IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING, PRINTING OR OTHERWISE PRODUCING DESIGNS UPON TISSUES, FABRICS AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1885

page_text: I, EDWARD JOHN HOMAN of Sydenham Villa Stamford Road, Bowdon in the
County of Chester Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING, PRINTING OR
OTHERWISE PRODUCING DESIGNS UPON TISSUES, FABRICS AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
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 method of and apparatus for
embossing printing or otherwise producing ornamental and other designs upon
tissues, fabrics and similar materials. The class or type of designs to which this
Invention more particularly relates is that type or class in which two or more
distinct patterns or portions of patterns are alternated or combined with each other
upon the material. Such designs have hitherto been produced by a process similar
to that known as block printing and these Improvements have for their object to
produce these designs by means of rollers.
And in order that this Invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of Drawings reference being
hereinafter had thereto and to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Fig 3 is intended to illustrate the type or class of designs to which these Improve-
ments relate. This design would be produced by two rollers as hereinafter described
the bottom portion Y being produced by one of the rollers and the border Z Z by
the other. If desired the space between the borders might be embossed by a third
roller or by the successive or alternate action of a series of suitably engraved rollers.
In the drawings about to be described two engraved rollers only are shown for the
sake of simplicity and clearness but it will be readily understood that a larger
number may be employed.
Fig 1 shows a side view and Fig 2 a front view of a machine or apparatus by
means of which I carry my Invention into practical operation. Figs 4 5, 6 and 7
represent some of the alternative details of construction.
AA are the frames which support the fixed parts and the bearings of the moving
parts of the apparatus. B is the bed or bearing roller the surface of which is formed

page_text: of cotton, paper or other similar and suitable material such as is used for the corre-
This roller is
sponding surfaces of ordinary embossing calendar bowls or rolls.
mounted upon the shaft B' from which motion is imparted to the other rotating
parts of the apparatus. C and D are the engraved rollers by means of which the
design is produced. As before described three or more of these rollers may be 5
employed. They are preferably constructed of metal but for some purposes they
may be made of wood or composition and the designs may be engraved, cast or
otherwise formed upon their surfaces. For ordinary purposes they are constructed
of metal and are hollow so that they may be heated by steam, gas or metal heaters
as is well understood and commonly practiced with calender and other rollers.
E and F are two pairs of cams or wipers secured to their respective shafts or
axes E and F¹. The working faces of these cams or wipers are so shaped or
proportioned as to bring the rollers into contact with or to allow them to be
removed from the material to be embossed or printed upon the bed roller for such
period of revolution or revolutions as may be required by the pattern or design.
G¹ and H are spur pinions secured upon the axes or shafts of the engraved rollers
and capable of gearing with the spur wheels C and H fixed respectively upon
opposite ends of the bed roller shaft B. J and K are springs which force or lift
the engraved rollers out of contact with the material when permitted to do so by
the position of the cams or wipers. For these springs weighted levers may if desired
be substituted. LL are the bearings for shaft of roller B. M and N are the bearing
blocks for shafts of the engraved rollers. These blocks are capable of sliding to a
limited extent within suitable guides formed in the frame as may be determined by
the cams and springs. O and P are screws for adjusting the amount of pressure to
be employed in embossing. Q and R are the blocks upon which the working faces
of the cams act and through which the consequent motion imparted to the
engraved rollers. S is the roll or batch of material to be embossed. T T are the
binding rails through or over which the material may be staved to remove creases.
U is the roll or batch of material which has been printed or embossed. The roller
carrying this material may be driven from any suitable rotating part of the appa-
ratus as in ordinary embossing. a b and c are three pitched wheels geared together
by the pitch chain B². The wheels a b and c are secured respectively to the shafts of
the bed roller and of the cams the latter being thereby driven from the former.
Upon each of the wheels G and H there is cast or secured a segmental flange or
shrouding I and upon each of the pinions G and H is secured a stop G". When
either of the engraved rollers is required to be out of contact the segmental flange
or shrouding I comes into contact with the stop G" and thus keeps the teeth of
their respective wheels out of gear and prevents rotation of the respective engraved
rollers.
Instead of the cam shafts baving fixed bearings as shown in Figs 1 and 2 these
bearings may be block bearings sliding in suitable guides and attached to weighted
levers as in ordinary calenders and as indicated in Fig 4. The levers rest upon
stops until the cams force the engraved rollers into contact with the material.
One or more bed rollers may be used. When it is desirable to employ two, the
arrangement shown in Fig 5 may be adopted. The bed rollers are indicated by the
letters B and B³.
For some purposes a flat reciprocating table V Fig 6. or curved surface X Fig 7
may be employed. These may be driven by a rack and pinion when the wheel a
Fig 1 would be secured to the shaft of the pinion driving the rack.
I do not limit myself to the arrangements of the parts of the apparatus indicated
on the accompanying drawings as these may be considerably varied without
departing from my Invention. For example the wheels a b and c may be driven
by intermediate wheels instead of by the pitched chain and the cams and engraved
rollers may be below instead of above the bed roller.
The material upon which the design is to be produced being passed upon the bed
roller or plate the apparatus is set in motion. As the cams rotate, their larger cir
cumferences exert pressure upon the blocks Q and R and accordingly as they are

page_text: timed, force the engraved rollers successively, intermittently or together upon the
material as it is passed under them upon the bed plate or roller thus producing the
required design or effect. When the smaller diameters of the cams come into contact
with the cam blocks Q or R the pressure is relieved, and the spring J or K coming
into action forces the corresponding engraved roller out of contact with the material
and its pinion out of gear while at the same instant the flange or shrouding I coming
into contact with the stop G" on the pinion, further rotation of the engraved roller
is prevented and accurate "register" is secured. The shroudings or flanges I are
made to occupy such an are of a circle that in combination with the stop G¹¹ the
pinions on the engraved rollers are locked while the rollers are not required to
rotate for the production of the design.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
(1) The method of embossing or otherwise producing designs of the type or class
hereinbefore indicated substantially as herein before set forth and described.
(2) In a machine or apparatus for embossing or otherwise producing designs of
the type or class herein before indicated the use of two or more engraved or moulded
rollers substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth and described.
(3) In a machine or apparatus for embossing or otherwise producing designs
of the type or class herein before indicated the use of the cams or wipers E F
substantially as and for the purpose herein before set forth and described and as
illustrated on the annexed sheet of Drawings.
(4) In a machine or apparatus for embossing or otherwise producing designs of
the type or class herein before indicated, in combination with two or more engraved
or moulded rollere, the use of one or more bed rollers or plates with two or more
cams or wipers driven synchronously with the bed roller substantially as herein-
before set forth and described.
Died
1
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: My reasons for making this amendment are as follows: (1) That since filing the
Specification I have ascertained that a method of printing or embossing by two
or more engraved rollers has been patented by Baylies and Slade in the United
States No 221388 Nov 11 1879; (2) That the proposed alterations will make
the Specification more correctly define the Invention and the claims intended to
be made.
amend the Specification filed in pursuance of the application for Letters
Patent No. 918 of 1885.
THE COMPTROLLER-GENERAL'S DECISION.
I hereby allow the said Edward John Homan to amend the said Specification
in the manner proposed, and to alter the title and first line of the description so as
to accord with the amended Specification,

page_text: Improvements in the method of and Apparatus for Messing,
Printing, or otherwise Producing Designs upon Tissues,
I, EDWARD JOHN HOMAN of Sydenham Villa Stamford Road, Bowdon in the
County of Chester Solicitor, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING, PRINTING OR
OTHERWISE PRODUCING DESIGNS UPON TISSUES, FABRICS AND SIMILAR MATERIALS
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 method of and apparatus for
embossing printing or otherwise producing ornamental and other designs upon
tissues, fabrics and similar materials. The class or type of designs to which this
Invention more particularly relates is that type or class in which two or more
distinct patterns or portions of patterns are alternated or combined with each
other upon the material. Such-designs have hitherto been produced-by-a-process
similar to that known as block printing and these Improvements have for their
object-to-produce-these-designs-by-means-of-rollers.
And in order that this Invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of Drawings reference being
hereinafter had thereto and to the letters and figures marked thereon.
Fig 3 is intended to illustrate the type or class of designs to which these Improve-
ments relate. This design would be produced by two rollers as hereinafter described
the bottom portion Y being produced by one of the rollers and the border Z Z by
the other. If desired the space between the borders might be embossed by a third
roller or by the successive or alternate action of a series of suitably engraved rollers.
In the drawings about to be described two engraved rollers only are shown for the
sake of simplicity and clearness but it will be readily understood that a larger
number may be employed.
Fig 1 shows a side view and Fig 2 a front view of a machine or apparatus by
means of which I carry my Invention into practical operation. Figs 4 5, 6 and 7
represent some of the alternative details of construction.
A A are the frames which support the fixed parts and the bearings of the moving
parts of the apparatus. B is the bed or bearing roller the surface of which is formed
of cotton, paper or other similar and suitable material such as is used for the corre-
sponding surfaces of ordinary embossing calendaer bowls or rolls. This roller is
mounted upon the shaft B₁ from which motion is imparted to the other rotating
parts of the apparatus. C and D are the engraved rollers by means of which the
design is produced. As before described three or more of these rollers may be
employed. They are preferably constructed of metal but for some purposes they
may be made of wood or composition and the designs may be engraved, cast or
otherwise formed upon their surfaces. For ordinary purposes they are constructed
of metal and are hollow so that they may be heated by steam, gas or metal heaters
as is well understood and commonly practiesed with calender and other rollers.
E and F are two pairs of cams or wipers secured to their respective shafts or

page_text: axes E¹ and F¹. The working faces of these cams or wipers are so shaped or
proportioned as to bring the rollers into contact with or to allow them to be
removed from the material to be embossed or, printed upon the bed roller for such
period of revolution or revolutions as may be required by the pattern or design.
G¹ and H¹ are spur pinions secured upon the axes or shafts of the engraved rollers
and capable of gearing with the spur wheels G and H fixed respectively upon
opposite ends of the bed roller shaft B¹. J and K are springs which force or lift
the engraved rollers out of contact with the material when permitted to do so by
the position of the cams or wipers. For these springs weighted levers may if desired
be substituted. L L are the bearings for shaft of roller B. M and N are the bearing
blocks for shafts of the engraved rollers. These blocks are capable of sliding to a
limited extent within suitable guides formed in the frame as may be determined by
the cams and springs. O and P are screws for adjusting the amount of pressure to
be employed in embossing or printing. Q and R are the blocks upon which the
working faces of the cams act and through which the consequent motion is
imparted to the engraved rollers. S is the roll or batch of material to be embossed.
TT are the binding rails through or over which the material may be staved to
remove creases. U is the roll or batch of material which has been printed or
embossed. The roller carrying this material may be driven from any suitable
rotating part of the apparatus as in ordinary embossing or printing. a band c
are three pitched wheels geared together by the pitch chain B². The wheels a b
and c are secured respectively to the shafts of the bed roller and of the cams the
latter being thereby driven from the former. Upon each of the wheels G and H
there is cast or secured a segmental flange or shrouding I and upon each of the
pinions G and H' is secured a stop G When either of the engraved rollers is
required to be out of contact stationary the segmental flange or shrouding I comes
into contact with the stop G" and thus keeps the teeth of their respective wheels
out of gear and prevents rotation of the respective engraved rollers.
Instead of the cam shafts having fixed bearings as shown in Figs 1 and 2 these
bearings may be block bearings sliding in suitable guides and attached to weighted
levers as in ordinary calenders and as indicated in Fig 4. The levers rest upon
stops until the cams force the engraved rollers into contact with the material.
One or more bed rollers may be used. When it is desirable to employ two, the
arrangement shown in Fig 5 may be adopted. The bed rollers are indicated by the
letters B and B³.
For some purposes a flat reciprocating table V Fig 6. or curved surface X Fig 7
may be employed. These may be driven by a rack and pinion when the wheel a
Fig 1 would be secured to the shaft of the pinion driving the rack.
I do not limit myself to the arrangements of the parts of the apparatus indicated
on the accompanying drawings as these may be considerably varied without
departing from my Invention. For example the wheels a b and c may be driven
by intermediate wheels instead of by the pitched chain and the cams and engraved
rollers may be below instead of above the bed roller.
The material upon which the design is to be produced being passed upon the bed
roller or plate the apparatus is set in motion. As the cams rotate, their larger cir-
cumferences exert pressure upon the blocks Q and R and accordingly as they are
timed, force the engraved rollers successively, intermittently or together upon the
material as it is passed under them upon the bed plate or roller thus producing the
required design or effect. When the smaller diameters of the cams come into contact
with the cam blocks Q or R the pressure is relieved, and the spring J or K coming
into action forces the corresponding engraved roller out of contact with the material
and-its-pinion out of gear while at the same instant or subsequently the flange
or shrouding I coming into contact with the stop G on the pinion, further
rotation of the engraved roller is prevented and accurate "register" is secured.
The shroudings or flanges I are made to occupy such an arc of a circle that in
combination with the stop G₁ the pinions on the engraved rollers are locked while
the rollers are not required to rotate for-the-production of the design.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
(+)-The-method of embossing or otherwise-producing designs of the type or class
hereinbefore-indicated-substantially-as-hereinbefore-set-forth-and-described.
(2) In-a-machine-or-apparatus-for-embossing-or-otherwise-producing-designs-of
the--type--or--class--hereinbefore-indicated the--use of two or more engraved-or
moulded--rollers substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and
described.
(s) (1) In a machine or apparatus for embossing or otherwise producing designs
of the type or class hereinbefore indicated the use of the cams or wipers E F
in combination with the sliding blocks QR, the segmental flanges or shroudings I
and the stops G substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth and
described and as illustrated on the annexed sheet of Drawings.
(4) (2) In a machine or apparatus for embossing or otherwise producing designs
of the type or class herein before indicated, in combination with two or more
engraved or moulded rollers, the use of one or more bed rollers or plates with
two or more cams or wipers driven synchronously with from the bed roller substan-
tially as hereinbefore sot forth and described.