Improvements in Machines for Marking Patterns on Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left. 11th Dec.. 1891-Accepted, 16th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Marking Patterns on Fabrics.
I, HENRY WILLEY, of No. 29, Brayards Road, Peckham Rye, in the County
of Surrey, Tailors' Cutter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for marking patterns on
fabrics, and relates more particularly to improvements upon the invention patented
to me by Letters Patent No. 4270, March 12th, 1889.
In the Specification of the said Patent, there are described a pair of inside
wheels adapted to take hold of, and feed forward, the fabric to be marked and the
stencil through which the marking is to be effected, and delivery rollers for the
purpose of taking the fabric from the inside wheels above mentioned and delivering
it in front of the apparatus.
Now according to my present invention, the said inside wheels are fitted with
elastic tyres to prevent their jumping or being jarred at the moment when the
stiffening nosing attached to the front edge of the fabric, or stencil, leaves the said
wheels.
The top delivery roller has elastic bands around its ends, and its length between
the said bands is covered with cloth, or equivalent material adapted to give it bite
in respect of the fabric to be passed forward by it. The bottom delivery roller
may be plain, or covered like its fellow.
Spring and screw devices are applied to the bearings of the top delivery roller
for the purpose of adjusting the distance separating it from its fellow.
A. cover is provided for enclosing the entire machine.
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PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Marking Patterns on Fabrics.
1, HENRY WILLEY, of No. 29, Brayards Road, Peckham Rye, in the County
of Surrey, Tailors' Cutter, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for marking patterns on
fabrics, and relates more particularly to improvements upon the invention patented
to me by Letters Patent No. 4270, March 12th, 1889.
In the Specification of the said Patent there are described a pair of inside
wheels adapted to take hold of, and feed forward, the fabric to be marked and the
stencil through which the marking is to be effected, and delivery rollers for the
purpose of taking the fabric from the inside wheels above mentioned and delivering
it in front of the apparatus.
Now according to my present invention, the said inside wheels are fitted with
elastic tyres to prevent their jumping or being jaired at the moment when the
stiffening which is attached to the front edge of the fabric, or stencil, leaves the
said wheels.
The top delivery roller has clastic bands around its ends, and its length between
the said bands is covered with cloth or equivalent material adapted to give it bite
in respect of the fabric to be passed forward by it. The bottom delivery roller
may be plain, or covered like its fellow,

page_text: >pring and screw devices are applied to the bearings of the top denvery roner
for the purpose of adjusting the distance separating it from its fellow.
A cover is provided for enclosing the entire machine.
In order that my invention, and the means by which the same is to be carried
into practical effect, may be thoroughly understood, I will describe them in detail,
referring in so doing to the accompanying drawings which are to be taken as part
of this Specification.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, omitting the machine cover.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation.
Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line A-B of Fig. 1.
In respect of general construction and operation, the machine illustrated in the
accompanying drawings closely resembles the machine described in the said previous
Patent granted to me. The improvements which form the subject of the present
invention relate only to details but are of considerable practical utility.
C is the feed table over which the roll of fabric and flexible stencil are fed to
the machine.
D is the hopper; d, the grooved roller for delivering the pipe clay; and d¹, the
set screw for regulating the sectional area of the hopper mouth.
E is the distributing roller; and F, the marking roller. G, Gare top feeding
discs, one at each side of the machine inside the frame. H is the bottom feed
roller and h, its wiping pad. The distance between the discs and the roller is
adjustable by any suitable device.
Heretofore the feeding discs have had hard peripheries, and when the fabric and
stencil folded with a stiffening piece laid therein over the leading edge of which
both fabric and stencil have been folded and held thereto by clips embracing all
three here and there, the joint thickness has been so considerable that the discs
have jumped first from the fold down onto the fabric, stencil and stiffening, and
then again down on to the fabric and stencil when the stiffening has passed them.
Now, according to my present invention, I fix an elastic tyre g on each disc, with
the practical result that their elasticity compensates for the varying thickness of
the front portion of the fabric, which passes through the machine without any
jumping or jarring being set up.
I is the fixed sweeping brush; J, the padded wiping roller; and K, the grating
through which the clay swept off the tail of the stencil drops into the drawer K.
L is the top; and M, the bottom delivery roller. Now I have found that a
rubber or vulcanite cover bites the stencil so hard that it is impossible to pull a
pucker out of the stencil and fabric, or either of them, so according to my present
invention, the top roller is covered with a cloth, baize, felt, or other fibrous surface
material, and is provided at each end with an elastic band l'. The joint object of
the cover and the bands is to enable the roller L to bite the fabric and stencil
without it being necessary to screw it and its fellow roller M so close together that
either or both fabric or stencil might be damaged. At the same time a cover /
made of the material I have described does not bite the stencil and fabric too
tightly to prevent a pucker being pulled out. The bottom roller M may be plain
or covered and ringed like its fellow, but I prefer that it should be plain.
The rollers L and M are provided with spiral springs m, one at each end, for the
purpose of gently pulling the rollers together. In point of strength the said
springs are adjusted accordingly, and the ends of each are made fast to the
respective ends of the roller axles as shown in Fig. 1. The bearings of the rollers
are free to move up or down their respective slots in the side frames of the machine.
n, are a pair of set screws. Each works vertically through the bridge-piece
over its respective slot, and its function is to screw down its respective bearing
when it is required to force the roller L down upon the roller M. But a rigid
contact between set screw and bearing will not meet the requirements of my inven-
tion which demands a certain degree of elasticity. This I attain by interposing a
cushioning spring n' of proper strength between each set screw and its bearing.
O is the bracket table upon which the fabric is delivered. A taking up roller P

page_text: is provided for the purpose of winding up the stencil. This is carried in two
crutch bearings p.
It is provided with clips q, by means of which the stencil
can be made fast to it, and is driven from the spur wheel engaging in the
pinion p¹.
The general driving gear of the machine is of the usual type, and preferably as
illustrated in the figures. s is the crank-handle; and s, its pinion which drives the
spur wheels on the axis of the grooved roller d. This spur wheel drives the
wheels of the wiping roller as well as the top roller L through the spur wheel r
above mentioned. The bottom roller M is driven from the roller J by a band t
on the opposite side of the machine.
o, o, o, is a suitable cover to prevent the escape of dust.
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,
1. The combination of bottom feed roller with a pair of top feeding discs
provided with elastic tyres, as set forth.
2. The combination of bottom delivery roller and top delivery roller covered
with fibrous material and provided with elastic rings at each end, as set forth.
3. The combination of top and bottom delivery rollers covered with fibrous
material and provided with elastic rings, set screws, spiral and cushioning springs
at each end, as set forth.
4. In a machine for marking patterns on fabrics through a stencil, the com-
bination of top and bottom delivery rollers with, at each end, springs adapted to
gently pull them together, set screws and cushioning springs, as set forth.
Dated this 4th day of December 1891.
PHILLIPS & LEIGH,
22, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.