Improvements in Clips or Holders for Stretching, Finishing, and Tentering Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1896-Accepted, 24th Dec., 1896
Improvements in Clips or Holders for Stretching, Finishing, and
Tentering Machines.
I, ALFRED AUSTIN WHITLEY, of Park View, Walmersley Road, Bury, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention to
be as follows:-
My invention relates to clips, or holders, for stretching, finishing, and tentering
machines and more especially to such as are described in the Specifications of
Letters Patent granted to me No. 2529 dated 27th February 1890 and No. 14,209
dated 25th July 1895, and bas for its object to give a more efficient hold upon
the cloth, or the like, and prevent it curling up behind the upper jaw, as it has
hitherto been liable to do when the stretch, or tension, is put on the cloth, or the
like. According to my present invention I apply a broad flange-like gripping edge
to the upper jaw of the clip, or holder, to cover the selvage of the cloth, or the
like, to prevent it from curling up behind the said jaw and so I avoid damage when
the clips are opened to release the cloth, or the like, at the delivery end of the
machine. I also provide small holes, or openings, in one, or both, of the gripping
edges, where they nip the cloth, or the like, so as to prevent the said edges losing
their hold, as they are otherwise liable to do when the edges become worn and
burnished by use. I may secure leather, rubber, or like material to the
gripping edge, or edges, or in the aforesaid holes or openings to give a better
hold.
Dated this 28th day of April 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Clips or Holders for Stretching, Finishing, and
Tentering Machines.
I, ALFRED AUSTIN WHITLEY, of Park View, Walmersley Road, Bury, in the
County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my 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 clips, or holders, for stretching, finishing, and tentering
machines, and more especially to such as are described in the Specifications of
Letters Patent granted to me No. 2529 dated 27th February 1890 and No. 14,209
dated 25th July 1895; and has for its object to give a more efficient hold upon
the cloth, or the like, and prevent it curling up behind the upper jaw, as it has
hitherto been liable to do when the stretch, or tension is put on the cloth, or
the like.

page_text: I will describe my present invention with reference to the accompanying
drawings
Figure 1 of which represents in side elevation a clip or holder constructed
according to my invention the parts being shewn in the position they occupy when
the finger rests on the fabric.
Figure 2 is a corresponding plan and Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section
shewing the parts in the position they occupy when the fabric is gripped by the
clip or holder.
A is one of the links of the chain of clips the said link having cast therewith
or secured thereto the lower jaw or bed a for the fabric, and arms a² to which the
upper jaw B is centred by ears a³. Extending from the upper jaw B is an arm
or lever b, which when the fabric is beneath the end 2 of the finger C, rests on the
upper end of the said finger which is centred at c to the arms a, the fabric d
preventing the finger from descending through the orifice a in the lower jaw or
bed a and keeping the upper jaw B out of contact with the fabric. When the
fabric passes from beneath the end of the finger C, the said end c³ descends into
the orifice a' and the upper end of the finger ceases to support the arm or lever b
on the upper jaw B, thereby permitting of the upper jaw descending onto the fabric
so as to securely hold the fabric between the gripping end or face of the said upper
jaw and the lower jaw or bed a.
According to my present invention I provide the upper jaw B with a broad
flange-like gripping edge or surface B' which may extend to the whole length of the
jaw or only a portion of its length to cover the selvage of the cloth, or the like to
prevent it from curling up behind the said jaw, and so I avoid damage when the
clips are opened to release the cloth, or the like, at the delivery end of the machine.
I may also provide small holes, or openings, or recesses e in the flange-like gripping
surface B and also if desired in the bed or lower jaw a at parts where they grip
the cloth or the like, or the gripping surfaces may be serrated so as to prevent the
said edges or gripping parts from losing their hold, as they are otherwise liable to
do when the edges or surfaces become worn and burnished by use. I may secure
in the aforesaid recesses, holes or openings e leather, rubber, or like material, or
I may cover or coat the gripping edge or surface, or gripping edges or surfaces
with leather, rubber, or like material, to give a better hold.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1. In clips or holders of the kind hereinbefore described providing on the upper
jaw a broad flange-like gripping edge or surface substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
2. In clips or holders of the kind herein before described gripping edges or
surfaces with recesses or holes therein to prevent the said edges or surfaces from
losing their holding power when they become worn and burnished by use
substantially as herein before described.
3. Clips or holders of the kind herein before described having gripping edges or
surfaces with recesses or holes therein containing leather, rubber, or like material
substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. Clips or holders of the kind herein before described having the gripping edges
or surfaces coated with leather, rubber, or like material substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
CAT
1000
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.