of the projections ex the rows of
jointed prongs e are then held stationary in the vertical position and thus only
receive the ordinary motion imparted to the frame e.
The jointed prongs e³ can be held in the position shown in fig. 2 when required
out of the way for cleaning out the washing trough or at other times.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. The combination with toothed propelling frames of rows of prongs (e³)
arranged to oscillate, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbofore described
and illustrated by the drawings.
2. The combination with a toothed propelling frame of rows of prongs (e³)
arranged so as to be oscillated, with rows of prongs (e²) secured rigidly to the
frame (e) so that the movable prongs can be turned into a position to act upon the
material being propelled or into a position not to act upon the wool being propelled
in the washing trough substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated by figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.
Dated this twelfth day of May 1996