Improvements in "Pegging" Machines employed in the Finishing of Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1891-Accepted, 10th Oct., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in "Pegging" Machines employed in the Finishing
of Pile Fabrics.
We, HARVEY HEYWOOD, of Spring Vale Works, Middleton, near Manchester,
Manufacturer, and Jonx HOLLAND, of Spring Vale Works, Middleton near
Manchester, Foreman Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
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The improvements relate to what are known in the trade as "pegging" machines,
which are employed to effect a certain process in the finishing of pile fabrics, and
have for object continuous or nearly continuous action of the " peg or presser
bar, upon the fabric under operation, together with a higher rate of speed in work
than at present obtains.
To effect this and to accomplish our improvements, we mount the axis of the "peg"
or presser bar in fixed journals or bearings, instead of in moving or reciprocatory
journals, as is the case with the existing types of pegging machines. A suitable
stop is provided, so that the "peg" cannot turn on its axis, beyond its proper
position for work, in one direction; and a lever or handle is attached to the axis
or to the bar to enable the attendant to lift or turn the "peg" out of operation in
the other direction when required.
Instead of the fabric being held up to the "peg" by means of a bed plate, as at
present, we mount underneath the fixed peg a revolving roller, which thus forms a
rolling bed for the fabric. By this means a stationary "peg is obtained, and the
cloth is rapidly drawn underneath the same, by passing over the revolving roller
aforesaid.
More than one "
peg" or bar may be fitted to one roller, or more than one
roller with its complementary fixed "peg" or "pegs" may be mounted in one
machine.
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We also employ an endless travelling band or lattice, which may be geared up
with the working parts of the machine by means of a ratchet and pawl or other
gearing, and this lattice is mounted, on suitable rollers, near the base of the
machine, horizontally or thereabouts. By this means the cloth under operation is
carried from the back end of the machine to the front, by being allowed to
fall and fold itself on the travelling lattice as it leaves the final guide roller
or bars.
Thus the end of the fabric is again brought to the front of the machine, and if
the piece being operated upon is joined at its ends into an endless web, the operation
may continuously go on, and the fabric passed many times through the machine
without stopping the same. In conjunction with the foregoing arrangement, the
ordinary or other guiding rollers for the fabric are employed, and also a revolving
fan or fans or blower when required. For certain fabrics we also add to the
machine a revolving brush or brushes, and a waxing roller or rollers, as will be
readily understood.
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Variations in detail may be made, such as the shape & size of the " peg or
presser bar in cross section, the size of the revolving roller, and the material of
which they are composed, without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention; which mainly consists in combining a stationary "peg"-in lieu of
the reciprocatory "peg"-with a revolving roller or bed,-in lieu of the flat
surface or bed over which the cloth passes, or by which the cloth is held up to the
action of the "peg;" and also in the provision of an endless travelling band;

page_text: or lattice in such a machine, whereby the cloth operated upon is conveyed from the
back end of the machine to the front thereof.
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WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
Agent for Applicants.
Improvements in "Pegging" Machines employed in the Finishing
of Pile Fabrics.
We, HARVEY HEYWOOD, of Spring Vale Works, Middleton, near Manchester,
Manufacturer, and JOHN HOLLAND, of Spring Vale Works, Middleton, near
Manchester, Foreman Mechanic, 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 :—
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The improvements relate to what are known in the trade as "pegging" machines,
which are employed to effect a certain process in the finishing of pile fabrics, and
have for object continuous or nearly continuous action of the "peg or presser
bar, upon the fabric under operation, together with a higher rate of speed in work
than at present obtains.
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To effect this, and to accomplish our improvements, we mount the axis of the
peg" or presser bar in fixed journals or bearings, instead of in moving or
reciprocatory journals, as is the case with the existing types of " pegging
machines.
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A. suitable stop is provided, so that the "peg" cannot turn on its axis, beyond its
proper position for work, in one direction, and a lever or handle is attached to the
axis or to the bar to enable the attendant to lift or turn the "peg" out of operation
in the other direction, when required.
Instead of the fabric being held up to the "peg" by means of a bed plate, as at
present, we mount underneath the fixed < peg a revolving roller, which thus forms
a rolling bed for the fabric.
By this means, a stationary "peg" is obtained, and the cloth, is rapidly drawn
underneath the same, by passing over the revolving roller aforesa. i.
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More than one << peg" or bar may be fitted to one roller, or more than one
roller with its complementary fixed"
peg"
" or pegs may be mounted in one
machine.
When completely continuous action is required, we also employ an endless
travelling band or lattice, which may be geared up with the working parts
of the machine by means of a ratchet and pawl or other gearing, and this
lattice is mounted, on suitable rollers, near the base of the machine, horizontally
or thereabouts. By this means the cloth under operation is carried from the
back end of the machine to the front, by being allowed to fall and fold itself
on the travelling lattice as it leaves the final guide roller or bars.
Thus the end of the fabric is again brought to the front of the machine, and if
the piece being operated upon is joined at its ends into an endless web, the operation
may continuously go on, and the fabric passed many times through the machine
without stopping the same. Nevertheless, the fabric may be wound from a roller
at one end of the machine on to another at the other end thereof.
In conjunction with the foregoing arrangement, the ordinary or other guiding
rollers for the fabric are employed, and also a revolving fan or fans, or blower,
when required. For certain fabrics we also add to the machine a revolving bruslí
or brushes, and a waxing roller or rollers, as will be readily understood.
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Variations in detail may be made, such as the shape and size of the "peg
presser bar in cross section, the size of the revolving roller, and the material of
which they are composed, without departing from the peculiar character of the
invention.

page_text: of une accompanying drawings, proceed more funny tO (ESCIIDC means employ en
by us.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1, is a plan view, and Fig. 2, a side elevation of a pegging" machine
arranged according to one form of our improvements, but without the addition of
the travelling lattice.
The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a. a. is the main framing of the machine, and b. the length of cloth undergoing
the necessary process of pegging."
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c. c. is the revolving roller, used in lieu of the ordinary stationary bed plate:
and d. d. are pegs, mounted in fixed journals dd, held, by means of the
springs d² d², with uniformly elastic pressure against the cloth, as the same passes
over the rolling bed.
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These pegs are, in operation, placed at the most convenient angle with the
surface of the drum e. c. by preference radial to the centre of such drum, and are
preferentially provided with apparatus to be hereinafter described, whereby they
may, at suitable periods, be temporarily lifted out of operation, to prevent an
accumulation of fluff or waste or creases or puckerings in the cloth, in front of such
pegs." This temporary releasing of the " pegs is accomplished, by preference,
in the following manner; but other equivalent means may be substituted:
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Upon one end of the shafte. e, which has motion communicated from the main
gearing by worm and wheel, is fixed a dog el, which, pressing against a pin or pro-
jection, upon the cam f. †, causes such cam to revolve upon the eccentric
bush J. J. This cam presses against two bowls . h attached to the bowl
levers, which levers are fulcrumed at /, and in the ordinary working position
communicate pressure of the "pegs" d. d. upon the cloth b. b, through the links k. k¹,
and short levers k* k³.
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In the circumference of the cam f. f. are cut, at suitable intervals, two or more
recesses, which recesses, during revolution of the cam, come periodically
opposite the bowls h, h, by preference alternately.
At such times, the pressure on the bowl and consequently on the peg, being
released, the peg is forced out of contact with the cloth, by the continuous revolving
motion of the rolling bed c. c. and remains out of action until the revolving cam
again presents its convex surface to bear upon the bowl. In the drawing, one
peg," with its bowl, lever, and communications, is shown temporarily released,
whilst the portions actuating the other "peg" are in the working positions.
g, is a hand lever, attached to the eccentric bush, and enables both "pegs
to be
thrown out of gear on the stoppage of the machine. This lever, when moved over
on the centre e, carries round with it the eccentric bush . g, and consequently
moves the cam ff. eccentrically against the arms of the bowl levers ², h³, thrusting
such bowl levers backward, and lifting the "pegs" d. d, out of action.
The cloth, in its motion through the machine, passes from the roll 1, under
the bar 2, and over the rod 3, where it is operated upon by the revolving
brush., which has motion given to it by belt and pulley as shown, or by
other convenient. means.
Then, passing under the rod, and round the shaft . e, the cloth is carried over
the bar 4, under the rod 5, round the roller 6 and the card roller 7, thence over the
expanding or spreading roller 8, and under the bar 9, to the revolving bed c. c,
after leaving which, it is carried under the geared shaft 10, over the card roller 11,
and so passes underneath the bars 12 and 13, to a suitable roller fitted with
detaching apparatus as shewn, or to the travelling lattice hereinbefore described,
for return to the front end of the machine.
Although these conducting rods and rollers are shewn and described, it is obvious
that a number of them may be dispensed with or others added, according to the
amount of tension required by the cloth to be operated upon, and some of the

page_text: rollers may have special tension or drag apparatus provided if desired, such as is
shewn attached to the card roller 7, where a brake strap m, m. passes over the
pulley, n, and is weighted by the lever o. o fulcrumed at o¹, and weight p. p, such
weighting being released when necessary, on the stopping of the machine, by the
depression of the lever r. r, fulcrumed at s, and loosely connected at the other end
with the lever o. o.
A supplementary apparatus or rollers, and, is shown in the drawings for
the purpose of winding the fabric for transference of the same in roll form to the
other end of the machine, but this forms no part of this our present invention, and
may be dispensed with and substituted or not by the travelling lattice already
described, as will be readily understood.
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. In pegging" machines, the combination of a stationary "
peg" with a
revolving bed for the purpose of obtaining continuous or nearly continuous action
on the cloth face, and in manner substantially as herein shown and described.
2. In pegging" machines, the combination of a stationary "peg" with suitable
apparatus for temporary or periodic releasement of such "
peg from operation,
for the purpose and in manner substantially as herein shewn and described.
3. The combined apparatus for the continuous or nearly continuous "pegging
of fabrics, substantially in the manner hereinbefore described, and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of September 1891.
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WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester, Agent.