Improvements in Gig Mills Employed in the Finishing of Woven Fabrics.
Year: 1885

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 31st day of January 1891, Amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
Improvements in Gig Mills Employed in the Finishing of
Woven Fabrics.
I, CHARLES EDWARD MOSER of Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, Machine Maker, but
at present residing at the Queen's Hotel Leeds in the county of York, do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention which invention has been communicated to
me from abroad by M. Grosselin of Seddan France, Engineer, to be as follows:-
This invention consists in the construction of a series of rollers a. arranged so as
to form a cylinder, these rollers are provided with metallic cards and arranged
round a shaft 6 at equal distances from the same, the said roller being supported
by carriers fastened on the shaft. These rollers carry on both ends pulleys over
which pass belts and which receive their motion from a countershaft c. This
countershaft is driven from the cylinder by wheels cones or speed pulleys, in order
to be able to obtain different speeds. When the cylinder turns the rollers will
turn with it, and also in their respective bearings, either forward or backward to
the cylinder motion and at different speeds, depending upon the direction in which
the countershaft is moved by crossing or opening the belt, which gives it its
motion and depending upon which part of the cone or speed pulley the belt is
placed. By this arrangement the rollers turn independent of the movement of the
cylinder and at a known speed and when turning either backwards, so much
contrary to the direction of the cylinder, that the speed of the cylinder is equalized
and no raising produced, or when turning them forwards it increases their action.
The annexed drawing shews a cylinder formed of fourteen of such rollers
covered with cards, the stuff to be raised is so guided as to touch them five times,
underneath the cylinder is a brush to clean the rollers. The number of the rollers
may vary, also the manner in which the stuff to be raised is guided around them
and there may be one two or more of thus formed cylinders and so placed as to
raise the stuff on both sides at the same time.
The rollers may also be driven by a chain or wheels.
The invention consists substantially in forming a raising cylinder by rollers
covered with cards or suitable raising material, which receives by means of a
driven countershaft an independent variable, but known motion from that of the
cylinder itself.
Dated this 29th day of September 1885.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION (AMENDED).
Improvements in Gig Mills Employed in the Finishing. of
Woven Fabrics.
I CHARLES EDWARD MOSER, of Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany Machine Maker, now
residing at Leeds in the county of York, England, do hereby declare the nature
of this Invention which invention has been communicated to me from abroad by
M. Grosselin of Sedan, France, Engineer and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention consists in the construction of a series of rollers arranged so as
to form a cylinder, these rollers are provided with metallic cards or other suitable
raising material and arranged round a shaft at equal distances from the same, the
said rollers being supported by carriers fastened on the shaft of the cylinder, these
rollers carry on both ends pulleys over which pass belts and which receive their
motion from a countershaft. This countershaft is driven from the cylinder by
wheels cones or speed pulleys in order to be able to obtain different speeds. When
the cylinder turns the rollers will turn with it and also in their respective
bearings either forward or backward, to the cylinder motion and at different
speeds depending upon the direction in which the countershaft is moved by
crossing or opening the belt which gives it its motion and depending upon which
part of the cone or speed pulley the belt is placed. By this arrangement the rollers
turn independent of the movement of the cylinder, and at a known speed, they
may be turned backwards, so much contrary to the direction of the cylinder that
the speed of the cylinder is equalized and no raising produced, in making them
turn less backward or forward their action increases proportionally.
The annexed drawing shews a cylinder formed by fourteen of such raising
rollers a covered with cards or suitable raising material and arranged round the
main shaft b. at equal distances from the same. The stuff to be raised is so guided
through the machine as to touch them five times, underneath the cylinder is a
brush d to clean the rollers. The countershaft c receives its motion from the main
shaft b, by the speed pulleys e, e, connected through belting and the wheels f. g.
on this countershaft are also fixed two pulleys h. opposite those pulleys which are
fixed at each end of the raising rollers a. a. and as they are connected together by
belting these raising rollers receive a motion depending upon the speed which is
given to the countershaft c and which will vary according to where the belt is put
on the speed pulleys e, e. This belt may be put on open or crossed depending
upon if the raising rollers are required to turn forward or backward. The stuff
to be raised is guided through the machine by the rollers k, k, which receive
their motion from the main shaft by pulleys and wheels. The number of the
raising rollers which form the cylinder may vary, also the manner in which the
stuff to be raised is guided around them, and through the rest of the machine.
and there may be one two or more of thus formed cylinders and so placed-as-to
raise the stuff on both sides-at-the-same time.
The countershaft or raising rollers may also be driven by chains, wheels, or
cones.

page_text: The invention consists substantially in forming a raising cylinder by rollers
covered with cards or suitable raising material, which receive by means of driven
countershafts an independent variable but known motion from that of the cylinder
itself.
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 I
make no general claim to forming raising cylinders by arranging around a shaft a series
of raising rollers but what I claim is :-
(+) Forming raising cylinders by arranging a series of suitably covered raising
rollers round a shaft at equal distances from the same, which rollers are made to
receive an independent a variable but known motion from independent of that of the
so formed raising cylinders themselves, by means of countershafts or any other
suitable driving motion.
(2) The general arrangement of the machine, as herein described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Agent for the Applicant.