A NEW AND IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING AND CONSTRUCTING GIG MACHINES, OTHERWISE CALLED RAISING MACHINES, OR MACHINES FOR RAISING THE NAP OR PILE OF AND BRUSHING AND DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS
Year: 1832

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
WELLS, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present Majesty King William the Fourth, in and by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Eighth day of March last, for Himself, His heirs and successors,
did give and grant unto me, the said William Wells, His special licence,
full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William Wells, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, and every of them, by myself and
themselves, or by my and their deputy or deputies, servants or agents, or
such others as I, the said William Wells, my executors, administrators, or
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term of years therein unexpired, should
and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales,
and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "A NEW AND
IMPROVED METHOD OF MAKING AND CONSTRUCTING GIG MACHINES, OTHERWISE
CALLED RAISING MACHINES, OR MACHINES FOR RAISING THE NAP OR PILE OF AND
BRUSHING AND DRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER CLOTHS;" in which said Letters
Patent there is contained a proviso obliging me, the said William Wells,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, particularly to describe
and ascertain the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, and to cause the same to be enrolled in His Majesty's

page_text: High Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Wells, do hereby describe and ascertain the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by the Plan or
Drawing in the margin of these Presents, and the following description
thereof; that is to say:
A is the main strap pully, which is fixed on the short shaft (a), and gives
motion to the machine. On the shaft (a) is also a pinion (b), which, working
in the large wheel (B), gives motion to the principal shaft (c), on which is
placed the revolving cylinder (C), moving in the direction of the dart. In each
side of the cylinders (C) are six hollow cast-iron arms (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), which
are made perfectly true within, in order to allow the sliding arms (2,2,2,2,2,2)
which work in them to advance and recede freely as they are carried forward
by the cylinder (C), and directed in their operative motion by the eccentric
groove (D) and the friction pins (d) and (e). The groove (D) is cast in the
frame and runs parallel with its outer rim. A section of the hollow arm (1)
and the sliding arm (2) is given at Figure 4. A horizontal view of the same
is shewn at Figure 5.-N.B. The same letter or figure refers to the same
part in all the Views. On the end of the sliding arm (2) is screwed a small
casting (3), in which is fastened the friction pin (d). In the said casting is
also a chase mortice (4) to receive the flange of what I term the button (5),
immediately opposite the said flange, and in the inside of the button is a
circular hole (shewn by the dots), into which enters a steel pin that is firmly
attached to the lower side of the staple (6) on the teazle frame (E). By
means of the button (5) and the setting screw (7) the lower side of the teazle
frame (E) can be elevated or depressed at pleasure, so as to throw the teazles
into the best position for operation on the surface of the cloth (f). Conse-
quently it will be perceived that the teazle frame (E) is moved forward by the
said button in the direction of the eccentric groove (D). Either teazles, cards,
or brushes are fixed on the frame (E) as the nature of the work may require.
(6) is a strong wrought-iron staple, which encompasses the end of the teazle
frame (E). (e) is a friction pin, which is fastened into the said staple, and
works in the groove of the frame. (D), in the lower side of the staple, is also
a steel pin which rides in the button (5), as before mentioned.
Be it understood, that those parts of my machine which have any claim to
novelty are already described, and that which follows to be described has no
claim whatever, they being already in use for the same purposes.
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page_text: A pully (F) is placed on the small shaft (a), for the purpose of giving
motion to the circular brush (G), which is used for cleaning the teazles while
the machine is at work. The circular brush (G) is cleaned by running against
a small brush fixed underneath it at (9). (h, h, h,) are drawing rollers.
(H) is a bevil wheel on the cylinder shaft (c), which by the diagonal shaft (O)
gives motion to the drawing rollers h, h, h, that are connected by the spur
wheels (K) and the strap (1). (m, m,) are rollers over which the cloth passes
for the purpose of being laid to the machine, and are adjusted by the handles
(0, 0, 0, 0), the screws (8, 8, 8, 8), and the slides (9, 9, 9, 9). (n) is a tension
roller, which is retarded by the friction hoop (o) and the lever and weight (P).
(q, q.) are also tension rollers for holding the cloth as may be required. (r) is
a cutling frame, which is worked by the wheels (s) and (T), the wheel (T)
being loose on its centre. V, V, are teazle rods of the ordinary description.
The handle W is a set screw for the purpose of relieving the diagonal
shaft (0) from the drawing rollers (h) when necessary.
N.B. 1st, I claim as my Invention the described method of adjusting the
teazle frame (E) by the button (5).
2nd, the motion as produced by the combination of the revolving cylinder
(c), the sliding arms (2), and the eccentric groove (D), as before described.
3rd, the application of the said motion to all purposes of raising, dressing,
or brushing woollen or other cloths requiring such processes.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the Twenty-
eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
Inrolled the Second day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and thirty-two.