US93776A - Improvement in the manufacture of floor oil-cloths - Google Patents

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Letters Patent lVo. 93,7 7 6i, 'dated August 17, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT THE MANUACTURE OF FLOOR OIL-CLOTHS.

The lSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the Vsame.

. To all whom it 'may concern Be it known that we, J ons WnnMs and WILLIAM WEEMS, both of Johnstone, in the county of Renfrew, and Kingdom of Great Britain, engineers, have invented Improvements in the Manufacture and Treatment of Floor and other Oil-Cloths and Coverings, with printed or plain surfaces; and wie do hereby de- .clare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

This invention comprises improvements in the system of arrangements and apparatus formanufacturing floor and other oil-cloths and coverings, with printed or plain surfaces, and for producing them in a more rapid, economical, and superior manner, than heretofore; and in order that our said invention, and the manner of performing the same, may be properly unl derstood, we have hereunto appended two sheets o f explanatory drawings, representing a manufactory embodying our improvements, reference being had to the letters and numerals marked thereon, the same reference-letters and numerals indicating the same or corresponding parts in' all the figures.

liigurerl is a plan.

`Figure 2, sectional end elevation of printing-room, and side elevation o f plasteiing-rooms; and

Figure 3, sectional end elevation of finishing-rooms and color-grinding room,and side elevationrof heatingroom. v

The cloths A, or -fabrics to be treated, are stretched upon the frames B, in the plastering-rooms, in the usual manner, and receive their first coating of paint, or other material.

A currentof steam-heated air is then admitted into the' rooms, from the pipe or' conduit C, through the' regulating air-distributers or registrarsi), and, by this means, a uniform temperature can be maintained, and the drying proceeds in a rapid and continuous manner.

The desired number of coatings may be put on one or both sides,l and dried, in this way 'producing a superior body and inish.

The plastering-room may be divided by partitions, Eas shown, into separate apartments, and while the drying is proceeding in one apartment, the process of coating maybe going on in another.

The coating of the clothsrbeingcompleted, they are then wound upon a roller, and removed to the printing-floor F, in the printing-room, and arranged on the printing-tables G, where they receive 'the printed impressions on their surface.

Vhen printed, they are attached to a baton or strip of wood, and lowered through the open space H, on

the swivel-hooks I, suspended from the wheel-carriages J.

These carriages are hung uponthe transverse rails K, which are xed to the beams L'by hangers M.

The printed cloths are moved, by means of the wheel-carriages, along the transverse 'rails K, until they arrive at the turn-tables N, where the carriages are turn ed round until the wheels are in line with the longitudinal rails O. The cloths are then run right alongthe longitudinal rails, until within'the finishingrooms, and, by means o f the turn-tables P, they are placed on the transverse rails Q, and iu this manner the nishingrooms are filled with printed cloths.

The openings, through whichthe cloths pass into the inishing-rooms, are provided with closing-doors.

A current of steam-heated air is now admitted into the iiuishing-rooms by the regulating air-distributers or registers R, and the desired temperature maintained under the control of the, operator, and, by this system of treating the cloths, they 'are dried and con- -firmed with a brilliancy of color,.purer finish, and lus- 4 trous surface of an elastic and lasting nature.

'lhe apparatus, shown in heating-room, for the prodaction of the steam-heated air for drying, consists in having a cylindrical ironcase, 1 and 2, filled with. small tubes, running through it longitudinally, 'and fixed in metal er ds, as shown at Figure 4, end view.

Steam, direct from a boiler, or the exhaust steam` from a high-pressure steam-engine, is introduced into the cylindrical iron case.

The external surface of the tubes being thus surrounded by heat, cold air is forced, by the fan .5 and 6, through the interior of the tubes, which air becomes heated on its passage, and 'is conveyed, through conduits or pipes, 7 and 8, to the plastering-factory and finishing-rooms, -and therein distributed, asy hereinbefore described.

The steam-engine, and countershaft for driving the fans, are shown at 9 and l0, and the steam-boiler,for

generating the steam, at 11; boiler-chimney, 12; colorgrinding mills, 13.

' Figure 5 show's'an end elevation of the rails Ktand.

hangers M, and the wheel-carriages J, with swivelhooks I.

lFigure 6 shows a side elevation of the turn-tables I. The printing-tables G, lin the printing-room, may

vbe arranged near the side walls, and the cloths may be, hung in the open spaceH, which, in this case, would be enlarged, and the transverse rails might be iixed overhead, and one line' of longitudinal rails in the centre, communicating with the finishing-room or rooms; or, the printing-tables may be otherwise arranged to suit the circumstances, without departing from the essential features of this part of our invention.

The plastering-room, printing-room, and nishngroom, may be separate or combined, and the system, in whole or in part, is applicable to old as well as new factories.

We prefer to employ the heating-apparatus for steam-heated air, as described, but any othe1` mode of producing currents of steam, or other Yheated air, may be` used; and any other blowing-machine or exhausting-apparatus may be employed in lieu of' a fan; and the currents of heated air may be drawn through the apparatus, instead of being forced.

Having now described, and particularly ascertained the nature of our said invention, and the manner in which the same is or may be carried into e'ect, we wish it to be understood that we do not confine or restrict ourselves to the precise details or arrangements which wc have had occasion to describe and delineate,

as many variations may be made therefrom, without departing from the main or essential features. thereof'.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The manufacture and treatment of floor and other oil-cloths and coverings, with printed or plain slu'faces, in the improved modes of treatment by currents of steam, or other heated air, and arrangements and apparatus for moving the cloths, and in apparatus for the production of the currents of steam-heated air, either separately or combined together, substantially as described.

JOHN WEEMS. WILLIAM WEEMS.

Witnesses GEORGE EDWARD,

Engineer, High Street, Johnstone. ALEXANDER WYLIE,

Clerk, 1 High Street, Johnstone.

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