combined fulling and washing
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Apr., 1887
Complete Left, 23rd Jan., 1888
Complete Accepted, 24th Feb., 1888
1, EDWARD KEMPE of Holbeck Mills, Leeds in the County of York, Machine
Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in fulling and combined fulling and
washing machines and the improvements relate to that class of fulling or combined
fulling and washing machines in which the fabrics are operated on in a rope
form.
In these machines the ropes of cloth are passed between a pair of fulling bowls or
rollers which are pressed together by springs and one of the rollers (the bottom one)
is provided with deep end flanges to prevent the rope of fabric from escaping from
between the rollers at their ends. Heretofore the circumference of the bowls or rollers
used in such machines has been made of wood. According to my invention I make
either or all of the bowls or rollers of compressed cloth formed by threading numerous
dises of cloth side by side on to a metal bar adapted to serve as the axis of the roller
and then compressing the assemblage of discs by means of a powerful press. The
machine may not only be provided with a pair of fulling rollers but also with other
rollers for washing the fabric if desired.

page_text: Improvements in Fulling and Combined Fulling and Washing
Machines.
I, EDWARD KEMPE, of Holbeck Mills, Leeds, in the County of York, Machine
Maker, 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 has for its object improvements in fulling and combined fulling
and washing machines and the improvements relate to that class of fulling or
combined fulling and washing machines in which the fabrics are operated on in a
rope form.
In these machines the ropes of cloth are passed between a pair of fulling bowls or
rollers which are pressed together by springe and one of the rollers (the bottom one)
is provided with deep end flanges to prevent the rope of fabric from escaping from
between the rollers at their ends. Heretofore the circumference of the bowls or
rollers used in such machines has been made of wood. According to my invention I
make either or all of the bowls or rollers of compressed cloth formed by threading
numerous discs or segments of cloth side by side on to a metal bar adapted to serve
as the axis of the roller and then compressing the assemblage of discs by means of a
powerful press. The machine may not only be provided with a pair of fulling rollers
but also with other rollers for washing the fabric if desired.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a section and Figure 2 a side view of a pair of rolls constructed
according to this invention. The side plates a a' Figure 1 are made in one piece with
the rolls but the side plates b6 6' are formed of rings which are fastened to the
plates aa by means of the screws ccl. Between the plates a a and b there are a
number of discs or segments d of cloth. These are compressed between the plates
before the screws c c are screwed up. The plates a and b of the lower rolls are of
greater diameter than the discs so that they project and form flanges which may be
covered with softer material as shown.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declaro that what
I claim is :-
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1. Forming the rolls of fulling and combined fulling and washing machines of discз
or segments of cloth substantially as described.
2. My improvements in fulling and combined fulling and washing machines
substantially as described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1888.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.