Improvements in Witney Cloth and in the Method of and Apparatus for Producing such Cloth.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 19th June, 1890-Accepted, 26th July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Witney Cloth and in the Method of and Apparatus
for Producing such Cloth.
We, ARTHUR BREARLEY, and ROBERT BREARLEY, of the firm of Robert Brearley
and Son, Woollen Manufacturers, of Batley, in the County of York, do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
We make the ordinary witney machine twice the width and mount a feed consisting
of standards or bearings carrying a drawing roller and a brake roller, placed at two
opposite corners of the machine so that the cloth to be witneyed is fed in from one
corner of the machine and delivered at the opposite corner of same and is acted upon
by the witney bars diagonally whilst in a stretched state, the witney finish to the
piece being diagonal instead of straight as heretofore.
The brake and drawing rollers are preferably driven by worm, wormnwheel and
shaft from the driving or other shaft of the machine or by other suitable gear or
mechanism.
Dated this 8th day of January 1890.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Witney Cloth and in the Method of and Apparatus
for Producing such Cloth.
We ARTHUR BREARLEY and ROBERT BREARLEY, of the firm of Robert Brearley
and Son, Woollen Manufacturers Batley in the County of York, 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 :-
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Witney Cloth and in the Method of and Apparatus
for Producing such Cloth.
We ARTHUR BREARLEY and ROBERT BREARLEY, of the firm of Robert Brearley
and Son, Woollen Manufacturers Batley in the County of York, 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 :-
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is a plan of witney machine with our improvements applied.
Fig. 2. is a side elevation of Fig. 1.
We construct the ordinary witney machine of greater width, upon which is mounted
a shaft A, upon this shaft at each end is a cranked pulley or eccentric B, connected to
the box (in which are fixed the witneying bars D) by connecting rods E, for
giving the necessary witneying motion to the said witney bars D.
The cranked pulleys B being driven by a belt B' from the main or other driving
shaft.
Upon the underside of the witneying bars D, is attached india-rubber and cotton
cord, for putting the required witney finish upon the cloth or other fabric.
At one corner of the machine are suitable standards or bearings F carrying a brake
and feed roller G covered with cards to give the necessary tension to the fabric
passing through the machine; the cloth or other fabric H passes over this feed roller
diagonally across the machine, and over a second or drawing roller J also covered
with cards; motion is given to this drawing roller by means of worms K and worm
wheels L, driven from the main or other driving shaft M.
Upon motion being imparted to the cranked pulleys, they give the necessary motion
to the witneying bars D, by means of the connecting rods E, which bars operate upon
the cloth diagonally whilst passing through the machine in a stretched state, thus
causing the witney finish upon the cloth to be diagonal instead of straight as
heretofore.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The manufacture of a diagonal witney cloth, such as described.
2. Passing the cloth to be witneyed across the machine diagonally as and for the
purposes such as shown and described.
3. The general arrangement and construction of apparatus for the purposes such as
shown and described.
Dated this Eighteenth day of June 1890.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicants.