Improvements in Machinery and Arrangements to be used in con- nection with Apparatus for Bleaching, Dyeing, or Washing Textile Fabrics, Warps, and Yarns.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1891—Accepted, 16th May, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery and Arrangements to be used in con-
nection with Apparatus for Bleaching, Dyeing, or Washing
Textile Fabrics, Warps, and Yarns.
We, JOHN THOMAS REID, of the firm of Peter Reid and Sons of Caledonian
Works, Pendleton, Salford, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Bleachers,
Dyers, Printers and Finishers of Textile Fabrics and CHARLES EDMESTON and
ALFRED EDMESTON, of the firm of Archibald Edmeston and Sons of Cannon
Street Works, Salford, Manchester aforesaid, Engineers and Millwrights, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:―
Our invention relates to mechanism and arrangements for piling textile piece
goods, warps or yarns which have been passed in their lengthway and operated
upon in or by machines or apparatus used for bleaching, dyeing or washing, and
our invention is more especially useful in and applicable to bleaching kiers which
operate upon one, two or more lengths of fabrics passing simultaneously and con-
tinuously in their lengthways through that apparatus known as Bentz, Edmeston
and Grethers Saturating and Steaming Kier.
The object of our invention is to make the operations of receiving the goods
from the machine or apparatus in which they are being treated and of piling them
automatic and thus more uniform and certain, and independent of manual labour
commonly employed when piling the goods by the ordinary arrangements, which
manual labour is saved and delays and damage which may arise in consequence of
neglect or inattention is avoided."
According to one modification of our invention, we arrange a number of boxes
or compartments side by side into one or more of which (if one or more lengths of
piece goods are being simultaneously operated upon) the piece or pieces are piled
until the compartments in which the pieces enter are full, when the pieces are then
piled into another compartment, and so on.
These filled compartments are afterwards emptied, the pieces being withdrawn
from them by suitable drawing winches, by this means being thus transferred to the
required position for other or further treatment.
.
Above the said compartments we arrange beams or supports to carry a hori-
zontal rectangular frame (which may be called the primary frame) mounted upon
wheels by preference, so that it can move to and fro endways, and upon this
traversing frame cross shafts are or may be mounted in suitable bearings which
shafts form the axes of winches over which the fabrics are passed, which winches
are geared up to draw the goods from the apparatus in which they have been
subjected to treatment and at the same speed as they are delivered therefrom or
thereabouts.
From these winches each of the pieces enters the compartment into which it is to
be piled.
Upon the primary frame there is a secondary frame arranged to move to and fro
across the primary frame and parallel to its winches, and this secondary frame has
cross bars in which guiding pegs are inserted between one pair of which pegs each
length of cloth passes and is thus distributed to the compartment into which it is
passing both endways and sideways of the compartment and is thus evenly
piled.
When cloth of its full width is to be piled the lateral movement may be
dispensed with.
The rotary shafts upon the primary frame are in connection with the rotary
gearing and mechanism delivering the goods from the machine or apparatus by which

page_text: they are being operated upon-the cross shafts for the winches being driven by a
key and key groove sliding on the shaft passing lengthway or that shaft may be a
square shaft sliding through a square hole in the wheels driven by it.
The to and fro movements are produced by screws reversed in rotation by open
and crossed belts and pulleys, these belts being traversed upon the pulleys at each
end of the to and fro movement of the frame or frames. Instead of belts or
pulleys toothed or friction gearing may be used.
Or the to and fro movements are or may be produced by a return threaded
screw or by a cam and lever or levers or other gearing.
The winches may be carried on the secondary frame.
The compartments or boxes may be arranged on wheels and railways so as to be
brought into position to be filled and be then removed when full and replaced by
empty compartments or boxes.
Dated the 16th July 1890
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery and Arrangements to be used in con-
nection with Apparatus for Bleaching, Dyeing, or Washing
Textile Fabrics, Warps, and Yarns.
We, JOHN THOMAS REID, of the firm of Peter Reid and Sons, of Caledonian
Works, Pendleton, Salford, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Bleachers,
Dyers, Printers and Finishers of Textile Fabrics, and CHARLES EDMESTON, and
ALFRED EDMESTON, of the firm of Archibald Edmeston and Sons, of Cannon
Street Works, Salford, Manchester aforesaid, Engineers and Millwrights, 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 mechanism and arrangements for piling textile piece
goods, warps or yarns, which have been passed in their lengthway and operated
upon in or by machines or apparatus used for bleaching, dyeing or washing, and
our invention is more especially useful in and applicable to bleaching kiers, which
operate upon one, two or more lengths of fabrics passing simultaneously and
continuously in their lengthways, through that apparatus known as Bentz,
Edmeston and Grethers Saturating and Steaming Kier.
The object of our invention is to make the operations of receiving the goods
from the machine or apparatus in which they are being treated and of piling them
automatic, and thus more uniform and certain, and independent of manual labour,
commonly employed when piling the goods by the ordinary arrangements, which
manual labour is saved and delays and damage which may arise in consequence of
neglect or inattention is avoided.
According to one modification of our invention, we arrange a number of boxes
or compartments side by side, into one or more of which (if one or more lengths of
piece goods are being simultaneously operated upon) the piece or pieces are piled
until the compartments in which the pieces enter, are full, when the pieces are then
piled into another compartment, and so on. These filled compartments are after-
wards emptied, the pieces being withdrawn from them by suitable drawing winches
by this means being thus transferred to the required position for other or further
treatment.
Above the said compartments we arrange beams or supports to carry a hori-
zontal rectangular frame, (which may be called the primary frame) mounted upon
wheels by preference, so that it can move to and fro endways, and upon this
traversing frame, cross shafts are or may be mounted in suitable bearings, which
shafts form the axes of winches over which the fabrics are passed which winches

page_text: are geared up to draw the goods from the apparatus in which they have been
subjected to treatment, and at the same speed as they are delivered therefrom or
thereabouts.
From these winches each of the pieces enters the compartment into which it is to
be piled.
Upon the primary frame, there is a secondary frame, arranged to move to and
fro across the primary frame and parallel to its winches, and this secondary frame,
has cross bars in which guiding pegs are inserted, between one pair of which pegs,
each length of cloth passes, and is thus distributed to the compartment into
which it is passing, both end ways and sideways of the compartment and is thus
evenly piled. When cloth of its full width is to be piled, the lateral movement
may be dispensed with.
The rotary shafts upon the primary frame, are in connection with the rotary
gearing and mechanism delivering the goods from the machine or apparatus, by
which they are being operated upon the cross shafts for the winches being driven
by a key and key groove, sliding on the shaft passing lengthway or that shaft may
be a square shaft sliding through a square hole in the wheel driven by it.
The to and fro movements are produced by screws reversed in rotation by open
and crossed belts and pulleys, these belts being traversed upon the pulleys at each
end of the to and fro movement of the frame or frames. Instead of belts or
pulleys toothed or friction gearing may be used.
Or the to and fro movements are or may be produced by a return threaded
screw or by a cam and lever or levers or other gearing.
The winches may be carried on the secondary frame.
The compartments or boxes may be arranged on wheels and railways so as to
be brought into position to be filled and be then removed when full and replaced
by empty compartments or boxes.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view, these figures showing a
general view of piling mechanism according to our invention, combined with a kier
known as Bentz, Edmeston and Grethers Saturating and Steaming Kier.
Fig. 3 is a top plan view (parts shown in section) of a part of the piling
mechanism, on an enlarged scale, but only shown of the width for two com-
partments of the box (r).
Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the mechanism shown by Fig. 3 looking from a
point below Fig. 3, towards its lower side.
Fig. 5 is a vertical section in the line A-B Fig. 3 showing some of the parts in
that figure looking from the lower side of Fig. 3, and
Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line C-D of Fig. 3, showing some of the
parts in that figure, looking from a point on the right side of Fig. 3.
In Figs. 1 and 2, a, represents one of the Bentz, Edmeston and Grethers Kiers,
and shows four continuous pieces of cloth in the rope form marked b, supposed to
be passing through it, and to the piling mechanism.
c, is the roller over which the pieces pass into the kier, and c', the roller over
which they pass, on leaving the kier, and they then pass through squeezing rollers,
that is under the lower roller c, and between it, and the upper squeezing roller c³,
and over the latter to the winches d, d¹, and d, for piling the cloth.
The squeezing rollers (which also assist to draw the cloth through the kier) are
driven by power from any suitable motor.
In Figs. 1 and 2 a small horizontal steam engine (w) of ordinary construction
is shown which is supposed to be the motor employed.
Motion from the fly wheel shaft of the engine is supposed to be transmitted by
an endless jointed chain e, working upon suitable pulleys, one on the fly wheel
shaft and the other on a horizontal shaft f, above, working in suitable bearings,
from the stationary framing.
This horizontal shaft f, by means of bevel wheels f¹, and f³, drives a horizontal
shaft, at a right angle to the shaft, the shaft, being in suitable bearings on
brackets or other carriers attached to the stationary framing.

page_text: The stationary framing g, is or may be formed of beams of wood or iron, carried
on the walls of the building, or on pillars or other suitable supports.
This stationary framing is sufficiently elevated above the floor of the room, to
admit of the depth required in the boxes or compartments in which the cloth is to
be piled. In the mechanism illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, the box c, for the cloth
is supposed to be about 14 feet long, 10 feet wide and 7 feet 6 inches deep, but
may be made of any convenient size, and this box is supposed to be divided into
four compartments in its widthway, and three in its lengthway, making say twelve
separate compartments.
But as only four pieces are supposed to be operated upon at the same time, four
only of these compartments are being filled at the same time, and each of the four
pieces of cloth may be piled in any one of the compartments by preference, those
in the lengthway of the box, opposite to it, and when one compartment is full the
"rope" of cloth is severed and conducted into the desired compartment.
As there are three compartments in the lengthway of the box there are three
separate piling winches d, d', and d², and cach winch will operate for any one of
the four compartments in the widthway of the box over which it comes.
When all the compartments of the box are full they will contain about four tons
weight of cloth in the "rope" form.
Upon the upper sides of the two fixed side frames there are plates secured, each
carrying the axis of an antifriction pulley g', upon the upper surfaces of which the
lower sides of what has been termed the primary frame h, rest, which has thin
plates of metal h', secured to it, to work upon the pulleys.
Two of the pulleys g', are shown in Fig. 3 and they are also indicated in
Fig. 6.
The sides of the primary frame h, which rest upon the pulleys are connected and
secured to cross bars, there being one cross bar 2, for each division in the length-
way of the box.
Upon and in the lengthway of each cross bar ², another bar i, is mounted (shown
best in Figs. 4 and 5) and cach bar i, has sides ¹, secured to it, projecting down-
wards on each side of the cross bar ², to act as guides, as each bar rides and slides
to and fro upon its cross bar h².
In the sliding bars i, there are vertical pegs i, in pairs at intervals, one pair for
each compartment in the widthway of the box and between each pair of pegs (when
used) one of the ropes of cloth to be piled, passes, being guided by them over and
to and fro in the lengthway of the winches d, d', and d², which are rollers of wood,
with radiating wood ribs passing longitudinally secured thereto, the rollers having
suitable shafts through them which work in suitable bearings secured on the sides
of the primary frame h.
The shaft, hereinbefore referred to, rotates in bearings secured to the fixed
framing g
This shaft f, has a key groove in its lengthway, to fit a key secured in the boss
of a bevel wheel, which has its bearings in a bracket ³, attached to the primary
framing, (see Fig. 3) so that the bevel wheel f^, can move to and fro with the
primary framing, and the bevel wheel will be thus kept in gear with a bevel wheel,
on the end of the shaft of the first winch d, which is thus constantly rotated at the
desired speed.
The other end of the shaft of this winch d, has a pulley d, secured upon it for an
endless jointed chain d³, which also works upon a similar pulley on the shaft of the
next winch d¹.
But the last named pulley is secured not upon the shaft, but upon a boss d
forming, at one end, one side of a toothed clutch box, which works loose upon the
shaft of the second winch d¹.
On the end of the shaft for the winch d' the other half of the clutch box d', is
arranged to slide on a key so that by moving this into gear, (it is shown out of
gear in Fig. 3) the winch may be rotated, or stopped from rotating by throwing the
clutch out of gear.

page_text: Upon the boss do, of the loose part of the clutch, there is another pulley
secured for another endless jointed chain d³, to drive the next or third winch d³,
(see Fig. 2) which has a similar arrangement of clutch. It will be seen that rotary
motion can be transmitted to the third winch d, whether the second winch d', is in
motion or not.
The manner in which end reciprocating motion is imparted to the primary
frame, and automatically reversed at the end of each reciprocation is best shown by
Figs. 3, 4 and 5.
To a bracket h*, attached to the one cross bar of the primary frame h, one end
of a screw j, is secured by a cottar j', or other means, so as not to rotate.
This screw j, screws through a thread tapped hole in one end of a hollow
shaft, the two ends of which rotate in pedestals secured to the stationary
framing g
On this hollow shaft there is one narrow pulley ³, secured, and on each
side of it a broad pulley, each of which can rotate loosely on the hollow
shaft
On these pulleys and upon a drum f', secured on the shaft f³, two endless belts
work, one crossed, and the other open.
The belt that is for the time upon the narrow central pulley ³, is the one
rotating the hollow shaft for the time, and the other belt is working upon one or
the other of the broad loose pulleys on each side of the central pulley.
On a bracket, secured to the stationary framing g, one end of a long stud ³, is
secured, upon which a part j, slides, in or on which are prongs, one pair above and
the other pair below the part, to traverse the two endless belts to and fro on the
pulleys (see Fig. 5).
To the side of one beam of the main framing, two brackets are secured
which form the bearings of a shaft ³, having an arm or lever secured to it at
each end.
One arm, has a stud 17, secured in it, that can work freely to and fro in a slot
formed in the lengthway of one end of a rod, (see Fig. 5) the other end of which
is jointed to a stud in the sliding belt guide j.
The other arm or lever, on the end of the shaft, has a weight secured to its.
upper end, and thus forms a "tumbler weight lever."
This weighted arm j, has a stud secured in it to which one end of a rod *, is
jointed.
This rod, slides in and is guided by an eye part 75, secured in the primary
moving frame h, and there are two adjustable collars j", secured upon this rod, one
on one side, the other on the other side of the guiding eye ³, which comes against
one or the other of these collars j¹¹, near the end of each extreme of the
reciprocations of the primary frame h, and then pushes the rod endways one
way or the other, according to the direction in which the primary frame is then
moving.
When the rod, has moved far enough to bring the tumbler lever ³, to a vertical
position over its shaft, and a little past that position, it falls over suddenly and
thus oscillates the shaft, and with it the belt guide.
The slot in the end of the rod 18, permits of the movement of the stud for it
when the tubular lever 1, is moving from one extreme to its vertical or middle
position without giving movement to the belt guide slide, as the stud j*, comes to
one or the other end of the slot in the rod, (as the case may be) when the tumbler
lever has arrived in its middle or vertical position.
By this means the driving belts, and 5, and the rotation of the hollow shaft are
reversed at each extreme of the reciprocation of the primary frame h.
The sliding peg bars i, upon each cross bar ², of the primary frame may be
connected to form another frame, hereinbefore termed the secondary frame.
But this is not necessary as the sliding peg bars i, may be separate and connected
as shown in the drawings.

page_text: To about the middle of the underside of each cross bar 2, is secured a bracket /*,
the lower ends of which brackets form the bearings for the shaft 1.
On the shaft h', an arm or lever ³, is secured, which extends upwards, and has
a short slot in it for a stud to pass through which stud is secured in the sliding peg
bar i, consequently when one of the sliding peg bars is reciprocated, all the others
are simultaneously reciprocated by means of the levers A, and shaft h.
To one sliding peg bar i, (say the middle one) a bracket, is secured (see Fig. 3)
which has a boss that is screw tapped for a screw shaft it, to rotate in, this shaft
being in suitable bearings on the sides of the primary frame h.
The shaft, is geared at one end by spur wheels with another shaft ³, in
bearings on the sides of the primary frame which on one overhanging end has
three belt pulleys upon it, the narrow middle pulley, fast on the shaft, and the
one on each side of it loose on the shaft.
These pulleys and a drum do, upon the end of the shaft for the first winch d,
are for two endless belts i, and 6, to work upon, one i*, crossed, and the other ³,
open.
There is a bracket, secured to the upper side of the primary frame h, that
carries one end of a long stud *, for the belt guide forks 7, to slide upon (see
Fig. 6).
There is a stud in the side of the slide 1', for the belt forks which passes freely
through a slot in one end of a rod 8, the other end of which is jointed to a
stud in the end of an arm or lever, secured upon one end of a short
shaft, having its bearings in a bracket i, secured to the side of the primary
frame.
The other end of the short shaft i*, has a weighted tumbler lever id, secured to it
(see Fig. 6) to which one end of a rod i, is jointed, the rod passing through a slot
in the end of an arm or lever, secured upon the shaft 7.
There are two adjustable collars 2, on the rod , one on each side of the
arm, which collar, the arm comes against at one or the other extreme of
the movement of the sliding peg bars i, and acts as hereinbefore described in
reference to the tumbler lever, for the end reciprocating movement of the
primary frame h.
The slot in the end of the rod iº, permits the tumbler ", to move from either
extreme to the middle position, before moving the belt guides 17.
The reciprocating motion of the primary frame h, and peg bars i, may be produced
by other arrangements of mechanism than that hereinbefore described and shown
in the drawings without departing from the essential features of our invention,
such as a cam or toothed pinion on the end of a shaft, gearing with a toothed
rack, upon the mangle wheel principle, or other mechanical arrangements.
When a compartment is filled with cloth it is emptied by taking the end of
the "rope
over a pulley or through an "eye" placed over the middle of the com-
partment to be emptied, and the cloth can be taken to rollers or winches that
draw it out of this compartment and to the place desired for further treatment
without interrupting the piling of cloth in other compartments of the box.
"
If desired the compartments may be made separate and placed on wheels to
work on a tram, rail or other road, and a row or set of boxes may be thus
removed when full and replaced by empty boxes without interrupting the piling
of cloth in other boxes.
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.
1. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for piling textile piece goods,
in the full width or in the rope form, or piling warps or yarns in boxes or
compartments in a box below it, substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the drawings.

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2. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for piling one or more
ropes" of cloth or warps of thread simultaneously, into boxes or compartments
in a box below the mechanism substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings.
3. The combination of arrangements and mechanism for piling textile goods in
the full width or in the rope form, or piling warps of thread in boxes or com-
partments, with saturating and steaming kiers, for treating piece goods or warps of
threads continuously, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
4. The combination and arrangement of the primary frame, and its stationary
carrying framing, the primary frame, the peg bars, winches and the mechanism
for giving rotary motion to the winches and reciprocating motion to the primary
frame and peg bars, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.
5. The combination of one or more winches reciprocating to and fro with one or
more transverse guides or peg rails for piling one or more pieces of textile goods
in the "rope" form, or one or more warps of thread, substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the drawings.
Deted his 10th
$11001
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.