Improvements in Apparatus for, Rolling Sheet or other Wadding into Rolls.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 26th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for, Rolling Sheet or other Wadding
into Rolls.
We, ROBERT HUGHES of Sackville Street, Manchester, Mill Manager, and MARCUS
BROWN-WESTHEAD, of Sackville Street, Manchester, Wadding Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
The improvements relate to apparatus for rolling or winding sheet or other wadding
into rolls, and have for object the performing of the operation in such manner that
the said material may be compactly wound, and which, when wound, shall form a
roll of any suitable size, having its edges wound evenly, and with uniform tension
throughout the roll. To accomplish this, and to effect my improvements, I provide
a roller, of suitable diameter and length, having at one end a fast flange, and at the
other end a loose or removable or falling flange, of circular, or other form, and
sufficiently large to accommodate any desired size of roll. A shaft, carrying this
roller and its flanges is allowed to run in bearings which are fixed to, or form part of,
a framing of suitable shape and material.
To this framing is hinged, at one end, an inclined board, presenting a sufficiently
smooth surface to the roll as such is being wound, and the other end of which board
is pressed against the wadding, by means of weights, levers, springs, or other
equivalent devices.
The sheet, or other wadding is guided on the board before mentioned by means of
recesses or channels therein, or guides thereon, in conjunction with a governing
roller, for the purpose, so that as the roller revolves, the wadding is evenly and
compactly rolled, being kept in correct position by the guiding apparatus described,
and subject to a constant pressure by means of the pressing board, which recedes from
the roller as the roll grows larger.
When the roll is completed, it may be removed from the roller by releasing the
loose or falling flange.
Variations in detail may be made without departing from the peculiar character of
the invention.
Dated this 20th 1
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1.1 1000
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rolling Sheet or other Wadding
into Rolls.
We, ROBERT HUGHES, of Sackville Street, Manchester, Mill Manager, and
MARCUS BROWN-WESTHEAD, of Sackville Street, Manchester, Wadding Manu-
facturer, 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 :-
The improvements relate to apparatus for rolling or winding sheet or other
wadding into rolls, and have for object the performing of the operation in such
manner that the said material may be compactly wound, and which, when wound,
shall form a roll of any suitable size, having its edges wound evenly, and with
uniform tension throughout the roll.
To accomplish this, and to effect our improvements, we provide a roller or lapping
board of suitable dimensions, having at one end a fast flange, and at the other end a.

page_text: loose or removable or falling flange, of circular, or other form, and sufficiently large
to accommodate any desired size of roll.
A shaft, carrying this roller or lapping board and its flanges is allowed to turn in
bearings which are fixed to, or form part of a framing of. suitable shape and
material. To this framing is hinged, at one end, an inclined board, presenting a
sufficiently smooth surface to the roll as such is being wound and the other end of
which board is pressed against the wadding by means of weights, levers, springs, or
other equivalent devices.
The sheet, or other wadding is guided on the board before mentioned, by means of
recesses or channels therein, or guides thereon, in conjunction with a tension roller
for the purpose; so that, as the roller revolves, the wadding is evenly and compactly
rolled, being kept in correct position by the guiding apparatus described, and subject
to a constant pressure by means of the pressing board, which recedes from the roller
as the roll grows larger.
When the roll of wadding is completed, it may be removed from the roller or
lapping board be releasing the loose or falling flange. The roller or lapping board
being formed taper, by preference, for this purpose.
But that the improvements may be better understood, we will, by the aid of the
accompanying drawings, proceed more fully to describe means employed by us.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 shews a sectional elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view of apparatus, arranged
in accordance with our improvements.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a. a. is the main framing of the apparatus, and b. b. are uprights, supporting the
shaft c. c, which carries the roller or lapping board d. d. and the flanges e. e.
One of these uprights is hinged, so that it may be allowed to fall into the position
indicated by dotted lines; or it may be otherwise removed, when the flange can be
detached from the shaft at will, and the roll of wadding, f. f. drawn off. Or, and by
preference, the flange may be so connected with the falling upright, as to follow it in
its motion, by means of the hinged joint, as shewn, or the flange and upright may
both be constructed completely removable.
9. g. is the inclined board, which is kept continuously pressed against the roll of
wadding, in the case shewn by means of the rod h. h. actuated by the rope or band k. k,
and weights m. m, but other forms of mechanism for automatically raising the
inclined board may be employed, such as springs weights, and levers, or other
mechanical equivalents for the same purpose. n. n. are the guides, which we prefer to
employ to keep the wadding in position, laterally; and p. p. is a suitably mounted
roller, which serves to maintain the requisite tension on the wadding throughout the
operation.
Motion may be given to the roller d. d. by means of the handle r. r. as shewn, but
other means may be employed.
Variations in detail may be made without departing from the peculiar character of
the invention.
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 apparatus for rolling sheet or other wadding into rolls, the mounted flanged
roller or lapping board provided with a movable or falling flange, for the purpose, and
in manner, substantially as herein shewn and described.
2. In apparatus for rolling sheet, or other wadding into rolls, the hinged inclined
board, capable of being raised or lowered at one end thereof, and pressing on the
wadding roll, for the purpose, and in manner substantially as herein shewn and
described.

page_text: 3. In apparatus for rolling sheet or other wadding into rolls, the combination of
parts, for the purpose and in manner substantially as herein shewn and described.
Dated this 25th day of September 1889
WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.