Improvements in Self-adjusting Clips for Stentering and Breadthing Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 13th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 3rd Oct., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Self-adjusting Clips for Stentering and Breadthing
Machines.
We, HUGH ROBERT Ross of Durham Street Mills, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Ireland Manufacturer, and JOHN BUTLER of The Manor Mills, Belfast,
aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer and Millwright do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention to be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide a self-adjusting stentering and breadthening
clip which will hold the selvage of the cloth firmly and without damage.
It consists essentially in constructing the gripping faces of one or both of the
jaws of the clip fluted serrated or otherwise roughened and also when desired
making the faller or loose jaw with either a convex or sloping face and the fixed
or under jaw with a corresponding concave or sloping surface or floor.
In carrying out the invention we construct the under jaw of any suitable shape
to carry a pivoted or hinged faller or loose jaw and preferably with a finger or
fingers to prevent it gripping 'the cloth until a part of the selvage is between the
jaws of the clip for making a uniform or parallel edge.
The gripping surfaces of one or both jaws are preferably flat and are fluted
serrated file cut or otherwise made rough or covered with leather rubber or other
material to increase the gripping power of same.
In other forms the face of the faller or loose jaw is made of either convex or
sloping shape and the surface or floor of the under jaw is correspondingly curved,
sloped or hollowed so that when the two are brought together one fits into the
other. These convex and concave or sloped surfaces may be made either plain
fluted serrated or roughened to give a firmer grip to the material.
The faller clip may be of the ordinary gravity type or may be provided with a
spring to assist the faller to close quickly on the cloth and it may be made in one
or more parts to grip the cloth in regular rotation and so reduce the possibility of
slip or uneven gripping.
Dated this 18th day of March 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
6, Bank Street, Manchester, Patent Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Self-adjusting Clips for Stentering and Breadthing
Machines.
We, HUGH ROBERT Ross, of Durham Street Mills, Belfast, in the County of
Antrim, Ireland, Manufacturer, and JOHN BUTLER, of The Manor Mills, Belfast,
aforesaid, Mechanical Engineer and Millwright, 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 :-
This invention is designed to provide a self-adjusting stentering and breadthening
clip which will hold the selvage of the cloth firmly and without damage and which
will also hold finished goods.

page_text: It consists essentially in constructing the gripping faces of one or both of the
jaws of the clip fluted serrated or otherwise roughened and also when desired
making the faller or loose jaw with either a convex or sloping face and the fixed
or under jaw with a corresponding concave or sloping surface or floor.
It will be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1. Sectional elevation of clip showing one part of our invention.
Fig. 2. Front elevation of same.
Fig. 3. Front elevation showing another part of our invention.
Fig. 4. Sectional elevation showing another part of our.invention.
The under jaw A of the clip is constructed in the ordinary way with the arm B
to carry a pivoted or hinged faller or loose jaw C provided at the back with a
finger or fingers D to prevent it gripping the cloth until the selvage is between the
jaws A and C of the clip in order to make a parallel and uniform edge.
The gripping surfaces of the two jaws A and C (in Fig. 1) we make flat with
fluted serrated or file cut faces to give a better grip upon the cloth or these faces
may be otherwise made rough by covering with leather rubber or other material to
increase the gripping power of same.
Another part of our invention comprises the making of the pivoted or faller
jaw C of two or more parts or with two or more loose jaws mounted above and
engaging, with the fixed jaw A to, grip the cloth. in regular rotation and so reduce
the possibility of slip or uneven gripping as shown in Fig. 3.
Another part of the invention is the making of the face of the pivoted or faller
jaw C of convex or sloping shape as shown in Fig. 4 and the surface of the lower
jaw, A correspondingly curved or concave so that when the two are brought
together one fits into the other.
This construction of clip renders it specially adapted for holding finished
goods.
This clip may be of the ordinary gravity type or may be provided with a
spring E to, assist the faller to close quickly on the cloth."
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim, is-
1. A stenter clip constructed with the gripping surfaces of one or both jaws
fluted serrated file cut or otherwise roughened to give a firmer grip on the cloth
substantially as described.
2. A stenter clip constructed with two or more loose or pivoted jaws mounted
upon a single lower or fixed jaw preferably provided with fluted serrated or
roughened faces substantially as described.
3. A stenter, clip constructed with the gripping surface of one jaw convex and
of the other concave both being also fluted serrated file cut or otherwise roughened
substantially as and for the purpose described.
Dated this 12th day of August 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Manchester, Liverpool, and London, Patent Agents..