CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON MACHINERY POR SHEARING, CROPPING, OR CUTTING AND FINISHING WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES
Year: 1828

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wc, PHILIP
FOXWELL, Clothier, WILLIAM CLARK, Cloth Dresser, and BENJAMIN CLARK,
all of Dyehouse Mills, in the Parish of Minchinhampton, in the County of
Gloucester, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King George the
Fourth did, by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
bearing date at Westminster, the Nineteenth day of August, in the ninth
year of His reign, give and grant unto us, the said Philip Foxwell, William
Clark, and Benjamin Clark, His especial licence that we, the said Philip
Foxwell, William Clark, and Benjamin Clark, our exors, adiñors, and assigns,
and such others as we, the said Philip Foxwell, William Clark, and Benjamini
Clark, our exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times hereafter during the term of years
therein mentioned, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within England, Wales, and Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, our Inven-
tion of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS ON MACHINERY POR SHEARING, CROPPING,
OR CUTTING AND FINISHING WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES ;'
in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that we, the said

page_text: Philip Foxwell, William Clark, and Benjamin Clark, or one of us, shall
cause a particular description of the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His 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, we, the said
Philip Foxwell, William Clark, and Benjamin Clark, do hereby describe the
manner in which our said Invention is to be performed by the following
description thereof, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
Fig. 1. A, a cast-iron frame, nine fect six inches long by four feet two
inches wide, which sise may be varied to suit particular purposes. B, the
side screwed to A, which supports the frame for the ledger and vibrating
blades. C, cast-iron moving frame which travels along A. D, four small
iron wheels upon which the carriage C travels along A. E, a plain bed or
table framed together with boards fixed by screws upon the frame C, mado
smooth, soft, and clastic by two or more layers of cloth and a covering of
japanned woollen or other cloth, japanned in the same way as leather, or any
other glazed or smooth article made elastic by under layings of cloth upon the
top to cut upon, and the cloth represented as passing over the same. F, roller
upon which the cloth is wound preparatory to its being cut. G, roller with a
handle to wind in, upon which the cloth is wound after passing over the bed,
and cut. II, the habbets fastened in leather, which is hooked to the list of the
cloth. I, three rods which pass along both ends and one side of the bed
connected by cog wheels, and to the two end rods the straps of the habbets
arc wound round in straining the cloth. K, flange wheel (with a shifting pin)
fastened to the connecting rods I, by which the cloth is equally strained at
cach list, and which is kept at the same strain by the catch L. M, lever
fixed to the connecting rod I by which the cloth is strained. N, cog wheel
fixed to the end of the carriage C. O, roller with a cog wheel at the end
which works in the cog wheel N, and by one revolution is stopped by a catch
(seed in section, Fig. 3), allows the cloth to pass over the frame exactly tho
length required to be cut. P, cast-iron frame, which carries the blades, poized
by regulating balls, as represented by Q, which frame is thrown off its work
by means of the catch 9 (section 3), which is acted upon by the lever d, Fig. 2,
and is lifted up by the stop f, when the carriage C arrives at its proper
destination, and consequently the weight and lever f, Fig. 3, falls down, which
forces up the frame that carries the blades. I, bob which causes the upper

page_text: blade to vibrate upon the ledger blade by means of the crank. S, a wheel
fixed upon a shaft, which, by means of a strap round the small bowl upon the
crank, works the vibrating blade, which strap becomes slack when the frame is
thrown out of work, and consequently the motion of the crank is stopped.
T, upright shaft, which works in a socket fixed to the side B, with the hori-
zontal wheel upon the top working in a worm fixed upon the same shaft with
wheel S, and by means of a line which winds round the lower part of the
upright shaft, and fastened at each end of the upper part of the carriage C,
propels the carriage along the frame A, by which means the cloth passes
underneath the ledger blade, and is cut from list to list. V, the drawing
wheel. W, the blades, the ledger fixed, and the upper or vibrating blade
working in pivots at the end of the frame B. Both the blades are quite
straight. X, a reverse brush in front of the blades, which is worked by two
cranks by means of a strap and bowl and four cog wheels fixed on three iron
rods 1, 2, 3. Y, a screw which regulates the frame P on its work. Z, screws
to regulate the vibrating blade upon the ledger blade. Z", the starting lever,
which, being forced down, lifts up the lever and weight C", and is kept down
by the catch g, Fig. 3, which catch is acted upon by forcing down the stop
lever d, Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
a, the starting lever. b, the roller upon which the cloth is wound
after being cut. c, catch which holds up the lever and weight, in which
position it is when the machine is not at work. d, stop lever. f, stop to
receive the stop lever.
Fig. 3. a, the vibrating blade. b, the bed or table upon which the cloth
is cropped. c, cross beam of iron which supports the bed. d, catch to stop
the wheel. e, f, lever and weight. g, catch which holds up the lever and
weight when the machine is at work. h, the stop lever. i, the stop.
I claim the plain moving bed or table covered with any japanned or glazed
article, as above described.
Secondly, I claim the improvements consisting of the parts I, K, M, N,
and O, for the purpose of straining the cloth at both lists at the same time,
and for the improvement in bringing in just sufficient cloth for the blades to
cut, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Philip Foxwell, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
PHILIP (L.S.) FOXWELL.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Nineteenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord 1829, the aforesaid Philip Foxwell came before
our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification
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 Nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord