IMPROVEMENTS IN KILTING PLAITING OR PLEATING MACHINES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Browning of Glasgow in the County of Lanark
North Britain Engineer,-for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN KILTING
PLAITING OR PLEATING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Browning at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th December 1881.
GEORGE BROWNING, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN KILTING, PLAITING OR PLEATING MACHINES."
The said Invention relates to kilting, plaiting or pleating machines and has for
its main objects to provide improved means for giving notion to the feeding,
pressing, and ironing rollers and the kilting blade and for adjusting the extent of
the motions thereof; for giving the rubbing action to the ironing roller; for lifting
the kilting blade at each back stroke, and for keeping the said blade in its raised
position to give unkilted spaces between the kilts either by mechanism worked by
and or worked automatically by the machine, also for putting the pressure upon
the top roller.
In a machine constructed according to the said Invention the driving shaft, the
feed and ironing rollers and other parts of the machine are carried in a suitable
framing. The driving shaft carries a hand or band wheel by which it is operated
and upon the other end of the said shaft is also carried a crank which gives motion
to a main lever turning upon a centre fixed to the framing.-Connected to this
main lever above its centre is one of the two arms of the kilting blade carrier the
said carrier being mounted to oscillate freely upon the driving shaft.-The said
main lever extends below the centre upon which it turns and to this extension is
conuected another lover carrying the pawl or rack which engages with a ratchet
wheel on the lower or ironing roller to give motion thereto.-This roller and the
upper flannel covered roller are of about the same diameter and the greater speed
of the lower or ironing roller (as compared with the speed of the other roller)
necessary to give the rubbing or ironing action is obtained by transmitting the

page_text: motion from the said ironing roller to the said flannel covered roller by a pair of
differential gear wheels one on the axis of each roller that on the axis of the
ironing roller being smaller than that on the axis of the flannel covered roller.-
The beforementioned main lever which is acted upon by the crank on the main
shaft has its connections with the arm of the kilting blade carrier and with the
lever operating the feed roller respectively formed by means of pins engaging in
slots in the respective parts connected so that these pins can be raised or lowered
and fixed in position to regulate the stroke of the kilting blade and consequently
the width of kilting and to regulate the feed forward of the cloth after each kilt
or plait has been formed.-As the driving shaft is operated; owing to the main lever
driven thereby being connected on the one side of its centre to the kilting blade
carrier and on the other side of its centre to the lever which operates the feed, it
will be obvious that the kilting blade and the feed roller are alternately acted upon
one after the other to first form the kilt and afterwards feed forward the cloth for
the next kilt. The downward pressure of the upper flannel covered roller is
obtained by means of a weighted cross bar centered to the framing of the machine
and bearing upon rods carrying anti-friction rollers resting upon the upper roller at
either end and running in grooves formed in the periphery of either end of the said
roller to receive them.-By means of a cam lever this weighted cross bar may be
raised from its bearing upon the said rods.-Two hooks connected to the weighted
cross-bar at the same time lift tho rollers out of contact.-To allow of the slight
yielding of the roller in case of necessity owing to an extra thickness passing
between the rollers springs may intervene between the said weighted cross-bar
and the said rods on which it presses.-For the purpose of causing the kilting
blade to be raised from the cloth during its back stroke a slide bar is attached to
the framing which slide bar carries a cam surface against which bears an anti-
friction roller carried by an arm projecting from the bar carrying the kilting blade,
this slide bar is by a cam on the driving shaft brought down just before the back
stroke of the kilting blade takes place so that the said cam surface is in the path
of the said antifriction roller causing it to be depressed and the kilting blade bar
to be turned upon the pivots by which it is attached to the kilting blade carrier so
that the kilting blade is raised and held from contact with the cloth at and during
each back stroke.-A spring keeps the kilting blade down upon the cloth when the
said cam surface is not in its lowered position that is to say (in continuous kilting)
during each forward stroke of the kilting blade.--In order that the kilting may be
stopped for any desired number of strokes so as to leave an impleated portion of
cloth between pleated portions, means are provided for keeping the cam surface
upon the aforesaid slide bar down during the desired number of strokes so that
through the aforesaid antifriction roller and arm upon the kilting blade bar the
kilting blade is kept up from contact with the cloth for any desired number of
forward strokes, the feeding forward of the cloth by the rollers meantime taking
place. This retaining of the said slide bar carrying the cam surfaco in its lowered
position may be effected by a bolt carried by the framing of the machine being
slipped by hand into a hole in the said slide bar when it is in its lowest position.―
Or the machine may be provided with an automatic arrangement for this purpose
consisting of what may be termed a pattern wheel having a number of equidistant
holes in its periphery into which holes projections may be fixed in any desired
order. At each back stroke of the kilting blade a cam on the main shaft bears
against a lever carrying a pawl which pawl acting upon a ratchet wheel carried by
the pattern wheel turns the said pattern wheel at each back stroke through a
space equal to the distance between two adjacent holes on its periphery.-At either
one of the portions of the periphery of the pattern wheel upon which the before
mentioned projections are fixed is brought opposite the aforesaid slido bar carrying
the cam surface for raising the kilting blade the said slide bar is by the said
projection prevented from rising at the next forward stroke and consequently the
cam surface is maintained in a position during the said stroke to hold the kilting
blade raised from the cloth to prevent kilting during this stroke.―Thus any

page_text: desired length of cloth may be left without kilts by placing projections in con-
secutive holes of the pattern wheel and any desired space may be kilted by leaving
a corresponding portion of the pattern wheel without projections-For example
supposing the pattern wheel to have twenty four holes in its periphery and that
two projections in two adjacent holes alternate with four adjacent holes without
projections four kilts will be formed in the cluth then a blank for two strokes of
the kilting blade then four kilts and so on.
The machine constructed according to this Invention is, or may be, provided
with the ordinary guides and tension bars and cloth plate and with means for
beating the ironing roller either externally or internally.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said George Browning in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th June 1882.
GEORGE BROWNING, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, North Britain,
Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN KILTING, PLAITING, OR PLEATING MACHINES."
My said Invention relates to kilting, plaiting or pleating machines, and has for
its main objects to provide improved menns for giving motion to the feeding,
pressing, and ironing rollers, and the kilting blade, and for adjusting the extent of
the motions thereof; for giving the rubbing action to the ironing roller; for lifting
the kilting blade at each back stroke; and for keeping the said blade in its raised
position to give unkilted spaces between the kilts either by mechanism worked by
hand or worked automatically by the machine; also for putting the pressure upon
the top roller.
In a machine constructed according to my said Invention, the driving shaft, the
feed and ironing rollers, and the other parts of the machine are carried in a suitable
framing. The driving shaft carries a hand or band wheel by which it is operated,
and upon the other end of the said shaft is also carried a crank which gives motion
to a main lever turning upon a centre fixed to the framing. Connected to this
main lever above its centre is one of the two arms of the kilting blade carrier, the
said carrier being mounted to oscillate freely upon the driving shaft. The said
main lever extends below the centre upon which it turns, and to this extension is
connected another lever carrying the pawl or rack which engages with a ratchet
wheel on the lower or ironing roller to give motion thereto. This roller and the
upper flannel covered roller are of about the same diameter, and the greater the
speed of the lower or ironing roller (as compared with the speed of the other roller),
necessary to give the rubbing or ironing action is obtained by transmitting the
motion from the said ironing roller to the said flannel covered roller by a pair of
differential gear wheels one on the axis of each roller, that on the axis of the
ironing roller being smaller than that on the axis of the flannel covered roller.
The before mentioned main lever which is acted upon by the crank on the main
shaft, has its connections with the arm of the kilting blade carrier and with the
lever operating the feed roller respectively formed by means of pins engaging in
slots in the respective parts connected thereto so that these pins can be raised or
lowered and fixed in position to regulate the stroke of the kilting blade and consc-
quently the width of kilting and to regulate the feed forward of the cloth after
each kilt or plait has been formed as the driving shaft is operated; owing to the
main lever driven thereby being connected on the one side of its centre to the
kilting blade carrier, and on the other side of its centre to the lever which operates
the feed, it will be obvious that the kilting blade and the feed roller are alternately
acted upon one after the other, to first form the kilt, and afterwards feed forward
the cloth for the next kilt and press and iron the kilt last made. The downward
pressure of the upper flannel covered roller is obtained by means of a weighted
crossbar centred to the framing of the machine, and bearing upon rods carrying
antifriction rollers resting upon the upper roller at either end and running in
grooves formed in the periphery of either end of the said roller to receive them.
By means of a cam lever this weighted crossbar may be raised from its bearing
upon the said rods. Two hooks connected to the weighted crossbar at the same
time lift the rollers out of contact. To allow of the slight yielding of the roller
in case of necessity owing to an extra thickness passing between the rollers, springs

page_text: may intervene between the said weighted crossbar, and the said rods on which it
presses.
For the purpose of causing the kilting blade to be raised from the cloth during
its back stroke a slide bar is attached to the framing, which slide bar carries a cam
surface against which bears an antifriction roller carried by an arm projecting from
the bar carrying the kilting blade, this slide bar is by a cam on the driving shaft
brought down just before the back stroke of the kilting blade takes place so that
the said cam surface is in the path of the said antifriction roller causing it to be
depressed and the kilting blade bar to be turned upon the pivots by which it is
attached to the kilting blade carrier so that the kilting blade is raised and held
from contact with the cloth at and during each back stroke. A spring keeps the
kilting blade down upon the cloth when the said cam surface is not in its lowered
position that is to say (in continuous kilting) during ench forward stroke of the
kilting blade. In order that the kilting may be stopped for any desired number
of strokes so as to leave an unpleated portion of cloth between pleated portions,
means are provided for keeping the cam surface upon the aforesaid slide bar down
during the desired number of strokes so that through the aforesaid antifriction.
roller and arm upon the kilting blade bar, the kilting blade is kept up from contact
with the cloth for any desired number of forward strokes, the feeding forward of
the cloth by the rollers meantime taking place. This retaining of the said slide
bar carrying the can surface in its lowered position may be effected by a bolt
carried by the framing of the machine being slipped by hand into a hole in the
said slide bar when it is in its lowest position. Or the machine may be provided
with an automatic arrangement for this purpose consisting of what may be termed
a pattern wheel having a number of equidistant holes in its periphery, into which
holes, projections may be fixed in any desired order. At each back stroke of the
kilting blade a cam on the main shaft bears against a lever carrying a pawl, which
pawl acting upon a ratchet wheel carried by the pattern wheel turns the said
pattern wheel at each back stroke through a space equal to the distance between
two adjacent holes on its periphery. As either one of the portions of the periphery
of the pattern wheel upon which the before mentioned projections are fixed is
brought opposite the aforesaid slide bar carrying the cam surface for raising the
kilting blade, the said slide bar is by the said projection prevented from rising at
the next forward stroke and consequently the cam surface is maintained in a
position during the said stroke to hold the kilting blade raised from the cloth to
prevent kilting during this stroke. Thus any desired length of cloth may be left
without kilts by placing projections in consecutive holes of the pattern wheel, and
any desired space may be kilted by leaving a corresponding portion of the pattern
wheel without projections. For example supposing the pattern wheel to have
twenty four holes in its periphery and that two projections in two adjacent holes
alternate with four adjacent holes without projections, four kilts will be formed in
the cloth then a blank for two strokes of the kilting blade, then four kilts and
SO ON.
The machine constructed necording to this Invention is, or may be, provided
with the ordinary guides and tension bars, and cloth plate, and with means for
heating the ironing roller either externally or internally.
And in order that any said Invention may be properly understood, I now proceed
more particularly to set forth the system, mode or manner in or under which the
same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawings and to the Letters and Figures marked thereon, that is
to say:
Figure 1, represents an elevation of a machine having the several improvements.
constituting my Invention combined therewith, and Figures 2, and 3, are elevations
at right angles thereto of each end of the said machine. The various parts of the
machine are supported in end framings A, the main driving shaft a turning in
bearings in the said framing, and the pressing and ironing rollers marked respec-
tively H, and G, being mounted in vertical slots a', in the said framings A, the sides

page_text: of which slots support the said rollers in position. At the part of the shaft a,
marked a², a hand or band, wheel is fixed thereon, by which motion of rotation is
given to the said shaft a, by the hand or by a treadle worked by the foot or by
other suitable means. This wheel is omitted from the Drawing for the purpose of
shewing the other parts more clearly. Upon the other end of the shaft a, is fixed a-
crank b, which engages in a slot c, in one arm c², of a lever C, having its fulerum
pin c³, affixed to the framing of the machine. The said arm c, of the lever C, is
connected by the pin d, with one of the arms e², of the kilting blade carrier e, the
kilting blade f, being fixed to a cross bar f³, turning upon pins ³, mounted in
bearings in the said carrier e, which carrier e, is mounted upon the main shaft a, so
as to be capable of oscillation thereupon. The other arm c, of the lever C, is con-
nected by a pin g, with the lever. g, mounted at one end upon the fulcrum pin g³,
carried by the framing of the machine, the upper end of the said lever g, carrying
the rack, which engages with a ratchet wheel g³, on the lower or ironing roller G,
This roller G, and the upper flannel covered roller H, are of, or about the same
diameter and the motion of partial rotation given to the lower roller at each
forward thrust of the rack g, is transmitted to the upper roller. A differential
toothed wheel g, upon the other end of the said roller G, gearing with another
toothed wheel, upon the end of the upper roller H. The toothed wheel h, upon
the upper roller H, is of larger diameter than is the toothed wheel 56, upon the
lower roller G, so that the upper roller H, has a surface speed less than that of the
lower roller G. The pins d, and 9%, which respectively connect the lever C, with
the carrier e, and with the lever g, engage in slots i, in the two arins of the said
lever C, and in the arin of the carrier e, and in the lever g, so that these pins d,
and g, can be raised or lowered in the said slots i, and fixed in position by fly-
nuts i¹, screwing upon the projecting ends of the said pins d, and g², and by the
position which is given to these pins d, and g³, the strokes of the kilter blado f, and
of the rack g, can be respectively regulated so as to give any required width of
kilting and also to feed forward any required amount of cloth after each kiit has
been formed.
A cross-bar J, weighted by the weight J2, is attached by arms j, at either end to
standards, carried by the framings A, of the machine, tho said attachment being
effected by pins j³, forming centres upon which the said cross-bar J, turns.
The ends of the said cross-bar J, bears upon rods k, sliding vertically in holes in the
upper parts of each of the end framings A, springs, preferably intervening
between the said cross har J, and the tops of the said rods k, the said springs,
being carried in and partly protruding from a recess in the top of each of the said
rods k. The lower end of the said rods h, carry antifriction rollers, which bear
respectively upon either end of the upper roller H, the said roller being preferably
formed at the parts on which the said rollers take with grooves h², the width of
the said rollers, in which grooves ³, the said rollers, run, the said grooves h³,
preventing lateral movement of the roller H, and also serving to retain the rods k,
and rollers, in position. The cam lever L, turning upon a centre pin l, carried
by one of the framings A, can be depressed to bring up a tail or cam piece ³,
attached to the said lever L, which cam piece , bears upon the bar J, and raises
it, and supports it in its raised position in which position the upper roller H, will
be relieved from the pressure of the said bar J. Two hooks j', (one of which is
broken away in Figure 2) are carried by the said bar J, the lower ends of the said
hooks, being turned into the interior of either end of the said roller H, so that
when the said bar J, is raised the said hooks jt, will lift the said roller H, from
contact with the lower roller G.
A slide bar M, is attached to one of the end framings A, of the machine the said
bar 31, being guided at its lower end by a pin m, and by the shaft a, at its upper
end taking into vertical slots in the said bar M, which slots allow of the vertical
movement of the said slide bar M, whilst the bead of the pin m, and the cam on the
shaft a, retain the said slide bar M, in place. A spring m³, presses the said slide
bar M, upwards. A cam at, on the driving shaft a, bears upon an antifriction

page_text: roller m³, carried upon the said bar M, so as to depress the said bar M, just before
the back stroke of the kilting blade f. A cam surface m', carried by, or formed in
one with the said bar M, is on the depression of the said bar brought down into
such a position that the antifriction roller n², carried by the arın or bracket n,
attached to the kilting blade bar f, bears against the said cam surface m*, which is
so shaped that the said arm or bracket n, is depressed by the said cam surface m',
and the kilting blade f, is thereby tilted up at its forward end by the turning of
the said bar, upon its centres f³, so as to be clear of the cloth at each back
stroke. The spring, keeps the kilting blade f, down upon the cloth when the
bar n, is not in its lowered position, the said spring ft, being attached at one end to
a fixed part of the machine, and at the other end to the arm n, so as to tend to tilt
up the said arm n. A rod or bolt p, is mounted in holes in the arms p², and by the
handle p³, can be slidden longitudinally so that its end takes into a hole m³, (shewn
dotted in Fig. 3) in the slide bar M, which hole m³, is presented before the end of
the said rod or bolt p, when the bar M, is in its lowered position, this rod or bolt p,
when so engaged with the said hole in, preventing the said slide bar M, from being
raised by its spring m³, when the cam a, has passed the roller m³, and by this means
the cam surface m³, will be maintained in a position to keep the arm n, depressed
and consequently to keep the kilting blade f, from contact froin the cloth and so
prevent kilting for any desired period. X, represents an arrangeinent forming an
attachment which is employed in place of the rod or bolt p, (or in addition thereto)
for automatically causing the kilting blade f, to be held up from the cloth for any
required number of strokes of the machine which attachment X, is capable of
being adjusted so as to give any desired number of kilts or pleatings alternating
with any desired length of unkilted or unpleated portions of the cloth. A part of
this attachment is represented in Figure 4, in a view taken at right angles to the
view in Figure 3. Capable of turning upon a pin x, fixed to the bracket piece ³,
is a pattern wheel ³, having a number of equidistant holes in its periphery, and
having fixed to or formed with it a ratchet wheel . A pawl ³, is mounted upon
n lever, turning upon a centre pin x7, carried by the said bracket, the tail of
the said lever, being acted upon by a cam on the main shaft a, (which cam may
be the cam a) so that the pawl 2³, is thereby caused at each back stroke of the
machine to move the said pattern wheel³, through a portion of a rotation equal
to the distance between two adjacent holes in its periphery, and so bring at each
back stroke when the cross-bar M, is depressed a hole opposite the projection mo,
from the said bar M. In some of the holes in the periphery of the wheel ³, are
screwed projections . It will thus be seen that when at any back stroke of the
machine a hole with a projection ³, therein is brought opposite the projecting
portion m³, of the slido bar M, that, at the next forward stroke of the machine, the
said projection, will prevent the rising of the bar M, and that therefore the cam
surface m, will in the manner before explained keep the kilting blade f, up from
the cloth and prevent kilting during this stroke. When however at a back-stroke
of the machine a hole without a projection, therein is brought opposite the
projection me, from the bar M, at the next forward stroke the bar M, rises and
therefore the kilting blade f, presses upon the cloth and forms a kilt or plent at
that stroke. It will thus be readily understood that the projections ³, may be
arranged in any desired order in the holes in the periphery of the wheel 2³, so as
to give any desired spaces of plain cloth alternating with any desired number of
kiltings or pleatings in the work done by the machine. In the Drawings I have
shewn the pattern wheel 2, as having twenty four holes with projections ³, arranged
in pairs in adjacent holes alternating with four holes without projections. This
arrangement will of course cause the machine to make four kiltings or pleatings
alternating to a portion of cloth left unkilted during two strokes of the machine.
The spring, returns the pawl ³, to its position after each stroke. This
attachment X, is fixed to the machine by the screws z, It is shewu seperately
in views at right angles to each other in Figures 5, and 6. It will be readily
understood that this attachment may be applied to kilting machines of other

page_text: construction than that illustrated to act upon mechanism to prevent the kilting
action of the kilting blade substantially as used for the purpose described. The
cloth plate by which the cloth is supported on its passage to and between the
rollers G, H, and upon which the kilting blade presses the cloth to perform the
kilting or pleating of the cloth is marked q, r, r, represent guides or tension bars
between which the cloth is led to the cloth plate. The side guides 8, 8, are
adjustable to guide various widths of cloth and are fixed in position upon the
bars 7, by pinching screws 83,. The lower ironing roller G, may be heated when it
is so required by any suitable or ordinary means. T, represents a gas burner for
this
purpose. When this is used a guard plate will be placed between the flame
and the roller.
When the machine is in action at each revolution of the main shaft a, the
crank b, first during a semi-rotation acts upon the lover C, which acting on the
arm e², of the kilting blade carrier e, cause the kilting blado f, to be moved towards
the meeting portions of the rollers G, H, the said blade f, either at this stroke
pressing upon the cloth to form a kilt, or pleat, or being kept up from the cloth to
avoid making a kilt, or pleat, as before described whilst the said kilting blade f, is
so moving forward the rack g, is by the said lever C, acting upon the lever g,
brought back over the ratchet wheel g³, without communicating motion thereto.
During the next semi-revolution of the main shaft a, (which is what has herein-
before been termed the back stroke of the machine) the crank b, so acts upon the
lever C, as to cause it to act upon the arm c², to pull back the kilting blade f, which
is now held up from contact with the cloth by the cam surface m³, at this time
depressing the arm n. The lever C, also at this time acts upon the lever g, to
thrust forward the rack g', and cause it by gearing with the ratchet wheel g³, to
give a motion of partial rotation to the lower roller G, which motion is transmitted
to the upper roller H, at a diminished speed by the wheels g, and h, so as to feed
forward the cloth, and at the same time give the rubbing or ironing action of the
lower roller G, necessary to set or fix the kilts, or pleatings in a more perfect
manner than can be obtained by pressure alone.
Having now described, and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and the system, mode, or manner, in or under which the same is or may
be used or practically carried into effect, I would observe in conclusion that I wish it
to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, as the same may be varied without
departing from the nature of my Invention, for example although it is most advan-
tageous to arrange the connections of the levers C, with the lever g, and the carrier
arme, so that they may be adjustable for the purpose of regulating the feed and
the width of kilting, yet if the machine were to be permanently employed for
producing one pattern of kilting, it is evident that the said connections may be
permanently fixed in the required position. Also the attachment X, may be
worked by hand by throwing back the pawl z, and in this case it may form only
the portion of a wheel, or be a simple bar turning upon a centre and operated by
a handle so that a projection thercon may be brought into position to prevent the
kilting blade from coming into contact with the cloth during any forward stroke
or strokes, essentially as described with regard to the pattern wheel ³. Also
although I have shewn the ironing roller as being beneath the pressing roller, yet
their position may be reversed and the driving gear in this case may give the
feed motion to the flannel covered roller, the gear wheels g, and h, being relatively
arranged as described to drive the ironing roller at a greater surface speed than
that at which the other roller is driven. What I consider to be novel and original
and therefore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein before in part
recited Letters Patent is :-
First. The combination of parts constituting the machine for kilting, plaiting, or
pleating fabrics substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings
Second In kilting pleiting o pleating mashine the mechanism for drivin

page_text: one of the pressing and ironing rollers, and also for driving the kilting blade
consisting of the combination of the crank (b), and lever (C), acting upon the said
roller and blade through intermediate levers and connections substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings. Also providing the said
mechanisin with slots and adjustable centre studs for rendering the feed of the
pressing rollers, and the stroke of the kilter blade adjustable, substantially as
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
Third. In kilting, plaiting, or pleating machines, the use for pressing and ironing
the kilted or pleated fabric of two rollers of equal or approximately equal
diameters geared together by gear wheels of different diameters so arranged that
the roller by which the ironing is effected has a greater surface speed than has
the other roller substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
Fourth. The combination with kilting, plaiting, or pleating machines of the
slide bar (M), carrying a cam surface (m), so arranged and acted upon by the
machine as to cause the elevation of the kilting blade clear of the cloth at each
back stroke substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
Fifth. The combination with the cam slide bar (M), claimed by the preceding
claiming clause, of the bolt (p), for retaining the cam surface in position to hold the
kilting blade raised from the cloth to prevent kilting during any desired number
of strokes of the machine substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
Sixth. The attachment (X,) Figures, 3, 4, 5, and 6, for kilting, plaiting, or pleating
machines (whether the said machines be of the construction herein before described,
or of other construction to which the attachment is applicable) the said attachment
being constructed and combined with or attachable to the said machines to bo
actuated by the hand or automatically by the machine substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings; the essential feature of
which is the wheel (X³), with the adjustable stops (X³).
Seventh. In kilting, plaiting, or pleating machines the means for giving the
pressure between the rollers consisting of the combination of the weighted
bracket (J), bearing (through intervening springs or not), upon rods (k), carrying
anti-friction wheels or bowls running upon one of the said rollers or in grooves
therein substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings.
Eighth. The combination with the weighted bracket (J), of the hooks (j'), for
raising the upper roller from the lower roller substantially as hereinbefore described,
and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I the said George Browning have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Fifth day of June in the year of our Lord, One thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
GEORGE BROWNING (LS.)