IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM PRESSES FOR THE FINISHING OF LACE AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS WHERE LIGHT FINISH IS REQUIRED
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Pearson Cox, of the Firm Charles Cox and Sons,
of Queen's Road Works, in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham,
Bleachers and Lace Finishers, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM
PRESSES FOR THE FINISHING OF LACE AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS
WHERE LIGHT FINISH IS REQUIRED"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Pearson Cox at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th February 1881.
JOHN PEARSON Cox, of the Firm Charles Cox and Sons, of Queen's Road
Works, in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Bleachers and Lace
Finishers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM PRESSES FOR THE FINISHING OF LACE
AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS WHERE A LIGHT FINISH IS REQUIRED."
The object of my Invention is improvements in steam presses for the finishing of
lace and other manufactured goods where a light finish is required.
For the purposes of my Invention I fit within the upper part of a frame, and
supported by a spring a plate, which is free to rise and fall and be guided by
uprights. This plate forms the press head, and its spring causes it to yield to the
pressure of a bottom plate, which also rises and falls, but under the action of cams
or eccentric discs mounted upon a transverse shaft, one end of which carries a spur
wheel geared into by a pinion on the driver or main shaft, which may be turned
by hand or by a strap.
If eccentric discs are employed I prefer to provide the bottom plate of the press
with friction rollers.
The spring and the top plate are adjustable by a screw worked by hand.
Both the top and bottom plates, or one of them only, are or is heated by steam
or other heating agent, said heat acting in conjunction with the pressure to provide
the requisite finish to the lace or other material arranged between the plates.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Pearson Cox in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
August 1881.
JOHN PEARSON Cox, of the Firm Charles Cox & Sons, of Queen's Road
Works, in the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham, Bleachers and Lace
Finishers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN STEAM PRESSES FOR THE FINISHING OF LACE
AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS WHERE A LIGHT FINISH IS REQUIRED."
The object of my Invention is improvements in steam presses for the finishing of
lace and other manufactured goods where a light finish is required.
For the purposes of my Invention, and as is represented in the annexed Drawings,
Figures 1 and 2, I fit within the upper part of a frame A and supported by a
spring B a plate C, which is free to rise and fall and be guided by uprights D, D.
The plate C forms the press head, and its spring B causes it to yield to the pressure
of a bottom plate E, which also rises and falls, but under the action of cams or
eccentric discs F, F, mounted upon a transverse shaft G, one end H of which carries
a spur wheel J geared into by a pinion K on the driver or main shaft L, which
may be turned by hand or by a strap arranged on the fast pulley M. N being
a loose pulley on the same shaft for the shift of the strap in any well known
manner.
If eccentric discs are employed I prefer to provide the bottom plate E of the
press with friction rollers P, P, as shown.
The spring B and the top plate C are adjustable by a screw Q worked by hand.
Both the top and bottom plates, or one of them only, are or is heated by steam or
other heating agent, said heat acting in conjunction with the pressure to produce
the requisite finish to the lace or other material arranged between the plates.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I declare that I claim,―
Finishing lace and other manufactured goods by heated plates, or by one heated
plate only, as hereinbefore described, said plates being arranged in the manner
shown in the annexed Drawings.
Secondly. I claim the steam press shown in the annexed Drawings for finishing
lace and other manufactured goods where a light finish is required, as set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Pearson Cox, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eighteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
TOUN DRADNON Cox