Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working the Fallers of Fulling Stocks for Oloth and other Material.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 7th June, 1888
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar, 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 6th Apr, 1889
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working the
Fallers of Fulling Stocks for Oloth and other Material.
I, JAMES HUSTLER, of Victoria Works, Eccleshill, in the County of York,
Fulling Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the method of and apparatus for
working the fallers of fulling stocks used for cloth, hides, and other material, and has
for its object the arrangement of the apparatus, so that the weight and number of
blows per minute of the fallers may be regulated.
Hitherto the fallers have been raised by means of tappets fixed to a revolving
wheel, and then dropped onto the cloth or other material in the trough simply by
their own weight, no provision being made for varying the number of blows per
minute, or the force of such blows.
In my improved apparatus I dispense with the wheel and tappets, and work the
fallers direct by means of steam, compressed air or water under pressure working in
a cylinder in the usual way, the fallers of ordinary construction being secured to the
piston rods sumilarly to the crosshead of an ordinary steam engine. The cylinders, one
for each faller, I mount side by side in an inclined position, and use a trough of
ordinary construction to hold the cloth or other material while being acted upon by
the fallers. The number of blows per minute and the force of same, I regulate by
the valves of the cylinders somewhat in the same manner as the blows of a steam
haminer are regulated, thus enabling me to use the same pair of fulling stocks for
various kinds of material, and to treat the same with great delicacy or otherwise,
which has hitherto been only accomplished by employing several pairs of fulling
stocks with fallers of different weights.
RHODES & CRITCHLEY,
Agents.

page_text: Fallers of Fulling Stooks for Cloth and other Material.
I, JAMES HUSTLER, of Victoria Works, Eccleshill, in the County of York, Fulling
Machine Maker, 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 certain improvements in the method of, and apparatus for
working the fallers of fulling stocks used for cloth, hides, and other material, and has
for its object the arrangement of the apparatus, so that the weight and number of
blows per minute may be regulated.
Hitherto the fallers have been raised by means of tappets fixed to a revolving
wheel, and then dropped onto the cloth or other material in the trough simply by
their own weight, no provision being made for varying the number of blows per
minute or the force of such blows'
In my improved apparatus I dispense with the wheel and tappets, and work the
fallers direct by means of steam, compressed air, water under pressure, or other
motive power acting in a cylinder in the usual way, the fallers of ordinary construc-
tion being secured to the piston rods similarly to the crosshead of an ordinary steam
engine.
In order to explain my invention reference must be given to the accompanying
sheets of drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents the side elevation of my improved
fulling stock, Fig. 2 a plan of same, Fig, 3 an end view of the frame work and
cylinders, and Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are details. In all the figure like letters denote
like parts.
Secured to an ashlar or concrete bed I have a foundation or framework A, on which
I mount in an inclined position the cylinders B fitted with pistons, piston rods C,
valve cheats D, valve spindles D¹, stuffing boxes and generally equiped similarly to
ordinary steam or other motive power cylinders. To the piston rods B I attach the
crossheads E, especially adapted for receiving the fallers or stampers E¹³, which are
similar in material and construction to the fallers now in use.
The crossheads work in the slides F and the cloth, hides, or other material to be
operated upon 18 put into the trough G which is firmly secured to the foundation or
framework A, and is arranged similarly to the troughs now in use so as to continually
present fresh portions of the cloth or other material to the action of the fallers or
stampers E¹.
The valves of the cylinders I operate in a similar manner to the valves of a steam
hammer I fix to the crossheads E by means of pins or studs H olips or carriers J
which are constructed so as to clip or carry the arms K₁ of the bell cranks K, the
valve spindles D¹ being attached to the other arms of the bell cranks. The arms K¹
are slightly bent as shown in Fig. 7, and are raised or lowered as the crossheads E
travel by the clips or carriers H, the valves being thereby opened or closed.

page_text: The bell cranks K work upon eccentrics L, on the shaft M, to which is fixed the
handle or lever N working in the quadrant O, thus by moving the handle N in the
direction of the arrow the traverse of the valves, which are of the ordinary slide
principle, is reduced, the valve spindles D₁ having a Joint P which allows the bell
cranks K to be moved without altering the position of the valves By the above
method it will easily be seen that the force and length of the blows given by the
fallers or stampers E¹ can be readily varied, just as the blows of a steam hammer are
regulated.
The valves of the cylinders B are set opposite to one another so that the pistons are
at opposite ends in their respective cylinders, but as one stamper or faller may some-
times meet the resistance of the cloth or other material at an earlier point in its stroke
than the other faller or stamper, these positions are not maintained, and in order that
the fallers or stampers may always work alternately, I couple the crossheads together
by means of a parallel motion, consisting of an arm R working beneath the slides F
upon a fixed stud. To the arm R I couple two rods R¹ one at each end, these latter
being also coupled to pins fixed to the crossheads E, thus as one faller or stamper
moves in one direction the other faller or stamper moves in the opposite direction,
thereby always working upon the material in the trough alternately.
By my improved method of and apparatus for working the fallers or stampers E',
one pair of fulling stocks can be used for various kinds of cloth or material, as the
number of blows in a given time can be varied, and likewise the force and length of
such blows, which is altogether impossible with the existing fulling stocks, the present
practice being to have several pairs of fulling stocks with fallers of different weights,
and to change the cloth from one fulling stock to another.
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 18:
1. Securing the fallers or stampers of a fulling stock directly to the piston rods of
steam or other motive power cylinders, all being arranged substantially in the manner
as shown and described, and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. Coupling the crossheads E together by means of the arm R and rods R',
arranged substantially in the manner as shown and described, and for the purpose
herein set forth.
Dated this 1st day of March 1889.