IMPROVEMENTS IN RANG HIDEM Á VÁDÓ
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Foster Connor, of Belfast, in the County
of Antrim, in Ireland, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
RANG HIDEM Á VÁDÓ
"
Sealed the 29th December 1874, and dated the 7th October 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Foster Connor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th October 1874.
I, FOSTER CONNOR, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, in Ireland,
5 do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR BEETLING FABRICS, YARNS, AND FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the ordinary beetling machines in which
vertical stampers are used, and it consists in certain improvements in
O the construction of such machines whereby they are rendered more
durable and less liable to get out of order, and the quantity of work
produced is increased. Instead of making the beetles of wood, as now

page_text: customary, I make them of cast iron, cored out, or plain, to reduce the
weight and to receive at their lower end the wood beetle block, which
is held in its place by a bolt or otherwise, and which can easily be
removed for repairs or for a fresh block. The beetles are kept apart by
strips of hard wood or other material, which are secured to the beetles,
and they are also provided with two projections, one at the front and
the other at the back; the front projection is for holding the beetlo up
when required, and the back projection is acted upon by the wipers,
which are fixed in cast-iron plates or segments, and these plates or
segments are fixed to the wiper beam, which may be either of wood or a
cylinder of iron. In cither case the wipers are arranged in steps, as usual,
to lift the beetles in succession, and they fall by their own gravity.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Foster Connor in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 2nd April 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FOSTER
CONNOR, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, in Ireland, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Foster Connor, Her special licence that
I, the said Foster Connor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Foster Connor, 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
BEETLING FABRICS, YARNS, AND FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Foster Connor, my executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the

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nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to bo
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Scal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Foster Connor, 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 (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to the ordinary beetling machines in which
vertical stampers are used, and it consists in certain improvements in the
construction of such machines, whereby they are rendered more durable
and less liable to get out of order, and the quantity of work produced is
increased. Instead of making the beetles of wood, as now customary,
I make them of cast iron, either solid or cored out, to reduce the weight
and to receive at their lower end the wood beetle block, which is held
in its place by a bolt, or otherwise, and which can easily be removed for
repairs or for a fresh block. The beetles are kept apart by strips of
hard or other wood, or other material, which are secured to the beetles,
and they are also provided with two projections, one at the front and the
other at the back; the front projection is for holding the beetle up
when required, and the back projection is acted upon by the wipers,
which are fixed in cast-iron plates or segments, and these plates or
segments are fixed to the wiper beam, which may be either of wood or
a cylinder of iron. In either case the wipers are arranged in steps, as
usual, to lift the stampers in succession.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Fig. 1 is an elevation; Fig. 2, a front view; and Fig. 3, a longi-
tudinal section of a stamper of an ordinary beetling machine constructed
according to my improvements. a is the stamper, the body of which is
made of cast iron, cored out from end to end to reduce the weight; and
b is the wood beetle block, which is let into the lower end of the stamper
and secured therein by a bolt, as shewn, or otherwise; the block can
easily be removed for repairs, or for replacing a new block for ono that
is worn; c, c, are strips of hard wood or other material, which are let

page_text: into V grooves in the stamper; these strips are secured by bolts, as
shewn in Figs. 1 and 2, or by keys, as will be described hereafter. The
strips c, c, keep the stampers at the proper distance apart. To the front
of each stamper is cast the projection d, for holding it up when required;
and at the back is the projection e, which is acted upon by the wiper b
to raise the stamper as usual; the stampers are guided between front and
back rails.
The weight of the stampers, shewn in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, can be varied
by coring out more or less of the metal, and they can be put in the
place of the ordinary wood stampers without trouble or alteration.
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Fig. 4 is an elevation; Fig. 5, a front view; Fig. 6, a plan; and
Fig. 7, a section, of another of my improved stampers. In these views
the body of the stamper a is solid, to compensate for the reduced length,
the upper part of the stamper, and consequently the guide rails between
which they work being dispensed with to reduce the cost of the 1
machine and the space occupied. The beetle block b is let into the
stamper, as before described, and the stampers are held apart by the
strips c, which are secured by keys instead of bolts, as shewn in Figs.
1 and 2, although bolts may be used if preferred.
The stampers are raised in succession by the wipers f, which are made 2
by preference of hard wood let into sockets in the curved plates or
segments g, shewn in Figs. 4 and 8. The curved plates or segments g
are shewn of sufficient length to hold six wipers each, but the number
may be increased or reduced; and any convenient number of these plates
or segments are secured to the wood or iron beam ŉ by bolts passing 2
through the plates or segments and the beam, or in any other convenient
manner. The sockets for the wipers may also be cast on the beam h.
The wipers are secured to the sockets by a bolt and nut, and when
worn or injured they can easily be taken out and fresh ones put in.
My improved beetling machines possess many advantages over the 8
ordinary beetles with wooden stampers now in use, the stampers being
mainly cast iron, are not liable to become crooked or twisted as wooden
ones do, the lifting piece being cast with the body of the stamper
does not get injured or worn by the action of the wiper, the slides c
being made of hard wood or other material can work up and down 3
together with very little friction. The production of the machine is

page_text: greatly increased, and a considerable saving in manual labour is
effected.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, I declare that I claim,-
First. The improved modes described of constructing the stampers of
beetling machines of wood and iron, as shewn in the Drawings.
And, Secondly. The improved mode of constructing the sockets or
holders of the wipers, as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Foster Connor, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this 29th day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.