Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Measuring, Märking and Rolling Cloth.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 26th Feb., 1898-Accepted, 30th Apr.,
1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Measuring, Märking
and Rolling Cloth.
We, JAMES NORMAND AND SONS, LIMITED, Linen Manufacturers, Dysart, Fife-
shire, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, Managing Director to said firm, and WILLIAM RODGER,
Engineer, of same address, do hereby declare the nature of our invention to be
as follows:
This invention has reference to a new or improved construction of machine for
stamping and rolling whilst measuring cloth.
Our improved machine would be constructed all as follows:
The motion for marking and measuring mechanism is conveyed through a
built up wood covered roller or a reel, placed parallelly below it as desired. A
clock or dial with gearing is driven by worm or screw on one end of covered roller
and marking wheels or discs by suitable wheel gear on the other end of roller. A
disc or type wheel is keyed or otherwise secured to a shaft placed parallelly over
covered roller said shaft being driven by suitable wheel gear to give the required
speed, or variations on types. "This disc is divided into 100 equal parts or grooves
into which rubber stamps are secured... Engaging or coming in contact with
stamps at every revolution of covered roller which is exactly one yard in circum-
ference, is a projecting piece of brass or other suitable material securely fixed on
covered roller and between which, and stamps the cloth is compressed sufficiently
to leave the impression of the figures clearly at the end of each yard. The frac-
tions of a yard are marked by means of a disc wheel mounted adjacent to the
other disc. This disc wheel is recessed or grooved on the periphery in three places
to receive rubber blocks with stamps representing, of a yard and engaging
with pieces of brass or other suitable material on covered roller similar to yard
disc. To get the two discs or stamp wheels on the same axis and close together,
and to overcome the difficulty of the diameters of wheel gear not being alike, (the
pitch being the same) a bracket or bush which is bored internally is fitted over the
end of the shaft of the yard disc and extends sufficiently to allow the fractional disc
wheel and a toothed pinion to revolve loose on the pinion being driven by toothed
wheel on covered roller; the bush being turned eccentric on the outside to centre
of internal bore, sufficiently to allow of pitch lines of smaller wheels being brought
correct. A toothed wheel is fitted on end of shaft of covered roller so that it
can be taken back on shaft as much as will enable operator to reset his type wheels
after running a piece, and wheels are firmly and accurately marked for this re-
setting process.
The ink supply to the type wheels is given off gradually by circular pads or
pulleys free to revolve on separate pins or studs fixed to two small levers bored
but for a carrying shaft or stay above type wheels. These are adjustable by
means of set screws, and can be lifted or depressed as the supply of ink is required,
slight pressure being maintained on types by means of a spring or otherwise,
and pads are covered with suitable material to retain a quantity of ink.

page_text: A bell crank handle or lever with loose pulley on end is fitted to secure an
instantaneous release of belt, and this lever is also utilized to effectively brake the
covered roller, on the arbour of which a brake wheel is keyed, so that attendant
has the cloth entirely under control when nearing end of piece.
When running goods through the machine intended for lapping machines and
the like, drawing rollers are necessarily fitted which delivers the cloth assisted
by a faker," on the floor in the usual way.
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When the class of goods requiring rolling, is to be measured or marked, a reel
placed parallelly to and at a lower level than the covered roller is brought into
operation and this reel is formed with arms extended nearly full out. This reel
is driven by means of suitable toothed gear wheels, from end of drawing roller
opposite to that, with flange pulley or main driving belt. When reel is not in
use stud or intermediate wheel is withdrawn out of gear and secured clear of
teeth if wheels are used. This reel has been constructed with these radial arms
for two reasons, first as a ready means of adjusting at a moment's notice the dia-
meter or size of reel that may be required to suit goods to be rolled. This is
accomplished by slackening nuts of joint pieces at disc end of reel and fixing to
size wanted, oblong holes being provided for this purpose, for each rail, and by
a sliding brass bush with suitable lug pieces cast on to which short arms are
affixed by means of pins to form joints. The rails may also be compressed or
expanded by an arrangement which will move the whole simultaneously at disc
end. By moving or sliding this brass piece along shaft, rails are extended or com-
pressed at will and to secure rails in any position small set screw has only to be tight-
ened up. After the cloth is rolled on reel, this small set screw is slackened, when the
weight of cloth is sufficient to compress arms, and push brass slipper along shaft.
The reel then takes a cone shaped form and makes it perfectly easy for operator to
remove cloth. Before the operator does so however a small cotter is withdrawn
and reel turning round on pivot or joint to a suitable position or angle and it is
then clear of frame of machine and the cloth can be readily removed. A small
rest is fitted below disc to support weight of cloth and reel when withdrawn from
frame. When not in use the reel can be (to economise floor space) turned upright
on pivot or joint, and firmly secured in position and it is then out of the way, for
the other operations.
It becomes a matter of extreme importance when reel is withdrawn from frame
and stands in relation to frame at an angle, that no one should possibly be able
to put on the belt and with this in view a lever locking arrangement has been
levised which on reel being withdrawn automatically comes into position and at
once locks up lever by pin and simultaneously brings a pawl into ratchet teeth of
wheel keyed on to drawing roller shaft. Immediately on reel being replaced back
into bracket the end of lever is depressed and releases set handle and driving
shaft or roller.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Machinery for Measuring, Marking
and Rolling Cloth.
We, JAMES NORMAND & SONS, LIMITED, Linen Manufacturers, Dysart, Fife-
shire, ROBERT LIVINGSTON, Managing Director to said firm, and WILLIAM RODGER,

page_text: Engineer, of same address, do hereby declare the nature of our invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement, that is to say:-
This invention has reference to an improved construction of machine for
measuring, marking, and rolling cloth.
The improved machine essentially consists in an improved combination of
mechanism for measuring, marking, and rolling cloth comprising a covered
measuring roller, type carrying wheels, a disc wheel carrying numerals for frac-
tions of a yard, brake mechanism, an adjustable cloth winding reel and tension
devices.
And in order that our said invention and the manner of carrying same into
practice may be properly understood we have hereunto appended two sheets of
explanatory drawings in which the same reference letters are used to indicate cor-
responding parts in the several figures where shown.
Figure 2
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine as constructed in accordance with our
improvements, said figure looking from the starting side of the machine.
is a corresponding view looking from the driving side of the machine.
Figure 3 is an end elevation corresponding to these figures.
Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views of wheels used for marking the component parts of
a yard, and Figure 7 is a detached edge view of a single wheel for marking yards
and half yards. Figure 8 shows elevation and plan detached views of the pressure
pad that is fixed to the covered roller. Figure 9 is a plan view of a simple form
of reel on which the cloth is rolled. Figure 10 is a view of the actuating end of
same, while Figure 11 is a view of a form of reel used for the larger classes of goods,
and Figure 12 is a view of the adjusting end of same. Figure 13 is a plan view
of tension device, and Figure 14 shows the actuating pawl and toothed disc
attached to same. Figures 15 and 16 are diagram views showing how the im-
provements are applied.
Referring to these drawings:-
The motion for marking and measuring mechanism is conveyed through a built
up wood ccvered roller A by the action of the reel G driven by the pulleys and
belts g from the driving pulley F¹ of the machine. A frame A carrying a
train of wheels with dial and pointer, is driven by a worm A2 and worm wheel A³
at one end of covered roller A for indicating length of cloth passed through
machine.
The dial a is marked with graduations from say 1 to 100 and after the pointer
indicates the quantity of cloth passed through the machine the frame A¹ is lifted
by the handle a so as to bring the worm wheel A³ out of gear with the worm to
permit the wheels B2 B3 being brought round to zero again and the frame A¹ is
then lowered to its former position. A type wheel B is keyed to a shaft B' placed
parallelly over the covered roller A said shaft B₁ being driven by suitable wheel
gear B2 B3 to give the required speed to type discs. This wheel B is divided into
100 equal parts into which numerals are cast or secured. Engaging with these
numerals at every revolution of covered roller A which is exactly one yard in cir-
cumference, is a projecting pad C as shown in Figure 8 securely fixed on covered
roller A and between which and numerals the cloth is compressed sufficiently to
leave the impression of the figures clearly at the end of each yard. The fractions
of a yard are marked by means of a disc wheel B' mounted adjacent to the other
disc B. This disc wheel B is recessed on the periphery in three places to receive
numerals representing, and of a yard and engaging with pads C on covered
roller A similar to yard disc. To get the two discs B B on the same axis and
close together, and to overcome the difficulty of the different diameters of said disc
wheels also the gear B2 B3 and B6 B7 gear not being alike, (though
the pitch is the same) a bracket bush B5 which is bored internally
is fitted over the end of the shaft of the yard disc B and extends
sufficiently to allow the fractional disc wheel B and a toothed wheel 13°

page_text: to revolve loose on the toothed wheel B being driven by toothed
wheel B7 on covered roller A; the bush B5 being turned eccentric on the outside
to centre of internal bore, sufficiently to allow of pitch lines of wheels B2 B3³ B6 B7
being brought correct. A toothed wheel B³ is fitted on a feather on end of shaft
of covered roller so that it can be moved forward on the shaft to take it out of
gear from wheel 12 as shown in dotted lines Figure 3 as much as will enable
operator to turn the wheel Ba to the position shown in Figure 2 to reset his type
wheels after running a piece, and wheels are firmly and accurately marked as at b
for this resetting process.
The ink supply to the type wheels is given off gradually by circular pads D
free to revolve on a shaft D¹ on a bracket D2 above type wheels. These pads D
are made adjustable by collars and set screws d.
A bell crank lever E with loose or stenting pulley E¹ on end is fitted to act on
the driving belt F to tighten it when brought into position by handle e or in the
position shown in Figure 2, to secure an instantaneous release of driving belt F
which actuates the machine through the pulley F on shaft of the wood covered
drawing roller I' and this lever E is also fitted with a horn E2 utilized to effectively
brake the covered roller A on the arbour of which a brake wheel E³ is keyed, so
that attendant has the cloth entirely under control when nearing end of piece.
The lever E is fitted with handles e e¹ so that same may be operated from either
end of machine.
When goods of the larger class are to be measured or marked, a reel G shown
detached in Figures 11 and 12 is placed parallelly to and at a lower level than
the covered roller A and this reel is formed with arms G₁ extended nearly the
full breadth of the machine. This reel G is driven by pulleys 9 and belts g¹ from
end of drawing roller I¹.
This reel G has been constructed with these arms G¹ for two reasons, first as
a ready means of adjusting at a moment's notice the diameter of reel that may be
required to suit goods to be rolled. This is accomplished by slackening nuts G³
of joint pieces at disc end of reel and fixing to size wanted, oblong slots G³ being
provided from this purpose for each arm G and by a sliding brass bush G with
suitable lug pieces and from these lug pieces to the arms G radial connecting
links Gare secured.
By moving or sliding this brass piece along shaft G* the arms G₁ are extended
and compressed at will and to secure the arms in any position small set screws Go
have only to be tightened up. After the cloth is rolled on reel, these small set
screws G are slackened, when the weight of cloth is sufficient to compress arms G¹
and push brass bush along shaft. The reel then takes a cone shaped form and
makes it perfectly easy for operator to remove cloth. Before the operator does so
however a small cotter pin 98 is withdrawn and reel turning round on pivot G7
to a suitable position it is then clear of frame of machine and the cloth can be
readily removed. A small rest G8 is fitted below disc to support weight of cloth
and reel when withdrawn from frame. When not in use the reel can be (to
economise floor space) turned upright on pivot Go and firmly secured in position
on block G10 at lower end of frame and it is then out of the way, for the other
operations.
In the arrangement of reel shown in Figures 1 to 3 and 9 and 10, which enable
the operator to finish the cloth to a smaller diameter of roll, the one end of the
arms G¹ is mounted within a disc shaped piece H and has bevelled shaped heads and
the other end of arms G is secured to a link H₁ which is fulcrumed at its cen-
tre H within a slot in the shaft G, and the arms are brought to the position
indicated in dotted lines by a cam shaped lever H³, and a bow shaped spring H*,
the lever H3 being secured in either position by a thumb screw H³.
In order to enable the reel G to be moved and swung freely, the belt g¹ has been
arranged to run over a guide pulley g³ and a stenting pulley 9. This stenting
pulley is run on a stud carried on a bell crank lever 75, which is in turn con-

page_text: nected to the set handle 96 by a link g7 provision being made to lock it by a notch
in the short arm of a lever 8 and engaging with a pin g' on the connecting
link g. This arrangement prevents the reel G when swung out of the end
bush from being put in motion when the cloth is in the process of removal,
unless the handle is brought into position and locked as above described. In
the single disc arrangement shown in Figure 1 to 3 and 7, for printing yards and
a mark for the half yards, the wheel c is mounted on the shaft B' with a single
inking pad c above it on the shaft D, and the blocks C Figure 8 are arranged
round the circumference of the roller A, one to print yards and the alternate one
to print the mark which indicates half yards. The block C is composed of a
piston of metal or wood, and has a pad C₁ of resilient material to give a yielding
action, and are used either for the type wheels B B or the single type wheel c.
When running goods through the machine intended for "lapping, machines
and the like, drawing rollers II are fitted the under one I being covered with
wood in a similar manner to the roller A, and the upper roller I is formed of
heavy metal and mounted in adjustable bearings I³.
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و,
When intended for use the wedges I³ are raised out of position so as to allow
the top roller I to fall forward and thus draw the cloth, which can be "faked
in the usual manner by a faker." This "faker" is composed of a board I'
which is oscillated by a connecting rod 15 and crank I through intermediate
pulleys, and belt 21, from the main driving shaft F1 of the machine.
and
When longitudinally folded cloth is being passed through the machine, it is
advisable to mount on an adjustable bracket J a wooden roller J¹ having spikes
on same to keep the cloth in position when being run on to reel and thus prevent
creases. In Figures 1 to 3 and diagram view Figure 15 the cloth is shown as
being led through the machine for marking and reeling over a tension rod k round
one of the stays k¹ of machine, and then on to an auxiliary guide roller
thence round the roller A, and then between the drawing rollers I I¹ and finally
on to the reel G. When the drawing rollers I I¹ are used as shown in diagram
view 16 and in detail in Figures 13 and 14 a tension device is fitted between the
tension rod k and the guide roller and consists of a pair of parallel bars K fitted
between end discs K¹ K² one of the discs K¹ being formed with serrations into
which a pawl K³ works to regulate the degree of tension on the different qualities
of cloth.
The diagrams 15 and 16 show two of the principal ways of passing the cloth
through machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is :-
First. In a machine for measuring, marking and rolling cloth the combination
comprising a covered roller A with pads C, and numbering wheel c or wheels B B+,
drawing rollers I I¹ and winding reel G, substantially as set forth.
Second. In a machine for measuring, marking, and rolling cloth, the combina-
tion comprising a covered roller A, with pads C, and numbering wheel c or
wheels BB, drawing rollers I I', and winding reel G consisting of expanding
and contracting arms G', substantially as set forth.
Third. In a machine for measuring, marking and rolling cloth, the combination
comprising a bell crank lever E loose pulley E', horn E2 and brake wheel E³, sub-
stantially as set forth.
Fourth. In a machine for measuring, marking, and rolling cloth, the combina-
tion comprising pulleys g, g³, g, bell crank lever g, handle 6, link g', lever g³,
and ping, substantially as set forth.
Fifth. In a machine for measuring, marking, and rolling cloth, the combination
comprising the tension parallel bars K, end discs K¹ K³ and pawl K³ substantially
as set forth.

page_text: Sixth. A machine for measuring, marking, and rolling cio,
as set forth.
operated, substantially
↑ Wahmuary 1898
W. R. M. THOMSON & Co.,
96, Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Agents.