IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR PLEATING AND DIAPERING ALL KINDS OF CLOTH AND TISSUES
Year: 1876

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LETTERS PATENT to William Morgan-Brown, of the Firm of Brandon and
Morgan-Brown, Engineers and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings,
London, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR PLEATING AND
DIAPERING ALL KINDS OF CLOTH AND TISSUES." A communication from
abroad by Hyacinthe Marie Fouillet, of 49, Chaussée d'Antin, Paris.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Morgan-Brown at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th September 1876.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London.
LOOMS FOR PLEATING AND DIAPERING ALL KINDS OF CLOTH AND TISSUES."
This Invention of improvements in looms for pleating and diapering all kinds of
cloth and tissues is for the purpose of obtaining regular, rapid, and economical
pleating, and consists in little bars or thin plates of wood or other suitable material,
which are interposed by fixing them successively in guide pins expressly formed for
them, and in causing them to be enveloped by the stuff as they are fixed. The
stuff being thus maintained between the interposed blades the operation of pleating
is finished by passing over the whole mass hot irons in the ordinary manner.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
the said William Morgan-Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th
March 1877.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN, of the Firm of Brandon and Morgan-Brown, Engineers
"IMPROVEMENTS IN
and Patent Agents, of 38, Southampton Buildings, London.
LOOMS FOR PLEATING AND DIAPERING ALL KINDS OF CLOTH AND TISSUES." A
communication from abroad by Hyacinthe Marie Fouillet, of 49, Chaussée d'Antin,
Paris.
In order that this Invention of a loom or apparatus for pleating and diapering
cloth and tissues be clearly understood I will proceed to describe it in detail con-

page_text: jointly with the eight Figures of the accompanying Drawing, of which Figure 1 is
a plan of one extremity of the machine; Figure 2 is a plan of its other extremity;
Figure 3, an end view of the same; Figures 4 and 5, longitudinal elevations in
section corresponding with Figures 1 and 2; and Figures 6 and 7, two cross sections
of the main part of the loom taken through A, B, Figure 2, on a larger scale.
In these Figures b, b, represent two flat bars, the length of which may vary
according to circumstances, and which are provided with a turned up edge c,
through which are made a succession of holes & to receive the extremities of the
steel pleating blades a. The bars b, b, are mounted on wooden beans, tables, or
side frames, the whole easily erected, taken apart, and packed in a small compass.
When it has to be erected, the said bars b.being placed level and parallel one with
the other, I insert the blade a¹ by springing its extremities in the holes d, d, of the
bars b; holes e, e, are pierced towards the ends of this blade, which correspond
with similar holes pierced in the bars b, b; and a moveable spring arm f, see side
view, Figure 8, is turned so that a stud g on the under face of the same penetrates
in the two coinciding holes, thus fixing and maintaining the bars b, b, at their proper
distance apart at one extremity of the machine, whilst it's other extremity is
provided with similar parts for the same purpose. In Figure 2 these arms are not
supposed to turn, as they are sufficiently clastic to be raised for the purpose afore-
said. a², Figure 7, represents the position of the outer stretcher blade.
In Figures 3, 6, and 7. the stuff or tissue is represented by dotted lines; the
extremity of this band of stuff to be pleated is placed under the blade a; it is
turned over this blade, and brought back to the right. Another blade as is then
sprung in place; it lays on the stuff which is folded over it from right to left;
another lower blade a is then sprung in between the frames, the stuff being laid
under it, as in the case of a²; an upper blade is inserted, and so on. When the
requisite number of pleats has thus been formed a hot iron is passed over the whole
series in order to render the pleats permanent.
The width of the loom may be augmented so as to be able to take in two or more
bands side by side, and pleat them simultaneously. With the view of forming
tapering pleats the blades are made wider at one extremity than the other.
Different patterns of pleats may be obtained or made in this loom; thus, for
instance, box pleats, such as those shown in Figure 6, can be made very easily;
these latter pleats may also be mixed with ordinary pleats, as shown in Figure 7.
Again, a series of either or both of these pleats can be made and followed by any
given length of the stuff not pleated.
Having thus explained the nature of these improvements, as well as the best
means that I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical operation, I
claim,-
Firstly. The general construction of the frame, consisting inthe parts b, b, a¹, n
a², f, f, and g, g, for the purposes aforesaid.
Secondly. The construction and adaptation of the spring blades a in conjunction
with the above-mentioned frame for the purpose of forming different characters of
pleating, and of fixing the same permanently by ironing whilst still folded on the
aforesaid blades.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Morgan-Brown, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.
WILLIAM MORGAN-BROWN. (LS.)