IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Hutchinson, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, and Frederic Jolly, of Horwich, in the said County,
Bleacher, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BEETLING
WOVEN FABRICS."
Sealed the 11th September 1866, and dated the 15th March 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Hutchinson and
Frederic Jolly at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 15th March 1866.
We, WILLIAM HUTCHINSON, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
and FREDERIC JOLLY, of Horwich, in the said County, Bleacher, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS," to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the employment of a reciprocating frame or frames
carrying. "faller ends," between which (if one be employed) and another
frame also provided with "faller ends" the roll or flat of cloth to be beetled
is placed. The reciprocating action effects a series of blows upon the cloth
which effect the desired beetling. In order to give motion to the above-men-
tioned frame or frames I use a steam or air cylinder employed in such manner

page_text: that the piston rod gives direct motion thereto, or simply through the inter-
vention of levers or other such ordinary parts so that the effect of steam force
upon the cloth may be regulated at pleasure. The following is the arrange-
ment I at present propose:-Upon a suitable framework are mounted two
reciprocating frames provided at each extremity with "faller ends," and between
which a roll or flat of cloth is placed. These reciprocating frames are con-
nected by rods to the piston of a steam cylinder, as therefore the piston moves
upward and downward it causes two sets of "faller ends" to advance towards
each other and strike the cloth on either side, after which they move backward
and the two other sets of "faller ends strike two other rolls or flats of cloth
which may be forced against stationary parts, or if desired against another
series of sliding frames to which motion is given as above described.
Another part of our Invention consists in placing the roll or flat of cloth
between two sets of beetles mounted upon a centre, and upon which they close
after the manner of shears. An excentric or connecting rod or other such
ordinary mechanical arrangement causes these beetles to open and shut, thus
closing upon the cloth by a vibratory motion. In both cases if desired we
impart the usual rotatory and traversing motions to the cloth.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Hutchinson and Frederic Jolly in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 15th September 1866.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
HUTCHINSON, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and FREDERIC
JOLLY, of Horwich, in the said County, Bleacher, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the twenty-ninth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
William Hutchinson and Frederic Jolly, Her special license that we, the
said William Hutchinson and Frederic Jolly, our executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William Hutchinson and
Frederic Jolly, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN

page_text: MACHINERY FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said William Hutchinson and Frederic Jolly, or one of
us, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our or
one of our hands; and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent. ..
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· NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Hutchinson, do hereby declare
the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following.
statement an accompanying Drawings:-
Our Invention consists in the employment of a reciprocating frame or
frames carrying "faller ends" between which (if one only be employed)-and
another frame also provided with "faller ends" the roll or flat of cloth to be
beetled is placed. The reciprocating action effects a series of blows upon the
cloth which produces the required beetling. In order to give motion to the
above-mentioned frame or frames we use a steain or air cylinder employed in
such manner that the piston rod gives direct motion thereto.or simply through.
the intervention of levers or other such ordinary parts, so. that the effect of
steam or air force upon the cloth may be regulated at pleasure.
.
Another
part of our Invention consists in placing the cloth between two sets.
of beetles mounted upon a centre, and upon which they open and close after-
the manner of shears..
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In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents our first-mentioned arrange-
ment in side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same. The
framework of the machine is shewn at a, on the upper part of which are
mounted castings 6 provided with rails c; upon these rails are wheels d, the
axles of which carry blocks e, upon the extremities of which are the "faller
ends "ff. The castings bare formed with projecting parts g, to which
are attached two other sets of faller ends h. To tho blocks e are jointed
rods i which are united at j, and are mounted upon a sliding block k capable
of moving in guides 1, and fixed to the end of the piston rod. m. of the steam
or air cylinder n.. The rolls of cloth to be beetled are shewn at o, o', the axles
upon which they are wound resting upon rails c Steam or air may be..
admitted to the cylinder n by any ordinary means,, but we will describe a
method we adopt, reference being had to the detached view, Fig. 8. At p.
is a bar mounted so as to slide in guides fixed to the uprights 7 of the.
steam engine and provided. with right and left handed screws 2, which by being

page_text: turned through the medium of the pulley handles ŕ will-regulate the position:
These
of studs s mounted so as to be capable of sliding on the bar p.
studs are furnished behind the bar p with projecting parts t, between which is
situate a curved blade u placed at an angle to the said bar p... This blade is
attached to the block k of the piston rod m, and therefore during the working
of the engine it move upward and downward between the projections,t, and
consequently its angular position will cause the bar p to slide to and fro.. To
the said bar is connected one end of a bell-crank lever v, the other end
thereof being jointed to the valve rod w, and thus the to-and-fro motion of
the bar p shifts the ordinary slide valve of the engine. The use of the screws
is to adjust the projections t in relation to the blade w, and thus to, regulate.
the supply of steam. Steam or compressed air having been admitted to the
cylinder n the piston is forced upward and downward, as usual, when passing
upward the rods i become straightened and push forward the block c upon
the rails c, thus striking and compressing the cloth o between the faller ends: f, h
then upon the descent of the piston the rods. i. are drawn, downward and the
cloth o' is beetled between the faller ends ff, and thus the operation is con-
tinued until the desired finish is obtained,, during which, however, the rolls,
may occasionally be turned upon their centres, and moved in a transverse
direction by the usual means. We have above shewn three rolls under opera
tion but a greater number may be beetled in one machine if desired by simply
continuing the rail c, and adding one or more travelling blocks e provided
with faller ends; or the same object may be accomplished by adopting a double
set of fixed fallers in the centre of the machine with a roll of cloth on, each
side. Our other arrangement of beetle is shewn at Figure 4 in which a, o¹ o,
represent three rolls of fabric, the axes of which are mounted in a frame cc.
At y are two levers jointed at z after the manner of shears and connected at
their lower ends to rods 1 extending from two excentrios 2,. 2, placed upon a
shaft 8. Rotatory motion having been communicated to this shaft the levers y
are caused to open and shut, compressing the roll, o by the, latter motion and
the two other rolls o¹, o, by the former motion, during which operation the
rolls are occasionally turned and traversed as before mentioned. The levers y
are of course formed of a width sufficient to act upon the width of roll, and
they are indented upon their faces after the usual manner of "faller ends."
We have shewn the cloth in the Drawing as in the form of rolls, but it may
if desired be in that form known as flats and in which, it is sometimes beetled.;
cloths which are usually beetled in the flat may be wound, in their plated con-
dition on to rollers and treated as above described.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of our said. Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be under-
stood that we claim as secured to us under the above in part recited Letters
Patent,-
Firstly, the use of the travelling blocks with faller ends above described.
Secondly, the shear-like construction of beetle represented at Fig. 4.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Hutchinson, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of September, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six:
WILLIAM HUTCHINSON. (L.S.)