AN IMPROVED MACHINE CALLED A 'CROSS ACROSS RAISING GIG, USED IN THE DRESSING OF WOOLLEN CLOTH
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Mellor, junior, of Colne Cottages, Kings
Bridge, Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County of York,
Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE CALLED A 'CROSS
Sealed the 23rd July 1861, and dated the 30th January 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Mellor, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th January 1861.
I, JOHN MELLOR, junior, of Colne Cottages, Kings Bridge, Huddersfield, in
the West Riding of the County of York, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE CALLED ACROSS
RAISING GIG, USED IN THE DRESSING OF WOOLLEN CLOTH," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a machine for "cross raising" the pile or nap
upon woollen cloth.]
The principal parts of the machine consist of a raising cylinder furnished
with cards, teazles, or other suitable material for raising the pile or nap, and
revolving with its axis at right angles to the direction in which the cloth
passes through the machine, followed by two other smaller raising cylinders set
diagonally at opposite angles to each other. I prefer that these latter
raising cylinders should be set at an angle of about 45 degrees to the axis of
the former one, but they may be placed at a greater or less angle if desired.

page_text: More than one pair of diagonal rollers also may be used if the machine is
made proportionably longer, but I consider one pair sufficient. The first
cylinder is kept clean by a "doffing plate," and the diagonal cylinders are
cleaned by rotary brush rollers revolving above them. The cloth is drawn
through the machine by a pair of drawing rollers, and passes first over tension
bars and under the first raising cylinder, and then over other tension bars and
under the diagonal raising cylinders over a carrying roller to the drawing
rollers. The whole of the moving parts of the machine are driven by a
suitable arrangement of bands, and pulleys, and spur, and bevil gearing.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Mellor, in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
80th July 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MELLOR, junior, of Colne Cottages, Kings Bridge, in the West Riding of the
County of York, Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of January, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
John Mellor, junior, Her special licence that I, the said John Mellor, junior,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Mellor, junior, my executors, administrators and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED
MACHINE CALLED ACROSS RAISING GIG,' USED IN THE DRESSING OF WOOLLEN
CLOTH," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Mellor,
junior, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the
date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Mellor, junior, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-

page_text: formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement in. writing, and on reference to the accompanying Drawings :-
This Invention relates to a machine for "cross raising" the pile or nap
upon woollen cloth.
The principal parts of the machine consist of a raising cylinder furnished
with cards, teazles, or other suitable material for raising the pile or nap, and'
revolving with its axis at right angles to the direction in which the cloth
passes through the machine, followed by two other smaller raising cylinders set
diagonally at opposite angles to each other. I prefer that.these latter raising
cylinders should be set at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the axis of
the former one, but they may be placed at a greater or less angle if desired.
More than one pair of diagonal rollers also may be used if the machine is
made proportionably longer, but I consider one pair sufficient. The first
cylinder is kept clean by a doffing plate," and the diagonal cylinders are
cleaned by rotary brush rollers revolving above them. Another similar
cylinder and cleaner may be placed after the diagonal rollers if preferred.
The cloth is drawn through the machine by a pair of drawing rollers, and
passes over tension bars and under the first raising cylinder, and then over
other tension bars and under the diagonal raising cylinders over a carrying
roller to the drawing rollers. The whole of the moving parts of the machine:
are driven by a suitable arrangement of bands and pulleys and spur and bevil:
gearing.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An Improved
Machine called a Cross Raising Gig,' used in the Dressing of Woollen
Cloth," I will now proceed to describe the manner in which the same is to be or
may be performed or carried into practical effect. And in order that the same
may be distinctly understood, I have annexed hereunto one Sheet of Drawings
illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof, that is
to say:-
In the accompanying Drawing, Figure 1 is a plan or horizontal view of my
improved "cross raising gig" as seen from above; Figure 2 is a front view of
the same; Figure 3 is an elevation of one side of the machine; and Figure 4
is a similar view of the opposite side of the same.
a, a, is the main framing of the machine; b, b, is the first motion shaft; and
c, c, is the driving pulley; d, d, is the first raising cylinder placed with its axis
at right angles to the direction in which the cloth passes through the machine,
and driven from the first motion shaft b, b, by means of the strap e, e. This
cylinder is furnished with cards, teazles, or other suitable material for raising

page_text: the pile of the cloth as it passes over the tension bars f, f, and is cleaned by
means of a doffing plate 9, 9, driven by the band or strap h, h. The cloth
then passes under the two diagonal raising cylinders i, i, which are driven
from the shaft of the first raising cylinder d, d, by the bevil gearing k, k. The
cloth may be kept in contact with these cross raising cylinders by means of a
bed (not shown in the Drawing) which is raised or lowered as required by a
lever. The cylinders i, i, are furnished with cards, teazles, or other suitable
raising surface, and are kept clean by the small brush rollers 1, 1, driven by the
crossed bands m, m. Behind these diagonal raising cylinders may be placed
(if preferred) another similar pair of cylinders or another cylinder similar to
the first cylinder d, d, or both, but I consider the arrangement shown in the
Drawing sufficient for ordinary purposes. n, n, is a carrying roller, and o, o,
are drawing rollers driven slowly by the strap p, p, and spur gearing q, q, for
the purpose of drawing the cloth through the machine.
Having now described the nature' and object of my said Invention, for
"An Improved Machine called a 'Cross Raising Gig,' used in the Dressing of
Woollen Cloth," together with the manner in which the same is to be or may
be performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark in conclusion that
I claim as my Invention an improved "cross raising gig" constructed and
arranged substantially as shown in the Drawings and above described, and
moro especially I claim the diagonal cylinders for cross-raising the pile.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Mellor, junior, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
JOHN MELLOR, JUN". (L.S.)