Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Cutting Fringes in Cloth or similar material.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 8th. Sept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 7th July, 1892-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFI
LITON.
Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Cutting Fringes in
Cloth or similar material.
I ROBERT MARX of the firm of Jacob Marx & Co., Manufacturers, of Chemnitz
in the German Empire and of 2 Aldermanbury Postern in the City of London, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention to be as follows:-
Fringes in cloth; leather and similar materials have hitherto been cut by machines
having circular knives or cutters arranged on spindles or rollers in such manner
that the material being fed into the machine the knives cut or sever the material
upon lines parallel with the motion of the feed. With these machines the material
had to be fed forward until the cuts separating the same into the stripes forming a
fringe had proceeded far enough whereupon the fabric had to be withdrawn as, if
passed entirely through it would be entirely cut into loose strips. Thus the operation
is discontinuous and requires considerable care if several pieces with fringes of
uniform depth are to be produced.
The object of the present invention is to provide a machine which will cut fringes
continuously and uniformly and so that there will be no danger of cutting the fabric
so deeply as to spoil it.
In this machine the knives or cutters are arranged so as to be parallel with the
length of the roller so that the cuts are transverse to the direction of the feed.
The cutting roller and a corresponding plain roller for carrying the cloth may
project from a suitable frame and be operated by gearing fixed (say within the
frame) upon the journals of the rollers and the fabric may be fed forward by suitable
mechanism say by a set of guide rollers.
Or the roller carrying the cutters or knives may: be long enough to be supported
at both ends and have a plain portion (where the cloth is not cut, which in con-
junction with a plain guide roll serves to feed the cloth or it may have cutters in
the middle and plain parts at either end, or may be plain in the centre portion and
have cutters at each end.
In the cases just referred to the rollers are supported at both ends.
It is evident that if a roller with knives or cutters at each end is used it will
produce a fringe at each end of the strip of fabric fed through the machine whilst
if the knives are at the centre of a long roller the strip of material will have slits
at the centre and being subsequently severed may form two pieces with a fringe
upon each.
The knives may be set in the rollers in any convenient manner but preferably so
as to be readily removed for re-adjustment and for sharpening or they may
part of the roller itself.
Dated this 8th of September 1891.
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BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines or Apparatus for Outting Fringes in
Cloth or similar material.
I ROBERT MARX of the firm of Jacob Marx & Co. Manufacturers of Chemnitz
in the German Empire and of 2 Aldermanbury Postern in the City of London do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be
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page_text: performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Fringes in cloth, leather and similar materials have hitherto been cat by machines
having circular knives or cutters arranged on spindles or rollers in such manner
that the material being fed into the machine the knives cut or sever the material
upon lines parallel with the motion of the feed. With these machines the material
had to be fed forward until the cuts separating the same into strips forming a
fringe had proceeded far enough whereupon the fabric had to be withdrawn as if
passed entirely through it would be entirely cut into loose strips. Thus the
operation is discontinuous and requires considerable care if several pieces with
fringes of uniform depth are to be produced.
The object of the present invention is to provide a machine which will cut
fringes continuously and uniformly and so that there will be no danger of cutting
the fabric so deeply as to spoil it.
In this machine the knives or cutters are arranged on the roller or rollers
carrying the same so as to be parallel with the length of the roller so that the cuts
are transverse to the direction of the feed.
The cutting roller and a corresponding plain roller for carrying the cloth may
project from a suitable frame and be operated by gearing fixed (say within the
frame) upon the journals of the rollers and the fabric may be fed forward by hand
or by suitable mechanism, say by a set of guide rollers.
Or the roller carrying the cutters or knives may be long enough to be supported
at both ends and have a plain portion (where the cloth is not cut) which in con-
junction with a plain guide roll serves to feed the cloth or it may have cutters in
the middle and plain parts at either end, or may be plain in the centre portion
and have cutters at each end.
In the cases just referred to the rollers are supported at both ends.
It is evident that if a roller with knives or cutters at each end is used, it will
produce a fringe at each end of the strip of fabric fed through the machine whilst
if the knives are at the centre of a long roller the strip of material will have slits
at the centre and being subsequently severed, may form two pieces with a fringe
upon each.
The knives may form part of the roller itself. My invention is illustrated in the
accompanying drawings in which
Figure 1 is an end elevation and
Figure 2 a side elevation of the machine, like letters indicating like parts in both
figures.
A, is the cutting roller showing the cutting edges a a parallel to its longitudinal
axis; B is the smooth roller carrying or supporting the cloth or fabric to be cut.
C is a small cord pulley on spindle C' for driving the machine, and D is the
toothed gearing for transmitting motion to the rollers. E E are standards for
carrying the above named parts, and E' is a lower or shorter standard to support
the end of the roller B. F is a bracket or arm provided on one of the standards E
for the purpose of carrying the screw G the lower end of which, by means of a
half-bearing presses against the journal of the roller A. As will be seen in
Figure 2 the rollers are mounted on long spindles A¹ B¹ and this, together with the
support provided for them at their outer ends, prevents bending of the rollers
when heavy or hard material is run through the machine. G' G are screws by
which pressure can be brought to bear upon the bushings in which the
spindles A B run. H H are stays to strengthen the machine and I is the
bed plate of the same.
The machine may have a handcrank instead of the pulley C, or be driven in any
convenient way.
Guide rollers and a guide table, both of known construction and arrangement,
may also be provided.
The operation of the machine is readily understood from the above description
and inspection of the drawings.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what.
I claim is :-
In machines for cutting fringes, a cutting roller A the edges a a whereof are
5 parallel to the longitudinal axis of the roller and transverse to the direction in
which the cloth or fabric to be cut moves.
CAL T11000
BERNHARD DUKES,
226, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.