Improvements in Machinery for Crabbing or Boiling and Steaming Fabrics.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1887
Complete Left, 1st Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1887
Improvements in Machinery for Crabbing or Boiling and Steaming
Fabrics.
I, 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:-
In order to effect the operation more expeditiously 1 employ two steaming, rolls
placed one on each side of and above the cistern containing the boiling roll, so that
after a piece of cloth has been boiled it can be wound on to one or other of the
steaming rolls where it is steamed, whilst another piece is wound on to the boiling
roll, boiled and wound round the other steaming roll. In this way, although the
process of steaming takes longer than that of boiling, the boiling cistern and roll do
not stand idle.
I use only one expansion roll for stretching the cloth as it is being wound on to.
the steaming rolls. In order to enable this to be done I mount the axis of the
expansion roll upon brackets carried by a bar which is pivotted at its centre between
the two steaming rolls, so that after a piece of cloth has been wound on to one of the
steaming rolls the expansion roll can be turned round about the pivot so as to come
opposite to the other steaming roll.
Dated this 1st day of February 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Crabbing or Boiling and Steaming
Fabrics.
1, 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
In order to effect the operation more expeditiously I employ two steaming rolls
placed one on each side of and above the cistern containing the boiling roll so that
after a piece of cloth has been boiled it can be wound on to one or other of the
steaming rolls where it is steamed whilst another piece is wound on to the boiling
roll, boiled and wound round the other steaming roll. In this way although the
process of steaming takes longer than that of boiling-the boiling cistern and roll
do not stand idle.
A is a roller fitted with reversing gearing and a double brake and revolving in a
cistern containing water heated by a perforated steam pipe. B is a pressure roller,
C and D are perforated revolving rollers fitted with brakes and into which steam is
emitted. E is a brush, F and Gare guide rollers. The cloth is first beamed upon
the roller C, then wound upon the roller A and boiled it is then passed over the
roller F and wound upon the roller C and steamed during which process another
piece of cloth is beamed upon the roller D wound upon the roller A and boiled-
it is then passed over the roller G and wound upon the roller D and steamed.
Also it is very beneficial for some cloths after being steamed upon the roller
to pass them over the rollers F G and steam them upon the roller D by which
process both the fore and tail end of the cloths are equally acted upon by the
steam.
And in some instances it is very advantageous after the cloth has been steamed
upon the roller to wind it upon the roller A (the cistern containing either cold
or hot water) and then to steam it upon the roller D.
Also it is very beneficial for some cloths after being beamed to have the wo
straightened by the brush E before being wound upon the roller A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I claim is :-
1. Machinery for crabbing or boiling and steaming fabrics in which there are
two steaming rolls one on each side of and above the cistern containing the
boiling roll.
2. The apparatus substantially as described and shown in the drawings.
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CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.