Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Producing Patterns or Designs on Textile and Felted Fabrics and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Dec., 1896-Accepted, 23rd Jan., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Producing Patterns
or Designs on Textile and Felted Fabrics and the like.
I, SAMUEL HOLT SHARP, of Grove Works, Claypit Lane, Leeds, in the County of
York, Textile Printer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for producing
patterns or designs on textile and felted fabrics and the like according to the method
described and claimed in the specification of my Patent No. 23741 of 1894, my
present object being the production of stripes of any desired width or widths or
both stripes and dotted lines or stripes and patterns or designs on the fabrics.
For this purpose according to this invention I employ in conjunction with the
cylinder and presser or pressing device two or more travelling endless metallic tapes
or hands which are kept taut and between which the parts of the material on which
stripes are to be produced are caused to enter the semi-liquid composition being then
applied and caused to enter the material and produce the required stripe or stripes.
The said metallic tape or bands or some of them are suitably perforated when it is
desired also to produce dotted lines or patterns or designs other than and additional
to the stripe or stripes.
Referring to the accompanying illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section, of one of the main rollers of a machine
such as above referred to and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively end views of a flange
disc and a distance piece thereof.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of a guide roller.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively side and end elevations of a guide bar.
Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively an end elevation and a cross section of a collar,
and Figs. 9 and 10, are respectively a side elevation and a cross section of one of
the metallic flange discs of the guide roller shewn in Fig. 4.
Fig. 11 is a partial side elevation of a fabric stencil printing machine
provided with guide rollers of the kind shown in Fig. 4 according to this
invention.
Fig. 12 is a plan thereof, some of the parts being removed for the sake of
clearness.
Figs. 13 and 14 are similar views to Figs. 11 and 12 of a stencil-printing machine
according to this invention provided with guide bars of the kind shown in Figs. 5
and 6. The main rollers (Fig. 1) are each constructed by placing on a shaft 1
having a fixed collar 2 near one end 3 thereof, first a metallic distance piece 4 then
a metallic flange disc 5, then another distance piece 4 followed by another flange
disc and so on until the shaft 1 has been filled to the desired extent, after which
the whole of the flange discs and distance pieces are firmly secured together by
means of a nut 6 screwed on a thread 7 formed on the end 8 of the shaft, and
thereby tightened up against the collar 2.
Two main rollers constructed in this way are provided in the machine represented
in Figs. 11 and 12 one being mounted in bearings 9 and 10 fixed on the main
frames 11 and 12 of the machine and the other in bearings 13 and 14 secured to
moveable saddles 15 and 16 capable of being moved towards or from the bearings 9

page_text: and 10 on the slides 17 and 18 on the main frames 11 and 12. The guide rollers
(see Fig. 4) are each constructed similarly to the main rollers just described of a
shaft 19, metal distance pieces 20 and metal flange discs 21 (which are shown to a
larger scale in Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive) the whole being held firmly together and
tightened against a fixed collar 22 by a nut 23 screwed on a thread 24 provided on
the shaft 19. Two of such guide rollers are mounted in bearings 25, 25 and 26, 26ª
secured to the main frames 11 and 12 of the machine (Figs. 11 and 12) whilst a
third and a similar guide roller is mounted in bearings 27, 27" carried by the
bearings 13 and 14 respectively.
The guide bars 28 shown in Figs. 5, 6, 13 and 14 are placed across the machine
and are secured to the main frames 11 and 12 in lieu of the guide rollers herein before
described. They consist of metal bars having projections 29 formed on their upper
or under surfaces, these projections being equal in width to the required stripes and
the distance 30 between the projections, being equal to the distance between the
stripes, that is to say the width of the endless metallic tapes or bands. These guide
bars may be used with ribbed main rollers of the kind herein before described and as
shown in Figs. 11 and 12, or with plain main rollers 31 and 32, as shown in
Figs. 13 and 14.
The endless metallic tapes or bands 33 constituting the stencil sheet, are made
from strips of metal of the required width and thickness, and in order to ensure
their being of the same length I bend each strip round a former until one end
overlaps the other; these ends are then brazed or soldered together, and the tape or
band thus formed is then reduced at the joint so as to be of the same thickness as
the remaining portion of the tape or band. When dotted patterns or designs are to be
produced between the stripes, perforations corresponding thereto are formed through
the metallic tapes or bands. The endless metallic tapes or bands 33 are placed on
the main rollers between the flange discs 5 (when ribbed or flanged rollers are
employed) and between the flange discs 21 on the guide rollers, and tension is then
applied to them by moving the saddles 15 and 16 with their roller and bearings 13
and 14 away from the roller in the stationary bearings 9 and 10. The fabric to be
stencilled is then passed through the machine between the endless travelling blanket 34
and under the endless tapes 33 liquid bronze composition being simultaneously
applied to the upper surface 35 of the endless tapes, and pressed through the spaces
between the tapes and through the perforations therein, (when there are any), on to
the material by the stationary presser 36. By changing the flange discs 5 and 21 on
the main and auxiliary guide rollers for others of a different thickness longitudinal
stripes of a different width can be printed on the fabric passed through the
machine.
Dated this
1000
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Producing Patterns
or Designs on Textile and Felted Fabrics and the like.
1, SAMUEL HOLT SHARP, of Grove Works, Claypit Lane, Leeds, in the County
of York, Textile Printer, dó 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for producing

page_text: patterns or designs on textile and felted fabrics and the like according to the method
described and claimed in the specification of my Patent No. 23741 of 1894, my
present object being the production of stripes of any desired width or widths or both
stripes and dotted lines, or stripes and patterns or designs on the fabrics. For this
purpose according to this invention I employ in conjunction with the cylinder and
presser or pressing device two or more travelling endless metallic tapes or bands
which are kept taut and between which the parts, of the material on which stripes
are to be produced are caused to enter, the semi-liquid composition being then applied
and caused to enter the material and produce the required stripe or stripes. The said
metallic tape or bands, or some of them, are suitably perforated when it is desired also
to produce dotted lines or patterns or designs other than and additional to the stripe
or stripes.
Referring to the illustrative drawings filed with my Provisional Specification,
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section, of one of the main rollers of a machine
such as above referred to, and Figs. 2 and 3 are respectively end views of a
flange disc and a distance piece thereof.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of a guide roller.
Figs. 5 and 6 are respectively side and end elevations of a guide bar.
Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively an end elevation and a cross section of a collar
and Figs. 9 and 10, are respectively a side elevation and a cross section of one of
the metallic flange discs of the guide roller shewn in Fig. 4.
Fig. 11 is a partial side elevation of a fabric stencil printing machine provided
with guide rollers of the kind shown in Fig. 4 according to this invention.
Fig. 12 is a plan thereof, some of the parts being removed for the sake of
clearness.
Figs. 13 and 14 are similar views to Figs. 11 and 12 of a stencil-printing
machine according to this invention provided with guide bars of the kind shown
in Figs. 5 and 6.
The main rollers (Fig. 1) are each constructed by placing on a shaft 1 having
a fixed collar 2 near one end 3 thereof, first a metallic distance piece 4 then a
metallic flange disc 5, then another distance piece 4 followed by another flange
disc 5 and so on until the shaft 1 has been filled to the desired extent, after which
the whole of the flange discs and distance pieces are firmly secured together by
means of a nut 6 screwed on a thread 7 formed on the end 8 of the shaft, and
thereby tightened up against the collar 2.
Two main rollers constructed in this way are provided in the machine represented
in Figs. 11 and 12, one being mounted in bearings 9 and 10 fixed on the main
frames 11 and 12 of the machine and the other in bearings 13 and 14 secured to
movable saddles 15 and 16 capable of being moved towards or from the bearings 9
and 10 on the slides 17 and 18 on the main frames 11 and 12. The guide rollers
(see Fig. 4) are each constructed similarly to the main rollers just described of a
shaft 19, metal distance pieces 20 and metal flange discs 21 (which are shown to a
larger scale in Figs. 7 to 10 inclusive) the whole being held firmly together and
tightened against a fixed collar 22 by a nut 23 screwed on a thread 24 provided on
the shaft 19. Two of such guide rollers are mounted in bearings 25, 25.
and 26, 26 secured to the main frames 11 and 12 of the machine (Figs. 11 and 12),
whilst a third and similar guide roller is mounted in bearings 27, 27 carried by
the bearings 13 and 14 respectively.
The guide bars 28 shown in Figs. 5, 6, 13 and 14 are placed across the machine
and are secured to the main frames 11 and 12 in lieu of the guide rollers hereinbefore
described. They consist of metal bars having projections 29 formed on their upper
or under surfaces, these projections being equal in width to the required stripes and
the distance 30 between the projections, being equal to the distance between the
stripes, that is to say to the width of the endless metallic tapes or bands. These
guide bars may be used with ribbed main rollers of the kind herein before described
and as shown in Figs. 11 and 12, or with plain main rollers 31 and 32, as shown in
Figs. 13 and 14.

page_text: The endless metallic tapes or bands 33 constituting the stencil sheet, are made
from strips of metal of the required width and thickness, and in order to ensure
their being of the same length, I bend each strip round a former until one end
overlaps the other; these ends are then brazed or soldered together, and the tape or
band thus formed is then reduced at the joint so as to be of the same thickness as
the remaining portion of the tape or band. When dotted patterns or designs are to
he produced between the stripes,' perforations corresponding thereto are formed
through the metallic tapes or bands. The endless metallic tapes or bands 33 are
placed on the main rollers between the flange discs 5 (when ribbed or flanged rollers
are employed) and between the flange discs 21 on the guide rollers, and tension is
then applied to them by moving the saddles 15 and 16 with their roller and
bearings 13 and 14 away from the roller in the stationary bearings 9 and 10. The
fabric to he stencilled is then passed through the machine between the endless
travelling blanket 34 and under the endless tapes 33, liquid bronze composition
being simultaneously applied to the upper surface 35 of the endless tapes and
pressed through the spaces between the tapes and through the perforations therein,
(when there are any), on to the material by the stationary presser 36. By changing
the flange discs 5 and 21 on the main and auxiliary guide rollers for others of a
different width, longitudinal stripes of a different width can be printed on the fabric
passed through the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that
what I claim is :-.
1. A machine or apparatus for producing patterns or designs on textile and
felted fabrics and the like wherein two or more endless metallic tapes or bands
are passed side by side, around main rollers by which they are kept taut and
partly below a fixed presser, and are maintained at the required distance apart
by suitable guiding means, the arrangement being such as to admit of the printing
composition being forced by the fixed presser between the tapes or bands and into the
fabric travelling with and pressed against the lower sides thereof so as to produce
on the said fabric the required stripe or stripes, the endless tapes or bands being
suitably perforated when it is desired to also produce on the fabric dotted lines or
patterns or designs other than and additional to the stripe or stripes.
2. The respective combination and arrangement of parts, severally described
with reference respectively to and shown in Figs. 4, 11, 12 and in Figs. 5, 6, 13, 14,
whether or rot the main guide rollers are plain, or flanged as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3,
whereby stripes alone, or with other designs, are printed in the manner set forth
upon textile and felted fabrics and the like."
Dated this 2nd day of December 1802
W. LLOYD WISE,
46 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agent.