covers and other Analogous Manufactures.
Year: 1885

page_text: covers and other Analogous Manufactures.
I JOSEPH LINDLEY of 61 Grosvenor Street, Chorlton upon Medlock, Manchester
in the County of Lancaster Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said
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 this invention is to effect the fringing or edging of toilet-covers
and other similar articles in a cheaper, better and more expeditious manner than
heretofore and consists in the employment for the purpose of a pair of fringing and
edging machines by preference of that class known as Lindley & Taylor's Edging
and Fringing Machine. One of these machines is of the ordinary construction
whilst the other has its mechanism reversed so as to work to the left hand of the
operator. In this manner I am enabled to effect the fringing or edging of both the
parallel sides or edges of toilet-covers or other articles simultaneously and facility
is also afforded for fringing or edging both edges of the toilet or other material in
a continuous length and then of cutting up the material into the size required
and afterwards fringing or edging both the ends of such cut off pieces either
simultaneously or singly.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front view of my improved combination
of machinery and Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 across the line a--b shewing also a piece
of fabric or material a in the act of being fringed on both edges simultaneously in
accordance with my invention.
It will be observed and particularly by reference to Fig. 2 that the right hand
machine employed and marked A is of the ordinary construction now well known
in the market as Lindley & Taylors Fringing Machine and that the left hand
machine marked B is specially constructed with the working parts reversed.
Both these machines are driven at exactly the same speed from the same driving
shaft C and by the application of a long or wide toothed spur wheel D facility is
afforded for adjusting the distance of the left-hand machine B from the right hand
machine A upon the table according to the width of the fabric requiring to be
fringed. Instead of this wheel D it will be obvious that a narrow toothed spur
wheel might be substituted and which in addition to being mounted upon the
shaft C and revolving therewith could be carried in a bracket from the underside
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page_text: of the machine so as to slide along the shaft lengthwise and yet by the application
of a key and key groove to be compelled to revolve therewith in any position
along its length.
The effect of using two machines so arranged as aforesaid is to produce the
fringing or edging of both edges of the fabric or material a simultaneously as it
passes away from the operator beneath the needles instead of only one edge as
heretofore, and whereby not only time and expense are economised but the work
is more regularly and neatly performed.
Although I have only shewn my improvements in mechanism as applied to that
class of machine known as Lindley & Taylors it will be apparent that the
improvements are equally applicable to other classes of fringing or edging
machinery.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st The improvements in fringing or edging toilet-covers and other similar
articles of manufacture upon both edges thereof simultaneously, substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2nd The employment in conjunction with an ordinary fringing or edging
machine of a machine in which the working parts are reversed substantially as
and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.