A NEW (OR IMPROVED) MACHINE FOR PRINTING ON PAPER, FLOORCLOTHS, AND WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Hummerston, of Leeds, in the County
of York, for the Invention of "A NEW (OR IMPROVED) MACHINE FOR
PRINTING ON PAPER, FLOORCLOTHS, AND WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR
FELTED FABRICS."
Sealed the 23rd May 1876, and dated the 29th November 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Hummerston at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th November 1875.
I, JAMES HUMMERSTON, of Leeds, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "A NEW (OR IMPROVED)
MACHINE FOR PRINTING ON PAPER, FLOORCLOTHS, AND WOOLLEN OR OTHER
WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to print patterns of any description,
or design, or colour, on wall papers, and to produce an effect equal to
hand stained or printed work; also to print patterns of any description,
design, or colour on floorcloths, or on woollen or other woven or felted
fabrics, saving thereby much time and skilled labour, and is as hereafter
described.

page_text: Between suitable framework I fix a table, over which is made to
travel a sheet, motion being given thereto from suitable motive power.
One or both rollers over which the sheet is made to travel, is or are
made adjustable by suitable regulating screws in order to give the sheet
the required tension. Above the table I mount a beam, the ends of t
which are fitted to slide freely in bearings on the framework. To this
beam is attached a carrier, in which is fixed the block containing the
pattern. This block may be of the ordinary construction to that used
in ordinary hand printing.
An intermittent vertical reciprocating motion is given to the beam to 1
which the carrier is attached by preference through the medium of a
cam or heart-motion arrangement, motion being given to the cam or
heart arrangement from suitable motive power.
In order to put the required amount of colouring matter on the
block previous to the impression being made I provide a sliding table 1
on which is deposited the colouring matter, and spread thereupon by
means of rollers in a similar manner to those used on the ordinary
printing or lithographic machines.
The roller containing the paper, cloth, or other woven or felted fabric
to be operated upon is mounted in any convenient position in bearings
on the framework so as to revolve freely.
The paper, cloth, or other felted or woven fabric is drawn from the
roller by friction rollers or other convenient arrangement.
The required reciprocating horizontal motion is given to the sliding
table by preference from a cam or heart-motion arrangement, and a
transmitted thereto through suitable gearing.
The colouring matter may be fed to the colouring rollers by means of
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Hummerston in the Great Seal Patent Office 30
on the 29th May 1876.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the
thirty-ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said James Hummerston, Her
special licence that I, the said James Hummerston, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Hummerston, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all
times thercafter during the term therein expressed, should and law-
fully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ircland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man,
an Invention for "A NEW (OR IMPROVED) MACHINE FOR PRINTING ON
PAPER, FLOOR CLOTHS, AND WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James Hummerston,
my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same
to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
•
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Hummerston, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The object of my Invention is to print patterns of any description,
or design, or colour, on wall papers, and to produce an effect equal to
hand stained or printed work; also to print patterns of any description
design, or colour on floorcloths, or on woollen or other woven or felted
fabrics, saving thereby much time and skilled labour, and the Invention
is as hereafter described.
Between suitable framework I fix a table, over which is made to
travel a sheet, motion being given thereto from suitable motive power.
One or both rollers, over which the sheet is made to travel, is or are
made adjustable by suitable regulating screws in order to give the sheet
the required tension. Above the table I mount a beam, the ends of

page_text: which are fitted to slide freely in bearings on the framework. To the
beam is attached a carrier, in which is fixed the block containing the
pattern. This block may be of the ordinary construction to that used in
ordinary hand printing.
An intermittent vertical reciprocating motion is given to the beam to
which the carrier is attached by preference through the medium of a
cam or heart-motion arrangement, motion being given to the cam or
heart arrangement from suitable motive power.
In order to put the required amount of colouring matter on the
block previous to the impression being made I provide a sliding table, ]
on which is deposited the colouring matter, and spread thereupon by
means of rollers in a similar manner to those used on the ordinary
printing or lithographic machines.
The roller containing the paper, cloth, or other woven or felted
fabrics to be operated upon is mounted in any convenient position in 1
bearings on the framework so as to revolve freely.
The paper, cloth, or other felted or woven fabric is drawn from the
roller by friction rollers or other convenient arrangement.
The required reciprocating horizontal motion is given to the sliding
table by preference from a cam or heart-motion arrangement, and 2
transmitted thereto through suitable gearing.
The colouring matter may be fed to the colouring rollers by means of
a hopper or other convenient means.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood,
reference is given to the accompanying three Sheets of Drawings and 2

page_text: Between suitable framework a I fix a table b, as shewn. The table b
is recessed at the top, as shewn at c, and inlaid with india-rubber or
other elastic substance. Over the table 6 I cause to travel a sheet d,
passing over the rollers e and f.
The manner in which I obtain the required intermittent motion will
be hereafter described :-The shaft y on which the roller e is mounted
is made to run in adjustable bushes which are fitted into the slots i so
as to slide freely; and in order to adjust the roller e I provide the
regulating screws J, which may be actuated by the attendant through
the hand wheel K.
And in order to give the required pressure for drawing the paper or other
fabric off the coil I regulate the roller in a vertical direction in the
m is another roller mounted
same manner as arranged for the roller e.
in fixed bearings over the roller f, the required pressure being put on by
the regulating screws; intermittently the paper or other fabric is pulled
between them on the travelling sheet d. This intermittent motion may
be transferred when preferred to the roller e, it being provided with a
vertical regulating arrangement, and also an upper roller similar to m.
Above the table 6 I mount a beam n, the ends of which are fitted to
slide freely in bearings on the framework a, as shewn at o. The loose
slips pare for the purpose of more readily adjusting the beam n to the
greatest nicety. To this beam n is attached a carrier q; by means of
the pillars the blocks is fixed in the carrier q containing the pattern.
This block & may be of the ordinary construction to that used in the
ordinary hand printing.
In order to give a vertical intermittent reciprocating motion I provide
the cam or heart-motion arrangement t, which is keyed on the shaft u,
being mounted in bearings on the framework a, as shewn. At the ends
of the beam n are provided studs v, which pass through the frame-
work a; on the ends of these studs v are fitted so as to revolve freely in
the internal cams t the runners 10.
A continuous rotary motion is imparted to the shaft " from some
suitable motive power. This motion being imparted to the cams & they
transmit through the studs v a vertical intermittent reciprocating
motion, which is conveyed from thence to the carrier q through the
pillars or slide bars 7. In order to ensure perfectly vertical and true

page_text: action of the carrier 9 I cause the pillars to slide within the guides a
which are attached to the framework a.
The intermittent motion is imparted to the travelling sheet and to the
material being operated upon from the revolving shaft u, on which is
mounted an eccentric y or its equivalent, from which the motion is
transmitted by the connecting rod z, ratchet arrangement 1 (which is of
ordinary construction), and gearing 2. The traverse of the sheet and
material may be regulated by adjusting the position of the connecting
rod in the ratchet lever 1, or by adopting a system of change
wheels.
In order to give the required amount of colouring matter on to the
blocks previous to the impression being made I provide a sliding
table 3, which may be constructed in a similar manner to tables used on
ordinary printing machines. After the colour passes from the hopper 4
and on to the table 3, it is spread on to the table 3 by the rollers 5
in a similar manner to that on ordinary printing and lithographic
machines.
Instead of the hopper a revolving colour brush may be employed, this
revolving brush being continuously charged with colour and placed in
such a position that its colour may be transferred to the rollers and
thence to the table.
An intermittent reciprocating motion is imparted to the table 3 from
a cam or heart-motion arrangement 6, it being transmitted thereto
through bell-cranked lever 7, connecting rod 8, spur segment 9, and
gearing 10 which works in the rack 11 on the table.
When greater widths of material are to be printed a lateral movement
as well as a vertical intermittent reciprocating motion is given, and in
order to do this I provide a saddle 12, which is made to slide under-
neath the beam 13. To this saddle 12 is attached the carrier 9 by
means of the pillars 14, and in order to give the required lateral motion
I mount in suitable bearings on the saddle 12 the shaft 15, on which is
keyed the spur pinion 16 which gears into the rack 17 on the beam 13,
as shewn; on the outer end of the shaft is provided a hand wheel 18,
whereby the attendant can traverse the saddle 12 on the beam 13.
In order to regulate the distance traversed or to prevent the saddle
12 being traversed too far, I provide the stop 19, which can be fixed in
any required position in the T groove 20.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and shewn
by Drawings how the same may be carried into effect, I would have it
understood that I do not limit myself to the exact limits, details, or con-
figuration of the various parts I have explained and shewn, as the same
may be varied or modified without departing from the nature of my
Invention; but what I do claim and desire to be secured to me by the
in part recited Letters Patent is, the arrangement, construction, and
combination of the various parts forming the machine for printing
patterns of any design or colour on wall papers, floorcloths, or on
woollen or other woven or felted fabrics, and any mere modifications of
the same, substantially as herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Hummerston, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of May, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
six.