Improvements in Apparatus for Preventing the Formation of "Milling Creases" in Fabrics in Washing and Milling Machines.
Year: 1884

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Preventing the Formation
of "Milling Creases" in Fabrics in Washing and Milling
Machines.
We, GEORGE SCARBOROUGH, of Halifax, Yorkshire, Manufacturer and HORATIO
STEAD, of Halifax, aforesaid, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE FORMATION OF
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MILLING CREASES IN FABRICS IN WASHING AND MILLING MACHINES," to be as
follows:-
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Our improvements relive to means to be employed in preventing "milling
creases "which are formed in fabrics whilst undergoing the process of washing or
milling. As is well known and understood by those conversant with such
machines, that the fabric is much creased by passing through the milling rollers,
and also after having been beaten by the milling hammers, and as the fabric passes
several times through such machines, the creases which were first made, are
maintained, and are so formed as to make it difficult to remove them.
Our invention consists in the employment of apparatus whereby the creases
formed in the fabric by passing once through the milling rollers, are removed
before they again enter the said rollers, by which means hard and fast milling
creases are prevented.
In order to carry out our invention we employ one or more corrugated boards,
against which the fabric bears in passing to the milling rollers. We also employ
one or more corrugated boards, the indentations of which are opposite those formed
in the boards mentioned above, and between these opposed corrugated surfaces
the fabric travels on its way to the milling rollers. One or more of these
corrugated boards may have an oscillatory motion, by crank or other equivalent,
so that the creases in the fabric will be removed whilst passing between the
Oscillatory corrugated surfaces. Instead of using corrugated boards, grooved rollers
may be employed.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Preventing the Formation
of "Milling Creases" in Fabrics in Washing and Milling
Machines.
We, GEORGE SCARBOROUGH of Halifax Yorkshire, Manufacturer, and HORATIO
STEAD of the same place Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING THE FORMATION
OF MILLING CREASES IN FABRICS IN WASHING AND MILLING MACHINES," 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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Our improvements relate to means to be employed in preventing "milling
creases which are formed in fabrics whilst undergoing the process of washing
or milling. As is well known and understood by those conversant with such
machines that the fabric is much creased by passing through the milling rollers,
and as the fabric passes several times through such machines, the creases which
.were first made are maintained, and are so formed as to make it difficult to
remove them.
Our invention consists in the employment of apparatus whereby the creases
formed in the fabric by passing once through the milling rollers are removed
before they again enter the said rollers, by which means hard and fast milling
creases are prevented.
In order to carry out our invention we employ one or more corrugated boards
the indentations of which are opposite each other, and between these opposed
corrugated surfaces the fabric travels on its way to the milling rollers.
One or more of these corrugated boards may have an oscillatory motion by crank
or other equivalent so that the creases in the fabric will be removed whilst passing
between the oscillatory corrugated surfaces.
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Such being the nature and object of our Invention we will now proceed to
describe the same more fully, and for that purpose we have annexed the
accompanying Sheets of drawings wherein Fig. 1 is front end view of a milling
machine, Fig. 2 side view, and Fig. 3 section thereof. A and B are the milling
rollers, which are caused to rotate by the ordinary gearing C and D from the
main driving shaft E.
Our invention is shewn at G and H which are two boards placed horizontally
and provided with corrugations a and b working opposite each other. These
corrugated boards are caused to reciprocate backward and forward in opposite
directions by means of a double ended lever I, keyed or otherwise fastened upon a
rocking shaft J which receives its motion from another rocking shaft K through
the intervention of lever arms L and vertical rod M. The rocking shaft K is caused
to oscillate by means of another lever arm N and vertical rod Ŏ operated by face
plate P driven by wheel R from the gearing D.
From this description it will be seen that the corrugated boards G and H
receive a continuous to and fro motion by means of the levers and rods just
mentioned,

page_text: The fabric in being milled passes through the machine a great number of times
and travels as seen in section Fig. 3 where it will be observed passes over
corrugated board G, and under corrugated board H, the action of which will rub
out the creases and straighten the fabric making it impossible for the same crease
to pass twice under the milling rollers by which means the cloth is not damaged
by milling as is now the case.
Although we have shewn and described both the corrugated boards as having
reciprocatory motions, we would have it understood that one or both of such
boards may be stationary, and instead of employing corrugated boards, corrugated
rollers may be employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim as our Invention is
In milling machines, the use and employment of corrugated boards or rollers,
either stationary or oscillatory for the purpose of removing milling creases from
the cloth as it is passing through the machine.
Dated this 30th day of July 1885,
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
Commercial Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicants.