AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR STENTERING, STRETCHING, AND DRYING FABRICS
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Alfred Barlow, of the Firm of Henry Bernoulli
Barlow, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent, for an
Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR STENTERING, STRETCHING, AND
DRYING FABRICS." A communication from abroad by Monsieur Emile Welter,
of Paris, France.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Alfred Barlow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 31st August 1881.
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW, of the Firm of Henry Bernoulli Barlow, of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. 'AN IMPROVED MACHINE
FOR STENTERING, STRETCHING, AND DRYING FABRICS." A communication from
abroad by Monsieur Emile Welter, of Paris, France.
The object of this Invention is to obtain a machine that will not occupy much
space, and that will stretch and dry textile fabrics continuously and rapidly
without allowing the fabric to come in contact with the heating surfaces, and that
will economize manual labour and fuel.
In carrying out this Invention a series of pipes are placed longitudinally,
extending from near one end to near the other end of the machine. Steam is
admitted to these pipes to commence the drying of the fabric without tension
before it is held by the clips or pins.
The fabric on leaving the preparing machine passes under the longitudinal pipes,
over a drum at one end, and returns above the pipes; it then passes over a series
of transverse pipes at the top of the machine. These pipes are grooved (or have
annular ribs or projections), so as present a large surface for the radiation of
heat.
The fabric is stentered or stretched by means of a fly or suitable apparatus
extending the whole length of the machine, driven by belt or gearing at any
desired speed.
The apparatus is enclosed by wood lined with sheet iron, or other suitable
material may be used. A number of sliding registers or valves are provided to
admit air to the interior of the casing. If desired the air either heated or cold, or
saturated with moisture, may be forced by a fan or otherwise into the casing. A
horizontal partition is placed between the longitudinal pipes and the transverse
pipes to separate them. Suitable rollers are used to guide the fabric (which is not
allowed to touch the pipes or radiators) into and out of the machine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Alfred Barlow in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th February 1882.
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW, of the Firm of Henry Bernoulli Barlow, of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Patent Agent. "AN IMPROVED MACHINE
FOR STENTERING, STRETCHING, AND DRYING FABRICS." A communication from
abroad by Monsieur Emile Welter, of Paris, France.
The object of this Invention is to obtain a machine that will not occupy much
space, and that will stretch and dry textile fabrics continuously and rapidly
without allowing the fabric to come in contact with the heating surfaces, and that
will economiso manual labor and fuel.
In carrying out this Invention a series of pipes is placed longitudinally,
extending from near one end to near the other end of the machine. Steam is
admitted to these pipes to commence the drying of the fabric without tension
before it is held by the clips or pins.
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The fabric on leaving the preparing machine passes under the longitudinal pipes,
over a drum at one end, and returns above the pipes; it then passes over a series
of transverse pipes at the top of the machine. These pipes are grooved (or have
annular ribs or projections), so as to present a large surface for the radiation of
heat.
The fabric is stentered or stretched by means of a fly or suitable apparatus
extending the whole length of the machine, driven by belt or gearing at any
desired speed.
The apparatus is enclosed by wood lined with sheet iron, or other suitable
material may be used. A number of sliding registers or valves are provided to
admit air to the interior of the casing. If desired air either heated or cold, or
saturated with moisture, may be forced by a fan or otherwise into the casing. A
horizontal partition is placed between the longitudinal pipes and the transverse
-pipes-to-separate them.
Suitable rollers are used to guide the fabric (which is not allowed to touch the
pipes or radiators) into and out of the machine.
And in order that this Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is an elevation, Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a cross section of a machine
for stentering, stretching, and drying textile fabrics.
The fabric (shown by "dash and dot" lines) on leaving the preparing machine A
passes under the pipes B, which extend longitudinally almost from one end to the
other of the drying machine. These pipes are heated by steam, which is admitted
at C through a valve, by which the heat can be regulated in order to commence
the drying of the fabric before it is taken hold of by the stretching clips or pins.
The fabric passes over the drum D, and back again to the end at which it entered;
it is then guided to the stretching clips or pins (which may be mounted and
actuated as usual), by which it is stentered or stretched as it is carried over the
transverse pipes E to the delivery end of the machine, on leaving which it may be
batched or plaited down. Steam is admitted to the pipes E through a regulating
valve, and the pipes are grooved or provided with annular projections, so as to
present a large radiating surface.
The machine is closed at the sides by a wooden casing F lined with sheet metal
to augment its drying power. There are sliding registers G to admit air into the
casing. A horizontal division H is placed between the series of pipes marked B
and the series of pipes marked E.

page_text: A current of dry or moist air, heated or not heated, may be caused to circulate
in the apparatus by a fan or otherwise, but this is usually unnecessary. The
number of pipes for heating may be increased, and the fabric carried to and fro
more frequently.
This improved machine is of simple form, it occupies comparatively little space,
and by it a large quantity of fabric may be efficiently dried in a short time. The
construction and arrangement of the pipes afford a large surface for the radiation
of heat, and the fabric is carried near to the pipes without being allowed to. touch
then
Having stated the nature of this Invention, and described the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that I claim,―
The improved apparatus herein shown and described for drying textile fabrics
while they are or are not being stentered or stretched.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Alfred Barlow, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty fifth day of February, One thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.
CHARLES ALFRED BARLOW. (L.S.)