Improvements in Machinery for Measuring, Winding, and Cutting off Lengths of Oloth.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application; 23rd Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Measuring, Winding, and Cutting
off Lengths of Oloth.
I, ANTON HAHN of 285 Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, Holland, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention, to be as follows:-
The present invention relates to machines for measuring, winding and cutting off
definite lengths of cloth and it consists in the combination of a counter with the
stopping device for the winding mechanism and with the device for operating the
shears, in such manner that when any desired length of cloth-to which pointers on
the counter dials have previously been set-has been measured and wound off the
winding mechanism will be arrested, the shears brought into action and finally all
mechanisms are returned to their normal positions.
In the present machine the counter is provided with a drop bar adapted to fall as
soon as the required length has been wound off thus producing the engagement of
the cutting mechanism and the stoppage of the winding mechanism.
The counter is actuated by a measuring wheel driven through friction by the
movement of the cloth and it consists in a train of gear wheels of the usual type,
arranged in a counter box having a vertical division plate and slots therein;
numeral disks rotating with, and adapted to slide lengthwise on the gear wheel
spindles; disks concentric with said spindles and adjustable from the exterior of the
counter box by means of pointers, and exterior dials, said adjustable disks having
notches on their inner facings, in which pins or projections on the rotary numeral disks
engage at each revolution of the latter with subsequent disengagement, a drop bar
having slots enclosing the gear wheel spindles; springs adapted on the one hand to
press the numeral disks against the notched disks and on the other hand to engage
with a projection on a spring catch on the division plate, so that on the pin of the
numeral disk entering the notch of the adjustable disk the projection will be with-
drawn from the supporting catch and when all projections have been withdrawn the
bar will drop. When the drop bar falls said springs on the same are adapted to
retract the numeral disks and thus withdraw the pins of the same from the notches
of the adjustable disks, to allow the counter gearing to return to the zero point
after the measuring wheel has been raised from the cloth as hereinafter described.
The winding mechanism and the cutting off mechanism are worked alternately by
a double coupling with sliding clutch on the driving shaft, the clutch being connected
10 a spring pressed lever, which is normally maintained by a catch in the position
for causing the clutch to drive the winding mechanism, whereas when the aforesaid
bar of the counter drops, the catch is withdrawn for a moment from the lever,
which, actuated by its spring, shifts the coupling clutch to disconnect the driving
shaft from the winding mechanism and connect it with the cutting off mechanism.
The moveable blade of the cutting mechanism is guided vertically in the machine
frame and after the required length of cloth has been wound off is caused to
descend, cut through the cloth and reascend, by means of a double crank shaft
mounted in the lower part of the machine and connected to said moveable blade by
connecting rods. The said crank shaft is connected by gear wheels and chain
gearing to an intermediate shaft carrying a large spur wheel of peculiar construction.
This spur wheel is driven by a pinion loose on the driving shaft and which upon the
clutch of the double coupling being shifted is caused to drive the spur wheel which
then operates to lower and raise the shearing blade. The spring pressed lever is
thereupon shifted back into its normal position and consequently also the coupling
c'utch, whereby the cutting mechanism is thrown out and the winding mechanism
again thrown into gear ready for recommencing winding. On the inner side of the

page_text: aforesaid spur wheel there is a cam being concentric with the rim of the spur wheel
and adapted, as the latter rotates to push the spring pressed lever, actuating the
clutch of the double coupling, back and which finally snaps under its retaining
catch. This shifts the coupling clutch back as afore mentioned, but in order that
the said spur wheel may not stop at that point where the clutch has just left the
driving pinion, the spur wheel is provided with broader teeth on one part of its
periphery which engage in another pinion being of the same size as the pinion driven
by the clutch but keyed to the driving shaft. Thus on continuing to turn the latter
the spur wheel will be turned by the second driving pinion until it has completed its
revolution and raised the knife again, whereupon the second pinion runs out of gear
at the end of the broader part of the periphery of the spur wheel aforesaid.
The spindle carrying the bale on which the cloth is wound is driven by suitable
gearing preferably at a higher speed than the driving shaft and is provided with a
pinion driving a ratchet wheel loosely mounted, advantageously, on the driving
shaft itself. This ratchet wheel is adapted to be arrested by a pawl indirectly
connected to the drop bar of the counter, so that when the latter falls the winding
mechanism is arrested.
The box of the counter is mounted on one end of a double arm lever pivoted to
the top of the machine frame, and the frictional measuring wheel actuating said
counter is held down on the cloth by a spring pressed rod acting downwards on the
drop bar. When the latter is released it becomes relieved of the pull of said spring
pressed rod, which has a range of motion smaller than that of the bar, and the
counter is swung upwards by a spring acting on the arm of the lever at the other
side of its fulcrum, by which means the measuring wheel is raised from the cloth.
Dated the Twenty-third day of April 1892.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE
SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Measuring, Winding, and Cutting
off Lengths of Cloth.
I, ANTON HAHN, of 285 Keizersgracht, Amsterdam, Holland, Manufacturer,
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 present invention relates to machines for measuring, winding and cutting off
definite lengths of cloth and it consists in the combination of a counter with the
stopping device for the winding mechanism, and with the device for operating the
cutting off mechanism, in such manner that when any desired length of cloth-to
which pointers on the counter dials have previously been set-has been measured
and wound off, the, winding mechanism will be arrested, the shear blade of the
cutting off mechanism brought into action and finally all mechanisms are returned
to their normal positions.
In the present machine the counter is provided with a drop bar, adopted to fall
as soon as the required length has been wound off thus producing the engagement
of the cutting off mechanism and the stoppage of the winding mechanism. In order
to make this Specification more easily intelligible reference is had to the accom-
panying drawings, which form part of the same and in which similar letters denote
similar parts throughout the several views:
Fig. 1 is a plan of the machine, with the top plate partially removed in order to
more clearly show the mechanisms there under.
Fig. 2 is a section on line 1-2 in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-4 in Fig. 1, the spur wheel for actuating the
moveable blade of the shears being partially broken away in order to show the catch
for retaining the shifting lever of the double coupling.

page_text: Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation, in which the driving shaft is broken off, the
shifting lever for the double coupling cut through and the left hand connecting rod
of the shearing blade broken in the middle, in order to show the mechanism for
operating the retaining catch of the shifting lever.
Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the counter and means for supporting the same,
drawn to a larger scale.
Fig. 6 is a plan view of Fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of the counter, in which the top half of the left
hand side shows the division plate in front elevation, which is however broken
away at the lower part to show the gear wheels, and the guide rolls for the weight
cords, whilst the upper right hand side of the figure shows two of the numeral
discs in front elevation and the lower right hand part a front view of the drop bars
and their retaining springs. The counter illustrated is adapted for measuring
simultaneously on the yard and meter systems, but it is obvious that the said
counter can also be arranged for one system only in which case one drop bar only
would be requisite.
Fig. 8 is a side sectional elevation of the counter taken along the middle of
Fig. 7 but showing the bottom numeral disc with its corresponding adjustable disc
in section.
Fig. 9 is a section on an enlarged scale of a numeral disc and its adjustable disc
with pointer on the outside of the counter box.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 :-The bale of cloth to be wound off and measured is
attached to the securing plate A of the spindle a, the end of the cloth is then
passed over the guide roll d, under the measuring roll d¹, over the guide roll ď
and fastened to the plate A¹ of the spindle b. The said spindles a and bare
provided with brackets A3 A3 at their ends into which the plates A and A' may be
laid and secured in place by thumb screws A'. Thus in order to attach the bale
to the spindle a, the plate A is first taken out of its brackets, then passed through
the bale and again secured to the spindles. The plate A¹ is, however, provided
with a flat bar 6 pivoted to said plate at one end and retained in position at the
other end by a catch or thumb screw 6'. The free end of the cloth is passed under
this bar and the latter then secured in place whereby the cloth end is secured to
the spindle b. After the cloth has been wound off onto the plate A' the bar b*
is loosened by turning back the thumb screw 68 and the said plate may be drawn
5 out of the bale. The spindle b is rotated from the main driving shaft c by means
of the pinion b¹ and spur wheel c, which latter is loosely mounted on the said
driving shaft but normally coupled thereto by the friction clutch keyed to the
same and engaging in a conical recess on the side of c. The driving shaft c
may be driven by hand through the medium of a crank c or pulleys may be
substituted for the latter and machine power employed. The winding mechanism
is thrown out of gear and the cutting mechanism brought into operation, by the
falling of the drop bar or bars U of the counter, as soon as the required length
of cloth has been wound and measured off. Referring to Figures 5 to 9,-the
clock work of the counter is driven by the measuring wheel which rests on
the cloth and is rotated by the friction of the latter passing underneath it.
The said measuring wheel carries two pinions R and R on its spindle, one of
which, R, drives the train of gearing V V V V for the meter system, the other, R'
driving the gearing W W W W for the yard system. The clockworks are of the
usual kind and need no further description. For the sake of simplicity the drop
mechanism is described here in connection with the meter system only, that of the
yard system being exactly similar. The revolving spindles V VV V of the
counting mechanism are mounted in the back wall Z of the counter box and again
in the division plate y through which they pass as also through the slots U⚫ of the
drop rod U. The front end of each rod is squared for a short distance and carries
a numeral disc V' adapted to slide on the said squared part. The front end of
each spindle V terminates in a trunnion mounted in a socket in the centre of an
adjustable disc V. The inner facing of the latter forms a cam on which a pin V*

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of the numeral disc V₁ (Fig. 9) rotates, being continually pressed against the same
by a slotted spring U₁ lying in a groove V' at the back of the disk Vand attached
at its upper end to the drop bar U. The cam of the adjustable disk V' is provided
with notch V having one side inclined, so that when the pin V of the disk V₁
meets the said notch, it will enter the same, and the whole disc be pushed forward
under the influence of the spring U₁. On the disc V₁, however, continuing to
rotate, the pin will ascend the inclined side of the notch pushing back the said disc
on the spindle V. The adjustable discs V' are mounted in the front wall H of the
counter box on their spindles V, which are provided outside the counter box with
pointers V which may be adjusted on dials H³ on the exterior of the counter
(Fig. 5). The numbers on the exterior dials of the counter are placed in the
reversed order to those on the interior numeral discs V', so that on setting the
pointer on the exterior disc, the notch of the adjustable disc V will be so placed,
that the pin Vs of the numeral disc V' will pass into the same, when the corre-
sponding number of meters has been wound off. The dials are provided with holes
at the top through which the numbers of the rotary numeral discs show so that the
amount measured off can be read off at any time.
The shanks of the slotted springs U₁ (Fig. 8) which engage behind the circular
flanges V' at the back of the numeral discs Vi slant towards the rod U at their
upper ends for a purpose hereinafter set forth. They are further provided with
projecting arms Us at the lower ends of said shanks, said arms, extending through
slots in the rod U and downwardly lengthened slots.y³ in the division plate y and
engaging on spring catches y' when the pins of the numeral discs V₁ attached to
said division plate, are not in the notches V5 of the cam discs V. The operation
of the counter is as follows:-The length of cloth to be measured off is first set off
by means of the pointers V on the dials H' and thereby the notches on the cam
discs V brought into corresponding positions. As long as the pins or only one of
the pins of the numeral discs V' remains out of its notch in the cam the rod U will
be held up by the projecting piece U' which engages on the catch y¹. As soon, how-
ever, so all the projections have left their supporting catches y', the bar U will fall,
having no further support. This however will not happen until the amount
previously set off on the exterior dials has been wound off, thus the pin of the top
disc will not sink into the notch until the required number of meters (tens of
meters) has been wound off and until this point has been reached, the pins of the
remaining discs, will simply pass into their respective notches and out again.
Each notch, however, has a length corresponding to the distance between the
figures on the dials, so that when the first or upper disc has been pushed forward,
the second, third and fourth discs will also be pushed forward one after the other
before the top one has had time to retire again and the bar will drop.
A cord Sis attached to a pulley S mounted on one (preferably the second from
the top) of the rotary spindles, said cord being then passed over a guide pulley T
mounted in the lower part of the counter box under the roll of a weight S2 and
(when a double counter is employed) back to a pulley on the second spindle of the
second counter.
When a single measuring system is employed the end of the cord may be
suspended to the counter box or in any convenient manner on the machine frame.
As soon as the drop rod U has been released it falls and in falling retracts the
numeral discs V₁ thus drawing their pins V³ out of the notches V6 by means of the
springs U which slant towards the bar U at their upper ends as hereinbefore set
forth. When now the measuring wheel d' has been raised from the cloth by a
device subsequently described, the weight S is free to act and pulls the clock-
work back to the zero point. In commencing the next winding operation the drop
bars U must be raised by hand.
Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, the winding mechanism and the cutting off mechanism
are worked alternately by a double coupling, having a clutch c³ ³ on the driving
shaft and adapted to slide on the same being actuated by the fork lever i. The
-conical side c³ of this clutch is normally coupled at co to the driving wheel cⓇ of the

page_text: winding mechanism previously described, having a fixed clutch co, but when the
spring pressed lever i has been released by the falling of the drop bar U as herein--
after described the clutch cc will be shifted over and the cutting off mechanism
brought into operation. The lever i is piroted elastically to the machine frame
at and provided with a spring (Fig. 1) which presses it outwards as soon as its
end is released from under the spring catch , which is raised when the bar U
drops, by the following mechanism. The bar U is provided with a hook U³ at the
bottom (Fig. 2) which engages under the horizontal arm of a vertical bar m,.
adapted to slide in brackets m² m² on the machine frame and having a spring m
which is compressed when the bar m is raised, i.e. when the same is in its normal
position, (when the bar U is up in the counter box). One end of a double arm
lever 1, pivoted at in a bracket on the middle wall of the machine frame, (Fig. 4).
is pivoted to the vertically moveable bar m by a pin working in a slot in said lever.
The further end of said lever is curved upwards and rests under a spring pressed
nose extending horizontally through the vertical spring catch. The latter
serves to retain the lever i, and is vertically moveable in brackets attached to the
machine frame. Said catch is further provided with a spiral spring, adapted
to be compressed when the said catch is raised by the lever l. The operation of
this part of the mechanism is as follows. When the drop bar U falls, the bar m is
depressed by its spring m', which depresses the slotted end of the lever and raises
the catch, but only for a moment as the curved end of the lever is constructed to slip
from under the spring pressed nose 1 of the catch during the latter part of the
descent of bar m. The spring catch has however been raised sufficiently to
liberate the end of the fork lever i, which, under influence of its spring, throws
over the clutch c³ ³ on the driving shaft, thus uncoupling the winding mechanism
and bringing the tooth coupling into gear. When the bars U are again raised
by hand, at the commencement of the next operation the curved end of the lever l
will slip under the spring nose of the spring catch as the said nose is provided
with a bevelled end and a flat spring. This operates the moveable blade of the
shears in the following manner. The moveable blade h' of the shears (Figs. 3.
and 4) is guided vertically at h² in the machine frame and closes on to a stationary
blade suitably arranged underneath the cloth in the machine frame. The ends of
the blades are connected by rods h h to a double crank shaft g having cranks g² 9*
and mounted in bearings 91 91 underneath the machine frame. The said shaft
carries further a spur wheel gearing into a similar wheel on a short shaft
mounted in the lower front part of the machine frame and carrying the chain
wheel. The latter connected by a chain e to a chain wheel e mounted on an
intermediate shaft e carrying a large spur wheel e' of peculiar construction. Said
spur wheel eis driven during one part of its revolution by the pinion loosely
mounted on the driving shaft c and having the crown of teeth c engaging in the
teeth of the coupling clutch. The spur wheel e¹ has a concentric came on its
inner facing, adapted as the wheel rotates to push against the projection of the
lever i, whilst the teeth, at one part of its periphery, are made broader to engage a
second pinion c keyed on to the driving shaft c. The device works in the following
manner. As soon as the lever i has been released by the falling of the bar U, the
coupling clutch is thrown over and engages with its teeth in the teeth c* of
driving pinion c³. This causes the spur-wheel e¹ to revolve, bringing down the
blade h¹ of the shears by means of the chain gearing e efi, spur gearing
(Fig. 2), cranks 9' 9' and connecting rods h h. As soon as the blade has.
descended, however, the came of the spur-wheel e' pushes the lever i back, which
then snaps under the bevelled end of its retaining catch (Fig. 4). This would
however cause the spur wheel e¹ to stop and consequently leave the blades h¹ in its
lowest position-as the coupling ee is hereby thrown out of gear-were is not for
the fact that at this moment the broader part of the teeth e' of the said spur wheel
comes into gearing with the pinion c³ which is fixed on the driving shaft and
continues to drive the spur wheel until the blade h¹ is again raised into its original
position, when the said pinion e' runs out of gearing with the spur wheel where the
g

page_text: broader part of the teeth ends. Before the cutting off mechanism is brought into
operation, the winding mechanism is arrested in the following manner. On the
spindle b is keyed a spur wheel 6 (Fig. 2) which drives a pinion c fixed to a ratchet
wheel loosely mounted on the driving shaft c. In this ratchet wheel engages a
pawl pivoted to the machine frame at k³ and provided with an upwardly extending
vertical rod ³. The latter extends through the cover of the machine and has an
arm or orifice (not shown in the drawing) through or under which a bolt on the
top of the machine, may be passed, whereby the pawl may be held up. The rod k³
is provided with a shoulder (Fig. 1) which rests on a lever k also pivoted to the
machine frame at k². The further end of this lever is pivoted to the bar m, so that
when the latter falls the lever k will also fall, letting down the pawl k¹ and arresting
the ratchet wheel, and with it, the winding mechanism. After the blade of the
cutting mechanism has been let down and the coupling clutch shifted back by the
cam e, operating the nose of the leveri, the pawl & should be raised by hand and
held up by the bolt k, to allow the further rotation of the driving shaft in order
to bring the blade h¹ back to its highest position as hereinbefore described.
The measuring wheel d' is raised from the cloth by the mechanism represented in
Figures 5 and 6. The whole counter box is pivoted at n to a bracket mounted on
the top of the machine, and is provided with an arm n¹ extending on the opposite
side of the pivot n, and being connected to a vertical rod n with a thumb nut n
bearing on the arm n' said arm being pulled down by a spring n³. The central
part of the rod n² is made square and passes through a bush in the top of the
machine, being pressed downward to counterbalance the weight of the counter box
by a spring n, which is strong enough to lift the said counter box when the rods U
As the
are down and no longer under the pressure of the spring m² of the bar m.
rod U has a range of motion slightly longer than that of the bar m, it is obvious
that as soon as the former falls, the spring n will be free to act and can raise the
counter box and with it the wheel d' from the cloth, thus leaving the weight ³ free
to pull the clockwork back to its zero point as herein before described. In order to
be able to raise the counter box at any time by hand, independently of the rods U,
the rod n² is provided with an inclined projection n' on which a rod n³ rests, said
rod being pivoted at n' to a bracket on the machine frame. By moving the handle
of the rod to the right in Fig. 6 the rod n³ will be depressed and thus the counter
box may be raised by hand. The shaft e is provided with an arm keyed on to
the same and having an orifice corresponding to a bush in the front of the machine
frame, so that the spur wheel el and with it the blade can be arrested by the pin e'
to prevent its falling down accidently and thus cutting off the hand or fingers of a
workman when drawing the cloth through under the knife at the beginning of an
operation.
The general operation of the machine is as follows:
After the length of cloth previously inarked or set off on the counter dials has
been wound off, the bar U falls and with it the bar m taking down the levers land k
and thereby shifting the coupling clutch cc, thus disengaging and arresting the
winding mechanism and throwing the cutting off mechanism into gear. By means
of the spur wheel e¹ and chain gearing the blade of the said cutting mechanism is
now caused to descend, cutting off the cloth and, through the came³ of the said spur
wheel recoupling the winding mechanism and uncoupling the pinion e from the spur
wheel, which latter will be rotated further by c' and thus the blade h¹ raised to its
original position after the pawl k¹ has been disengaged from the ratchet wheel of by
hand. Furthermore as the rod U falls the counter mechanism is returned to its
zero points by means of the weight S, so that the whole machine is automatically
placed in readiness for the next operation after the first has been completed, with
the exception of the drop bars U which must be raised by hand.
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 what I claim is :
1. In a cloth-measuring and cutting machine, the combination of a winding

page_text: mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting-mechanism, a driving-shaft, two loose coupling-,
clutches on said shaft connected respectively to the winding and the cutting-,
mechanism, a sliding double coupling-clutch adapted to engage alternately with the
said loose clutches, a lever for shifting the sliding clutch, a spring acting on the
lever to put the sliding clutch in engagement with the clutch of the cutting
mechanism, a retaining-catch whereby the lever is held in position to keep the
sliding-clutch in engagement with the clutch of the winding-mechanism, a counter
having a measuring-wheel in contact with and rotated by the cloth while being.
drawn across the said cloth-guides, a drop-bar mechanism in connection with the
counter and the drop-bar whereby the latter is released after the measuring-wheel.
has made a determinate number of revolutions, and a spring-pressed lever connecting.
the drop bar with the said retaining catch, so that when the drop-bar is released,
the catch will release the clutch-shifting lever, substantially as specified.
2. In a cloth measuring and cutting mrchine the combination of a winding-.
mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting-mechanism, a driving shaft, spring-actuated:
coupling-mechanism for disconnecting the said driving-shaft from the winding
mechanism and connecting it with the cutting-mechanism, a retaining-catch 1*
for said spring actuated mechanism, a counter consisting in a box with dial
plates on its front wall and division plate y having vertical slits y³, a measuring
wheel din contact with and rotated by the cloth, a train of gear-wheels having
axles V and connected to the measuring wheel, disks V' pivoted in a line with axles
in the front wall of said box and provided each with a pointer V₁ and notch V
having one side bevelled, numeral-disks V₁ arranged to rotate with and to slide:
lengthwise on axles V and having each a pin V³ adapted to engage in the respective,
notches V and peripheral groove V7 vertically movable drop-bar U in connection:
with said retaining-catch springs U₁ fixed thereto, engaging in grooves V' and
pressing the disks V' towards disks V2, springs fixed to division-plate y and having.
shoulders y' opposite to slits y³, projections U on springs U¹ normally in engage-
ment with shoulders y' and then operating to keep the drop-bar raised, whereas
when all the projections U are disengaged from the shoulders y', the drop-bar will.
descend and cause the retaining-catch to release the spring actuated coupling-.
mechanism, substantially as described.
3. In a cloth-measuring and cutting machine the combination of a winding:
mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting-mechanism, a driving-shaft, spring-actuated
coupling mechanism for disconnecting the said driving-shaft from the winding
mechanism and connecting it with the cutting-mechanism, a retaining-catch /* for
said spring actuated mechanism, spring acting on the catch, a counter having a
measuring-wheel rotated by the cloth, and a drop-bar U, mechanism in connection
with the counter and the drop-bar whereby the latter is released after the measuring-
wheel has made a determinate number of revolutions, a vertically movable bar m
engaging drop-bar U, spring m³ depressing bar m when the drop-bar is released by
the counter, a spring-nose on retaining-catch 1, lever / pivoted at land connected
at one end to bar m while its other end, which is bent upward, engages with nose l³,
substantially as set forth.
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4. In a cloth-measuring and cutting machine, the combination of a winding
mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting mechanism having the vertically movable shear-
blade h', driving-shaft c, coupling-clutch co loose on shaft c and connected to the
winding-mechanism, pinion with coupling-clutch e' also loose on shaft C₁ double-
coupling-clutch c² sliding on shaft c and adapted to engage with either of the two
clutches co and c, lever i for shifting clutch c³ ³, spring acting on the lever to
put the clutch in engagement with clutch c, spring-pressed retaining-catch P
bevelled at the bottom and adapted to keep lever i in the position in which it causes
engagement of clutch c³ ³ with clutch c", a counter having a measuring-wheel
rotated by the cloth, means in connection with the counter for raising catch 1³ and
thereby releasing lever i, pinion e' keyed on shaft c, spur-wheel ee having on its
whole periphery teeth to gear with pinion and on the part eteeth to gear with
pinion c', a concentric cam e³ on the inner face of spur-wheel e¹ e³ and a projection;³

page_text: -on lever i on which cam e acts to push the lever back and into reengagement with
catch, double crank shaft g, rods h connecting the cranks thereof to the shear
blade h¹, and gearing for transmitting motion from spur-wheel ee to shaft g
substantially as described.
5. In a cloth-measuring and cutting-machine the combination of a winding-
mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting-mechanism, a driving-shaft, spring-actuated,
-coupling mechanism for disconnecting the said driving-shaft from the winding
mechanism and connecting it with the cutting-mechanism, a retaining-catch 1 for
said spring actuated mechanism, spring acting on the catch, a counter having a
measuring-wheel rotated by the cloth, and a drop-bar U, mechanism in connection
with the counter and the drop-bar whereby the latter is released after the
*measuring-wheel has made a determinate number of revolutions, a vertically-
movable bar m. engaging drop-bar U, spring m¹ depressing bar m when the drop-
bar is released by the counter, a spring-nose on retaining-catch 13, lever / pivoted
at and connected at one end to bar m while its other end which is bent upward
-engages with nose 1, a lever k pivotally connected to the machine frame at k² and
to the bar m at the other end, a pawl k¹ also pivoted at k and having shoulder k³.
to rest on lever k, a ratchet wheel having pinion fixed thereto both loosely
mounted on the driving shaft c, a spur-wheel keyed to the spindle 6 to engage
said pinion c and suitable gearing to connect the driving shaft c and spindle b,
substantially as described.
6. In a cloth-measuring and cutting machine the combination of a winding-
mechanism, cloth-guides, a cutting-mechanism, a driving-shaft, spring-actuated
coupling mechanism for disconnecting the said driving-shaft from the winding
mechanism and connecting it with the cutting-mechanism, a retaining-catch ³ for
:said spring actuated mechanism, spring acting on the catch, a counter having a
measuring-wheel rotated by the cloth, and a drop-bar U, mechanism in connection
with the counter and the drop-bar whereby the latter is released after the measuring
wheel has made a determinate number of revolutions, a vertically-movable bar m
-engaging drop-bar U, spring m³ depressing bar m when the drop-bar is released by
the counter, an arm n¹ rigidly attached to said counter and pivoted to the machine
frame at n, a spring pressed rod n² projecting through the arm n' and having nut nº,
and a spring n³, substantially as described.
T-1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.