IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BEETLING MACHINES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Edmeston, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, and Sidney Smith, of Irk Dale Print Works, Manchester,
in the same County, Printer and Finisher, for an Invention of <1
IMPROVE-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Edmeston and
Sidney Smith at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
16th September 1881.
CHARLES EDMESTON, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and
SIDNEY SMITH, of Irk Dale Print Works, Manchester, in the same County,
Printer and Finisher. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BEETLING
MACHINES."
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Our Invention is applicable to and is an improvement upon the ordinary
beetling machine in which the "fallers" are made of wood, and our Invention
consists in constructing the "fallers" of metal, of rectangular cross section by
preference, with an eye formed in them to receive a wood "
"
wipers" to act upon.
tappet" for the
The fallers may be made of wrought iron or steel, but we prefer to make them
solid and of malleable cast iron, with an eye cast in them about the middle of their
length to receive a wood "tappet" and a foot at the bottom of the faller, which is
or may be corrugated on the face which strikes upon the cloth.
The fallers do not work against each other same as the ordinary wood fallers,
but are arranged in guides formed at the top and bottom part of the framing, as the
cross section of the fallers is much less in size, but the weight is about the same (or
a few pounds heavier) than the ordinary wood fallers.
Ordinary beetling machines can be readily altered to receive our improved fallers,
as all the other parts of the machine are adapted to and are readily combined with
our improvements without further alteration.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Edmeston and Sidney Smith in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 14th March 1882.
CHARLES EDMESTON, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and
SIDNEY SMITH, of Irk Dale Print Works, Manchester, in the same County, Printer
and Finisher. "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO BEETLING MACHINES."
Our Invention is applicable to and is an improvement upon the ordinary
beetling machine in which the fallers are made of wood, and our Învention consists
in constructing the fallers of metal, of rectangular or diamond cross section by
preference, with an eye formed in them to receive a wood tappet for the "wipers"
to act upon.
The fallers may be made of wrought iron or steel, but we prefer to make them
solid and of malleable cast iron, with an eye cast in them about the middle of their
length to receive a wood tappet and with a foot at the bottom of the faller, which
is or may be corrugated on the face which strikes upon the cloth.
The fallers do not work against each other same as the ordinary wood fallers,
but are arranged in guides formed at the top and bottom part of the framing, as the
cross section of the fallers is much less in size, but the weight may be made the
same or heavier than the ordinary wood fallers.
Ordinary beetling machines can be readily altered to receive our improved fallers,
as all the other parts of the machine are adapted to and are readily combined with
our improvements without further alteration.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation, Fig. 2 an elevation on the side opposite to that on
which the "wipers" are placed, Fig. 3 a plan, and Fig. 4 a cross section through
the eye of a faller and the tappet.
a, beams forming part of the framing; a³, parts formed in two halves, bolted
to the framing to act as guides for the fallers in their up and down movement.
b, the fallers, made by preference of malleable cast iron with an eye cast in each,
and rectangular in cross section.
61 is the wood tappet secured in the eye by a cross peg or key b³.
The striking face of the fallers are corrugated by preference, as shown.
c represents a section of part of the ordinary bowl upon which the cloth is
wound to be operated upon by the fallers; d represents the ordinary shaft, and d
the wipers.
The fallers where they slide against the metal guides a¹ are rubbed with a greasy
or oily cloth at intervals of time, but the lubricant thus applied is never sufficient
to be liable to drop on the cloth below.
In some cases we form the guides of wood to dispense with lubricant altogether
or in great part, and in same cases we form the fallers of diamond shaped cross
section, as shown in Fig. 5 (a plain view), and the guides are or may be in such
case formed of wood in two halves a with a V notch in each half for each faller, each
half wood guide a¹ being secured by bolts passing through slots, so that the guides
can be adjusted as they wear by planing a little off the edges that come together
when the Vs are worn too large.
Instead of guides all wood the guides may be formed of metal plugged or lined
or faced with wood, or other suitable material where the guide surfaces rub against
the fallers, to dispense with lubricant.
We have now particularly described the nature of our said Invention, and the
mode of carrying the same into effect, and claim as our Invention,―
Firstly. The application to and combination with ordinary beetling machines of
metal fallers, constructed and arranged substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the Drawings.

page_text: Secondly. The application to and combination with ordinary beetling machines
of fallers formed of malleable cast metal having an eye cast in each of them
for a wood tappet, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
Drawings.
Thirdly. The application to and combination with ordinary beetling machines of
fallers of metal combined with guides formed of wood or faced with wood or
other suitable material, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
the Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Edmeston and Sidney Smith, have
hereunto set my hands and seals, this Tenth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
CHARLES EDMESTON. (L.S.)
SIDNEY SMITH.
(L.S.)