IMPROVEMENTS IN MOB CAP MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
We, GEORGE Ridgard, of 97 Adelaid Villas, and WALLIS ASKHAM, of 11 St.
Ann's Valley, in the Town of Nottingham, both in the employment of Samuel
Fletcher and Company, Limited, 28 Stoney Street, Nottingham, Lace Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOB CAP
MACHINES," to be as follows:-
Each machine consists of the following parts namely, a metal bed plate supported
by suitable standards which either form bearings, or carry bearings for the axles of
a treadle lever, at or near the centre of the bed plate is a recess of a shape cor-
responding to the outside of the cap to be formed, this bed plate is heated by gas
and air jets of the usual construction, on each side of the recess are vertical bearings
in which rods slide carrying bearings at their upper ends in which an axle bar
rocks, at or near the centre of which a bracket projects on the lower end of which
is a former of a shape the reverse of the recess before named, this former is capablo
of being turned upwards by the attendant by means of a handle at either end of
the axle, the opposite end of which carries a double notched disk, in the notches
of which a stud carried by a spring plate lover takes, when the stud is in one notch
the axle is retained in position with the former below it, and when in the other
notch, the axle is retained in position with the former above it, and whilo so
retained a wired band of muslin, or other suitable material is placed upon it, and
after being moistened with water, the former is placed by the attendant in a
reverse position and immediately lowered onto a flat piece of caledonian, muslin,
net, or other suitable material, which is to form the body of the cap, which is
previously placed over the recess in the bed plate, the continued lowering of the
former forces the material into the recess in which it remains a short time, during
which the dampness in the band is communicated to the material, and the continued
pressure causes the dress in the band and material to unite them both firmly
together, above the recess is a notched plate which is slotted on each sido and kept
in position by adjustable studs on the bed plate, this notched plate as the former
descends causes the material to be creased as required, previous to laying the
material over the recess, the notched plate is pushed from the attendant, the plate
being moved towards the attendant by the lowering of the former into the recess,

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the notched plate is surrounded by a fixed vertical verge plate of the same shape
as the material to form the body of the cap.
The vertical movements of the former are effected by one end of a rocking lover
which is hinged or otherwise connected to a cross bar having its outer ends secured
to the lower ends of the sliding rods first named, the other end of the lever being
provided with a handle for the use of the attendant, the rocking lever is also
connected to a treadle so as to enable the former to be raised, by the foot of the
attendant.
By means of a machine constructed and employed as above described we are
enabled to make up a much larger quantity of cap shapes, than can possibly be
produced by hand labour.

page_text: We, GEORGE RIDGARD, of 97 Adelaid Villas, and WALLIS ASKHAM, of 11 Saint
Ann's Valley, in the Town of Nottingham, both in the employment of Samuel
Fletcher and Company, Limited, 28 Stoney Street, Nottingham, Laco Manufacturors
do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MOD CAP
MACHINES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
In the Drawings Figure 1 is a front view of a machine for making mob caps,
Figure 2 is a right end view. Figure 3 an enlarged plan of the bed plate, and
Figuro 4, a side view of the foundation for a mob cap as produced by the machine.
The corresponding parts in each Figure are indicated by the same letters where
necessary.
Each machine consists of the following parts namely, a metal bed plate A, in the
centre of which is a recess B of a shape corresponding to the outside of the cap to
be formed, the bed plate is heated by a flame of gas and air, which is supplied
through the flattened upper end of a burner B¹, the lower horizontal feed tube of
which may be connected to an adjacent gas pipe, by an elastic tube, or by a
screwed connection, on each side of the recess a vertical bearing is secured to the
bed plate in which rods C slide, each having a bearing at its upper end in which an
axle bar rocks, at the centre of which a bracket projects, the outer end of which
terminates in a flanged former C¹, of a shape the roverse of the recess before
uamed, this former is capable of being turned upwards, (as shown at Figures 1
and 2), by the attendant by means of a handle, secured on one end of the axle, the
opposite end carries a double notched disk C, in the notches of which a stud
carried by a spring plate lever C³ takes, when the stud is in one notch, the axlo is
retained in position with the former below it, and whon in the opposite notch, the
axle is retained in position with the former above as shown at Figures 1 and 2.
Between the left bearing rod and the handle, the rocking axle is provided with a
disk carrying two studs C, C, the stud C rests against the back of the left bearing
rod when the former is in the upward position shown at Figure 2, when the
former is placed in the reverse position by the attendant, the stud C³ rests against
the front of the bearing rod, in either position the former is kept steady not
only by its own weight, but with the additional weight of a counter balanco Co,
so that when in the reverse position to that shown at Figures 1 and 2, the former
lies exactly over the recess B in the bed plate.
The vertical movements of the former are effected by means of a lever D carried
by a cross bar the ends of which lie in bearings projecting from the front of
standards A¹ which support the bed plate, the back end of the lever is connected
by a link to the centre of a. cross bar C, to the outor ends of which, the bottoms
of the rods C are secured, above the cross bar C7, the rods slide in vertical bearings
cast on the inside of the standards, the outer end of the lever D forms a handle
for the use of the attendant, between the handle and its cross bar, the lever carries
the upper end of a link, which has its lower end connected to a treadle lever D¹
rocking on an axle rod D³, which has its ends secured in the standards, thus
enabling the attendant to raise or lower the "former" either by the hand or foot,
on the top of the bed plate above the recess is a notched plate B³, which is slotted
on each side and kept in position by studs in the bed plate, the notched plate is
alid from the attendant, so that its inner front end projects a little over the recess B
as shown in plan at Figure 3, previous to having the material which is to form thọ

page_text: foundation of the cap placed upon it, such material is cut to the shape of the
interior of a vertical verge plate B, which is secured to the bed plate, as the
"former" is lowered into the recess, the notched plate causes the material employed
to be creased so as to form the cap to the shape required, as the former completes
its downward movement the notched plate slides towards the attendant, leaving the
material pressed into the form shown in side view at Figure 4. The operation of
the machine is as follows:-While the former is at its highest position, a wired
band of muslin or other suitable material, (as shown by the horizontal dotted lino E,
at Figures 2 and 4) is placed upon it and after being moistened with water, the
former is placed by the attendant in a reverse position, and immediately lowered
onto a flat piece of caledonian, muslin, net, or other suitable material, which is to
form the body of the cap previously placed over the notched plate, and the recess
in the bed plate, the continued lowering of the former creasing and forcing the
material into the recess in which it is allowed to remain a short time, during which
the dampness in the band is communicated to the material, and the continued
pressure and heat causes the dress in the band and material to unite them both
firmly together.
By means of a machine constructed and employed as before described we are
enabled to make up in a given time a much larger quantity of cap shapes than can
possibly bo produced by haud labour.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :—
The construction and employment of a mob cap machine, substantially as
described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this Think. Ginst dow of T... 1001