An Improved Apparatus for Measuring Piece Lengths of Textile Fabrics in Rolls or Bales.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 16th Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
An Improved Apparatus for Measuring Piece Lengths of Textile
Fabrics in Rolls or Bales.
I MARTIN CHRISTIAN JOSEPHSEN, Merchant, of Steindamm 41 Hamburg
Germany, 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 this apparatus is to enable piece lengths of rolled up textile fabric
whether of circular or oblong shape to be quickly and accurately measured without
the necessity of unrolling the bale.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings :
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus,
Fig. 2 a front elevation the inside of the case being partly shown and
Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the apparatus to a smaller scale fixed to a
table and in use.
The case a enclosed on all sides is supported by the foot a² which is provided
with an opening k for the insertion of a screw clamp h (Fig. 3). In the case a is
pivoted the spindle 6 supporting the roller 62 on which the tape measure c is wound.
By rotating the crank d the tape measure is wound on the roller. The free end of
the tape measure is drawn through a polished metal tube e with a conical point and
is provided with a hook g. At a short distance from: the reduced end of the tube
is a fixed circular disc f
The method of working is as follows:
In order to ascertain the exact length of a piece length, for example in the form
of a bale, the apparatus is fastened by means of the screw clamp to the edge of a
table and the free end of the tape measure is attached to the inside end of the bale i
to be measured which end will be approximately in the centre of the end of the
bale. The hook g serves for the attachment or a pin may be used. The handle e
is then grasped and its conical end is thrust, up to the disc f into the bale at the
point where the attachment is made. Without again withdrawing the point the
windings of the edges of the material which can be seen from the outside are
followed whereby the tape measure unwinding from its reel in the case is laid flat
between the layers of the material. When the outer end of the material is reached
the length of the piece may be read on the tape and the tape is then wound up
again by rotation of the crank d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. An apparatus for the measurement of piece lengths of textile fabrics
characterised by a fixed case a with a tape measure reel 62 rotatable therein,
combined with a polished metal tube e serving as a handle and having a conical
end with a disc fixed round it through which the tape measure c is drawn
substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 2. The arrangement and construction of apparatus for measuring piece lengths of
textile fabrics in rolls or bales substantially as described and shown in the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 9th day of September 1895.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.