Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Aug., 1886.
Complete Left, 2nd May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd June, 1887. -
I, WILLIAM MATHER of Salford Iron Works, Manchester in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for treating textile materials with liquids, gases
or vapours, wherein a kier or waggon charged with the fabric to be treated is intro-
duced into a closed chamber in which the fabric is to be subjected to the action of the
liquids &c. Apparatus of this description were described in my Patents Nos. 191285
30968 and 879385.
The present invention relates to improvements in such apparatus whereby pieces of
cloth or textile material having ornamentation at their ends, generally known as
"headings," can be treated so that whilst being bleached, the colours of such
ornamentation shall not be destroyed. For this purpose I attach at the top and all
round the inside of the waggon watertight compartments or pockets fitted with a lid
in which pure water or neutralising solution is contained for the purpose of limiting
or reducing the action of the caustic soda.
In feeding the pieces of textile material into the waggons, the ends of the pieces
with ornamental headings are thrown over the side, and when the waggon is filled up,
these are collected together and placed into the above mentioned pockets and the
lid is then closed down, thus protecting the headings from the full action of the
bleaching agent used for the bulk of the material when piled in mass.
Kth of Aran 1006
ABEL & IMRAY,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Apparatus for Treating Textile Materials with Liquids, Gases,
or Vapours.
I, WILLIAM MATHER of Salford Iron Works, Manchester 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 apparatus for treating textile materials with liquids, gases,
or vapours wherein a kier or waggon charged with the fabric to be treated is intro-
duced into a closed chamber in which the fabric is subjected to the action of the
liquids &c. Apparatus of this description were described in my Patents Nos. 191286,
30968, and 87938
The present invention relates to improvements in such apparatus whereby pieces of
cloth or textile material having ornamentation at their ends, generally known as
"headings," can be treated so that whilst being bleached, the colours of such
ornamentation shall not be destroyed. For this purpose I attach at the top and all
round the inside of the waggon watertight compartments or pockets fitted with a lid
in which pure water or neutralising solution is contained for the purpose of limiting
or reducing the action of the caustic soda.
In feeding the pieces of textile material into the waggons, the ends of the pieces
with ornamental headings are thrown over the side, and when the waggon is filled up,
these are collected together and placed into the above mentioned pockets and the lid is
then closed down, thus protecting the headings from the full action of the bleaching
agent used for the bulk of the material when piled in mass.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a transverse section and Fig. 2 a longi-
tudinal section shewing my invention applied to waggons such as are described in the
Specifications above referred to. I make part of the waggon casing at its upper
edge double so as to form a watertight compartment or pocket P which can be covered
by hinged lids L. I charge the pocket Peither with pure water or with a solution
capable of neutralising the action of the bleaching or other agents employed, and the
headings of the fabrics contained in the waggon being immersed in this liquid are
protected from the action of these agents.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1 claim is:-
In waggons holding textile materials while they are subjected to the action of
liquids gases or vapours in a closed chamber providing at the upper edges watertight
pockets to receive and protect the ornamented ends or headings of the fabrics treated
substantially as herein described.
Dated this 2nd day of May 1887
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.