Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Pressing and Finishing Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 3rd June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 26th Aug., 1887.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Pressing and
Finishing Textile Fabrics.
We EDMUND OUTRAM of Greetland Dyer and Finisher, and JOHN MILLER of
Greetland, Dyer and Finisher in the county of York do hereby declare the nature of
this Invention to be as follows :-
The object of this invention refers to what is known as cylindrical pressing machines
by which textile fabrics can be pressed and the finish or the lustre fixed more
effectually, and with less labor than has hitherto been accomplished.
I employ the ordinary cylinder and concave, both of which may be heated by steam
or other means, to impart the required amount of finish or lustre to the fabrics, the
fabrics pass under the cylinder, between the cylinder and the concave, but for the
purpose of fixing the finish and lustre so obtained, I employ a second or series of
cylinders and concaves refrigerated or cooled by any suitable means to fix the finish
or lustre so obtained by the second or series of cylinders.
1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a front elevation of our improved apparatus for pressing and finishing
fabrics.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a modification of Fig. 1.
We employ the ordinary cylinder A and concave B (or two or more cylinders and
concaves may be used) which may be heated by steam or other means, to impart the
required amount of finish or lustre to the fabrics.
The fabrics pass under the cylinder A, that is, between the cylinder A and the
concave B. And for the purpose of fixing the finish and lustre so obtained, we
employ a second cylinder C, and concave D, or a series of cylinders C, and concaves D,
which are refrigerated, or cooled by any suitable means, so as to fix the finish or
lustre previously obtained by the heated cylinder and concave, or cylinders and
concaves.
The fabrics after passing between the cylinder A, and concave B, either pass over
an intermediate compensating roller E (see Figs. 1 and 2) or the cloth may pass
direct to the cylinder or cylinders C, and concave or concaves D, see Fig. 3.
The concaves are mounted in suitable bearings, with or without screws M, and
springs N, for raising or lowering them, so as to bring them in and out of contact
with their respective cylinders; or they may be moved in and out of contact by levers
or other suitable means.
F, G, H and J are gear wheels for operating the cylinders, and are driven from
the shaft L; the intermediate compensating roller can be raised and lowered in
grooves or otherwise by chains or other suitable means.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained, the nature of this invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed we would have it understood, that we
do not confine ourselves to any number of cylinders and concaves either heated or
refrigerated, or to any means of regulating or putting them in or out of contact, but
we declare that what we claim is :-
The combination of heated cylinder or cylinders, concave or concaves, for imparting
the required lustre or finish, with refrigerated or cool cylinder or cylinders, and
concave or concaves for permanently fixing or retaining such lustre or finish, with or
without the compensating roller for taking up any slackness of cloth in passing through
the machine, substantially as shown and described.
נ.י.ת
ST 1007
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.