Improved Appliance for Regulating the Temperature and Humidity of Places Used for the Spinning and Weaving of Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th June, 1895.
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Appliance for Regulating the Temperature and Humidity
of Places Used for the Spinning and Weaving of Textile
Fabrics.
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We FIELDEN WATSON of South View, Vale Cornholme in the County of
York, Engineer, and ALBERT HOLDEN of 282 Market Street Whitworth in the
County of Lancaster, Tape Sizer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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Our invention' relates to improved appliance for regulating the temperature and
humidity of places used for the spinning and weaving of textile fabrics, and has
for its object the construction of a simple and effective apparatus that will ease the
spinning and weaving, by giving to the yarn greater elasticity and strength thereby
causing less breakage of ends, consequently better work, and at the same time
reduce to a minimum the evil effects of excessive steaming or damping..
Our said invention consists of steam or other motive force being conveyed
through a pipe to a swivel stuffing box, the gland of which forms the seat, on this
seat rests a pipe with enlarged or ball end, the other end of this pipe passes down-
ward into a horizontal funnel, at the end of pipe inside funnel, a circular pipe
screws to the down pipe and is studded with small holes or nozzles, immediately in
front of the holes or nozzles, a small fan or vane is fixed, the force from the
holes &c. cause the fan or vane to revolve, thus causing the air of the room to pass
rapidly through the funnel, sending out the spray with great force, in a cool state
into the area to be acted upon.
In our invention, at. a convenient point on the downward pipe we have a toothed
wheel which gears horizontally with a worm on the main shaft, and under the boss
of toothed wheel is a fork actuated by lever or setting on handle, for putting the
toothed wheel in and out of gear with worm on main shaft, this gives to the
apparatus a radial motion, changing the atmosphere from all points. At underside
of funnel we have a dish or other arrangement for taking away water caused by
condensing.
Dated this Fourteenth day of June 1895.
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FIELDEN WATSON...
ALBERT HOLDEN...
Improved Appliance for Regulating the Temperature and Humidity
of Places Used for the Spinning and Weaving of Textile
Fabrics.
We FIELDEN WATSON of South View Vale, Cornholme, in the County of
York, Engineer, and ALBERT HOLDEN of 282 Market Street Whitworth, in the
County of Lancaster, Tape Sizer 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 :-
Our invention relates to improved appliance for regulating the temperature and
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humidity of places used for the spinning and weaving of textile fabrics, and has
for its object, the construction of a simple and effective apparatus that will ease
the spinning and weaving by giving to the yarn greater elasticity and strength,
thereby causing less breakage of ends consequently better work and at the same
time reduce to a minimum the evil effects of excessive steaming or damping.
In order that our invention may be clearly rendered reference may be had to
the accompanying sheets of drawings.
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is an elevation looking in at one end of the funnel.
Fig. 2 Sheet 1 is a side elevation with part of the funnel removed, in order to
show vane, or fan, holes or nozzles, also oiling arrangement for vane or fan shaft.
Fig. 3 Sheet 1 is a vertical section of passage used for the steam or other fluid,
(without the funnel) showing the construction of the revolving arrangements.
Fig. 4 Sheet 2 is a plan of the apparatus when cut by a horizontal plane,
immediately above the toothed wheel that gears with the worm on the main
driving shaft.
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Fig. 5 Sheet 2 is a vertical diametrical section of the funnel with the vane, or
fan removed.
Fig. 6 Sheet 2 is an end elevation of the funnel, looking in at the delivery end,
thus showing the holes or nozzles, the fluid from the said holes or nozzles, drive
the vane or fan, shown in Fig. 2 Sheet 1 (and which is here in Fig. 6 Sheet 2
removed).
Similar letters of reference are used to indicate like parts in the several views of
the improved humidifier.
In constructing a humidifier according to our invention we convey steam or
other fluid through a pipe to the swivel stuffing box a, suitably fixed to the roof
gutter z or other convenient fixing. The fluid used passes down the passage
shown at Fig. 3 Sheet 1 to the circular pipe 6 shown in Fig. 6 Sheet 2.
The fluid
from the holes or nozzles is the power that actuates the vane, or fan 1 and gives
to it its motion.
On the pipe c we have a toothed wheel d that gears with the worm e on the
main driving shaft f. The said wheel d is put in and out of gear with the worm e
by means of the lever or setting on handle g. In Fig. 1 Sheet 1, the toothed
wheel d is shown out of gear.
Below the boss of the toothed wheel d, is a collar h, that is screwed fast to the
pipe c. On the upper side of collar 4 is a pin for the toothed wheel d to gear in.
The collar works loose in the stay bracket k, which is fastened to the top fixing,
by means of the claw or hook bolts y. At under side of the funnel, we have
a perforated arrangement to take away the waste caused by condensation.
The action is as follows-The radial motion of the apparatus is accomplished
by means of the toothed wheel d being brought in gear with the worm e on the
main driving shaft f. The boss of the toothed wheel d comes in contact with the
pin projecting above the collar h thus giving to the swivel arrangement its rotary
motion.
The steam or other fluid is conveyed to the chamber a, it then passes down to
the circular pipe b inside of the funnel, in which are the holes, or nozzles, the
combined forces from the said holes or nozzles act upon the vane or fan I causing
it to revolve at a speed proportionate to the force applied.
The current of air passing through the funnel, may either be that of the room,
or drawn in from the outside atmosphere, by combined means of the spray, vane,
or fan, as circumstances may require.
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.
First. In a humidifying apparatus the combination of parts, whereby a maximum
of moisture may be infused, and at the same time reduce to a minimum, the

page_text: temperature of the area to be acted upon, substantially as herein described and
shown.
Second. In a humidifying apparatus the combination of parts giving to the
appliance a rotary motion which enables it to change the atmosphere from all
parts, either by taking the foul air of the room and passing it through the cold.
spray, or by drawing in a current of fresh air from the outside and distributing it
evenly into all parts of the work room, substantially as herein described with.
reference to the appended sheets of drawings.
Dated this 17th day of October 1895.
FIELDEN WATSON,
ALBERT HOLDEN,
Applicants.