Improvements in Milling Machines for Milling Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1893-Accepted, 25th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Milling Machines for Milling Textile Fabrics.
JAMES DIXON ASQUITH, Morley, near Leeds, in the County of Yorkshire,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to produce an improved milling machine, that will
act more efficiently and more economically in the milling of textile fabrics of various
kinds, and will at the same time make the cloths milled, feel fuller, and smoother to
the touch, than is usually the case, with those milled in existing machines.
In carrying out my object, I make use of a spout and lid, as is usual in milling
machines, and on the two inner sides, and bottom of the spout, and on the inner side
of the lid, 1 make fixed or movable projections, in alternate positions, or opposite
each other, as may be required.
In cases where I make the projections fixed, I either make them out of the same
solid material as the spout and lid, are made, or I make them in separate pieces, and
I then fix them upon the inner sides and bottom of the spout, and on the inner side
of the lid, in any manner that I may desire. When I make the projections of a
movable character, I attach them to and actuate them by spiral or other springs, or
to and by a tappet motion, worked from some part of the mechanism of the
machine. The said projections I make of wood, metal, glass, earthenware, or other
material. The shape and dimensions of the projections, I do not confine myself to,
but for preference I use a pattern that in shape may be technically termed
an O. G. viz. in the shape of a Grecian O. G. door moulding, as I have found by
actual experiments that this form gives the best results, and in the operation of
milling fabrics, the projections in this form more effectually burst the yarn, and
make a fuller and softer feeling cloth, than is usual with machines now in
general use.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.
H. & R. T. LORD,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Milling Machines for Milling Textile Fabrics.
JAMES DIXON ASQUITHI, Morley, near Leeds, in the County of Yorkshire,
Machinist, 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 :-
My object is to produce an improved milling machine, that will act more
efficiently in the milling of textile fabrics, than those in general use.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1. is a sectional elevation of part of a milling machine, shewing my
improved spout, having movable projections, and also showing one kind of
mechanism, for putting in motion the projections.
Figure 2. is a sectional elevation of part of a milling machine, shewing the spout
having movable projections, and shewing another manner in which the projections
are actuated.
Figure 3. is a plan view of Figure 2. looking in at the back of the spout.
In Figure 1. A. is the framework of the machine; B. the bottom shaft, having
the roller upon it; C is the top shaft upon which is roller c¹; the shafts B.
and C. are put in motion in the manner usual in milling machines. D. is the spout
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shewing projections on the inside of the bottom d¹ and the lid d². I do not shew
any projections on the sides of the spout as I find that they are of little benefit.
The projections on the bottom and the lid d I make out of the solid material
when required. I fix the spout D. into the machine as is usual in milling machines,
the lid being hung by hinges or other well known means, at its end nearest the
top and bottom rollers, and it can therefore be lifted up or down as required. E. is
a metal casting, which I bolt to the framework A; a similar casting Eris bolted on
to the opposite side of the framework A, and I put a rocking shaft e' through holes
in the two castings E. Upon the shaft C. I fix a disc-plate 2, and to this disc-
plate, one end of a connecting rod c³ is pinned, and to the reverse. end of the
connecting rod e³ is pinned a lever et, and the lever c is bolted on to the end of the
rocking shaft e' on the outside of the casting E.
Midway between the castings E. I bolt a lever upon the rocking shaft e¹, and
to the lever c³, I pin what is technically termed a sleeve rod or bobby iron rod e',
and a second rod c I insert into the sleeve rod c', where it is fastened as required,
and the reverse end of the rod c', I pin to a swivel casting e, the casting c being
fixed outside the lid d' of the spout D. Inside the sleeve rod c, I insert a spiral
spring co.
The manner of working the movable projections in Figure 1. is as follows:-
When motion has been given to the shafts B and C, the disc plate c¹ is carried
around by the shaft C, putting in operation the connecting rod, rocking shaft,
levers, and rods, and these give a rising and falling motion to the lid of the
spout D, and whilst the fabric is being run through the spout, the projections
rising and falling, press intermittently upon the fabric, and mill it efficiently..
Figures 2 and 3. shew another manner of fixing and working the projections.
A. is the framework of the machine; B. the bottom shaft, having roller b¹ upon it;
C, the top shaft, having roller c¹ upon it; D. is the spout, d¹ being a plain bottom,
and the lid, having projections on its inner side. Upon the outside of the lid d³,
I fix a rod and weight d, as is often used in milling machines. The spout D is
fixed in the machine in the same manner. as described in Figure 1.
I make a
second bottom to the spout D, having projections, and I fix it to the under side
of the bottom d', by means of hinges or flat springs d. I make holes in the
bottom of a size to allow of the projections d³ to fit into them. To the sides of
the framework A, I fasting. a casting a', and into the casting a', I put a spiral
spring do.
The manner of operating the movable projections as described in Figures 2 and 3.
is as follows: When the fabric is being run through the spout D, it so acts upon
the projections that it depresses them in a more or less intermittent manner, and
when this happens, the spring de keeps constantly giving a rising motion again, to
the projections.
"Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. In milling machines for milling textile fabrics, the use of movable pro-
jections in or on or forming any parts of the spouts of milling machines as
described.
2. In milling machines for milling textile fabrics, the use of the various parts
of the mechanism as described in Figures 1. 2. and 3. for the purpose of operating
the movable projections as described.
Dated this 10th day of October 1802
H. & R. T. LORD,
Agents for Applicant.