Improvements in Apparatus for Making Up or Rolling and Measuring Cloth.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 18th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 20th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making Up or Rolling and
Measuring Cloth.
We JOHN DANIA TOMLINSON of the Firm of James Tomlinson, of The Soho
Iron Works, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and JOSHUA
PORTER of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
Our said invention relates to apparatus for making up cloth into rolls or bundles
as is well understood.
In such machines the cloth as it passes to the roll or to the batching board or
sword is led over or under a roller usually covered with cloth or pile fabric and
having a circumference of a certain size so that as the cloth passes over or under
the roller the latter is revolved and the number of revolutions representing the
circumferential measurement is recorded by suitable apparatus connected to the
axis of the roller.
In measuring or in other apparatus through which cloth is passed it has also
been proposed to use a measuring wheel or roller under or over which the cloth is
passed, the periphery of the wheel or roller being furnished with fine needle points
or prickers which engage with the cloth and thus secure absolute unison of
movement between the periphery and the cloth and so prevent the mis-
measurement due to slip, which often occurs in the case of the aforesaid cloth
covered rollers. Our improvements are applicable either to the said cloth covered
rollers or to the prickle surface rollers or measuring wheels which we have also
mentioned. In both of these types of measuring rollers or wheels, a false
indication of the length of cloth passed through the machine is often recorded
owing to the defect that when the end of the piece runs through the apparatus and
whips over or under the roller or measuring wheel, the momentum of the roller
or wheel causes it to continue revolving for a greater or less period, so that more
cloth is indicated as having been measured off than is really the case.
The object of our invention is to bring the wheel or roller to a dead stop as
soon as the end of the piece of cloth passes over or from under it. As applied to a
spiked measuring wheel for example resting upon the cloth as the latter passes
over a breast-beam, surface or bar, we furnish the edge of such a wheel with a
ring of studs or- projections, spaced at a reasonable distance apart, say about an
inch. This wheel with its spindle, which latter operates a suitable recorder, is
carried by a pivotted frame or bracket which can be turned up, carrying with it
the wheel so as to be out of the way when setting the cloth. Upon the frame
carrying the wheel and in line with the wheel axis we fix a bracket carrying a
sliding bar furnished at the foot with a bowl and having at the side a projection or
stop. Beneath the bowl we form in the breast-beam a recess capable of receiving
the bowl. When the apparatus is at work the bowl rests on the cloth and is thus
held up so as not to drop into the recess. Consequently the stop on the back of the
sliding bar which carries the bowl is upheld clear of the studs or projections on the
measuring wheels. When the cloth comes to an end, there is nothing to sustain
the bowl and it drops into the recess. The bar in dropping brings the stop between
two of the studs or projections on the measuring wheel and the wheel is arrested
Thus the apparatus records the exact length of cloth which has passed
through. The arrangement of stop might be modified. For example, beneath the
cloth and projecting upward through the breast-beam or surface over which the
at once.

page_text: cloth is drawn, we might arrange a 'sliding stop, to be kept down by the passing
cloth but rising as soon as the supply of cloth is finished.
This ascending stop might be controlled by a pivotted double lever with.an
adjustable weight, or by an adjustable spring or suspended weight or other means,
which would just overbalance its weight sufficiently to cause it to rise as soon a
the cloth is no longer in the way.
By these arrangements the measuring wheel is prevented from revolving after
the end of the piece of cloth has passed, and mis-measurement is obviated.
Our improved stopping appliances might be used either in combination with the
measuring wheel or they might be employed in unison with the measuring roller.
For example a stop might be arranged above the roller so as to rest on the cloth
as it passes around, and beneath the stop we might form spaced perforations in the
roller so that as soon as the roller was uncovered by the using up of the cloth, the
stop would drop into one of these perforations and arrest the rotation of the roller.
A similar arrangement might be applied to the aforesaid measuring wheel.
Instead of a sliding stop as described, a jambing brake or clutch might be operated
and put in motion by the failure of the supply of cloth as already described.
We have found that when a spiked measuring wheel is used the spikes do not
always penetrate to their full depth into the cloth so that the cloth does not always
touch the measuring periphery of the wheel and thus mis-measurement occurs.
To remedy this we might locate the spikes on the periphery of a pulley of
apron beneath the measuring wheel and cover the measuring wheel with rubber or
other elastic or gripping fabric. Thus although the spikes beneath did not
thoroughly penetrate the cloth it would not matter as the cloth would always be
in contact with the periphery of the measuring wheel.
Dated this 16th day of June 1894.
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Making Up or Rolling and
Measuring Cloth.
We JOHN DANIA TOMLINSON of the Firm of James Tomlinson, of The Soho
Iron Works, Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, and JOSHUA
PORTER of the same place, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawings:-
:-o
Our said invention relates to apparatus for making up cloth into rolls or
bundles as is well understood.
In such machines the cloth as it passes to the roll or to the batching board or
sword is led over or under a roller usually covered with cloth or pile fabric and
having a circumference of a certain size so that as the cloth passes over or under
the roller the latter is revolved and the number of revolutions representing the
circumferential measurement is recorded by suitable apparatus connected to the
axis of the roller.
In measuring or in other apparatus through which cloth is passed it has also
been proposed to use a measuring wheel or roller under or over which the cloth is
passed the periphery of the wheel or roller being furnished with fine needle points
or prickers which engage with the cloth and thus secure absolute unison of
movement between the periphery and the cloth and so prevent the mis-measurement
due to slip, which often occurs in the case of the. aforesaid cloth covered rollers.

page_text: Our improvements are applicable either to the said cloth covered rollers or to the
prickle surface rollers or measuring wheels which we have also mentioned.
In both of these types of measuring rollers or wheels, a false indication of the
length of cloth passed through the machine is often recorded owing to the defect
that when the end of the piece runs through the apparatus and whips over or
under the roller or measuring wheel, the momentum of the roller or wheel causes
it to continue revolving for a greater or less period, so that more cloth is indicated
as having been ineasured off than is really the case.
The object of our invention is to bring the wheel or roller to a dead stop as
soon as the end of the piece of cloth passes over or from under it.
The accompanying two sheets of drawings illustrate our invention and will be
referred to in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a machine fitted with our
improvements.
Fig. 2 is a view at right angles to Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a plan.
These figs. illustrate our invention as applied to a spiked measuring wheel A
resting upon the cloth indicated by the dotted line marked B as the latter passes
over a breast-beam, surface or bar C. We furnish the edge of the wheel A with
a ring of studs or projections D spaced at a reasonable distance apart say about an
inch. This wheel A with its spindle E is carried by a frame or bracket F pivotted
at F so that it can be turned up, carrying with it the wheel so as to be out of the
way when setting the cloth. The bracket F is furnished with a suspended counter-
balance weight G.
The spindle E of the spiked wheel is. connected by bevel or other suitable.
gearing in the usual manner with an indicating and recording arrangement H
which as it is in common use for such apparatus need not be more particularly-
described. Upon the frame F carrying the wheel A and in line with the wheel'
axis we fix a bracket I carrying a sliding bar J furnished at the foot with a bowl J¹.
and having at the side a projection or stop J. Beneath the bowl J¹ we form in
When the apparatus.
The bar Jin
the breast-beam C a recess capable of receiving the bowl J'.
is at work the bowl J' rests on the cloth B as it passes through the machine and is
thus held up so as not to drop into the recess. Consequently the stop J' on the
back of the sliding bar J which carries the bowl is upheld clear of the studs or
projections D on the measuring wheel A. When the cloth B comes to an end,.
there is nothing to sustain the bowl J' and it drops into the recess.
dropping brings the stop J³ between two of the studs or projections D on the
measuring wheel A and the wheel is arrested at once. Thus the apparatus records
the exact length of cloth which has passed through. The arrangement of stop
might be modified, for example as indicated in Fig. 4 Sheet 2 beneath the cloth and
projecting upward through the breast beam or surface C over which the cloth is
drawn, we might arrange a sliding stop K to be kept down by the passing cloth but
rising as soon so as to engage with the projections D and stop the wheel A as
soon as the supply of cloth is finished. This ascending stop K is controlled by a
pivotted double lever L with an adjustable weight L' or by an adjustable spring or
suspended weight or other means, which would just overbalance the weight of the
stop sufficiently to cause it to rise as soon as the cloth is no longer in the way.
By these arrangements the measuring wheel is prevented from revolving after
the end of the piece of cloth has passed, and mis-measurement is obviated.
Our improved appliance might be used either in combination with the measuring
wheel A or they might be employed in unison with the measuring roller. For
example as shown in Fig. 5 Sheet 2 a stop M might be arranged above the roller N
so as to rest on the cloth B as it passes around, and beneath the stop we might
form spaced perforations in the roller N so that as soon as the roller was uncovered
by the using up of the cloth the stop M would drop into one of these perforations or
pockets and arrest the rotation of the roller. A similar arrangement might be
applied to the aforesaid measuring wheel A. Instead of a sliding stop as described a

page_text: jambing brake or clutch might be operated and put in motion by the failure of the
supply of cloth as already described.
Such a brake is shown at Fig. 6 of the drawings.
The wheel A is not furnished with any spikes. A bracket OO¹ is bolted to the
breast-beam C the part 01 carrying a pivotted lever P, one end having a roller Q
which rests on the cloth B while a projection from the same end carries a scotching
dropper R which is dropped between the wheel A and the end of the fixed
bracket O when the giving out of the cloth allows the roller Q to fall and swing
the lever P round upon its pivot.
We have found that when a spiked measuring wheel such as A is used the spikes
do not always penetrate to their full depth into the cloth so that the cloth does not
always touch the measuring periphery of the wheel and thus mis-measurement
occurs.
To remedy this we might locate the spikes on the periphery of a pulley or an
apron beneath the measuring wheel and cover the measuring wheel with rubber or
other elastic or gripping fabric. Thus the spikes beneath. pass through the cloth
and engage with the rubber covering of the measuring roller or wheel so that the
cloth is positively drawn through at the exact speed of the periphery of the
measuring wheel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is.
1. The provision of means of the indicated nature for abruptly stopping the
measuring mechanism of apparatus for making up cloth or rolling and measuring
cloth substantially as described and as illustrated.
2. The general arrangement construction and combination of apparatus for
making up or rolling and measuring cloth substantially as described and illustrated
in Sheet including the modifications of the means for abruptly stopping the
measuring mechanism, substantially as described and as indicated in Sheet 2 of the
drawings.
3. As means for abruptly stopping the measuring mechanism of cloth making.
up or rolling and measuring apparatus, furnishing the measuring wheel A with a
series of projections and employing in combination therewith a loosely sliding arm,
supported by the cloth as it passes through the machine and dropping as soon as
the cloth is exhausted so as to bring a projecting stop between two of the pro-
jections on the measuring wheel, thus bringing the measuring wheel and recording
mechanism to a dead and abrupt stop as soon as the cloth is finished and so
preventing a false record of measurement, substantially as described and as
illustrated in Sheet 1 of the drawings.
4. As means for effecting the objects set forth in the foregoing claims the
modified rising stop in combination with the pegged measuring wheel arranged
substantially as described and as shown in Fig. 4 Sheet 2.
5. The drop stop arrangement applied in combination with the measuring roller N
for the purposes and substantially as described and shown in Fig. 5 Sheet 2.
6. The modification of my improvement for abruptly stopping the measuring
wheel and mechanism of cloth rolling and measuring apparatus, consisting of a
brake or scotcher held clear of the measuring wheel while the cloth is passing
through the machine, and dropping so as to stop the wheel abruptly when the cloth
is finished substantially as described and as shown in Fig. 6 Sheet 2.
7. The combination of a measuring wheel or roller having a surface covered with
rubber or other suitable material and a spiked under roller or apron for the purposes
and as hereinbefore described.
This 19th dor of March 1905
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
5, John Dalton Street, Manchester, Agents.