IMPROVEMENTS IN BEATING APPARATUS TO BE USED IN MACHINES FOR WASHING TEXTILE MATERIALS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake,
& Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of
“IMPROVEMENTS IN BEATING APPARATUS TO BE USED IN MACHINES FOR
WASHING TEXTILE MATERIALS." A communication from abroad by Messieurs
Gillet et fils, of Lyons, France, Dyers.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st January 1882.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE of the Firm of Haseltine Lake and Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings London. " IMPROVEMENTS IN BEATING APPARATUS TO
5 BE USED IN MACHINES FOR WASHING TEXTILE MATERIALS." [A communication
from abroad by Messieurs Gillet et fils, of Lyons, France, Dyers.]
This Invention relates to beating apparatus capable of being applied to various
kinds of machines for washing textile materials in hanks or skeins.
The beater proper is made in this form-

page_text: The beater receives its alternative movement from a motor in the following
manner-The motion is transmitted by suitable gearing to two shafts on which
are placed one or more cranks, which, by means of connecting rods, communicate to
the beaters a continuous alternative movement. The beater oscillates upon its
fulcrum, and, at each forward oscillation, strikes the hank or skein of the textile 5
material placed on the reel and throws it against a stop provided for the purpose.
The effects of the beating are facilitated by the shape of the beater and may be
regulated by varying its oscillations and the speed of the reel carrying the hank or
skein; regular working can thus be obtained applicable to all kinds of textile
materials.
For the washing I employ a main or principal pipe distributing the water to
different tubes which are perforated with holes arranged helically upon their
circumference thus equalizing the washing at the different parts of the reels.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Robert Lako in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st July 1882.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London. "IMPROVEMENTS IN BEATING APPARATUS TO
BE USED IN MACHINES FOR WASHING TEXTILE MATERIALS." A communication
from abroad by Messieurs Gillot et fils, of Lyons, Franco, Dyers.
This Invention relates to beaters or beating apparatus capable of being applied
to various kinds of machines for washing textile materials in hanks or skeins.
The Drawing represents the application of four beaters to a machine with four
reels. There may, however, be any suitable number of reels and the construction
of the several parts of the machine may be varied.
The form of the beater B is represented on the Drawing and it receives its
alternative or oscillatory movement from the motor in the following manner, that
is to say: The motion of the motor is transmitted by any suitable means to the
shaft H which in its turn, transmits it by means of bevel wheels to the shafts D D'.
On these shafts are keyed the bevel wheels E which gear with the bevel wheels E¹
keyed on the shafts F. On these shafts F are fixed one or more cranks, which by
means of connecting rods, attached at the points G, communicate to the beaters &
continuous alternative or oscilatory movement. The beater oscillates upon its
fulcrum O and at each forward oscillation strikes the hank or skein of the textile
material placed on the reel A and throws it against the stop C. The effects of the
beating are facilitated by the shape of the beater and can be regulated by varying
the oscillations of the beater and the speed of the reel carrying the hank or skein;
regular working can thus be obtained applicablo to all kinds of textile materials.
For the washing I employ a main pipe I distributing the water to the tubes K
which are perforated with holes arranged helically upon their circumference thus
equalizing the washing at the different parts of the reels A. The said beaters may
be made of any suitable material.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents and the manner of performing the same I wish it understood
that I claim
The above described improvements in beaters or beating apparatus to be used in
machines for washing textile materials.
In witness whereof I the said William Robert Lake have hereunto set my
hand and seal this Twenty ninth day of July in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
W. ROBT. LAKE. (L.S.)