IMPROVEMENTS ON PRESSES OB MACHINERY FOR PRINTING COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1825

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, MATTHEW
FERRIS, of Longford, in the County of Middlesex, Calico Printer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I did by petition humbly represent unto His present Majesty
King George the Fourth, that I had invented "IMPROVEMENTS ON PRESSES OB
MACHINERY FOR PRINTING COTTON AND OTHER FABRICS," and that I was the first.
and true Inventor thereof; His said Majesty was thereupon graciously pleased
to issue His Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain,
bearing date at Westminster, the Fourteenth day of December, in the sixth
year of His reign, which Letters Patent do give and grant unto me, the
said Matthew Ferris, and to my exors, admors, or assigns, or to my and their
servants and agents, His said Majesty's especial licence to make, use, exercise,
and vend my said Invention within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, and to have and enjoy the whole profit and advantage arising by
reason of the said Invention during the term of fourteen years from the date
of the said Letters Patent, by which His Majesty also requires and strictly
command all His subjects whatever within England, Wales, and the Town.
of Berwick-upon-Tweed, that during the continuance of the said term of
fourteen years they shall not either directly or indirectly make, use, or put in
practice my said Invention, or any part of it, or in any way counterfeit, imitate,
or resemble the same. The said Letters Patent also contain a proviso
enjoining me, the sajd Matthew Ferris, to particularly describe and ascertain

page_text: the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, and to cause
the same to be enrolled in His Majesty's High Court of Chancery within
six calendar months after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with tho said proviso, I, the said
Matthew Ferris, have executed this instrument, by which I do declare that
my said Invention is described and ascertained in manner following, that is
to say :-
My improvements on presses or machinery for printing cotton and other
fabrics are applicable to that kind of press or machine which is now used by
calico printers to print from engravings made on the flat surfaces of copper or
brass plates, and which press or machine is provided with two horizontal
rollers or cylinders, one placed over the other, leaving a sufficient space or
interval between the two rollers to admit the flat engraved plate, together with
the wooden plank upon which it is fixed, to be passed between the two rollers.
And for the more complete explanation of my said improvements I have hero-
unto annexed one Sheet of Drawings representing a common press or machine
of the aforesaid kind with my new improvements added and applied thereto
and the said press or machine by the aid of certain of my improvements
is caused to print cotton or other fabrics with the impressions from a flat
engraved plate with less manuel assistance than heretofore and with greater
expedition and certainty; and also by certain other of my improvements
the same machine is adapted to print or fill up the impressions thus obtained
from the flat plate with one, two, or more colors by the successive application
of other engraved plates or blocks against the same part of the cotton or other
fabrick, so that a piece of calico may be printed with two, three, or four colours
at one operation, that is to say, by passing it once through the improved press
or machine.
Fig. 1 in the Drawing is a horizontal plan of the press or machine;
Fig. 2, an upright elevation of one side of the press; Fig. 3, an end view
thereof; and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the whole machine. The
same letters and figures of reference are used to distinguish the same parts
in all the figures. A is the top roller, which is cylindrical and mounted
upon pivots at each end of its axis. The endless blanket or felt is conducted
around the top roller A in the manner respresented by the red line in Fig. 4,
and also the piece of calico, as is represented therein by the black line; Bis the
reel or roll of plain calico which is to be printed; it passes from this reel over
the small roller a, and is thereby caused to encompass the lower part of the
circumference of the top roller A at the outside of the endless blanket in a

page_text: suitable manner to receive the impression from the flat plate; the piece of
calico then passes, together with the blanket, over a series of small rollers b, b, b,
by which the calico is extended to a sufficient distance for the impression to
become dry, and then it is separated from the blanket and folded up on the
table C. d is the roller by which the blanket is stretched to keep it to a
proper tension; D is the bottom roller, called the D roller, because it is not of
a completely cylindrical form, having a flat or deficient part at one side, in
order to admit the plank E with the flat engraved plate to pass over such
deficient part without touching the same; E, the wooden plank with the flat
engraved plate fastened down upon its upper surface; the plank is united at each
end to the horizontal wooden rails e, e, which are adapted to run upon rollers
ff, in order that the workman may move the plate and plank horizontally
backwards or forwards, so as to pass it between the rollers A and D, when the
rails e, e of the plank rest upon their rollers, f, f. The engraved surface of tho
plate will pass clear under the top roller A without touching the calico which
surrounds that roller, and also if the D roller D is turned with its flat or de-
ficient side upwards towards the top roller A, it will permit the plank E to pass
over it without touching. F is the large cog wheel called the star wheels; it is
fixed on the extreme end of the axis of the D roller, in order to turn the samo
round. The teeth of the star wheel are engaged by those of a small pinion
fixed on the axis of the fly wheel G, which wheel is put in motion either by
the strength of a man turning a handle fixed on the end of the axis of tho
wheel, or otherwise by the mechanical power of mill work, so as to turn the
fly wheel steadily round, and by the pinion and star wheel F the D roller is
also turned with a slow motion. The plank E has a tooth fixed in the front
edge of it, which projects downwards beneath its under surface, and when the
workman has pushed the plank horizontally backwards between the rollers, so
as to pass over the flat side of the D roller without touching either roller, as
before stated, the edge of the cylindrical part of the D roller in its revolving
motion catches the projecting tooth of the plank E, in the manner represented
in the section, Fig. 4, and lifts up the plank so much as to bring the engraved
surface of the plate into contact with the calico at the under side of the top
roller A, and by the motion of the D roller the plank E and plate are brought
forwards between the two rollers, and the cylindrical part of the D roller being
upwards, the plate is pressed upwards with force against the calico, so as
to give the impression of its engraving thereto. The plank and plate E having
hus come forwards between the rollers, and printed one impression, the man
raws the plank forwards, so as to bring the plate out quite in front of the
press, in order that he may apply or furnish the requisite colour thereto with

page_text: a brush, which being done, he pushes the plank and plate backwards again, to
carry it in between the rollers, and in this motion the plate passes beneath the
edge of the doctor or scraper at H, which removes all the superfluous colour
from the flat surface of the plate, leaving only the engraved lines filled with
colour. The workman continues to push the plank E backwards, so as to intro-
duce it between the rollers whilst the flat side of the roller is upwards, in the
position represented in Fig. 4, and then by the continued motion of the D roller,
the plank and plate are brought back again between the rollers, and another
impression is printed, as before described, and so on one impression is printed
for every turn that the D roller makes. Note. When the plank E an 1
plate are lifted up by the D roller in order to make the contact with the
calico, a prominent piece of iron or stop i at each end of the plank comes
into action against certain teeth h, which are formed at each end of the
top roller A, so as to compel that roller to begin to turn round with a corre-
sponding motion to that which is given to the plank E and plate by the D
roller, and the said stops and teeth are so adjusted to each other as to enure
that the impression of the plate shall begin to print on the calico at the
proper place, to join exactly to the impression made the last time. The pres-
sure of the plank and plate in the act of making the impression will carry
the top roller round so far as to move the calico further than the width of the
engraving upon the plate, and therefore the top roller must be turned that
quantity back again (or a little more), in order that the successive impressions
upon the calico may exactly join one to the other without leaving any interval
between them. For this purpose a wheel I, Fig. 1, 2, and 3, is fixed on the
extremity of the axis of the top roller A, and its teeth are acted upon by a
lever K, which is raised up by a pin projecting from an arm k, which is fixed on
the extreme end of the axis of the D roller, so as to be carried round in a
circle, and in that course it lefts up the lever K, which acts in one of the teeth
of the wheel I, as is shewn by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, so as to turn the top
roller A backwards the requisite quantity, and then the pin having passed beyond
the end of the lever K, allows it to drop down out of the way of the teeth of the
wheel I, as is shewn in Fig. 2; this takes place a moment before the plank E and
plate are lifted up by the cylindrical part of the D roller in order to commence the
impression. Note.-The breadth of the engraving upon the plate must be some
exact portion of the circumference of the top roller A, as th or 7th, or th
and accordingly the teeth h for the stops at each end of the top roller, and also
the teeth of the wheel I, must be six, seven, or eight in number. The doctor
or scraper H is a thin blade of steel fast ned Letween two bars of wood or
iron, which are mounted upon pivots at each end, and the doctor can be turned

page_text: on those pivots, so as to place its edge downwards, in order that the edge may
act upon the surface of the plate, and clean the same; when the plank and
plate are pushed in beneath the doctor, or the doctor being turned on its pivots
so as to place its edge upwards, that edge will be out of the way of the plate
when the same is brought forwards, in order to furnish the color to it.
The parts and actions herein-before described are those of the ordinary press
or machine now used by calico printers, and whereof no part is of my invention,
but I have found it necessary to describe the same in this Specification of my
Invention, in order to explain the manner in which my improvements are
applied thereto, and for distinction the new and additional parts which are of
my Invention are denoted in the Drawings by numbers or figures of reference
corresponding to the following description thereof.
One of my improvements is to apply certain additional parts to the aforesaid
press or machine, in order to move the plank E and plate backwards and for-
wards upon its rails e, e, and rollers f, f, at the proper times without requiring
any manual assistance from the workman. For this purpose I fix a pin into
one of the arms of the star wheel F, at a distance from the centre of the wheel,
so as that the said pin shall be carried round by the motion of the star wheel
F and D roller in a circular orbit, which is represented in Figure 2 by the
dotted circle 1. The pin 1 is inserted into a long slot or loop formed at the
lower end of a rod 2, whereof the upper end is jointed to one end 3 of a
lever 3, 4, which is poised upon a centre of motion near the middle of its
length, and from the opposite end 4 of the lever, a rod 5 is jointed to connect
it with a lever 6 fixed on a horizontal axis 7, which extends all across the
width of the machine, and is supported in two bearings fixed down upon the
ground sills or bottom beams of the press; on the axis 7, two levers 8, 8, are
fixed, and their upper ends are connected by the rods 9, 9, with the rails c, c,
of the plank E, the rods 9, 9, being jointed at one end to the upper ends of
the levers 8, 8, and at the other ends of the rods to the rails e, e. The pin 1 in
the star wheel F is so fixed as that it will have reached the lowest part of
its circular orbit, so as to have pulled down the rod 2 to its lowest position,
when the parts of the machine are in the position represented in Figure 4,
that is, when the plank E and plate are introduced between the two rollers, and
just before the cylindrical part of the D roller comes into action beneath the
plank to lift it up, in order to begin the impression, as before described, whilst
the plate and plank E are in the act of coming through between the rollers, and
giving the impression; the pin 1, which moves round in its circle, acts in the open-
ing in the lower end of the rod 2, so as to give no motion thereto. Subsequently
the plate and plank receive their suitable motion from the two rollers in the

page_text: manner herein-before described, but as soon as the plank and plate have
finished the impression, and como through between the rollers, the pin 1 having
risen up so much in its circle as to meet the upper end of the opening in the
rod 2, the pin 1 begins to raise up the rod 2, together with the end 3 of the
lever, whereby the end 4 thereof, by the connecting rod 5, depresses the lever 6,
and so causes the upper ends of the levers 8, 8, to push the plank and car-
riage forwards by the rods 9, 9. The plate passes beneath the doctor, which
is turned with its edge upwards, so as to miss the plate, and the plate and
plank get quite out into thic front by the time that the pin 1 in the star wheel
has reached the highest part of its circular orbit. The said pin then moves some
time in the opening in the rod 2, so as to communicate motion thereto, but
leaving the plank and plate motionless during a sufficient time for the work-
man to furnish the color to the plate in the usual manner; but by the time
that this is done, the pin 1, in moving in its circular orbit, reaches the
lower end of the opening in 'the: rod 2, and then begins to pull down that
rod, and the lever. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, 8, and the rods 9.draw the plank and
plato backwards by a reverse action to that before described, and the doctor
having been previously turned with its edge downwards, the plate is carried
beneath that edge so as to scrape off the superfluous colour, and the plate and
plank are carried forwards between the rollers over the flat side.of the D roller
in proper time, so as to arrive at the position. shewn in Figure 4, when the
pin-1-gets-to-the lowest-part of its circular orbit, and then the action of print-
ing and bringing forwards the plank and plate is repeated in the manner before
described. When the plank and plate are thus moved by the action of the afore-
said part of my improvements, they must of necessity keep exact time with the
motion of the D. roller, so as to print with certainty one impression for each
turn of the D roller, and the workman being relieved from the labour of moving
the plank and plate, a boy may work a press with my improvement as well as
and quicker than a man can do without that improvement. Note.-The
lever 3, 4, is not an essential part of this improvement, for the rod 2 may pass
horizontally from the pin 1 in the star wheel; and be jointed at the other end
to the lever 6, which must in that case be turned upwards on the axis 7, in the
same direction as the two levers 8, 8, are fixed thereupon, and also the pin 1
must then be fixed in the star wheel in a position one-fourth of a circle distant
from the position in which it is fixed, when it is to act with the lever 3, 4, as
before described..
Another of my improvements is to apply certain additional parts to the
aforesaid press or machine, in order to turn the doctor H about upon its pivots
without any manual assistance, so as to turn the edge of the doctor upwards

page_text: when the plate comes outwards beneath it, and also to turn that edge down
again whilst the workman furnishes the color to the plate, in order that the
doctor shall be ready to scrape the plate as it is moved in backwards beneath
the doctor. For this purpose I fix a short lever or crank 10 (Figure 1) on
the extreme end of one of the pivots upon which the doctor is poised, and a pan,
which is fixed in the end of the crank 10 (so as to project outwards therefrom
in a direction parallel to the axis of motion of the doctor), is inserted into a
semi-circular groove formed in a semi-circular plate 11, which is fixed upon
one end of a short axis situated opposite to the end of the pivot of the doctor,
so as to be exactly in a line of that pivot. The axis which comes the semi-
circular plate 11 at one end has a crank 12
formed at the other end of it, and
the pin of this crank is connected by a rod 13 with another crank 14, which
is fixed on the extreme end of the axis of the D roller, so as to turn round
therewith. By the motion of the crank 14, the rod 13 is drawn alternately
backwards and forwards, and it communicates a corresponding motion to
the crank 12, and the semicircular plate 11, and the latter acting by the
short crank 10 on the pivot of the doctor turns up the edge of the doctor
at the proper time, and then turns it down again. Note.-The hole in the
end of the rod 18, which receives the pin of the crank 12, is of an oblong
form, so as to allow that pin to move backwards and forwards in the
hole through a suflicient space to allow the crank 12 to rest motionless for a
short time, when it has reached the extent of its motion, and before it begins to
return again. The crank 14 is fixed in such a portion on the end of the axis of
the D roller that it will point in the same direction as its connecting rod 13, in
order to place the crank 12 so as to turn the edge of the doctor upwards into
its highest position, as shewn in Figures 2 and 4, whilst the flat plate is passing
between the rollers in the act of making its impression; then after the plank
and plate are come through between the rollers and the impression finished the
crank 14 begins to withdraw its rod 18, so as to allow the crank 12 and the
edge of the doctor to turn gradually downwards by their own weight; and the
motions being regulated as aforesaid, the edge of the doctor will not be let
down low enough to touch the plate when the plate passes beneath it in coming
out, but by the time that the plate has come quite out, the doctor will become
turned quite down so as to rest against the stop in the usual manner; and whilst
the plate remains out without motion, as herein-before described, during a suf-
ficient space of time to furnish the colour to it, the oblong hole at the end of the
connecting rod 18 will alow the crank 12 and the doctor to remain motionless,
for although the rod 13 begins to draw back by the motion of its crank 14,
that motion is not communicated to the crank 12 until the end of the oblong

page_text: hole overtakes the pin of the crank 12, which is inserted into that hole, but
the length of the oblong hole must be such that this will not take place until
after the plate has been furnished with colour, and has passed beneath the doctor
so as to have been cleaned by its edge. As soon as the plate has thus passed
clear of the doctor, the end of the oblong hole at the end of the rod 13 will
come in contact with the pin of the crank 12, so as to begin to turn the doctor
with its edge upwards, in order that the workmen may clear the edge thereof
whilst the impression of the flat plate is making, but which being finished, the
doctor will then be let down gradually again, as before described, Note.-As
the small crank 10, Figure 1, on the end of the pivot of the doctor is connected
with the axis of the crank 12 by merely inserting the pin of the crank 10 into
the semicircular groove of the semicircle 11, the doctor may at any time be
turned with its edge upwards, in order to examine or clean it; but the doctor
must be loaded so that it will turn with its edge downwards by its own weight
whenever it is permitted to do so, and the stop and regulating screw which
retains the doctor in the proper position for scraping the plate are constructed
and adjusted just in the usual manner.
Another of my improvements is to apply certain additional parts to the
aforesaid press or machine, in order to print or fill up the impression made
by the flat plate, by the successive application of other engraved plates or
blocks with other colours upon the same parts of tho calico. For this pur-
pose I fix upon the outside of the D roller a wooden plank 15, Figure 4, of
the same thickness as the plank E, and upon this I apply a copper or
brass plate engraved upon its exterior surface, which is correctly formed
to a portion of a cylinder corresponding to the axes of the D roller; the
distance of this surface from the axis is such, that when the convex plate 15
is carried with the D roller beneath the top roller the said convex surface
will press against the calico with sufficient force to print upon the same.
The convex plate 15 is fixed upon the D roller at such a part of its cir-
cumference as that it will be brought up into action against the calico after
the flat plate E has made its impression thereupon, and whilst that plate
and its plank E are quite out in front, and remaining motionless in order
to be furnished with colour, as before described but after the impression of
the flat plate E is finished, and before the impression of the convex plate 15
is begun, the top roller A, together with the calico, must be turned backwards as
much as it had advanced forwards whilst the impression of the flat plate was
made. For this purpose a long arm 16 is fixed on the end of the axis of
the D roller, so as to turn round therewith; the arm 16 may be formed in one
piece with the arm before described, and a joint which is fixed in the end of

page_text: the arm 16, being carried round in a large circular orbit, will intercept one of
the teeth of the turn back wheel I, when the pin passes through the highest
part of its orbit, and then the pin 16, by pressing against that tooth, will turn
the top roller A backwards so as to carry the calico back. The distance of
the pin 16 from the axis of the D roller can be adjusted so that the top
roller A shall be turned back the exact distance, in order that the impression
of the convex plate 15 may be laid upon the same part of the calico as
the previous impression of the flat plate E was laid, in order to ensure
that the said successive impressions on the calico to be laid precisely
one upon another; the plank 15, on the D roller has an iron 17 fixed
at each end of it so as to project outwards beyond the surface of the
convex plate, and the extremities of these irons form two stops 17 to act in
teeth 18, which are formed at each end of the top roller A at the side of the
teeth h, which are acted upon by the stop i of the plank E, Figure 4, as
before described. When the convex plate 15 comes up in contract with the
calico on the top roller A, the stops 17 take hold of the teeth 18, so as to
compel the top roller A to begin to turn round with a corresponding motion to
that of the convex surface of the plate 15, and the said stops 17 being properly
adjusted to the teeth 18, the impression of the convex plate must be begun
on precisely the same part of the calico as the former impression of the flat
plate E. In order to apply colour to the convex plate 15, a colour trough 19 is
placed below the D roller, and a furnishing roller 20 is placed in that trough ;
the roller 20 is mounted on pivots at each end of its axis, those pivots being
supported in beamings at each end of the trough 19 so that the roller can turn
round upon them in the trough and gather the color. The roller 20 is moved
by a large cog wheel 21, which is fixed upon the end of the axis of the D
roller, and its teeth act in those of a pinion 22 fixed upon the end of the axis
of the furnishing roller 20 so as to turn the same round at auch a rate that
its surface will move with exactly the same speed as the surface of the convex
plate 15 against which it applies, in order to furnish the color thereto; the
superfluous color is scraped off from the surface of the convex plate 15 by a
doctor 23, Figure 4, which is fixed in a proper situation for that purpose, as is
shewn in that Figure. The doctor. 23 is mounted upon pivots at each end, and
the said pivots are borne by two iron levers, one of which is shewn at 24,
Figure 4, and the said levers are so fixed against the legs of the frame as to
admit of raising or lowering the pivots of the doctor a very little, in order to
level the edge of the doctor, and cause its edge to apply fairly to the surface of
the convex plate 15. 25 is an arm projecting out from the doctor, and
provided with a regulating screw, which bears upon a stud projecting from the

page_text: lever 24, and by this screw the pressure of the doctor against the surface of
the convex plate 15 is regulated.' The color trough 19 is supported upon two
rails 26, which hang upon joints at one end, and the other end of each rail is
suspended by screws 27, by which the trough 19 can be set higher or lower,
in order to cause the furnishing roller 20 to press with a suitable force against
the surface of the convex plate 15 so as to furnish the color properly thereto.
Note. Instead of an engraved plate, a wooden block may be fixed upon the
D roller at 15, the surface of that block being carved or studed with pins so
as to form a patern in relief, or the surface may be formed in metal cut in
relief, or cast in the manner of types, or by any of the means now used for
what is termed surface printing; but such block engraved in relief. will not
require any doctor at 23, which may therefore be removed. The color must
le furnished to such surface in relief by means of an endless blanket or felt,
which is extended over three small rollers, one of them being immersed within
the color trough so as to convey the said endless felt down into the color, and
one of these three rollers, being turned by the wheel 21 and pinion 22, will cause
the endless felt to circulate over the three rollers and carry the color against the
engraved surface; this furnishing apparatus being exactly the same as that
which is commonly used for surface. printing cylinder machines, requires no
further description. Note.-When it is desired to print a greater number of
colors then two at the same operation; another additional engraved convex
plate or block made be fixed in the D roller in the same manner as that
represented at 15, but at another part of the circumference of the D roller, so as
that the said convex plates or blocks shall be sufficiently distant from each other
to print in succession; also another additional arm similar to that marked 16,
must be fastened on the end of the axis of the D roller, with a pin fixed in it, and
suitably disposed to act upon the teeth of the turn back wheel I, so as to turn the
same backwards together with the top roller A, and the calico in the interval,
between the impression of one of the convex plates or blocks being finished,
and before the next convex plate or block begins to make its impression; also
another additional color trough and furnishing roller, similar to that represented
at 19 and 20, Figure 4, must be applied to furnish the two convex plates or
blocks upon the Droller, with the two different colors which they are required
to print respectively. And the said color troughs must be each supported
upon levers or rails, banging upon joints in a similar manner to those already
described at 26, with regulating screws 27, but the said rails must be urged by
weights, or by the pressure of springs, so as to press them against the surface
of their convex plates with a suitable force to apply the colour; and yet the
said colour troughs, together with their furnishing rollers, will admit of being

page_text: forced away from the said surfaces so as not to touch or apply colour thereto.
Also suitable stops or projecting pieces must be fixed to the star wheel F, or to
the wheel 21, so as to revolve with the D roller, in order to act in succession
upon the rails which support each of the said colour troughs and furnishing
rollers, so as to separate each furnishing roller from contact with that plate or
block to which it is not required to furnish colour; but the said stops must be
regulated so as to allow each furnishing roller to return and act against that
plate or block which it is required to furnish with the colour, which each roller
and trough contains respectively. Note.-In some cases, for printing additional
colours, I propose to apply two planks and two flat plates similar to E, both
being fastened to the same carriage or running rails e, e, the said plates being
placed at a sufficient distance apart to allow them to print on this calico in
succession without interfering one with the other, and also to allow a sufficient
time between the making of their impressions respectively for the top roller
and the calico to be turned back to the proper space by the action of an
arm similar to that represented at 16. The colour must be furnished to such.
additional flat plate by another person placed at the back or opposite end of
the machine, and a doctor must be placed at that end in a suitable manner to
clean such additional plate.
Another of my improvements on presses or machinery for printing cotton and
other fabrics (when only one colour is required) is to cause the D roller of a
press or machine of the description herein-before described, to vibrate or move
alternately backwards and forwards, instead of moving regularly round in the
same direction. For this purpose, in place of the star wheel E, I fix a very
strong arm or lever upon the end of the axis of the D roller, and to the
extremity of such arm or lever, a long connecting rod is jointed; the other
end of that connecting rod is jointed to the pin of a crank, which pin is carried
round in a circular orbit by the power of millwork (aided by the fly wheel if
requisite), and, consequently, that crank will alternately push and pull the con-
necting rod, and so cause the lever of the D roller, together with that roller itself,
to vibrate or move backwards and forwards through a space of about one-third
of a circle. At every such motion (going backwards) the plank and plate E are
introduced in between the two rollers over the flat side of the D roller, and then
at the return of the motion (or in coming forwards) the said plate and plank
are brought forwards through between the rollers, and the plate prints an
impression upon the calico. The carriage and plank E for such a press are
to be moved backwards and forwards by my new machinery 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, and 9, herein before described; and the doctor for such a press is to be
moved by my new machinery 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14, herein-before described;

page_text: but my other new machinery is not applicable to this reciprocating press,
because it is only intended to print with one colour. The dimensions of my
new machinery must be regulated according to the dimensions of the presses
to which it is to be applied; the press represented in the Drawing may be
measured according to the scale laid down thereupon.
In witness whereof, I, the said Matthew Ferris, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.