A New or Improved Machine for Measuring and Marking Cloth and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Apr., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Measuring and Marking Cloth and
the like.
We, FRANZ LEHMANN and ANTON VAN KEMPEN, both of 22 Schützenstrasse,.
Berlin in the German Empire, Merchants, 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 a machine for measuring cloth, paper, and the like and
for imprinting marking or otherwise indicating upon one edge of the tissue or
fabric, units of length or the length measured.
The improved machine consists essentially of a drum or roller which may be
circular in cross section, or have three or more sides, and above which is arranged
a printing or similar apparatus. The cloth or other substance to be measured,
passes around or partly around the drum or roller and under the printing device.
The accompanying drawings illustrate a machine constructed according to this
invention, and are hereinafter referred to.
Figure 1 represents the machine in side elevation.
Figure 2 shews it in plan.
Figures 3 to 10 inclusive illustrate details of the machine.
The
The fabric or tissue C, to be measured, is placed upon a table T close to the
measuring machine. This latter consists of a frame a, within which is mounted the
druin b, which may have any suitable cross section, but is preferred to be square, as
shewn. The length of each side of the drum is equal to a unit of measure.
drum is mounted upon a shaft c to which is secured a spur wheel e, gearing with
a pinion f, fixed to the shaft g. This shaft is provided with a crank handle h, or
with any other suitable driving device by means of which the pinion can be
rotated to drive the drum. The teeth upon the pinion and the spur wheel
respectively are in number in the proportion of 1:4 so that the former rotates
four times to one rotation of the latter. The edges of the drum are provided
with small hooks i, which are so shaped that they hold the cloth upon the drum
whilst it is being stamped or printed, but afterwards release it and allow it to
fall off.
The printing or similar device consists of a stamp k, which is mounted upon one
end of a lever o and is operated from the shaft g by means of an excentric l and
a connecting rod n which is attached to the other end of the lever o. This lever
is secured to the shaft m mounted in the standards r, and is provided with an arm s,.
carrying a counterweight q, which normally tends to press the stamp k down upon
the fabric or tissue. When the excentric is in the position shewn in side elevation
and in cross section respectively by Figures 7 and 8, the stamp is pressed down to
mark the fabric or tissue. When the excentric has completed half a revolution,
the stamp occupies the position shewn in Figure 4, in which position it is inked.
The inking device consists of a pad v, mounted upon a shaft u, suitably arranged
above the shaft m and operated therefrom by means of the cranks or arms m 1, u 2,
and the connecting rod u 1. The movement of the shaft m by the excentric thus
effects the necessary movement of the inking pad.
When a piece of fabric or tissue has to be measured, it is laid upon the table T
and its edge is attached to the drum b by means of the hooks i. The crank handle
is turned and the cloth is drawn forward into the machine. At the same time, the
stamp moves upwards and then descends and marks the fabric or tissue when the

page_text: latter has moved forward one unit of length. Upon the edge of the drum,
opposite to the stamping or marking device, is arranged a stop or guide e 1, which
ensures the fabric or tissue being drawn forward regularly and accurately.
A convenient and preferred form of stamping device is shewn in Figures 3, 9,
and 10. This consists of two type wheels z, mounted within the frame k, so as to
be capable of rotation, and bearing numerals or the like upon their edges. The
wheels are connected together in any well known manner, so that as the wheel
bearing the units completes a revolution, the wheel bearing the tens moves
forward from one figure to the next. The unit wheel is moved from one figure
to the next each time the stamp is carried upwards for inking. A convenient
method of effecting the step by step rotation of the first wheel is to mount upon it
a ratchet wheel z 1 provided with a pawl 2. A rod ol, capable of sliding
longitudinally, and controlled by a spring is mounted within the frame of the stamp
and is moved, as for instance, by coming into contact with a fixed stop, every
time the stamp is raised. The rod carries a pawl o 2 gearing with the ratchet
wheel, and the movement of the rod causes a movement of the ratchet and
consequently of the type wheel to which it is attached, from one numeral to
the next.
If desired, the stamping device may be modified, so that instead of printing
figures upon the edge of the material it may attach strips of paper or the like,
bearing figures or numbers.
As before explained, the drum need not necessarily be square in cross section, as
it may have three or more sides or may even be circular. In the latter case it
might be necessary' to correspondingly curve the stamps or the like.
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 :-
1. In a machine for measuring and marking fabrics and tissues, the combination
of a measuring drum and a stamping device, constructed and arranged substan-
tially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
2. In a machine for measuring and marking fabrics and tissues, a drum provided
with hooks and having three or more sides around or partly around which the
material is passed, constructed arranged and operated substantially as hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In a machine for measuring and marking fabrics and tissues, a stamping
device constructed arranged and operated substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
4. A machine for measuring and marking fabrics and tissues, constructed
arranged and operating substantially as herein before described and as illustrated
by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 15th dor of Annil AD 1900
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.