IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANGLING, STIPPENING, FILLING, AND FINISHING COTTON AND AMURD PIECE GOODS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederic Jolly, of Turton, in the County of Lan-
caster, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR MANGLING, STIPPENING, FILLING, AND FINISHING COTTON AND
AMURD PIECE GOODS"
Sealed the 9th March 1855, and dated the 8th December 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederic Jolly at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
8th December 1854.
I, FREDERIC JOLLY, of Turton, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OP APPARATUS FOR MANGLING, STIPPENING, FILLING, AND FINISHING COTTON AND
OTHER PIECE GOODS," to be as follows:-
In the ordinary bowl mangles used by bleachers and others for what is called
in the trade "filling" cloth and piece goods, the cloth is passed through a
trough containing starch or other substances, and thence between a bowl
(revolving in contract with such substance in the trough) and another bowl
placed above it. The pressure of the two bowls on the cloth passing between
them, tends to press or fill into its interstices and threads a portion of the
starch or other substance contained in the trough, and thus to give finish and
gloss to the cloth operated on.

page_text: My improvements consist in the application to such mangles of an additional
trough or troughs, containing starch or any suitable substance or composition
with which it is desired to fill or finish the surface of the cloth operated on;
and in the combination with such additional trough of a suitable apparatus
and bowls, by means whereof the cloth as it is delivered from the pair of
bowls with which it has been first filled is continued and conducted into and
through the substance or composition in such additional trough, and thence
between a bowl revolving therein and a bowl next above it; or, if so desired,
may be conducted between such two last-named bowls without having been
previously passed through the additional trough and its contents. By this
arrangement, the cloth receives in the same machine a repeated filling of
the same, or an additional filling of a different description of substance or
composition, at so short an interval after the first as to be almost continuous,
whereby a double operation is effected, and a greatly improved surface and
finish are given to the cloth.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederic Jolly in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
31st May 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERIC
JOLLY, of Turton, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the eighteenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Frederic Jolly, Her special licence that I, the said Frederic
Jolly, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Frederic Jolly, 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 MANGLING, STIFFENING, FILLING, AND FINISHING
COTTON AND OTHER PIECE GOODS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said Frederic Jolly, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
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

page_text: 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 Frederic Jolly, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
My improvements consist in the application to mangles, such as those used
by bleachers, of an additional trough or troughs containing starch or any other
suitable substance or composition with which it is desired to fill or finish the
surface of the cloth operated on, and in combination with such additional
trough or troughs of suitable apparatus and bowls, by means whereof the cloth
is conducted into and through the substance or composition, or between the
bowls by which the substance or composition is pressed into or on the cloth
under operation. By this arrangement, the cloth receives in the same machine
additional filling of the same, or of a different description of substance or
composition; or, if so desired, the cloth, after passing through an ordinary
wet or finishing mangle, may be conducted between two bowls, whereof the
lower one works in a trough containing starch or other suitable substance
or material.
In order that my Invention may be better understood and more readily
carried out, I will proceed to describe the same, reference being had to the
Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed, similar letters of reference being placed
upon similar parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 of the said Drawings represents a sectional elevation of an ordinary
sizing mangle to which my improvements are applied. a is the batch of cloth
to be operated upon; b, the bottom bowl, the lower portion of which works
in the starch or size contained in the trough c; d is the upper bowl, bearing
upon the bowl in the ordinary manner; e is the additional trough, containing
starch or any other suitable substance or composition. Within the trough e
revolves the bowl f, above which is the upper bowl g. The cloth, which is
indicated by the line h, on leaving the batch roller a, enters between the
bowls b and d, to receive the first filling of starch or other composition in the
ordinary manner; it then passes partly round the guide roller i, over the rail
or stretcher j, and then between the bowls f and 9 (or, if desirable, it is con-
ducted under the guide roller, and then between the bowls f and g), where
the additional filling is given to the cloth, which is subsequently wound on
to the roller k by the friction of the roller l. The requisite pressure is given to
the bowls b and d and f and g, by the levers and weights shewn in the Drawing,
but which do not require to be more particularly described, as they are common

page_text: to mangles used by bleachers. The bowlf is driven from the bowl d by means
of the pinion f¹, on the axis of the bowl f, gearing into the pinion d', on the
axis of the bowl d. I prefer to make the surface of the bowl f move at a
greater velocity than that of the bowl d, in order that the rubbing action on
the cloth thus produced may render the cloth capable of absorbing an increased
amount of the starch or other composition contained in the trough c. After
the cloth has undergone the above-described operation, and has been wound
on the roller k, it may be hung in the stove to dry, or otherwise disposed of.
If it should be found requisite to give a third filling to the cloth, an additional
trough and pair of bowls may be placed above or on one side of the bowls
f and g, to act on the cloth after it has received the second filling, and before
it is formed into a batch at . Figure 2 represents a sectional elevation of
an ordinary wet mangle to which my improvements are applied. In this
Figure, the additional trough e, with the bowls f and g, are placed at one side
of the mangle, and the trough c, instead of starch or other composition for
filling the cloth, as described with reference to Figure 1, contains water.
After the cloth has passed through the trough c, and between the bowls b
and d, it is made to pass between the bowls d and m, whereby a portion of the
moisture is squeezed out of it. The cloth is then conveyed to and passed
between the bowls f and g, to receive a filling of the starch or other com-
position contained in the trough e, thence wound on to the batch roller k, and
afterwards taken to the drying stove, or, if requisite, to the mangle, shewn in
Figure 1. The bowl f is driven from the bowl d by the wheel d' and pinion
f, shewn by dotted circles. Figure 3 represents a sectional elevation of an
ordinary finishing mangle to which my improvements are applied. This
arrangement is very similar to that described with reference to Figure 2. The
cloth to be operated upon is placed at a, and after passing between the bowls
m and d, and d and b, is taken under the guide rollers n and platform n'; it
then rises up and passes over the guide roller o and top bowl p, from whence
it descends between the bowls q, r, m, and d, as shewn by the arrows, when it
again passes under the rollers n and over the roller o to the bowls p, q, r,
and m, at which time it arrives at that point where it entered the mangle;
it is then conveyed between the bowls ƒ and g to receive its filling of starch
or other composition, and to be made again into a batch, as before directed,
in reference to Figure 2. In this instance, the bowl f is driven from the
bowl b by the wheel b' and pinion f', as shewn by dotted circles.
Having thus explained the nature of my Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not claim
any of the elements of the apparatus which I have described as forming any

page_text: part of
my Invention separately or apart from the combination and application
thereof for the purposes above described; and that what I do claim is, the
application to mangles, such as those used by bleachers, for mangling,
stiffening, filling, and finishing cotton and other piece goods, of an additional
trough or troughs, containing starch or any other suitable substance or com-
position, in manner and for the purposes herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederic Jolly, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
FREDERIC JOLLY. (L.S.)