An Improved Clip for Stentering Machine for all Classes of Woven roved Goods.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1895-Accepted, 31st Aug., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Clip for Stentering Machine for all Classes of Woven
roved
Goods.
JACOB BRIDGE Paradise Works, Accrington, Machinist, Ironfounder, Tinplate
Worker and Coppersmith do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
llows:-
This improvement relates to that class of clip kuown as self feeding where the
ioth or fabric is fed to the machine somewhat indiscriminately and the clip only
cizes the goods at the selvage.
The improvement consists in making the opening part to come into play
mmediately the clips are brought into the same line as the edge of the piece or
cloth, and also will deliver the piece or cloth as soon as the clips leave the same
line. This is effected by means of circular discs working horizontally on the same
centres as chain wheels, these discs working against top or loose part of clips
which clips will be of such construction as to come into contact with the discs as
soon as the clip gets into the same line as edge of cloth when running through
machine. The opening of clips at delivery end of machine to release the cloth is
effected by exactly similar apparatus and in exactly the same way as at the end
where the cloth enters the stentering machine.
Dated this 31st day of August 1801
JACOB BRIDGE.
An Improved Clip for Stentering Machine for all Classes of Woven
Goods.
JACOB BRIDGE Paradise Works, Accrington, Machinist, Ironfounder, Tinplate
Worker and Coppersmith, 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 improvement relates to that class of clip known as self feeding where the
cloth or fabric is fed to the machine somewhat indiscriminately and the clip only
seizes the goods at the selvage.
The improvement consists in making the opening part to come into play
immediately the clips are brought into the same line as the edge of the piece or
cloth, and also will deliver the piece or cloth as soon as the clips leave the same
line. This is effected by means of circular discs working horizontally on the same
centres as chain wheels, these discs working against top or loose part of clips
which clips will be of such construction as to come into contact with the discs as
soon as the clip gets into the same line as edge of cloth when running through
machine. The opening of clips at delivery end of machine to release the cloth is
effected by exactly similar apparatus and in exactly the same way as at the end
where the cloth enters the stentering machine.
In order that this invention may be clearly understood I will describe it
particularly by the aid of accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is end view in elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan.

page_text: A shows one of the links which forms the chain by being coupled together with
studs at each end. B. C is the tongued clip which holds the piece when being
stretched, these links forming the chain are worked by means of two chain wheels
at the delivery end of machine and are driven by means of gearing as may be
desired. On the same centres as these chain wheels are plain pulleys of sufficient
diameter to enable the top part of clip marked B to come in contact with such
pulleys when the cloth is coming off the machine, the contact between the pulleys
& that part of clip marked B opening the bottom part marked C and thus releiving
the cloth, the same action is repeated at the opening end of machine where the
cloth is fed.
Having now particularly described the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
Making that part of clip marked B of sufficient length to enable the clip to
come into action immediately it gets into the same line as the edge of the piece,
and to enable the cloth to be released immediately the part B leaves the line of
cloth at the delivery end.
Dated this 31st day of May 1805
JACOB BRIDGE.