Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 1st.Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec.,
1888
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Webs.
I, ALFRED BRADSWORTH Foreman Elastic Web Weaver 10 Waring Street
Leicester in the County of Leicester do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
In the process of finishing clastic boot webs they are passed through guides and
then drawn or carried through picking machines and through finishing machines by
means of revolving rollers commencing at one end of the piece and going to the other,
the time occupied in the process varying according to the length of the piece and
speed of the machine. To the last end of one piece is fastened usually by sewing the
first end of another piece and so on for any number of pieces.
If one of these joinings as they are called gets under the cutting part of a picking
machine damage is done to the machine and a consequent loss of time of the
opperator.
When the last end of a piece of elastic web has passed through the delivery rollers
of a finishing machine the joining is cut in two and the piece is taken off. If the
opperator does not see this joining the succeeding piece is wrapped upon the former
one so that the roll of web becomes too large and much inconvenience is felt and
sometimes a portion of the web is spoilt. By my invention these defects are
obviated.
My invention consists of causing the extra thickness caused by joining two pieces
together as before discribed to set in motion any suitable signaling apparatus so that
the opperator of either a picking or finishing machine is informed that a piece has
passed through the machine.
By preference in the picking machine I pass the elastic web or piece of cloth
through a guide consisting of a top and bottom part the top part being movable, over
this guide 1 place the handle used for starting and stopping the machine, to this
handle I attach a catch and a weight. When the joining passes through the guide it
raises the top part so that the catch is lifted up, the weight then pulls the handle so
that the machine stops before the joining can get under the cutting part.

page_text: In the finishing machine by preference use the delivery rollers instead of the
guide as in the picking machine the top roller being movable. I place over the top
roller a catch which holds up a small lever to which is attached one wire of an electric
bell, the other wire is attached to a small plate placed under the lever. When the
joining passes between the rollers it raises the top one so as to lift up the catch and
allow the lever, either by gravitation or by a small weight being attached, to fall upon
the plate below so that the electric circle is complete and rings the hell, which
continues to ring untill the opperator breaks the current by placing the lever under
the catch again.
I do not confine mycalf to them toenma
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pioking and Finishing Machines for Elastic Boot
Webs.
I ALFRED BRADSWORTH Elastic Web Manufacturer Braunstone Gate Leicester in
the County of Leicester 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:—
In the process of finishing elastic boot webs they are passed through guides and
then drawn or carried through picking machines and through finishing machines by
means of revolving rollers commencing at one end of the piece and going to the
other. To the last end of one piece is fastened, usually by sewing, the first end of
another piece and so on for any number of pieces.
An elastic web picking machine has a cutting part similar to a cloth cutting
machine or a lawn mower. By a suitable arrangement the web is drawn under
the cutting part which takes off the lint and short ends thus giving to the web a clean,
appearance.
The essential features of an elastic web finishing machine consists of a sizing
roller, a drying chamber, and a pair of delivery rollers. The web is moistened by a
the sizing roller with a solution of gelatine or other suitable size, it then traverses the-
drying chamber by means of a top and bottom set of carrying rollers and is taken
out of the machine by the delivery rollers, the web is then made into a roll by means
of another pair of rollers. This process gives to the web a smooth and finished
appearance and makes it lie flatter and handle firmer.

page_text: If one of the joinings as they are called gets under the cutting part of a picking
machine the joining is cut in two and the machine becomes unthreaded and sometimes
damage is done to the machine.
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When the last ende of a piece of elastic web has passed through the delivery
rollers of a finishing machine the joining is cut in two and the piece taken off. If
the opperator does not see this joining the succeeding piece is wrapped upon the
former one so, that the roll of web becomes too large and much inconvenience is felt
and sometimes a portion of the web spoilt. By my invention these defects are
obviated..
My invention consists of causing the extra thickness caused by joining two pieces
together as before discribed to set in motion any suitable signaling apparatus so that
the opperator of either a picking or finishing machine is informed that a pieco has
passed through the machine.
I now proceed to particularly discribe one method of carrying out my invention in
the picking machine and two in the finishing machine reference being made to the
accompanying sheet of drawings the same letters of reference indicating corresponding
parts in all the figures.
4.
Figure 1 represents an improved guide.
Figure 2 is a front view of part of the front of a picking machine.
Figure 3 is a back view of part of the back of a finishing machine.
Figure 4 is a side view of the same part.
In the picking machine, figures 1 and 2, I place a wood stretcher A across the front
of the machine and in front of the check roller. In the center of this stretcher I
secure a guide fig. 1 and B fig. 2. composed of two parts or plates, a top and bottom
plate, CC. The top plate Clies upon the bottom one C₁, the web D passes between
them. The top plate is held in position by elevated angle pieces, E E, E, E, fig. 1,
cast on the corners of the bottom plate. The front of the guide is shaped into a kind
of peak F fig. 1. In the top of the upper plate are two set pins G G₁. Over these
set pins I carry the handle H, for starting and stopping the machine, by passing it
through a slot in the bracket I and a slot in the machine side at J. Near to the
bracket I at the desired place is a small recess or catch K on the underneath side of
the handle H, which when the belt is on the fast pully I drops down and strides the
bracket I, thus keeping the machine running. The lever M is held in position, and
oscillates on, the pini N. The lever M is hinged to the handle H by the pin O and
the belt fork P is fastened to the opposite end. The weight Q is attached to the
lever M near to the fork by the cord R which passes round the pully S.
When the machine is at work the web is drawn between the two plates of the
guide and the set pins G G, are adjusted to allow the catch K to rest upon the bracket I.
It will be evident that when the extra thickness of the joining is drawn between the
two plates the top one will be raised and so cause the set pins to lift the catch off the
bracket and allow the weight to pull the belt on to the loose pully L₁, thereby
stopping the machine untill the operator is in attendance.
In the finishing machine, figures 3 and 4, I place a wood stretcher across the
pressure levers, U U₁, of the delivery rollers V V₁, to this stretcher is fastened an
upright bar W and immediately over this a clawker X which holds up a small metal
lever Y by means of the catch Z. To the lever Y is soldered one wire of an electric
bell, a. Immediately below the lever Y I place a small metal plate Y, to which is
soldered the second wire of the bell, a1.
It will be evident that when the top delivery roller is raised by the extra
thickness of the joining passing between the two rollers the pressure levers will
lift the clawker off the catch and allow the lever Y, either by gravitation or by means
of the small weight b, to fall upon the plate, Y₁, below thus completing the electric
circle and causing the bell to ring untill the attendant breaks the current again by
placing the catch under the clawker again.
If an earlier signal is required in the finishing machine the back carrying roller C
or any other carrying roller may be used in place of the bottom delivery roller V₁
and a second roller d, moving in a slot, placed over it, the web, D₁, passing between

page_text: them as in the delivery rollers. When this method is adopted a horizontal lever, e
oscillating on an axil, f, is carried over the top roller d and over the end of the
machine and connected with the clawker by means of the cord g. When the joining
passes between these two rollers it raises the roller d this raises the lever e and that
in its turn lifts the clawker X and allows the lever Y to fall as before.
I do not confine myself to these three methods.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. The causing of the extra thickness caused by joining two pieces of a elastic
web together to set in motion any suitable signaling apparatus whereby the operator
of either a picking or finishing machine is informed that a piece has passed through
the machine
In the Picking Machine.
2nd. Causing the joining to lift up a catch whereby the machine is stopped.
3rd. An improved guide consisting of a fixed part and a movable part with set
pins in.
4th. The placing the starting and stopping handle over the guide.
In the Finishing Machine
5th Causing the joining to lift up a catch whereby an electric bell is rung.