IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY POR RAISING THE PILE OF CLOTHS.
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Edward Taylor, of Oatlands, Leeds, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY POR RAISING THE PILE OF
CLOTHS.!
Sealed the 30th September 1858, and dated the 8th April 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Edward Taylor
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 8th April 1858.
I, GEORGE EDWARD TAYLOR, of Oatlands, Leeds, do hereby declare the
nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY. FOR RAISING. THE
PILE OF CLOTHS," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in machinery for raising the
pile of cloths. For these purposes the cloth to be operated on is made up into
an endless band, and in the passage of the cloth through the machine parts of
it are kept in contact with the upper surface of the raising, cylinder by means
of two stretching rollers, which are arranged so that they may be adjusted to
and from the surface of the cylinder, in order that the cloth at the points of
action may be pressed more or less against the raising cylinder. At the upper
part of the raising cylinder, and just above it, is fixed an angular bar having a
small roller on each side, over which the cloth passes in passing from one stretch-
ing roller to the other, the rollers on the side of the angular bar being capable

page_text: of adjustment, so as to allow the cloth as it passes over the ridge of the fixed
bar to be more or less supported on such ridge. In order to compensate for
the lists of the cloth being longer than the other parts of the cloth, there are
moveable parts near the ends of the bar, which can be set up so as to raise the
ridge of the bar at the parts where the lists of the cloth come. The cloth is
moved through the machine by means of two sets of three rollers (one set on
each side of the raising cylinder), -in the following manner :-The cloth, as it
comes from contact with the raising cylinder, passes between two pressing or
nipping rollers and over a third roller, all of which rollers are geared and
driven so as to draw the cloth through the machine. The cloth descends down
an incline and under the raising cylinder, then up an incline on the other side
of the cylinder, then over a roller, and then between two nipping or pressing
rollers to the cylinder, the three last-mentioned rollers being arranged to run
free, so long as the cloth is moved in the same direction, but when the action
of the machine is reversed then the other set of three rollers are put into gear,
and the first-mentioned set are put out of gear and set free. In constructing
the rollers which stretch and press the cloth to the raising cylinder, cranked
pins are used to connect the moveable parts of the surface with the axes of
such cranked pins passing through holes formed in the bosses or projections
fixed on the axes, in place of using dovetail slides fixed to the under sides of
the moveable parts of the rollers, as heretofore. The teazle or card bars or
rods are attached to the raising cylinder by crank pins and hoops, hinges or
axes, in order to their being turned over without being taken off the cylinder
separately, as heretofore.
In driving the raising cylinder of a machine there is a rotating drum or
pulley or wheel at each end of the cylinder; one such drum, pulley, or wheel
is constantly rotated in one direction, and the other such drum, wheel, or
pulley is constantly rotated in the opposite direction, and suitable clutches are
applied to connect the axis of the cylinder with either revolving drum or
cylinder, and also for placing the cylinder out of gear with both revolving
drums, pulleys, or wheels.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Edward Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th October 1858.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Edward Taylor, Her special licence that I, the said George
Edward Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said George Edward Taylor, 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 Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR RAISING THE PILE OF CLOTHS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said. George Edward Taylor, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument 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 per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said George Edward Taylor, 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, that is to say :-
This Invention has for it object improvements in machinery for raising the
pile of cloths. For these purposes the cloth to be operated on is made up into
an endless band, and in the passage of the cloth through the machine, parts of
it are kept in contact with the upper surface of the raising cylinder by means
of two stretching rollers, which are arranged so that they may be adjusted to
and from the surface of the cylinder, in order that the cloth at the points of
action may be pressed more or less against the raising cylinder. At the upper
part of the raising cylinder, and just above it, is fixed an angular bar having a
small roller on each side, over which the cloth passes in passing from one
stretching roller to the other, the rollers on the sides of the angular bar being
capable of adjustment, so as to allow the cloth as it passes over the ridge of
the fixed bar to be more or less supported on such ridge. In order to com-
pensate for the lists of the cloth being longer than the other part of the cloth,
there are moveable parts near the ends of the bar, which can be set up so as
to raise the ridge of the bar at the parts where the lists of the cloth come.
The cloth is moved through the machine by means of two sets of three rollers

page_text: (one set on each side of the raising cylinder), in the following manner :-The
cloth, as it comes from contact with the raising cylinder, passes between two
pressing or nipping rollers and- over a third roller, all of which rollers are
geared and driven so as to draw the cloth through the machine. The cloth
descends down an incline and under the raising cylinder, then up an incline on
the other side of the cylinder, then over a roller, and then between two nipping
or pressing rollers to the cylinder, the three last-mentioned rollers being
arranged to run free so long as the cloth is moved in the same direction, but
when the action of the machine is reversed, then the other set of three rollers
are put into gear, and the first-mentioned set are put out of gear and set free.
In constructing the rollers which stretch and press the cloth to the raising
cylinder, cranked pius are used to connect the moveable parts of the surface
with the axes, such cranked pins passing through holes formed in the bosses
or projections fixed on the axes, in place of using dovetail slides fixed to the
under sides of the moveable, parts of the rollers, as heretofore. The teazle or
card bars or rods are attached to the raising cylinder or by crank pins and
hoops, hinges or axes, in order to their being turned over without being taken
off the cylinder separately, as heretofore.
In driving the raising cylinder of a machine, there is a rotating drum or
pulley or wheel at each end of the cylinder; one such drum, pulley, or wheel
is constantly rotated in one direction, and the other such drum, wheel, or
pulley is constantly rotated in the opposite direction, and suitable clutches are
applied to connect the axis of the cylinder with either revolving drum or
cylinder, and also for placing the cylinder out of gear with both revolving
drums, pulleys, or wheels.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Edward Taylor, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Wituess,
S. CARPMAEL
G. E. TAYLOR. (L.S.)