IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STEAMING PRINTED FABRICS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Honoré François Adolphe Cordillot, of Sepouchoff,
near Moscow, in the Empire of Russia, Calico Printer, and William
Mather, of the Firm of Messieurs Mather and Platt, of Salford, in
the County of Lancaster, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Honoré François
Adolphe Cordillot and William Mather at the Office of the Com-
missioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 9th February
1875.
We, HONORÉ FRANÇOIS ADOLHPE CORDILLOT, of Sepouchoff, near
Moscow, in the Empire of Russia, Calico Printer, and WILLIAM MATHER,
of the Firm of Messieurs Mather and Platt, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR STEAMING PRINTED FABRICS," to be as
follows:-

page_text: a perforated pipe near the floor. At each end of the chamber is an
opening closed by a steam-tight door, through which openings the
waggons for receiving the steamed fabrics are admitted and discharged.
The fabric is fed into the chamber over a feed roller and between two
small guide rollers, and when in the chamber it is carried around three
or other convenient number of rollers, the last of which delivers it into
one of the waggons. All the rollers over or between which the fabric
passes are heated by steam or otherwise to prevent condensation. The
waggons are supported upon inclined rails placed near the floor of the
chamber, and there is a pair of rails outside the chamber for the return
of the empty waggons. At each end of the chamber is a projecting roof
connected to a ventilating shaft for carrying off the steam when the end
doors are opened.
As it is desirable to saturate the steam with moisture before it enters
the steaming chamber we convey the end of the supply pipe into a
vessel containing water through which the steam passes.
:
When the apparatus is in operation the steamed fabrics are deposited
in one of the waggons, and when full both end doors are opened; this
waggon is then pushed towards the exit door by the introduction of an
empty waggon to bring another waggon in position for receiving the
steamed fabrics, and while this is being filled the full waggon that
had been discharged can be emptied and brought back to the entrance
door. By means of this improved apparatus we expose the printed
fabrics to the action of steam for a sufficient length of time to allow the
chemical reactions to be produced in the printed colours, so that they
will have no further action upon each other during the remainder of the
process. We also maintain the constant temperature and degree of
humidity acquired by keeping them in the waggons for a sufficient
length of time for the chemical reactions to be completed, and for the
colours to combine with or be fixed upon the fibres of the fabrics.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Honoré François Adolphe Cordillot and William
Mather in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th August
1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HONORÉ
FRANÇOIS ADOLPHE CORDILLOT, of Sepouchoff, ucar Moscow, in the

page_text: Empire of Russia, Calico Printer, and WILLIAM MATHER, of the Firm
of Messieurs Mather and Platt, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
5 Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of February, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Honoré François Adolphe
Cordillot and William Mather, Her special licence that we, the said
Honoré Francois Adolphe Cordillot and William Mather, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Honoré
François Adolphe Cordillot and William Mather, our executors, admini-
strators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR STEAMING PRINTED FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst others) that
we, the said Honoré François Adolphe Cordillot and William Mather, our
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of our or their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and´
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Honoré François Adolphe
Gordillot and William Mather, do hereby declare the nature of our-
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say)
Our Invention consists of a closed chamber through which the printed
fabrics pass and are collected in waggons or other equivalents, the
chamber being provided with steam of any degree of moisture' or

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And, lastly. In the apparatus for preventing drops of condensed
steam falling on the fabrics.
DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING THREE SHEETS OF DRAWINGS.
:
Fig. 1, on Sheet 1, is a sectional elevation; Fig. 2, on Sheet 2, is a
plan; and on Sheet 3, Fig. 3, is a transverse section, and Fig. 4, an
end elevation of our improved apparatus which consists of a brick or
other chamber a, the roof of which is lined with a curved steam jacket b
connected by side pipes c, c, to the perforated pipe d near the floor. At
each end of the chamber a is an opening closed by a steam-tight door e,
through which openings the waggons f for receiving the steamed fabrics
are admitted and discharged; these doors are opened and closed by
double purchase gearing, as shewn in the Drawings or in any other
convenient manner.
The fabric is fed into the chamber a over the feed
roller g, and between the small guide roller or tube h and copper
troughs i and ¹, both of which and the tube h are heated by steam and
project on each side of the wall to collect any moisture that may run
down. When the fabric is in the chamber it is carried around three or
other convenient numbers of rollers marked j, the last of which delivers
it into one of the waggons f. The rollers are connected by straps and
pulleys or other equivalents, and the delivering roller is driven from the
motive power, as shewn in Fig. 1. All the rollers over or between which
the fabric passes are heated by steam or otherwise to prevent con-
densation. The waggons f are supported upon the inclined rails k
placed near the floor of the chamber, and there is a pair of rails outsidė
the chamber for the return of the empty waggons. At each end of the
rails is a drop catch ¹. When the doors e are open these catches
form inclines for the wheels of the waggons f to run up or down when
the waggons enter or are discharged from the chamber. At each end of
the chamber is a projecting roof m connected to a ventilating shaft n
for carrying off the steam that escapes from the chambers when the end
doors are opened.
As for some colours very moist steam is required the end of the
supply pipe o is taken into the vessel p containing water through which
the steam passes. The steam saturated with moisture is then conveyed
from the vessel p through the pipes q into the curved steam jacket 6,
and thence by the side pipes c, c, into the perforated pipe d, as before
described.

page_text: Before commencing the process of steaming the left-hand door e must
be closed and the full number of empty waggons should be put into the
chamber, the right-hand door is then closed and the steam is turned on
to heat the chamber to the required degree.
When the apparatus is in operation the steamed fabrics are deposited
in one of the waggons, as shewn in Fig. 1, and when full, both end
doors are opened to allow the last waggon near the left-hand door to be
discharged, and to move the full waggon one step towards the exit door
by the introduction of an empty waggon through the right-hand door;
this brings another empty waggon in position for receiving the steamed
fabrics, and while this is being filled the full waggon (after the four
empty ones introduced to fill up the chamber at starting have passed
through) that had been discharged can be emptied and brought back to
the entrance door on the outside rails 7, where by a simple contrivance
the waggons which are made by preference of strong wire are warmed
before they re-enter the chamber. There is a window r in the wall of the
chamber for the attendant to watch the progress of the work. By
means of this improved apparatus we expose the printed fabrics to the
action of steam for a sufficient length of time to allow the chemical
reactions to be produced in the printed colours, so that they will have
no further action upon each other during the remainder of the process.
We can also maintain any degree of temperature or of humidity for a
sufficient length of time for the chemical reactions to be completed after
the fabrics are deposited in the waggons.
The degree of temperature in the chamber and the time during which
the printed fabrics are kept therein, should be regulated according to
the peculiar character of the colours employed in printing.
Having thus described the nature and particulars of our Invention,
we declare that we claim,-
First. Passing printed fabrics through steam of any degree of moisture
or temperature with or without pressure in a closed chamber and
depositing them in waggons or other equivalents placed therein, in which
they can remain for any required time in the manner and for the
purposes described.
Secondly. The apparatus shewn and described for saturating steam
with moisture before it enters the steaming chamber.

page_text: And, lastly. The general combination and arrangement of the
steaming chamber, and of the parts for preventing drops of condensed
steam falling on the fabrics, as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Mather, for myself and on
behalf of the said Honoré François Adolphe Cordillot, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, Onė
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.