IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS, OR OTHER LIKE SURFACES
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Bury, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS, OR OTHER LIKE
SURFACES."
Sealed the 10th August 1860, and dated the 17th February 1860.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bury at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 17th February
1860.
I, SAMUEL BURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS, OR
OTHER LIKE SURFACES," to be as follows:-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of producing an even and lustrous.
finish, either plain or embossed, upon certain descriptions of fabrics throughout
the entire piece, and the improvement consists in the employment of an
engraved or plain roller, revolving upon another roller, but each rotating in
contrary directions, the fabric to be embossed and finished passing between
them, and being drawn or assisted through the machine by means of a pair of
drawing rollers, conveniently placed for the purpose. The embossing and
finish of the cloth being effected by the friction or rubbing action obtained by
driving the said rollers in contrary directions.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Bury in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th August 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Iler heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Samuel Bury, Her special license that I, the said Samuel Bury,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Samuel Bury, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS, OR OTHER
LIKE SURFACES," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said Samuel
Bury, by an instrument in writing under my hand and scal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Bury, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and accompanying Drawings, that is to say:―
My Invention is designed for the purpose of producing an even and lustrous
finish, either plain or embossed, upon certain descriptions of fabrics throughout
the entire piece, and the improvement consists in the employment of a suitably
engraved or a plain roller revolving upon another roller, but each rotating in
contrary directions, the fabric to be embossed and finished passing between
them, and being drawn or assisted through the machine by means of a pair of
drawing rollers, conveniently placed for the purpose. The embossing and
finishing of the cloth is effected by the friction or rubbing action obtained by
driving the said rollers in contrary directions, or performed in combination
with the progressive leading of the fabric.
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In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings, made upon a scale of

page_text: about one and a half inches to a foot, and having similar letters of referenco
marked upon corresponding parts in both Figures.
Fig. 1 represents a front view of an embossing and finishing machine; and
Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, shewing the arrangement of gearing
for driving the engraved or plain rollers or roller and "bowl" in contrary
directions, as clearly indicated by the curved arrows, the passage of the cloth
being shewn by the straight arrows. In Fig. 1, a, a, is the framing of the
embossing machine, which supports the engraved or plain cylinder or roller b,
the bowl c, and the bed roller d, a portion of the framing being moveable for
the removal of the bowls, cylinders, or rollers. The drawing rollers e, e, are
arranged so as to lead or assist the fabric in its passage through the machine,
as in consequence of the embossing cylinder 6 and bowl c rotating in opposite
or contrary directions, the fabric would remain at times stationary, not being
evenly propelled by the said bowl and cylinder, as in machines wherein they
rotate in the same direction.
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In conclusion, I would remark that the object of the Invention is to obtain
a plain or embossed lustrous finish upon a certain class of fabrics, such as
plain, dyed, or printed calicoes, mixed goods, &c., by causing two rollers or a
cylinder and bowl to rotate in different directions, either at the same speed or
one rotating at a higher speed than the other, in contradistinction to running
them in the same direction, and at different speeds, as hitherto practised and
employed.
Having described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
method of carrying the same into practical effect, I wish it to be distinctly
understood that I do not claim as of my Invention the employment of an
engraved or plain cylinder and "bowl" revolving at different speeds and in
the same direction to attain the object desired; but what I claim as the
Invention intended to be secured by the said Letters Patent is, the improved
machinery or apparatus for producing a plain or embossed lustrous finish,
constructed and employed as herein-before described, the fabric being embossed
and finished by being led or passed between them, as herein-before described,
and fully illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Bury, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
SAMUEL BURY. (L.s.)