IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR DAMPING FABRICS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Broad Jackson of Lodge Bank Works, Bury, and
George Bentley of Lodge Bank Bury, in the County of Lancaster for an
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Broad Jackson and
George Bentley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
24th February 1883.
JOHN BROAD JACKSON of Lodge Bank Works, Bury, and GEORGE BENTLEY of
Lodge Bank Bury in the County of Lancaster" IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
DAMPING FABRICS
"
Our Invention has reference to apparatus for damping or "dewing" fabrics
wherein in place of the brush usually employed for spraying water upon cotton or
other fabrics an air blast is used to create and distribute a spray of water for the
said purpose-According to our said Invention there is provided a trough or box
for containing the water to be sprayed upon the fabric-The said box is mounted
in guides or carriers carried by a suitable framing in such a manner that it can be
raised or lowered in the said framing so as to be situated at a lesser or greater
distance from the fabric which is passed over the top of the machine by means of
suitable guides or rollers-A blower pump or fan is arranged in proximity to the
said box or trough and a pipe is led from the said blower pump or fan to an air
pipe passing through the said box or trough-The said pipe is provided with
nozzles pointed upwards and has at each side supports for water tubes which water
tubes at their lower ends dip into the water in the box or trough and at their
upper ends are bent over. to open just before and above the outlets from the air
nozzles there being preferably a water tube on each side of each air nozzle-The
Baid water tubes are preferably held in their supports by a screwed connection by
which they can be adjusted-The water box or trough may be provided with lids
on each side as in the brush spraying machine which lids can be opened out from
each other or closed towards each other to regulate the quantity of water which is

page_text: sprayed onto the fabric-The quantity of water so sprayed is also capable of being
regulated by raising or lowering the water box or trough in the framing for which
purpose the box may be provided with racks with which gear pinions carried by a
shaft supported in the framing and provided with convenient means for operating
the same in either direction-When the blast of air is turned on from the blower
pump or fan it issues from the nozzles and draws the water up the adjacent water
tubes on each side of it and then sprays the said water in an upward direction onto
the fabric passing above the apparatus-The improvements may readily be applied
to existing apparatus such as are at present used for spraying by means of a
brush.
There may be one or more water pipes arranged in proximity to each air nozzle,
as desired.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Broad Jackson and George Bentley in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 22nd August 1883.
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JOHN BROAD JACKSON of Lodge Bank Works Bury and GEORGE BENTLEY of
Lodge Bank Bury in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR DAMPING FABRICS
"
Our said Invention has reference to apparatus for damping or "dewing" fabrica
wherein in place of the brush usually employed for spraying water upon Cotton or
other fabrics an air blast is used to create and distribute a spray of water for the
said purpose. We will explain our Invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings Figure 1 of which is a transverse section and Figure 2 of which is a
longitudinal section of apparatus constructed or arranged according to our said
Invention. A represents a box or trough for containing the water to be sprayed
upon the Fabric The said box or trough is mounted in guides 6 carried by the
framework B in such a manner that the said box or trough A can be raised or
lowered in the said framing so as to be situated at a lesser or greater distance from
the fabric which is passed over the top of the Machine by means of any suitable
arrangement of guides or rollers.
d
A pipe c is led from a pump or fan as at C to an air pipe & passing through the
said box or trough A The said pipe d is provided with nozzles e pointed upwards
and has at each side supports d' for water tubes f which water tubes at their lower
ends dip into the water in the box or trough A and at their upper ends are bent
over to open just before and above the outlets from the air nozzles e there being
preferably a water tube f on each side of each air nozzle e, The said water tubes f
are preferably held in their supports d' by a screw and nut connection as shewn by
which they can be adjusted.
The water box or trough A may be provided with lids G on each side as in the
brush spraying machine which lids G can be opened out from each other or closed
towards each other to regulate the quantity of water which is sprayed on the
fabrica. The quantity of water so sprayed on to the fabric is also capable of being
regulated by raising or lowering the water box or trough A. in the guides 6 of the
framing B for which purpose any suitable mechanism may be provided. We have
illustrated a convenient arrangement consisting as follows. The box A is provided
with racks h with which gear pinions i carried by a shaft J supported in bearings
in the framing B and provided with suitable means for rotating the same in either
direction which may consist of a boss k provided with holes for the insertion of
an operating lever. When the blast of air is turned on from the blower pump or
fan at C it issues from the nozzles e and draws the water up the adjacent water
tubes and then sprays the said water in an upward vertical or approximately
vertical direction on to the fabric a passing above the apparatus-The improve-
ments may be readily applied to existing apparatus such as are at present used for
spraying or "dewing" by means of a brush. There is of course an air nozzle e to
each water pipe for set of water pipes f as shewn with regard to one set in Figure 1
and there may be one or more water pipes f arranged in proximity to each air
nozzle e as desired.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into
effect we would observe in conclusion that what we consider to be novel and
Original and therefore claim as the Invention secured to us by the hereinbefore in
part recited Letters Patent is :-
First-The general arrangement and combination of parts constituting the

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apparatus for damping fabrics by spraying in an upward or vertical (or approxi-
mately vertical) direction substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in
figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. In apparatus for damping fabrics arranging the water trough so that
it can be raised or lowered by means of suitable mechanism to regulate the quantity
of water sprayed on to the fabric substantially as hereinbefore described and illus-
trated in the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly-In apparatus for damping fabrics the arrangement of the water tubes f
and air tubes e as shewn in figures 1 and 2 in combination with means for traversing
the fabric to be damped over or above the said tubes so that the spray issues and
passes on to the said fabric in an upward or vertical (or approximately vertical)
direction substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Figures 1 and 2
of the accompanying drawings.
In witness whereof I the said George Bentley on behalf of myself and the said
John Broad Jackson have to this our Specification set my hand and seal this
Twentieth day of August Que thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
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