Improved Apparatus to be Used in the Operations of Mending and Cleaning Sacks and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Mar., 1896-Accepted, 9th May,
1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be Used in the Operations of Mending and
Cleaning Sacks and the like.
I, JOHN HENRY ORFEUR, of Milton Road, Stowmarket, in the County of
Suffolk, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is designed to meet the requirements of millers and others who
have large numbers of sacks to be cleaned and repaired.
In carrying my invention into practical effect, I adopt substantially the following
arrangements.
Upon suitable stands or supports a hollow shaft is mounted having therein a
longitudinal slot or opening.
Inside this hollow shaft is a spindle, capable of being operated in a longitudinal
direction by means of a lever or clutch, which may be provided with a catch rod
gearing with a curved rack, so as to admit of its being retained at any desired
point.
Upon the aforesaid spindle which extends beyond the end of the hollow shaft to
a suitable distance, a frame or table of wood or suitable material is placed.
This frame or table consists preferably of three sections in the direction of its
length, that is to say a central section, and two narrow side pieces connected with
the spindle by slotted cross bars fastened thereto.
When the lever is pulled toward the outer end of the hollow shaft, the spindle is
drawn back therein, and the side pieces of frame are pulled inwards toward the
centre. The frame or table is then sufficiently narrow to admit of a sack being
easily drawn over it.
When the sack to be cleaned or repaired is placed upon the frame, the lever is
moved in a reverse direction, opening the frame to the requisite extent to stretch
the sack tightly thereon.
To enable sacks to be expeditiously cleaned, one side of the frame may be
arranged as a table, whilst the other side may be of hollow construction for
convenience of repairing the same.
Dated this 2nd day of July 1895.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23 Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus to be Used in the Operations of Mending and
Cleaning Sacks and the like.
1, JOHN HENRY ORFEUR, of Milton Road, Stowmarket, in the County of
Suffolk, Engineer, 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 is designed to meet the requirements of millers and others, who
have large numbers of sacks to be cleaned and repaired, and in carrying it into

page_text: effect, I proceed in or in about the following manner, that is to say. Upon
suitable A shaped or other supports I mount a hollow shaft having therein a
longitudinal slot or opening. Inside this hollow shaft, is a spindle capable of being
moved in a longitudinal direction by a lever, one end of which is pivotted outside
the axis of the shaft, the other end of it moving along a segmental rack having its
centre at the pivotting point just mentioned. The end which moves along the rack
can be kept in any required position by a spring-catch lever. On the hollow shaft
is a sliding collar, to which is attached a pin passing through the slot in the hollow
shaft, and then attached to the spindle which slides inside the hollow shaft. This
collar is grooved so as to accommodate a friction roller and stud, which works
therein, and is attached to the lever already mentioned. To the end of the hollow
shaft (which extends beyond the end of one of the bearings to a suitable distance)
is fastened a rectangular frame or table of greater length than breadth, the spindle
extending down the middle of its length and being kept central by passing through
cross bars extending from side to side of the frame. To suitable collars or their
equivalents attached to the spindle are pivotted slotted arms whose ends extend through
the sides of the frame, pins passing through the slots in the frame and through the
slots in the arms. To the outer ends of the arms are pivotted battens parallel with
the sides of the frame and having ends returning towards the centre of the end of
the frame. The width of the table and battens when close together is to be
such as to readily admit of the sack or the like being drawn over them. At the
end of the centre of the frame nearest the hollow shaft, I fix upstanding pins, one
on each side of the frame, and these pins may be made removable if desired.
order that my invention may be rendered clearer, I refer to the accompanying
drawing which represents a plan of a machine made in accordance with the principles
of my invention.
In
a are the supports which in front view may be A shaped or otherwise, b is the
hollow shaft which is free to turn in bearings at the top of a, and has in it a slot or
opening c. d is the spindle, e the lever pivotted at f to the supports g, h the
segmental rack, the spring catch lever, the sliding collar, k the friction roller,
and stud or studs only working in groove i provided on the collar j. m rectangular
frame, n cross bars extending from side to side of frame, o collars, p slotted arms,
q pins passing through frame and slotted arms, r side battens, s return ends, and
the pointed and upstanding pins.
In assembling the parts together in the first instance, I arrange that when the
lever e is at the extreme outer end of the segmental rack, the side battens are close
to the central frame m, as shewn in full lines in drawing.
The action of the apparatus is as follows.-The frame m and the side battens
are inserted in the mouth of the sack or the like, which is then drawn to the rack
end of the machine. The lever e is then drawn towards the frame m as shewn by
the dotted lines, whereupon the battens r will be moved away from, but parallel
with the table or frame m, and so distend the sack which may then be cleaned first
on one side, and then on the other side by turning over the frame m.
To prevent
cross puckers, the mouth end of the sack may be pressed on the pins t.
The centre
of the frame m may have one side or both sides panelled, or the panels may be
dispensed with. A hand wheel and screw may be provided in the top of the
bearing carrying the end of the hollow shaft m nearest the frame, for the purpose
of retaining the hollow shaft in position when the required side of the frame m is
uppermost. The machine can be used for repairing as well as cleaning sacks or
the like.
The various parts may be of appropriate and convenient materials, the supports,
shaft, spindle, lever, rack and arms being of metal for instance, and the frame of wood.
I do not confine myself to the precise details, conformations, relative proportions,
or disposition of parts, as described in the above Specification, and exemplified in
the drawing, as any or all of them may be considerably varied, without departing
from the spirit of my invention.

page_text: 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. An improved apparatus to be used in the operation of mending and cleaning
sacks and the like, the said apparatus consisting essentially of a frame the width of
which can be varied so as to accommodate it to, and retain thereon the sack or the
like under treatment, the whole provided for and operating substantially as
described in the above Specification, and exemplified in the accompanying drawing.
2. The combination of parts, substantially as described in the above Specification,
and exemplified in the accompanying drawing, and together forming, constituting,
and operating as an improved apparatus to be used in the operation of mending and
cleaning sacks and the like.
Dated this 31st day of March 1896.
HUGHES & YOUNG,
23, Coleman Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.