Scouring of Wool and other Fibrous Material.
Year: 1885

page_text: Scouring of Wool and other Fibrous Material.
We JOHN PETRIE of Broomfield Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Machinist
and FREDERICK WILLIAM PETRIE of 34 William Street, Rochdale in the County
of Lancaster, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR THE WASHING CLEANSING AND SCOURING OF
WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL, to be as follows:-
Our Invention relates to apparatus for returning liquid expressed by squeezing
rollers to the trough or Cistern ordinarily used for "Washing Cleansing and Scouring
of Wool or other fibrous material" or to other desired receptacle. The "Wool or
other fibrous material" after passing through the trough or Cistern is conveyed by
ordinary well known means to the squeezing rollers by which the liquid contained
in the "Wool or other fibrous material" is largely expressed and returned to the
Scouring trough or Cistern, or other desired receptacle.
Our Invention consists in providing a "Seperate Cistern" into which the liquid
from the Squeezing rollers is caused to flow by suitable connecting pipes.
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In this Seperate Cistern" we place a float, to which we attach a rod, on this
Rod we place adjustable collars; as the "Seperate Cistern" fills with the liquid
from the squeezing rollers, the float and rod will rise also. The adjustable collars
are so fixed that on the rising of the float sufficiently, one of the adjustable collars
will by contact with a Lever attached to a Steam Cock or valve, open the Steam
Cock or valve thereby supplying a "Steam Jet Pump:" The Steam Jet Pump
being attached to the "Seperate Cistern" will discharge and return by suitable pipes
the Liquid contained in the "Seperate Cistern" to the trough or Cistern used for
Washing Cleansing and Scouring Wool or other fibrous material" or other desired
receptacle. As the liquor in the "Seperate Cistern" is discharged, the float therein
will fall, and in its descent one of the adjustable collars coming in contact with the
Lever attached to the "Steam Cock or Valve" will cause it to close and thus shut
off the supply of Steam to the "Steam Jet Pump" which will cease to act until the
"Seperate Cistern" again fills. In some cases we use the ordinary Ball Tap, the
rod or arin of which is connected with a Steam cock or Valve, in which cases we
dispense with adjustable Collars.

page_text: The chief feature of our Invention is, that by the arrangements above described
the action of a "Steam Jet Pump" used for returning the Liquid expressed by
Squeezing rollers, to the trough or cistern used for Washing, Cleansing and
Scouring Wool or other fibrous material" or other desired receptacle, is rendered
Automatic and Intermittent.
Dated this thirty first day of January Eighteen Hundred and Eighty Five.
Improvements in Machines for the Washing, Cleansing, and 1
Scouring of Wool and other Fibrous Material.
We JOHN PETRIE of Broomfield Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Machinist,
and FREDERICK WILLIAM PETRIE of 34 William Street Rochdale in the County
of Lancaster Machinist do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR THE WASHING CLEANSING AND SCOURING OF
WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIAL and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
Our Invention relates to apparatus for returning liquid expressed by squeezing
rollers to the trough or cistern ordinarily used for Washing Cleansing and scouring
Wool or other fibrous material or to other desired receptacle and consists in
apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings herewith annexed. Fig. 1 being
an elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of the same-similar letters of reference being
applied to corresponding parts in both figures-a. a represents the squeezing rollers
attached to any ordinary machine used for Washing Cleansing and Scouring Wool
or other fibrous material:-6 is the dish or cistern receiving the liquids expressed
by the squeezing rollers-c is a pipe conveying the liquid to cistern d. d. e is a
division in the cistern & which may be perforated or otherwise f is a float-g¹g² are
rods attached to the float-on one of which are fixed adjustable collars h¹ hi is a
lever attached to a steam valve j-k. k. is a steam pipe to which is attached the
stearn jet -m is the outlet pipe from cistern d. d. and n is the delivery pipe.
The liquid from the squeezing rollers a. a. passes into the dish or cistern b and
through the pipe c into the cistern d. d the liquid flowing into the cistern d. d.
causes the float f to rise, as the float frises the collar h¹ fixed on the rod g2 actuates
the lever which is thus made to open the steam valve j. as the liquid in the
cistern d. d falls, the collar h³ fixed on the rod g² actuates the lever i which is thus

page_text: made to close the steam valve j. The pipe m attached to the lower part of the
cistern d is connected with the steam jet l. On steam being applied the liquid in
cistern dis emptied by the action of the steam jet transmitter and delivered
through the pipen to be returned to the scouring trough or cistern or other desired
receptacle.
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
The arrangements of apparatus constructed substantially as described and shown
in reference to and in and by the drawings hereunto annexed for the purposes
hereinbefore referred to, the same being in its operation intermittent and
automatic.