Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Sept., 1887
..Comp ete Left, 19th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
I ALBERT SHAW of 22 Manchester Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to apparatus whereby the selvage or "list" of the piece is
pressed, or forced upon the "hooks" of the chains of such machines, which operation
of pressing has heretofore been performed by means of circular brushes known as
hooking brushes
or by means of discs of felted fabrics, or by rings of india rubber.
The object of my said invention is to dispense with such appliances, which are costly,
and soon worn out, and to substitute in lieu thereof an appliance which shall be
effective and durable.
According to this my said invention I employ spaced discs, a boss having flanges,
or similar on cross section to a driving pulley. Across the space between the discs,
or flanges, and supported thereby are "feathers," blades, or thin strips of metal
(preferably tempered steel) the distance between the said feathers, blades, or wires is
such in relation to the pitch of the hooks that one, or more of the feathers, blades, or
wires will be between each two of the hooks. This appliance, constructed as aforesaid
I mount upon a stud in such position in relation to the chain of hooks, and selvage or
"list" of the cloth, that the selvage or "list" passes under the edge, or periphery of
the inner disc, or flange, and under the feathers, blades, or wires and by the revolution
of the discs, which revolution is induced by the travelling cloth, and hooks, that the
latter are forced through the selvage, or "list" as the cloth or "piece" is drawn
into the machine. The feathers blades or wires may be oblique, or they may be at
right lines to the periphery of the discs, and of course one of said appliances is used
at each side of the machine. In some cases it may be advantageous to insert
the studs carrying the improved appliances above described in a V or other slide so
as to provide an elastic, or yeilding pressure.
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Tentering Machines.
I ALBERT SHAW of 22 Manchester Road, Huddersfield, in the County of York,
Mechanic, do 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 :-
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This invention relates to apparatus whereby the selvage or "list" of the piece is
pressed or forced upon the "looks" of the chains of such machines, which operation
of pressing has heretofore been performad by means of circular brushes known as
"hooking brushes
or by means of discs of felted fabrics, or by rings of india rubber.
The object of my said invention is to dispense with such appliances, which are
costly, and soon worn out, and to substitute in lieu thereof an appliance which shall
be effective and durable.
According to this my said invention I employ spaced discs, a boss having flanges,
or similar on cross section to a driving pulley. Across the space between the discs, or
flanges, and supported thereby are feathers," blades, or thin strips of metal,
(preferably tempered steel) the distance between the said feathers, blades, or wires is
such in relation to the pitch of the hooks that one or more of the feathers, blades or
wires will be between each two of the hooks.
This appliance constructed as aforesaid I mount upon a stud in such position in
relation to the chain of hooks, and selvage or ** list" of the cloth, that the selvage or
"list" passes under the edge or periphery of the inner disc, or flange, and under the
feathers, blades or wires and by the revolution of the discs, which revolution is induced
by the travelling cloth, and hooks, that the latter are forced through the selvage or
"list" as the cloth or "piece" is drawn into the machine. The feathers blades or
wires may be oblique, or the may be at right lines to the periphery of the discs, and
of course one of the said appliances is used at each side of the inachine. In some
cases it may be advantageous to insert the studs carrying the improved appliances
above described in a V or other slide so as to provide an elastic, or yielding pressure.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference.being had to the accompanying drawings:-
Fig. 1. is a plan view of my improved apparatus.
Fig. 2. is an end or front view showing the chain hooks and chain box in section.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation.
Figs. 4 and 5 are elevation and cross section of the discs and boss.
Fig. 6 is an elevation shewing outer covering for discs flanged.
At 1-1 are two discs spaced by the inner boss 2. At 3 are the feathering blades,
wires or strips of metal the ends of which are received in the slits 3ª and securely held in
position therein by the flange 3b of the outer covering 3° fixed to the discs by means
of screws 3d, the discs 1 1 are spaced by or may, as shown, be cast to the boss 2 the
strips 3 being at such distance apart or pitch from each other that the point of one
"hook" 4 will be central with the space between two of the said feathers, blades,
.

page_text: vanos or strips 3. The discs are carried upon a stud 5 passing through the boss 2
and being bolted as shewn at 6 to the lever arm 7, the extremo end of the lever is
mounted and free to movo on the stud 8 passing through the lug 9 of the slotted
bracket 10, by the latter and the set screws 11-11 the apparatus is secured to the
uppor surface of the chain box 12 in such relative position to the selvage of the cloth 13
that as the piece is drawn into the machine the contact of the hooks with the
feathering blades or vanes imparts rotation to the discs, the blades 3 of which being
lower than the points of the hooks 4 bear upon the selvage and force it upon the hooks
as shewn at Fig. 3. At 14 is a moveable weight by means of which the weight or
pressure of the disc upon the pieco or may be varied according to its strength or
character.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improved appliance herein fully described and illustrated in combination with
the ordinary chain and hooks for purpose herein set forth.
Dated this 18th day of June 1888.
ALBERT SHAW.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.