IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING FUSTIANS KNOWN AS VELVETS VELVETEENS AND CORDS
Year: 1884

page_text: CONA DIVIFICATION.
I, JOHN THOMAS KENWORTHY of 5 Shrewsbury Street in the City of Manchester
in the county of Lancaster, Clerk do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING FUSTIANS KNOWN AS VELVETS VELVETEENS AND
CORDS to be as follows:-
A regulating plate is attached to the brush, with lip passing under the boss,
until it comes in contact with the bristles of brush, by which means the brush is
made hard, or soft, by raising or depressing the plate. Instead of, as at present,
working with brush, and peg separately, I work them in this Invention, both com-
bined, or, at the will of the user it can be used as either peg, or brush separately,
or as peg at a forward stroke, and brush at a backward stroke-It may also be
used for crossing purposes. It can be attached to the ordinary Finishing machine
as well as used by hand.
Dated 12: T
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page_text: I, JOHN THOMAS KENWORTHY of 5 Shrewsbury Street, Old Trafford Manchester
in the county of Lancaster Finisher do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN FINISHING FUSTIANS, KNOWN AS VELVETS, VELVETEENS AND
CORDS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in the brush and peg used in finishing
fustian and other similar cloth: In place of using a brush and peg alternately,
I construct a finishing tool in which the brush and peg are combined, and which
may be used by hand or attached to ordinary finishing machines, and may be used
for ordinary crossing purposes.
I form this finishing tool so that it can be used either as a brush, or as a peg, or
'may be applied as both brush and peg at one stroke, and as a brush only on the
return stroke, or as a hard brush one way and soft brush the other.
The peg or block I form preferably of soft wood: to one side or in a groove on
the face of this peg or block I attach a strip of hard wood of any thickness suit-
'able for the cloth upon which it is intended to be used.
As the peg or block is reduced by use the edge or face of the peg remains the
same thickness, the soft wood wearing itself away and the hard wood remaining
prominent.
In the combined finishing tool I attach a metal plate to one side of this block
or peg, by means of screws in the block which work in slots in the said metal
plate: A brush is secured in a frame to the underside of this metal plate and
rests against the hard wood strip attached to the peg or block: The brush is made
either to project beyond the peg, or the peg to project beyond the brush by set
screws passing through the top of the block or peg and working in screwed pro-
jectious formed on the back of the metal plate: On the side of this plate opposite
to that on which the block or peg is placed, I attach a regulating plate by
means of screws in the said metal plate which work in slots in the regulating
plate.
On the inner edge of the bottom of this regulating plate I form a lip or flange
which presses against the brush: By raising or lowering this regulating plate, the
brush can be made either hard or soft: In a modification of my invention, I use
the block or peg formed in the manner herein before described with a brush
attached to it, but without a regulating plate, and I also use the block by itself
with a hardwood strip inserted in a groove or otherwise attached to it.
In order that my invention may be fully understood, I now describe the accom-
panying sheet of drawings: In making reference to the several figures contained
therein, similar letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1 is side view of a block or peg formed to receive the plate Fig. 4. to which
a brush is attached: Fig. 2 is an end view and Fig. 3 is cross section of the block or
peg: Fig. 4. is side view, Fig. 5 is end view and Fig. 6 is plan of plate with brush
attached formed to fit the block represented in Fig 1. Figs 7 and 8 are side and

page_text: end views of a regulating plate: Fig 9. is side view of a combined finishing tool
with the parts above described fitted together complete: Fig 10 is an end view
and Figs 11, 12, and 13, are cross sections of the same representing the brush in
different positions as hereinafter described: Fig. 14 is an end view of a combined
finishing tool with handle attached: Figs 15 and 16 are side and end views of a
modification of the combined finishing tool adapted for use with or without &
regulating plate and Figs 17 and 18 are side and end views of a modification of
the block or peg adapted for use as a peg only.
In the several views as above described a. represents a block or peg with a
hardwood strip p. attached: b the groove in which the flange h¹ on metal plate h is
inserted: c recesses for the screwed projections g on plate h. d, the set screws
working into the screwed projections g for the purpose of raising or lowering the
plate h, and actuated by the milled heads d'e' the screws inserted in holes e, by
which the plate h is secured to the block a, and which are passed through the
countersunk slots f. allowing the plate h to have a vertical movement, by means of
the screwed projections g. and the set screws d. h is the metal plate on which is
formed a recess h' in which is attached the brush j. is the regulating plate
which is secured to the plate h, by the screws m¹ inserted in holes m and passed
through the countersunk slots n. allowing the regulating plate to have a vertical
movement.
In Figs 10 and 11 the combined finishing tool is shown arranged for use as a
peg only, the brush j being raised by the screws d. and the block a, with the hard
wood strip p. projecting.
Fig. 12 shows the same arranged for use as a soft brush only, the brush ; being
lowered by the setscrews d, and the regulating plate being raised: the brush j
projecting nearly its full depth below the peg a.
Fig. 13 shows the combined finishing tool arranged for use as a hard brush with
the regulating plate lowered, and the brush ; drawn up, the projections p¹ on the
hard wood strip and l' on the regulating plate pressing against the fibre of the
brush j.
Fig 16 represents the brush and peg in the combined finishing tool arranged for
use either both together, or at the will of the operator, it can be used as a peg
when traversing one way and as a brush when returning.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st In a block or peg used in finishing fustians known as velvets velveteens and
cords, the use of a hard wood strip attached either to one side or in a groove in the
said block or peg substantially as herein before described.
2nd The combination of a brush and peg in the manner and of the description
herein before set forth, and forming a combined finishing tool which may be used
either as a brush or as a peg, or may be applied as both brush and peg at one
stroke, and as a brush only at the return stroke or as a hard brush one way and a
soft brush the return stroke, in place of using a brush and peg alternately in
finishing the said cloth, substantially as herein before described.
3rd The use of a regulating plate for the purpose of making the brush used in
finishing fustian cloth either hard or soft as may be required, as herein before
described.