MACHINERY TO BRUSH CUT PILE FABRICS SUCH AS VELVETS VELVETEENS AND CORDUROYS
Year: 1884

page_text: and Corduroys.
I, FREDERIC BARKER of 9 Park Grove Cornbrook Manchester, Mechanical
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for MACHINERY TO BRUSH
CUT PILE FABRICS SUCH AS VELVETS VELVETEENS AND CORDUROYS to be as
follows:-
My invention consists of rotary brushes revolving and traversing in a direction
at right angles to course of the fabric in passing through the machine.
The machine is so arranged that the direction of revolution of the brushes may
be reversed as the brushes reach the edges of the fabric in traversing to either side,
this is effected by a simple strap guide to fast and loose pulleys on the shaft which
drives the brushes, and is worked by the traversing motion. The traversing motion
is caused by means of cranks and connecting levers, these traversing motions move
only alternately in the same direction as while No. 1 is moving from the right side
of fabric to the centre No. 2 is moving from left side of fabric to the centre and
vice versa. The fabric is worked upon by the brushes as it passes over a number
of rollers, each bearing roller having its own brushes and traversing motion, the
fabric is bound or stretched over binding rollers placed between the bearing rollers,
it is thus held firmly while being acted upon by the brushes, it is drawn through
the machine by means of carded rollers and plaited down in the usual way.
Dated this second day of December 1901.

page_text: and Corduroys.
I, FREDERIC BARKER, of 9 Park Grove, Cornbrook, Manchester, in the county
of Lancashire, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for BRUSHING CUT PILE FABRICS SUCH AS VELVETS, VELVETEENS & CORDUROYS
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
My invention consists of rotary brashes revolving and traversing in a direction
at right-angles to the course of the fabric in passing through the machine.
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The machine is so arranged, that the direction of revolution of the brushes may
be reversed as the brushes reach the edges of the fabric on either side. This is
effected by a simple strap-guide on fast and loose pulleys, worked by the traversing 1
motion or by a grooved cam. The traversing motion is caused by means of cranks
and connecting levers. These motions move only alternately in the same direction;
as while N° 1 is moving from the right side of fabric to the left side, N° 2 is
moving from the left side to the right side; and vice versa.
The fabric is worked upon by the brushes, as it passes over a number of rollers; 1
each bearing roller having its own brushes and traversing motion. The cloth is
bound or tightened by means of binding rollers placed between the bearing rollers;
thus holding it firmly while being acted upon by the brushes. It is drawn through
the machine, by means of a carded roller, and plaited down in the usual way.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried 2
into effect, I will proceed to describe the accompanying drawings; reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end view of a machine for brushing Cut
Pile Fabrics; such as Velvets, Velveteens, and Corduroys.
The fabric a, is conducted to the binding rollers b, (Fig. 1) over which it passes
and is acted upon by the circular brushes c, which revolve and traverse in a
direction at right-angles to the course of the fabric. The fabric is drawn through
the machine by means of a carded roller d, from which it passes to another roller 6,
and is plaited down in the usual way, Fig. 2 is a section of the machine showing
the manner in which the brushes c are fixed in the traversing slide blocks f; the
traversing motion being effected by means of the cranked shaft g, which is
connected to the lever h, coupled to the slide blocks ƒ by a pin and joint f¹; the
bottom end of lever h having a slot which fits on to cross shaft i; which shaft acts
as a pivot for the lever h. The cranks g are made so that the traversing motions
may work alternately; as while one is passing from right to left, the next is
passing from left to right. A revolving motion is imparted to the brushes c
(Fig. 1) by means of small pulleys c¹ which are driven by belts from pulleys on
cross shaft. The direction of revolution of the brushes may be reversed when
the brushes reach the edges of the fabric, by means of a cam k on draw roller d,
working on lever 1, coupled to strap-fork m. This fork moves the strap from
pulley n¹, across loose pulley n³, and on to pulley n³ keyed on to bush o; on end
of which is keyed the wheel p, gearing into wheel on end of cross shaft i,

page_text: It will be seen that when the strap is running on pulley n¹, the cross shaft i will
revolve in an opposite direction to that when the strap is moved by the cam k on
to the outside pulley n³.
Motion is imparted to the machine by means of pulleys q¹ on shaft q. On this
shaft the pulley q³ drives by belt to the pulleys n¹, n³, n³, on shaft n The toothed
wheels p, and n, gear into wheel on shaft i. The pulleys ¹ drive the circular
brushes c by means of belt c². The guide pulleys c³ keeping the strap at one
tension as the traversing motion works. The pulley q³ on end of shaft q, drives
the pulley r on end of bush r.. At the other end the worm 2 drives the worm
wheel g', on the cranked shaft g. The draw roller d, and plaiting motion 8, being
also driven from shaft q.
I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact details given
as the same may be varied or modified without departing from the nature of my
Invention, which consists chiefly in brushes revolving and traversing in a direction
at right-angles to the course of fabric passing through the machine, and reversing
the motion of revolution at the end of each stroke; also the material from which
the brushes are made may be of bristle, metal wire, or fibre.
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. The combination of parts forming an improved machine for brushing Velvets,
Velveteens, and Corduroys, by means of brushes revolving and traversing in a
direction at right-angles to the course of fabric passing through the machine; and
reversing the motion of revolution at the end of each stroke of the traversing
motion.
Dated this and 1