CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING. TEXTILE FABRICS OR OTHER LIKE SURFACES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel, Bury, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, for, the Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING. TEXTILE FABRICS
OR OTHER LIKE SURFACES:"
Sealed the 29th November 1859, and dated the 2nd June 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bury at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 2nd,
June 1859.
I, SAMUEL BURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, do'
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS OR !
OTHER LIKE SURFACES," to be as follows:
My improvements are designed for the purpose of obtaining or producing
an even, bright, or lustrous embossed or plain finish, and consists in imparting
a horizontal, lateral, reciprocating motion 'either to the plain roller, or to the
engraved or pattern roller, or to the bowl or bed roller during their revolution:
In order to attain a rubbing action upon the surface of the fabric as it passés.
between them to be embossed and finished, the rollers are to be driven at the

page_text: manner as ordinary, and at one uniform speed, both rollers running in the
same direction, in contradistinction to driving them at different speeds to
obtain the frictionary action required. The surface of the embossing roller
is either to be engraved or indented in the direction of its length (which is
to be preferred), or around its circumference. The fabric is to be fed or
delivered to the rollers in a zig-zag or vibratory diagonal manner, which is
to be imparted thereto as it passes over a bar partaking of the said motion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Bury in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
2nd December 1859.
TO ALL TO. WHOM THESE, PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Samuel Bury, Her special license, that I, the said Samuel Bury, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel
Bury, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR EMBOSSING AND FINISHING TEXTILE FABRICS OR
OTHER LIKE SURFACES," upon the condition, amongst others, that I, the said
Samuel Bury, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in
what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Bury, 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 and accompanying Drawings (that is to say):-
My Invention is designed for the purpose of producing an even and lustrous

page_text: finish,either plain or embossed, upon certain descriptions of fabrics throughout
the entire piece, and the improvement consists in the employment of an
engraved or plain roller revolving upon another roller, which may be sta-
tionary or revolving, or upon a flat, convex, or concave, or other shaped bed,
but so as to obtain the necessary rubbing action upon the surface of the fabric
as it is passed between such frictional surfaces. The fabric may be fed or
delivered to the roller or bed in a zig-zag or vibratory diagonal manner, which
it may receive by passing over a roller or bar partaking of such motion.
In order that the Invention may be better understood, and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made upon a scale of
about one inch and a half to a foot, and having similar letters of reference
marked upon corresponding parts of the apparatus.
Fig. 1 is an end sectional view of an embossing, calendering, or finishing
machine, shewing the embossing and bed rollers and the concave bed for
effecting the rubbing action, which is engraved in counterpart with the
embossing cylinder; Fig. 2 is a front view of the same. In Fig. 1, 'a, a, is the
framing of the machine; B, the heated embossing roller; c, the bed roller
or bowl; and d, the roller to prevent the spring of the embossing roller as
ordinarily employed. The concave bed or rubbing surface E is formed of
three or more curved brass plates, which are mounted or set in an iron
foundation f, which may be treated by steam or hot. irons, the whole being
provided with the screw g, to regulate the pressure against the fabric, the
course of which through the machine is indicated by the red line coming from
the supply roller A to the roller B in an embossed and finished state. The
pattern is formed by first indenting or embossing the fabric in lines or other
devices by means of a roller or cylinder b, and by causing it to pass under
the action of the concave bed, a rubbing action is imparted to the surface of
the fabric, and a certain portion of the previously embossed pattern becomes
crushed or flattened, and thus a wavy or watered or other appearance is pro-
duced according to the combination of the devices upon the pattern or
embossing cylinder and engraved concave bed; or, if preferred, the fabric
may be passed under the curved bed or plates previously to the embossing
cylinder, or may be embossed by being passed under the said engraved
plates only.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with
the method of performing the same, I wish it to be distinctly understood
that I claim imparting an embossed or plain finish to the surface of textile
fabrics by means of a cylinder, embossing or otherwise, in combination with a

page_text: flat, convex, or concave bed or beds for producing the desired frictional action
upon the plain or embossed surface of the fabric, as herein-before described,
set forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Bury, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this First day of December, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
SAMUEL BURY. (L.B.)