Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd May, 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 8th Feb., 1887. .
We JOHN GARSIDE, GEORGE GARSIDE JAMES GARSIDE, THOMAS GARSIDE and
JOHN WILLIAM GARSIDE, all of West Vale, near Halifax in the County of York,
Millwrights do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object in our invention is to construct a milling machine, by which the pieces
are efficiently milled and not damaged during the operation.
We construct our machine as follows to an ordinary box we apply the ordinary.
knocking off motion, through which the pieces pass, over a guide roller, and the usual
eye, then over the bottom roller, above which are two pressing rollers, the first of
which is less than the bottom roller, pressure is put on by levers and weights; the
object of this roller is to press the pieces and to keep them flat upon the bottom roller,
the rollers being in sliding journals, the second pressing roller is the same size as the
bottom roller, the pressure is put on preferably by springs, the cloth then passes through
a trough (and then returns to the box) the trough slopes down to the boss at an angle
the lower part of the trough sides are formed of hinged lags, which are connected
together and are opened and shut similar to a venetian blind, the top of the trough is
pivotted, and if required can be weighted; by the action of the pieces coming through,
and by a lever, and weight connected to them, and by the hinged top (the trough can
expand and contract); a side and top pressure is put upon the pieces coming through
the trough thus causes the doubling or milling of the pieces; by this means perfect
milling of the pieces is accomplished, without any injury to the pieces, which always
occurs when fixed troughs are used, the rollers are driven by ordinary gearing.

page_text: Fig 1 side elevation of aming macune, constructed according to our
invention.
Fig. 2 is an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of my improved trough, for putting the required tension on
the cloth.
Fig. 4 is a plan of Fig. 3.
A is the ordinary box of the machine, to which we apply the usual knocking off
motion B, through which the pieces C pass over the guide roller D, and through the
usual eye E, then over the bottoni roller F, above which are two pressing
rollers F and F2, the roller F¹ is less than the second roller F, which is the same
size or less than the bottom roller F, pressure is put upon the rollers F¹ and F²,
by levers H, and weights H¹, or by springs in suitable positions to act on the levers,
the objects of these rollers is to press the pieces C, and keep them flat upon the
bottom roller F; the rollers are mounted in sliding journals J, which are adjustable
by means of the levers H, H.
Should the piece after passing through the trough K, and into the box, become
mixed or out of order, it comes in contact with the prongs K', which operate the
knocking off motion, and stops the machine; the lower part of the trough sides are
formed of hinged lags L, L, which are connected together and are opened and shut
(similar to a venetian blind) by operating the lever L'; in the trough is a pivotted
flap or board P, secured to the weighted part P' and regulated as to its position;
by the action of the pieces coming through the trough, and by the weighted part P1,
the trough K, can expand and contract, so that a side and top pressure is put upon the
pieces as they come through the trough, thus causing the doubling or milling of the
pieces, and so perfecting the milling of the pieces without injury to them, which
always occurs when fixed troughs are used, the machine and rollers are driven by
ordinary gearing. A trough R is placed under the bottom roller to receive the liquid
which is pressed or squeezed out of the pieces, during the process of milling; and a
valve S in the bottom of the trough R, operated by a lever N, allows the liquid to again

page_text: pass into the box A, or it may be allowed to run out of the trough, through a hole in
the side of the box, the trough K, may be at any convenient angle with the rollers.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is:-
1. The combination of the rollers F, F, and F2, with levers H, for regulating the
pressure upon the piece, as shewn and described.
2. The sliding journals J in connection with the levers H as and for the purposes
shown and described.
3. The trough K with hinged lags L, and pivotted flap on board P as and for the
purposes shewn and described.
4. The general arrangement and construction of milling machines as shewn and
described.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.