An Improved Crimping or Goffering Machine for Treating Fabrics or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 31st Dec., 1896-Accepted, 13th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Crimping or Goffering Machine for Treating Fabrics
or the like.
I, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons
Limited of Keighley in the County of York, Laundry Engineers and Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is
to say:-
It relates to an improved crimping or goffering machine for treating fabrics or
the like wherein the parts are so arranged and constructed that the operative has
entire control of them to the effect that their movements may be instantly arrested
or that the rollers may be readily separated from contact with each other, while
his or her hands are completely at liberty to be used for guiding or holding the
fabric being treated or for other purposes as occasion may require.
In accordance with my invention I arrange the fluted crimping rollers to be
supported by suitable framework and at an appropriate distance from the floor.
The lower roller is mounted to rotate on its bearings which firmly support it while
the upper roller is mounted to rotate on lever arms which are arranged to keep
said upper roller always and throughout the entire length of its path of motion,
parallel with the lower roller, thus all parts of the surfaces of the fabrics being
treated are acted upon equally or evenly by said rollers. The levers on which
the upper roller are mounted are arranged to be operated by a pedal weighted
sufficiently to move the roller by gravity in one direction, while same is moved by
the foot of the operator in the other direction whenever desired.
These rollers are heated by gas flames within them, their shafts being hollow to
enable gas to be supplied thereto while their outer ends are entirely closed to
prevent the escape of the flames or burnt gases which might damage the fabric.
Holes or openings are made or left in their rear ends for the passage of air to
support combustion and allow the escape of such gases as are desired to be
conducted away.
Rotary motion is imparted to the lower roller from any prime motor by means of
any suitable driving belt, however the pulley which such belt is to operate on the
machine is made to have an appropriate friction clutch to couple it to the driving
gear on the shaft of the lower roller, and this clutch is under the control of a lever
operated by another pedal on the machine which is conveniently situated for the
operative to move as desired, thus the driving pulley may be instantly disengaged
while by a brake piece being coupled to the lever operated by the pedal so that it
may come into contact with a brake wheel on the lower roller's shaft simultaneously
with the disengaging of the friction clutch the motion of the machine may be
promptly arrested at any time.
Dated this 30th day of March 1896
H. C. LONGSDON,
Per Samuel Hey,
56 Low Street, Keighley, Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Crimping or Goffering Machine for Treating Fabrics
or the like.
I, HENRY CROFTS LONGSDON of the Firm of W. Summerscales and Sons.
Limited of Keighley in the County of York, Laundry Engineers and Machine
Makers, do hereby declare the nature of this 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 :-
It relates to an improved crimping or goffering machine for treating fabrics or
the like, wherein the parts are so arranged and constructed that the operative has
entire control of them to the effect that their movements may be instantly arrested
or that the rollers may be separated from contact with each other while his or her
hands are completely at liberty to be used for guiding or holding the fabric being
treated or for other purposes as occasion may require.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings which are illustrative of my
invention:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a machine made in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is a front view of same with the crimping rollers removed so that the
parts behind them might be more clearly seen.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the peripheries of the rollers and is drawn to
an enlarged scale.
Fig. 4 is a sectional plan, enlarged scale showing the driving mechanism.
Similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts throughout the
several views.
In carrying my invention into effect I arrange the fluted crimping rollers a b to
be supported by suitable framework c and at an appropriate distance from the
floor. The lower roller b is mounted to rotate on its bearings d which firmly
support it, while the upper roller a is mounted to rotate on lever arms f which are
pivoted at and so arranged that they will keep the said roller a always and
throughout the entire length of its path of motion, parallel with the lower roller b,
thus all parts of the surfaces of the fabrics being treated are acted upon equally or
evenly by said rollers. The lever f upon which the roller a is mounted is arranged
to be operated by a pedal g to which it is coupled by the rod h, said pedal y being
weighted, as by the weight g¹, sufficiently to move the roller a by gravity and press
it into contact with the roller b, while the said roller a is moved in the opposite
direction and out of contact with the roller b by the foot of the operator being
placed upon the pedal g as and whenever desired."
These rollers a and b are heated by gas flames within them, their shafts k m
being hollow to enable gas to be supplied thereto, while their outer ends 2 are
entirely closed to prevent the escape of the flames and burnt gases which might
damage the fabric. Holes or openings are, made or left in their rear ends 3 for the
passage of air to support combustion and allow the escape of such gases as are
desired to be conducted away.
Rotary motion is imparted to the lower roller b from any prime motor by means
of any suitable driving belt, however the pulley n which such belt is to drive, is
made to have an appropriate friction clutch n¹ to couple it with a disc w attached
to the driving gear p which meshes with the wheel pl secured to the shaft m of the
lower roller 6, and this clutch n is under the control of the lever r operated
through the rods by the pedal t which is conveniently situated for the operative to
move same as desired, the weight t' causing it to push the rods s and so relieve the
clutch n from contact with the gear p while the foot of the operative pressing said
lever down or in the opposite direction puts said clutch into action and so motion is

page_text: transmitted to the rollers as desired, thus the driving pulley n may be instantly
disengaged, and by the brake piece u being secured to the lever to come into
contact with the periphery of the disc w as or when such disengagement is being
effected, the motion of the machine is or may be promptly arrested at any time.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a machine of the class described, bearings for the upper roller that will
allow its movements as set forth and yet keep said roller parallel with the lower
roller substantially as herein specified.
2. In a machine of the class described, bearings for the upper and lower rollers
arranged as set forth, pedal mechanism for operating the upper roller, and friction
clutch mechanism for transmitting motion to said rollers, in combination, the same
being constructed as set forth.
3. In a machine of the class described, the several parts for transmitting motion
to the rollers and the means for disengaging such parts to arrest such motion in
combination substantially as set forth.
4. In a machine of the class described the several improved parts arranged in
combination substantially as specified.
Dated this 30th day of December 1896.
HENRY C. LONGSDON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.