Improvements in Beetles and Beetle Mountings Used in Modern Beetling Machines for Cloth.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application. 28th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 18th Dec., 1896-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1897
PROVISIONAL S
IFICATION.
Improvements in Beetles and Beetle Mountings Used in Modern
Beetling Machines for Cloth.
We, WILLIAM NICHOLSON BROWN, of Larne, Co. Antrim, Mill Manager, and
WILLIAM FLECK REYNOLDS, of the Belfast Machine Works, Limited, Belfast,
Co. Antrim, Manager do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our improvements consist, firstly :-In fitting to the plungers, used at present
in such machines, spiral, or other springs, to cushion the blow imparted by the
crank & its beetle to the cloth under operation &, also, to maintain contact
between the operating crank & plunger without employing a plunger pin, at bottom
end, or applying a cap, to top end, of the connecting rod at present used between
the crank & the plunger.
Secondly-In substituting for the C springs, now used to support the hammer
or beetle, brackets attached to a modification of what is now known as the spring
box: these brackets we furnish with vertical slots, or openings, for the passage
through them of the hammer arms or wings: we fit to these brackets spiral, or
other, springs, which bear on the upper & lower sides of the above named hammer
arms, thus admitting of a certain amount of vertical, elastic play of the hammer, &
its arms, in these slots.
Thirdly-In making hammers with horizontal arms, or wings, & fitting to the
ends of same, guides, at points so far removed from the centre of the hammer that
all possibility of waste lubricant, or dust, from these guides, coming into contact
with the cloth under operation is avoided.
Dated this 26th day of March 1896
WILLIAM NICHOLSON BROWN.
WILLIAM FLECK REYNOLDS...
Improvements in Beetles and Beetle Mountings Used in Modern
Beetling Machines for Cloth.
We, WILLIAM NICHOLSON BROWN of Larne, Co. Antrim, Mill Manager and
WILLIAM FLECK REYNOLDS of the Belfast Machine Works Limited, Belfast
Co. Antrim, Manager, 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 :-
Our improvements consist, firstly in fitting to the plungers of such machines
spiral or other springs to further cushion the blow imparted by the crank and its
beetle or hammer to the cloth under operation and also to maintain contact
between the operating crank connecting rod and plunger without employing a
plunger pin at the bottom end or a cap at the top end of the rod connecting the

page_text: crank with the plunger. We effect both these objects by furnishing the lower end
of the fillbow bracket in which the plunger travels, with an internal flange to
support one or tnore spiral or other springs suitably formed; these springs being
compressed between the plunger bottom and the fillbow flange react against the
plunger and rod coupling the plunger to the crank, so that an evenly resillient
connection is secured and maintained between the plunger and the crank at every
part of its rotation: the hammer or beetle being keyed to the lower end of the
plunger at a point outside of fillbow bracket participates in the elastic action of
the system.
We employ a ball and socket joint or a modification of it at the
point of junction of the bottom end of the connecting rod and the top end of the
plunger.
Secondly in substituting for the C springs and straps now employed to support
and vibrate the hammer or beetle, brackets and spiral or other conveniently formed
springs applied in the following manner. To the spring boxes or holders now in
use or to a modification of them we fit brackets furnished with vertical slots through
which the arms or wings hereinafter described of the hammer pass: in these brackets
we fit the springs above and below the hammer arms so that the hammer is supported
through its arms by the lower set of springs and its upward action is controlle 1
by the set of springs placed in the brackets above the arms. The hammer may
thus vibrate or play vertically in its slings or brackets within the range of extension
and compression of the springs.
Thirdly: In constructing hammers or beetles with horizontal arms or wings and
fitting to or providing the ends of these arms with guides at points so far removed
from the centre of the hammer that all possibility of contact between waste lubricant
from or dust due to wear in these guides and the cloth under operation may be
avoided whilst the action in the proper line, of the hammer is perfectly maintained
and controlled we make suitable provisions at the proper points in the length of
these wings or arms for the reception of the ends of the spiral or other springs which
abut upon their upper and lower surfaces. We propose to employ this construction
of hammer or beetle in conjunction with the ordinary C springs and supporting
straps-;-in-this case we apply the arms or wings to the hammer or beetle in halves
one half on either side of the vertical plane in which the C springs and hammer
straps, now employed with them work or travel we join these halves together at their
ends in a suitable manner for the application to them of guides at points beyond
the utmost transverse displacement of the C springs and their covering straps.
Referring to the annexed drawings-
Sheet 1, Fig. A. In this figure 1 is the actuating crank 2 the connecting rod
engaging with it 3 the plunger furnished with a stem 8 for attachment thereto of
the hammer or beetle 4 is a vertical section of the fillbow bearing in which the
plunger slides, 5 is the internal flange furnished to support the spring or springs,
6 is a vertical section of a spiral spring supported by the flange 5 and reacting against
the bottom end of the plunger. The same markings refer to similar parts in Fig. B
the crank and connecting rod not being shewn while 7 refers to a set of smaller
springs employed in lieu of one larger one marked 6 in Fig. A as above.
Sheet 2 Fig. C is an elevation partly in section of a side view of our hammer or
beetle with spring box, sling brackets, springs and provisions for guiding the path
of the hammer shewn.
Fig. D is a horizontal cross section below the spring box of Fig. C, the same
markings refer to the same parts in both figures 9 is the spring box 10 the hammer
or beetle 11 the wings or arms of the hammer 12 the sling brackets to contain the
springs 13, 14 guiding provisions furnished to the ends of the hammer arms, that
on the left of the figures taking the form of a rod the other on the right formed in
or fitted directly to the end of the arm either of these devices may be applied to
each end of the hammer arms or both may be applied to the same hammer as we find
most convenient.
Fig. E is a side elevation partly sectional and F a plan also partly sectional of
the employment of hammers or beetles furnished with horizontal arms or wings in

page_text: conjunction with the ordinary C springs and hammer supporting straps now in
use to vibrate and support the hammer or beetle, the same markings refer in both
views to the same parts 15 the spring box 16 the C springs 17 the supporting
straps 18 and 19 the arms or wings applied to the hammer or beetle in halves the
half marked 18 being on one side and that marked 19 on the opposite side of the
vertical plane occupied by the C springs and their straps, 20 is the hammer or
beetle and 21 guides applied to the ends of the wings or arms. We wish it to be
understood that we do not confine ourselves to the use of spiral springs either under
the plunger or in the sling brackets but may use any other convenient form, such
as elliptical volute corrugated or waved, we find most suitable. The spring marked X
in Fig. C is supplementary or auxilliary to those marked 13.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
(1) The use in beetling machines of modern construction for cloth of spiral or
other springs applied to the plungers in the manner described and drawn for the
purposes of cushoning the blow imparted by the crank and its beetle to the cloth
under operation and of effecting and maintaining contact between the plunger its
connecting rod and crank without the use of a cap at the top end or a plunger pin
at the bottom end of such connecting rod or for either purpose separately.
(2) The use in such machines of fillbow brackets provided with internal pro-
jections or flanges for the purpose of supporting spiral or other springs under the
plungers substantially as described herein and drawn.
(3) The use in such machines of hammers or beetles constructed or provided with
horizontal arms or wings and furnished at the ends of their arms with provisions in
which guides for controlling and directing the motion of the hammer, may be formed
or to which they may be applied or fitted the length of the arms or wings being such
that the points of application to them of the guides shall lie outside or beyond the
points of application to them of the spiral springs and beyond the range of motion
of the C springs when such springs are used in conjunction with this form of
bammer substantially as herein described and shewn in the drawings.
(4) The use in such machines of spiral or other springs applied to the arms or
wings of the hammers or beetles in the manner described and drawn for the purpose
of imparting to the hammers and controlling in them an elastic vertical play or motion
without the employment of the C springs and hammer straps now used in beetling
machines for this purpose.
(5) The use in such machines of the combination of spiral springs supporting
brackets and hammers with horizontal arms or wings and guides substantially as
hereinbefore described and drawn.
(6) The use in such machines of hammers or beetles with divided horizontal arms
in conjunction with the C springs and hammer straps now used, the arms of such
hammers to have guides fitted or applied to them outside or beyond the range of
action of the said C springs and straps substantially as described and drawn for the
purpose of guiding more perfectly than hitherto the action of the hammer.
Dated this 17th day of December 1896.
WILLIAM NICHOLSON BROWN.
WILLIAM FLECK REYNOLDS.