IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING LIQUIDS OVER iu WOOL. CLOTH, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Martyn John Roberts, of Pendarren, near Crick-
I howell, in the County of Brecon, Esquire, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING LIQUIDS OVER
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WOOL. CLOTH, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES,"
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Sealed the 28th April 1865, and dated the 5th November 1864
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Martyn John Roberts at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 5th November 1864.
I, MARTIN JOHN ROBERTS, of Pendarren, near Crickhowell, in the County'
of Brecon, Esquire, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING LIQUIDS OVER
WOOL, CLOTH, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
The features of my Invention are comprised under the following heads:-
1st, the use of a reservoir for oil or other liquid in which an apparatus
revolves for the purpose of mixing the liquid, while at the same time it raises
that liquid high enough to reach a sprinkling or scattering disc or apparatus,
and also simply raising the liquid to the height named without mixing it as
in the case of oil alone.
2nd, raising the liquid high enough to enable that portion of it that is noť
thrown over the wool or other material to return by its own gravity into the
reservoir

page_text: scattering liquids.
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4th, the returning the spare liquid into the main reservoir.
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5th, the use of a partition for protecting the liquid returning into the
reservoir from being obstructed by the undulations caused by the revolving
blades.
6th, the application of the apparatus hereafter described to the sprinkling
of liquid over textile bodies and all other substances whatsoever; for example,
linen in laundries, cloth, wool
My improved machinery consists of parts arranged as hereafter described.
I employ a reservoir into which I place oil, or oil and water, or other liquid,
which is to be sprinkled over wool or other material; and through this
reservoir I pass a shaft upon which are fixed arms with blades or stripes of
wood reaching across from one arm to another in the direction of the length
of the reservoir. By causing this shaft to revolve at a sufficient velocity, say
about 120 turns per minute, the liquid within the reservoir is well mixed
together, while at the same time the revolving blades raise the water above its
level when in a quiet state sufficiently high to cause some of the liquid to fall
into a trough or gutter; this gutter conducts the liquid to an opening in the
back part of a stop-cock, and from this the liquid runs through the stop-cock
(which can be turned to regulate the quantity of liquid flowing through it)
and passes on to a tube revolving within the mouth of the stop-cock; and to
this tube, and communicating with it internally, is fixed either a hollow disc
or a hollow cross head; holes are perforated either in the outer ends of the
cross head or in the periphery of the hollow disc, and it is through these holes
the liquid passes out; this disc is furnished with a shaft and pulley for the
purpose of turning it rapidly by means of a band or belt over the pulley from
a driving wheel in the usual manner; by this rapid rotation the liquid is
thrown out of the small holes in the disc with great force, and passes in the
form of spray or fine rain through a slot or opening which is made in a pan
or small reservoir placed below the disc, the length and position of this open-
ing regulates the distance and place upon which the liquid is sprinkled upon
the wool or other substance which may be beneath it. This wool is generally
laid upon a travelling apron in the manner usual in willow and carding
engines. The pan and the disc are covered by a roof or cover which prevents
any liquid that does not pass through the opening from being thrown off and
wasted, for the liquid caught by the roof is conveyed back again inte the
reservoir by a pipe which communicates both with the pan and the reservoir.
The open end of this pipe within the reservoir is protected from the undula-

page_text: tions of the liquid within the reservoir by a partition which shuts off the
violent motion of the liquid stirred by the blades, and yet permits, the
liquid returned from the pan to pass by a small opening into the main
reservoir. An opening is in the cover of the reservoir for the purpose of
pouring liquid into it. I fix "combings" or ribs round the opening in the
pan to prevent the liquid not scattered by the disc from falling upon the
wool or other substance below it; these are generally about of an inch high.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Martyr. John Roberts in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 5th May 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
I, MARTYN
JOHN ROBERTS, of Pendarren, near Crickhowell, in the County of Brecon,
Esquire, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Martyn John Roberts, Her special licence that I, the said
Martyn John Roberts, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Martyn John Roberts, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR SPRINKLING LIQUIDS OVER WOOL,
CLOTH, AND OTHER SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Martyn John Roberts, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under ny, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Martyn John Roberts, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by

page_text: the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say :-
The features of my Invention are comprised under the following heads :-
First, the use of a reservoir for oil or other liquid in which an apparatus
revolves for the purpose of mixing the liquid, while at the same time it 5
raises that liquid high enough to reach a sprinkling or scattering disc or
apparatus, and also simply raising the liquid to the height named without
mixing it as in the case of oil alone.
Second, raising the liquid high enough to enable that portion of it that
is not thrown upon the wool or other material to return by its own gravity 1
into the reservoir.
Third, the revolving apparatus as hereafter described for the purpose of
scattering liquids.
Fourth, the returning the spare liquid into the main reservoir.
Fifth, the use of a partition for protecting the liquid returning into the
reservoirs from being obstructed by the undulations caused by the revolving
blades.
Sixth, the application of the apparatus hereafter described to the
sprinkling of liquid over textile bodies and all other substances whatsoever;
for example, linen in laundries, cloth, and wool.
My improved machinery consists of parts arranged as hereafter described.
I employ a reservoir into which 1 place oil or oil and water, or other liquid
which is to be sprinkled over wool or other material; and through this
reservoir I pass a shaft upon which are fixed arms with blades or strips of wood
reaching across from one arm to another in the direction of the length of the
reservoir. By causing this shaft to revolve at a sufficient velocity, say about
one hundred and twenty turns per minute, the liquid within the reservoir is
well mixed together, while at the same time the revolving blades raise the
liquid above its level when in a quiet state sufficiently high to cause some of
the liquid to fall into a trough or gutter; this gutter conducts the liquid to au
opening in the back part of a stop-cock, and from this the liquid runs through
the stop-cock (which can be turned to regulate the quantity of liquor flowing
through it) and passes on to a tube revolving within the mouth of the stop-
cock, and to this tube, and communicating with it internally, is fixed either a
hollow disc or a hollow cross head; holes are perforated either in the outer
ends of the cross head or in the periphery of the hollow disc, and it is through
these holes the liquid passes out. The disc is furnished with a shaft and
pulley for the purpose of turning it rapidly by means of a band or belt over
the pulley from a driving wheel in the usual manner; by this rapid rotation

page_text: the liquid is thrown out of the small holes in the disc with great force, and.
passes in the form of spray or fine rain through a slot or opening which is made
in a pan or small reservoir placed below the disc; the length and position of
this opening regulates the distanceand place upon which the liquid is sprinkled .
upon the wool or other substance which may be beneath it. This wool is
generally laid upon a travelling apron in the manner usual in willows and
carding engines. The pan and the disc are covered by a roof or cover which
prevents any liquid that does not pass through the opening from being thrown
off and wasted, for the liquid caught by the roof is conveyed back again into
the reservoir by a-pipe which communicates both with the pan and the
reservoir. The open end of this pipe within the reservoir may be protected
from the undulations of the liquid within the reservoir by a partition which
shuts off the violent motion of the liquid stirred by the blades.and yet permits
the liquid returned from the pan to pass by a small opening into the main
reservoir. An opening is in the cover of the reservoir for the purpose of pour-
ing liquid into.it. I fix "combings" or ribs round the opening in the pan
to prevent the liquid not scattered by the disc directly through the opening in
the pan from falling upon the wool or other substance below it; these are
generally about of an inch high.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan; Figure 2 a horizontal;
and Figure 3 a transverse section of an apparatus for sprinkling liquids
arranged according to my Invention. In these Figures the roof or cover
of the pan and disc are removed to shew the working parts below.
a is a reservoir for the liquid to be sprinkled. 6 is a shaft passing
through the reservoir a, and carrying arms c with blades & attached thereto.
e is a trough or gutter into which some of the liquid raised by the blades
d in the revolution of the shaft b falls. f is a stop-cock communicating
between the gutter e and a pipe g which revolves within the mouth of the
stop-cock. h is a hollow disc perforated on its periphery, and fixed to the
pipe g with which it communicates internally. This disć is furnished with
a shaft i and pulley k, round which a band or belt is passed, whereby the
pulley and disc are caused to revolve rapidly. is a pan or small reservoir
below the disch, formed with a slot or opening m; ribs or combings n are
formed round this opening to prevent the liquid not sprinkled by the disc
through the slot from falling through the opening on to the wool or other
substance below. The disc hand pan / are covered by a roof or cover (shewn
detached in elevation in Figure 4, and in transverse section in Figure 5) to
catch any liquid thrown upwards by the disc h. o is a pipe leading from the
to the reservoir a to return the liquid caught by the pan and by the
pan

page_text: roof to the reservoir. The action is as follows:-The wool or other material
over which the liquid is to be sprinkled is caused to travel under the opening
in the pan 7. The liquid in the reservoir a is raised by the blades d into the
gutter e, passes through the cock and pipe g into the hollow disc h, which by
the rapid revolution imparted to it throws out the liquid in a state of fine spray
through the perforations in its periphery; some of this liquid spray passes
through the opening 'm onto, and sprinkles the wool or other material below,
while the rest of the liquid is caught by the roof and the pan l, and returned
by the pipe o into the reservoir a.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the machinery or
apparatus for sprinkling liquids over wool,cloth, and other substances arranged
and acting substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Martyn John Roberts, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of May One thousand eight
hundred and sixty-five.
MARTYN J. ROBERTS. (LS
MARTYN J. ROBERTS.
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