Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Milling Woollen or other Woven or Felted Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th June, 1892-Accepted, 13th Aug.. 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Milling Woollen
or other Woven or Felted Fabrics.
We, URBAN BENTLEY, DAVID BENTLEY, and JOHN BENTLEY, all of Queen
Street, Ravensthorpe, near Leeds, in the County of York, Millwrights, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
Hitherto the rollers of milling machines have been made with a flange in either
the upper or lower roller, for the purpose of keeping the cloth in position as it
passes through or between the said rollers.
By our improvements we are enabled to dispense with the said flanges which are
expensive to make.
According to our invention we mount the rollers in such a manner that the ends
of the rollers revolve against or close to the inner sides of what is termed the spout
ends, which spout ends may conveniently be made of pottery, and are continued
past the above mentioned milling rollers so as to project on each side ahead
of same.
The forward portion or feed end of the spout known as the mouthpiece we make
of a pointed form, so as to enter closer and farther back between the rollers,
and the outer sides of this mouthpiece fits between the inner sides of the
spout ends.
By the above means the fabric is fed through the mouthpiece, which being of
smaller diameter than the width of the spout, keeps the fabric in the centre of same
and the pointed ends of the mouthpiece allow of the fabric being guided almost
until it is nipped between or by the said rollers. After passing between the rollers
the fabric passes between a lid-plate and a tongue-plate, which may conveniently be
made of pottery, and then on through the spout.
By our invention more regularity is obtained, and the great cost of making
flanged rollers is also obviated.
Dated this 18th day of November 1891.
URBAN BENTLEY,
DAVID BENTLEY,
JOHN BENTLEY,
By Brewer & Son,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Machinery for Milling Woollen
or other Woven or Felted Fabrics.
We, URBAN BENTLEY, DAVID BENTLEY, and JOHN BENTLEY, all of Queen
Street, Ravensthorpe, near Leeds, in the County of York, Millwrights, 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:
Hitherto the rollers of milling machines have been made with flanges on either
the upper or lower roller for the purpose of keeping the cloth in position as it
passes through or between the said rollers.
By the use of our improvements hereafter described, more regularity is obtained
in working, whilst at the same time, we are enabled to dispense with the herein-
before mentioned flanges, which are very expensive to manufacture. According to
our invention, we mount the rollers in such a manner that the ends of the rollers
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page_text: revolve against or close to the inner sides of what is termed the "spout ends,"
which spout ends may conveniently be made of pottery, and are continued past the
above mentioned milling rollers so as to project on each side ahead of same.
The forward portion or feed end of the spout known as the mouthpiece we make
of a pointed form, so as to enter closer and further back between the rollers,
and the outer sides of this mouthpiece fit between the inner sides of the
spout ends.
By the above means the fabric is fed through the mouthpiece, which being of
smaller diameter than the width of the spout, such mouthpiece keeps the fabric in
the centre of said spout, and the pointed ends of the mouthpiece allow of the fabric
being guided almost until it is nipped between or by the said rollers.
After passing through the rollers, the fabric passes between a lid-plate and a
tongue-plate, which may conveniently be made of pottery, and then on through
the spout.
In order that our invention may be more fully understood, reference is given
to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters refer to like parts in all the
figures.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation shewing part of a milling machine;
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan;
Fig. 3 is an end view with the front guide roller removed; and
Fig. 4 shews a part plan, all with our improvements applied thereto.
A A' are the milling rollers, which are mounted in the ordinary way upon their
respective shafts B B¹. C is the spout having its ends prolonged on each side of
the rollers A A' at C and C. On either side between the spout ends C¹ C³
and the rollers A. A' are linings or plates D D which may conveniently be made
of pottery, or the spout ends may come against the rollers themselves, and may be
made of pottery or other suitable material. E E' are lugs on the linings or
plates DD, which lugs pass through suitable apertures in the spout ends, whereby
such linings or plates are secured in their proper positions by cotters E² on the
outside of the spout C. F is the spout lid, which is fulcrumed on the shaft B by
means of the frame G, and on the underside of the lid F is situated the lining or lid
plate, which may be made of pottery and secured to the lid F by its lug F* and
cotter F H is the bottom of the spout, to which is fitted the lining or tongue plate H¹,
which may be made of pottery, such lining or plate being secured in position by its
lug H2 and cotter H. J is the mouthpiece having shoulders J which bear against
the spout ends C₁ C, such mouthpiece being provided with pointed ends J which
enter close to and between the rollers A A. The interior of the mouthpiece J is
rounded at its end which comes close to the rollers, and such mouth may be either
circular. or elliptical as desired. K is a frame for supporting the mouthpiece J,
which frame K may be made of any light structure, as the strain on the mouth-
piece J is received by the spout ends CC, and consequently the heavy "spectacle
usually employed is dispensed with.
"
By constructing the herein before mentioned plates D D', F and H as shewn
in the drawings, and making same of pottery or other suitable material, the cost is
considerably reduced.
The fabric to be milled is fed in through the mouthpiece J, which being rounded
at its end nearest the rollers A. A' rolls such fabric together, and the pointed
ends J of the mouthpiece guide the fabric to and between the rollers A A', such
fabric being kept between the said rollers during the milling operation by the
linings or plates D D', or by the spout ends C¹ themselves. The fabric after
leaving the rollers A A' is pressed between the lid plate F¹ and tongue plate H',
after which it passes through and out of the spout C.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In inilling machines, the employment of extended spout ends, situated at each

page_text: side of the milling rollers for the purpose of keeping the material in position,
substantially as herein set forth.
2. In milling machines, the employment of stationary plates made of pottery
or other suitable material, situated at each side of the milling rollers, for the
purpose of keeping the material in position, substantially as herein set forth.
3. In milling machines, the employment of a mouthpiece, having a rounded interior
and pointed ends, substantially as and for purposes herein set forth.
4. In milling machines, the employment of a lid-plate and tongue-plate, made of
pottery or other suitable material, substantially as herein set forth.
5. In milling machines, the employment of plates, made of pottery or other
suitable material, such plates having lugs thereon, which pass through suitable
parts of the machine and are fastened on the outer side by cotters, substantially as
and for purposes herein set forth.
6. In milling machines, the employment of a mouthpiece, having shoulders
thereon which fit and rest against the spout ends, such mouthpiece being supported
by a suitable frame, substantially as and for purposes herein set forth.
7. The arrangement, construction, and combination of the various parts, forming
our improvements in or connected with milling machines, substantially as and for
purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 30th day of June 1805
BREWER & SON,
London and Leeds, Agents for Applicants.