IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STRETCHING AND 'WINDING ON' WOVEN FABRICS AND FOR REMOVING In Ciam 30 Drang MURDER
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joah Lodge, of Huddersfield, in the County of York
Manufacturer, and Mark Oldroyd, of Dewsbury, in the aforesaid County of
York, Manufacturer, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR STRETCHING AND 'WINDING ON' WOVEN FABRICS AND FOR REMOVING
In Ciam
30
Drang MURDER"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joah Lodge and Mark
Oldroyd at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October
1881.
JOAH LODGE, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Manufacturer, and MARK
OLDROYD, of Dewsbury, in the aforesaid County of York, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STRETCHING AND WINDING ON' WOVEN
FABRICS AND FOR REMOVING THE CREASES AND RIDGES THEREFROM."
This Invention bas special reference to the finishing of woollen cloths. Previous
to this class of goods undergoing the process of blowing, boiling, or steaming, they
have had to be wound upon a roller or cylinder called a winding on or beaming
machine, and in order that the cloth may be wound upon the said roller or cylinder
evenly one or more attendants have been employed to open and stretch the twisted
cloth to its proper width as it was being wound upon the said roller or cylinder,
and in some cases the cloth was coming out of boiling water, which made it
difficult for the workmen to handle.
To obviate the necessity of the cloth being opened and stretched by workmen is
the object of this part of our Invention, which we accomplish by the employment
of a travelling endless chain constructed of either clams or hooks after the manner
of the chains employed in tentering machines.
The cloth is fed to this chain, and conducted forward to a taking up roller
covered with emery, or perforated copper or zinc or other material which will
receive the cloth in its distender or open state from the endless chain. The cloth
is then delivered to and taken up by the roller or cylinder, around. which it is
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page_text: wound ready for any of the processes of blowing, boiling, or steaming. The roller
or cylinder is driven by frictional contact with the taking up roller, and in order
to allow it to rise as it becomes larger in diameter by the winding on of the cloth
the shafts thereof work in slotted standards.
Instead of the roller or cylinder being driven by frictional contact with the
taking up roller, it may be driven by means of a friction pulley fixed upon a
revolving upright shaft, and working in contact with a face plate or disc fixed on the
end of the shaft of the roller or cylinder, and it may be driven at such a speed that
the cloth is stretched lengthwise as well as in its width. If required a perforated
steam pipe may be placed in close proximity to the taking up roller, so as to steam
the cloth before it is wound upon the roller; or the cloth may pass through
steaming troughs on its way to the taking up roller.
For opening the cloth to its proper width and removing the washing and milling
creases therefrom, it is fed onto a travelling chain, as previously explained, and
beaten by means of sticks used by the attendants, or by self acting beaters, after 1
which it is cutled by ordinary cutling apparatus.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joah Lodge and Mark Oldroyd in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th April 1882.
JOAH LODGE, of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Manufacturer, and MARK
OLDROYD, of Dewsbury, in the aforesaid County of York, Manufacturer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STRETCHING AND WINDING ON WOVEN
FABRICS, AND FOR REMOVING THE CREASES AND RIDGES THEREFROM."
This Invention has special reference to the finishing of woven fabrics, the
principal object of the Invention being to stretch the fabric both in length and
width whilst it is passing through the machine. With respect to woollen fabrics,
the several processes of blowing, boiling, or steaming have hitherto been done by
winding the said fabric upon a roller or cylinder, and in order that the cloth might
be wound upon the said roller or cylinder evenly one or more attendants have been
employed to open and stretch the twisted cloth to its proper width during the
process of winding-on, and as the cloth was frequently saturated with boiling water
there was some difficulty in handling it.
To obviate this difficulty is the object of one part of our Invention, and we
accomplish this by the employment of travelling endless chains constructed with
either chains or hooks after the manner of the chains employed in tentering
machines.
The cloth is fed to this chain and conducted forward to a taking up roller, from
which it passes to a plain or perforated roller or cylinder, around which it is wound
ready for any of the processes of blowing, boiling, or steaming. The roller or
cylinder is driven by friction, provision being made for allowing it to rise as it
becomes larger in diameter. This machine may also be used for distending the
cloth and removing the washing and milling creases therefrom, the cloth being fed
to the chains and beaten with sticks by the attendants, after which it is cuttled by
ordinary cuttling apparatus.
In order that our Invention may be more fully understood we herein give
reference to the accompanying Sheets of Drawings illustrative thereof. Fig. I is a
Bide elevation of the machine, and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 shews
opposite side to Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is view of driving end of the machine; and Fig. 5 is
a cross section. A is the framework of the machine, and B are two endless chains
which pass over the pullies C, C1, C2, C3, which are carried by the shafts D and E.
The distance apart of the chains is regulated by means of the screw shafts F, F¹, F³,
which are connected and worked simultaneously by means of worm wheels G and
worms H mounted on the shaft J. When the adjustment has been effected the pullies
C, C, are moved to correspond by means of the clutch forks K. The chains are
provided with pins, and the cloth being fed thereto and properly stretched is taken
up by the roller L, from which it passes to the plain or perforated cylinder M, and
wound thereon, this cylinder being turned by means of the friction disc N working
in contact with the plate N¹ mounted on the end of the shaft of the cylinder. The
cylinder is mounted in the vertical bearings O which are capable of sliding up and
down the framework, and are counterbalanced by weights P acting through the
segment and rack S. As the roll of cloth upon the cylinder M increases in
diameter, the cylinder rises and the plate N₁ rises along with it, and the friction
disc N operates at a greater distance from the centre of the said plate, which
consequently revolves more slowly, and so compensates for the increased length of
cloth taken up at each revolution; the clotb is thus constantly travelling on the
chains at a uniform speed. When desirable the taking up roller may be caused to
travel faster than the chain pullies and so stretch the cloth in length as well as in

page_text: width. It will be observed that the delivery end of the chain is very close to the
taking-up roller L, by which means the fabric has no sooner left the pins of the
endless chain than it is seized hold of by the said roller L; consequently the fabric
which has just been stretched cannot shrink back, but will be wound upon the
roller in its distended state. If required a trough V containing a perforated steam
pipe W may be employed, so as to steam the fabric. This construction of machine
may be used with great advantage for removing the washing and milling creases
from the cloth, and this is done by means of sticks or beaters used by the workmen
who beat the cloth whilst in its distended state, after which it is cuttled by ordinary
cuttling apparatus.
The machine is driven as follows:-1 and 2 are fast and loose pullies, on the
shaft of which is a toothed pinion 3 gearing with a wheel 4 on the shaft 5. On
the same end of the shaft 5 is a pinion 6, which gears with a toothed wheel 7
mounted on the shaft D, which carries the principal chain pullies. The wheel 7
gears with a wheel 8 on the shaft of the taking-up roller. The shaft 5 also carries
a bevil wheel 9, which gears with another bevil wheel 10, and drives the vertical
shaft 11 and friction disc N. A hand wheel and screw T are provided to regulate
the pressure exerted by the disc N upon the plate N¹, and the plate is supported at
the back by the pullies a, which keep it perfectly true, and prevent the shaft from
being strained.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and shewn by Drawings
how the same may be carried into practice; we would have it understood that we
do not confine ourselves to the precise details of construction herein given, but
what we claim as our Invention and consider to be new is,-
Firstly. The combination of apparatus for stretching woven fabrics in length and
width, with a roller L for taking-up the same before it has time to contract, sub-
stantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The employment of apparatus, such as is herein shewn and described,
for the purpose of removing the washing and milling creases from woven fabrics.
Thirdly. The employment of the friction disc N and plate N¹ for driving the
roller or cylinder M, as herein shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joah Lodge, for and on behalf of myself and
the said Mark Oldroyd, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twelfth
day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
eighty two.
JOAH LODGE. (L.S.)