Improvements in Beams or Rollers for Beetling Engines or Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Beams or Rollers for Beetling Engines or
Machines.
We, WILLIAM KANE, of the Firm of Kane Brothers, Millwrights and
Engineers, Ballymena, and ROBERT CAMPBELL Ross, Dyer and Finisher,
Kildrum, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to rollers or beams for what are known as beetling engines,
beetling machines or beetles, which are used in the process of finishing certain
classes of cotton, linen, and other textile goods.
Under our invention we use a steel, malleable, or cast iron tube of suitable
dimensions and shrunk tightly on each end of it is a strong ring or hoop. Into
each end of this tube we fit a block or piece of wood, say, about two feet in length
less or more according to size of beam required. Into the outer end of each of
these blocks or pieces of wood is fitted a sunk or fox ring and between these
rings and the gudgeon, wedges are driven into the wood so as to fix the gudgeons
more securely. Oue or more rows of wedges are then driven into the ends,
between the sunk rings and shell, to cause the latter to adhere more firmly to
the wood.
The gudgeon or centre shaft passes right through the beam and bearings are
turned on its ends in the usual way.
The gudgeon may be square or round but preferably square, and at each end
where the wood stops internally the gudgeon may be thickened to form a short
boss, or a collar may be welded or shrunk on it in order to prevent the possibility
of the wooden ends moving too far inwards when wedging.
Heretofore beetling beams have always had metal ends and these, or the shaft or
gudgeon, invariably get loose and cannot be properly or conveniently tightened up
again.
Dated this 19th day of March 1901
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Beams or Rollers for Beetling Engines or
Machines.
We, WILLIAM KANE, of the Firm of Kane Brothers, Millwrights and
Engineers, Ballymena, and ROBERT CAMPBELL Ross, Dyer and Finisher,
Kildrum, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland, 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:-
This invention relates to rollers or beams for what are known as beetling engines,
beetling machines, or beetles, which are used in the process of finishing certain
classes of cotton, linen, and other textile goods.

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And in order that our said invention may be properly understood we have
hereunto appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a steel beetling beam constructed in accordance
with our invention.
Fig. 2 is an end view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a side view of a cast iron beam.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 ;-
Under our invention we may use a steel, or malleable iron tube a of suitable
dimensions having preferably shrunk tightly on each end of it a strong ring or
hoop. Into each end of this tube a we fit a block or piece of wood b, say, about
two feet in length, less or more according to size of beam required. Into the outer
end of each of these blocks or pieces of wood is fitted a sunk or fox ring e and
between these rings and the gudgeon c, wedges are driven into the wood so as to
fix the gudgeons more securely. One or more rows of wedges, as indicated by the
dotted line at g, Fig. 2, are then driven into the ends, between the sunk rings e and
shell a, to cause the latter to adhere more firmly to the wood.
The gudgeon or centre shaft c passes right through the beam and bearings are
turned on its ends in the usual way.
The gudgeon may be square or round, but preferably square, and at each end
where the wood stops internally the gudgeon may be thickened to form a short
.boss, or collars d may be welded or shrunk on it in order to prevent the possibility
of the wooden ends moving too far iuwards when wedging. .
Fig. 3 shows a cast iron tubular beam of similar construction. In this case,
however, the beam is preferably made with external strengthening beads hat
each end.
Heretofore beetling beams have always had metal ends and these, or the shaft or
gudgeon, invariably get loose and cannot be properly or conveniently tightened up
again.
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
consider novel and desire to claim is :-
A beetling beam consisting of a metal tube in which the gudgeon or shaft is held
in place by means of wood eud pieces or blocks, substantially as herein before set
forth.
Dated this 10th day of December 1801
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
.70, Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.