APPARATUS FOR CUTTLING on MAKING UP PIECE GOODS
Year: 1884

page_text: EDWARD HAIGH 1 Legrams Street Bradford, York's-Stuff Warehouseman-I do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for APPARATUS FOR CUTTLING on
MAKING UP PIECE GOODS to be as follows:-
Two heads with centre shafts and bevel wheels driving top spindles (with
coned chuck's) from low shaft rollers expanding & contracting in formation of
cuttle & reversing rollers, & spring fall check, working seperately or in con-
junction with rolling or other machines.-Process,
The piece is pushed up the table; the spring rollers are then put between the
heads & as the heads meet the cones expand the rollers to proper size the piece
end is then put round, & the lever drawn which reverses the rollers behind & keeps
the piece back when the machine is started, as the piece turns over it falls upon
spring levers which prevent the boards from breaking,
The two heads are marked A, the one marked AI is moveable, and the other is
fast. B is the upright shaft running through the heads and driving the spindle C,
with coned chucks D, from low or driving shaft E.
The expansion spring rollers F, (six in number), when placed between the chucks,
and the head AI drawn up, will expand to the required size of cuttle, and when the
cuttle is made and the head, AI, pushed back, will contract, and are easily removed
from the inside of the cuttle.
The reversing rollers G, are two rollers running parallel with each other in the
middle of the table, connected by two levers, H, working on centre studs, and are
reversed by drawing the top roller to the bottom, where it is held by a strap which
is fastened on the table and catches the roller end K, and when liberated is brought
back to its original position by a weight hanging from rope pulley L.
The fall check is constructed of leather running from the middle of the table
over roller M, and kept tight by Spiral Spring fastened to roller M, so that when
the piece turns over it falls gently and does not break the board.
Inside the chucks D, is a regulator, N, worked by a nut on the spindle C.
the handle which rises the plate P, and locks the head A I.
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The piece end is held at the front of the table and the piece rolled back over the
low Reversible roller G, onto the leather fall check, then the rollers G, are reversed;

page_text: the object being to keep the piece on the fall check, and turn it over as it runs
round the Spring rollers F, in the formation of cuttle.
The cuttle is formed in the following manner. The spring rollers F, are placed
between the two heads A, and AI is drawn up, expanding the rollers to the
required size; the piece end is then put round the expanding rollers, and the
machine started; it rolls a number of laps round the rollers F, which is called a
cuttle, and which is placed on the top of the piece for inspection, when the piece is
made up.
I, EDWARD HAIGH, of 1 Legrams Street Bradford, in the County of York Stuff
Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "APPARATUS
FOR CUTTLING OR MAKING UP PIECE GOODS" and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention of " Apparatus for cuttling or making up piece goods " has for object
the unrolling of a portion of a length of cloth from the board upon which it is
rolled or folded and the rolling of such portion upon itself to form what is called a
cuttle ready to be laid upon the outside of the main roll so that it may be readily
inspected when the piece is made up.
For this purpose I provide a table or bench which at or near its back part is
furnished with what I will call a "spring fall check" made of leather or other
inaterial suitable to form an elastic table or surface for receiving a roll of cloth and
checking the fall thereof as it is being turned over in the process of unrolling, the
arrangement being such as to allow the roll to fall gently over and to prevent
breakage of the board upon which the piece is rolled. Upon the table or bench are
mounted two rollers carried by levers capable of turning on centres or studs about
the middle of their length, so that the rollers may be made to change places, for
which reason I will for distinction call them reversible rollers. The roll of cloth
to be dealt with is first laid on the front of the table or bench with its free end
hanging down, then the roll is rolled or pushed towards the back of the table or
bench (unwinding as it proceeds) and over the reversible roller that for the time
being occupies the lower position on to the beforementioned "fall check" at the
back. The levers that carry the reversible rollers are turned on the abovenamed
studs so as to change the relative positions of the rollers and cause that which was
the lower roller to become the upper one. The unwound portion of cloth then
passes over the upper roller down and under the lower roller the object being to
produce slight tension on the piece and to keep the piece roll on the fall check
during the turning over that occurs whilst unwinding and drawing the unwound
portion over the reversible rollers,-To form a cuttle the end of the piece is placed

page_text: around a reel formed as hereinafter described with a number of bars or rods which
in my Provisional Specification are called spring rollers. The said reel is capable
of rotation and upon it is wound a sufficient quantity of the piece to form the
required cuttle, after which, the reel is contracted, the bars or rods, their holding
springs, and the cloth around them are removed from between the cone chucks
hereinafter described, the bars or rods are removed from the inside of the cuttle
and the cuttle is completed by the operator ready to make up for inspection.-The
apparatus may be driven by hand or power.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1. is a front elevation. Fig 2. an end
elevation and Fig. 3. an elevation in part, of apparatus according to my invention,
A. is a fixed driving head, and A1, a movable one, these are provided with
spindles C, and C 1. carrying cone chucks D. D 1. the heads are mounted upon the
table or bench A 2 carried by the framework A 3.-B. B1. are upright shafts
passing through the heads. A. and A 1. and having mitre or bevil gears B 2. B 3.
B 4. B 5. one set for connection with the spindle C. and one for C 1. from the low
or main driving shaft E. which receives motion either by hand or from any
convenient motor (preferably by means of a friction clutch E1.) actuated by
treadle E 2.-F. is the reel comprising six bars or rods (more or less) which are
connected or held together by springs F 1. and central guide blocks F 2. these latter
are provided with discs of leather F3. or their equivalent, for the noiseless
reception of said bars when collapsing,-When the piece having been first laid on
the table or bench A 2, and rolled over the lower reversible roller G, on the fall
check A 4. as before described and as shewn in Fig. 3. and in position over the
rollers G. G 1. as represented in Fig. 2. those rollers G. G 1. are kept in position by
a strap or catch H 4. connected at K. to one of the levers H. or H 1. which carry
the rollers G. G 1. It will be seen this free end of the piece is then hanging over
the front of the table and the head A 1. is in its backward position. The rods or
bars and springs are now placed between the cone chucks D. D 1. and A 1 is caused
to approach A. to expand the reel to the required size of cuttle. Then A 1. is fixed
in position by the eccentric handle O. and lock plate or clip P. The diameter of
the reel is determined by regulators F 4. and nuts F 5. on the spindles C. C1.
Each regulator may be a boss with arms projecting through the slots of the
corresponding cone chuck. The end of the piece having been placed on the reel F.
as shewn by the dotted line Q. Fig. 2.-the apparatus is set in motion and when
a sufficient number of laps have been coiled around the reel the rotating motion is
stopped. The levers carrying the rollers G. G1, being now released from the strap
or catch H 4. at K. the rollers are returned to their former relative positions by the
action of the weight K 1. hanging from the pulley L. in connection with one of the
said levers, ready for another operation. The headstock A 1. is released by moving
the eccentric handle O. and is moved backward, whereupon the reel collapses and is
easily removed from within the "cuttle " which is afterwards placed in position
upon the other part of the piece and made up ready for inspection as previously
referred to.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The use for cuttling or making up piece goods of a spring fall check or elastic
table or support, tension rollers and a collapsible reel substantially as
described.
2. In an apparatus for cuttling or making up piece goods the use in conjunction
with a table or bench such as A 2. of a spring fall check and rollers such.
as G. G 1. movable about centres so as to change places substantially as and
for the purpose described and set forth.
3. In an apparatus for cuttling or making up piece goods the use in conjunction
with a table or bench such as A 2. of a collapsible reel constructed arranged .
and operating substantially as described for the purpose specified.

page_text: 4. The combination of parts constituting the apparatus for cuttling or making up
piece goods constructed, arranged and operating as shewn in and described
with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 7th day of October 188+.
Witness to the Signature of
the said Edward Haigh,
THOS E. CRAVEN, C.E.,
Fel. Inst. Patent Agents,
24, Victoria Chambers, Leeds.
EDWARD HAIGH.
W. Lloyd V
Per F. J. Bro
Applicant's