Year: 1888

page_text: I THOMAS NICHOLS JORDAN 35 Barker Gate Nottingham Dyer and Dresser of
finished laces do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Each machine consists of a bed plate supported by suitable standards provided with
bearings for a cranked shaft which is caused to. revolve by a connecting link and
treadle operated by the attendant, the shaft carries a fly wheel and is provided near
each end with a toothed pinion wheel, which communicate motion to two series of
apparatus, each consisting of the following parts, the bed plate is slotted near each
end to allow the lower side of a toothed vertical wheel to pass through it, and gear
into one of the pinion wheels on the cranked shaft, the toothed vertical wheel is
capable of adjustment on a shaft which has its outer end carried by a bearing secured
to the top of the bed plate, the inner end of the shaft carries a pinion wheel and is
semi-spherical shaped so as to revolve in a cup shaped bearing which is secured to
the lower end of a bracket, which rocks at a right angle to the two wheeled shaft, the
ends of the axle rod on which the bracket rocks is capable of adjustment in two
slotted bearings secured to the bed plate, above the cupped bearing the rocking
bracket forms a bearing for a shaft provided with a larger toothed wheel capable of
adjustment upon it which gears into the pinion wheel on the shaft below it, the inner
end of the shaft carrying the larger wheel is provided with a wheel or disk from the
perhifery of which metal points project, the upper end of the rocking bracket has the
inner end of a rod hinged to the outer side the reverse end of the rod is screw
threaded and passes through a hole in the upper end of a forked bracket bolted to the
bed plate near its edge, the screw threaded rod is provided on each side of the bracket
with a lock nut by means of which the disk carrying the points may be adjusted to or
from a vertical line.
A second series having a similar arrangement of the above described parts are
placed opposite to and in a line with the first being driven by the other broad toothed
pinion wheel on the cranked driving shaft, by the above means each of the two disks
carrying the metal points may be adjusted at any required angle to each other their
lower edges being a short distance asunder, and their upper edges wider apart.

page_text: Between the two point carrying disks the machine is supplied with a jet of steam
between their centres and their front edges, and with lighted jets of gas and air mixed,
said jets extending from the steam jet nearly to the back edges of the wheels.
By means of a machine constructed as above described the attendant is enabled to
place imperfectly dressed lace-in-the-breadth upon the two sets of points at the front
of the machine, which is then damped in its passage over the jet of steam and while so
damped it is stretched out to the width required by the increasing divergence of the
two sets of points and is dried by the lighted jets of gas and air, the dressed lace is
then taken off the machine by being passed through a pair of rollers caused to revolve
by a cord passed round a pulley on the axle of one of them and round a pulley on one
of the revolving shafts above the bed plate.
Dated this Twenty eighth day of March 1000

page_text: Figure 1 shows a front view of one of my improved machines.
Figure 2 a left end view of the same but with portion of the upper bearing rail
broken away, to show the driving gear beneath the bed plate and
Figures 3 show a side view and a sectional view of a plate of points hereafter
described.
Each machine consists of a bed plate supported by suitable standards provided with
bearings for a cranked shaft A which is caused to revolve by a connecting link and
treadle A¹ operated by the attendant, the shaft carries a fly wheel B which is weighted
to counterbalance the connecting link and treadle, near each end the shaft is
provided with a toothed pinion wheel B' which communicate motion to two series of
apparatus, each consisting of the following parts.
The bed plate is slotted to allow of the lower side of a toothed vertical wheel B' to
to pass through it, and gear into the pinion wheel, the wheel B' is capable of
adjustment on a shaft B³, which has its outer end carried by a bearing secured to the
top of the bed plate, the inner end of the shaft carries a pinion wheel C, and is semi
spherical shaped so as to revolve in a cup shaped bearing B', which is secured to the
lower end of a bracket D, which rocks at a right angle to the shaft B³ on an axle
rod D', the ends of which are capable of adjustment to or from the centre of the length
of the bed plate, in two slotted bearings D³, secured to the bed plate, above the cupped
bearing, the bracket D, forms a bearing for a shaft E provided with a larger wheel C¹
capable of adjustment upon it, which gears into the pinion wheel C, the inner end of
the shaft E is provided with a wheel or disk E¹, from the perhifery of which metal
points E, project.
To facilitate renewal when any points get broken they are soldered in tricks cut in
the outer edge of segmental plates "one of which is shown in side view and section at
Figures 3." The upper end of the bracket D is slotted in which a stud is capable of
adjustment vertically, to which the inner end of a rod D³ is binged, the outer end of
the rod is screw threaded and passes through a hole in the upper end of a forked
bracket F, bolted to the bed plate, the rod is provided on each side of the bracket with
a lock nut by means of which the wheel or disk E', carrying the points may be
adjusted to or from a vertical line.
Two such series of parts are placed opposite to and in a line with each other, each
being driven simultaneously by its pinion wheel B' on the driving shaft, by the above

page_text: means each of the two point disks may be adjusted at any required angle to each other
their lower edges being a short distance asunder, and their upper edges wider apart.
Between the centres and front edges of the disks E¹ a pipe G, is secured to the bed
plate, the lower end passes through the bed plate beneath which it is connected by a
flexible tube to a reservoir of steam, the steam issues in a jet through the flattened
upper end of the pipe, at the back of the steam supplying pipe G the machine is
provided with a number of lighted jets of gas and air mixed, which is supplied
through a pipe H connected by a flexible tube to a gas supply pipe.
The shaft B at the right of the machine carries a pulley B round which a cord is
passed, and round a pulley on the right end of the axle of the lower one of a pair of
rollers Be the axles of which revolve in a bearing bracket B' secured to the back of
the bed plate.
When dressing lace, the operator proceeds as follows, Having lighted the gas and
air jets and turned on the steam he takes hold of one end of a breadth of lace having
its face side upwards and with the thumb and fore finger of his right hand places the
back edge of the breadth of lace evenly upon the points carried by the revolving disk
to his right, at the same time by means of a brush in his left hand he beats the front
edge of the lace "whether plain scolloped, vandyked, or other shape
" on to the
opposite points carried by the revolving disk to his left at some distance from the top
of the disks further partial revolution of the disks pass the breadth of lace over the
steam jet or jets, which softens the original dress employed to stiffen the lace, and
allows the slightly diverging points of the two disks to stretch the breadth of lace to
the required width before reaching the top of the disks the breadth encounters a stream
of heated air from the mixed air and gas jets which thoroughly dries and sets the dress
the breadth being drawn of the points as it passes between the rollers B.
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 ;
The construction and employment of a machine having diverging points carried by
revolving wheels or disks for redressing-lace-in-the-breadth, substantially as described
and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Witness:
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
THOMAS NICHOLS JORDAN.

page_text: I THOMAS NICHOLS JORDAN 35 Barker Gate Nottingham Dyer and Dresser of
finished laces do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Each machine consists of a bed plate supported by suitable standards provided with
bearings for a cranked shaft which is caused to revolve by a connecting link and
treadle operated by the attendant, the shaft carries a fly wheel and is provided near
each end with a toothed pinion wheel, which communicate motion to two series of
apparatus, each consisting of the following parts, the bed plate is slotted near each
end to allow the lower side of a toothed vertical wheel to pass through it, and gear
into one of the pinion wheels on the cranked shaft, the toothed vertical wheel is
capable of adjustment on a shaft which has its outer end carried by a bearing secured
to the top of the bed plate, the inner end of the shaft carries a pinion wheel and is
semi-spherical shaped so as to revolve in a cup shaped bearing which is secured to
the lower end of a bracket, which rocks at a right angle to the two wheeled shaft, the
ends of the axle rod on which the bracket rocks is capable of adjustment in two
slotted bearings secured to the bed plate, above the cupped bearing the rocking
bracket forms a bearing for a shaft provided with a larger toothed wheel capable of
adjustment upon it which gears into the pinion wheel on the shaft below it, the inner
end of the shaft carrying the larger wheel is provided with a wheel or disk from the
perbifery of which metal points project, the upper end of the rocking bracket has the
inner end of a rod hinged to the outer side the reverse end of the rod is screw
threaded and passes through a hole in the upper end of a forked bracket bolted to the
bed plate near its edge, the screw threaded rod is provided on each side of the bracket
with a lock nut by means of which the disk carrying the points may be adjusted to or
from a vertical line.
A second series having a similar arrangement of the above described parts are
placed opposite to and in a line with the first being driven by the other broad toothed
pinion wheel on the cranked driving shaft, by the above means each of the two disks
carrying the metal points may be adjusted at any required angle to each other their
lower edges being a short distance asunder, and their upper edges wider apart.

page_text: Between the two point carrying disks the machine is supplied with a jet of steam
between their centres and their front edges, and with lighted jets of gas and air mixed,
said jets extending from the steam jet nearly to the back edges of the wheels.
By means of a machine constructed as above described the attendant is enabled to
place imperfectly dressed lace-in-the-breadth upon the two sets of points at the front
of the machine, which is then damped in its passage over the jet of steam and while so
damped it is stretched out to the width required by the increasing divergence of the
two sets of points and is dried by the lighted jets of gas and air, the dressed lace is
then taken off the machine by being passed through a pair of rollers caused to revolve
by a cord passed round a pulley on the axle of one of them and round a pulley on one
of the revolving shafts above the bed plate.

page_text: Figure 1 shows a front view of one of my improved machines.
Figure 2 a left end view of the same but with portion of the upper bearing rail
broken away, to show the driving gear beneath the bed plate and
Figures 3 show a side view and a sectional view of a plate of points hereafter
described.
Each machine consists of a bed plate supported by suitable standards provided with
bearings for a cranked shaft A which is caused to revolve by a connecting link and
treadle A operated by the attendant, the shaft carries a fly wheel B which is weighted
to counterbalance the connecting link and treadle, near
each end the shaft is
provided with a toothed pinion wheel B¹ which communicate motion to two series of
apparatus, each consisting of the following parts.
The bed plate is slotted to allow of the lower side of a toothed vertical wheel B' to
to pass through it, and gear into the pinion wheel, the wheel B2 is capable of
adjustment on a shaft B³, which has its outer end carried by a bearing secured to the
top of the bed plate, the inner end of the shaft carries a pinion wheel C, and is semi
spherical shaped so as to revolve in a cup shaped bearing B', which is secured to the
lower end of a bracket D, which rocks at a right angle to the shaft B³ on an axle
rod D¹, the ends of which are capable of adjustment to or from the centre of the length
of the bed plate, in two slotted bearings D³, secured to the bed plate, above the cupped
bearing, the bracket D, forms a bearing for a shaft E provided with a larger wheel C₁
capable of adjustment upon it, which gears into the pinion wheel C, the inner end of
the shaft E is provided with a wheel or disk E¹, from the perhifery of which metal
points E, project.
To facilitate renewal when any points get broken they are soldered in tricks cut in
the outer edge of segmental plates "one of which is shown in side view and section at
Figures 3." The upper end of the bracket D is slotted in which a stud is capable of
adjustment vertically, to which the inner end of a rod D³ is hinged, the outer end of
the rod is screw threaded and passes through a hole in the upper end of a forked
bracket F, bolted to the bed plate, the rod is provided on each side of the bracket with
a lock nut by means of which the wheel or disk E', carrying the points may be
adjusted to or from a vertical line.
Two such series of parts are placed opposite to and in a line with each other, each
being driven simultaneously by its pinion wheel B¹ on the driving shaft, by the above

page_text: means each of the two point disks may be adjusted at any required angle to each other
their lower edges being a short distance asunder, and their upper edges wider apart.
Between the centres and front edges of the disks E' a pipe G, is secured to the bed
plate, the lower end passes through the bed plate beneath which it is connected by a
flexible tube to a reservoir of steam, the steam issues in a jet through the flattened
upper end of the pipe, at the back of the steam supplying pipe G the machine is
provided with a number of lighted jets of gas and air mixed, which is supplied
through a pipe H connected by a flexible tube to a gas supply pipe.
The shaft B at the right of the machine carries a pulley B round which a cord is
passed, and round a pulley on the right end of the axle of the lower one of a pair of
rollers Be the axles of which revolve in a bearing bracket B7 secured to the back of
the bed plate.
"
When dressing lace, the operator proceeds as follows, Having lighted the gas and
air jets and turned on the steam he takes hold of one end of a breadth of lace having
its face side upwards and with the thumb and fore finger of his right hand places the
back edge of the breadth of lace evenly upon the points carried by the revolving disk
to his right, at the same time by means of a brush in his left hand he beats the front
edge of the lace "whether plain scolloped, vandyked, or other shape
on to the
opposite points carried by the revolving disk to his left at some distance from the top
of the disks further partial revolution of the disks pass the breadth of lace over the
steam jet or jets, which softens the original dress employed to stiffen the lace, and
allows the slightly diverging points of the two disks to stretch the breadth of lace to
the required width before reaching the top of the disks the breadth encounters a stream
of heated air from the mixed air and gas jets which thoroughly dries and sets the dress
the breadth being drawn of the points as it passes between the rollers B°.
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 ;
The construction and employment of a machine having diverging points carried by
revolving wheels or disks for redressing-lace-in-the-breadth, substantially as described
and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.
Dated this Eighteenth day of May 1800.
Dated this Lignteenth day of May Todd.
Witness:
H. W. GOUGH, C.E.,
Nottingham.
THOMAS NICHOLS JORDAN.