Improvements in and in connection with Machines for Rolling or Winding Fabrics.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Nov., 1895-Accepted, 28th Dec.,
1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and in connection with Machines for Rolling or
Winding Fabrics.
I, WILLIAM SCOTT, of Mid Wynd Works, Mid Wynd, Dundee, in the County
of Forfar, Scotland, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to improvements in rolling machines for stripping cloth off
cropping machines, used in the manufacture of textile fabrics, the object being to
roll the cloth in a new and improved manner.
And in order that my said invention and the manner of performing or carrying
the same into effect or practice may be properly understood, I have hereunto
appended three explanatory sheets of drawings in which the same reference
numerals are used to indicate corresponding parts in all the figures where shown.
Figure 1. (Sheet 1.) is a side elevation and Figure 2. (Sheet 2.) a plan showing
the said rolling machine, suit y attached to the cropping machine.
Figure 3. (Sheet 3.) shows a side elevation of a rolling machine as used when
self-contained, that is to say not directly attached to a cropping machine.
In carrying out my invention, I employ an uptake motion, somewhat similar to
that used in looms, such motion consisting of a roller 10, whose surface is studded
with a number of projecting pins 11. for drawing the cloth 12. off the cropping
machine delivery rollers 13. Such roller 10. is driven by suitable toothed wheel
gearing, and at the required speed; preferably from the cropping machine. The
driving wheel 14. of the roller, commonly termed the "friction wheel," is on its
arbor and is kept from rotating by means of a friction disc plate 15, whose pressure
may be modified by means of the combined hand wheel and screwed nut 16,
such nut working upon the screw 17. formed upon the arbor 18. of the
roller 10; the combination being similar to that which is used in connection with
yarn dressing machines, the object being to adjust the tension of the cloth. The
wheel 14. is driven by intermediate wheels 19. and 20. 21. is the measuring
apparatus, 22. being the screw and 23. the screw wheel, while 24. is the index or
pointer; the whole combination being similar to that commonly used in cloth
measuring machines. 25. is the roller upon which the cloth taken off the cropping
machine is rolled. 26. are fixed and 27. moveable cheeks, which are hinged at 28.
to the side frames and held in the position shown by means of the hinged clasps 29.
on the fixed cheeks 26.
Although I have shown the rolling machine attached to the cropping machine, as
in Figures 1. and 2, yet may make it self-contained as shewn in Figure 3, in which
case the side frames may be made of the form shown, and may be provided with
tension rails 30. for giving the requisite tension to the cloth, it being fed in from
the side A. The wheel 19. may in this modification be driven by means of belts
and pulleys working directly upon its arbor.
The machine is operated as follows:-
The wheel 14. revolves freely upon its arbor 18. when driven by the wheel 19. By
adjusting the position of the combined hand wheel and nut 16. upon the screw 17. the
friction plate 15. may be pressed in a greater or less degree against the wheel 14.
because such wheel is kept from moving longitudinally by the shoulder 31. on the
arbor 18. In this manner the roller 10. may be driven at the same speed as the
wheel 14; or should there be a resistance applied to the roller due to the tension of the

page_text: cloth, then such wheel 14, might slide against the friction plate 15, enabling the roller
to rotate at a reduced speed. By thus adjusting the pressure of the friction plate 15.
upon the wheel 14. the roller 10. may be made to revolve at any speed less than
that of the wheel 14. when cloth is being taken off the cropping machine. When
the machine commences to roll the cloth on the roller 25, it is in the position
shown at the bottom of the guide slots 32, and it gradually rises up such guide
slots as it gets filled until it is at or almost at the position 25. The cloth is led up
to and wound upon the roller in the manner shown by the line 12. and the arrows.
The filled roller is removed by unlocking the hinged clasps 29. and lowering the
cheeks 27. until they rest upon the floor or upon a carriage, the cloth roller 25.
being then rolled down the incline formed by these hinged cheeks and deposited
where desired.
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 :-
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(1.) The combination of a rolling machine with a cropping machine for the
purpose of winding the cloth upon a roller, substantially as herein set forth.
(2.) The self-contained rolling machine with tension rails, substantially as
described.
(3.) The mode of leading up to and winding the cloth on to the roller 25. and
actuating such cloth roller by means of a roller 10, as described.
Dated this 4th day of November 1895.
GEO. C. DOUGLAS & Co.,
41 Reform Street, Dundee, Agents for Applicant.