Year: 1885

page_text: LEONARD LINDLEY of the town and county of the town of Nottingham, Lace
Dresser do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention to be as follows:-
The Invention has for its object improvements upon that class of machinery
described in the specifications of Letters Patent granted to me dated March 17th 1883
No 1418 and March 19th 1884, N° 5160 and relates to means whereby such class
of machinery is rendered thoroughly efficient for finishing cotton and other goods
liable to extension on drying.
For this purpose I employ the arrangements of parts described in the aforesaid
specifications but I arrange around a portion of the circumference of the ironing
or drying cylinder therein described or otherwise a series of smaller supplemental
drying or ironing cylinders or rollers each of which according to my present
invention I form of slightly increased diameter as compared with that of the next
preceding cylinder or roller. These supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or
rollers are all driven by gearing at the same number of revolutions but on account
of their gradually increased diameters the surface speed of each succeeding cylinder
or roller is slightly greater than that of the next preceding cylinder or roller.
I place above and intermediate of these supplemental drying or ironing cylinders
or rollers, guide or conducting rollers which by gravity aided by suitable guides
always remain in contact therewith.
The fabric is as heretofore conducted from the tentering hooks on to the large
or main drying or ironing cylinder from which it passes under a conducting or
guide roller to and over another guide or conducting roller in contact therewith
from which it passes to and under the first supplemental drying or ironing
cylinder or roller-and thence to and over another guide or conducting roller from
which it passes to and under the next supplemental drying or ironing cylinder or
roller and so on until it reaches the last of such supplemental drying or ironing
cylinders or rollers from which it passes by suitable guide rollers to the winding
beam or roller. Any required number of these supplemental cylinders or rollers
may be formed of increased diameters and other drying or ironing cylinders or
rollers of equal diameters may follow.

page_text: By these means any extension of the fabric under treatment after passing from
the main drying cylinder is taken up by the increased surface speed of the various
supplemental drying or ironing cylinders by which it is kept in a constant tension
until it is completely dried thereby securing its continuous contact with the
various drying or ironing cylinders or rollers and consequently producing a better
finish than has heretofore been attained in such class of goods.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery Employed in Finishing Lace and
other Fabrics.
I LEONARD LINDLEY of the Town and County of the Town of Nottingham Lace
Dresser 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 :-
The invention has for its object improvements upon that class of machinery
described in the specification of Letters Patent granted to me dated March 17th 1883
No 1418 and March 19th 1884 N° 5160 and relates to means whereby such class
of machinery is rendered thoroughly efficient for fiuishing cotton and other goods
liable to extension on drying.
For this purpose I employ the arrangement of parts described in the aforesaid
specifications but I arrange around a portion of the circumference of the ironin!
or drying cylinder therein described or otherwise a series of smaller supplemental
drying or ironing cylinders or rollers each of which according to my present
invention I form of slightly increased diameter as compared with that of the next
preceding cylinder or roller.
These supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or rollers are all driven by
gearing at the same number of revolutions but on account of their gradually
increased diameters the surface speed of each succeeding cylinder or roller is
slightly greater than that of the next preceding cylinder or roller. I place above
and intermediate of these supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or rollers, guide
or conducting rollers which by gravity aided by suitable guides always remain
in contact therewith.
The fabric is as heretofore conducted from the tentering hooks on to the large
or main drying or ironing cylinder from which it passes under a conducting or

page_text: guide roller to and over another guide or conducting roller in contact therewith
from which it passes to and under the first supplemental drying or ironing cylinder
or roller and thence to and over another guide or conducting roller from which it
passes to and under the next supplemental drying or ironing cylinder or roller and
so on until it reaches the last of such supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or
rollers from which it passes by suitable guide rollers to the winding beam or
roller. Any required number of these supplementary cylinders or rollers may be
formed of increasing diameters and other drying or ironing cylinders or rollers of
equal diameters may follow.
By these means any extension of the fabric under treatment after passing from
the main drying cylinder, is taken up by the increased surface speed of the various
supplemental drying or ironing cylinders by which it is kept in a constant tension
until it is completely dried thereby securing its continuous contact with the
various drying or ironing cylinders or rollers and consequently producing a better
finish than has heretofore been attained in such class of goods.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is an end view partly in section and Figure 2 is a front view of one
side of a machine constructed according to my invention and Figure 3 is a cross
section of parts thereof.
a is the main ironing or drying cylinder around a portion of the circumference
of which I arrange a series of smaller supplemental ironing or drying cylinders or
rollers b. 6¹ each of the rollers or cylinders 6 according to my invention I form of
slightly increased diameter as compared with that of the next preceding cylinder
or roller b and I by preference form the cylinders or rollers &¹ of equal diameters.
These supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or rollers 6 6' are all driven at
the same number of revolutions by means of toothed pinions be fixed on the axes
thereof and which are driven by a toothed wheel a¹ fixed on the axis of the ironing
or drying cylinder a but on account of the gradually increased diameters of the
rollers or cylinders b the surface speed of each succeeding cylinder or roller b is
slightly greater than that of the next preceding cylinder or roller b. I place above
and intermediate of these supplemental drying or ironing cylinders or rollers 661
guide or conducting rollers c which by gravity aided by suitable guides a fixed to
the framing d carrying the bearings of such cylinders or rollers b₁ always remain
in contact therewith.
The fabric is conducted from the tentering hooks on to the large or main ironing
or drying cylinder a and is held firmly thercon by the endless chains e until it
arrives close to the conducting or guide roller f under which it is passed and from
which it travels to and over the first conducting roller and thence under the
first supplemental drying or ironing cylinder or roller b from which it passes to
and over the second guide or conducting roller c and thence to and under the next
supplemental drying or ironing cylinder or roller b and so on until it reaches the
last of the cylinders or rollers 6' from which it passes by suitable guide rollers g,g',
gg, to the winding beam or roller h which by preference is rotated by hand.
The conducting roller f is carried at the ends of levers f¹ by which it is raised for
the purpose of placing the work thereunder.
Motion is communicated to the guide rollers g, g¹, g², g³, by means of an endless
chain passing partly around chain wheels g' fixed on the axes of the said guide
rollers, partly around a guide chain wheel g and partly around a chain wheel (not
shown) fixed on the axis of the cylinder a.
The bearing of the guide wheel g² is carried by a slide j which travels in guides
and is operated by a screw / in order to put the required tension on the endless
chain i

page_text: Any required number of these supplemental cylinders or rollers 6 may be formed
of increased diameters and other drying or ironing cylinders or rollers b¹ may
follow.
By these means any extension of the fabric under treatment after passing from
the main drying or ironing cylinder a is taken up by the increased surface speed
of the various supplemental drying or ironing cylinders 6 by which it is kept in a
constant tension until it is completely dried, thereby securing its continuous
contact with the various drying or ironing cylinders or rollers and consequently
producing a better finish than bas heretofore been attained in the classes of goods
which are liable to such extension. n are what are known as Italian ironing
plates which assist in giving a gloss to the fabric.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
In machinery employed in finishing lace and other fabrics, the combination
with the main drying or ironing cylinder of a series of small supplemental drying
or ironing cylinders or rollers, each of which is formed of slightly increased
diameter as compared with that of the next preceding one in manner substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose stated.