Improvements in the Treatment of Loom Pickers, Leather, and other similar Articles with Fatty Matters, and Apparatus for Effecting the same.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1894-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Treatment of Loom Pickers, Leather, and other
similar Articles with Fatty Matters, and Apparatus for Effecting
the same.
I, ROBERT THOMAS GILLIBRAND of Hollin's Grove, Darwen in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the treatment of pickers employed in
looms for weaving, made from leather, or buffalo hide; also for treating leather,
leather belting, and other similar articles that require soaking with oil or other
fatty matter to render them useful for the purpose they are intended for. The
object of this invention is to facilitate the treatment and cause the oil or other fatty
matter to penetrate through the same more readily than by the present process of
soaking the same for a given time. This I carry into effect by means of a closed
vessel in which are placed the articles to be treated, after which the air is
discharged therefrom by an exhaust pump or other means to create a vacuum, thus
removing air from the pores of the articles which will allow the oil or other fatty
matter to more thoroughly permeate the same in a quick and efficient manner.
After the vacuum has been created the oil or other fatty matter is allowed to flow
therein, and pressure is applied by a pump or other means to any desired degree
necessary to effect the purpose.
Dated the 6th June 1893.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.
Improvements in the Treatment of Loom Pickers, Leather, and other
similar Articles with Fatty Matters, and Apparatus for Effecting
the same.
I, ROBERT THOMAS GILLIBRAND of Hollin's Grove, Darwen in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in the treatment of loom pickers, made.
from leather, or buffalo hide; also for treating leather, leather belting, and other
similar articles that require soaking with oil or other fatty matter to render them
useful for the purpose they are intended. The object of this invention is to
facilitate the treatment and cause the oil or other fatty matter to penetrate through
the same more readily than by the present process of soaking the same for a given
time. This 1 carry into effect by means of a closed vessel in which are placed the
articles to be treated, after which the air is discharged therefrom by an exhaust
pump or other means to create a vacuum, thus removing air from the pores of the
articles which will allow the oil or other fatty matter to more thoroughly
permeate the same in a quick and efficient manner. After the vacuum has been
created the oil or other fatty matter is allowed to flow therein, and pressure is
applied by a pump or other means to any desired degree necessary to effect the
purpose.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In the treatment of loom pickers, leather, leather belting, and other similar
articles that require soaking with oil or other fatty matter in a closed vessel, the
combination of exhausting air to create a vacuum and forcing oil therein under
pressure, substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.
Dated the 3rd March 1894.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.