IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR REDUCING WOVEN, WOOLLEN, AND OTHER BAGS IN ORDER TO FIT THEM FOR BEING RECONVERTED INTO MATERIAL FOR FABRICS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Peter Jensen, of 89, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention
of "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR REDUCING WOVEN, WOOLLEN, AND OTHER BAGS
IN ORDER TO FIT THEM FOR BEING RECONVERTED INTO MATERIAL FOR FABRICS."
A communication from abroad by Hans Waldemar Jespersen, of
Copenhagen in the Kingdom of Danmark
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Peter Jensen at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th November 1873.
I, PETER JENSEN, of 89, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR REDUCING WOVEN, WOOLLEN, AND
OTHER RAGS, IN ORDER TO FIT THEM FOR BEING RECONVERTED INTO MATERIAL FOR
FABRICS" (a communication to me from abroad by Hans Waldemar
Jespersen, of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark), to be as
follows:-

page_text: tures was not directed to the production of such material in various
qualities, all being prepared in oil with the dirt and grit contained in the
rags; but with the greater competition and consequent greater utiliza-
tion of such wool; also on the Continent the manufacturers of such wool
had their attention drawn to the production of the same in different
qualities, and in Germany a machine was invented which successfully
produced such wool from knitted fabrics, and that in a long fibred, good,
clean, and for nearly all cloth manufacturers suitable quality. Woven
woollen rags however are still reduced in the old fashion.
Now the object of this Invention has been attained by the production
of a machine in and by which wool is produced from woven rags of a
quality suitable for every manufacturer of such articles, all as hereafter
described.
This machine consists of an endless apron,
which conveys the rags to
and between a pair of feeding rollers, one of which is weighted by means
of levers and weights or equivalent means, in order thereby to exert the
necessary tension on the rags passing between the said feeding rollers
which feed them to a tearing or unravelling cylinder, which is furnished
with teeth or needs, and which is driven at a great velocity, say, about
2000 revolutions for a diameter of about 17 inches. The rags are directly
from between the feeding rollers caught by the tearing cylinder at or
about the middle of its height or diameter, and carried up and round by
it, leaving it as wool in a state ready for being washed.
In order to produce wool of different fineness or quality cylinders
having teeth of different size or fineness are employed, one for each sort;
thereby it is possible not only to produce wool from knitted woollen
rags but also from woven woollen rags, which heretofore have not been
reduced on any such machine. From this again it follows that the wool
from woven as well as knitted fabrics can be delivered in a washed
and clean state without as heretofore being prepared in oil with grit
and dirt in, which makes every washing impossible. The value or
quality of the goods is thus also enhanced.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Peter Jensen in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 9th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, PETER
JENSEN, of 89, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer
and Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Peter Jensen, Her special licence
that I, the said Peter Jensen, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Peter Jensen, my executors, administrators,
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 "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR REDUCING WOVEN,
WOOLLEN, AND OTher Rags, in order to FIT THEM FOR BEING RECONVERTED INTO
MATERIAL FOR FABRICS" (a communication to me from abroad by Hans
Waldemar Jespersen, of Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark),
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Peter Jensen, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of 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 I, the said Peter Jensen, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
and to the letters of reference marked thereon, that is to say :-
For a long time the material obtained from woollen rags was only
used for the production of coarse goods, and the attention of manufac-
turerers was not directed to the production of such material in various

page_text: qualities, all being prepared in oil with the dirt and grit contained in the
rags; but with the greater competition and consequent greater utiliza-
tion of such wool; also on the Continent the manufacturers of such wool
had their attention drawn to the production of the same in different
qualities, and in Germany a machine was invented which successfully
produced such wool from knitted fabrics, and that in a long fibred, good,
clean, and for nearly all cloth manufacturers suitable quality. Woven
woollen rags however are still reduced in the old fashion.
rags; but with the greater competition and consequent greater utiliza-
tion of such wool; also on the Continent the manufacturers of such wool
had their attention drawn to the production of the same in different
qualities, and in Germany a machine was invented which successfully
produced such wool from knitted fabrics, and that in a long fibred, good,
clean, and for nearly all cloth manufacturers suitable quality.
woollen rags however are still reduced in the old fashion.
Woven
Now the object of this Invention is attained by the production of a
machine in and by which wool is produced from woven rags of a quality
suitable for every manufacturer of such articles, all as hereafter
described.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood I will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the annexed Sheet of
Drawings, where Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine, and Figure 2
a plan of the same; Figure 3 is a cross section through the unravelling
cylinder of the machine.
This machine consists of an endless apron ƒ, which conveys the rags
to and between a pair of feeding rollers o and c¹, one of which c is
weighted by means of levers d and weights e, or equivalent means, in
order thereby to exert the necessary tension on the rags passing between
the said feeding rollers c, c¹, which feed them to a tearing or unravelling
cylinder a, which is furnished with teeth or needles, as shewn also at
Fig. 3. This unravelling roller a is driven at a great velocity, say,
about 2000 revolutions per minute for a diameter of about 17 inches.
The rags are placed on the table 9, carried along by the endless apron f,
passed through the feeding rolls c, c³, and then directly from between
the feeding rollers c, c², caught by the tearing cylinder a at or about the
middle of its height or diameter, and carried up and round by it, leaving
it as wool in a state ready for being washed. is a hood over the cylinder
a and adjoining parts.
The revolving parts of this machine may conveniently be driven and
geared as here shewn, where is a countershaft, which by pulley ; and
strap conveys motion to the strap pulley k on the cylinder shaft, and by
wheel gearing gives motion to the spindles of the feed rollers co' and the
spindle of the apron f