PRINTING ONE OR MORE COLOURS SIMUL- TANEOUSLY ON COTTON AND WOOLLEN HANKS AND THE LIKE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I THOMAS GILLOTT. CHARLESWORTH of Castle. Mill Works Leicester in the
county of Leicester, Dyer, trading as, "T Charlesworth & Son" do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for "PRINTING ONE OR MORE COLOURS SIMUL-
TANEOUSLY ON COTTON AND WOOLLEN HANKS AND THE LIKE AND APPARATUS
THEREFOR to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to print or dye colours on hanks of wool cotton
and the like materials, and this I accom in the following manner.
The hank is carefully combed so as to separate each thread from the others and
is then fed to a machine which has two shafts one driven in any convenient
manner as by a belt and the other driven from the first shaft by spur gearing-or
both shafts may be driven independently but at the same speed. Upon each of
these shafts are a number of rollers which correspond with each other may be
covered with felt or the like absorbent material. The lower rollers are partly
submerged in baths of liquid colours-one to each roller; this may be done by
having a trough divided by partitions, one partition between each roller.
As the
two series of rollers touch the top ones take the colours (which is mixed with
gum &c in the ordinary manner to make it adhere) from the bottom ones and the
hanks are passed between the two sets of rollers with their threads parallel to the
axis of the rollers; that is they are fed in sideways instead of endways and are
thus dyed in sections, each pair of rollers having imparted its separate colours to
that portion of the bank which passed between that pair of rollers.
practicable number of rollers may be used in one machine and the hank is dyed or
printed with a like number of colours If only one roller on each shaft and one
colour be used the hank will be dyed one colour only.
Any
The machine has suitable framing, stays, &c and screw or equivalent devices for
regulating the pressure upon the rollers, or with drawing them from the trough, or
the like.

page_text: I THOMAS GILLOTT CHARLESWORTH Castle Mill Works, Leicester Leicestershire,
Dyer trading as T. Charlesworth and Son do hereby declare the nature of this
invention for "PRINTING ONE OR MORE COLOURS SIMULTANEOUSLY ON COTTON
AND WOOLLEN HANKS AND THE LIKE AND APPARATUS: THEREFOR." and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is.a general front view of the machine
for carrying my invention into practice. Figure 2 is a plan of the machine and
Figure 3 is a sectional side view of the rollers trouglis & taken upon line y. z. of
Figure 1.
A A are any suitable standards or framework B is a trough or equivalent in
which revolves the divided roll or series of rolls C fixed upon the shaft D driven by
the pulley D or in other convenient manner. Upon the other end of shaft D is, a
gear wheel D³ meshing with another wheel E' upon shaft E which is revolved at
the same rate as D but in the opposite direction. Gear wheels may be placed upon
both ends of the shafts if desired.
Upon shaft E is another divided roll or series of rolls F corresponding with that
upon shaft D and suitable mechanism such as the screws G may be employed for
the purpose of regulating the pressure upon the rolls or for lifting the upper set.
The spaces H¹ between the rolls may be of any required breadth and depth and
where different colors are being used the trough is divided into independent
sections by divisions which pass up into the spaces H' between the lower rolls; or
separate troughs may be used. If only one color is being used these divisions are
not required. The rolls are best covered with felt rubber or similar soft absorbent
material and the two sets are generally in.contact, the trough B contains the liquid
color mixed with gum or size & in the usual manner to make it adhere to the
material to be dyed or printed, each division of the trough having its separate color
unless one color only is being used. There may be as. many rolls upon each shaft,
and corresponding divisions in the trough as may be required though only three
are shown in the drawing.
The method of feeding the hanks to the rolls will be understood by reference to
Figures 2 and 3 the endless chains K pass over chain pulleys L at front and back
of the machine; these chains pass clear of the ends of the rolls the line of traverse
of the upper section of the chain coinciding or nearly so with the point of
contact of the two sets of rolls as shown in Figure 3.
These chains K carry hooks M upon the edges facing the rolls and the hanks
(which are left out of the drawings for the sake of clearness) are hooked upon
them so that they are fed sideways to the rolls. The hanks are placed upon the
hooks at the front of the machine and removed at the back after passing once
through the rolls.
Motion is given to the chains in any suitable manner as by the chain wheel N
round which and a corresponding chain wheel upon the back chain wheel-shaft O
a third endless chain passes.
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For supplying the top rolls with color a supplemental roll P touching rolls F
and revolved by them and dipping into a color trough R is provided. This roll P

page_text: is divided to correspond with F and the trough R is also divided into sections for
the different colors.
S is a hand wheel for turning a screw for tightening the chains if they get
slack.
The operation is as follows:-
The hand of wool or other material is fed between the rolls as above described.
In passing through the rolls the hank is dyed or printed the portion between each
pair of rolls C. F taking the particular color contained in that portion of the trough
into which that roll C dips. Thus any number of different colors equal to the
number of rolls upon shaft D may be simultaneously imparted to the hank the
spaces H leaving that portion of the hank which opposes them undyed with very
pretty effect amongst the bright colors, the width of these being regulated by the
width of the spaces H.
Before entering the machine the hank is first carefully combed so as to separate
each thread from its fellows and facilitate the dyeing process.
The dyeing or printing is completed by once passing the hank between the rolls
and it can then be dried in the usual 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
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1. The method of dyeing or printing hanks of wool or the like by passing them
sideways between the rolls.
2. The method of dyeing or printing two or more colors simultaneously upon
hanks of wool or the like by passing the hanks sideways between two rolls or
series of rolls divided into sections each section having its appropriate color
substantially as specified.
3. The method of dyeing or printing hanks of wool or the like by passing the
hanks sideways between two sets of rolls having a space between each section
said space leaving a corresponding undyed portion upon the hank substantially as
specified.
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4. In a machine for printing or dyeing hanks of wool or the like the rolls O F
divided into sections each having its appropriate color substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
5. In a machine for printing or dyeing hanks of wool or the like the rolls C F
divided into sections by the spaces H substantially as and for the purpose
specified.
6. The combination with the divided rolls C of the color trough B divided into
sections corresponding with the sections of the rolls each section containing its
appropriate color substantially as described.
7. The combination with the coloring rolls F C of the hank feeding device
consisting of the endless travelling chains K with hooks M upon which the hanks
are hung substantially as and for the purposes described and shown.
8. As a hank feeding device the combination of the two travelling endless
chains K having hooks M on their corresponding faces substantially as and for the
purpose specified.
9. The combination with the roll F of the supplemental coloring roll P and color
trough R substantially as and for the purpose specified.
THOS GILLOTT CHARLESWORTH.