An Improved Apparatus for Drying and Finishing Knitted, Frame Made, and Fabric Gloves.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Drying and Finishing Knitted,
Frame Made, and Fabric Gloves.
I WILLIAM DAVIDSON WATSON 8 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for DRYING AND FINISHING, KNITTED,
FRAME MADE AND FABRIC GLOVES to be as follows:-
It has hitherto been the general practice, in drying and finishing knitted frame
made and fabric gloves to stretch them on shapes and dry them from the outside.
The object of the present invention is to dry and finish from the inside.
A series of hollow moulds of suitable shape made of brass, or other suitable
substance is supplied by steam at a suitable pressure or by hot air or water.
Over these moulds the gloves are drawn and allowed to remain till the process.of
drying or finishing is complete. The heating fluid may be delivered into the
centre of the moulds by tubes passing up through the stem to prevent overbeating
of the welt of the glove, or it may be discharged directly into the ends of the
moulds.
The apparatus is fitted with the necessary supply and discharge pipes and stop
cocks.
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page_text: An Improved Apparatus for Drying and Finishing Knitted,
Frame Made, and Fabric Gloves.
I, WILLIAM DAVIDSON WATSON, 8 Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen 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:-
It has hitherto been the practice in drying and finishing knitted, frame made,
and fabric gloves, to stretch them on shapes and dry them from the outside.
My invention relates to the use of apparatus whereby such drying and finishing
of the gloves is effected from the interior thereof. For this purpose I construct
hollow moulds of metal or other material, of the shape of the gloves, so that these
can be drawn over them, and the interior of these moulds is supplied with steam,
hot air or hot water at a suitable pressure, the gloves being retained on the moulds
until the process of drying and finishing is complete.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing shews a side elevation and Fig. 2 a cross
section of one arrangement of my said apparatus. A A are the hollow metal
inoulds of the shape of a glove, which are fixed upon branches B¹ B₁ of a closed
tube or box B, within which is a pipe C having branches C¹ C¹ passing up within
the moulds, and supplied with steam or other hot fluid through the cock D. The
condeused or cooled fluid passes down into the box B from which it can be
discharged either periodically or continuously through the cock E. The box B
may be made of any desired length for receiving a number of the moulds. In
some cases the pipes CC may be dispensed with and the hot fluid be made to
pass directly into the box B and thence into the moulds A, but I prefer to
convey the hot fluid into the centre of the mould by the internal pipes as shewn
in order to prevent the overheating of the welt of the glove by bringing the fluid,
when at its hottest, in contact with the lower part of the mould.
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:
1. The use for drying and finishing knitted, frame made, and fabric gloves, of
hollow moulds over which the gloves are drawn and which are heated internally
by hot air, steam or other hot fluid, substantially as herein described.
2. In apparatus for drying and finishing gloves, the combination of hollow
moulds A with box B and supply pipe C C¹ for steam, hot air or other hot fluid,
arranged and operating substantially as herein described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.