Improvements in Fustian Cutting.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1893—Accepted, 18th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fustian Cutting.
I, JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR, of No. 39, Derby Street, Salford, Manchester, in
the County of Lancashire, General Labourer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a machine to cut any length of velvet (or corduroy) in
one continuous opperation :-viz., from three or four yards in length to two hundred
yards or more if desired. The machine is constructed as follows:-The cutting
table is in the centre, the cloth being rolled on to a roller at one end of the machine
the end of the cloth is passed from this roller over the cutting table and on to
another roller at the other end of the machine. And the machine when in motion
rolls the cloth off the one roller on to the other the cloth passing across the cutting
table. When one cut has been made the cloth is rolled back by means of a quick
return motion ready for another cut.
The roll of cloth rests on a roller or cylinder and as the cloth is rolled on or off,
the roller moves up or down in a slot. The cloth is passed across the cutting table
and the end fixed to the roller at the other end of the machine. The roller moves
up and down in a slot in the same manner as the other roller, the roll of cloth
resting on the said cylinder. The cylinders are both the same diameter and are
connected by a continuous belt. The cloth is kept tight while crossing the cutting
table by means of a drag or roller. The operator working the machine stands at
the table to guide the cutting knife. The knife rests on a bar placed across the
machine, the bar being so designed as to form a rest and also to resist the force of
the cloth running against the knife.
A pair of cams which are connected by means of leavers to the starting gear,
are set so as to stop the machine at each end of the cut. Motion is given to the
machine by means of a belt from a pulley on a shaft. The cylinder is worked by
toothed wheels. There is a counter shaft for reversing the motion and an ordinary
arrangement of toothed wheels for giving a quick return motion.
Dated 1000
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fustian Outting.
1, JOHN EDWARD TAYLOR of 39 Derby Street, Salford, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster General Labourer, 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 :-
The improvements which are the subject of this invention relate to mechanism
that may be employed for the purpose of cutting continuously, the pile in a piece
of velvet or corduroy of any length, at one operation, which I effect by the means
hereinafter described and as illustrated in the accompanying six sheets of drawings.
In the several views shown therein, similar letters refer to similar parts.
Fig. 1 is a side view of a machine constructed according to this invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same machine drawn
through line B. B, in Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a sectional nian drawn through line A. A. in Fig. 1.

page_text: The remaining figures shown on the drawings, are details of the same machine
drawn to an enlarged scale and hereinafter described.
In this invention I construct a frame such as a, in the centre of which is the
cutting table b. I place rollers at opposite ends of the machine, said rollers c and d
being for the purpose of receiving or delivering the cloth during the process of
cutting the pile. One end of a piece of cloth is connected to the roller c and the
piece is first wound on to said roller: the opposite end of the piece is carried over
the cylinder e, under the roller over the drag roller g, under the roller h, from
whence it passes over the cutting table b, under the roller j, over the roller k and
is attached to the roller d at the opposite end of the machine. Both of said
rollers work in grooves l, and the cloth that is on said rollers rests on the
cylinders e and k.
Motion is transmitted from the driving shaft m and the fast pulley m¹ to the
aforesaid rollers by means of the pulleys n and o and the belt which actuates the
pinion q and the toothed wheels and s Figs. 1 and 2, said toothed wheels being
attached near to one end of the roller k. The rollers e and which are both of
the same diameter, are caused to revolve at an equal speed by means of the belt t.
The rollers c and d are revolved by the friction of the cloth on the aforesaid
rollers e and k.
The drag roller g which is shown in detail on Sheet 5, Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 causes
the cloth to be kept stretched while passing over the cutting table 6 during the
forward movement of the cloth and the operation of cutting the pile, said drag
roller having only a limited movement which is regulated by the tension band g
and the tightening screw . The ratchet which is attached to the pulley 9°,
limits the revolution of the shaft g' in the bearing g' when running forward, but
is inoperative when running backward. When the cloth is running back as
hereinafter described, said roller y will revolve freely. When the piece of cloth
has been transferred from the roller c on to the roller d, and a continuous cut has
been made, the machine will be stopped by the mechanism shown in Fig. 3 Sheet 3.
This is effected by means of the cams u and u¹, Figs. 1 and 2, in which are
recesses v, Fig. 3 for the bowls w fitted on to the ends of the levers v¹ and v³ to
enter as said cams are worked round by means of the bevel gearing z.
The cams
are set on the shaft with the recesses in a position according to the length
of the piece, so that when the end of said piece is reached the cams will have
been revolved by the bevel gearing and the worm gearing, to the extent that
will cause the recess in the cam u¹ to come opposite to the end of the lever v³,
when the bowl w attached to end of said lever, will be caused to enter said recess
by means of the spring w² attached thereto.
By these means the lever which is fulcrumed at » and attached to the
transverse bar will cause said bar to slide transversely and with it the strap
fork of thereby transferring the belt m³ on to the loose pulley m³ Fig. 4. At the
same time the break a will be applied, by the stud attached to the weighted
lever ³, descending the inclined plane formed on the end of the bar . In
order to reverse the machine and cause the piece of cloth to be transferred back on
to the roller c, the operator places the belt on to the pulley m that is keyed
on to the sleeve p' which also carries the pulley p³ Fig. 10, Sheet 6; said pulley
is connected by the cross belt to the pulley 28, thereby transmitting motion to
the shaft p' on which is fitted the pulley p and by means of the belt pr the shaft m
is run at an increased speed.
The bar pe Fig. 3 at the same time releases the break by means of the lever p'
Fig. 2, operating the bar when the cloth will be rewound on to the roller c
until the end of the piece is reached and the bowl w at the end of the lever u³ will
enter the recess on the cam u and cause the machine to be stopped in the manner
herein before described. The drag roller 9 will run freely on the return of the
cloth over said roller. The machine may then be restarted forward for another
continuous cut.
Fig. 5 shows an enlarged view of the cams u and u¹.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1st. For the purpose of cutting the pile in a piece of velvet or corduroy in one
continuous operation, irrespective of the length of said piece, a machine or
mechanism arranged and constructed in the manner substantially as herein before
described.
2nd. In a machine that is employed for cutting the pile in a piece of velvet or
corduroy, the method whereby said piece is transferred from one end of the
machine to the other, either during the operation of cutting or otherwise, and the
machine stopped automatically when the end is reached irrespective of the length
of said piece, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein before
described.
THOMAS PRESCOTT,
53, Arcade Chambers, St. Mary's Gate, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.