An Improved Machine for Manufacturing Garden and other Hose Piping, Packing, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 22nd June, 1894-Accepted, 22nd Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Manufacturing Garden and other Hose
Piping, Packing, and the like.
We, NORMAN KNOWLES and WILLIAM PHILIPSON trading under the style or
firm of The Mersey Rubber Company, Bank Quay, Warrington in the County of
Lancaster, India-rubber Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our said
invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved machine for manufacturing garden and
other hose piping, packing with or without india-rubber or other core, and the like,
and is designed to produce an even or uniform rolling surface throughout the entire
traverse of the table. This machine consists of suitable framework provided with
rollers or other convenient sliding surfaces on which is mounted a traversing table
operated by a rack and pinion or other equivalents, and driven to and fro by any
suitable mechanical means by either power or manual labor. Above the traversing
table is mounted a vertical sliding presser, so constructed as to rise automatically as
the diameter of the garden or other hose piping, packing, and the like increases in
diameter by the means of rolling. The sliding presser is supported so that the
machine may be operated on both sides alike, thereby making it equal to a double
machine. The sliding presser is supported or held vertically by rollers or other
slides to allow of the free up and down action of the same. If desired mechanical
arrangements may be applied for raising and lowering the said presser. The
machine may be of any desired width or length to suit the demands of the trade.
An important feature of this invention is that the bottom table travels horizontally
and the vertical sliding presser is stationary laterally. The bottom portion of the
machine carrying the traversing table and gear is fixed to the floor and the upper
portion of the machine to the roof or ceiling. In another modification the table
may be stationary with a concaved surface; the presser being provided with a
centre mounted in a slide to allow the same to rise or fall as desired according to
the diameter of the garden or hose piping, packing, and the like being rolled or
manufactured. The presser is oscillated to and fro by any suitable mechanical
means.
Dated the 21st September 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Manufacturing Garden and other Hose
Piping, Packing, and the like.
We, NORMAN KNOWLES and WILLIAM PHILIPSON, trading under the style or
firm of The Mersey Rubber Company, Bank Quay, Warrington in the County of
Lancaster, India-rubber Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of our
said 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 relates to an improved machine for manufacturing garden and
other hose piping, packing with or without india-rubber or other core, and the like,
and is designed to produce an even or uniform rolling surface throughout the entire
traverse of the table. This machine consists of suitable framework provided with
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page_text: Fig. 1 is a part longitudinal elevation of our improved machine for manufacturing
garden and other hose piping, packing, and the like.
and
Fig. 2 is an end view.
Fig. 3 is a part longitudinal elevation of another modification of our invention,
Fig. 4 an end view of same.
The frames or stands A are provided with the bearings B, in which are mounted
the centres carrying the rollers D. On the latter is placed the traversing
table E provided with the racks F in which gear the pinions G fixed on the shaft H
extending the full length of the machine. The shaft H is mounted in the bearings I
secured to the frames or stands A. The shaft H is fitted with the spur wheel J
gearing into the spur pinion K on the pin or centre L secured to the end frame or
stand A. On the pin or centre L is mounted the spur wheel M gearing into the
pinion N on the shaft O. The latter is fitted with the fast pulley P and the loose
pulleys Q and R. The shaft O is supported in bearings S on the end frame or
stand A and the stand T. The table E is traversed to and fro by means of open
and crossed belts slid to and fro, by any suitable strap fork arrangement, from the
fast and loose pulleys in successive order. If desired the machine may be operated
by manual labor in which case the shaft O is provided with the handle V shown in
dotted lines in Fig. 1. Above the traversing table E is mounted the vertical
sliding presser W supported or held vertically by the rollers X attached to the
fixings by the pins or centres Z. By thus mounting the sliding presser W it will
rise automatically as the garden or other hose piping, packing, and the like XI
increases in diameter by means of rolling. Owing to the presser W being fixed
laterally and the table E moving horizontally to and fro the machine is equal to a
double one, an attendant, or attendants according to the length of machine, on each
side supplying the material and taking out the finished article alternately. For the
purpose of raising and lowering the presser W the bearings a are fixed to the roof
or other beams to carry the shaft c. The latter is fitted with the pulleys d, to
which are attached the chains coupled to the vertical sliding presser W by the
filbows g. The shaft c is rotated in either direction to operate the sliding presser W
when necessary by means of the worm wheel h and worm j, the latter being
mounted on the upright rod held in the fixing secured to the beam b. The
upright rod is provided with the hand wheel m to operate the same from any
convenient part of the machine. In the modification of our invention shown in

page_text: Figs. 3 and 4 the table A' is stationary and provided with the concaved surface B¹;
the presser C being attached to the arms or levers D' provided at their upper end
with the slots E' to allow them to slide on the shaft or centre F¹ so as to enable the
same to rise or fall as desired according to the diameter of the garden or other
hose piping, packing, and the like X' being rolled or manufactured. The presser C¹
is oscillated to and fro by means of the lever G' operated by any mechanical means.
The shaft or centre F is supported in the bearings H' attached to the roof or
other beams b.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
1. In a machine for manufacturing garden and other hose piping, packing, and
the like, the use of a sliding or traversing table operated by racks and pinions, a
vertical sliding presser that will adjust itself automatically according to the
increasing diameter of the article being manufactured therein, and the means for
raising and lowering the presser by hand as desired, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for manufacturing garden and other hose piping, packing, and
the like, the use of a concaved fixed table, an oscillating adjustable presser, and the
means for oscillating same, substantially as described.
3. The general arrangements, combinations, and constructions of parts forming
our improved machine for manufacturing garden and other hose piping, packing,
and the like, substantially as described and as illustrated in the annexed drawings.
Dated the 19th June 1894.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.