An Improved Machine for use in the Stamping, Embossing, or Printing of Marks, Patterns, or Initials on the Selvedges or Lists of Woollen, Cotton, Silk, or other Knitted or Woven or Felted Fabrics.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1890
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Apr., 1891-Accepted, 23rd May 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for use in the Stamping, Embossing, or
Printing of Marks, Patterns, or Initials on the Selvedges or
Lists of Woollen, Cotton, Silk, or other Knitted or Woven
or Felted Fabrics.
I, FRANCIS FRYER ABBEY of Salendine Nook Huddersfield Agent, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
I propose to make a box or vessel, which shall be divided across the centre,
from one side, to within about one-fourth the distance of the other side, in order
that any liquid which may be poured in, shall have equal access to both sides.
The said division shall be about half an inch wide. The box or vessel shall have a
lid or cover, which shall also be divided across the centre, in the same manner as
the box or vessel, .upon, or into which it shall be made to fit. The division to
admit of the free passage of one side or edge of the cloth or fabric, to which is
attached the selvedge or list to be stamped, etc. In the centre of each division of
the said lid of the box or vessel, shall be a rimmed opening, of such size, and pro-
portion, and strength, as shall admit of a circular upright roller, and large enough
to enable each roller to slide about half an inch back within the opening, or to
close near enough together, so as to meet across the aforesaid division, or opening
up the centre of the box or vessel. The axle of each of the two rollers shall rest
or slide upon the aforesaid rims on either side, which shall be gaped sufficiently
wide to admit of the axles sliding backwards or forwards as aforesaid. A further
lid shall rest upon each of the two rims, reaching over the rollers, in such manner
as shall best prevent the fumes, if any, of the liquid passing upwards from the box
or vessel. Attached to either end of the axles, and within which the axles shall be
able to run, shall be two arms, working along the outer side of the rims which are
raised above the aforesaid lid or cover of the box, joining or uniting together at the
back of the rims, upon which arms, which are flattened for the purpose, shall be
fixed on either side, supports, which shall bend, or hang over, in such a manner,
and at such an angle, as to carry, or either side an iron box, which shall be
suspended, immediately over each of the rollers, so that the boxes, being moved by
the same arms as the rollers may touch at the same point of contact, or be with-
drawn to the same distance. The iron box which shall be provided with a lid at
the top, shall hold an iron-heater, and shall be smoothed on the outer sides, between
which the selvedges shall pass. At the axles, or at the junctions of the arms
behind the rims, shall be fixed a spring or springs, in such manner as shall enable
the rollers, each or both, and the iron-boxes, each or both, to give, or spring back,
when any unevenness in the selvedge may make it necessary, recovering its position
when the obstacle is past. The rollers and iron-boxes at either end of the selvedges
may be closed or opened by a shaft with contrary screws, from a point nearest or
most convenient to the operator. Two such machines as above described shall be
fixed upon each end of a board or table, long enough for the widest cloth to be
operated upon, which board or table, shall have an opening down the middle about
2 or 3 inches wide, and of such length as will admit, when the machines are fixed,
of the passing through of the widest cloth. The two machines at either end of the
board shall be attached by arms passing down through the slit in the board or
table, and connected by a contrary threaded shaft, upon which a wheel or handle
shall be fixed convenient to the operator, who shall be able by that means to
regulate the distance between the two opposite machines according to the width of
the cloth to be operated upon. The cloth shall be held tight and straight by

page_text: means of rollers fixed beneath the board or table, before the cloth passes through
the machines, and after it has passed above and beyond the level of the iron
boxes.
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FRANCIS FRYER ABBEY.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for use in the Stamping, Embossing, or
Printing of Marks, Patterns, or Initials on the Selvedges or
Lists of Woollen, Cotton, Silk, or other Knitted or Woven
or Felted Fabrics.
I, FRANCIS FRYER ABBEY, of Salendine Nook, Huddersfield, in the County of
York, Commercial Traveller, 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 object of my invention is to construct and arrange a machine for stamping,
embossing, or printing marks, patterns or initials, on woven or felted fabrics, whilst
being unwound from one beam onto another.
In order that this invention may be better understood, I will now make reference
to the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, wherein
Fig. 1 is end elevation of a machine constructed according to my invention,
and Fig. 2 is front elevation of the same.
A represents the end framework. The fabric is first of all wound upon the
beam B and placed into suitable bearings, and from this beam it is unwound onto
another beam C, and in its passage or whilst travelling from one beam to the other
the selvedges or lists are printed or marked as required. The principal features of
my invention comprise the marking devices and parts connected therewith, of which
there are two sets, one set for printing upon each selvedge of the fabric. The
apparatus consists of two boxes D and E heated to a suitable temperature by gas
or other media entering through the feed pipes F. At a suitable position under
the heat boxes D and E is mounted a tray G divided as shewn in section and plan
view Fig. 3 for receiving the printing ink or other marking liquid in which are a
pair of discs or rollers H H having on their periphery the marks or designs
employed for marking the selvedge or list of the fabric, and underneath the ink
tray is a pair of feed rollers I, I, shewn clearly in Fig. 4, which is an enlarged
elevation of the parts just enumerated, Fig. 5 being plan view thereof, Fig. 6 side
view, and Fig. 7 a section through the line 1-2 in Fig. 4. The fabric of which
the selvedges or lists have to be marked, travels from beam B to beam C, and
passes between the two sets of feed rollers, I, I, up between the divided ink trays G
and between the discs H H, which imprint the marks upon both selvedges of the
fabric. The selvedges of the fabric thus marked pass up between the two sets of
heated boxes D and E, whereby the ink is dried before being wound upon the
winding on beam C, and when the mark figure design &c. is formed upon its
selvedge by means of diluted nitric acid, the heat of the said boxes kills or destroys
the acid before it has time to burn or damage the cloth. The heated boxes D
and E are connected by bolts a to brackets or standards J provided with dovetailed
feet b, and made so as to permit of a slightly endwise movement to allow the heated
boxes to be drawn further apart, the dovetailed feed b of the said standards sliding
(when made) in the ways or paths c of the tray G wherein it is secured by dies d.
The trays G are capable of sliding in dovetailed grooves e formed in the bed
plate extending across the machine, such trays G being moved laterally by
means of a right and left hand screw L working in nuts M attached to the trays G
such screw being operated by bevel wheels N, this lateral movement being required
to move the two sets of trays and heated boxes nearer together or further apart, to
allow different widths of cloth to be operated upon. In order to remove the

page_text: printing rollers H from contact with the cloth whilst the machine is not at work, I
employ a pair of antifriction pulleys, one of such being connected to each of the
standards J, so that when the two pulleys are forced asunder as hereinafter explained,
the standards and heated boxes are likewise forced apart, thereby removing
the printing pulleys from contact with the cloth. The pulleys are forced apart by
means of a vertical rod P supported and kept steady by brackets Q attached to the
standards J, such vertical rod carrying at the upper end a small pulley g, so that
when the strap fork rod R is moved towards the left in Fig. 2, for the purpose of
placing the strap onto the loose pulley to stop the machine, such end wise movement
of the rod R causes the inclines formed on brackets i attached to the said strap
fork rod to engage with the small pulleys g. y. on the upper end of the vertical
rods P in such manner as to gradually force down the said vertical rods P, the
lower ends of which are tapered or of ▼ shape, whereby the said taper ends pass
between the two small friction pulleys and force them apart, but the standards J
and parts connected thereto are brought together again by spiral springs m shewn
clearly in Fig. 7.
In order to allow for inequalities of the cloth passing between the printing
rollers, I mount such rollers in slotted bearings in the standards J, the said rollers
being kept in contact with the cloth by means of flat springs k attached to each
standard, these springs being clearly shewn in Figs. 4 and 6.
When restarting this machine, it is considered advisable to draw back the cloth
a little distance, in order that the portion of the roller which has been stood out of
the printing medium and is therefore dry may be rotated out of contact with the
cloth and thereby allow the portion in the trough to be brought against the cloth
so that the printing shall recommence where it was broken off when the machine
was stopped. For this purpose I mount a ratchet wheel S on the end of the
beam B on which is also pivoted a lever T carrying a pawl so that by drawing
this lever towards the front of the machine the beam B is slightly rotated so as to
draw back the cloth the required distance, and in order to bring the said beam to
an immediate stand I mount a brake pulley U (see Fig. 8) on the end of the shaft
carrying the beam B, the strap on the said brake pulley being applied by means of
the lever V shewn in Fig. 1.
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In Fig. 9 I shew a modification of the means for sliding endwise the two sets of
heated boxes and parts connected therewith. The subdivided troughs G are
connected by brackets to the nuts M on the right and left hand screws L and L'
which it will be seen are separate from each other and are supported centrally of
the machine by a rod L² the ends of which enter into the hollow ends of the
screws, the rod L2 being supported by a bracket secured to the bed plate of the
machine, and on the underside of said bracket is mounted a disc L³ having cranked
arms L connected eccentrically thereto, whose opposite ends are connected to the
right and left hand screws respectively.
By operating the disc L³ the screws L and L¹ will be moved to the right or left
as the case may be and thus rapidly remove the heated boxes and parts connected
thereto, bodily away from or towards the selvedge of the piece. In order that
each trough and its parts may be moved independently of each other as may be
required when the piece is not wound on the centre of the beam or from other
causes, I provide hand wheels on the ends of the screws L, L', or nuts and keys
may be employed by operating either of which the trough attached to the nut on
said screw will be moved laterally.
In Fig. 10 I show how the heated boxes and parts may be forced asunder by
means of a horizontal lever which is operated by a bar P, the latter being in turn
operated by any suitable mechanical contrivance, whilst the rod P² operates a
similar lever at the opposite end of the machine.
Where the pattern or design is larger or the distance between the designs is
greater than the diameter of the printing rollers, I employ a thin metal strip
perforated with the design to be printed which, said strip travels around one of the
feed rollers I printing rollers H, and around a small pulley placed in any suitable

page_text: position according to the length of the strap, a second strap if necessary passing
around the other feed and printing rollers.
By the employment of apparatus such as that herein shewn and described, both
the lists or selvedges of a fabric can be marked simultaneously with suitable
devices or designs, which will be found of great advantage to manufacturers and
merchants.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
Firstly. In a machine for marking the selvedges or lists of fabrics, the use of
revolving marking rollers such as H made to revolve in a trough or other printing
medium as described.
Secondly. In a machine for marking the selvedges or lists of fabrics, the use of
revolving marking rollers H revolving in a trough containing ink or other printing
medium in combination with one or two heated boxes D, E, in manner substantially
as described and shewn in the drawings.
Thirdly. In a machine for marking the selvedges or lists of fabrics, the use of
revolving marking rollers, an ink or printing trough subdivided to permit the
travelling fabric, to pass through in combination with heated boxes, together with
means for opening out or separating the parts whilst the machine is at a standstill,
all as described.
Fourthly. The general arrangement and construction of machine substantially as
herein shewn and described for stamping, embossing, or printing marks, patterns, or
initials on selvedges or lists of woollen, cotton, silk or other knitted or woven or
felted fabrics.
Dated thi~ 1-4
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TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Huddersfield, Agents.