A Method of and Means for Removing the Boards from Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Method of and Means for Removing the Boards from Textile
Fabrics.
I, ADOLF SCHUELLEN, of 28 Dionysiusstrasse, Crefield, in the German Empire,
Merchant, 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 :-
The Boards are removed at present from textile fabrics, particularly from silk and
half silk fabrics by taking them out separately from the bale, which lies flat,
starting from the top, and the layers from which the Boards have been removed are
then turned over. The folding of the fabric is done afterwards by using the folds
caused during the pressing, because this cannot be done while removing the
boards.
According to this invention only one half of the Boards are removed and therefore
the piece of fabric can be folded simultaneously in the required manner.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood I now proceed to
describe the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the
letters and figures marked thereon.
A box or case a, a¹ a²-a³ which is wider towards the top and open is designed
to receive the bales in upright position. The width of the bottom corresponds
approximately to the thickness of the bales; if such thickness varies in different
bales, one of the sides of the box b is adjustable, so that it can be placed
according to the thickness of the bale. A loose board b' which is inserted with
the bale, Figure 2, may be substituted for the adjustable side b. The bales are
placed into the box and rest against the left hand side wall, in such a manner
that the right side of the fabric lies upwards and the starting end of the piece i.e.
the first complete pressed layer is situated to the right. The boards c which are
then removed which is generally done by taking them out by the hand. However
if the boards are sticky and adhere to the fabric the layers are moved to the other
side (Figure 3) and the boards which are to be removed are loosened, or each lower
pressed fold is kept back during the removal of the board by means of a flat blade d
which is moved along the board from the top edge and is then quickly withdrawn.
When the whole row of boards has been removed the upper press folds are quite free
Figure 4 and can be utilized in suitable manner for folding the piece of fabric, which
remains suspended from the lower boards e which have remained standing.
folding is effected by taking hold of the pressed folds and withdrawing the layers
from the boards in order to place them on the folding table Figure 5. During this
operation the boards freed from the fabric place themselves automatically against the
right hand side wall and a sufficient space is formed to allow of the withdrawal of the
fabric. When the piece is to be folded into layers, corresponding to the dimensions
of the layers as pressed, all folds are used; but when the layers to be folded are to be
of double the length of the layer as pressed (i.e. when the piece is to be folded into
layers 100 c.in. long and the piece has been pressed in layers 50 c.m. long) only each
alternate pressed fold is used, and the usual method of folding in of the ends is taken
into consideration. After the piece of fabric has been put together and stitched it is
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page_text: ready for the Market. The lower row of boards e which has remained standing in the
box is removed from the latter as a lot. In a similar manner instead of folding the
fabric it may be rolled or wound on boards or rollers after the length of the piece has
been ascertained by the number of upper folds.
In order to facilitate the transport of the boxes they are provided with handles, or
wheels, so that they can be easily moved from the press (when the bales have been
placed into the boxes), to the folding table. Instead of the boxes similar devices may
be used for the purpose of holding the bales in upright position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim is :-
1. A method of removing the boards from pressed bales of textile fabric, according
to which the bales are placed upright, the upper boards c, c are removed, and the
layers of fabric are then removed from the lower boards d which have remained
standing substantially as described.
2. For carrying out the method claimed in Claim 1 an open box,-like frame a a¹ a² a³
which widens towards the top having fixed or adjustable sides one of which serves as a
support b for the bale placed into the device and the other as support for the boards d
which remain in the box after withdrawal of a piece of fabric and lay themselves
against such side, and a flat blade d for loosening the fabric from the boards and
keeping back the lower folds at the removal of the boards substantially as described.
Dated this 12th day of June 1897.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.