Improvements in Machinery for Producing Real Silky Gloss on Cotton Goods and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 22nd Oct., 1898
Improvements in Machinery for Producing Real Silky Gloss on
Cotton Goods and the like.
I, FERDINAND MOMMER, of Berlinerstrasse 100, Barmen, Germany, Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improved machinery, which is constructed to produce
real silky gloss on cotton goods and the like and it consists in the combination
of a stretching device and an arrangement for washing the goods and remove
from it the caustic lie with which the ware was impregnated.
The manner in which my invention is thrown into effect is shown on the
accompanying drawing on which Figure 1 is a longitudinal view of the machinery,
Figure 2 a plan.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawing:
1 denotes a cloth beam which is turnable located in a frame 2. It is provided
with a disc 3 serving as a brake and being fitted with a weighted coil. 4 is a
frame used as a seat for the workman, it carries two leading rollers 5, 6. 7 & 7"
are frames which are combined by rails 8 of I iron the latter carrying the stretching
device that consists of the clips 9 and their appertainings, which being of known
construction are not shown in the drawing. The frame 7 has leading rollers 61, 6³
and a double armed lever z. At the end of the stretching device is arranged a
calender T. It consists of two rollers 10, 11 the upper one is made of cotton, the
lower one of metal preferably of hardened steel. Both rollers may be pressed
together by hydraulic power at a pressure of 20-30 tons. Provision is made to
regulate this pressure at will and remove the same altogether. U is a tank for
washing purposes it is divided in the compartments 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16, which are
filled with boiling water that is kept boiling by means of steam pipes 17, except
one of them the trough 13, which contains sulphuric acid of 1 Be.
troughs 12, 14, 15, 16 are fitted with leading rollers 18 whilst the trough 13
has three rollers 18'. Above the inner end of the tank is arranged a cylinder 19
and above each trough is mounted a pair of rollers 21, 22, 23, 24. The lower
cylinder consists of metal, the upper one of India rubber or the like material. The
rollers are suitably journalled in bearings fixed to the tank. The upper roller
presses upon the lower one for which purpose a hook shaped rod 25 engages the
roller shaft, the other end of which is coupled to a lever 26 having its fulcrum
at 27 and being provided with a weight 28, by which the pressure of the upper
roller may be varied. Now aback the rollers 24 there is arranged a second
calender $ consisting of the metal roller 29 and the cotton roller 30, which are
actuated as before by hydraulic power.
The
In front of the lower rollers 23-24 and the roller 29 is arranged a pipe 35
having connection to a water supply tube 36. These pipes are provided with holes
in order to throw the water against the circumference of said rollers. From the
trough 16 leads an inclined pipe 37 to the trough 15 and like pipes 38, 39 are
combining the troughs 15, 14 and 12 except the acid trough. These pipes are
arranged in order to guide the liquid back from one trough to another. Under-

page_text: neath the pipe 39 is arranged a tube 40, from which pipes 41 run across the
stretching device.
31 is a frame carrying a roller 32, which is used to take up the finished cloth, it
and the other movable parts of the machine are set in motion in the following
manner.
To a shaft 42 journalled in the frame 71 is keyed a loose and fast pulley 43,
which rotate a pinion 44, which gears into a wheel 45. With 45 meshes a wheel 46
keyed to the shaft of the metal roller of the calender T. By means of a gear 47,
48 is driven the roller 19 and intermediate wheels 49 are arranged to rotate the
rollers 21, 22, 23, 24, which are fitted with wheels 50. In the same manner is
also driven the metal roller 29 the shaft of which carries a pulley 51, which
imparts motion by means of a leading pulley 52 to a disk 53 keyed to the shaft
of roller 32.
Having thus described the special arrangement of my invention I shall now
proceed to explain the working of the same. The cotton goods or cloth to be
provided with silky gloss is before being treated in my machine, first impregnated.
on a padding machine with a solution of caustic natron lie of 28-30° at a temper-
ature of 10-15° C., then it is beamed on the cloth beam. From said cloth beam
the cotton ware is guided over the rollers 5, G, G¹, the lever to the upper roller 63
and then introduced in the stretching device where it is seized by the clips 9
and stretched in the direction of the weft, the stretching operation in direction of
the warp taking place at the same time by means of the lever a and the braked
cloth beam 1.
In the state where the good has thus obtained its largest extension in both
directions it receives a boiling water stream by the pipes 41 the working of this
operation is, that the cotton good is set in its stretched state and prevented from
shrinking.
Now the good is led by the roller 10 into the calender T, the rollers of which
pressing it suitably out." From the calender T it is guided by the roller 19 in
the first trough 12 and washed with boiling water, passes then the rollers 21 and
is then guided into the acid trough 13 where it makes the double way as before
over the three rollers 18'. The ware is then received by the pressing device 22,
which it is passing and being then brought again into the washing troughs 14, 15
& 16 and their appertainings as is shown by arrows. Coming out of the last
trough the cloth is received by the second calender S by means of which it is
perfectly freed from liquid and then wound up on the roller 31 ready for use.
As well known the silky gloss on the cotton goods is produced by washing, or
cleaning the cotton being mercerise in a stretched state. The effect of my machine
however improves the silky gloss by means of the pressing operation of the
calenders T, S as the cotton grain as well after the washing process as especially
after treating the same with acid gets a formable state, which is lost after drying.
Dated this 6th day in the year of our Lord Eighteen-hundred and ninety-
aight
FERDINAND MOMMER,
Per A. Daumas,
Agent for Applicant.
Improvements in Machinery for Producing Real Silky Gloss on
Cotton Goods and the like.
I, FERDINAND MOMMER, of Berlinerstrasse 100, Barmen, Germany, Manu- 5
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My invention relates to improved machinery, which is constructed to produce
real silky gloss on cotton goods and the like and it consists in the combination of
a stretching. & washing or tentering device and an arrangement for washing the
fabric twice and remove from it the caustic lie and acid respectively with which
the fabric is impregnated, in such a manner that the mercerised fabric on leaving
the apparatus used for stretching and washing is first pressed out, then thoroughly
washed, then treated with a solution of dilute sulphuric acid. After this manipula-
tion the fabric is washed again with boiling water and then pressed out and beamed
ready for use.
The manner in which my invention is carried into effect is shown on the drawing
filed with the Provisional Specification of which Figure 1 is a longitudinal view
of the machinery, Figure 2 a plan.
Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the drawing:
1 denotes a cloth beam which is rotatably mounted in a frame 2. It is provided
with a disk 3 which serving as a brake is fitted for this purpose with a weighted
coil. 4 is a frame used as a seat for the workman who attends to the machine.
It carries two leading rollers 5 & 6. 7 and 7" are frames which are connected
by joists 8 to which is supplied the stretching and washing contrivance
which consisting of clips 9 and their appertainings, and being of known con-
structions is not particularly shown in the drawing.
The frame 7 has two leading rollers 61, 62 and a double armed lever r, attached
between said rollers which is arranged for stretching purposes. At the end of the
stretching device is situated a calender T, which consists of two rollers 10, 11 the
upper one is made of cotton the lower one of metal preferably of hardened steel:
These rollers may be pressed together by hydraulic power at a pressure of
20-30 tons. Provision is made to regulate this pressure at will and remove the
same altogether.
U is a tank for washing purposes, which is divided in the compartments or
troughs 12; 13, 14, 15 and 16, which are filled with boiling water that is kept
boiling by means of steam. pipes 17 except one of them the trough 13, which
contains dilute sulphuric acid of 1 Be.
Each of the troughs 12, 14, 15, 16 is fitted at the bottom with a leading roller 18.
whilst the trough 13 has three rollers 18¹. Above the inner end of the tank U
is placed a cylinder 19 and above each trough is mounted a pair of
rollers 21, 22, 23, 24. The lower cylinder consists of metal the upper one of India
rubber or the like material. The rollers are suitably journalled in bearings fixed
to the tank. The upper tier is pressed upon the lower one for which purpose a
hookshaped rod 25 engages each upper roller shaft, the other end of which is
coupled to a lever 26 having its fulcrum at 27 and being provided with a weight 28,
by which the pressure of the upper roller may be varied.
Behind the rollers 24 there is arranged a second calender S consisting of the
metal roller 29 and the cotton roller 30, which like the calender T are actuated by
hydraulic power.
In front of each of the lower rollers 23-24 and the roller 29 is arranged a
pipe 35 having connection to a water supply tube 36. These pipes are provided
with holes in order to throw the water against the circumference of said rollers.
From the trough 16 leads an inclined pipe 37 to the trough 15 and like
pipes 38, 39 are combining the troughs 15, 14 and 12 except the acid trough. These
pipes are arranged in order to conduct the liquid from one trough to another.
Underneath the pipe 39 is arranged a tube 40, from which pipes 41 run across
the stretching device.
31 is a frame carrying a roller 32, which is used to take up the finished cloth,
it and the other movable parts of the machine are set in motion in the following
manner.

page_text: To a shaft 42 journalled in the housing 7 of the machine is keyed a loose and
fast pulley 43, which rotates a pinion 44, which gears into a wheel 45. With 45
meshes a wheel 46 keyed to the shaft of the metal roller of the calender T. By
means of a gear 47, 48 the cylinder 19 is driven and intermediate wheels 49 are
arranged to revolve the rollers 21, 22, 23, 24, which are fitted with a wheel 50.
In the same manner is also driven the metal roller 29 the shaft of which carries a
pulley 51, which imparts motion by means of a leading pulley 52 to a disk 53
keyed to the shaft 55 of a roller 56 driving roller 32.
Having thus described the special construction and combination of parts forming
my invention I shall now proceed to explain the working of the same.
The cotton goods or the cloth to be provided with silky gloss is before being
treated in my machine, first impregnated on a padding machine with
a solution of caustic soda lye of 28-30 Be. at a temperature
of 10-15 C., then it is beamed on the cloth beam 1. From said cloth beam the
cotton ware is guided over the rollers 5, 6, 61 and the lever to the upper roller 6
and then introduced in the spreading or tentering device where it is seized by the
clips 9 and stretched in the direction of the weft, the stretching operation in
direction of the warp taking place at the same time by means of the lever
the braked cloth beam 1.
and
In the state where the fabric has thus obtained its largest extension in both
directions it receives by the pipes 41 a boiling water stream or it is rather treated
with hot water so as to break up the alkali-cellulose compound while held on the
full stretch. As the water is not applied until the fabric is on full stretch and as
it is used hot the discharge of the alcali is facilitated and the fabric has lost its
property of contracting before being released from the clips.
The fabric is then led by the roller 10' into the calender T the rollers of which
press it suitably out. From the calender T it is guided over cylinder 19 into the first
trough 12 and washed with boiling water in order to remove the caustic lye thereof,
thence it is passed to the rollers 21 and thence it is guided into the acid trough 13
where in making the double way as before over the three rollers 181 it will be
thoroughly treated with acid. The fabric is then received by the pressing
device 22, through which it is passed and thence it is brought again into the
washing troughs 14, 15 and 16 and their appertainings as is shown by arrows, in
order to be properly washed again. Running out of the last trough 16 the cloth
is received by the second calender S by means of which it is perfectly freed from
liquid and then wound up on the roller 32 ready for use.
As is well known the silky gloss on the cotton fabric is produced by washing, or
cleaning the cotton being mercerised in a stretched state. The effect of my
machine however improves the silky gloss by means of the pressing operation of
the calenders T and the treating with sulphuric acid as the cotton fibre after
the washing process and especially after treating the same with acid is in an
impressionable state, which is lost after drying.
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:
1) In a machine for producing real silky gloss on cotton goods and the like the
combination of a stretching and washing device with a contrivance adapted for a
double washing and an acid operation and with calenders actuated by high
pressure the arrangement being such, that the fabric when being on full stretch in the
tentering device is treated with hot or boiling water in order to break up and
facilitate the discharge of the alkali and to insure that the cloth has lost its
property of contracting before leaving the tentering device, the cloth is then
suitably pressed out then washed again with hot or boiling water then treated with
sulphuric acid and then washed out and pressed out so as to receive an improved
real silky gloss substantially as shown and described.
2) The washing contrivance consisting of a number of troughs 12, 14, 15, 16

page_text: filled with boiling water, between which is interposed a trough 13 containing
sulphuric acid, said troughs being provided with guiding rollers for the stuff
running through the troughs and having arranged at their top ends pressing
roller pairs which are combined of a roller of elastic material and such one of
hard material substantially as shown and described.
3) The combination of a washing contrivance or tank U consisting of a number
of water troughs 12, 14, 15, 16 having inserted an acid trough 13 with a pair of
calenders T, S actuated by high pressure, the first being situated at the inner end
of the tank in order to act upon the goods in the alkalic state of the fibre, the
second being located at the outer end of the tank in order to act on the fabric after
it has been treated with acid and washed out substanially as shown and described.
4) The washing troughs 12, 13, 14, 15 provided with inclined pipes 37, 38, 39
which connecting said trough are arranged to conduct the liquid from one trough
to another and finally to the stretching device substantially as shown and
described.
5) The general construction, combination and arrangement of parts, sub-
stantially as and for the purpose herein before described in foregoing specification
and illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawing.
Dated this 26th day of August 1898.
FERD. MOMMER,
Per A. Daumas,
Agent for Applicant.