Improvements in Processes and Apparatus for Finishing Cloth.
Year: 1888

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Improvements in Processes and Apparatus for Finishing Cloth.
I, DAVID GESSNER of Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my IMPROVEMENTS IN PROCESSES
AND APPARATUS FOR FINISHING CLOTH," and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described in and ascertained in and by the following
statement
My said invention has for its object the finishing of cloth by pressing exerted under
such conditions and by such mechanism as to improve both the quality and convenience
of the work.
I will first describe the machine containing a cylinder and two bed plates with a
steamer interposed between the bed plates and subsequently certain additions or
modifications; it being understood that in all cases the constructions of the cylinder
and bed plates are substantially the same.
Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine.
Figure 2 is a side elevation.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation through the linex of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a detail showing certain mechanism for connecting the starting lever
with the belt shifter.
Figure 5, is a detail showing the fast and loose pulley and belt shifter.
Figure 6 is a detail showing the connections with the journal of the bed plate.
Figures 7 and 8 are details showing respectively a side and end view of the stripper.
Figures 9 to 16 both inclusive show various arrangements for the cylinder and
bed plates.
1 is the cylinder against which the cloth is pressed. It is of iron and provided with
the usual pressing surface which is to be generally in contact with the face of the
cloth. The cylinder is hollow and in operation is heated by steam which fills it
The cylinder is journalled in fixed bearings on the frame.
2 and 3, Figures 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10, are bed plates, in this case, arranged respectively
above and below the cylinder. These bed plates are of iron and provided with polished
pressing surfaces which are of the same curvature as the surface of the cylinder.

page_text: The bed plates are hollow and in operation are heated by steam which fills them.
These bed plates may be constructed with their adjacent edges on one side of the
cylinder beveled off so as to overlap one another. The bevel should incline with
the direction in which the cloth travels and its object is to insure the smooth passage
of the cloth from one bed plate to the next. Each hed plate is provided at each end
with a journal the bearings of which are movable to and from the axis of the cylinder.
In order to make these bearings move with precision, guide ways may be constructed
for them in the frame as shown above and below the cylinder in figures 2 and 3.
To operate the bed plates a lever 4 is pivoted at its centre upon the journal of the
cylinder and the opposite extremities of this lever are connected by the rods 5, 6, with
the respective bearings for the bed plate journals. There is a lever 4 and its described
connections at each end of the cylinder.
In Figure 6 is shown a cross section of one of the bed plate bearings. 7 is the
journal of the bed plate, which is mounted in the bearing
which slides in guide
way 5 of the frame. 9 is the pivot for the rod which makes connection with lever 4.
The bearing of this pivot is connected with 8 by the holt 10 which admits of some
play for bearing 8. A spring 11 is interposed around the bolt so as to exert a yielding
pressure on hearing 8. This capacity of yielding is important since it permits the
bed plate to give way somewhat when an obstruction enters between it and the cylinder
or in case the cloth thickens.
The rods 5 and 6 have opposite screw threads cut upon their ends or may each be
made in two sections connected end to end by nut 12 so that the rods may be
lengthened or shortened to vary the distance between either bed plate and the cylinder
and cause both bed plates to exert the same or different pressures or even to cause one
of them to exert no pressure in case it has become defaced.
I prefer however for this purposo to use the arrangement shown in Figure 19.
Here 9 is the rod or shaft to which the connecting rods 5 or 6 are pivoted. 8 is the
piece which slides in guideways in the frame. 13 is the bearing for the bed plate
journal and which is mounted in guideways within a hollow formed in 8 as shown.
The adjustment is provided by the set screws 14 and 15 between which the bearing 13
is held as shown.
It will be observed that by means of the levers and connecting rods already
described the bed plates move in unison and that the weight of one will counter-
balance that of the other. The means of adjustinent already described will enable
one bed plate to be adjusted independently of the other thereby enabling an inde-
pendent adjustment of pressure. Power and motion are communicated to the bed
plates by means of a toggle joint 16, 17 arranged below the lower bed plate which is
controlled and moved by the nut 18 mounted on a screw. There will be a toggle
joint beneath each end of the bed plate 3.
A steamer 19 is arranged so as to throw steam upon the cloth lying against the
surface of the cylinder as it passes from one bed plate to the other. This steamer may
be of the construction shown in Figure 3; the steam being conducted into it through
a perforated pipe 20 arranged beneath a deflector 21 and the condensed steam being
allowed to run off through a suitable pipe. The mouth of the steamer may be covered
in any suitable way for preventing the throwing of water onto the cloth. The steam
before entering this steamer may be passed first through a trap, so as to be dry and
to prevent the throwing condensed steam onto the cloth. The machine is started by
shifting a belt from a fast to a loose pulley by the belt shifter 22, Figure 5, connected
suitably with the lever 23, Figure 2. This lever is also connected by rod 24 with the
arm 25 of a valve in the steam pipe 20 whereby the steam is cut off from the steamer.
Thus the same motion of the lever which stops the machine stops the steaming and
the bad effects of continuing the steaming after the feed is stopped are prevented.
In Figures 17 and 18 I have shown an arrangement for throwing the steamer back
from the cylinder. For this purpose a rack is attached to the steamer at each end and
a pinion mounted in the frame and turned by a crank is provided for each rack sc
that by simply turning the crank the operator can slide the steamer back out of
position and the pressing may be continued without the steaming. The steam pipe 20

page_text: may have a telescope joint as shown in Figure to at 20 to accommodate the shuing of
the steamer.
The cylinder is driven by the gear wheels 27, 28, and suitable pinions from the
pulley shaft.
29 is a steamer of ordinary construction located so as to steam the cloth just before
it enters between the cylinder and bed plate 3. A cut off valve may be arranged
in the steam supply pipe to this steamer and connected with the lever 23 similarly to
the valve of the steamer first described so that the steam is cut off from this steamer
when the machine is stopped.
30 is a stripper which is a plate of the form shown in Figures 7 and 8 and provided
with a knife edge. Its edge is placed so as to graze the surface of the cylinder at
the point where the cloth is to leave the cylinder. The cloth after pressure tends to
adhere to the rough surface of the cylinder and the function of the stripper is to pare
it off so that it is delivered properly and does not clog. In order to make this stripper
adjustable, it is mounted at each end on a pivoted arm 31, Figures 7 and 8, the position
of which is regulated by means of a set screw 32 whereby the stripper may be
adjusted at the proper distance from the cylinder. The roller 33 mounted on the bed
plate 2 serves to reduce the friction of the cloth on the edge of the bed plate. 34 is
a guide roll.
35 and 35 are respectively a steamer and a brush of ordinary construction and in
order that either side of the cloth may be presented to them, I make the following
provision 37, 38 are guide rolls mounted on either side of the steamer 35. The
brush is placed below the steamer and a hood 39 is placed above the brush so that it
will be protected from moisture falling from the steamer. A flock receptacle or
trough 40 is suspended on one side or the other of the brush so as to enclose that part
which is not in contact with the cloth. This flock receptacle can be suspended on
either side and is made detachable for that purpose.
A feed roller 41 driven by a chain and sprockets from the journal of the cylinder is
placed below the brusb.
It will be observed that this steamer will moisten the cloth after the pressing
and that the brush will serve to wipe the moisture into the fibres of the cloth.
Generally the same side of the cloth will be brushed which comes next the cylinder in
pressing.
According as it is desired to steam and brush the cloth on one side or the other, it
is passed around the rollers 37, 38 and 41 in the position shown in full or in
broken line. 42, 43 are tension rollers by which the cloth may be held against the
brush. 44, 45 are guide rolls over which the cloth passes between the roll 41, and
the folder 46. The brush is driven by a belt from the main shaft.
With the cylinder mounted in fixed bearings and the bed plates movable inde-
pendently of the feed or guide rollers and the cylinder, the bed plates may he
moved back from the cylinder without interrupting the operation of the cylinder
or the feed of the cloth through the machine. With the adjustment already
described, one of the bed plates may be used for pressing without the other. With
the steamer 19 the cloth may be steamed intermediate two pressures whereby I
propose to greatly improve the cloth. With the edges of the bed plates on one
side of the cylinder constructed to approach each other closely, as shown in Figures y
and 10, the cloth will pass smoothly from one bed plate to the next without a con-
necting sheet metal jacket.
In Figure 9 I have shown an arrangement of levers and connecting rods for
operating the bed plates by means of which the guide ways may be dispensed
with. Thus 47, 48, are two levers introduced in lieu of lever 4 already described.
Their opposite ends are connected by connecting rods as shown with the extremities
of rods 49 and 50 to which are journaled the bed plates. It is apparent that
with this arrangement the bed plates must move in proper line. The rods 49 and 50
being each constructed in two sections joined end to end by nuts as shown or by
having opposite screw threads on each end made of one piece each, the requisite
means of adjustment will be supplied.

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In the arrangement shown in Figure 10, the lever mounted on the cylinder
journal is dispensed with and a lever 51 fulcrumed to the frame is employed, in
one end of which is journaled the bed plate 3 and to the other end of which is
pivoted the rod 52 which in turn bears the support of the bed plate 2.
In Figure 11 as shown a cylinder surrounded by three bed plates with a
steamer interposed between the first and second. Figure 12 shows the same-
arrangement excepting that the steamer is between the second and third bed plate.
Figure 1 shows the cylinder surrounded by four bed plates with the steamer
between the second and third. Figure 14 shows the same arrangement as Figure 13
except that the steamer is between the first and second bed plates. The arrows in the
foregoing figures indicate direction of travel of cloth. Figure 15 shows a cylinder
with two bed plates which are faced and connected by a continuous sheet metal jacket.
The jacket is perforated between the bed plates so that steam may be thrown onto the
cloth from the steamer arranged outside the perforations. Figure 16. shows a cylinder
with two bed plates and a steamer interposed between the bed plates; but in this case
an endless felt apron passes over friction rollers and across the face of each bed plate
so that there is always a thickness of felt moving with the cloth between the cloth and
each bed plate.
Figure 20 shows the application of steaming between pressures to a plate press.
52, 53, 54, 55 are the platens which are reciprocated by any of the known mechanisms
for that purpose. They are each chambered; 52 and 53 being chambered for the
admission of steam. 54 contains three chambers; the lower and upper being
respectively for steam and cold water and the intermediate one being for
insulation. The platen is chambered for the admission of cold water. Thus the
first and second pressures on the cloth are lot and the third pressure is cold.
56, 57, 58; and 59 are steamers of ordinary construction arranged so that the
cloth is steamed before pressing, also between every two pressures also after
pressing. The arms shown connecting each steamer with a bed plate are each
connected with a valve in the steam supply pipe of its steamer so that steam will
only flow onto the cloth while the cloth is fed along but will be cut off when
the cloth is being pressed. The motion of the plates moving the valves for that
purpose.
I will now proceed to describe a machine embodying certain additions or
modifications to the machine already described.
Figure 21 is an elevation viewed from the end at which the cloth enters.
Figure 22 is a cross section through the line
the right.
of Figure 21, looking towards
Figure 23 is a cross section through the line y y, of Figure 21, looking towards
the left.
In this form of machine the cylinder 1 and bed plates 2, 3, are arranged with the
bed plates on opposite sides of the cylinder, the cloth entering at the top of 3 and
leaving at the top of 2.
In Figure 22 the bed plates are shown in position for pressing and in Figure 23
they are shown as thrown back from the cylinder. The lower edges of the bed plates
approach each other but between them and attached to one of the bed plates is a
steamer 59. This steamer is so constructed that it holds the cloth under coufinement
or pressure, at the same time that it throws steam into the cloth. For this purpose it
is made of the form shown in cross section in Figures 22 and 23. Its face next the
cylinder is of the same curvature as the cylinder and it is so secured to one of the
bed plates that its face is practically a continuation of the face of the bed plate. Its
edge next the opposite bed plate is beveled off to fit the bevel of the bed plate and
thus produce a beveled joint inclining towards the direction of travel of the cloth for
the purpose already set forth. The steamer is, as before, provided with a proper
covering to prevent throwing water on the cloth and a proper perforated steam
supply pipe and water escape pipe and deflector as already pointed out in describing
other steamers.
60 is a second cylinder which is intended to give the final finish to the cloth after

page_text: pressure. It is covered by a felt jacket and chambered to be heated by steam. It is
journalled in fixed bearings in the frame. Below it is the steamer 61 arranged to
supply steam to the felt jacket. Above the cylinder 60 is the bed plate 62 which is
chambered so as to be heated by steam. The bed plate 62 is provided with the usual
journals at its ends the bearings for which are mounted in vertical guideways in
the frame. The bed plates 2 and 3 are likewise provided with journals but these are
mounted in the lower extremities of arms 63, 64, by which they are suspended from
the frame above them so as to be free to swing to and from the cylinder. In order
to actuate the three bed plates I provide two three-armed levers, one for each end of
the cylinder, and fulcrum them on the journals of the cylinder. One arm 65 of each
of these levers is connected by a rod with the hearing of bed plate 2. Another
arm 66 is connected with the bearing of bed plate 3. The third arm 67 is con-
nected by
a rod with the bearing of bed plate 62. The third arm is extended
out to 68 where it is pivoted to the rod 69 which is also pivoted to the frame
at 70 and jointed at 71. Now it is obvious that by moving the jointed rod 69
from the position shown in Figure 23, where the bed plates are thrown back
from the cylinder, to the position shown in Figure 22 the bed plates will bo
moved into position to exert pressure upon the cylinder. This pressure is supplied
in the following manner: 72 and 78 are levers connected by the link 74 as
shown. The lower one supports the weight 75 and the upper one is connected
by the hook 76 with the joint of the rod 69. By this system of levers the down-
ward pull of weight 75 on rod 69 is many times compounded and a corresponding
pressure is exerted by the bed plates. Whenever it is desired to relieve this
pressure entirely it may be done by disengaging the hook 76. This may be done
by means of the lever 77 so that the hook 78 is caused to press on the tail of
hook 76 and disengage it. The same movement of lever 77 will cause the lever 79
to bear upon the lever 73 so as to hold the weight from falling. And by the
same movement of the levers, the link 74 is disengaged from end of lever 72.
The movements of the parts will be understood by comparing Figure 22, where
they are connected, with Figure 23, where they are disconnected. When the
parts are connected the pressure may be relieved if required, by means of hand
lever 80, Figure 21, which controls the position of the lower link of the jointed
rod 69.
For driving the cylinders the power is transmitted from pulley 801 to gear wheel $1,
thence to gear wheel 82 mounted on the main cylinder shaft, thence either directly to
gear wheel 83 which is on the other cylinder shaft, or to gear wheel $4 and thence to
gear wheel 83. In the one case the two cylinders would revolve in opposite directions
and in the other case in the same direction. The face of gear wheel 84 is made broad
and gear wheel 83 can be slid longitudinally on its shaft across the periphery of 84 so
as to be thrown into or out of gear with 82. The journals of gear wheel 84 are
mounted in sliding bearings so that it may be slid to or from 82 and thus be thrown
into or out of gear as required.
The cloth enters between the cylinder 1 and bed plate 3 by which it is thoroughly
pressed. Thence it passes between the cylinder and steamer 59 where it is moistened
while still under confinement against the heated surface of the cylinder. Thence it
passes between the cylinder and bed plate 2 where it is again pressed. Thence it
passes between the cylinder 60 and bed plate 62 being entered at either side of the bed
plate according as it is desired to expose the face or the back of the cloth to the felt
jacket. There it is pressed with less pressure than before against the moistened jacket.
Thence it is conducted to any other operations required.
By means of the mechanism described the bed plates are conveniently operated
without disturbing the cylinders or the feed of the cloth. The pressure on the lower
cylinder sets the fibre and this set is retained sufficiently through the action of the
steamer 59, and the felt jacket serves to improve the quality and surface finish of the
cloth.
In Figure 24 I have shown a modification of the arrangement last described. After
leaving the lower cylinder the cloth passes onto the scray 85 where it is supported

page_text: until it passes up to the second cylinder over the guide roll 86 and around the
stretcher 87. Thus the cloth between the pressures of the first and second cylinders
is slackened so that there will be no inequality in the tension by reason of the
wearing of the felt jacket on the second cylinder or any slight difference in the
gearing.
In lieu of the bed plate 62 of Figure 22 or the corresponding bed plate in Figure 24
an endless felt apron 621 may be employed as illustrated in Figure 25. This is shown
more in detail in Figures 26, 27 and 28. Upon the shaft 87 (Figure 28), which is
journalled as the journals of the bed plate 62, is placed a spider 88 at each end
supporting friction rollers 89, 90, 91.
These rollers serve to support an endless felt apron and to press the same upon the
surface of the cylinder as shown in Figures 25 and 26. An adjustment is provided
for one of the rollers so that any stretching of the apron may be taken up.
In Figure 26 I have shown how a steamer 92 may be arranged to steam the cloth
as it is in contact with the felt apron. Also in the same figure is shown how a bed
plate 93 may be arranged between which and the cylinder 60 the cloth may be pressed
before it reaches the felt apron.
In Figures 29, 30, 31, and 32, I have shown the construction of steamer which I
prefer to use at 59, Figure 23. Figure 29 is a cross section of the steamer and
adjacent portions of cylinder and bed plates. Figure 30 shows the exterior of the
steamer looking from the left. Figure 31 shows the steamer looking down upon it.
Figure 32 is a longitudinal section. The shell is cast in one piece of the form shown
excepting the ends which are separate plates-or heads secured in place by holts or
which might be screwed on directly. Cast with the shell are stays crossing the
interior chamber at intervals. These stays are hollow to admit of the passage through
them of the bolts by which the steamer is secured to the bed plate 2. On the side next
the cylinder the shell contains a row of perforations or a slit for the escape of the
steam onto the cloth. 94 is the steam supply pipe which extends through the
steamer from end to end and contains a row of perforations discharging the steam
beneath the deflector 95. A suitable waste pipe is provided for the escape of the water
of condensation.
In Figure 33 I have shown an arrangement which may be substituted in lieu of the
lower cylinder and bed plates in Figure 22. Here there are three hed plates arranged
around the cylinder and the steamer is secured to the face of the middle bed plate.
This is accomplished by facing the bed plate with the curved plate 96 shown in
Figures 34 and 35 to the underside of which is secured the steamer 97. A suitable
recess is formed in the bed plate to receive the steamer as shown in Figure 33 and a
suitable slit or row of perforations is made through the plate above the steamer to
admit the steam onto the cloth.
In Figure 36 is represented an arrangement wherein the steam is supplied from the
cylinder instead of from the bed plate. This is accomplished by providing a
cylinder 99, open at both ends which is rotated by gearing, between the rollers 100
arranged around its exterior and the shell of which is filled with perforations while its
exterior is covered with a felt jacket. Inside of this cylinder at the upper portion is
arranged a stationary steamer 98 which throws the steam upwards so that it reaches
the cloth through the perforations of the cylinder. A bed plate 101 is arranged
above the cylinder to press the cloth against the cylinder where it is undergoing the
steaming.
In Figure 37 is shown a cylinder combined with two bed plates and an endless felt
apron mounted on rollers. The rollers 89 and 90 are arranged to press the apron
onto the cylinder, 89 being placed close to where the cloth leaves the pressure of the
bed plate. By this arrangement the cloth never leaves the cylinder from the time
it enters beneath the bed plate until it has been submitted to the action of the
apron.
In Figure 38 the arrangement shown contains two cylinders. The lower cylinder
is provided with two bed plates as before and the upper cylinder with an endless felt
apron. This apron however is arranged so as to be pressed simultaneously against

page_text: both cylinders. Thus the roller 102 which carries the belt is between the upper and
lower cylinder and the roller 103 is above the upper cylinder. The endless apron
runs as shown and a constant pressure is maintained downwards on the lower cylinder
by the cylinder and rollers above it. The cloth, after passing out from under the
bed plates 3 and 2 follows the surface of the cylinder till after it has passed under the
roller 102. From this point, where a stripper strips it from the cylinder, it follows
the surface of the apron around the upper cylinder and the roll 103. The cloth is
thus kept constantly in contact either with a cylinder or the felt apron until the
operations are finished.
Small rollers as shown may be used to hold the cloth in contact with the apron in
passing around roller 102. A steamer 104 may also be provided to supply moisture to
the apron.
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In Figures 39 to 66 both inclusive, I have shown the means which I
propose
employ for facing the bed plates. In these figures, for purposes of illustration, I have
shown a single cylinder and bed plate movable relatively to each other. The facing
of the bed plate is in every case composed of a sheet metal jacket 105 which is
preferably of polished brass."
The sheet metal jacket used heretofore has been fitted loosely to the concave or face
of the bed and has been fastened only upon one or both sides where it overlaps the bod
and where it extends downward over the sides of the bed, thus permitting quite an
amount of play all over that portion of its surface which covers the concave or face of
the bed. In use, the margins of the jacket projecting beyond the cloth, spring up
and come in contact with the iron cylinder and are worn through or roughened by the
grinding action of the cylinder so that the cloth is damaged upon reaching these
places whenever it happens to run wider than usual. This condition of things is
illustrated in Figure 43.
The object of this portion of my invention is to overcome the above objection and
also to so construct and attach the jacket as that it can be removed or replaced without
requiring the taking apart of the machine.
In Figures 39, 40, 41 and 42, the arrow shows the direction of the travel of the
cloth. On the side the cloth enters the sheet metal jacket, is secured to the outside
of the bed plate by a row of screws. From this point of attachment the sheet metal
jacket is formed so as to follow the contour of the bed plate until it reaches the point
just beyond where the cloth passes from the pressure as at 106 (Figure 39). Here
the sheet metal jacket stops and the clamp 107 is provided which is attached at its
lower edge to the side of the bed plate as shown in Figure 41 and extends upwards.
just over the edge of the sheet metal jacket clamping the sheet metal jacket at this
edge to the bed plate with a yielding pressure. This clamp is made of sheet metal
and preferably extends continuously across the whole length of the sheet metal jacket
and its upper edge is chamfered off so as to produce very little if any obstruction to
the smooth passage of the cloth from the machine. By providing this clamp in lieu
of extending the slicet metal jacket as heretofore downward on each side of the bed
plate to hold it in place, it is plain that by removing the screws shown in Figure 40,
the sheet metal jacket may be removed from the machine as indicated in Figure 42
without being obstructed by the bend which would be necessary in each edge of the
jacket if the clamp were made in one piece therewith and not in a separate piece as
here shown; it being well known that with the old construction the most convenient
means of removing the jacket from the machine would be by sliding it off of the bed
endwise which would require provision in the frame and other parts of the machine
to enable it to be done. In lieu of the clamp I may employ a series of screws passing
through slots all along the edge of the jacket and into the bed plate. This modifi-
cation is shown in Figure 66, which is a plan view of the jacket and bed plate. By
these slots sufficient play is provided for between the jacket and the bed plate to
prevent injury to the same which would be the result of securing both edges thereof
rigidly to the bed plate. In employing this construction care should be taken to make
a smooth finish of the heads of the screws and the joint between the same and the
jacket.

page_text: I will now describe the contrivances for holding down the edges of the jacket which
are shown in Figures 44 to 65 inclusive. The device shown in Figures 44 and 45
consists of a semi-circular piece having the same curvature as the face of the bed
plate. On its underside is formed a rehate which is just deep enough to correspond
with the thickness of the sheet metal jacket without binding the same. The pieces 108
are constructed to overlap the outer edges of the bed plate and be bolted thereto as
shown in Figures 46, 47. Figures 48 and 49 show the relative position of the parts
when the devices, Figures 44 and 45, are in position; the flanges 109 on the latter
extending over the edges of the sheet metal jacket to hold them down. Sufficient
play should be provided to admit of the slight forward movement of the sheet metal
jacket which takes place when the operation of the cylinder commences.
Another device which may be used for the same purpose is shown in Figures 50,
51, 52, 53. It consists simply in extending the ends of the sheet metal jacket at each
end of the cylinder into ears which project beyond and are bent down in contact with
the ends of the bed plate as shown. These ears are each provided with a slot and bolts
passing through these slots into the ends of the bed plate secure the cars to the bed
plate and thereby prevent the margins of the sheet metal jacket from springing
upwards into contact with the cylinder. The slots in the ears afford sufficient play
between the sheet metal jacket and the bed plate to accommodate the slight forward
motion of the jacket which always takes place when the machine is being started up
while under pressure.
In Figure 54 the margin of the sheet metal jacket is shown as held down to the bed
plate by a spring latch 110 which is secured to the bed plate at the lower end and
projects upwards and over the margin of the sheet metal jacket. This latch may be
pivoted to the bed plate so that it can be thrown backwards when it is desired to
remove the jacket. There should be a series of such latches.
In Figures 55 and 56 the sheet metal jacket is shown as not extending beyond the
end of the bed plate but as having a series of slots cut through it with screws like that
shown in Figure 57 passing through the slots and entering the bed plate. The under
surfaces of the heads of these screws are rounded as shown in Figure 57 to provide for
the curvature of the bed plate.
In Figures 58 and 59 a flange projects down from the edge of the jacket, over the
end of the bed plate. Slots are made in this flange through which pass the screws
securing it to the bed plate.
In Figures 60 and 61 the edges of the jacket are shown as extended into ears pro-
jecting downwardly over the ends of the bed plate. Spring hooks are provided for
attaching each of these ears to the end of the bed plate as shown, thereby producing a
downward yielding pressure upon the margins of the sheet metal jacket as required.
In lieu of the spring hooks, the hook shown in Figure 62 may be used which is made
adjustable by a screw swivel.
In Figures 63, 64 and 65 the jacket is shown as extending beyond the end of the
bed plate and as provided with a series of perforated lugs through which a rod is
passed which rod is connected at each end with the bed plate.
In Figure 67 is shown a modification in which one bed plate is stationary and the
bearings of the cylinder and the other bed plate are movable. Means of adjustment
are introduced so that pressing may be going on between the cylinder and either bed
plate without the other. 111 is the frame which at each end of the cylinder contains
forked upward extensions to form guideways for the bearings of the cylinder and
upper bed plate. The lower bed plate 112 is bolted fast in the frame. The vertically
sliding bearings 113 of the cylinder are supported at each end of the cylinder by a set
screw 114 by which the cylinder may be raised or lowered so as to press against bed
plate 112 or exert no pressure on it. The vertically sliding bearings 115 of the upper
bed plate are supported at each end with a set screw 116 containing a nut to rest on
top of the cylinder bearing and also a nut in a stirrup of the cylinder bearing to lift
the cylinder bearing. By the first of these nuts the bed plate may be raised so as not
to exert any pressure upon the cloth between it and the cylinder and by the other nut
the raising of the upper bed plate will lift the cylinder. Sufficient play is allowed

page_text: between the two nuts so that the bed plate will be lifted slightly before the lifting of
the cylinder commences so that the pressure will be removed between the cylinder and
both bed plates.
117 is a weighted lever (one at each end) by which downward
pressure is exerted on the bearings of the upper bed plate. 118 is a hand lever acting
as a cam on lever 117 to raise the latter when the pressure is to be released.
use of the modification last described if any injury happens to the pressing surface of
either bed plate it may be adjusted so as to exert no pressure whilst the pressing
between the cylinder and remaining bed plate may be continued.
In the
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. In combination, a cylinder, two oppositely arranged bod plates, a lever pivoted
concentric with the cylinder, and rods connecting the bed plates with the opposite
arms of said lever, substantially as described.
2. In combination, a cylinder, two bed plates, one arranged above and the other
below the cylinder, a lever or levers pivoted at each end of said cylinder and rods
connecting the bed plates with the opposite arms of said lever or levers whereby the
weights of the said bed plates will counterbalance each other, substantially as described.
3. In a cloth prossing machine in combination, a frame having fixed bearings for
the cylinder and guideways for the bearings of the bed plates arranged on opposite
sides of said cylinder bearings, the cylinder, the bed plates arranged on opposite sides
of the cylinder and each bed plate being provided with bearings arranged to slide in
said guideways, whereby the bed plates inay reciprocate to and from the cylinder,
substantially as described.
4. In combination, the cylinder, the two bed plates, each provided at each end with
a bearing, a lever or levers arranged between the end bearings of the opposite bed
plates and rods whereby the end hearings of the bed plates are connected with the
opposite arms of the lever or levers, substantially as described.
5. In combination, the cylinder having fixed bearings, the two bed plates arranged
respectively above and below the cylinder and provided with bearings at each end, a
lever interposed between the opposite bed plate bearings, rods connecting the bed
plate bearings with said lever and a toggle joint arranged below the lower bed plate,
whereby the said bed plate is pressed against said cylinder, substantially as described.
6. In combination, a cylinder, two bed plates arranged on opposite sides thereof,
a lever or levers and connections between the lever or levers and bed plates whereby
the motions of one bed plate are transmitted to the other, and the spring or springs
interposed in the mechanism connecting said bed plates, whereby the one bed plate
may be permitted to yield without affecting the position of the other, substantially as
described.
7. In combination, a cylinder and two bed plates having their adjacent ends or
edges beveled, whereby a smooth passage of cloth from one to another is secured,
substantially as described.
8. In combination, a heated cylinder, a bed plate, and a stripper arranged at the
point where the cloth leaves the heated cylinder whereby the cloth at that point is
stripped from the cylinder, substantially as described.
9. In combination, a cylinder, two bed plates each provided with an independent
surface adapted for pressing cloth, and the said bed plates being so arranged that
their cloth pressing surfaces are in close proximity to each other where the cloth passes
from one bed plate to the next, whereby the cloth passes smoothly from one bed plate
to the other without the assistance of a connecting sheet metal jacket, substantially as
described.
10. In combination, the cylinder, the frame upon which it is journalled, the two
bed plates and the bed plate actuating mechanism provided with means for adjust-
ment interposed between each bed plate and the journal of the cylinder, substantially
as described whereby the bed plates may be adjusted to and from the cylinder inde-
pendently, and the pressure of one bed plate may be removed from the cloth without
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described.
11. In combination, the guide rollers, the cylinder having fixed bearings, the two
bed plates, mechanical means for exerting and relieving pressure on the bed plates,
supports for the bearings of the bed plates movable relatively to and independently
of the bearings of the cylinder and guide rollers; whereby the bed plates may be
moved back from the cylinder without disturbing the position or operation of the
cylinder or guide rollers, substantially as described.
12. The combination with pressing devices constructed to press the cloth at two or
more points successively, of a steamer or moistening apparatus interposed between
(any two) pressing points, and mechanism constructed to heat the pressing devices
succeeding the steamer or moistening apparatus, whereby the cloth receives a steaming
or moistening intermediate two pressings, the latter of which pressings is hot, sub-
stantially as described. .
13. The combination with pressing devices constructed to press the cloth at two or
more points successively, of a steamer or moistening apparatus interposed between any
two of the successive pressing points whereby the cloth receives steaming or moistening
intermediate the pressings, and a steamer or moistener arranged to deposit steam or
moisture on the cloth before the first pressing, substantially as described.
14. The combination with pressing devices constructed to press the cloth at two or
more points successively, of a steamer or moistening apparatus interposed between the
successive pressing points whereby the cloth receives steaming or moistening inter-
mediate the pressings, and a steamer or moistener arranged to deposit steam or
moisture on the cloth after the last pressing, substantially as described.
15. The combination with pressing devices constructed to press the cloth at two or
more points successively, of a steamer or moistening apparatus interposed between
any two of the successive pressing points whereby the cloth receives steaming or
moistening intermediate the prossings, and a steamer or moistener arranged to deposit
steam or moisture on the cloth before the first pressing, and a steamer or moistener
arranged to deposit steam or moisture on the cloth after the last pressing, substantially
as described.
16. The combination with pressing devices constructed to press the cloth at two or
more points successively, of a steamer or moistening apparatus interposed between
any two of the successive pressing points, and provided with mechanism for adjusting
it to and from the cloth, whereby the cloth may or may not be steamed or moistened
intermediate the pressings, substantially as described.
17. The combination with a cylinder of two or more bed plates, arranged around
the same, and a steamer or moistener interposed between the bed plates whereby the
cloth receives a steaming or moistening as it passes from one bed plate to the next.
18. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination with the apparatus for stopping
the feed of the machine and a steamer or moistener for supplying moisture
to the cloth, connections substantially as described whereby the act of stopping
the feed intercepts the passage of the moisture onto the cloth, substantially as
described.
19. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination with the pressing surfaces and
a steamer arranged in the path of the cloth as it leaves the pressing surfaces, a
brush arranged in the path of the cloth as it leaves the steamer whereby the
moisture is diffused among the fibres on the (a surface) face of the cloth, substantially
as described.
20. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination with the pressing surfaces, a
brush arranged in the path of the cloth after it leaves the pressing surfaces and
on the side of the cloth which was presented to the cylinder in pressing, substantially
as described.
21. In a cloth pressing machine, the combination with the pressing surfaces, of a
brush arranged in the path of the cloth after leaving the pressing surfaces, and
three guides whereby either surface of the cloth may be brought in contact with the
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22. In combination with a rotary brush, a Hock receptacle extend
partially round the lower semi-circumforence of the brush and adapted to be
shifted from one part of the lower semi-circumference to another, substantially as
described.
23. A machine for pressing cloth having pressing devices constructed to press the
cloth, a heated surface arranged to be in contact with the cloth after it receives a
pressing, a steamer or moistener movable independently of the pressing devices and
arranged to deposit steam or moisture on the cloth after being pressed, and as it is in
contact with said heated surface, and mechanism for adjusting the steamer or moistener
to and from the cloth, substantially as described.
24. In combination, the cylinder, the bed plates mounted in reciprocating supports,
the sliding boxes providing bearings for the journals of said bed plates and means for
adjusting the same in said supports whereby the bed plates may be adjusted in their
supports, substantially as described.
25. In combination, the cylinder and the bed plate whereby the cloth is pressed and
stripper arranged with its odge in close proximity to the surface of the cylinder
where the cloth is to leave the cylinder and means substantially as described whereby
the stripper is supported and rendered adjustable as specified.
26. A machine for pressing cloth having pressing devices constructed
press
the cloth, a heated surface traveling in contact with the cloth after receiving
a pressing and a steamer or moistener whereby steam or moisture is deposited
on the cloth while it is in contact with said heated surface, substantially as
described.
27. A machine for pressing cloth having pressing devices constructed to press the
cloth, a continuously operating food, a heated surface arranged to be in contact with
the cloth after it receives a pressing and a steamer or moistener, whereby steam or
moisture is, deposited on the cloth when it is in contact with said heated surfaco,
substantially as described.
28. A machine for pressing cloth, having pressing devices constructed to press the
cloth, at two or more points successively, a heated surface arranged to be in contact
with the cloth between the successive pressing points, and a steamer or moisteuer
whereby steam or moisture is deposited on the cloth while it is in contact with said
heated surface, substantially as described.
29. A machine for pressing cloth having pressing devices constructed to press the
cloth at two or more points successively, a continuously operating feed, a heated
surface arranged to be in contact with the cloth between said pressing points and a
steamer or moistener whereby steam or moisture is deposited on the cloth while it is
in contact with said heated surface, substantially as described.
30. The combination with a cylinder, of two or more bed plates arranged around
the same, the cloth being in contact with the cylinder as it passes from one bed plate
to the next, and a steamer or moistener whereby steam or moisture is deposited on the
cloth as it is passing from one bed plate to the next in contact with the cylinder,
substantially as described.
31. The combination of a cylinder and a bed plate and devices constructed to hold
the cloth in contact with the cylinder after it leaves the bed plate and a steamer or
moistener whereby the cloth receives steaming or moistening after pressing, and while
in contact with the cylinder, substantially as described.
32. In combination a pressing device adapted to exert a dry pressure upon the
cloth and a pressing device adapted to exert a pressure upon, and at the same time
supply moisture to the cloth, and means whereby the cloth is pressed in contact with
said pressing devices; the same being so arranged that the pressing device for exerting
the dry pressure precedes the pressing device for exerting the moist pressure, sub-
stantially as described.
33. In combination, a pressing surface and a steamer provided with a pressing
surface acting in opposition to the first pressing surface and extending substantially
beyond the perforations for the steam in the direction from which the cloth is fed,

page_text: whereby the pressure is applied both before and simultaneously with the treatment of
the cloth with vapor, substantially as described.
34. In combination, a cylinder, a surface whereby pressure is exerted upon the cloth
against the cylinder and provided with perforations connected with a supply of moisture
whereby the cloth is treated with moisture while under pressure, substantially as
described.
35. A cloth pressing machine having devices constructed to press the cloth at three
points the pressing surfaces at the intermediate point being provided with means for
depositing moisture on the cloth while under pressure, and the pressing surfaces at
the other two points being adapted to exert a comparatively dry pressure, substantially
as described.
36. In combination, a pressing surface adapted to give a preliminary pressing, and
an apron adapted to be pressed against the cloth, and incans for moistening the apron,
and means whereby the cloth is pressed against said pressing surface and said
apron, and heating chambers arranged to supply heat to the pressing surfaces,
substantially as described.
37. In combination, a cylinder, a pressing surface, an apron, means whereby the
apron is pressed upon the cloth between it and the cylinder and means whereby the
apron is moistened substantially as described.
38. A machine for pressing cloth having pressing devices constructed to press the
cloth, a heated surface traveling in contact with the cloth after receiving a pressure,
and a second pressing surface to press the cloth against said heated surface, provided
with means substantially as described to permit moisture to be deposited on the cloth
while the latter is traveling in contact with said heated surface and under pressure,
substantially as described.
39. In combination, a cylinder and two bed plates and a pressing surface provided
with perforations interposed between the bed plates whereby after receiving pressuro
the cloth may be moistened while the pressure is retained, substantially as described.
40. In combination, a cylinder and two bed plates, and a steamer or moistener
provided with a pressing surface attached to one bed plate and extending nearly to the
opposite bed plate whereby the cloth will be retained almost continuously under
pressure, substantially as described.
41. In combination, a cylinder, a bed plate, means for heating the bed plate and a
steamer or moistener connected with the bed plate, whereby the heat from the bed
plate will heat the steamer so as to produce the proper conditions for the use of the
steamer, substantially as shown.
42. In combination, two cylinders, a bed plate operating with the first cylinder, a
moisture absorbing jacket enveloping the second cylinder, a steamer or moistener for
supplying moisture to the jacket, and a pressing surface arranged to press the cloth
against the moistened jacket on the second cylinder, substantially as described.
43. In combination, two cylinders, a bed plate operating with the first cylinder, a
moisture absorbing jacket enveloping the second cylinder a steamer or moistener for
supplying moisture to the jacket, and a bed plate arranged to press the cloth against
the moistened jacket on the second cylinder, the said bed plates being provided with
means for heating the same, substantially as described.
44. In combination, two cylinders, a bed plate operating with the first cylinder, a
moisture absorbing jacket enveloping the second cylinder, a steamer or moistener for
supplying moisture to the jacket and a bed plate arranged to press the cloth against
the moistened jacket on the second cylinder, the said second cylinder being provided
with means for heating the same, substantially as described.
45. In combination, the two cylinders, two bed plates operating with the first
cylinder, the steamer arranged to moisten the cloth in contact with the first cylinder,
the moisture absorbing jacket enveloping the second cylinder, a steamer or moistener
for supplying moisture to the jacket, and a pressing surface arranged to press the
cloth against the moistened jacket on the second cylinder, substantially as described.
46. In combination, the two cylinders, a bed plate operating with the first

page_text: cylinder, a bed plate operating with the second cylinder, a moisture absorbing fabric
interposed between the second cylinder and its bed plate and a moistener or steamer
for moistening said fabric whereby the cloth will be pressed with the moistened fabric
against the second cylinder, substantially as described.
47. In combination, the two cylinders, a bed plato operating with the first cylinder,
a moisture absorbing fabric operating with the second cylinder, a steamer or moistener
for moistening the fabric and mechanism whereby the moistened fabric and the cloth
are pressed together against the cylinder, substantially as described.
48. In a cloth pressing machine in combination, a cylinder, a bed plate having a
steamer inserted in the face thereof, substantially as described.
49. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination with a cylinder, a bed plate having
a steamer inserted in the face thereof, said steamer provided with a metallic facing
extending over the face of the bed plate, substantially as described.
50. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination with a cylinder, a bed plate having
a steamer connected therewith, the perforations from said steamer being arranged in
the pressing surface of said bed plate, substantially as described.
51. In combination, a cylinder provided with perforated walls, a steamer arranged
within the walls of said cylinder and having its perforations for the discharge of
moisture upwards and a pressing surface outside of the cylinder; the said pressing
surface and said steamer being arranged opposite to each other whereby the moisture
discharged by the steamer through the perforations in the walls of the cylinder is
discharged upwards onto the cloth where it is under pressure between the pressing
surface and the cylinder, substantially as described.
52. In combination a cylinder, a press plate, a moisture absorbing apron, a
steamer for moistening said apron and mechanism whereby the said apron is pressed
in contact with the cloth against the cylinder, whereby the cloth after receiving the
pressure from the press plate is again pressed in contact with the moistened apron,
substantially as described.
53. In combination, two cylinders, three bed plates, the three armed levers
connected with each of said bed plates, and mechanism whereby said levers are
rotated substantially as described.
54. In combination, the two cylinders, the three bed plates, the rods whereby
two of the bed plates are supported, the reciprocating bearings whereby the third bed
plate is supported and the three armed lever connected with each bed plate, substan-
tially as described, whereby the weight of the two bed plates tends to counterbalance
the weight of the third, substantially as described.
55. In combination with a bed plate, a lover whereby it is reciprocated, and jointed
links provided with the handle whereby the lever is reciprocated, substantially as
described.
56. In combination, a cylinder, an apron is pressed upon the cloth between it and
the cylinder, and a steamer or moistener arranged to deposit moisture on the face of
the apron which comes next to the cloth, substantially as described.
57. A cloth pressing machine having a cylinder and a bed plate and a steamer
either connected or disconnected with said bed plate; the steamer being arranged to
deposit steam upon the cloth after receiving pressure by the bed plate, and also being
provided with a pressing surface, whereby the cloth is held against the cylinder whilst
being moistened, substantially as described.
58. A cloth pressing machine having a cylinder and a bed plate and a pressing
surface either connected or disconnected with the bed plate; the said pressing surface
being provided with means for depositing moisture on the cloth as it is held against
the cylinder, substantially as described.
59. In combination, two or more pairs of plane pressing surfaces and a steamer
arranged adjacent to the path of the cloth as it passes from one pressure to the
next, whereby the cloth is dampened intermediate the two pressures, substantially as
described.
60. In combination, one or more pairs of plane pressing surfaces, a steamer or
moistener arranged adjacent to the path of the cloth and means substantially as

page_text: described whereby the flow of moisture is cut off from the cloth while pressure is
being exerted, substantially as described.
61. In combination, two pairs of plane pressing surfaces, the first pair being
adapted for hot pressing and the last pair for cold pressing, and a steamer or moistener
interposed adjacent to the path of the cloth as it passes from one pair to the next, 5
whereby the cloth is moistened intermediate a hot and cold pressing, substantially as
described.
62. In combination, two pressing cylinders and their respective pressing devices, a
steamer arranged to moisten the cloth while in contact with one of the cylinders and a
scray arranged to support the slack of the cloth between the two cylinders, substantially
as described.
03. In combination, two pressing cylinders and their respective pressing devices, a
steamer arranged to moisten the cloth while in contact with the first cylinder, a scray
arranged to support the slack of the cloth between the two cylinders and a stretcher
arranged to stretch the cloth preparatory to the last pressure, substantially as
described.
64. In combination the two pressing cylinders and their respective pressing devices,
the seray whereby the slack of the cloth is supported as it leaves the first cylinder
and the stretcher whereby the cloth is stretched preparatory to the pressure upon the
second cylinder, substantially as described.
65. In combination the two prossing cylinders and their respective pressing devices
and the stretcher interposed in the path of the cloth from one cylinder to the other
whoreby the cloth is stretched preparatory to being pressed upon the second cylinder,
substantially as described.
66. In combination two cylinders, a bed plate operating in connection with the first
cylinder and an apron pressed against both of them and which travels with the cloth
from one cylinder to the other, substantially as described.
67. In combination two cylinders, a roller arranged between the two and an apron
passing around said roller and pressed by it against both cylinders, substantially as
described.
68. In combination a cylinder, a bed plate and an apron, the same being so
arranged that as the cloth passes along on the cylinder it is first subjected to the
pressure of the bed plate and then to the pressure of the apron, substantially as
described.
69. In a cloth pressing machine the combination with the bed plate and the cylinder
and the sheet metal jacket, of means substantially as described whereby the ends of
the sheet metal jacket are secured to the bed plate and the margins thereof are prevented
from springing into contact with the cylinder as set forth.
70. In combination with the cylinder and the bed plate, a sheet metal jacket
secured at one edge to the bed plate and extending between the bed plate and the
cylinder and the clamp overlapping the opposite edge of the shoet metal jacket and
holding it in place, substantially as described.
71. In a cloth pressing machine in combination, the cylinder, the bed plate having
a concave face and a sheet metal jacket formed in conformity with the face of the bed
plate terminating at one edge, substantially on the face of the bed plate and at the
other edge extending into a flange overlapping the side of the bed plate on the side
where the cloth enters, the jacket at the first named edge being sufficiently thin to
pass through the opening between the cylinder and bed plate when the cylinder is
raised, whereby the sheet metal jacket may be removed from between the cylinder and
bed plate, substantially as described.
72. The process of furnishing cloth consisting of subjecting the same to a hot
pressing and then to a steaming or moistening and subsequently to another hot pressing,
substantially as described.
73. The process of finishing cloth consisting of subjecting the same to a steaming
or moistening and then to a hot pressing and then to a steaming or moistening and
then to another hot pressing, substantially as described.
74. The process of finishing cloth consisting of subjecting the same to a steaming

page_text: or moistening, then to a hot pressing, then to a second steaming or moistening, then
to a second hot pressing, then to a third steaming or moistening substantially as
described.
75. The process of finishing cloth consisting of subjecting the same to a hot
pressing, then to a steaming or moistening, then to a second hot pressing, then to a
second steaming or moistening substantially as described.
76. The process of finishing cloth which consists in subjecting the same to a
steaming or moistening after it has received a pressing and while it is travelling in
contact with a heated surface, substantially as described.
77. The process of finishing cloth consisting of subjecting the same to a pressing
and then to a steaming or moistening and then to a hot pressing, substantially as
described.
78. The process of finishing cloth which consists in pressing the cloth and then
moistening or steaming it while it is held under pressure, substantially as described.
79. The process of finishing cloth which consists in pressing the cloth and then
moistening or steaming it while it is held against a heated surface, substantially as
described.
SO. The process of finishing cloth which consists in pressing the cloth and then
moistening it by pressing the same in contact with a moistened apron or jacket
between two heated surfaces, substantially as described.
81. The improvement in the process of finishing cloth which consists in feeding
the same continuously and without intermitting between pressing surfaces whereby it
receives pressure, and thence between other pressing surfaces; the cloth being treated
with moisture while under pressure between the latter pressing surfaces, substantially
as described.
82. In a cloth pressing machine, in combination the cylinder, the two bod plates,
the movable bearing supports for the cylinder and one of the bed plates, adjustable
rests sustaining the cylinder bearings and also the bearings of the movable bed plate,
whereby the pressure can be relieved between the cylinder and either bed plate,
substantially as described.
Dated this 15th day of June Lodd.
DAVID GESSNER.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.