IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCHING CLOTHS
Year: 1841

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MOSES
POOLE, of the Patent Office, Lincoln's Inn, in the County of Middlesex,
Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Twenty-second day of March, in the fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Moses Poole, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege and authority,
that I, the said Moses Poole, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Moses Poole, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STRETCHING CLOTHS," com-
municated to me by a certain Foreigner residing abroad; in which said
Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Moses Poole, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the
same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Mosės Poole, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and the

page_text: manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and
ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to
the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
(that is to say) —
The Invention relates to the employment of a peculiarly constructed
machine, by which cloths may be stretched with considerable advantage,
and with greater facility than when using the tenter frames now in use. And
in order that the Invention may be readily understood and carried into effect,
I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the figures and
lottows marked thereon.
(that is to say) :-
The Invention relates to the employment of a peculiarly constructed
machine, by which cloths may be stretched with considerable advantage,
and with greater facility than when using the tenter frames now in use. And
in order that the Invention may be readily understood and carried into effect,
I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed, and the figures and
letters marked thereon
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of machine constructed according to
the Invention.
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Figure 2 is a plan; Figures 3 and 4 are end views thereof, and the other
Figures show some of the details on a larger scale, and it will be found that the
same letters are used to denote the same parts wherever they are employed.
The machine consists of a revolving frame in which the cloth is received, and
held and stretched. a, a, are the side framings of the frame which receives the
cloth; b, b, are plates or projecting surfaces on which the cloth is received and
securely held by bent spikes or points, as hereafter described. There is one of
the projecting plates or surfaces applied to each of the framings a, a, and the
plates or surfaces 6 are affixed spirally on the two side framings a, a.
two side framings a, a, are placed on an axis c, one of them being fixed to that
axis, and the other capable of sliding thereon in order to receive the cloth
when its narrowest condition, and afterwards to stretch it in its width, by
causing the moveable framing a to slide on the axes c, in a direction away
from the fixed framing a of the machine; and the selvages of the cloth or
fabric being held on the surfaces or plates 6, the cloth will be stretched. On
the axis c is a fixed and loose pulley d, d, by which motion is given to the
axis c by an endless strap, moved by any suitable power, as is well understood
by engineers; or motion may be given by a man. working. with the handle D,
and thus, by the pinion D¹ and the wheel D³, gives motion to the axis c, as is
clearly shewn in the Drawings. e is a bar across from framings a, a, such
bare having a number of bent points or hooks, on to which one end of the
cloth is put when commencing to introduce a piece of cloth into the machine,
and the bar holds the cloth as it is drawn into the machine, in order that the
cloth may be got evenly into the machine. The axis c is hollow, and has a
screw f, capable of being revolved therein by the handle g, the screw being

page_text: supported within the axis c by the bearings h, h. In the axis c are two
slits i, i, through which projections j of a screw nut.j¹ pass, and it will
be evident that the screw nut ¹, will move to or from the handle g,
according to the direction in which that bandle is turned. When the boss
or nave of the moveable framing a, which consists of two parts screwed
together, as is shown, there are formed recesses j, into which the projec=
tions are received. Hence, when the handle g is turned, the boss or nave
of the moveable framing a will slide along the axis c, and in a direction to or
from the handle g, according to the direction in which that handle g is
turned. By this means, when a piece of cloth has been placed in the
machine, and held therein by the bent spike or points on the surfaces b,
the cloth may be stretched in its width by causing the moveable framing a to
move towards the handle g, having previously removed the end of the cloth
from the bent hooks on the bar e. The cloth is fixed, and retained in tho
machine in the following manner-m, m, are bent spikes or points affixed on
the plates or surfaces b at intervals. On to these points the selvages of the cloth
are placed by workmen, stands on each side of the machine, and the cloth being
thus held, the moving on the axis of of the moveable side framing a will
stretch the cloth in width. The cloth to be stretched is first wound on a
roller n, which moves on an axis o, in bearings carried by the side framings p,
there being a bar g, with bent points or hooks fixed on such rollers n, in order
that the end of the cloth may be kept even both in the winding on and off of
the cloth, so that the centre of the cloth may not be unequally dragged on.
Hence, during the winding of the cloth on to the surfaces b, b, the cloth will
be retained evenly at the two ends by the bars with bent points or hooks at
the respective ends of the cloth. r, r, are rollers through which the cloth is
passed from the roller n, the upper roller r being pressed upon the lower onc
by levers and weights, as is clearly shown in the Drawing. After passing
through the rollers r the cloth is carried over the circular brush or roller 1¹,
covered with a suitable adhesive surface. By these moans any desired resistance
may be obtained to the unwinding of the cloth when winding it on the
surfaces b.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner in
which the same is be performed, I would have it understood, that I make no
claim to any of the parts separately; but what I claim, is, the mode herein
described of constructing a machine for stretching cloths.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Poole, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
MOSES (L.s.) POOLE.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-second day of Sep-
tember, in the year of our Lord 1841, the aforesaid Moses Poole came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Speci-
fication aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in
form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.