Improvements in Apparatus for Renovating Feathers, Flock, Hair, Wool, and the like.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 28th Oct., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Renovating Feathers, Flock, Hair,
Wool, and the like.
We, MARTIN ROSE RUBLE, Mechanical Engineer, WILLIAM INGRAM ADAMS,
Gentleman, both of 145, Cannon Street, in the County of London, and CHARLES
RISBEE IORNS, Engineer, of 11, Kyverdale Road, Stoke Newington, in the County
of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements on a former invention for which
Martin Rose Ruble obtained Letters Patent No. 8926 dated the 26th May 1891
and the present improvements relate to the blower and certain parts connected
therewith for circulating the feathers or the like through the apparatus.
In the aforesaid patent, the feathers to be renovated, passed through the
blower, and in consequence, not only did the blower get choked up but large
feathers could not be renovated as they were broken in the blower.
According to the present invention, we construct the apparatus in such a way
that the feathers or other articles to be renovated shall not pass through the
blower, while circulating through the apparatus.
In order to carry out these improvements we connect an ejector to the sweat
box, such ejector being in connection with a fan or blower preferably constructed
as hereafter described.
The ejector is formed by connecting one end of a pipe to the sweat box and
carrying it round to the tank (marked F in the specification of the aforesaid
patent) such tank being provided with screens and inclined plates as described
in the aforesaid specification. The said tank also communicates by means of
another pipe with the sweat box and the pipe coming from the blower enters
one of the aforesaid communicating pipes in such a way that as the blower is
worked it will cause the feathers or the like to circulate through the sweat box,
tank and communicating pipes without passing through the blower. By this
means we are enabled to increase the distance through which the feathers or the
like are circulated.
The blower we prefer to employ in connection with this apparatus consists
in improvements on the blower referred to in a former invention for which
Martin Rose Ruble obtained Letters Patent No. 1089 dated 18th January 1893,
and the present improvements consist in extending the circular portion of the
partition plates so that such portions may overlap one another, and further
shortening the said partition plates.
Dated this 2nd da
1000

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Improvements in Apparatus for Renovating Feathers, Floek, Hair,
Wool, and the like.
We, MARTIN ROSE RUBLE, Mechanical Engineer, WILLIAM INGRAM ADAMS,
Gentleman, both of 145, Cannon Street, in the County of London, and CHARLES
RISBEE IORNS, Engineer, of 11, Kyverdale Road, Stoke Newington, in the County
of London, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements on a former invention for which
Martin Rose Ruble obtained Letters Patent No. 8926 dated the 26th May 1891
and the present improvements relate to the blower and certain parts connected
therewith for circulating the feathers or the like through the apparatus.
In the aforesaid patent, the feathers to be renovated, passed through the
blower, and in conséquence, not only did the blower get choked up but large
feathers could not be renovated as they were broken in the blower.
According to the present invention, we construct the apparatus in such a way
that the feathers or other articles to be renovated shall not pass through the
blower, while circulating through the apparatus.
In order to carry out these improvements we connect an ejector to the sweat
box, such ejector being in connection with a fan or blower preferably constructed
as hereafter described.
The ejector is formed by connecting one end of a pipe to the sweat box and
carrying it round to the trunk marked F in the specification of the aforesaid patent
such trunk being provided with screens and inclined plates as described
in the aforesaid specification. The said trunk also communicates by means of
another pipe with the sweat box and the pipe coming from the blower enters
one of the aforesaid communicating pipes in such a way that as the blower is
worked it will cause the feathers or the like to circulate through the sweat box,
'trunk and communicating pipes without passing through the blower.
means we are enabled to increase the distance through which the feathers or the
like are circulated.
By this
The blower we prefer to employ in connection with this apparatus consists
in improvements on the blower referred to in a former invention for which
Martin Rose Ruble obtained Letters Patent No. 1089 dated 18th January 1893,
and the present improvements consist in extending the circular portion of the
partition plates, so that such portions may overlap one another.
And in order that our said invention may be better understood we will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanying this
specification in which Fig. 1 shews outline plan of the connections and general
arrangement of apparatus constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is
a plan shewing our improved blower to be used in connection therewith.
:
With reference to Fig. 1 a shews the blower, and b b shew sweat boxes. Two
sweat boxes are shewn on the left hand of the blower a, and two others might
be similarly connected up with the outlet c from the right hand of the blower:
or the blower might be connected with only one sweat box, as shewn by the full
lines in Fig. 1: or other convenient numbers of sweat boxes may be connected
with the blower.
The ejector is formed by connecting one end d of a pipe e to the sweat box 6 and
carrying the said pipe round to the trunk f, such trunk being provided with
screens and inclined plates as described in the aforesaid Specification 8926 of 1891,

page_text: and we may have additional screens to those mentioned in the aforesaid
specification when found desirable. The said trunk f also communicates by
means of another pipe g with the sweat box 6 and the pipe h from the blower
enters the aforesaid communicating pipe e so that as the blower is worked it will
cause the feathers or other articles to be drawn from the sweat box through the
pipe e, trunk f, pipe g and back again to the sweat box b, to be circulated through
the pipes, trunk and box as often as necessary. The course of the feathers or
other articles is shewn by the arrows on the drawing. The arrow marked m
shews the direction of the jet of air from the blower.
Fig. 2 shews the blower we prefer to employ in connection with this apparatus,
this blower is drawn to an enlarged scale. We bend the circular portion of the
partition plates as shewn at i, the straight portions of such plates being made
slightly shorter than is usual.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1. Apparatus for renovating feathers, flock, hair, wool and the like, constructed
substantially as set forth.
2. In apparatus for renovating feathers, flock, hair, wool and the like, the
employment of an ejector in combination with a blower for the purpose of causing
the feathers or other articles to circulate through the sweat box and other portions
of the apparatus, without passing through the blower.
Dated this 4th 1.
1000
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants, 9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.