Improvements in and Connected with Stocks Employed in the Manufacture of Leather, Yarns, and Woollen or other Woven or Felted Fabrics.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improvements in and Connected with Stocks Employed in the
Manufacture of Leather, Yarns, and Woollen or other Woven
or Felted Fabrics.
I, BENJAMIN PRESTON of Blackeridge Works, Blackeridge Lane, West End,
Batley in the County of York, Millwright, do hereby declare the nature of said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND CONNECTED WITH STOCKS EMPLOYED IN
THE MANUFACTURE OF LEATHER, YARNS AND WOOLLEN OR OTHER WOVEN OR
FELTED FABRICS to be as follows:-
"
My invention has reference to stocks of ordinary construction and the object
thereof is to adjust or regulate the position of the feet of such stocks to suit the
quantity and quality of the material operated upon-also I employ means in
connection there with to increase or reduce the size of the trough into which the
material is passed for the operation.
⚫ The above adjustments may be effected whilst the machine is in motion or at a
standstill.
By my improvements the stocking operation is more perfectly effected without
damaging the material and in much less time than by machines of ordinary
construction.
The shaft from which motion is transmitted to the feet is mounted on pedestals,
fitted so as to slide freely on brackets or beds attached to each side of the trough
in a diagonal direction. On the shaft are mounted eccentrics which when a rotary
motion is imparted to the shaft give a horizontal or radial movement to the Stock's
feet. The pedestals carrying the shaft can be moved at pleasure up or down
diagonally on their brackets or beds parallel with each other and so move forward
or back the stock's feet, whereby the space containing the material to be operated
upon can be reduced or increased at any time whilst the machine is in motion or
at rest.
In order to impart the motion to both pedestals simultaneously I employ another
shaft mounted in bearings on the brackets or beds, on this shaft are provided bevil
wheels which gear in bevil wheels or adjusting screws engaged in nuts on the
driving shaft pedestals. The rotary motion is given to the shaft through a hand
wheel by the attendant.
I further provide a hinged front plate in the trough which can be moved back-
wards or forwards so as to provide an additional means for increasing or reducing
the space in front of the feet for the reception of the material to be operated upon.
The position of such plate may be regulated by set screws or other convenient
means.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent.

page_text: or Felted Fabrics.
I, BENJAMIN PRESTON of Blackeridge Works, Blackeridge Lane, West End,
Batley in the County of York, Millwright, 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:-
My invention has reference to stocks of ordinary construction and the object
thereof is to adjust or regulate the position of the feet of such stocks to suit the
quantity and quality of the material operated upon, also I employ means in
connection therewith to increase or reduce the size of the trough into which the
material is passed for the operation.
The above adjustments may be effected whilst the machine is in motion or at a
standstill.
By my improvements the stocking operation is more perfectly effected without
damaging the material and in much less time than by machines of ordinary
construction.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation-Fig. 2 a back elevation and Fig. 3 a plan looking at
the top.
a is the trough in which are mounted the stocks b carried in bearings c within
the framework d.
The shaft e from which motion is transmitted to the feet 61 of the stocks b, is
mounted on pedestals f, fitted so as to slide freely on brackets or beds g attached to
each side of the trough a by bolts or screws h in a diagonal direction. On this
shaft e are mounted eccentrics i, which when a rotary motion is imparted to the
shalt e, engage between the stocks feet and the plates j which are secured to
the stocks b by bolts and impart a horizontal or radial movement.
The pedestals carrying the shafte can be moved at pleasure up or down
diagonally on their brackets or beds g and parallel with each other, and so move
forward or backward the stocks feet, whereby the space / containing the material
to be operated upon can be reduced or increased at any time whilst the machine is
in motion or at rest.
In order to impart motion to both pedestals f simultaneously, I employ another
shaft m mounted in bearings n attached to the brackets or beds g. On this shaft m
are provided and fixed bevil wheels which gear into other bevil wheels on
adjusting screws q, such adjusting screws being engaged in nuts on the driving
shaft pedestals f.
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The rotary motion is given to the shaft m through a hand wheel & by the
attendant.
Motion is imparted to the driving shaft e through driving pulley t on the end
thereof.

page_text: When preferred I provide a hinged front plate at u which can be moved back-
wards or forwards so as to provide an additional means for increasing or reducing
the space in front of the feet 61 for the reception of the material to be operated
upon. The position of such plate may be regulated by set screws or other
convenient means.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
The arrangement and application of adjustable driving shaft e and the mean
of adjusting the same, for regulating the distance between the stocks feet b¹ and
the end plate of machine when such feet are in motion or at a standstill, substantially
as herein set forth.
J. W. HARDING,
Agent.