and similarly Treating Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: and similarly Treating Textile Fabrics.
I JAMES SALTER FARMER of Adelphi Iron Works Salford in the County of
Lancaster Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows
My invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for washing
cleansing and similarly treating textile fabrics and the chief object of my improve-
ments is to construct a machine which will when in operation thoroughly saturate the
fabric under treatment with water or other liquid and so cleanse it from any
impurities.
To accomplish this object I stretch the fabric to be treated over rollers or guides
and pass it through water or other liquid contained in a tank or vessel. Above the
level of the water or liquid I mount a compound roller the circumference of which is
made up of a series of slotted or perforated hollow rollers or cylinders or other
suitably shaped vessels and each of these as the roller rotates collects a certain
quantity of liquid and then as it strikes the fabric discharges the liquid upon it.
A convenient construction of compound roller consists in a pair of discs or spider
wheels on a shaft or other centre free to rotate in suitable bearings at a slight distance
above the level of water or other liquid in the tank or other vessel through which the
fabric to be treated is passed. Near the peripheries of the discs or extremities of the
arms of the spider wheels as the case may be I mount any suitable number of
the aforesaid slotted or perforated hollow rollers or cylinders. I prefer to employ
four hollow rollers, to mount them on the ends of links pivoted to the discs or arms at
quarter centres round the shaft, and to slot the rollers longitudinally and on the side
which strikes the liquid as the whole roller revolves.
As the shaft or main axis is rotated the hollow rollers successively collect liquid and
dash it against the fabric as they strike upon it whereby the fabric is thoroughly
washed and cleansed.
Any suitable number of compound rollers may be employed to act upon one side or
upon both sides of the fabric.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Washing, Cleansing,
and similarly Treating Textile Fabrics.
I JAMES SALTER FARMER of Adelphi Iron Works Salford in the County of
Lancaster Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for washing
cleansing and similarly treating textile fabrics and the chief object of my improve-
ments is to construct a machine which will when in operation thoroughly saturate
the fabric under treatment with water or other liquid and so cleanse it from any
impurities.
To accomplish this object I stretch the fabric to be treated over rollers or guides
and pass it through water or other liquid contained in a tank or vessel. Above the
level of the water or liquid I mount a compound roller the circumference of which is
made up of a series of slotted or perforated hollow rollers or cylinders or other suitably
shaped vessels and each of these as the roller rotates collects a certain quantity of
liquid and then as it strikes the fabric discharges the liquid upon it.
A convenient construction of compound roller consists in a pair of discs or spider
wheels on a shaft or other centre free to rotate in suitable bearings at a slight distance
above the level of water or other liquid in the tank or other vessel through which the
fabric to be treated is passed. Near the peripheries of the discs or extremities of the
arms of the spider wheels as the case may be I mount any suitable number of
the aforesaid slotted or perforated hollow rollers or cylinders. I prefer to employ
four hollow rollers to mount them on the ends of links pivoted to the discs or arms at
quarter centres round the shaft, and to slot the rollers longitudinally and on the side
which strikes the liquid as the whole roller revolves.
As the shaft or main axis is rotated the hollow rollers successively collect liquid and
dash it against the fabric as they strike upon it whereby the fabric is thoroughly
washed and cleansed.
Any suitable number of compound rollers may be employed to act upon one side or
upon both sides of the fabric.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying five Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section and Fig. 2 is a plan illustrating the
application of my improved compound roller to a machine or range of apparatus for
washing cleansing and similarly treating textile fabrics and Fig. 3 is a sectional view
of a simple form of machine for washing open fabrics for which purpose my improved
roller is mainly applicable. Fig. 4 is a cross section on a larger scale of my improved
compound roller in action and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section showing one end of the
same.
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In Figs. 1 and 2.-a is the open fabric which passes over and under the guide
rollers 66 through the liquid in the first section c of the tank and between the squeeze
rollers d d into the second section c¹ of the tank in--which are two of my improved

page_text: compound rollers E shown enlarged in Figs. 3 and 4. Each of these rollers E is
formed of four hollow cylinders or vessels e slotted from end to end and mounted on
swivel links or arms e¹ pivoted loosely on studs e³ fixed to the discs e³ secured to the
shafts which are caused to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrows at a
suitable speed and by any suitable arrangement of gearing so that when the cylinders e
strike against the fabric which is by the guide rollers 6 61 kept in the path of the
cylinders on the compound roller their speed being suddenly checked they discharge
forcibly against and through the fabric the liquid or part of the liquid previously
collected by them. There is a division in the section c¹ to keep the liquid at the
desired level under each compound roller and this division also serves to keep the
liquid used by the first compound roller E separate from the cleaner liquid used by
the second compound roller E¹ the clean liquid being admitted to the compartment
under the compound roller at the higher level from which it flows into the compart-
ment under the lower compound roller the liquid carried by the slotted vessels e is dashed
first against one side and then against the other side of the fabric by the action of the
revolving compound rollers E E. From the section c¹ of the tank the fabric passes
between the squeeze rollers d¹ d¹ and around perforated cylinders ff near each of
these cylinders are two guide rollers 62 and the space between these guide rollers is
filled up by a roller k while above the middle of the tank is a guide roller 6; the
liquid in the tank c is sucked by a pump i (see section c* and plan Fig. 2) through
the perforations in the cylinders fand through the fabric passing around them and is
returned to the tank through a pipe j placed preferably near the bottom of the tank ;
from the second perforated cylinder f the fabric passes out of the tank c² between
squeezing rollers &. After leaving the section the fabric passes through the
section of the tank where it is treated as in section c¹ then through squeezing
rollers d³ into the section where it is operated upon as in the section c³ and
passes out through squeezing rollers d d and through the section c where it is again
operated upon by two of the improved compound rollers E E after which it passes.
between squeezing rollers and is then plaited down or otherwise disposed of.
Any number of sections or tanks may be employed to suit the nature of the fabric
or the treatment to be given to the fabric an example of a simple form of machine
being illustrated by the sectional view Fig. 3.
In this view four of my improved compound rollers E are shown mounted the
course of the fabric a and the direction of the rotation of the rollers being indicated
by the arrows.
The fabric a enters the machine over a guide roller and passes through the tank
under over and around the series of guide rollers 6 being operated upon during its
traverse through the tank by the four compound rollers E in a manner similar to that
already described with reference to the previous Figures. The fabric passes out of
the tank through a pair of squeezing rollers d d by which the excess of liquid is
removed.
By the use of my improved compound rollers I obtain a rapidly repeated discharge
against the fabric of a considerable body of liquid whereby a great saving of time
labour and space is effected in washing cleansing and similarly treating textile
fabrics.
Although I have only shown cylindrical vessels on the compound rollers it is
obvious that vessels of other shape may be used for collecting and dashing the liquid
in the tank against the fabric under operation and they may be pivoted in any
so long as they have freedom to swivel on their pivots
independently of their revolving motion around the shaft or axis of the compound
roller.
convenient manner
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. The improved compound roller arranged to revolve in liquid contained in a tank
teal the ni filconciatio of hallala

page_text: swivel links or arms pivoted to rotatory discs or spider wheels said vessels being
slotted or perforated so that in revolving they collect the liquid and then dash it
against the fabric substantially as herein set forth for the purpose specified.
2.-The combination with a range of apparatus for washing cleansing or otherwise
treating fabrics of any suitable number of revolving compound rollers each made up
of a number of slotted or open hollow vessels mounted and free to swivel independently
of their revolving motion around the roller axis substantially as herein set forth
for the purposes specified.
3.-The several constructions combinations and arrangements of parts embodying
my improvements in machinery or apparatus for washing cleansing and similarly
treating textile fabrics substantially as herein described and as illustrated by the
annexed Drawings.
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