IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CROSS RAISING THE PILE OR NAP OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS OR FABRICS, PARTS OF WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS RE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CROSS-CUTTING MACHINES
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith, of
Bagby Mills, Leeds, in the County of York, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CROSS RAISING THE PILE OR NAP OF
WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS OR FABRICS, PARTS OF WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS
RE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CROSS-CUTTING MACHINES."
Sealed the 5th March 1867, and dated the 7th September 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Asquith and
John William Asquith at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 7th September 1866.
We, JOSEPH ASQUITH and JOHN WILLIAM ASQUITH, of Bagby Mills,
Leeds, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CROSS RAISING THE PILE OR
NAP OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS OR FABRICS, PARTS OF WHICH SAID IMPROVE-
MENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CROSS-CUTTING MACHINES," to be as follows (that
is to say)-
Our Invention has reference, firstly, to the construction and arrangement
of machinery for facilitating the cross raising of the pile or nap of woollen or
other fabrics, whereby the said operation is more expeditiously and effectually
performed than by the system at present in use; and consists in employing,
in combination with a cross raising travelling cylinder or cylinders, an arrange-
ment of endless chains provided with spikes or pricks for giving motion to
the cloth and stretching the same upon the bed or table of the machine;

page_text: chain boxes in connection with expansion rollers for regulating the chains to
the required width of the piece, together with shifting apparatus and motion
gear direct from the machinery being employed for tightening or releasing
the cloth from the said chains as required.
And, secondly, in employing in cross-cutting machines the endless chains
with spikes or pricks aforesaid for drawing the cloth forward to the cutter (in
place of the old system of books worked by hand), together with the chain
boxes in connection with expansion rollers for regulating the said chains to
the required width of the piece.
The action in either case is as follows:-Upon giving motion to the
machinery the cloth is first pressed upon the pricks by brushes and brought
forward by the chains; it is then tightened from list to list, and cross raised
or cut as the case may be, and so on in like manner until the whole of the
said cloth has been passed or transferred from the supply to the receiving roller
placed beneath the bed.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 6th March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPHI
ASQUITH and JOHN WILLIAM ASQUITH, of Bagby Mills, Leeds, in the County
of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith, Her special licence that we, the said
Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Joseph Asquith and John William
Asquith, our 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 Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR CROSS RAISING THE PILE OR NAP OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS
OB FABRICS, PARTS OF WHICH SAID IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALSO APPLICABLE TO CROSS-
CUTTING MACHINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said

page_text: Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith, our executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their bands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, 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 we, the said Joseph Asquith and John William
Asquith, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement and the Drawings therein referred
to (that is to say):
Our Invention has reference, firstly, to the construction and arrangement
of machinery for facilitating the cross raising of the pile or nap of woollen
and other cloths or fabrics whereby the said operation is more expeditiously
and effectually performed than by the system at present in use; and consists
in employing in combination with a cross raising cylinder or cylinders an
arrangement of endless chains provided with spikes or pricks for giving motion
to the cloth and stretching the same across the bed or table parallel to the
axis upon which the raising cylinder revolves, shifting tappets together with
motion gear direct from the machinery being employed for tightening or
releasing the said cloth from the chains as required.
And, secondly, employing in cross-cutting or Lewis' machines endless chains
with spikes or pricks as aforesaid, for drawing the cloth forward to the cutter
(in place of the old system of hooks worked by hand) provided with chain
boxes in connection with expansion rollers for regulating the said chains to the
required width of the cloth to be cut.
The action in either case is as follows:-Upon giving motion to the
machinery the cloth is first brought forward by the chains (being pressed upon
the pricks by brushes) it is then tightened from list to list and cross raised or
cut, and so on in like manner until the whole of the said cloth has been passed
or transferred from the supply to the receiving roller.
But in order that our said Invention may be more fully understood and
readily carried into effect, we now proceed to describe the same by the aid of
the accompanying Drawings, reference being had to the letters and figures
thereon marked (that is to say) :-
Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a cross raising machine with our
improvements in connection therewith, having the lower part of the standard
framing removed; Fig. 2, a top or plan view thereof; Fig. 3, a vertical end
view shewing the position and arrangement of the cloth under operation;

page_text: and Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of the chain links separately shewn. In each
Figure the same letters of reference denote similar corresponding parts.
A, roller upon which the cloth to be raised or cut is first wound; B and B'
'expansion rollers over which the cloth passes along the bed or table to the
receiving roller C; D, the cloth; E, revolving endless chains provided with
brass or metal plates F, working upon the ends of the expansion rollers
through the intervention of pegs which fit into the links of the said chains and
carry them forward at the same speed as the rollers; G, steel pins or pricks
placed along the inner edge of the said metal plates, projecting outwards at
acute angles to the same for bolding and stretching the cloth; H, revolving
brushes working in a parallel direction and in contact with the lists of the cloth,
so that the aforesaid rollers by the friction of their peripheries cause the
brushes to rotate; I chain boxes or cases secured to the movable framing in
which the said chains work longitudinally; J, traversing frame upon which
the raising cylinders or cutters are mounted and receive motion in the usual
manner; K, raising cylinder fitted with cards or otherwise; L, intermediate
gear for drawing the chain boxes outwards and stretching the cloth tightly
'across the machine through the medium of cams and lever motions from the
driving shaft M; N, screws worked by a hand wheel for setting the outer
chain box to the required width of cloth.
In cross raising or cutting cloth or other fabrics upon our improved principle
the endless chains are set in motion by means of the expansion rollers worked
by tooth and pinion gear direct from the driving shaft by employing in con-
nection therewith a clutch box for giving an intermittent action to the rollers,
together with a combination of levers, pulleys, cams, or otherwise, for drawing
the chains outwards at the moment the expansion rollers cease to revolve. The
raising cylinder is then set in motion, passes down to the outer: chain box, and
then by a catch movement is dropped upon the face of the cloth; the machine
is then reversed and the cloth raised by the revolution of the cylinder as it
travels back to the opposite chain box, a bed attached to the framework
placed beneath the cloth and under the raising cylinder traversing the
machine in connection therewith is also employed. On the cylinder reaching the
opposite chain box aforesaid the machine is again reversed, the cloth slackened,
and a fresh portion pricked on; the raising cylinder is then lifted from the face
of the cloth and passed down to the chain box from whence it started so as to
allow of the raising process being again continued in like manner to the above.
In conclusion to the foregoing description we would here briefly note that
the general arrangement and mode of working the chain boxes may receive
such other modifications as may be found necessary.

page_text: And we would further note that the said chains may be employed either
in connection with the system of expansion rollers above described, or in any
other suitable manner conjointly with our improvements in cross raising or
cutting machines.
And we would again further note that upon our improved principle the
raising cylinder or cylinders admit of being used with other mechanism in lieu
of the endless chains above referred to.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this our said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried
into effect, we would have it clearly understood that we do not by any means
intend to confine ourselves to the precise details herein-before set forth and
described, as the same may be otherwise varied without departing from the
general principle of this our said Invention, nor do we claim as new and of
our said Invention the exclusive use of the several parts, combinations, and
processes herein-before described, except when the same are employed in and
for the purposes of our said Invention which we hereby declare to consist,-
Firstly, in the exclusive right of employing in cross raising machines a
traversing raising cylinder with bed, either separately or in combination with
endless chains worked by expansion rollers or otherwise, as before described.
And, secondly, in the employment of endless chains in connection with
cross cutting or Lewis' machines, in the manner and for the purposes herein-
before set forth and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Asquith and John William
Asquith, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourth day of
March, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven.
Signed, sealed, and delivered
by the above-named Joseph
Asquith and John William
JOSEPH ASQUITH.
(L.B.)
JOHN WILLIAM ASQUITH. (L.s.)
Asquith, in the presence of
WM. MIDDLETON,
Solicitor,
Leeds.

page_text: that that part of the Specification describing the employment of endless
chains to cross cutting or Lewis' machines is not new, we therefore
desire to alter and amend the said Letters Patent and the said Spe-
cification in manner following; that is to say, in the title we strike out
and disclaim the words "parts of which said improvements are also
applicable to cross cutting machines." We also hereby strike out and
disclaim the following parts of the said Specification, that is to say, on
page 3, line 12, in the Queen's Printers copy, the word "firstly." Also
on page 3, lines 22 to 26 inclusive, the words "and, secondly, in
" employing cross cutting or Lewis' machines, endless chains with spikes
"or pricks, as aforesaid, for drawing the cloth forward to the cutter (in
"place of the old system of hooks worked by hand) provided with chain
"boxes in connection with expansion rollers for regulating the said
"chains to the required width of the cloth to be cut." Also on page 3,
in line 27, the words "in either case." Also on page 3, in lines 29 and
30, the words " or cut." Also on page 4, in line 3, the words "or cut."
Also in the 15th line of the same page the words "or cutters." Also
in the twenty-first line of the same page the words "or cutting."
Also on page 5, lines 3 and 4, the words "or cutting." Also in line 17
of the same page the word "firstly." Also on the same page in the
lines 20, 21, and 22, the words "and, secondly, in the employment of
" endless chains in connection with cross cutting or Lewis' machines in
"the manner and for the purposes herein-before set forth and described."
And the said Specification when amended as proposed by as by Disclaimer
and Memorandum of Alteration will read as follows:-
is SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
"filed by the said Joseph Asquith and John William Asquith in
"the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th of March 1867.
"
"
"
"TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, wе, JOSEPH
ASQUITH and JOHN WILLIAM ASQUITH, of Bagby Mills, Leeds, in the
County of York, send greeting.
"WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
" Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the
"thirtieth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Joseph Asquith and John William
"

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"Asquith, Her special license that we, the said Joseph Asquith and
"John William Asquith, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or
"such others as we, the said Joseph Asquith and John William
Asquith, our exccutors, 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 Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CROSS RAISING
"THE PILE OR NAP OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS OR FABRICS," upon the
*"condition (amongst others) that we, the said Joseph Asquith and John
"William Asquith, our exccutors or administrators, by an instrument
"in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and scals, should
"particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
"and in what manner the same was to be performed, 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 we, the said Joseph Asquith and John
"William Asquith, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,
"and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
"described and ascertained in and by the following statement and the
"Drawings therein referred to, that is to say:-
"
"Our Invention has reference to the construction and arrangement
"of machinery for facilitating the cross raising of the pile or nap of
"woollen and other cloths or fabrics, whereby the said operation is
"more expeditiously and effectually performed than by the system at
present in use, and consists in employing in combination with a cross
"raising cylinder or cylinders an arrangement of endless chains provided
"with spikes or pricks for giving motion to the cloth, and stretching
"the same across the bed or table parallel to the axis upon which tho
"raising cylinder revolves, shifting tappets, together with motion gear
"direct from the machinery; being employed for tightening or releasing
"the said cloth from the chains as required. The action is as follows:-
Upon giving motion to the machinery the cloth is at first brought
"forward by the chains (being pressed upon the pricks by brushes), it
"is then tightened from list to list and cross raised, and so on in liko
"

page_text: "manner until the whole of the said cloth has been passed or trans-
"ferred from the supply to the receiving roller.
"
"But in order that our said Invention may be more fully understood
and readily carried into effect we now proceed to describe the same
© by the aid of the accompanying Drawings, reference being had to
"the letters and figures thereon marked (that is to say):-
"
"
"
"
"Fig. 1 represents a sido elevation of a cross raising machine with our
improvements in connection therewith, having the lower part of
the standard framing removed; Fig. 2, a top or plan view thereof;
"Fig. 3, a vertical end view shewing the position and arrangement of
"the cloth under operation; and Figs. 4 and 5, detail views of the chain
"links separately shewn. In each Figure the same letters of reference
." denote similar corresponding parts. A, roller upon which the cloth
"to be raised is first wound; B and B', expansion rollers, over which
"the cloth passes along the bed or table to the receiving roller C; D,
"the cloth; E, revolving endless chains provided with brass, or metal
plates F working upon the ends of the expansion rollers through the
"intervention of pegs, which fit into the links of the said chains and
carry them forward at the same speed as the rollers; G, steel pins
"or pricks placed along the inner edge of the said metal plates pro-
jecting outwards at acute angles to the same for holding and stretching
"the cloth; H, revolving brushes working in a parallel direction and
*" in contact with the lists of the cloth, so that the aforesaid rollers by
"the friction of their peripheries cause the brushes to rotate; I, chain
"boxes or cases secured to the moveable framing in which the said
"chains work longitudinally; J, traversing frame upon which the
raising cylinders are mounted, and receive motion in the usual
"manner; K, raising cylinder fitted with cards or otherwise; L, inter-
"mediate gear for drawing the chain boxes outwards and stretching the
"cloth tightly across the machine through the medium of cams and
lever motions from the driving shaft M; N, screws worked by a hand
"wheel for setting the outer chain box to the required width of cloth.
"In cross raising cloth or other fabrics upon our improved principle
"the endless chains are set in motion by means of the expansion rollers
"worked by tooth and pinion gear direct from the driving shaft by
employing in connection therewith a clutch box for giving an inter-
mittent action to the rollers together with a combination of levers,
"
66
8.

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"pulleys, cams, or otherwise for drawing the chains outwards at the
"moment the expansion rollers cease to revolve. The raising cylinder
"is then set in motion, passes down to the outer chain box, and then by
"a catch movement is dropped upon the face of the cloth; the machine
is then reversed and the cloth raised by the revolution of the cylinder
"as it travels back to the opposite chain box, a bed attached to the
"framework placed beneath the cloth and under the raising cylinder
traversing the machine in connection therewith is also employed. On
"the cylinder reaching the opposite chain box aforesaid the maching
"is again reversed, the cloth slackened, and a fresh portion pricked on;
"the raising cylinder is then lifted from the face of the cloth and
passed down to the chain box from whence it started, so as to allow, of
"the raising process being again continued in like manner, to the
"above.
"
"
"In conclusion to the foregoing description we would here briefly
note that the general arrangement and mode of working the chain
"boxes may receive such other modifications as may be found necessary,
"and we would further note that the said chains may be employed
"either in connection with the system of expansion rollers above
"described or in any other suitable manner conjointly with our im-
"provements in cross raising machines, and we would again further
"note that upon our improved principle the raising cylinder or cylinders
"admit of being used with other mechanism in lieu of the endless
"chains above referred to.
"
"
Having now described and ascertained the nature of this our said
Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and
"carried into effect, we would have it clearly understood that we do
"not by any means intend to confine ourselves to the precise details
"herein-before set forth and described, as the same may be otherwise
"varied without departing from the general principle of this our said
"Invention, nor do we claim as nev and of our said Invention the
"exclusive use of the several parts, combinations, and processes herein-
"before described, except when the same are employed in and for the
purposes of our said Invention, which we hereby declare to consist
"in the exclusive right of employing in cross raising machines a
"traversing raising cylinder with bed, either separately or in com-
"

page_text: "bination with endless chains worked by expansion rollers or otherwise,
"as before described..
"In witness whercof, we, the said Joseph Asquith and John
"William Asquith, have hereunto set our hands and scals, this
"Fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord One thousand
"eight hundred and sixty-seven.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Asquith and John William 15
Asquith, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Ninth
day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and corrent
To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions.
I hereby grant my fiat, giving leave to the above-named Joseph
Asquith and John William Asquith to file in the Great Seal Patent
Office, with the Specification to which the same relates, the above- 30
written Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration.