Improvements in Machines for Washing, Soaping, Scouring, Mor- danting, Bleaching, Dyeing, Sizing, Filling, Mercerising, and Drying Spun or Twisted Fibres in the Thread, Hank, Warp, or Fabric.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1899-Accepted, 2nd Sept., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Washing, Soaping, Scouring, Mor-
danting, Bleaching, Dyeing, Sizing, Filling, Mercerising, and
Drying Spun or Twisted Fibres in the Thread, Hank, Warp, or
Fabric.
I, EDMUND JOIN BROWN, of 25, Turncroft Lane, Vernon Park, Stockport,
in the County of Chester, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to an improved construction of machine for washing,
soaping, scouring, mordanting, bleaching, dyeing, sizing, filling mercerising
and drying spun or twisted fibres in the thread, hank, warp or fabric, whereby
the said operations are performed in a more efficient and expeditious manner than
heretofore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused
to be appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1, Sheet I, is a cross section, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section of a machine
adapted for washing, soaping, scouring, mordanting, bleaching, dyeing, sizing,
filling, mercerising spun or twisted fibres in the thread. Figs. 3 & 4 are also a
cross section and longitudinal section respectively of a machine adapted for
washing and the like treating spun or twisted fibres in the hank. Figs. 5 & 6,
Sheet II, is a cross and longitudinal section of a machine specially adapted for
drying spun or twisted fibres in the thread.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1 & 2, I use as customary
a tank a adapted to receive the liquor necessary for the intended treatment. In
this tank I employ a rotary cage 6 the periphery of which is formed of sectional
hollow bars c and above this cage, a grooved roller d and an agitator or fan e
inside the cage, the said roller being mounted in suitable bearings f secured to
the side of the tank a and the said cage upon a stationary shaft g secured to the
sides of the tank.
The cage ends and shafts g are formed hollow, the former communicating
with the latter g by ports and with the bars by the ports for the purpose of
passing steam through the said bars and ends and thereby heating the cage when
required, the steam entering at one end of the cage shaft and leaving at the
other.
In the present instance the agitator or fan e is mounted loosely upon the
shaft g and driven from the cage 6 in the following manner. The fan e has
secured to one side a pinion m gearing with a carrier wheel n mounted upon a
stud carried by an arm o secured to the shaft and also with an internal wheel p
secured to or formed on the respective side of the cage end.
The said hollow bars I form preferably of copper and triangular in section
which form renders the bars very strong and economical in steam and provides
great drving surface.

page_text: Each thread is carried once or more times around the said cage, then over
the roller d, round the cage and over the roller d again, the grooves p in the
roller keeping the several threads apart from each other.
The cage
is rotated by the threads placed around same which are pulled
through the machine by two rollers (not shown).
The cage and agitator or fan e rotate in opposite direction and the latter at
a higher speed than the former and the cage ends being closed, the liquor in
the tank a is continuously thrown between the cage bars c against the threads,
thus thoroughly impregnating and treating same uniformly.
The steam passing through the cage b heats the liquor in the tank a con-
tinuously and thus dispenses with the necessity of pipes in the tank whilst when
the latter is emptied the machine may be used for drying, the fan e in this case
expelling the moisture from and the hot cage drying the threads.
When using the machine described for treating spun or twisted fibres in the
warp or fabric the grooved roller d would be substituted by one or two plain
rollers having flanges at each end as will be readily understood.
Referring to Figs. 3 & 4 when adapting the machine described for treating
spun or twisted fibres in the hank, I employ, say between every alternate two
bars around the periphery of the cage 6 two brackets q & r furnished with
studs, teach carrying a roller u, v adapted to receive the hanks to be treated.
One of the said rollers may be rendered adjustable towards and from the other
so as to suit different lengths of hanks. The stud of one of the said rollers, say,
is adapted to be tilted, see dotted lines Fig. 4, so as to facilitate the placing and
removal of the banks onto and from the rollers respectively and in order to turn
the hanks round by the rollers, one of each pair of rollers, say ", is furnished
at its bottom with a pinion w which gears with a segment during a short period
of each revolution of the cage and thus receives a turn each time it meets there-
with. In this case the cage is driven by a spur wheely secured upon a hollow
shaft formed on or secured to one end of the cage and adapted to carry the
respective end of the shaft g, whilst the fan e is also driven from the cage bin
the manner as herein before described in reference to Figs. 1 & 2.
Figs. 5 & 6 show a machine constructed in accordance with my invention
solely adapted for drying spun or twisted fibres in the thread.
In this machine the liquor tank is dispensed with and the cage band guide
roller mounted upon a suitable frame i. The cage is made considerably
longer, the ends formed with hollow arms, the fan e arranged in sections and
driven from the cage as previously described. The cage may also be driven
by the threads themselves as in Figs. 1 & 2, or as shown in Figs. 3 & 4, by
gearing.
In this case the grooved roller may also be dispensed with and substituted by
one or more plain ones having a flange at each end as will be readily understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
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In machines for washing, soaping, scouring, mordanting, bleaching, dyeing,
sizing, filling, mercerising and drying spun or twisted fibres in the thread, hank,
fabric or warp."
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1st. A cage having a periphery of sectional hollow bars c and hollow ends h
in combination with a roller d employed above and an agitator or fan e arranged
mside the said cage which cage is adapted to be rotated inside a tank a or frame i
and be heated by steam and the said roller serving to guide the spun or twisted
fibres or fabric passing round the said cage and roller, all substantially as and
for the purpose set forth.
2nd. In a rotary cage such as specified in the preceding claim, the hollow bars c
formed triangular in section, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. In a rotary cage such as specified in the preceding claims, rollers u, v

page_text: mounted around the periphery of the said cage and adapted to receive hanks to
be treated, one of each pair of rollers being furnished with a pinion
adapted
to gear with a segment, so as to turn the hanks intermittently whilst the cage
is rotating, all substantially as set forth.
4th. In a rotary cage such as specified in the preceding claims, the internal
wheel rotating with the cage 6 and adapted to impart motion by a carrier
wheel to a pinion m secured to the fan e, all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 19th day of July 1899.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.