IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FUSTIAN CORDS OR OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
Year: 1884

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We, HENRY ALFRED POOLE of 8 Cheetham St Boot & Shoe Manufacturer and
JAMES TATTERSALL of 91 Yorkshire St Tailor, both of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FUSTIAN CORDS OR OTHER SIMILAR FABRICS
"
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to machines or apparatus for cutting fustian cords or other
similar fabrics, and has for its object to provide means for performing such operation
more speedily, better, and with less exertion to the operator than heretofore has
been the case.
An in order that our invention may be better understood we have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
corresponding letters indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig 1 on the annexed drawing represents a longitudinal section of a machine of
apparatus constructed in accordance with our invention.
Fig 2 is an elevation and Fig 3 a plan of the same.
Figs 4, 5, 6 and 7 are detached views of knife and knife holder. Referring
generally to the figures in the annexed drawing, a constitutes the framing of the
machines or apparatus for cutting fustian cords or other similar materials. This
frame may be made of any suitable shape and be connected together by means
of stays.
The front end of the said frame is formed with open bearings in which rotates a
beam & carrying the fabric A to be operated upon and provided with a suitable
letting off motion or brake. The back end of the frame a is also formed with
bearings in which rotates another beam c termed the taking up beam. In or at
about the middle of the frame a the cutting mechanism is arranged and consists
principally of the table d and knife a. The table is made adjustable on the
bracket screwed to the frame a by means of the screws g. The front part of the
said table is raised and forms a knife edge h in order to enable the back of the
knife or holder to be brought close to the bearing surface of the table which is a
very important feature of our invention.
A little below and in front of the table da tension rod or bar i is fixed thereto
and at the back thereof a pair of rollers or rods k also, to give tension to or stretch
the fabric whilst being cut,

page_text: The knife e shown detached in Figs 6 and 7 is formed of a flat piece of steel with
an inclined cutting surface and is carried by a plough-shaped holder m see detached
Figs 4 and 5. This holder is placed onto a slot formed in the slide rest or rests n,
which are made adjustable on the bed n¹ by means of the screw o The said bed
is fitted onto another bed p and may be moved in a lateral direction by means of
the screw q and hand wheel in order to bring or set the knife e in any position
required.
The bed p is made movable in a vertical direction by means of the screws 8
which work in the frame a and bracket f, the upper ends of which are provided
with a bevel wheel & gearing into bevel wheels u keyed on the cross shaft worked
by the hand wheel w. The said rest may be provided with one or more knife
holders so as to make several cuts simultaneously. Each knife holder being retained
in its position in the slide by means of the spring and capable of being adjusted
in a vertical direction in order to bring the knife into the exact position to the
table d as may be required for cutting of different fabrics.
The taking up beam c may be actuated and the fabric drawn through the machine
either by hand or motive power just as convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim, is:—-
In a machine or apparatus for cutting fustian cord or other similar fabrics.
First. The combination of the knife e with the plough shaped knife holder m
substantially as described and illustrated in the annexed drawings..
Second. The combination of the plough shaped knife holder m and knife e being
capable of adjustment with the slide rest n and mode of attachment of the knife
holder m and retaining the same in the slide rest n substantially as described and
illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Third. The adjustable table d provided with the tension bars or rods i and k
and knife-edged shaped part h in combination with the knife-holder m and knife e
attached and carried by the slide rest or rests n substantially as described and
illustrated in the annexed drawing.
Dated him 00th Jan of Ontaban 1001
Pro. HENRY ALFRED POOLE
and JAMES TATTERSALL.
Bosshardt & Grant.