IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING YARN AND FABRICS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Gibson Rhodes, of Park Street, Leeds, in the
County of York, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
FINISHING YARN AND FABRICS, AND IN APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Gibson Rhodes at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th August 1876.
SAMUEL GIBSON RHODES, of Park Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Gen-
tleman. "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING YARN AND FABRICS, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH."
My Invention relates to setting, drying, and giving lustre to yarns and fabrics.
For this purpose I employ a steam jacketed pan or cistern, made by preference of
wrought iron, and strongly stayed; the sides of the pan or cistern may also be
jacketed On the back end are formed or riveted lugs, in which work lugs formed
or riveted on a cover, which is made similar in construction and size to the pan or
The pan
cistern and also jacketed; the lugs form hinges, on which turns the cover.
or cistern is fitted and bolted to side frames, and the ends of the pan or cistern are
fitted with brasses, one half of the brass being fitted in the end of the pan, the
other half in the end of the cover. The brasses receive the shaft of a reel, and
when the cover is closed secure the shaft in position to revolve. The steam pipe to
the bottom cistern or pan is fixed, and the steam pipes of the cover are made with
joints, forming a kind of parallel motion working with the opening and closing of
the cover or lid, which can be lifted by a chain and weight, or by a handle secured
to the front of the cover or lid. On one end of the apparatus is fitted a frame
having brackets, in which are fitted brasses. In these brasses works a small shaft,
on which are fitted a fast and a loose pulley, and on one end of the shaft is formed
a boss having a recess to receive one of the ends of the reel shaft.
Yarn or thread after having been gassed is washed on the reel in a cistern fitted
near the setting and drying apparatus. The reel is afterwards placed in the appa-
ratus, the cover or lid brought down, and the reel set revolving, which causes the
water or liquid contained in the yarn to be expelled by the quick rotating action
and to strike the steam heated sides of the jacketed cistern and cover, producing
steam, drying in a few minutes the yarn, giving it a fine lustre.

page_text: For fabrics I employ a similar apparatus to that herein-before described, and wind
the fabrics on the reel in a wet state, the centrifugal action drying the fabrics in a
few minutes and producing a fine lustre.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Samuel Gibson Rhodes in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
February 1877.
SAMUEL GIBSON RHODES, of Park Street, Leeds, in the County of York, Gen-
tleman "IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING YARN AND FABRICS, AND IN APPARATUS
CONNECTED THEREWITH."
The said Invention relatos to setting, drying, and giving lustre to yarns and
fabrics For this purpose I employ a steam jacketed pan or cistern, made by
preference of wrought iron, and strongly stayed; the sides of the pan or cistern
may also be jacketed On the back end are formed or rivotted lugs, in which work
lugs formed or rivetted on a cover, which is made similar in construction to the pan
or cistern, and also Jacketed, but by preference less in circumference than the bottom
pan or cistern; the lugs form hinges, on which turns the cover or top pan or cistern.
The bottom pan or cistern is fitted and bolted to side frames, and the ends are fitted
with brasses or bearers to receive the shaft of a reel, and when the top pan or
cistern or cover is closed the shaft and reel are in position to revolve. The steam
pipe fitted to the bottom cistern is fixed, and the steam pipe or pipes of the top
cistern or cover is or are made with joints, forming a kind of parallel motion
working with the opening and closing of the cover or lid, or the top steam pipe cau
work in a tube having a stuffing box; the top steam pipe and tube work on swivel
joints The top cistern or cover can be lifted by a chain and weight, or by a handle
secured to the front of the cover or lid On one end of the apparatus is fitted a
frame having brackets, in which are fitted brasses. In these brasses works a sinall
shaft, on which is fitted a fast and loose pulley. On one end of the shaft is formed
a boss, having a recess to receive one of the ends of the reel shaft.
A small cylinder fitted on the side of the bottom cistern or pan, and near the
fast and loose pulley, can be employed for stopping the reel at any determined period
after starting. The piston is actuated bya weight, and regulated in descending by
oil or water or other suitable fluid being caused to pass through a small opening,
which opening is regulated by a tap. The piston in desconding gradually throws
off the driving belt on to the loose pulley within a determined period after starting
the real.
Yarn or threads after having been gassed is or are washed on the reel in a cistern
fitted near the setting and drying apparatus The reel is afterwards placed in the
apparatus, the cover or top cistern brought down, and the reel set revolving, which
causes the water or other liquid contained in the yarn to be expelled by the
quick rotating action, and to strike the steam heated sides of the jacketed cistern
and cover, producing steam, drying the yarn in a few minutes, and giving it a superb
lustre.
For fabrics I employ a similar apparatus to that herein-before described, and wind
the fabrics on the reel in a wet state, the centrifugal action drying the fabrics in a
few minutes, producing a fine lustre.
The apparatus may also be used for any yarn requiring to be dried on the reol,
and will thus dispense with a drying house.
But in order to enable my improvements to be better understood, I will
proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which
Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation of the apparatus for setting, drying, and
giving lustre to yarns and fabrics; Figure 2, sectional side view; Figure 3, side
view; and Figure 4, plan of the same, showing the cistern in section.

page_text: Similar letters of reference are used in all the Figures to represent similar parts.
A, jacketed cistern or pan, made by preference of wrought iron, and having
welded ends B. The steam space is closed by wrought-iron bars C, to which the
plates are rivetted. A cover or smaller jacketed pan or cistern D is made to fit on
the cistern A, and the steam space is also closed by wrought-iron bars E, to which
the plates are rivetted. The tops of the bars C and E are planed and made to
The
fit and hermetically close the cisterns or pans when the cover is down
cisterns A and D have bolts F screwed therein forming stays. The cover D is made
smaller in circumference than the cistern A to allow of the fitting of a brass bush G
in the bottom cistern A On the back of the cisterns A and D are fitted lugs H
forming hinges, and the top cistern is fitted in front with a handle or with an eye
belt I, to which is attached a chain or rope having a weight to lift and lower the
cover. The outside plates of both cisterns are fitted with hollow sockets J and K.
On the sockets J are fitted tubes L, having a stuffing box M, through which works
another smaller tube N. The tube L is fitted with a steam pipe O, and the other
tube L is fitted with a discharge pipe P, to which is fixed a tap to discharge con-
densed water. The steam arriving through the steam pipe O passes into the steam
space of the bottom cistern A by the steam passage R, and into the steam space S
of the cover or top cistern through the tube N and opening U. The tubes or pipes L
and N are placed at an angle to allow the tube N to draw in and out when opening
and closing the top cistern or cover, and the tubes have a movement on the sockets J
and K. The bottom cistern is fitted in frames V, and is stayed by a rod W. In
one of the jacketed ends is fitted a brass bush G, in which works a small shaft X,
and this shaft works in a bearing Y cast or formed on a frame Z, which is bolted to
the cistern A or to the frame V. On the small shaft X are fitted fast and loose
pullies A¹ and B¹. The end of the shaft passing through the bush G is made with a
slot opening, in which is placed the end C' of the reel shaft D¹. The other end E¹
of the reel shaft is placed in an opening formed in a bracket F¹, which is bolted or
rivetted to the inner side plate of the cistern A, by these means facilitating the
placing and removal of the reel G¹
The reel can be stopped at any determined period after starting by means of
the cylinder H bolted to the frame Z, the piston I¹ of which is actuated by a
weight J fitted on a lever K. The piston rod L¹ is fitted to the lever K¹ by means
of links M. The time of descent of the piston and of the throwing of the belt on
to the loose pulley B¹ is regulated by oil, water, or other suitable fluid contained in
the cylinder H, and caused to pass from the space N¹ below the piston I to the
space O¹ above the piston and through the tap P1, and the extent of opening given
to the tap regulates the descent of the piston and the fall of the weight J, and
consequently the throwing off of the belt from the fast on to the loose pulley.
The piston I will descend slowly until it reaches the wide part N¹ of the cylinder,
when the oil, water, or other fluid will freely pass, and the weight will fall and
throw the belt on to the loose pulley.
In starting the belt is placed on the fast pulley by the starting lever Q¹, to which
is fitted a belt fork R¹. A bell S¹ is fitted under the weight J₁, which is struck on
the descent of the weight when the belt is thrown on to the loose pulley, giving
notice to the attendant to remove the reel of yarn or fabrics, giving by these
means an uniformity of work.
Yarn or threads after having been gassed is or are washed on the reel in a cistern
fitted near the setting and drying apparatus The reel is afterwards placed in the
openings of the small shaft X and inside bracket F¹; the cover or top cistern D is
brought down, and the reel set revolving, which causes the water or other liquid
contained in the yarn to be expelled by the quick rotating action and to strike the
steam heated sides of the jacketed cisterns, producing steam and drying the yarn in
a few minutes, giving it a superb lustre-and producing uniformity of work.
For fabrics I employ a similarly constructed apparatus to that herein-before
described, and wind the fabrics on the reel in a wet state, the centrifugal action
drying the fabrics in a few minutes, producing a fine lustre.

page_text: The apparatus may also be used for any yarn requiring to be dried on the reel,
and will thus dispense with a drying house.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the best means I am
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that
I do not confine myself to the precise details shewn and described, as these may
be varied without departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, but what
I do claim is,-
Firstly. The general arrangement and construction of apparatus for setting,
drying, and giving lustre to yarn and fabrics, substantially as herein-before described
and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly The employment of a revolving reel working in closed jacketed steam
heated cisterns or pans for setting, drying, and giving lustre to yarn and fabrics, as
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Gibson Rhodes, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
Witness,
WALTER JAS. TURNER, C.Ę,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
SAMUEL GIBSON RHODES. (LS)
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