Improvements in and Machinery for Imparting Stripes of Colour to the Selvages of Velveteens and other Fabrics.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in and Machinery for Imparting Stripes of Colour
to the Selvages of Velveteens and other Fabrics.
I EDWARD WIELD of 7 Weymouth Street, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Manchester,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
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The first part of my invention relates to the guiding of the fabric through the
machine to the means employed for printing or imparting the colour and also to the
plaiting down of the fabric after it is operated upon.
This I accomplish by passing it first under and over tension rails either attached
to the machine or placed in a frame immediately behind the machine: the fabric
then passes over the measure rail which has adjustable guides upon it to suit the
varying widths of fabrics, and which measure rail is fixed to the machine after
which it is taken hold of by tenter hooks upon a pair of endless bands made of
suitable material working in flange pulleys and which bands being driven carry
the cloth with them. In transit the fabric undergoes the printing operation and is
then immediately afterwards taken hold of by a driven card roller which releases
the fabric from the tenter hooks, then it passes on to another card roller also driven
and so such fabric is carried forward to the plaiting down motion. The pulleys
carrying the endless tenter hook bands are mounted on a saddle working upon a
cross alide and are moved in and out to suit the various widths of fabrics by right
and left band screw working in nuts attached to the saddle and which saddle is
worked by the attendant from the front of the machine by means of hand wheel
shaft and bevel wheels or other suitable mechanical means. The flange pulleys
carrying the band at the back of the machine are mounted on a stud working in
an eccentric bush and which bush is suitably weighted so as to always keep the
endless tenter hook bands in proper tension, the flange pulleys at the front of the
machine are positively driven by means of an upright shaft or other mechanical
equivalents and receiving its motion from the first motion shaft of the machine.
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The second part of my invention relates to the moulding of the colour boxes and
compound slides on a cross slide which by means of a right and left hand screw
nuts and hand wheel enables the attendant to move the whole in and out to suit
the various widths of fabric.
The first slide which is at right angles enables the attendant to withdraw one
colour box entirely away from the fabric and out of gear with its driving wheel

page_text: consequently the machine can operate upon one selvage at a time if requisite.
Attached to the end of the screw, working this slide is a bevel wheel working into
bevel wheels one of which is mounted on a moveable stud so as to bring it in and
out of gear at pleasure the other bevel wheel being attached to a back shaft and
which shaft by means of a hand wheel or other suitable mechanism enables the
attendant to withdraw both colour boxes from their operation simultaneously. The
next slide above is worked by screw and enables the attendant to adjust each colour
box independently to accommodate the varying selvages which occur on one piece
of fabric that is to say if one selvage of the fabric is "broad and the other "
broad by such adjustment the printing can be uniform.
The third part of my invention relates to the colour box and the improvements
consist first in the utensil that holds the colour being separate and capable of being
taken in and out at will and which has working in it a revolving disturber or roller
so as to cause the colour to be kept mixed to one consistency-the take-up roller
which works in the colour being positively driven by suitable gearing and the dis--
turbing roller being fitted in upright slides and with springs and being driven by
contact with, the take up roller.
The furnishing roller is positively driven and has an adjustment to regulate such
contact between the take up roller and brush and is also doctored with screw
adjustable doctor to regulate the amount of colour to be laid on the fabric. The
brush is revolved (at an accelerated speed beyond that at which the fabric is
travelling) between stencils and such brush has springs between each tuft of its
bristles so that when the pressure of the brush by laying the colour on the fabric
yields, the spring gives, as required, and after the pressure is removed the same
spring brings the brush back to its normal position-consequently the brush is
always kept up to its mark. I also make brushes on an india-rubber or other
flexible material ring and spring them on to a grooved wheel or disc and make the
bristles shorter, the flexible material always yielding with the pressure and causing
the bristles to keep up to their work-I also cause the stencils to be mounted in a
swinging frame from the centre spindle of the furnishing roller and positively drive
them by gearing at the same speed at which the fabric is travelling also tie them
together with a cross bar in front and through the cross bar in front of colour box
-I cause the stencils to be adjustable by screw and make the holes in the stencils
considerably larger than the spindle which drives the brushes to allow the said
stencils to be regulated by the attendant, and the screw which regulates the amount
of brushing in of colour to the fabric.
The fourth part of my invention relates to the separate driving of each of the
colour boxes by moveable gearing from the first motion shaft of the machine.
The fifth part of my invention relates to the means of keeping the colour warm
and consists in applying Bunsen burners underneath the movable colour utensil.
The sixth part of my invention relates to a guiding board which is divided in the
centre and worked on a cross slide in and out to suit various widths of fabric by
means of a right and left hand screw, and having various angles or projections upon
it to guide the cloth also side abutments upon which is a cover so as to prevent the
cloth getting beyond the desired width.
The seventh part of my invention refers to the mixture of the metal or pigment
colours. I use gum dammai and spirits of turpentine dissolving them together and
adding pigment or metal colour to it to the consistency required.

page_text: to the Selvages of Velveteens and other Fabrics.
I EDWARD WEILD of 7 Weymouth Street, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1. is a front view of my improved machine
Fig. 2. is a right hand and Fig. 3. a left hand side view of the same. Fig. 4. is a
plan view of the tension rail frame shewn in Fig. 1. Fig. 5. is an enlarged plan
view of the endless band pulleys shewing also the adjustable mounting and gearing,
and Fig. 6. is an enlarged front view of the improved color box and mechanism
connected therewith.
The first part of my invention relates to the guiding of the fabric through the
machine and also to the plaiting down of the fabric after it is operated upon.
This I accomplish by passing the fabric z. first under and over tension rails a. a.
either attached to the machine or placed in a fixed or travelling frame b. imme-
diately behind the machine, or in some cases between the tension rails I mount
rollers covered with india rubber or other suitable strips arranged in contrary
spiral directions from the centre as indicated by roller a¹ in plan view Fig 4.
The fabric then passes over the measure rail c. which has adjustable guides c¹.
upon it to suit the varying widths of fabrics, and which measure rail is fixed to
the machine, after which it is taken hold of by a pair of endless bands d. d. made
of suitable material working in flange pulleys e. e. and which bands being driven
carry the cloth with its face downwards across the upper surface of the table A.
In its transit through the machine the fabric undergoes the printing operation as
hereinafter more particularly described and is then immediately afterwards taken
hold of by a driven card roller f. which releases the fabric from the endless bands,
then it passes on to another card roller f¹ also driven and so such fabric is carried
forward to the ordinary plaiting down motion. The pulleys e. e. carrying the
endless bands are mounted on a saddle e¹ working upon a cross slide e* and are
moved in and out to suit the various widths of fabrics by right and left hand
screw e³ working in nuts attached to the saddle and which saddle is worked by the
attendant from the front of the machine by means of hand wheel e, shaft e³ and
bevil wheels e6 or other suitable mechanical means. The flange pulleys e. e.
carrying the bands at the back of the machine are mounted on a stud e' working
in an eccentric bush e and which bush is suitably weighted by a weight suspended
upon the hooked arme so as to always keep the endless bands d. d. in proper
tension, the flange pulleys e. e. at the front of the machine are positively driven by'
means of a chain wheel e¹0 or other mechanical equivalent and receiving its motion
by an endless chain e" from the first motion shaft g. of the machine,

page_text: In this manner I secure the distending and guiding of the fabric to the greatest
nicety and so as to ensure the line or lines of color being imparted thereto exactly
parallel with the edge or selvage of the fabric.
The second part of my invention relates to the mounting of the color boxes and
compound slides on a cross slide h. which by means of a right and left hand
screw nuts, and hand wheel enables the attendant to move the whole in or
out to suit the various widths of fabric.
The first slide i of each color box which is at right angles with the machine
enables the attendant to withdraw either color box entirely away from the fabric
and out of gear with its driving wheel, consequently the machine can operate upon
one selvage at a time if requisite. Attached to the end of the screw i¹ working
this slide is a bevil wheel working into bevil wheels, one of which is mounted
on a movable stud so as to bring it in and out of gear at pleasure, the other bevil
wheel being attached to a back shaft and which shaft by means of a hand
wheel or other suitable mechanism thus enables the attendant to withdraw both
color boxes from their operation simultaneously. The next slide j. above is worked
by screw j and enables the attendant to adjust each color box independently to
accommodate the varying selvages which occur on one piece of fabric, that is to
say if one selvage of the fabric is "broad and the other "broad, by such
adjustment the printing can be uniform.
The third part of my invention relates to the color box and the improvements
consist first in the utensil k. that holds the color being separate and removable or
capable of being taken in and out at will and which has working in it a revolving
disturber or roller k¹ (see Fig. 6.) so as to cause the color to be kept mixed to one
consistency, the take up roller l. being positively driven by suitable gearing from
the first motion shaft g. and the disturbing roller k¹ by a strap from the take up
roller axle. The furnishing roller m. is positively driven by spur wheels m¹ and
has an adjustment in slides n. to regulate such contact between the take up roller l.
and brush and is also doctored with screw adjustable doctor to regulate the amount
of color to be laid on to the fabric. The brush o. (shewn in section upon an enlarged
scale in Fig. 7 and 8 representing a front and side view respectively) is revolved at
an accelerated speed (as indicated by the pitch lines of the spur wheels in Fig. 11.
which also illustrates how change wheels may be applied to driving the brush
spindle q.) beyond that at which the fabric is travelling between stencils o¹ and
such brush has springs o* (one shewn separately in Fig. 9.) made of spring steel or
suitable material and shape between each tuft of its bristles so that when the
pressure of the brush by laying the color on the fabric yields, the spring o' gives
as required and after the pressure is removed, the same spring brings the brush
back to its normal position, consequently the brush is always kept up to its work.
I also make brushes on an india rubber or other flexible material ring and spring
them into a grooved wheel or disc and make the bristles shorter, the flexible
material always yielding with the pressure and causing the bristles to keep up to
their work. I also cause the stencils o¹ to be mounted in a swinging frame p. (see
enlarged side view Fig. 10.) from the centre spindle of the furnishing roller m. and
positively drive them by gearing spur wheels m¹ at the same speed at which the
fabric is travelling, also tie them together with a cross bar m³ in front and through
the cross bar in front of color box I cause the stencils to be adjustable by screw m*
and make the holes in (or axles of) the stencils considerably larger than the
diameter of the spindle q. which drives the brush to allow the said stencils to be
regulated by the attendant and the screw m³ which regulates the amount of
brushing on of color to the fabric.
The fourth part of my invention relates to the separate driving of each of the
color boxes by movable or sliding gearing from the first motion shaft g. of the
machine, and consists of a spur wheel r. mounted in a slotted bracket or fork
at the back of color frame to allow the longitudinal motion and yet capable of

page_text: travelling along and receiving its motion from the said shaft which is either
squared or slotted for the purpose, and which spur wheel gears with the larger.
spur wheel indicated in Fig. 11.
The fifth part of my invention relates to the means of keeping the color warm
and consists in applying Bunsen burners s. underneath the movable color utensil k.
(see Fig. 6).
The sixth part of my invention relates to a guiding board which is divided in
the centre and worked on a cross slide by means of right and left hand screw
and having various angles or projections upon it to guide the cloth, also side
abutments upon which is a cover so as to prevent the cloth getting beyond the
desired width.
The seventh part of my invention refers to the mixture of the metal or pigment
colors used in producing stripes of coloring upon fabrics with this class of machine.
I use gum dammar and spirits of turpentine dissolving them together and adding
pigment or metal color to it to the consistency required.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st The general arrangement and combination of mechanism substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.
2nd The improved arrangement and combination of mechanism constituting
a tension frame with measuring rails for bringing the fabric to its required width
and with or without rollers or scrolls formed of india rubber strips or other suitable
material substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.
3rd The mounting of the endless printing bands upon flange pulleys, the back
pulleys being mounted on eccentric bushes attached to a saddle working on cross
slide having a right and left hand screw adjustable motion and method of driving
substantially as and for the purposes berein before described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.
4tb The arrangement of and mode of driving the rollers for conducting the cloth
after being operated upon substantially as and for the purposes herein before
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
5th The mounting of the color boxes on a compound slide and cross slide motions
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the
accompanying drawing.
6th The improved removable color boxes substantially.as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
7th The use and application of change wheels for altering the speed of the color
brushes substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.
8th The method of driving each of the color boxes by carrying its main driver
with it substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.
9th The improved arrangement and combination of mechanism giving a separate
and simultaneous adjustment of one or both color boxes substantially as and
for the purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
10th The improved color brush with its side plates and springs substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
11th The improved stencils driven by positive driving and mounted in swing
frames with spring and screw adjustments substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.

page_text: 12th The movable or fixed color dishes in combination with the brush agitator
for keeping the color a proper consistency, substantially as and for the purposes
herein before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
13th The improved mixture for use with this class of machine and for imparting
stripes of color to fabrics substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicant.