IMPROVEMENTS IN SINGEING AND DRESSING WOVEN FABRICS AND IN THE APPARATUS' EMPLOYED THEREIN
Year: 1885

page_text: I, ARTHUR ENTWISLE of the Atlas Foundry, Bolton, Lancashire Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SINGEING AND
DRESSING WOVEN FABRICS AND IN THE APPARATUS' EMPLOYED THEREIN to be as
follows:-
The objects of my Invention are to singe and dress woven fabrics in a superior
inanner and to improve the apparatus used in such operations.
I employ gas with a supply of air under pressure to aid its combustion for
singcing the cloth; in addition to this I arrange above each row of gas burners,
an opening in a pipe connected in any convenient manner to an exhaust fan
or fans.
The woven fabric is fed into the singeing machine in the usual or other
convenient manner and passes over one or more rows of gas flames to be singed;
the action of the exhaust fan is to cause a current of air through the fabric and
the flame, or flames, is thus (in cloth of an open description) drawn through and
clears the cloth of Huff and other matter. In ordinary or strong cloth though
the flame may not be drawn through, yet the effect of the exhaust fan is to make
the gas burn and singe better, and, further, this fan removes the loose fluff and
dust caused by the operation of singeing which would otherwise be injurious to
the workmen attending the machine. A second row, or rows, of gas flames is
usually employed and the cloth passes over the second from the first row of
burners; when desired the reverse side of the cloth may be presented to the second
row of burners by guide rollers which are placed in the required positions between
the two sets of burners. I arrange as many openings as there are rows of burners
and connect all the openings to one or more exhaust fans.
Woven fabrics singed and dressed according to my Invention have a better
appearance than when treated in the usual manner and the singeing is also effected
more quickly and economically.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Singeing and Dressing Woven Fabrics and in
the Apparatus Employed therein.
I ARTHUR ENTWISLE, of the Atlas Foundry, Bolton, Lancashire, Engineer, do
hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN SINGEING AND
DRESSING WOVEN FABRICS AND IN THE APPARATUS EMPLOYED THEREIN and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The objects of my Invention are to singe and dress woven fabrics in a superior
manner and to improve the apparatus used in such operations.
I employ gas with a supply of air under pressure to aid its combustion for
singeing the cloth; in addition to this I arrange above each row of gas burners
an opening in a pipe connected in any convenient manner to an exhaust fan
or fans.
The woven fabric is fed into the singeing machine in the usual or other convenient
manner and passes over one or more rows of gas flames to be singed; the action
of the exhaust fan is to cause a current of air through the fabric and the flame or
flames is thus (in cloth of an open description) drawn through and clears the cloth
of fluff and other matter.
In ordinary or strong cloth though the flame may not be drawn through yet the
effect of the exhaust fan is to make the gas burn and singe better, and further, this
fan removes the loose fluff and dust caused by the operation of singeing which
would otherwise be injurious to the workmen attending the machine.
A second row or rows of gas flames is usually employed and the cloth passes over
the second from the first row of burners; when desired the reverse side of the cloth
may be presented to the second row of burners by guide rollers which are placed
in the required positions between the two sets of burners.
I arrange as many openings as there are rows of burners and connect all the
openings to one or more exhaust fans.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying Drawing which is a side view of my
improved machine for singeing and dressing woven fabrics.
The fabric a passes through the machine guided by adjustable guide rollers b
over the rows (in this case two) of atmospheric gas burners c c¹ which are mounted
and free to swivel as usual and are supplied with air under pressure through the
pipes & from the fan e driven by the band e¹ from the shaft f. The pivoted hand
Jever g is connected by rods and levers g¹ to both rows of burners c c¹ and also to
the starting and stopping motion of the machine so that by moving the lever g the
machine can be started or stopped and the burners moved into the required position
and simultaneously the supply of gas and air turned on or off as required. The
openings above the fabric over the rows of burners c c¹ are connected by tubes h¹
to the exhaust fan i which is driven by the strap from the shaft f. The loose
fluff and dust etc. removed by the action of the fan i is to a very great extent
carried away and discharged through the pipe h².

page_text: Woven fabrics singed and dressed according to my Invention have a better
appearance than when treated in the usual manner and the singeing is also effected
more quickly and economically.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. In machines for singeing and dressing woven fabrics, drawing a current of
air through the fabric while the said fabric is being subjected to the action of the
flames from a .row or rows of atmospheric gas burners for the purposes specified.
2. In a machine for singeing and dressing woven fabrics, the combination with
a row or rows of gas burners supplied with air under pressure, of an opening or
openings in communication with an exhaust fan or fans, substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and as illustrated by the Drawing annexed.
3. The combination with a row or rows of atmospheric gas burners in a
machine for singeing and dressing woven fabrics, of the hand lever g, as and for
the purposes herein set forth.