Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing Inlaid Linoleums and other Floor Cloths.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Aug., 1895-Accepted, 5th Oct.,
1895.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing
Inlaid Linoleums and other Floor Cloths.
I WALLACE GALRey Thomson of Woodside Works, Haley Hill Halifax in
the County of York Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,”
to be as follows :-
The object of my invention is to manufacture inlaid linoleum and other floor
cloths, so as to produce a permanent design or pattern throughout.
The linoleum is rolled in the ordinary way without a canvas back, in various
sheets of various colors, two sheets of different colors passing from suitable rolls
placed in any suitable position over a frame or table upon which is placed a suitable
female die of the desired pattern.
Upon this frame or table is a second frame or slide carrying a suitable male die.
As the sheets before described pass between the aforesaid dies, the slide carrying
the male die is operated or lowered at suitable intervals, pressing out the bottom
figure, cutting oul and inserting the figure of the top sheet therein, so forming the
desired pattern simultaneously and at one operation of the top or male die.
When desired to introduce a third color or design a second pair of dies operating
as before described is employed and a third sheet of any suitable color is pressed
upon a roller between the said dies simultaneously with the sheets before described,
and is operated upon as before described.
By this means any suitable design or pattern may be formed in the said linoleums
and of any desired color.
When the necessary design has been formed, the aforesaid sheets are passed
between suitable calenders sinultaneously with the canvas sheet for forming the
back, after which the linoleum is finished.
The waste from the top sheet may pass or be wound on to a suitable roller placed
in any suitable position.
The various sheets may he moved at suitable intervals and distances in any
suitable manuer.
Also for some classes of linoleum in place of the flut dies before described I may
employ cylindrical dies hetween which pass the sheets of linoleum and are operated
upon in a similar manner as before described.
Dated this First day of November 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing
Inlaid Linoleums and other Floor Cloths.
I WALLACE GALREY Thomson of Woodside Works, Haley Hill, Halifax in
the County of York, 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 object of my invention is to manufacture inlaid linoleums and other floor
cloths, so as to produce a permanent design or pattern throughout.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. is a side elevation of my improved apparatus for manufacturing inlaid
linoleums or other floor clothis.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of my improved apparatus for manufacturing linoleums,
in which cylindrical dies are employed.
Figs. 5 and 6 are details of connecting rods and levers for automatically raising
and lowering the gripper plates, and for feeding the material through the
machine.
Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of dies, operating upon the sheets of linoleum.
The linoleum is preferably rolled in the ordinary way without a canvas back, in
various sheets of various colours.
When employing two sheets of different colours, such sheets A. B, pass from
suitable rollers mounted in any suitable position upon or over the frame or table C,
mounted upon the machine frame D. Upon this frame or table is a slide F,
carrying a suitable male die G, this slide is preferably operated automatically at
suitable intervals by means of a cross shaft H upon which are eccentrics J,
connected to the slide by connecting rods J'.
The aforesaid cross shaft H is operated at suitable intervals by a loose fly
wheel K (driven from the engine or other driving shaft,) and semicircular key K',
operated at intervals by means of tappet L and connecting rod L.
Upon each revolution of the tappet L, the connecting rod L' moves the
support L away from the semicircular key, causing such key to partially revolve
so as to engage with the key bed Lin the fly wheel K which operates the shaft H
and eccentrics one revolution, lowering or raising the slide on to or from the
female die F upon the table immediately underneath; spring K³ returning
key to its original position.
As the sheets A and B before described pass over the aforesaid die F, the
slide F carrying the male die G is operated or lowered in the manner before
described, such die pressing out the bottom figure E' of the bottoni sheet B (see
Fig. 7), and cutting out and inserting the figure G' of the top sheet A therein, so
forming the desired patterns simultaneously and at one operation of the die.
The material is then moved the required distance after each operation of the
dies preferably by means of suitable gripper plates M, these gripper plates are:
mounted upon suitable standards M', which travel by means of antifriction
runners M², upon a suitable bar or rail N, placed at each side of the machine
frame, these rails also carry a series of antifriction runners N' which are operated
upon at intervals by means of cams P upon cross shafts P¹, these cams lift the
gripper plates clear of the material as shown at Fig. 1, and upon further motion of
these cams, the grippers are lowered seizing the material, an eccentric R upon the
driving shaft R then operates the connecting rods R' and rocking levers R³, R',
moving the material forward, when the material has been moved the required
distance the cams P immediately raise the grippers M clear of the material,
returning them into position for the next feed, on the return stroke of the
eccentric R.
Endless aprous C are employed for preventing or greatly reducing the friction of
the sheets upon the table when moving the same forwards for the next operation
of the dies, and also to assist in carrying the sheets forward after each operation
of the dies; these endless aprons Cpreferably pass under and over rollers C 5
mounted in suitable bearings upon the machine frame, and through slots C³ in the
table.
To prevent the grippers being moved laterally before they are raised clear of
the material, Imount the rocking levers R³ (operated by eccentrics R) upon suitable

page_text: bosses S keyed upon a cross shaft S'. The shank Rof this rocking lever, work
within a suitable slot S formed in the aforesaid bosses such slot being larger than
the shauk allows the said grippers to be raised clear before being moved horizontally,
the second rocking lever R mounted upon the cross shaft S operates by means of
connecting rods R, the grippers in the manner before described.
When desired to introduce a third colour or design a second pair of dies T
and T operating as before described are employed, and a third sheet U of any
colour is passed from a roller or beam (fixed in any convenient position) between
the dies simultaneously with the sheets before described, and operated upon in like.
manner.
When the desired pattern or design has been produced, a canvas sheet or
backing is passed from a roller or beam mounted upon the machine frame over
and under suitable guide rollers V' through a slot. V in the table, after which it
passes with the sheets before described to a suitable calendaring machine, where it
is pressed and finished in the ordinary manner.
The waste W of the top sheets may pass or be wound on to a suitable roller or
bean placed in any suitable position; the waste from the female dies pass entirely
through the machine and drops into trays placed underneath to receive the same.
For some classes of linoleums in place of the flat dies before described, I may
employ cylindrical dies X and X' see Fig. 4, between which are passed simul-
taneously two or more sheets of linoleum, the male die X in conjunction with the
female die X' operating upon the sheets of linoleum in a similar manner as before
described; pressuro rollers 2 are employed for preventing any spring or vibration
of the cylindrical dies X and X when cutting and forming designs upon the sheets.
The waste from the top sheet of linoleum may be carried away by means of an
endless apron placed above the bed of the machine, and the waste from the lower
or female die is ejected by means of rubber fitted in the pattern of the die or by
means of suitable springs inserted in the same.
Also for adjusting the position of these dies according to the various thicknesses
of linoleums required, I mount the same in conical bearings Y, and by menus of n
suitable set screw Y' raise or lower the dies as desired, the said dies are driven by
suitable gearing Z¹ in any suitable manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In manufacturing inlaid linoleum and other floor cloths having permanent
patterns completely through the said cloths, employing two sheets of linoleum
simultaneously of different colours and cutting or pressing patterns out of the said
sheets and placing the pattern or piece so cut from the one sheet into the corre-
sponding orifice cut in the other sheet forming the ground work at one operation,
and repeating the same with a third, fourth, or other number of sheets for the
purposes described.
2. Upon a suitable frame or tablo C, arranging a series of female dies ", over
which two different coloured sheets of linoleum A.. B, pass simultaneously, and are
operated upon at suitable intervals by a corresponding series of male dies G, upon
slides F over the female dies, the material cut from one sheet being placed in the
corresponding orifice of the other sheet at one operation, after which the slicets are
moved by a series of gripper plates M upon standards M' bearing upon lifter
rails N, and having connecting rods R², operated by eccentrics R, cams l', con-
necting rods and rocking levers R' and R in the manner and for the purposes
described.
3. Upon a suitable frame arranging a series of cylindrical dies Xaud X', male
and female, the top die X being mounted upon adjustable bearings Y and having a
pressure roller Zabove the top die and below the bottom die, the dies being
speeded by pinion or the like, operate upon the two sheets of linoleum

page_text: simultaneously and at one operation, substantially as and for the purposes shown and
described.
Dated this First day of August 1895.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.