Improvements in and relating to Drying Horses and similar Apparatus.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 2nd Dec.,
1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Drying Horses and similar
Apparatus.
I, DAVID MEIN NESBIT, of 12, Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, W.C.,
and of Sycamore Lane, Leicester, in the County of Leicester, Managing Director,
and ASHWELL & NESBIT LIMITED, whose registered office is at Sycamore Lane,
Leicester, aforesaid, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to drying horses and similar apparatus for use in the
drying of fabrics in laundries, dye works, and elsewhere, and has for its object
to more thoroughly and rapidly effect the drying by heating the fabrics or
materials uniformly over their whole area, and to simply and economically con-
struct a series of such horses.
The invention consists in providing between each of the drying horses con-
stituting the series a circuit of heating pipe or pipes which emanates from a
common junction piece fixedly secured to the frame in which the horses are
mounted, and which passes to a common outlet junction from which the fluid
heating medium is led to the return pipe; and in the detail construction and
arrangement of such horses as hereafter described.
In carrying the invention into effect in the provision of a series of horses for
use in a laundry to dry the fabrics or materials after washing or cleansing, we
provide each horse preferably as a single frame constituted of a front door plate
connected to a corresponding rear plate by means of a longitudinal underframe
carried upon wheels, the front and rear plates being also connected at their upper
parts by a bar, and further braced or connected together by means of longitudinal
rods or tubes which primarily serve the purpose of receiving or hanging the
fabrics to be dried.
These rods or tubes may be arranged in a number of vertical sets or series.
The underframe of each of the horses is carried on wheels which run upon a
single rail preferably of double channel section the wheels having a correspond-
ing rim shape; while the upper part of the frame of each of the horses is guided
within a bar rail or plate fixed in the brickwork, roller or rollers being pro-
vided upon the upper part of the frame to engage with the bar so as thereby
to facilitate the withdrawal or closure of the drying horse. The drying horses
constituting the series are arranged in proximity one with the other, spaces being
allowed to permit of the fabrics being introduced, and withdrawn without possi-
bility of contact with the heating pipes that are arranged between the respective
horses.
A common fixed front plate is preferably secured within the brickwork with
apertures of such a size, shape, and disposition as to receive the respective horses
employed, leaving between each a vertical pillar to which are fixed the common
inlet and outlet junctions to which the heating pipes are connected. The inlet
junction piece for each circuit pipe is connected to a common main pipe running
above the horse frames, and to these common junction inlets one, two, or more
pipes may be secured, which may pass in a tortuous fashion and have their
other extremities connected the common junction outlets fixed to the frame

page_text: pillars immediately beneath the common inlet junction pieces the outlet junction
pieces communicating with a common return pipe arranged beneath the horse
frames.
It is preferred to employ two or more heating pipes between each of the horses,
each of which pass out rearwardly and are diverted downwardly and pass again
inwardly so as thereby to cover the whole area of the horse, and thereby subject
the fabrics mounted thereupon to heat so as to uniformly dry them.
The whole space in which, the horses are mounted is preferably ventilated by
arranging for a current of air to pass from top to bottom by the use of a fan, or
other suitable, artificial or natural means may be employed, for effecting proper
ventilation.
The invention is not confined to the particular shape or arrangement of the
interposed heating pipes before described, as it is obvious that such pipes may be
arranged to pass from the common inlet and outlet junction pieces in any other
shape or tortuous arrangement whereby the whole area of the fabrics mounted
upon the horse' may be uniformly and rapidly dried. It is preferred to utilize
steam for the purpose of drying, but the invention is not confined' thereto:
Dated this 28th day of T 1900
MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,. and.
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents.
Improvements in and relating to Drying Horses and similar
Apparatus.
DAVID MEIN NESBIT, of 12, Great James Street, Bedford Row, London, W.C.,
and of Great Central Street (formerly Sycamore Lane), Leicester, in the County
of Leicester, Managing Director, and ASHWELL & NESBIT, LIMITED, whose regis-
tered office is at Great Central Street (formerly Sycamore Lane), Leicester,
Engineers, 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:-
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This invention relates to drying horses and similar apparatus for use in the
drying of fabrics in laundries, dye works and elsewhere, and has for its object
to more thoroughly and rapidly effect the drying by heating the fabrics or
materials uniformly over the whole area, and to simply and economically con-
struct a series of such horses.
The invention consists in providing between each of the drying horses con-
stituting the series a circuit of heating pipe or pipes which emanates from a
common junction piece fixedly secured in the frame in which the horses are
mounted, and which passes to a common outlet junction from which the' fluid
heating medium is led to the return pipe; and in the detail construction' and
arrangement of such horses as hereafter described.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of the drying-horses or stands provided
in accordance with the invention, and
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section on the line y Figure 1.
In carrying the invention into effect as illustrated in the accompanying draw-
ings, in the provision of a series of horses for use in a laundry to dry the fabrics
or materials after washing or cleansing, we provide each horse preferably as a
single frame A constituted of a front door plate A¹ connected to a corresponding

page_text: rear plate A3 by means of a longitudinal underframe B carried upon wheels bb,
the front and rear plates A1 and A2 being also connected at their upper parts by
a bar C, and further braced or connected together by means of longitudinal rods
or tubes D which primarily serve the purpose of receiving or hanging the fabrics
to be dried. These rods or tubes D may be arranged in a number of vertical sets
or series.
The underframe B of each of the horses is carried on wheels b b, which run
upon a single rail E preferably of double channel section, the wheels bb having
a corresponding rim shape; while the upper part of the frame A of each of the
horses is guided within a bar rail or plate F fixed in the brickwork, a roller G
or rollers being provided upon the upper part of the frame A, to engage with the
bar F so as thereby to facilitate the withdrawal or closure of the drying horse.
The drying-horses constituting the series are arranged in proximity one with the
other, spaces being allow to permit of the fabrics being introduced and with-
drawn without possibility of contact with the heating pipes H H¹ that are
arranged between the respective horses.
A common fixed front plate I is preferably secured within the brickwork
with apertures of such a size shape and disposition as to receive the respective
horses employed, leaving between each a vertical pillar I' to which are fixed the
common inlet and outlet junctions J K to which the heating pipes H H¹ are
connected. The inlet junction piece J for each circuit pipe H H¹ is connected
to a common main pipe L running above the horse frames A, and to these
common junction inlets J, one, two or more pipes such as H H may be secured,
which may pass in a tortuous fashion and have their other extremities connected
to the common junction outlets K fixed to the frame pillars I immediately
beneath the common inlet junction pieces J, the outlet junction pieces K com-
municating with a common return pipe M arranged beneath the horse frames A.
It is preferred to employ two or more heating pipes such as H H¹ between
each of the horses, each of which pass out rearwardly and are diverted down-
wardly and pass again inwardly so as thereby to cover the whole area of the
horse, and thereby subject the fabrics mounted thereupon to heat so
uniformly dry them.
as to
The whole space in which the horses are mounted is preferably ventilated by
arranging for a current of air to pass from top to bottom by the use of a fan or
other suitable artificial or natural means may be employed for effecting proper
ventilation.
The invention is not confined to the particular shape or arrangement of the
interposed heating pipes before described as it is obvious that such pipes may be
arranged to pass from the common inlet and outlet junction pieces in any other
shape or tortuous arrangement whereby the whole area of the fabrics mounted
upon the horse may be uniformly and rapidly dried. It is preferred to utilize
steam for the purpose of drying, but the invention is not confined thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
Drying-horses and similar apparatus constructed substantially as herein before
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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MARKS & CLERK,
18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
13, Temple Street, Birmingham, and 25, Cross Street, Manchester, Agents.