IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CHOR OF WOOLLET AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Brown, of the Firm of Henry Brown and
Company, Woollen Manufacturers, of Galashiels, in the County of
Selkirk, Scotland, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
CHOR OF WOOLLET AND OTHER FABRICS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Brown at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
2nd March 1859.
I, HENRY BROWN, of the Firm of Henry Brown and Company, Woollen
Manufacturers, of Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, Scotland, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR CUTTING AND FINISHING THE SURFACES OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER FABRICS,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the cutting, finishing, and ornamenting of
woollen, silken, and other woven fabrics, in and after the manner following:
The lengths of cloth or other fabric after manufacture are passed over a
metallic bar, the upper surface of which is indented, turretted, or castellated
in divisions of the required width, the end which first passes over being secured
to a revolving roller. On the fabric to be cut or finished is placed, immediately
above the castellated bar, a circular revolving knife, which presses the cloth
between it and the bar before mentioned, the consequence being that the only

page_text: parts of the fabric upon which the knife operates are those which touch the
top surface of the turrets, the other part falling into the spaces between each
turret. The fabric upon leaving the machine will have the appearance of
furrows cut therein, the spaces of the metallic bar being made of various
widths according to the pattern desired; or the bar may be made with a
straight plain surface, and the cutting knife made in divisions or indentations
which will have the same effect.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Brown in the Great Seal Patent Offico on the
2nd September 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BROWN, of the Firm of Henry Brown and Company, Woollen Manufacturers,
of Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, Scotland, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Second day of March, 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 Henry Brown, Her special licence that I, the said Henry Brown, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Brown, 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 FOR
CUTTING AND FINISHING THE SURFACES OF WOOLLEN AND OTHER FABRICS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Brown, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, 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 Henry Brown, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say :-

page_text: This Invention has for its object the cutting, finishing, and ornamenting of
woollen, silken, and other woven fabrics, in and after the manner following:-
The lengths of cloth or other fabric after manufacture are passed over a
metallic bar, the upper surface of which is indented, turretted, or castellated
in divisions of the required width, the end which first passes over being
secured to a revolving roller. On the fabric to be cut or finished is placed,
immediately above the castellated bar, a circular revolving knife, which presses
the cloth between it and the bar before mentioned, the consequence being that
the only parts of the fabric upon which the knife operates are those which
touch the top surface of the turrets, the other part falling into the spaces
between each turret. The fabric upon leaving the machine will have the
appearance of furrows cut therein, the spaces of the metallic bar being made
of various widths, according to the pattern desired; or the bar may be made
with a straight plain surface, and the cutting knife made in divisions or inden-
tations which will have the same effect.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively as follows:-
the
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a front elevation of an indented or castellated bar; Figure 2,
front view of the cylindrical knife at present in use; and Figure 8, front view
of cylindrical grooved knife; similar letters of reference denote corresponding
parts where such parts appear or can be seen at each of the Figures respectively.
At Figure 1 will be seen a metallic bar a, the upper part of which is cut
or formed in the form of a turret, the fabric to be operated on being laid on
upper surface of the turrets b, and the end thereof secured to a roller for
the purpose of winding on as the material is finished, the ordinary cylindrical
knife, Figure 2, being put in motion by any known means, the same revolving
on its axes c, c, the object of this being to form longitudinal furrows or
channels the entire length of the piece of fabric, as it will appear evident that
the knife can only cut the surface of the fabric at intervals, or on the top
surface of the turrets 6; the spaces may be formed of various widths, according
to the pattern desired, or in lieu of the indented bar a, Figure 1, a plain
surfaced bar, such as is ordinarily used, may be found to answer the same
purpose by cutting grooves or channels around the cylindrical knife as at
Figure 3, where it will be seen that the only cutting part is where the

page_text: -projections d, d, appear; the fabric being pressed against the surface of the
plain bar must inevitably fall into the channels or grooves e, e, and thus
escape the cut of the knife.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my said Invention of
"Improvements in Machinery for Cutting and Finishing the Surfaces of
Woollen and other Fabrics," together with the manner in which the same is
to be performed, I would remark in conclusion that I do not confine or
restrict myself to the precise details herein described and exhibited in the
accompanying Sheet of illustrative Drawings, as many modifications may be
made therein without in any way departing from the principle of my Invention,
such as varying the widths of the indentations, both in the bar and knife to
suit the pattern desired, or making the indentations of a semicircular or
serpentine form, so as not to show too distinct furrows or channels, but waved;
but what I claim as my Invention intended to be secured to me by the herein
in part recited Letters Patent is, the cutting, finishing, or ornamenting the
surfaces of piled fabrics or other fabrics in the manner shewn and berein
described and set forth.
In witness whereof, I, 'the said Henry Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
WALTER SCOTT,
Galashiels, N.B.
HENRY BROWN. (L.S.)