Improvements in, and in connection with Wet Flax Spinning Frame Troughs.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 27th June, 1898-Accepted, 30th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in, and in connection with Wet Flax Spinning Frame
Troughs.
We, Joux HERDMAN and EMERSON TENNENT HERDMAN, of Sion Mills, County
Tryone, Ireland. Flax Spinning Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:—
At present the usual method of heating wet flax spinuing frame troughs con-
sists in admitting steam through a separate pipe direct into the water.
This practice causes considerable inconvenience, inasmuch as the steam, upon
entering the water disturbs the mud, and other deleterious deposits therein, and
injures the rove undergoing treatment in the trough.
The present invention is designed to obviate this defect, and to this end we
propose, instead of admitting steam and water through separate pipes, to cause
both to enter the trough in combination, and in a manner whereby the disturb-
ance above referred to will be reduced to a minimum.
This object we accomplish by effecting a junction between the water and the
steam pipes at a suitable point before entering the trough.
The single pipe thus formed-which enters the trough vertically, about mid-
way between its ends-communicates with two branch horizontal pipes of enlarged
diameter which run all the way towards both ends of the trough and terminate
in syphons rising at right angles to a proper height according to the pressure of
steam being used.
Through these syphons the water and condensed steam is discharged in a gentle,
and continuous stream whereby any undue disturbance of the water in the trough
is prevented, and consequently the injury to which the rove is, according to the
present system, subjected, entirely obviated.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATIVA.
Improvements in, and in connection with Wet Flax Spinning Frame
Troughs.
We, JouN HERDMAN and EMERSON TENNENT HERDMAN, of Sion Mills, County
Tryone, Ireland, Flax Spinning Merchants, do hereby declare the nature of
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page_text: this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
At present the usual method of heating wet flax spinning frame troughs con-
sists in admitting steam through a separate pipe direct into the water.
This practice causes considerable inconvenience inasmuch as the steam, upon
entering the water disturbs the mud, and other deleterious deposits and injures
the rove," undergoing treatment in the trough.
The present invention is designed to obviate this defect and to this end we
propose, instead of admitting steam and water through separate pipes, to cause
both elements to enter the trough in combination, and in a manner whereby the
disturbance above referred to will be reduced to a minimum if not altogether
obviated.
This object we accomplish by effecting a junction between the water and the
steam pipes at a suitable point before entering the trough.
The single pipe thus formed-which enters the trough vertically about mid-
way between its ends-communicates with two branch horizontal pipes of enlarged
diameter which run all the way towards both ends of the trough and terminate
in syphons rising at right angles, through which the water and steam are discharged.
In order that our said invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practice we attach the accompanying explanatory drawing which represents
a general view of a wet spinning frame trough, constructed, and arranged according
to our invention.
A indicates the water pipe, and B the steam pipe each of which are about three
quarters of an inch in diameter and join at C before entering the trough D where
the single pipe joins the horizontal branch pipe E which is about one inch and an
eight in diameter and extends to both ends of the trough terminating in
elbows FF.
From these elbows spring the syphons H H which may be about three eights
of an inch in diameter.
These syphons rise to a proper height according to the pressure of the steam
being used, and discharge the combined water and steam in a gentle and continuous
stream whereby any undue disturbance of the liquid in the trough is prevented
and consequently the injury to which the rove is, according to the present system,
subjected, entirely obviated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we desire to have it under-
stood that what we claim is:-
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First In connection with wet spinning frame troughs, the method of supply-
ing water and steam in a combined manner, by means of a union effected before
entering the trough, thence through a branch pipe terminating in exit syphons,
substantially as herein specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Second: In combination with wet spinning frame troughs, the arrangement of
pipes for the purpose of supplying water and steam in a combined manner sub-
stantially as specified and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 22nd day of June 1898.
J. K. FAHIE & SON,
Agents for Applicants, 9, Westland Row, Dublin.