Improvements in Machines for Measuring Fabrics.
Year: 1890

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Measuring Fabrics.
I, CLÉO CHEVRON, of 30 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris, in the Republic of
France, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in machines for measuring fabrics, and in
order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to. be
appended hereunto two sheets of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1, Sheet I is a side view of the moving parts of the machine.
Fig. 2 a side view of the interior mechanism and
Fig. 3 an end view of the same.
Figs. 4, 5 & 7 are enlarged detached sections and
Fig. 6 a side view of the figure wheel.
Fig. 8 is a side view of the counter and its mechanism and
Fig. 9 an end view of the same.
Fig. 10 shows a plan of the plaiting arrangement.
Fig. 11, Sheet II, is an enlarged side view of the mechanism for changing the
figures at each revolution of the cylinder.
Fig. 12 is a side view of the figure wheel, showing the mechanism for projecting
the figures and marking the fabric.
Fig. 13 is an enlarged side view of the cam mechanism for changing the position
of the figure wheel in a longitudinal sense.
Fig. 14 is a vertical section of the same through line X-Y, Fig. 13.
Fig. 15 is a plan of the mechanism in connection with that shown in Figs. 13
& 14.
In carrying out my invention and referring to Figs. 1, 2 & 3, Sheet 1, I employ
on a shaft J, through the medium of wheels such as K, a cylinder A which is
exactly one meter in circumference, has an opening H and is in contact with two
driving belts B, carried by pulleys Q, Q' fixed on the shafts n' arranged above the
cylinder A, between which the fabric to be measured is passed. The shaft J is
furnished with a crank handle A', by means of which the cylinder A is rotated, as
well as the shafts n¹ through the medium of the spur wheels U & U' fixed
respectively on the shafts J & n'.
Next to one of the wheels K, is employed on the shaft J, a double figure
wheel L, having formed on its periphery a number of holes S each containing a
figure T, say for instance the left half of the wheel L containing from 1-50 and
the right half from 51-100 figures, see Figs. 4, 5, 6 & 7. Each figure T
consists of a plate a formed or furnished with the number in relief and with a
hollow shank containing a spring e adapted to bring the figure T back to its
normal position after an impression has taken place. To the wheel K is pivoted a
lever under the influence of a spring, the inner end of which bears against the
inner end of the hollow shank band the outer end is furnished with a bowl r. The
figure wheel L on one side, or internally, is formed with teeth L' into which gears
a pinions fixed on a spindle carried by the wheel K and furnished with a
contact piece or pinion s, adapted to rotate the figure wheel L intermittently.
To the frame of the machine are fixed two arms V & V₁, the free ends of which
are pointing towards the figure wheel L and are formed with projections & pll
and the arm V with a toothed part V", see Fig. 11, Sheet II, adapted to operate

page_text: respectively, the contact piece or pinions and the lever r³ intermittently when
coming into contact therewith.
The double figure wheel L has also a transverse movement besides a rotary one
so as to permit of bringing the figures T of the right hand part thereof underneath
the opening H in the cylinder A after the figures T of the left hand part thereof
have all been used. To effect this, I form the other of the wheels K.(not shown)
with arm P, pointing towards the double figure wheel L in which I mount a short
shaft P, the inner end being furnished with a cam P and the outer end with an
obliquely positioned wheel O and the middle with a spur wheel S' in gear with a
spur wheel R on the shaft J, the former being in diameter twice that of the latter.
To the shaft J I pivot two levers 10 & w¹ connected together by means of two
springs M, M', the lever w' carrying two small pulleys o, o which come in alternate
contact with the wheel O. The lever w, by means of a rod N, is connected to the
lever m, the upper end of which is furnished with a bowl u running in the groove
of the cam P, and near the lower end with a projection m' running in the groove g
and adapted to slide the double figure wheel L transversely on the shaft J, see
Figs. 13 & 14, Sheet II.
Below the cylinder A is employed an inking device consisting of a stationary
forked bracket G, see Fig. 1, each end of which is furnished with a roller k, k¹; in
contact with a rotary disc i fixed on a shaft, and held against the rotary disc i by
means of the spring 1. The roller receives the ink specially prepared and
delivers it to the disc i which rotates each time and supplies the ink to the roller k
on a figure having passed. The said inking device may be made inoperative, so as
to permit of measuring the fabric without marking.
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and
Above the cylinder A, a counter for registering the length of the fabric passed
through the machine, see Figs. 1, 8 & 9, is employed, which consists of a wheel C
in connection with a stationary index plate or finger C', mounted on a shaft
marked on its periphery, near its upper edge with figures indicating “Meters" and
near its lower edge with divisions indicating Centimeters." The shaft n is
arranged to rotate in the beam F and has motion imparted thereto from the
shaft n', by means of the friction cone d and worm wheel e in gear with the
worm, the shaft n¹ being rotated by means of the spur wheels U₁ U fixed
respectively thereon and on the shaft J, which latter is rotated by means of the
crank handle A' fixed thereon, see Fig. 2. The worm wheel e is formed to receive
the cone d and is kept in contact therewith, see Fig. 8, by means of a spring / for
the purpose of actuating the counter C, which can be returned to its starting point
by depressing the lever p, see Fig. 9. The various wheels connected with the
counter C, are of such proportions that, on the completion of one revolution of the
figure wheel L, the index plate or finger C₁ indicates 1 meter above and 10 centi-
meters below the same on the counter C. The counter C described serves also to
check the proper working of the machine.
To effect the plaiting of the fabric after being measured, I preferably employ a
plaiter y, as shown in Fig. 10, which consists of a number of links y', jointed
together and with two rods y carried at each end by an oscillating arm y³, see
Fig. 3, having its fulcrum y on the side of the frame of the machine (not shown),
the rod y² nearest to the fulcrum being stationary and the outer one adjustable in
the oscillating arms y³. By means of a rod y one of the oscillating arms y³ is con-
nected to a crank disc y, fixed on and rotated by the shaft J, Fig. 3. This crank
disc ye when rotated by the medium of the rod oscillates the arms y³ and thus
the plaiter y carried thereby, the fabric running over the plaiter rod y³ positioned
near the free ends of the oscillating arms y³.
It will thus be understood that by opening or closing the plaiter y described,
the pleats produced will be accordingly larger or smaller..
In order not to complicate the drawing, the frame of the machine is not shown,
as the same may be varied in construction according to the particular kind of
fabric to be measured on the fabric.

page_text: The operation of the machine is as follows:-
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The fabric to be measured is placed in front of the machine and the end of the
fabric between the belts B and the cylinder A, while the figure "0" of the left
half of the figure wheel L is positioned underneath the opening H in the
cylinder A and the contact piece or pinion s passed the projection of the arm V.
The cylinder A with its interior mechanism and the belts B are then set in
rotation by means of the handle A', which causes the cylinder A and belts B to
draw and pass the fabric to be measured between the same. After the cylinder A,
with its interior mechanism, has made half of a revolution, the bowl r of the
lever meets the projection of the lower arm V, which raises the respective
end of the lever and depresses the other and thus figure "1" through the
opening H against the ink roller k. The moment the lever 3 has passed the
projection it is drawn back to its normal position by means of the spring con-
nected thereto and the figure "caused to receed. On the completion of the
revolution, the bowl meets with the projection of the upper arm V, see
Fig. 12, which in a similar manner as before described actuates the lever and
causes the latter to press the figure "1" again through the opening H in the
cylinder A, but this time against the fabric, thus marking it respectively. A short
time after this, the contact piece or pinion s meets the rack V" on the arm V, see
Fig. 2, and has thereby imparted half a revolution, which by means of the
spindles and pinion is transmitted to the teeth L' of the figure wheel L so as
to bring figure "2" opposite the opening H in the cylinder A. After all the
figures inclusive "50" have come into operation as described, the wheel R has
made a revolution, while the wheel S¹ has only made half of a revolution, see
Fig. 13, but as the cam P of the shaft J, is made of two parts exactly alike, it
happens that the bowl a runs in the left of the groove owing to the tension of the
spring M³, see Fig. 15, Sheet II, which tension is communicated to it through the
oblique wheel O. The rod N, which communicates with the groove g, follows this
movement and being attached to the lever w pushes the figure wheel L in the
direction of the arrow thus bringing the right half thereof, and thereby the
figure "51," under the opening H in the cylinder A. Ou the figure wheel L com-
pleting its second revolution the figure wheel L is slid back, the spring M being in
tension causes the bowl u to run in the left of the groove of the cam P and the
rod N, being moved contrary to that described, draws the figure wheel L back, so
as to present figure "0" to the opening H in the cylinder A.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim, is-
"In machines for measuring fabrics."
1st. The employment of a wheel L furnished with one or more series of movable
figures T adapted to print the measure onto the fabric, which is run by means of
belts B on pulleys Q, Q', over a cylinder A, substantially as set forth.
2nd. The employment of the wheels K, in conjunction with the double figure
wheel L on the shaft J inside the cylinder A, one of the wheels K carrying a
spindle s having a pinion s', adapted to intermittently rotate the figure wheel L
and a lever operating the figures T and the other of wheels K (not shown)
furnished with an arm P2 carrying a spindle P¹ having a cam P and obliquely
positioned wheel which alternately comes into contact with the pulleys o, o' in
connection with the springs M, M', and rod N and lever m for the purpose of
changing the figure wheel L, longitudinally, substantially as set forth.
3rd. The employment of a counter C fixed on a shaft n and the cone friction d
engaging the worm e, which receives its rotary movement from a worm fixed on
the shaft n' of the pulleys Q, Q and lever operating the cone friction d, sub-
stantially as set forth.
4th. The employment of a plaiting arrangement at the outlet end of the machine
substantially as set forth.

page_text: 5th. The employment of an automatic inking device G, consisting of a disc i,
two rollers k, k¹ and a spring 1, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 3rd day of October 1890.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.