AN IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR LIFTING OR RAISING AND CARRYING CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS "
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Stead of Leeds in the County of York for an
invention of "AN IMPROVED MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR LIFTING OR RAISING
AND CARRYING CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Stead at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th May 1882.
THOMAS STEAD of Leeds in the County of York "AN IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR LIFTING OR RAISING AND CARRYING CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS"
This invention has reference to improved means or apparatus for receiving the
cloth or other fabric after the press papers have been applied thereto. The
material may be conveyed thereon to the press, and afterwards raised or lifted to
the required height and without additional lifting by the attendant passed into
the press. By this arrangement a great amount of manual labour is dispensed
with.
The apparatus consists of framework by preference of wrought iron and mounted
on wheels, within it is provided a table fitted so as to be capable of a vertical
movement. This table is raised or lowered by the attendant through the medium
of suitable gearing arranged in such a manner that it may be readily lowered to
receive the material and afterwards raised to any desired height, such height
depending on the position the material has to have in the press.
The table is also arranged so that it may be canted to any desired angle for the
purpose of more readily passing the material therefrom into the press.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Thomas Stead in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd November 1882.
THOMAS STEAD, of Leeds in the County of York "AN IMPROVED MEANS OR
APPARATUS FOR LIFTING OR RAISING AND CARRYING CLOTH AND OTHER FABRICS
"
The
This invention has reference to improved means or apparatus for receiving the
cloth or other fabric after the press papers have been applied thereto.
material may be conveyed thereon to the press and afterwards raised or lifted to
the required height and without additional lifting by the attendant passed into
the press. By this arrangement a great amount of manual labour is dispensed
_with.
The apparatus consists of framework by preference of wrought iron and mounted
on wheels within it is provided a table fitted so as to be capable of a vertical
moveinent. This table is raised or lowered by the attendant through the medium
of suitable gearing arranged in such a manner that it may be readily lowered to
receive the material and afterwards raised to any desired height such height
depending on the position the material has to have in press. The table is also
arranged so that it may be canted to any desired angle for the purpose of more
readily passing the material therefrom into the press.
And in order that my Invention may be more completely understood reference
is given to the accompanying sheets of drawings and to the letters and marks
thereon.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
Fig 1 is a side elevation. Fig 2 is a plan looking on the top Fig. 3 is a
sectional plan on A B Fig 1. Fig 4 is a plan of the lower part of the framework
of the apparatus.
The framework of the apparatus consists of four vertical rods a which may be
either solid or formed of tubing, these are retained in their position at the top by
the angle irons 6 and the round bars c and at the bottom by the angle irons & and
the flat bars e. The tie rods g are employed to stiffen the framework. The
vertical rods a are employed as guides for the table f which is mounted on the
carriage h provided with runners which are in contact with the vertical rods a.
The table is formed of a metal framework k and a plate or cover 7 which may be
of wood or metal. The carriage h consists of two side plates m to which are
attached the angle irons non which the table frests. The side plates m are also
provided with bearings o in which the round ends of the bar p rest. The bar p is
attached to the table f and serves as an axis on which the table f can turn. The
levers or supports q are attached to the table f by pins or bolts r and serve to
support the cloth when the table is canted. When not required for use the levers
or supports q may be turned down as shewn at q in Fig 3
8
On the top of the framework is mounted the shaft s which rotates in bearings t
Eupported on the cross bars or angle irons u. On the shafts are keyed the chain
barrel and the worm wheel w such worm wheel being rotated by the worm * on
the worm shaft y. A chain pulley z is fixed to the opposite end of the worm
shaft y and is rotated from the hand wheel a' through the chain pulley 61 and the
chain c. The cross-piece d¹ is secured to two of the vertical rods a at each end,
and is employed as a support for the bracket e¹ which forms the bearing for the
stud carrying the hand wheel a¹ and the chain wheel b'. The table f is moved
vertically by means of the lifting chains d¹. In order to cant the table f to any
required angle for more readily transferring the material therefrom. I attach the

page_text: chain h¹ or its equivalent to a hook or other projection on the framework of the
table f. It will be seen that by lowering the carriage g the end of the table f
supported on the bar o is also lowered, the other end of the table being held by
the chain remains in its elevated position and moves forwards to suit the
inclination given to the table by the lowering operation and to permit of this self
acting adjustment the chain h¹ or its equivalent is attached by means of suitable
side plates to a runner k¹. This travels along the rail which supports it in any
position that the angle the table f assumes may require.
The whole of the apparatus is supported on the wheels m' and n³. The small
wheel n¹ is provided with a swivel bearing which thus allows of the apparatus
being turned in any direction.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and shewn by drawings
how the same may be carried into practice I would have it understood that I do
not limit myself to the precise details and configuration of the parts described and
shewn as the same may be varied or modified without in any way departing from
the nature of my said Invention; but what I do claim is :-
The general arrangement construction and combination of the various parts
forming the apparatus for lifting or raising carrying and transferring cloth and
mere modifications of the same substantially as herein set forth.
In Witness whereof I the said Thomas Stead have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
RHAN
(OT) VALS SHOE