Improvements in Singeing Machines for Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 1st May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 8th June, 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Singeing Machines for Textile Fabrics.
CHARLES HENRY HOPPS of 16 Beech Grove Terrace Leeds, in the County of York,
Cloth Finisher, and WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER of Sweet Street Foundry, Leeds in
the County of York Machine Maker do hereby declare the nature of our invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN SINGEING MACHINES FOR TEXTILE FABRICS to be as follows:-
The singeing part of the machine consists of two horizontal pipes which are per-
forated with suitable rows of holes for gas; at each end of the horizontal pipes is
attached a vertical pipe, the upper end of which is fastened into a moveable joint, so
that when the gas pipes are not in operation, they hang vertically from the joints, but
when it is required to bring them into position for singeing the fabric, they are moved
so as to incline to each other; this is accomplished by means of a horizontal shaft
placed midway between the gas pipes, which carries arins, and which are attached by
means of connecting rods, to studs on the vertical pipes of the gas pipes, so that by
moving a handle on the end of the shaft, the arms and connecting rods move the gas
pipes either to a vertical or an inclined position. The fabric which has to be singed
is passed over brake rods, and rollers in such a way that its face is brought into
contact with the gas, when the pipes are inclining to each other.
By means of drawing rollers, the material is drawn through the machine, and may
be either folded or passed through again.
Dated thie Fifth day of August 1887
CHARLES HENRY HOPPS.
WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Singeing Machines for Textile Fabrics.
CHARLES HENRY HOPPS of 16 Beech Grove Terrace, Leeds in the County of York,
Cloth Finisher and WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER of Sweet Street Foundry 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 :-
The singeing part of the machine consists of two horizontal pipes which are per-
forated with suitable rows of holes for gas, at each end of the horizontal pipes is
attached a vertical pipe, the upper end of which is fastened into a moveable joint, so
that when the gas pipes are not in operation they hang vertically from the joints, but
when it is required to bring them into position for singeing the fabric they are moved
so as to incline to each other. This is accomplished by means of a horizontal shaft
placed midway between the gas pipes, which carries arms, and which are attached by
means of connecting rods to studs on the vertical pipes of the gas pipes so that by
moving a handle on the end of the shaft, the arms and connecting rods move the gas
pipes either to a vertical or an inclined position. The fabric which has to be singed
is passed over brake rods and rollers in such a way that its face is brought into
contact with the gas when the pipes are inclining to each other.
By means of drawing rollers, the material is drawn through the machine and may
be either folded or passed through again.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood and carried into
practical effect, hereunto is annexed a sheet of Drawings illustrative of the same of
which the following is a description.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation. A is the framing.
BB are a pair of drawing rollers which are driven by suitable gearing, by means of
which the inaterial (which is represented by dotted line) which is being singed is
drawn through the machine. C C C are rollers over & under which the material
is passed on its way from the brake rods D D D to the drawing rollers B B. E E
are hollow metal rollers upon which the material slightly rests and at which point the
singeing is performed. F F are two pipes which are suitably perforated for the gas
flames, the point of perforation being where the pipes F F meet the surface of the
rollers E E. The pipes F F are hinged at each end by means of short vertical
pipes F¹ F¹ to the joints G G, through one of which in each pair the gas is supplied
to the pipes, upon each of the pipes F is a collar H which carries a stud H', rods J_J
connect the studs H¹ to the studs K which are affixed to each end of a cross arm L,
the said cross arm being affixed to a horizontal shaft M which is placed midway

page_text: between the gas pipes F. F. By means of a handle N the shaft M with the cross arms
may be partly turned so that the gas pipes F F may take an inclined position, &
brought near to the material in order to singe it, or they may be moved from the
material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is,
The apparatus whereby the singeing gas pipes may be readily moved in or
out of contact with the material operated upon substantially as herein set forth and
described.
CHARLES HENRY HOPPS.
WILLIAM GAINES BYWATER.