Improvements in "Stocks" for Milling or Fulling Woollen Fabrics and other materials.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 21st ept., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr., 1892-Accepted, 7th May, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Stocks" for Milling or Fulling Woollen Fabrics
and other materials.
We, JOHN HIRST MITCHELL and ISAAC MITCHELL of Brockholes, near
Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine Makers, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention has reference to "stocks" employed in milling or fulling woollen
fabrics and other materials. In constructing a machine for the above purposes
according to our invention, we employ a pair of feet caused to reciprocate backwards
and forwards horizontally by means of a double crank or other equivalent device.
These reciprocating feet work within a trough or box in which is placed the fabric
to be operated upon, and in order to lessen or increase the area of the trough, we
cause the said trough to be made adjustable so as to increase or diminish the space
between the reciprocating feet and the end of the trough, the adjustment being
effected by means of a screw. The outward end of the trough, however, is adjustable
independently of the trough itself, and this is effected by means of the lower end of
the trough being hinged or capable of working upon a pivot, the upper end being
adjustable within a slot, and in order to keep the fabric within given limits, we
employ at the top of the trough a hinged lid, semicircular or other shape, which is
made to bear upon the fabric, and which will rise and fall according to the size and
position of the fabric operated upon. For the purpose of forcing the hinged lid
upon the fabric, we employ at the top of the said lid moveable weights, so that the
pressure of the hinged lid upon the fabric may be adjusted.
By the construction of a machine as herein described, the fulling stock can be
adapted to operate upon cloth of various sizes.
Dated this 19th day of September 1891.
TASKER & CRUSSLEI,
Halifax, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Stocks" for Milling or Fulling Woollen Fabrics
and other materials.
We, JOHN HIRST MITCHELL, and ISAAC MITCHELL, of Brockholes, near
Huddersfield, in the County of York, Machine Makers, 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 :-
Our invention has reference to "stocks" employed in milling or fulling woollen
fabrics and other materials. In constructing a machine for the above purposes
according to our invention, we employ a pair of feet caused to reciprocate backwards
and forwards horizontally by means of a double crank or other equivalent device.
These reciprocating feet work within a trough or box in which the fabric is placed
to be operated upon, and in order to lessen or increase the area of the trough, we
cause the said trough to be made adjustable so as to increase or diminish the space
between the reciprocating feet and the end of the trough, the adjustment being
effected by means of a screw. The outward end of the trough, however, is adjustable
independently of the trough itself, and this is effected by means of the lower end of
the trough being hinged or capable of working upon a pivot, the upper end being
adjustable within a slot, and in order to keep the fabric within given limits, we
employ at the top of the trough a hinged lid, semicircular or other shape which is

page_text: made to bear upon the fabric, and which will rise and fall according to the size and
position of the fabric operated upon. For the purpose of forcing the hinged lid
upon the fabric, we employ at the top of the said lid moveable weights, so that the
pressure of the hinged lid upon the fabric may be adjusted.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood reference is herein had
to the accompanying sheet of drawings illustrative thereof.
Fig. is side elevation of a milling and fulling stock constructed according to
our ifivention; and Fig. 2 is sectional clevation of same.
Referring to the drawings A represents the frame or bed plate of the machine,
B the double crank shaft mounted in pedestals a a, such said shaft carrying fast
and loose pullies C and a fly or balance wheel D. A strap guide is shewn at E
carried by bracket & having a rack c thereon into which gears a pinion & mounted
in fixed supports e and operated by handle f. The rotation of pinion d causes the
bracket to slide end wise in a suitable path in the frame g and thus transfer the
strap from fast to loose pulley or reversely.
The top of the frame or bed plate A is planed or suitably faced to support the
fulling or milling trough or box F which is adapted to slide end wise thereon as
hereinafter explained. G and H represent the feet which are reciprocated back-
wards and forwards in the trough or box F by the double crank B through the
medium of connecting rods and k secured at one end to the cranked portions of
shaft B and at the opposite ends to brackets or pedestals G¹ and H' to which the
feet are secured, and by which they are supported clear of the floor of the trough ;
the said brackets being adapted to slide in dovetailed or bevilled ways in the plate
which is bolted to ribs or wings m projecting from the sides of the frame A. The
trough or box F is provided with vertical bolts n (one at each side of the machine)
which pass through slots o formed in the rail p of the frame A, nuts being used at
the bottom to secure the trough against end wise movement after being adjusted and
when the machine is at work, or other equivalent means for securing the trough to
the frame may be employed. The said bolts are operated by small band wheels n',
the turning of the bolts in one direction tightening the nuts against the underside
of the rail p and securing the trough or box to the frame A, whilst turning the
hand wheels in the other direction slackens the nuts and permits of the trough or
box being moved endwise on the frame to extents limited by the slots o.
The trough or box F is lined with wood secured to metal side frames F1 and to
an end frame F which latter is preferably curved as shewn so that the end of the
box or trough forms a segment of a circle, but the box or trough may, if required,
be made to any other configuration or shape.
The end frame F' with its wood lining is pivotted on the rod s passing through
the webs or ribs of the frame and through the sides of the trough to which said rod
is secured by nuts s¹. The upper end of the frame F carries a horizontal rod t
which passes through radial slots t¹ formed in the sides of the said trough or box,
the end of the said rod being provided with screw threads adapted to receive nuts t¹
by which the frame F2 is secured in any position within the limits of slots t¹.
Attached to the central rib of the frame F is a screw K capable of working in and
through a nut L attached to and supported by brackets M bolted to the frame or
bed plate A. The said screw carries a hand wheel K₁ by which it is rotated and
caused to work through the nut L for the purpose of drawing the trough or box F
bodily (or only the pivotted end frame F³) towards that end of the machine or
forcing them in the opposite direction in order to enlarge or increase the
between the feet G and H and the curved end of the trough or box or to reduce
such space according as the materials or articles operated upon are large and
require more space, or only small and need the space contracting to be properly
milled or fulled.
space
The trough or box and pivotted frame F' are moved separately, and independently
of each other, the former being held secure by the nuts and the latter by
nuts t⁹.
If the trough requires moving bodily, the nuts are slackened and the screw K

page_text: operated in the direction and to the extent required whereupon the nuts ŕ are again
tightened to secure the trough to the frame A. The frame F may then be moved
on its pivot if required, the nuts t' being slackened to allow this to be done, and
when adjusted the nuts are screwed up tight again. In order to keep the fabric
within given limits, a semicircular or other suitably shaped lid u hinged at o to the
end frame F is employed which bears upon the fabric, and rises and falls according to
the size and position of the fabric being operated upon. This lid may be weighted
as shewn in dotted lines in Fig. 2, the weights being moveable so that the pressure
of the lid upon the fabric may be adjusted.
N is a cover or inverted box which prevents the fabric being thrown over the
reciprocating feet G and H and becoming entangled and damaged thereby.
The base of the frame or bed plate A is inclined so that the several parts of the
machine lean to one end as shewn.
By the construction of a machine for fulling or milling woven knitted felted or
other fabrics or materials as hereinbefore described, a larger range and variety of
materials can be operated upon by the same machine than is the case with those at
present in use, the means of adjustment of the parts being simple and easily effected,
whilst the action of the machine is well adapted for the milling and fulling which
is accomplished in less time than at present.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
Firstly. In a fulling or milling machine, the application thereto of the moveable
and adjustable end frame F' and the method of operating same, for purposes and in
manner as described.
Secondly. In a fulling or milling machine, having an adjustable end frame such
as F, the combination therewith of the adjustable cover or lid u as described and
for purposes set forth.
Thirdly. In a fulling or milling machine, the means herein described for adjusting
the box or trough F, for the purpose of increasing or diminishing the capacity of
the machine, which may either be operated separately or with the end frame F* all
as described.
Fourthly. The general arrangement and construction of machine, herein shewn
and described for milling and fulling woollen and other fabrics or goods.
Dated this 30th day of March 1892.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Agents.