US95689A - Improved machine for tarring- paper for roofing - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATnivT raten.

JAMES HOIVARD, OF WEST MANCHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR 'EARRING PAPER FR ROOFINA.

@cci/cation form-ng part of Letters Pate-nt No.- 95,689, dated October l2, 1869.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HOWARD, of West Manchester, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machines for Tarring Paper for I ooling, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the' combination and arrangement of windlasses, adjustable press-roller, guide-rolls, and scrapers with a reservoir for holding, and heating` the tar, asplialtum, or other matter used for satura-ting and coating paper used for roofing, the whole being constructed, combined, 'arranged, and operating substantially in the manner hereinafter described.

j `To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed t0 dcs'eribe its construction and operation.

ln the accompanying drawings, which make p art otl my specification, Figure l iS a pel'- spective View of my improved machine for tai-ring paper for reeling'. Fig. 2' is a longitudinal section of' the same.

In the drawings, A represents the reservoir for holding' the tar, asphaltum, or other n1atter suitable for satin-ating and coating the paper for roofing. This reservoir should be constructed of iron, and so arranged that it can be placed over a suitable furnace for the purpose ol' melting and heating` the substance used li'or saturating and coating the paper.

The reservoir A is provided with two windlasses, B and (l, guide-rolls c and f, and scrapcrs h and e', all of which are supported on uprights J, r, andi. About midway between the scraper IL and the windlass B is placed a press-roller, D, which has its bearings in an adjustable frame, X, which moves in grooves Iliade in the sides of'reservoir A, and is held in the desired position by pins 0.

As the construction and the arrangement ofv the several parts described and their relation to each other will readily be understood by the skillful mechanic without further description, I will at once proceed to describe their operal tion, which is as follows:

The paper to be saturated and coated is wound onto the windlass B. The coal-tar, asphaltum, or other suitable material used for the purpose of satura-ting` and coating the paf per, is placed in the reservoir A, and melted and made sufficiently hot to cause the paper to dry by passing it once through the contents of the reservoir. After the coal-tar or other matter used is vmelted and heated tothe desired degree, I then pass one end oi' the paper m on the windlass B, down into the mellcd and heated mattei', drawing it under the roller D, passing it over the scraper IL, and between the rolls e and f, and under the scral'ier i, and finally onto the windlass C, as shown Ain the drawings. l then turn the windlass C, which will unwind thepaper m i'rom oft'thc windlass Il land wind it onto the windlass (l. The roll l.) will keep the paper down in the melted mat. ter in the reservoir, and the scraper /L will scrape oft' the surplus matter lrom the under side ofthe paper, and the scraper l will sm'npe ofi" the surplus matter''rom the upper side, and rolls c andj" will keep the paper in line willi relation to the Scrapers 1'. and ll..

in saving` time, labor, and expense in saturarofthe abovedescribed machine, which enables the operator to saturate7 coal', dry, and pnl; the paper up in rolls ol" the desired size al; a single operation. y

Those skilled in the art of' preparing; paper for rooiing will readily see other advantages which will result l'rom the use ol my improved saturating' and coating the paper, fo all dripping; and dribbling on the 'lloor oli the saturating and coating room is entirely avoided, and the use of large drying-rooms and suspension-racks is dispensed with, and the manu facturer can, vwithout waiting for the dripping,- and drying` process, dispose of'llis stock.

Having thus described the nature, construe-- tion, and operation of my improvement, what I claim as ol? my invention is- The arrangement 0i" the reservoirA, wind lasses B and C, adjustable rollers .D, Scrapers i and h, and rollers c and f, constructed, arranged, and operating` substantially as here in described, and for the purpose set forth.

JAS. H0 WARD.

Witnesses JAMES J. JOHNSTON,

ALEXANDER HAYs.

The advantage ol' my improvement consists ing` and coating paper for reeling', by the use machine, such as cleanliness in the process of

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