Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Ornamenting Fabrics.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1895
'Complete Specification Left, 23rd Apr., 1896-Accepted, 6th June, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Ornamenting Fabrics.
I, CLAUDE KENNEDY MILLS, of 23 Southampton Buildings in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature, of this invention, a communi-
cation to me from Messieurs Francisque Voland & Cie. of 37 Rue Montbernard
Lyons, in the Republic of France, Manufacturers, to be as follows:-
This machine has for its object to ornament velvet and other fabrics by means
of rotating tools turning around an axis perpendicular to the face of the fabric and
executing upon its surface circular designs when they operate upon the fabric at
rest or elongated designs when the fabric is moved during the working of
the tool.
The accompanying drawing shows the apparatus forming the subject of the
present invention; Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section and Fig. 2 is a transverse
section of same.
The fabric rests upon a horizontal metal plate A, the tools C are arranged in
two transverse rows and turn in vertical sockets B which may be fixed at any part
of the horizontal and parallel slides D D.
The
The tools C, the number and form of which vary according to the design to be
obtained, are driven, in each row, by a screw E, having a quick thread which gears
with the little pinions I fixed to the upper part of the axes of the tools.
screws E are driven by means of a train of gearing, the wheels of which may be
changed so as to vary the speed and direction of the movement of each of the
screws independently of the other. The whole arrangement of the tools and of
their gearing is supported by two vertical carriages G. G, which permit the tools
to be placed in contact with the fabric with more or less pressure according to the
effect which it is desired to produce and according to the nature of the fabric.
When velvet is being operated upon the tools C are heated by means of gas
and in turning upon the surface of the fabric describe watered or dappled effects
obtained by the laying down of the pile in a circular direction; these effects vary
according to the form of the tools, which may be flat, concave, convex, or they
may have circular recesses so as to obtain one or more concentric circles. The tool
may also carry one or more excentric contacts so as to describe circles crossing or
interlacing with those described by adjacent tools.
By causing the velvet to be moved continuously under these various forms of
tools, the circular effects will be transformed into straight, oblique or transverse
stripes or into various figures according to the respective speeds of the tool and of
the fabric.
The velvet is drawn to the front of the machine by a roller which causes it to
advance intermittently by means of ratchet mechanism when it is desired to make
circular designs, or in a continuous manner in other cases.
Dated August 6th 1895.
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HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.

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I, CLAUDE KENNEDY MILLS, of 23 Southampton Buildings, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention, (a communi-
cation to me from Messieurs Francisque Voland & Cie., of 37 Rue Montbernard,
Lyons, in the Republic of France,) and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This machine has for its object to ornament velvet and other fabrics by means of
rotating tools turning around an axis perpendicular to the face of the fabric and
executing upon its surface circular designs when they operate upon the fabric at
rest, or elongated designs when the fabric is moved during the working of
the tool.
The drawings accompanying my Provisional Specification show the apparatus
forming the subject of the present invention.
Fig. 1 is an elevation partly in section and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of
same.
The fabric is supported upon a horizontal metal plate A; the tools C are
arranged in two transverse rows and turn in vertical sockets B, which may be fixed
at any part of the horizontal and parallel slides D D. The tools C, the number
and form of which vary according to the design to be obtained, are driven, in each
row, by a screw E having a quick thread, which gears with small pinions I fixed
to the upper part of the axes of the tools. The screws E are driven by means of
a train of gearing, the wheels of which may be changed so as to vary the speed
and direction of motion of each of the screws independently of the other.
whole arrangement of the tools and of their gearing is supported by two vertical
carriages GG, which permit the tools to be placed in contact with the fabric with
more or less pressure according to the effect which it is desired to produce and
according to the nature of the fabric.
The
When velvet is being operated upon the tools C are heated by means of gas,
and in turning upon the surface of the fabric describe watered or dappled effects
obtained by the laying down of the pile in a circular direction; these effects vary
according to the form of the tools, which may be flat, concave, convex, or may
have circular recesses so as to obtain one or several bright rings or circles
separated from and concentric with each other. The tool may also carry one or
more eccentric contacts so as to describe circles crossing or interlacing with those
described by adjacent tools.
By causing the velvet to be advanced continuously under these various forms of
tools, the circular effects will be transformed into straight, oblique, or transverse
stripes, or into various figures according to the respective speeds of the tool and
of the fabric.
The velvet is drawn forward to the front of the machine by a pin roller, which
causes it to advance intermittently by means of ratchet mechanism when it is
desired to make circular designs, or in a continuous manner in other cases.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a machine for ornamenting fabrics, and particularly velvets, one or several
rows of rotary heated tools turning on axles perpendicular to the face of the
fabric and capable of coming into contact with it, either when stationary or
during its forward motion, to produce watered, dappled, or brilliant effects by the

page_text: laying of the pile in various directions and according to designs depending on the
form of the tool and the proportion of its speed with that of the fabric.
2. The improved means or apparatus for ornamenting velvets and other fabrics
substantially as described and as represented in the drawings herein referred to.
Dated this 23rd day of April 1896.
HARRIS & MILLS,
23 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.