IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATIONFFECTING THE FOLDING AND PAPERING OF WOVEN FABRICS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Sampson, Charles Sampson, and Henry
Sampson, of Bradford, in the County of York, Stuff Finishers, and
Robert Burlison, of Thornbury, near the said Bradford, Mechanic, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Sampson, Charles
Sampson, Henry Sampson, and Robert Burlison at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th July 1866.
We, JOSEPH SAMPSON, CHARLES SAMPSON, and IIENRY SAMPSON, of Bradford,
ia the County of York, Stuff Finishers, and ROBERT BURLISON, of Thornbury,
near the said Bradford, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE
FOLDING AND PAPERING OF WOVEN FABRICS," to be as follows:-
The improvements relate to means by which the "folding" and "papering"
of woven fabrics may be facilitated, and economy of time with greater precision
of operation attained. The fabric to be operated upon is conducted from a
roll or otherwise between a pair of feed rollers, thence over a guide roller or
stud placed centrally over and some distance above the folding table. From
this guide roller or stud the fabric passes between a fork, which is caused to
traverse in a direction from end to end of the table to the extent of the
intended folds. At each fold a bolder retains the folds produced. The fork

page_text: is fixed in a slide operated by a-link from a crank or such like motion capable
of adjustment. The holders are raised alternately by projections or inclined
parts of the slide carrying the fork. The table or surface upon which the
folding is effected is borne by weights or springs, or rack and pinion, so as to
maintain uniformity of surface of fibre with variations of quantity, and conse-
quent thickness of fabric under operation. The paper to be placed between
the folds is supported at each end on tables with sides which may be
adjustable and act as guides to the paper, and thence the papers are fed
between rollers which conduct the sheets of paper into the folds. The upper
of each of these rollers may have a lifting motion to govern the time of feed.
Stops for the paper may move into and out of position with the rollers.
Fingers take hold of and deliver the papers to these rollers at the times and
in the order desired, or the feeding may be by hand. The fingers are borne
downwards by springs or weights, and are raised at the times desired by
projections or inclines on the slide carrying the fork. The tables supporting
the papers may be actuated similarly to that for the tabric.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph Sampson, Charles Sampson, Henry Sampson, and
Robert Burlison in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 14th January
1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
SAMPSON, CHARLES SAMPSON, and HENRY SAMPSON, of Bradford, in the County
of York, Stuff Finishers, and ROBERT BURLISON, of Thornbury, near the said
Bradford, Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our
Loid One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of
Her reign, did, for Пlerself, Пer heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Joseph Sampson, Charles Sampson, Henry Sampson, and Robert
Burlison, Iler special licence that we, the said Joseph Sampson, Chailes
Sampson, Henry Sampson, and Robert Burlison, our exccutors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Joseph Sampson, Charles
Sampson, Henry Sampson, and Robert Burlison, our executors, adminis
trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time
to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom

page_text: of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE
'FOLDING' AND 'PAPERING OF WOVEN FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Joseph Sampson, Chailes Sampson, Hemy Sampson,
and Robert Burlison, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
waiting under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, or under the hand
and scal of one of us or them, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph Sampson, on behalf of myself
and the said Charles Sampson, Henry Sampson, and Robert Builson, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, that is to say :-
The improvements relate to means by which the "folding” and “ papering'
of woven fabrics may be facilitated, and economy of time with greater precision
of operation attamed.
But that the Invention may be fully understood we will, by the aid of the

page_text: turns upon a fixed stud d', whilst the other end is notched to receive at
varying distances according to the amount of pressure desired to be exerted a
weight d. The fabric from this roll & thence passes, as indicated by the red
line d, under and over the rails or rollers 9 and h to between the pair of
rollers i, i, placed in position to hold the fabric centrally over the table e.
From these guide rollers i, 1, the fabric passes down between the two rods or
the fork j, j, projecting from the slide 7', which is capable of shiding to and fro
on the V edges of the stationary bars or guides ³, 13. The object of this to-
and-fro motion to the slide and the fork 1, 3, is that the fabric passing
between this fork may be laid to the extent desued for the respective folds.
This to-and-fro motion is obtained to the slide by means of the stud
which
is fixed with capability of adjustment in the slotted opening provided for it in
one of the arms of the fly wheel affixed on the shaft or axis b; by this stud
receiving one end of the connecting rod or link, the other end of which is
wowpected to a stud projecting from the slide, so that in the rotation of the
wheel a to-and-fro motion is given to the rods forming the fork j, 1. The
extent of this to-and-fio motion for the size of folds desired may be varied by
varying the position of the study Upon the shaft or axis & is also affixed
the bevilled wheel 2, the teeth of which take into the teeth of the bevilled
pinion affixed on one end of the shaft or axis 23, which is supported so as
to revolve freely in bearings carried by the main fiaming, and has affixed
upon its other end the bevilled pinion, the teeth of which take into the
teeth of the bevilled wheel 15 affixed on one end of the lower of the rollers i,
so as to regulate the feed of the fabric to the motion of the fork j, j. Tho
other roller presses by its weight upon the fabric. This weight may be
removed at pleasure by acting upon either of the handles 2 which are
affixed to the axis 17, which is supported so as to turn in bearings carried by
the main fiaming, and has affixed to it other arms which pass under the
ends of the axis of the upper roller so as to lift that roller by depressing
either of the handles 2ª If desired holders may be used to retain the folds of
the fabric as produced, but we have found the sheets of paper laid into each
fold sufficient for the purpose.
According to the arrangement shown a sheet of paper may be placed
between each fresh fold of the fabric alternately from one and then the other
of the tables f,f The sheets of paper on the tables f,f, are indicated by the
brown lines f', f', and each sheet is fed forwards to between a fold of the
fabric by means of rollers and l. The rollers k, k, have motion given to
them in the following manner, with a tendency to draw the sheets of paper
fed thereon, and conduct each into a fold of the fabric on the table e, the

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teeth of the bevilled wheel 2' also take into the teeth of a pinion affixed on the
axis, which is supported so as to revolve freely in bearings carried by the
main framing, and has affixed on it two bevilled pinions k³, ³, the teeth of
which take into the teeth of bevilled pinions k, k, affixed on one end of each
of the rollers k, k. The upper rollers 1, 2, are each supported at their ends on
arms, l', from axes carried by the main framing, and each of these
axes is at one end provided with an arm P, having each a projection l' in
position to be depressed, so to lift the rollers 1, 1, alternately by means of the
lever which turns upon a fixed stud ; and at one end is provided with a
bowl to rest on the cam or tappet affixed on the axis b to actuate that
lever. The lever is borne to the cam or tappet 18 by spring or otherwise;
m, m, are fingers, of which there is a pair on each end of the machine for the
purpose of pushing forward each sheet of paper in succession, and delivering
it to between one or other of the pairs of rollers k and 1; these fingers are
formed of points to strike into the surface of the successive sheets of paper;
they are supported on the spring arms m', m', from the axes m². In place
of points india-rubber or other frictional surface may be employed. These
axes m³ are supported in bearings carried by the main framing, and each is
provided with another arm m*, and these arms m¹ are connected to each
other, so as to move the fingers m of one end in opposite directions to those of
the other by means of the connecting rod m', whilst upon one of the axes n¹
is also affixed an arm m', the outer end of which is by the connecting rod m³
connected to the crank pin me affixed with capability of adjustment in one of
the arms of the wheel m' which is supported so as to tuin on a fixed stud m
carried by a standard from the main framing; the teeth of this wheel m' are
taken into by the teeth of the pinion m affixed on the shaft or axis b, by
which a simultaneous to-and-fro motion will be obtained to the fingers m, m,
but so that those at one end of the machine, or for acting on one series of sheets
of paper, may be moving in an opposite direction to those of the other. In order
to lift the points of the fingers m, m, clear of the sheets of paper after each
feed of a sheet to either pair of rollers k and l, they are at such time acted
upon by projections m¹ from arms m also affixed to the axes 13, or this
lifting motion to the fingers may be otherwise obtained.
Each of the tables e, f and f, are raised or lowered by being affixed to racks
actuated by toothed pinions. The teeth of the racks e¹ of the table e are
taken into by the teeth of wheels &, the teeth of which are taken into by the
teeth of pinions affixed on the cross shaft e, which is supported so as to
revolve in bearings carried by the main framing, and has affixed on one end,
of it the screw wheel e, the teeth of which are taken into by the teeth of the

page_text: worm wheel e affixed on the shaft e', which is supported so as to revolve in
bearings carried by the main framing, and has affixed on it the pinion e, the
teeth of which are taken into by the teeth of the pinion e affixed on the
shaft e, upon the outer end of which is affixed the pulley e", which is driven
by a strap or band e¹ from the pulley es affixed on the shaft or axis b, by
which the table e will be progressively lowered as the fabric is folded on to it,
and sheets of paper are laid between its successive folds. The tables f, f, are
each in like manner raised by the teeth of the racks f³, f, affixed to those
tables, being taken into by the teeth of the pinions f³, f³, affixed on the shafts
o axes ff, which are supported so as to revolve freely in bearings carried
by the main fiaming, and they have each applied to it a toothed wheel f³, the
teeth of which are taken into by the screw wheels f* affixed on the axis e'.
These tables may have sides capable of adjustment to act as guiles to aid in
conducting the sheets of paper correctly into the folds, and stops may be
applied to regulate the distance of motion of the sheets of paper, but we
have not found them necessary.
Having thus described our Invention, and means which we adopt in
carrying the same into effect, we would have it understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the precise arrangements of parts shown and described, as
these may be vaned without departing from the peculiar character of the
Invention; but what we do claim is, the adapting or combining means or
apparatus whereby the operations of "folding" and "papering" woven fabrics
may be simultaneously effected substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Sampson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven
JOSEPH SAMPSON. (L.S)