US198557A - John bacheldeb - Google Patents

Description

Patented Dec. 25, 1877.,

A J.- BAGHELDER. Wool-Washing Machine.

PA'rFN'r OFFICE.

JOHN BACHELDFR, oF NAPA, CALIFORNIA.

IMPRCVIVIENT` lNvwooL-wAsl-IING MACHINES.

-Specification forming part-of Letters Patent-No.:`l9l8`,557, dated December 25, 18`77; application filed v June 4, 1877-.

To all-'whom #may comitiva.'A

California, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinWool-Scouiing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and `exact description of `the same,I

reference being yhad. .to `-the accompanying drawings, forming` a part of this speciiication,

' Figure 1 representsf a top or plan view of my improved wool-scouring machine. Fig. 2 represents a view, ofthe geared side of the machine. Fig. 3f represents a vertical longitudinal central vsection on line A B, Fig. l, looking in the direction of arrow 1 vand Fig. 4 represents a section` online A, Fig. l, only a portion of the machine `being shown, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

. `,To enable those skilled in the art my invention belongsfto 'make and luse ythe` same, I will proceed to describe it moregin detail.

In the drawingsl,the Vpart markedALrepresents the box or. .frame part of the machine,

and which is made water-tight, so that thev scouring-liquorand cleansing-water can only escape as hereinafter set forth. Boxor frame A,in .this instance, is provided withlsix sets of rolls, all of them turning in suitable bearings arranged inthe sides of the box or frame y A, and allotl said setsof rolls .are geared.

together, so as to be driven by a positive and uniform motion.

fitted to swing uponA the shaft B.".,.'w liich carries upon its outer end `a small pulley, c, by

l means ofv which apron B `can be driven .by a

-over on top of the machine, thereby economizing space or room.

Box or frame A is provided at its front end (See Figs..l and 2v for the arrangement ofthe gearing.) In front, of the' first set of j rolls B isjarranged an endlessl apron, B', upon a swinging frame, B, which is .p i with` two sets of rolls,B .and C, and under Be it known that I, JOHN BACEELDFR, of, Napa, in the county Tof Napa and 'State `of eachset of rolls is arranged a division-piece, c, which extends from side to side of the box A, and extends up so as to almost touch the bottom of the bottom roll of its respective set. Near the center of the box A is arranged the set of rolls D, which set of rolls is arranged higher than the others, and underneath the lower roll of the set is a partition or cut-off piece, d, extending from side to side of the box, and extending up so as to form a close t against the surface of the lower roll of the set D, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In' rear of the central set of rolls D are arranged two other sets of rolls, E and F 5 but these rolls are dropped down upon a line, or nearly so, with the journals of the two first sets of rolls B and C.

Division-pieces e are arranged in box A under these rolls, said division-pieces e extending up nearly to the peripheries of the lower rolls, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In rear of these last-named rolls another set of rolls, G, are arranged, but in an elevated position, as indicated in the drawings, and Vvthe journal of the upper roll G of this set is pressed down by weighted lever H on each'end of the roll, as is clearly represented inthe drawings. In rear of the weighted set of rolls Gr is arranged an opening-beater, I, having projecting wings f.

Power is communicated to the geared sets of rolls in any convenient manner, so as to cause them to revolve with a slow but positive motion, while the beater I is driven with sufficient velocity to open the wool and deliver it from the machine in a suitable manner for drying. v

At the top of box A, and between each set of rolls, is arranged a conductor, J, running from side to side of the machine, the rear edge of which is perforated with holes 1, and said conductors have open ends J', extending out through the side of box A, opposite to the gearing. At the sides of the box, near the lower surface of the lower roll of ea choi` the sets B C and E F, an inlet-pipe is arranged, the inletpipes 2 2 being in front of the division-piece d, while the inlet-pipes 3 3 are in the rear of division-piece d.

Inlet-pipes 2 and 3 are connected with suitable pipes upon the outside of the machine, for conveying or conducting hot scouring water or suds through inlet-pipes 2 2 and clear cleansing cold water through inlet-pipes 3 3, and such hot scouring-water may be supplied from any suitable tank or reservoir, arranged at such aheight as to cause the hot scouring-water to flow freely through inlet-pipes 2 2, and up and out through conductors J, such Water passing ordinarily through the small perfora tions 1 in the rear edge of conductors J into said conductors, and thence running out of the open ends of the conductors at the side of the machine.

The operation of the cleansing or cold water in its passage into and out of box A through its respective inlet-pipes and outletconductors is the same as that of the hot scouring-water.

The operation of the machine is as follows: Box A being filled with hot scouring-water forward of division-piece d, and with cold cleansing-water in rear of division-piece d, and motion being given to the endless apron B', geared sets of rolls B, C, D, E, F, and G and opening-beater I, the attendant places the wool to be scoured upon the endless apron B', and continues to feed the wool to said apron as it revolves, the wool being carried forward by the apron and delivered to the first set of rolls, B, which draw it down into the hot scouring-water, by which it is saturated, and in its passage between the first set of ro11s,B, it is squeezed so as to expel the water, after which it is saturated again in its passage through the hot water to the second set of squeezing-rolls, C, and again saturated in its passage to the third set of squeezing-rolls, D, after which it passes into the cold cleansingwater in the rear division of the machine, and is alternately saturated and squeezed in its passage through the various sets of rolls in this division of the machine, until it is finally delivered by the weighted set of rolls G, in a comparatively dry state, having been thoroughly squeezed by the great pressure of said rolls, to the opening-beater I, by which it is opened and thrown back in the proper condition for completing the drying operation.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the construction of the machine is such that the ingress of the water to both di visions causes upward currents through the wool during its passage through the machine, whereby three important practical results are obtained, viz: First, the dirt or light oating matter is carried off by the water which escapes through the conductors, while the sand and heavy substances are deposited in the bottom of the box; second, an upward current through the wool prevents itfrombeingwound about the bottom rolls; and third, the outlet being on a line not much azbove the bites of the respective sets of rolls, the dirty water expelled by the rolls is at once conducted or carried oii from the box A, instead of being allowed to mingle and mix with the incoming clean water, all of which tends greatly to insure a perfect and economical scouring and cleansing of the wool.

It will be understood that any number of sets of rolls maybe employed in each division of the machine, the number depending somewhat upon the character of the wool to be scoured.

It will be understood that the dirt and sediment deposited in the bottom of box A canbe removed by any suitable arrangement for that purpose, and that the waste water may be conducted into suitable tanks, and, after being liltered or otherwise separated om the dirt, used over again.

I am aware thatLetters Patentwere granted to Israel Hoagland, July 16, 1867, for washing and wringing machines; and I do not wish to be understood as claiming anything shown or described in said Hoaglands patent, nor do I wish to be understood as claiming anything shown or described in the Letters Patent granted to me September 8, 1874, for improved wool-washing wachine; and I hereby disclaim the inventions described and shown in both and each of said Letters Patents; but,

Having described myimprovements 1n woolscouring machines, what I claim therein as new and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The improved mode or process herein described of scouring and cleansin wool, consisting of a continuous operation o alternately saturating the wool with scouring liquor and water, expelling the same by mechanism operatin g substantially as described, while the scouring liquor and water are fed in from below and carried oli' from the top just in front gf etlch set of rolls, as and for the purposes set ort 2. The combination, with the elevated division set of squeezing-rolls D, arranged in a box, A, having adivision-piece, d, of one or more sets of squeezing-rolls on each side, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination, with the box A and squeezing-rolls, of perforated conductors J and inlet-pipes 2 and 3, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

JOHN BACHELDER.

Witnesses:

R. BURNELL, R. H. STERLING.

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