IMPROVE- MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GROUNDING OR COLORING WALL PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Archibald Brooman, of 166, Fleet Street,
in the City of London, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GROUNDING OR COLORING WALL PAPER AND OTHER
FABRICS." A communication from abroad by Richard McNamee,
residing at New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 7th June 1864, and dated the 11th December 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Archibald Brooman
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th December 1863.
I, RICHARD ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR GROUNDING OR COLORING WALL PAPER AND
OTHER FABRICS," to be as follows:-
This machinery consists of a frame supporting a table, with tapered or
sloping ends: The paper or other fabric to be grounded passes over the table,
and in its passage receives colour from a hopper or reservoir; the colour is
then spread evenly over the surface of the paper by means of brushes having
a to-and-fro movement across the machine; this movement is imparted by

page_text: excentrics or otherwise. Rollers may or may not be placed at each end of the
table to assist the paper passing over it.
The Invention will be fully understood on reference to the accompanying
Drawings and the following description thereof:-
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a top view of part of a machine
constructed according to this Invention.
a is a side rail of the wooden frame; b, b represent the ends of the trans-
verse beams; c is the side rail, and d the bed of a wooden platform, which is
intended to support (during the operation of coloring) an apron e, carried by
two rollers (not shown); fixed to the end of the frame; f is pulley, by means
of which and a belt passing round that pulley and over a small pulley g
motion is given to the shaft h, supported by standards h', which are secured to
the rail by bolts 2¹. i, i are excentrics of varying strokes, which being secured
to the revolving shaft h, give a reciprocating motion to brushes m', by means
of the connecting rods, one end of each being socketed to its proper excen-
tric strap, and the other end being hinged to an iron plate (screwed to the top
of each brush), which has a forked stud k; m, m are cast-iron bearers secured
to the wooden frame a by bolts n' passing through slots o; these bearers are
adjusted on both sides of the machine by means of the slots o. n, n, are screws
for elevating or lowering sliding guides ' through which two guide rods 1,
attached to the brushes, pass. These guide rods have corresponding adjust-
ments on the other side of the machine; pis a cast-iron stand, and q, q are
bolts, and r, slots to obtain the proper adjustment thereof; s is a screw
passing through a nut p¹ to elevate, and s¹ is another screw to lower a square
metal piece t, and thereby raise or depress a color hopper v¹ through a block t,
in which is a hole, which receives the end of the axle v of the color hopper.
" is a thumbscrew to act upon the axle of the hopper, to keep it perpen-
dicular, or at any desired angle, and so to regulate the flow of the color; x is
a rod near the top of hopper to strengthen the same; w, w, are partitions in
the hopper or color box, also to give strength to it; w¹ is a slit at the bottom
of the hopper, through which the color is served to the paper or other fabric,
and to facilitate the flow of the color one lip of the opening is made a little
shorter than the other. One of the brushes m', or an additional brush, may
be actuated by arms attached to the shaft h, striking or causing the brush to
traverse, and by a reaching spring, arranged to act upon the opposite end of
the brush to give to the same a vibratory or jogging motion.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Archibald Brooman in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 11th June 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ARCHIBALD BROOMAN, of 166, Fleet Street, in the City of London, Patent
Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, Her special licence that
I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR GROUNDING OR COLORING WALL PAPER AND OTHER FABRICS," (communicated
to me from abroad by Richard McNamee, residing at New York, United
States of America) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Richard Archibald Brooman, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the saine to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto
annexed, that is to say:-
This machinery consists of a frame supporting a table with tapered or
sloping ends; the paper or other fabric to be grounded passes over the table,
and in its passage may receive color from a hopper or reservoir, or by other
means in general use. The colour is then spread evenly over the surface of the
paper by means of brushes having a to-and-fro movement across the machine,
This movement is imparted by excentrics or otherwise.
Rollers may

page_text: or may not be placed at each end of the table to assist the paper passing
over it.
This Invention will be fully understood on reference to the accompanying
Drawings and the following description thereof
Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Figure 2 a top view, of part of a machine
constructed according to this Invention.
2
a is a side rail of the frame; b. 4 represent the ends of the transverse
beams is the side rail, and d the bed of a platform, which is intended to
support (during the operation of coloring) an endless apron, e, carried by two
rollers (not shewn) fixed.to the ends of the frame; f is a pulley, by means of
which and a belt passing round that pulley and over a small pulley (9), motion
is given to the shaft (h), supported, by standards (h), which are secured to
the rail by bolts (¹),; i, i are eccentrics of varying sizes, which, being secured
to the revolving shaft (h), give a reciprocating and differential motion to the
brushes (m) by means of the connecting rods (j), one end of each being
socketed to its proper eccentric strap, and the other end being hinged to, an
iron plate (screwed to the top of each brush), which has a forked stud k;
m, mare iron bearers, secured to the wooden frame a by bolts (n¹) passing
through slots o,; these bearers are adjusted on both sides of the machine by
means of the slots o; n, n are screws for elevating or lowering the sliding
guides, through which two guide rods 1, attached to the brushes, pass. These
guide rods have corresponding adjustments on the other side of the machine;
p is an iron stand, and q, 9, are bolts, and r, r, slots to obtain the proper adjust-
ment thereof; s is a screw passing through a nut p¹, to elevate, and s' is
another screw to lower, a square metal piece (t), and thereby raise or depress
a color hopper v', through a block t, in which is a hole, which receives the end
of the axle (v) of the color hopper; q is a thumbscrew to act upon the
axle of the hopper, to keep it perpendicular, or at any desired angle, and so to
regulate the flow of the color; is a rod near the top of hopper to strengthen
the same; W are partitions in the hopper or color box, also to give strength
to it; Wis a slit at the bottom of the hopper, through which the color is
served, to the paper or other fabric, and to facilitate the flow of the color one
lip of the opening is made a little shorter than the other.
And having now described the nature of the. said. Invention, and, in, what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not confine myself to
the details given, as I may make various modifications without departing from
the peculiar character of the Invention; I may, for example, work one of the
brushes, n', or an additional brush may be actuated by arms attached to the
shaft h striking or causing the brush to traverse, and by a reacting spring,

page_text: arranged to act upon the opposite end of the brush, give to the same a vibra-
tory or jogging motion, And, further, I may supply the color by other means
well known and in general use. The color box described is the method I
prefer, but I do not claim it as novel
What I claim is, the general combination and arrangement of the machinery
or apparatus, as herein-before described and represented in the accompanying
Drawings, to operate the brushes so as to give to them differential or varying
strokes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Archibald Brooman, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Eleventh day of June, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-four.
R. A. BROOMAN, (L.S.)