A New or Improved Machine for Making Up Piece Goods.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 4th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 7th Oct., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Making Up Piece Goods.
I, EDWIN GALLOWAY, of 211, Exeter Street, Otley Road, Bradford, in the
County of York, Maker-up do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved machine for making up stuffs,
cotton pieces or other piece goods or woven fabrics in which a "cuttle" is formed
at the end of the piece that is to say when the end of the piece is folded or
wrapped in the reverse way to that folded upon the piece board. And the object
of the invention is to facilitate the formation of a neat cuttle the same width as the
piece.
For this purpose I employ a machine the back portion of which is somewhat
similar to an ordinary rolling machine for wrapping piece goods upon the piece
boards and the piece to be made up is mounted therein. On each side of the front
of the machine I mount a revolving mandril both of which are driven at the same
speed and in the same direction by chain or other suitable gearing from a shaft
below. Two radial arms are provided at the inner end of each mandril in which
two adjustable chucks are fitted diametrically opposite each other. The chucks may
be adjusted radially by right and left hand screws and they are adapted to receive
and hold two bars or rods extending from one mandril to the other.
In operation the end of the piece is passed under the two bars over one bar and
then between them and under the other so as to confine the end. Then on rotating
the mandrils the required number of times the cuttle is formed. A table is then
raised beneath the cuttle and the chucks are preferably so arranged that the act of
raising the table automatically releases the ends of the bars from the chucks leaving
the bars free to be withdrawn from the cuttle.
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In making what are known as special" cuttles that is to say doubling one edge
of the cuttle in when it is partly formed I employ an extension which may be
detachable on one of the radial arms of each mandril. A clutch is fitted in each
extension and at the commencement of the cuttle a bar is temporarily fitted in
these clutches. And afterwards the ordinary bar is placed in position and the
temporary bar withdrawn and the edge of the cuttle is doubled in over the
ordinary bar.
For making up a number of pieces with the same cuttle. A clutch may be provided
in connection with the driving mechanism which is automatically thrown out of gear
when the required number of turns have been given to the mandrils either when
forming ordinary or special cuttles.
A scale, measure or graduations may be formed on the radial arms to indicate the
distance apart of the bars carried thereby.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1892
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Machine for Making Up Piece Goods.
I, EDWIN GALLOWAY, of 211, Exeter Street Otley Road, Bradford, in the
County of York, Maker-up, 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:—
This invention relates to a new or improved machine for making up stuffs,

page_text: cotton pieces or other piece goods or woven fabrics in which a "cuttle" is formed
at the end of the piece that is to say when the end of the piece is folded or
wrapped in the reverse way to that folded upon the piece board. And the object
of the invention is to facilitate the formation of a neat cuttle the same width as the
piece.
For this purpose I employ a machine the back portion of which is somewhat
similar to an ordinary rolling machine for wrapping piece goods upon the piece
boards and the piece to be made up is mounted therein. On each side of the front
of the machine I mount a revolving mandril both of which are driven at the same
speed and in the same direction by chain or other suitable gearing from a shaft
below. Two radial arms are provided at the inner end of each mandril in which
two adjustable chucks are fitted diametrically opposite each other. The chucks may
be adjusted radially by right and left hand screws and they are adapted to receive
and hold two bars or rods extending from one mandril to the other.
In operation the end of the piece is passed under the two bars over one bar and
then between them and under the other so as to confine the end. Then on rotating
the mandrils the required number of times the cuttle is formed.
A table is then
raised beneath the cuttle and the chucks are preferably so arranged that the act of
raising the table automatically releases the ends of the bars from the chucks leaving
the bars free to be withdrawn from the cuttle.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings formning a part of this
Specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in
each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a plan view of my improved machine with the table in the
raised position.
Figure 2, represents a front elevation of the same.
Figure 3, represents a side elevation.
Figure 4, is a section on the line a, b Figure 1 with the table lowered.
Figures 5 to 12 are views of detail hereinafter referred to.
Figure 13, represents a cross section or diagram of a folded piece illustrating the
arrangement of the folds in an ordinary "cuttle."
Figure 14, is a similar view of a "special" cuttle alone.
The piece A (Figures 13 and 14) completely folded upon the piece board A' is
first placed upon the small table or rest A' and is then chucked or secured between
the spindles B and B₁ by fixing the piece board A¹ by its ends between the prong
or fork chucks B and B carried by the spindles B and B¹. To allow this the
spindle B is adjustable longitudinally similar to an ordinary rolling machine but
instead of being adjusted by a screw the hand lever B' is preferably employed.
This lever B is pivoted on the stud B fixed in the head B adjustably mounted
upon the stay rods C and C8 and is connected by the link B to the stud B7
projecting from the spindle B through the slot B8 formed in the head B in which
this spindle is mounted. It will be readily understood that moving the lever on the
stud B will bring the spindle either further in or out and a suitable projection is
formed on the underside of the lever adapted to engage the ratchet teeth formed in
the top face of the quadrant piece B10 and retain it in any position. A number of
holes Bare formed in B so that the stud B7 may be moved from one hole to
another when it is required to adjust the spindle beyond the range attainable by the
movement of the lever.
This method of adjusting the spindle B besides being handier to operate from
the front of the machine than a screw is considerably quicker in action, but I make
no claim thereto.
Instead of the
The spindle B does not revolve but the chuck B2 is arranged to freely revolve
within it, and the spindle B¹ is driven by the -band B connecting the pulley Ba
mounted upon B to the pulley B upon the driving shaft C2.
pulley B being rigidly fixed upon the spindle B' it is connected to it by the
pawl B mounted upon such pulley engaging the ratchet wheel B1 rigidly fixed
on the spindle B'. This arrangement admits of the spindle revolving faster than

page_text: the pulley in case it is necessary for the piece to revolve at a greater speed to
supply the cuttling mechanism than that at which it is driven by the pulley B".
A brake wheel B₁ having a vee groove in its periphery to receive the brake
lever B is also fixed on the spindle B' for the purpose of keeping a proper drag or
tension on the fabric as it passes to the cuttling mechanism and also to at once stop
the spindle B' when the machine stops. The brake lever is pivoted upon the stud Bio
fixed in C¹ and is held down by the adjustable weight B
The mandrils D and D₁ of the cuttling mechanism are mounted in suitable
bearings in the frames C and C and are driven by the chains D' connecting the
sprocket wheels D³ rigidly fixed on said mandrils to the sprocket wheels D₁ fixed
upon the driving shaft. Radial arms D and Do all arranged in the same plane
project from the inner end of each mandril and each of these arms carry an
adjustable chuck or block D' mounted in the radial slot D formed in the arms.
A left and right hand screw D³ is fitted in each pair of arms adapted to enable
each pair of chucks to be simultaneously adjusted away from or towards the
mandril upon which they are mounted. A spring lid D10 hinged to each pair of
radial arms is provided to cover the chucks and is held down by the spring catch D
whilst the spring D" is arranged to open the lid immediately the spring catch D¹¹
is released.
Figure 5, is a plan view on a larger scale with the lid closed of one of the pairs
of radial arms with the addition of the "special" cuttling arrangement hereinafter
referred to.
Figure 6, is a similar view of the same with the lid open and a portion of one
cuttling bar in position.
Figure 7, is a longitudinal elevation of the same.
Figure 8, is an end view, and Figure 9, is also an end view with the "special"
cuttling arrangement removed.
The cuttling bar E is placed in position in the chucks as shown in Figures 1
and 4 the tables having been previously lowered to the position shown in
Figure 4 and the end of the fabric mounted upon the piece board between the
spindles B and B is drawn under E and the end then folded back over it. The
bar E is then placed in position in the other chucks over the end of the fabric
thus folded to confine it, and any portion of the end projecting beyond this bar
may be folded back over it as shown in the sectional view Figure 12.
To lower the tables F and A³ the pedal G is pressed by the attendant's foot
which moves the support G¹ from beneath the cross rod F¹ and leaves the latter
free to fall or be pushed down to the position shown in Figure 4. To admit of this
movement the table is mounted upon two vertical rods or slides F, F' fitted in the
vertical guides F3 formed in the cross rail C. The counter weights F4, F are
connected by the cords F passing over the pulleys F to the rods F and balance
the weight of the table. To simultaneously lower the table A³ this table is pivoted
by its frame A to the stay rod C³ connecting C and C¹ and the back of this table
is connected by the coupling piece A' to the rod Aª connecting the rear ends of the
two levers A', A' which levers are pivoted upon the stay rod C¹º. The front ends
of the levers are connected by the cross rod F¹ connected by the links F', F' to the
lower ends of the rods F. By means of this connecting mechanism the table A² is
moved from the horizontal position shown in Figure 1 to the inclined position
shown in Figure 4 when F is lowered thus leaving room for the piece held between
the spindles B and B' to revolve. The coupling piece A is preferably made
adjustable in length so as to enable the position of the table A² to be adjusted to
the proper position when F is raised. The table A³ is also preferably adjustable in
relation to the table frame A³ by means of the slotted end-pieces A° and set
screws A10. Adjustable side fences A" are also provided upon A³ to facilitate
placing the piece on the table in a central position in relation to B and B¹.
Counter weights A¹ connected by cords A", passing over pulleys A, to the end
of the frame A³ are provided to balance the table A. The pulleys A" are secured
to the underside of the cross rail C. Cords or bands A³ extending from the light

page_text: rod A (carried by the cords A) over the cross stay C to the end of the frame A
are provided to form a guide or support for the fabric extending from between the
spindles B, B and the cross rail C.
After the tables have been lowered the lids D10 are closed thus confining the
ends of the cuttling bars E and E¹ in the grooves & cut in the chucks d. Then
the machine is started and after the required number of turns have been given to
the mandrils to roll sufficient of the fabric around the cuttling bars to form the
cuttle the machine is stopped and the tables raised. The act of raising the table F
causes the ends of such table to engage the curved arm D¼ of the catches D and
thereby operate such catches sufficiently to release the lids which immediately
spring open and thereby release the ends of the cuttling bars which are then
withdrawn one at a time from the folds of the fabric surrounding them and may be
conveniently placed upon the hooked rests H, H secured to the front of the table
as shown in Figure 2. The piece is then removed from between B and B¹ and
placed upon the cuttle after the portion of the fabric intervening has been
re-wrapped by hand upon the piece, thus completing the operation.
When what is termed a "special" cuttle is required I attach the extension d¹ to
to the end of arm D. To admit of this the end of the arm is provided with a
taper dovetail groove d² adapted to receive the similarly formed projection on the
end of d', and the lid d³ is made with a tongue d' adapted to fit into the groove d³
formed in D10 so that when in position D10 and d³ form practically one lid.
adjustable chuck block do similar to D' is also fitted in d¹.
An
In operation the bar E' is first placed in the clutches de instead of D' and the
cuttle commenced as before then after the required number of turns have been
given to the mandril to form the "special" cuttle the machine is stopped, the
bar E' removed from de to D' and that portion of the cuttle or folded fabric then
formed which projects beyond the bar E is doubled over it. The cuttle is then
finished by again starting the machine and folding an equal or other suitable
number of folds around the doubled portion thus leaving it as shown in Figure 14
which represents the cuttle alone after the cuttling bars have been withdrawn.
Graduations N consisting of a half size inch measure are marked upon the
lids Do commencing from the centre of the mandrils outwards to indicate the
distance in inches the bars E and E are apart.
For making a number of pieces with the same cuttle I employ the arrangement
shown in the drawings and on a larger scale in Figures 10 and 11 for automatically
stopping the machine as soon as the required number of turns have been given to
the mandrils either when forming ordinary or special cuttles.
For this purpose I employ an eccentric J fixed upon the vertical shaft J¹ mounted
in bearings in the bracket J and driven by the bevel wheels J³ from the main
shaft C. A pawl J is mounted upon J which engages the horizontal slide Jo
provided with ratchet teeth J along one side and teeth J along the other side.
The pawl J engages the teeth Je and at each revolution of the eccentric moves the
slide one tooth in the direction of the arrow Figure 10 and it is prevented from
sliding back by the pawl Ja pivoted on the top of C¹ engaging the teeth J'. The
parts are so arranged that when the required number of revolutions have been
imparted to the mandril the adjustable piece J' on the end of J³ comes in contact
with the starting lever M and forcing it out of the notch M' in the end of C¹ leaves
the belt fork M free to be moved by the spiral spring M³ (Figure 1) so as to
pase the belt off the fast pulley M' on to the loose one M and thus stop the
machine.
The bell crank lever O mounted upon the stud O' fixed in the top of C¹ is so
arranged that one arm 02 engages the starting lever M and when the latter is
moved under the influence of the spring M³ the lever O is moved with it. The
arm 03 of the lever O is connected by the rod O to the shank 05 of the wedge
piece O fitting the guide 07 and the parts are so arranged that when this movement
of the lever takes place the wedge O' is drawn between the two pawls J and J³
disengaging them from the teeth Jo and J' and thereby leaving the slide J³ free to

page_text: be drawn back to its original position by the weight J10 suspended by the cord J"
passing over the pulley J₁ to the end of J. An arm O' is provided upon O to
also engage the lever M and move O in the reverse direction when M is moved to
start the machine and thereby disengage the wedge O from the pawls. An
adjustable stop J13 is provided on J' so as to regulate the position it is drawn to by
the weight J10 and thereby regulate the number of revolutions that may be made
before the machine is again stopped by J' engaging M. The spiral spring S
connecting J and J* tends to keep them in contact with J.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
1. A machine for making up piece goods having two mandrils adapted to form
the cuttle between them substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A machine for making up piece goods having two mandrils adapted to receive
two cuttling bars, substantially as herein shown and described.
3. A machine for making up piece goods having an arrangement for holding the
piece and supplying the fabric to be cuttled, substantially as herein shown and
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
4. A machine for making up piece goods having a rising and falling table,
arranged substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
specified.
5. A machine for making up piece goods having a cuttling arrangement and
mechanism for automatically stopping the machine when the required number of
folds have been made.
Dated this 1st day of September 1893.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.