Damping and Humidifying Apparatus for Textile and other Factories.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 28th Dec., 1896-Accepted. 27th Mar. 1997
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Damping and Humidifying Apparatus for Textile and other
Factories.
We, SAMUEL RIGBY ARMITAGE of Cockhedge Mill, Warrington, Manufacturer
and RICHARD JOHNSON, also of Cockhedge Mill, Warrington, Overlooker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The primary object of our invention is to automatically moisten or damp the
floor or platform immediately under the spinning frame or other machine treating
textile material, which requires a defined degree of moisture for its successful
treatment. Also to avoid damping the portion of the floor on which the operative
stands, and to perform the said damping in a constant, reliable and controllable
method.
At each end of and underneath the machine near the floor we mount grooved
cord pulleys preferably with vertical axes, and one of them is caused to revolve at
a desired speed being driven by suitable means from some available revolving
portion of the machine. An endless cord or band is mounted on and carried by the
said grooved pulleys and is caused to traverse by the driven pulley.
At one or more points in the said endless cord we attach suitable cloth or flannel
wipers which trail along the floor or platform, and hence travel backwards and
forwards along the length of and under the machine or frame.
In one or more positions in the course of the wiper or wipers we place a shallow.
trough or troughs containing water into which the wiper necessarily dips as it
passes, thus absorbing water which it deposits on the floor as it proceeds after
emerging from the trough.
We prefer to make the "exit" side of the troughs in the form of an inclined
plane, and provide it with perforations to drain off superfluous moisture before the
wiper leaves the trough.
We do not confine ourselves to grooved pulleys and cords to operate the wipers,
but may use any form of endless band mechanism, our invention consisting in the
main of the traversing wiper or wipers dipping into water troughs.
Dated this 26th day of March 1896.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Damping and Humidifying Apparatus for Textile and other
Factories.
We, SAMUEL RIGBY ARMITAGE of Cockhedge Mill, Warrington, Manufacturer,
and RICHARD JOHNSON also of Cockhedge Mill, Warrington, Overlooker, 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 primary object of our invention is to automatically moisten or damp the
Pain

page_text: Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the same.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of the opposite or return end of the frame.
Fig. 6 is a plan, and
Fig. 7 a sectional elevation of the damping pan.
F is the frame of the machine, ff being end boxes.
At each end of and underneath the machine near the floor we mount grooved
cord pulleys a al preferably with vertical axes and carried by suitable
brackets k k.
An endless cord or band c is mounted on and carried by the said grooved
pulleys a a and is caused to traverse by the driven pulley a. At one or more
points in the said endless cord we attach suitable cloth or flannel wipers d which
trail along the floor or platform and hence travel backwards and forwards along
the length of and under the machine or frame.
In one or more positions in the course of the wiper or wipers we place a shallow
trough or troughs e containing water into which the wiper necessarily dips as
it passes, thus absorbing water which it deposits on the floor as it proceeds after
emerging from the trough.
We make the entrance and exit sides of the troughs in the form of an inclined
plane marked ele and the floor e² of the trough is provided with perforations to
drain off superfluous moisture before the wiper leaves the trough.
We do not confine ourselves to grooved pulleys and cords to operate the wipers,
but may use any form of endless band mechanism, our invention consisting in the
main of the traversing wiper or wipers dipping into water troughs.
In Figs. 3, 4 and 5 we illustrate a method which we find convenient for driving.
the apparatus. m m are wheels forming a portion of the gearing driving the draw
rolls of the frame. We attach a cord pulley y to one of these wheels and to the
cord pulley a we attach a cord pulley h. A driving cord o is carried from g to h
being led over "gallows" pulleys ii carried in any convenient way on the frame
of the machine. The pulleys and a are shewn carried by a bracket k. Il are
the usual tin rollers for driving the spindles.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The driving cord pulley g causes the
pulley h and with it the pulley a to rotate being driven by the cord or band o
passing over the "gallows" pulleys ii. The rotation of the cord pulley a causes
the traversing cord e to travel being carried round the return pulley a¹ at the other
end. The wiper d being loosely attached to the cord cuecessarily travels from end
to end of the frame and in its course mounts the inclined plane e' of the trough e
and passing over the perforated plate e-see Figs. 6 and 7-dips into and absorbs
a portion of the water contained in the trough and the superfluous moisture is
wiped off as it passes out at the other side. It then descends the other inclined
plane e and passing along the floor deposits the moisture thereon. The loose
attachment to the cord enables it to follow round the pulleys a and a without
difficulty. The moisture from the floor is evaporated by the heat of the air and
passing upwards the vapour deposits the desired degree of moisture on the yarn
being treated in the frame. The proper distribution of the moisture is assisted by
-the-rapid-rotation-of-the-tin-rollers-l-l. The quantity-of-moisture-deposited-on-the
floor is regulated by the width of the wiper d and the number of them, also by the

page_text: diameter of the pulleys a a¹ and by the number of traverses made by the wiper
in a given period which can be, regulated as desired by the size of the pulleys g
and h.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we deciare that what we
claim is :-
1. The traversing wiper depositing moisture upon a floor or platform underneath.
the frames of machinery used in the treatment of textile material substantially as
and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
2. The traversing wiper depositing moisture upon a floor or platform underneath
the frames of machinery used in the treatment of textile material actuated by an
endless band driven by the mechanism of the machine substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
3. The traversing wiper depositing moisture and caused to pass into or through
a trough containing water where-from it absorbs the water to be deposited on the
floor substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
4. The water trough or dish with perforated false bottom and inclined
approaches, substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of December 1896.
EDGAR CONISTON MILLS,
Agent to the Applicants.