IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR MARKING WOVEN GOODS WITH TRADE-MARKS AND OTHER MARKS OR DEVICES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Duxbury, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENT IN THE METHOD OF AND
MEANS FOR MARKING WOVEN GOODS WITH TRADE-MARKS AND OTHER
MARKS OR DEVICES."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Duxbury at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th December 1879.
JOHN DUXBURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR MARKING WOVEN GOODS
WITH TRADE-MARKS AND OTHER MARKS AND DEVICES."
My Invention relates to the marking of woven goods in the piece, as for example,
to the marking of cotton piece goods. Such goods are generally marked on the
outside fold of the piece with a trade mark, and in most cases with additional
marks or numbers. Previously to my Invention the said marks have been
impressed upon the pieces by means of stamps or blocks charged with colour. To
render the operation more expeditious and to obtain a superior effect are the objects
of my Invention. To this end I employ revolving engraved or prepared rollers in
lieu of the said stamps, and I arrange for the pieces of goods to be fed through
machines in which they receive the impressions from the said rollers. In a machine
designed for the purposes of my Invention a bed roller and a marking roller are
mounted in a suitable framing, the marking roller being pressed towards the bed
roller by means of a yielding load. The marking roller is engraved or prepared
with the required designs or marks in intaglio or in relief as may be most suitable
to the obtainment of the desired effect, and is supplied with colour by ordinary or
suitable means. The pieces of goods are fed up to the rollers by means of an
endless lattice apron, which is actuated in unison with the rollers, and is formed or
furnished with ledges, stops, or guides to ensure the correct laying of the pieces, so
as to cause the design to "register" correctly. I may arrange for an apron formed
of leather or other suitable material, or made of a lattice form to pass with the
goods between the two rollers. The bed roller, or the marking roller, or both, is or
are arranged to be readily adjusted to suit the varying thickness of the pieces.
For this purpose I prefer to employ screws either connected by means of gearing
or not so connected as preferred. The arrangement may be varied by employing
a reciprocating table in conjunction with a revolving or reciprocating marking
roller.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Duxbury in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th June
1880.
JOHN DUXBURY, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Merchant.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR MARKING WOVEN GOODS
WITH TRADE MARKS AND OTHER MARKS OR DEVICES."
My Invention relates to the marking of woven goods in the piece, as for example,
to the marking of cotton piece goods. Such goods are generally marked on the
outside fold of the piece with a trade mark, and in most cases with additional
marks or numbers. Previously to my Invention the said marks have been
impressed upon the piece by means of stamps or blocks charged with colour. To
render the operation more expeditious and to obtain a superior effect are the objects
of my Invention. To this end I employ revolving engraved or prepared rollers in
lieu of the said stamps, and I arrange for the pieces of goods to be fed through a
machine in which they receive the impressions from the said rollers. In a machine
designed for the purposes of my Invention a bed roller and a marking roller are
mounted in a suitable framing, the marking roller being pressed towards the bed
roller by means of a yielding load. The marking roller is engraved or prepared
with the required designs or marks in intaglio or in relief as may be most suitable
to the obtainment of the desired effect, and is supplied with color by ordinary or
suitable ans.
The pieces of goods are fed up to the rollers by means of an
endless la tice apron, which is actuated in unison with the rollers and is formed or
furnished with ledges, stops, or guides to ensure the correct laying of the pieces so
as to cause the design to register correct.
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And in order that the method whereby my Invention may be carried into effect
may be more fully understood, I have attached hereunto a Sheet of Drawings
made to a scale of about one and a half inches to the foot, and marked with letters
of reference. Referring to the said Drawings Fig. 1 represents a cross sectional
elevation of my marking machine, and Fig. 2 a back elevation of the saine. In the
said Figs. a, a, are two standards, which are suitably connected together by
means of tie-rods to form the framing of the machine. In each standard is formed
The
a slot in which are fitted bearings for the journals of two rollers b and c.
roller b is made of copper or other suitable metal or material, and is engraved, cut,
or formed with the desired designs. The roller c is the bed roller which sustains
the piece of goods against the pressure of the marking roller. The roller bearings
are fitted to slide in the slots in the standards, the bearings of the bed roller being
sustained by screws & which are provided with hand wheels in order that they may
be readily turned so as to raise or lower the said bearings as may be desired.
bearings of the upper roller are sustained by screws e which engage with nuts f
which are mounted in levers g. The said roller is sustained in its bearings so as not
to drop on to the lower roller in the intervals between the passage of the pieces of
goods between the rollers. Each lever is hinged by one end to the framing, and
is jointed at the other end to a connecting link or rod h which extends to a second
lever . Each lever i is hinged by one end to the framing, and sustains at the
other end a load k. The levers g and i are so proportioned as to multiply the
gravity of the said load so as to exert a powerful downward pressure upon
the journals of the upper roller, as will be well understood. The distance of the
two rollers may be regulated by turning the screws e. Upon one of the journals
of the upper roller is fixed a spur-wheel , with which gears a pinion which is
fixed upon a driving shaft m, which is provided with fast and loose pullies n
which furnish means whereby the rollers may receive motion. The two rollers are
connected together by means of spur wheels o, o, which are fixed upon the

page_text: respective journals and gear together, so that the two rollers are caused to revolve
with an uniform surface speed. The proportions and arrangements of the gearing
for communicating notion to the rollers may be varied, and if considered to be
preferable the lower roller may be actuated directly from the driving shaft as well
as the upper roller. A "doctor" pis applied to the upper roller. This doctor is
held by a metal clamp which is formed with end pivots which are mounted in
bearing blocks r, which are carried by projections formed on or fixed to the upper
roller bearings. Each block r can be adjusted with regard to its distance from the
roller by means of a screw. The "doctor" clamp is furnished with weighted
arms q, which tend to press the edge of the "doctor" against the surface of the
roller. The "docter" is suitably packed at each end, or is provided with end
pieces formed of felt or other suitable elastic material, or faced with such material
on the sides which are towards the roller, whereby is formed an open trough in
which a supply of "color," or printing or marking composition may be placed. A
to and fro endwise movement is imparted to the "doctor" by means of a cam,
which is fixed on one of the journals of the lower roller, and is indicated by dotted
lines in Fig. 2. This cam acts upon a bowl upon a lover, to which is jointed one
end of a rod 8, which is connected by the other end to the " doctor" clamp. The
arrangement is adapted for the cases wherein a marking roller formed with an
engraved or sunk design is employed. As the roller revolves the said "color"
enters into the sunk lines forming the design, the "doctor" preventing the trans-
mission of "color" by the smooth surface of the roller. I prefer to apply a brush
or cleaning rubber, indicated by u, to the roller. In the example a brush is hinged
to blocks which are adjustable upon the roller bearings, as in the case of the
"doctor" ciamp. The brush is caused to press upon the surface of the roller so as
to clean the same by means of screws which bear upon the roller bearings, and
engage with arms projecting from the brush, or any other suitable means for
effecting the same object may be used. Brackets on the standards a carry the
bearings of two shafts w, w³, upon which are fixed wheels, rollers, or parts which
sustain and give motion to an endless lattice apron x. In the example the shaft w
is connected by means of spur gearing y with a journal of the upper roller, so that
when the said roller revolves the upper surface of the apron is caused to travel
towards the rollers. The said apron is furnished with projecting guides . The
machine is used in the following manner :-The pieces of goocs to be marked,
indicated by A, are placed successively upon the apron with one edge of the piece
in contact with or at an arranged distance from the guides. Each piece so placed
is carried forwards by the apron until it is seized by the rollers, which then carry
the piece onwards, at the same time imprinting the design upon the piece, the
adjusted position of the guides a causing the design to be correctly placed upon
the piece. The piece so marked passes on to a sloping table Z, or on to a suitable
receiving table or part from which it may be removed by an attendant. I may
modify the construction and action of the apron, as for example, I may employ an
apron formed of leather, felt, or other suitable material, and arranged for the upper
carrying surface to pass with the piece between the two rollers, and to deliver the
piece at the back of the machine, the apron returning below the bed roller to the
front of the machine. The apron may carry any suitable indications in lieu of the
projecting guides x².
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which I carry and may carry the same into practical effect, I would have
it to be understood in conclusion that I claim,―
First. The combination and arrangement of parts, substantially as and for the
purpose set forth and indicated hereinbefore, and in and by the accompanying
Drawings.
Secondly. The employment of a revolving marking roller, combined with
arrangements for carrying forwards the pieces of goods which are to receive impres-
sions from such roller, substantially as set forth and indicated.

page_text: And, lastly. The engraved or prepared roller supplied with coloring matter or
marking composition, the bed roller and the travelling apron furnished with
guides or indications for the laying of the pieces, substantially as set forth and
indicated.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Duxbury, have hereunto set my hand 5
and seal, this Fourth day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
JOHN DUXBURY. (1.8.)