Improvements in Machinery for Finishing Woven Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 20th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in Machinery for Finishing Woven Pile Fabrics.
We Sir TITUS SALT Bart. SONS & Co. Limited, of Saltaire in the County of York
Manufacturers, and JOHN WILLIAM PEARSON of No. 39 Albert Road Saltaire aforesaid
Sub Manager in the employment of the said Company do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
These improvements have reference to the finishing of woven Pile Fabrics.
In the finishing of Pile Fabrics the process of batting or beating the pieces with
sticks to raise the pile is usually performed whilst the pieces are stretched over tension
bars in the "Nelley Frame." These tension bars supporting the fabric are fixed in a
firm rigid manner so that there is no elasticity spring or rebound in the tension bars
against the blows of the batting sticks and the effect of the blows is limited to the
extent of piece or material stretched between the tension bars, and it is the object
of our invention to effect this operation in an improved manner.
Our improvements consist in arranging the tension bars that they will rebound to
the beating of the pieces so that the blows which are given to the pieces have a wider
and more beneficial effect and the marks from the sticks in a great measure avoided
whilst at the same time the pieces are more uniformly finished.
We produce this effect by supporting or partly supporting one or both of the
tension bars by a spring or springs. These springs may be either spiral, flat,
laminated, or of other suitable description, or rubber may be used, the springs may
also be used in combination with a lover or levers, and the elastic force of the springs
may be varied or adjusted by screws or other suitable means.
The elasticity may also be produced by means of a lever or levers and weights
without springs.
Our improvements are also applicable to the Card Rollers which are used to produce
the tension.
Dated this 2nd day of Contraction 1007
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Finishing Woven Pile Fabrics.
We Sir TITUS SALT Bart. SONS & Co. Limited, of Saltaire in the County of York
Manufacturers, and JOHN WILLIAM PEARSON of No. 39 Albert Road Saltaire aforesaid
Sub-Manager in the employment of the said Company, 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:-
In finishing pile fabrics the process of batting or beating the pieces with sticks to
raise the pile is usually performed whilst the pieces are stretched over tension bars
in the "Nelley Frame." These tension bars are fixed in a firm rigid manner so
that there is no elasticity, spring or rebound in the tension hars to the blows of the
batting sticks and the effect of the blows is limited to the extent of piece or material
stretched between the tension bars.
Our improvements consist in so arranging the tension bars that they will rebound
to the beating of the pieces so that the blows which are given to the pieces have
a wider effect and the marks from the sticks in a great measure avoided and the
pieces are more uniformly finished. We produce this effect by supporting or partly
supporting one or both of the tension bars by a spring or springs. These springs
may be either spiral flat or laminated, or rubber may be used. The springs may also
be used in combination with a lever or levers and the elastic force of the springs
may be varied by screws or other suitable means. The elasticity or yielding to the
blows may also be produced by means of lever or levers and weights without springs.
Our improvements are also applicable to the card rollers which are used to produce
the tension.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
The method of carrying out our improvements is shown in the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 shows a front view and Figure 2 is an end view of an
arrangement of a "Nelley Frame" with our improvements applied. A and B are
the ends of the card rollers by means of which rollers the piece of cloth to be batted
is stretched over the tension bars C and D. The tension bar D rests upon the
springs E at each side of the "Nelley Frame" and the pressure put upon the
springs E by the screws F is sufficient to resist the stretching of the piece over
the tension bars C and D but when the piece is struck by the batting sticks the
tension bar D to which the springs E are applied will rebound along with the piece
which is stretched over it. The lower tension bar is shown fixed in the usual
manner.
We prefer the method or arrangement as shown but the lower tension bar C may
also rest upon springs as provided for the bar D.
G and H are handles fixed to the card rollers A and B by which the piece of
cloth is moved along as required and the piece is fixed whilst being batted by the

page_text: ratchet wheels I and J. o, o¹, o indicates by dotted lines the course of the fabric
before, during and after treatment respectively.
Our improvements may also be effected with flat or laminated springs or rubber or
any elastic material. The springs may also be used in combination with a lever or
lovers. The yielding may also be produced by a lever or levers and weights instead
of springs but whilst we prefer the arrangement of mechanism as shown in the
drawing we do not confine ourselves to this particular arrangement.
In Fig. 3 is shown a portion of the Nelley Frame according to a modification, in
that the card roller B is supported by springs similarly to the tension bar D Fig. 2.
The card roller A may be similarly supported.
The tension bars or the card rollers or one or both of either or both may be
elastically supported and the rest, if any, otherwise held as usual.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
In machinery for batting or raising the pile of pile fabrics the adaptation and use
of clastic or yielding supports for the tension bars or card rollers or one or more of
either tension bars or card rollers or both whilst pieces of cloth are being batted or
raised thereon substantially as described and shown.
Dated the 20th day of June 1888
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London,
Agents for the Applicants.