MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FARRICS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Henry Nussey and William Bradshaw Leachman,
12 IMPROVEMENTS
both of Leeds, in the County of York, for the Invention of
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PRESSING WOOLLEN AND OTHER WOVEN OR
FELTED FARRICS"
ealed the 11th July 1876, and dated the 21st January 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Henry Nussey and
William Bradshaw Leachman at the Office of Commissioners of Patents on the
21st January 1876.
GEORGE HENRY NUSSEY and WILLIAM BRADSHAW LEACHMAN, both of Leeds, in
the County of York. IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PRESSING
WOOLLEN AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS."
Our present Invention refers to improvements upon our Inventions for which
Letters Patent were granted to us, bearing date respectively the 1st September
1869, No. 25S5, and 9th August 1872, No. 2370..
In the Specifications of the Patents referred to we have employed metal rollers
and metal plates for the purpose of pressing the material, and although we have
been very successful in pressing woollen and other woven or felted fabrics by means
of our said Inventions patented as aforesaid, still in some cases we have found
some difficulty in removing the creases or cuttle marks by the use of metal plates
alone. Now the primary object of this Invention is to remedy this defect.
Instead of metal plates we employ sheets of paper or woven fabrics, or a com-
bination of paper with woven fabrics having finely glazed or polished surfaces, for
which purpose we have found the material known in the woollen trade as press
We take a sheet
paper, being suitable, an inch thick with highly polished surfaces.
of this press paper or other material of the required size, and place same in the
pressing machine to occupy the position of the metal press plates which we have
heretofore employed. A convenient size for the paper is sixty-four by forty-two
inches, and this sheet is placed between the upper and the lower plates of the press,
being connected at each end to the bracket which supports the guide rollers.
convenient node of connecting the paper to the brackets is by means of elastic
bands fastened to the brackets and to the paper, but we do not limit ourselves to
this particular way of stretching the paper, as frames, spring clips, rollers, or other
suitable appliances may be used for the purpose, our object being to provide some
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page_text: efficient means for keeping the paper tightly stretched in its proper position in the
machine.
The material to be pressed is passed through the machine in the manner described
in the Specifications of the Patents before referred to, and the result is that as the
material is pressed the pressure given to the paper produces on the material a
more even surface than metal plates alone or thin metal plates covered with
paper.
Our Invention further consists in providing the guide rollers, round which the
material passes with pulleys for straps to receive motion from some prime nover
for the purpose of rotating the said guide rollers,i nstead of allowing the material
alone to draw and rotate them as the material passes through the machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said George Henry Nussey and William Bradshaw Leachman in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 21st July 1870.
GEORGE HENRY NUSSEY and WIlliam Bradshaw LEACHMAN, both of Leeds, in
the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PRESSING
WOOLLEN AND OTHER WOVEN OR FELTED FABRICS."
Our present Invention refers to improvements upon our Inventions for which
Letters Patent were granted to us, bearing date respectively the 1st September
1869, No. 2585, and 9th August 1872, No. 2370.
In the Specifications of the Patents referred to we have employed metal rollers
and metal plates for the purpose of pressing the material, and although we have
been very successful in pressing woollen and other wollen or felted fabrics by means
of our said Inventions patented as aforesaid, still in some cases we have found some
difficulty in removing the creases or cuttle marks by the use of metal plates alone.
Now the primary object of this Invention is to remedy this defect.
Instead of metal plates we employ sheets of paper or woven fabrics, or a com-
bination of paper with woven fabrics having finely glazed or polished surfaces, for
which purpose we have found the material known in the woollen trade as press
-paper, being suitable, an inch thick with highly polished surfaces. We take a sheet
of this press paper or other material of the required size, and place the same in the
pressing machine to occupy the position of the metal press plates which we have
heretofore employed. A convenient size for the paper is sixty-four by forty-two
inches, and this sheet is placed between the upper and the lower plates of the press,
being connected at each end to the bracket which supports the guide rollers. A
-convenient mode of connecting the paper to the brackets is by means of clastic bands
fastened to the brackets and to the paper; but we do not limit ourselves to this
particular way of stretching the paper, as frames, springs, clips, rollers, or other suitable
appliances may be used for the purpose, our object being to provide some efficient
means for keeping the paper tightly stretched in its proper position in the machine.
The material to be pressed is passed through the machine in the manner described
in the Specifications of the Patents before referred to, and the result is that as the
material is pressed the pressure given to the paper produces on the material
a more even surface than metal plates alone or thin metal plates covered with
paper.
Our Invention further consists in providing the guide rollers, round which the
material passes with pulleys for straps to receive motion from some prime mover
for the purpose of rotating the said guide rollers, instead of allowing the material
alone to draw and rotate them as the material passes through the machine.
And in order that our Invention may be more completely understood reference
is given to the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings, and to the letters and marks
thereon.

page_text: Sheet 1, Figure 1, represents a side elevation; Figure 2, an end elevation;
Figure 3, a plan looking, at the top; and Sheet 2, Figuros 1 and 2, shew'
enlarged details of the same of machinery or apparatus constructed according to
our Invention.
The application of paper or woven fabrics, or a combination of paper with woven
fabrics having finely glazed surfaces, is shown on Sheet 1, Figure 1, at a, but more
clearly shown on a larger scale at a, on Sheet 2, Figure 1.
Press paper or other material of the required size is placed in the pressing
machine to occupy the position of the metal plates which have heretofore been
employed.
In our Drawings we have shewn three sheets of press paper or other material
at a, as we find that by using three sheets we are able to operate upon a much
larger amount of material. The material may be fed from our roller pressing
machine, or from any other convenient means, and is fed to the machine, as shown
Sheet 2, Figure 1. The operation of pressing will be more
on
fully described hereafter.
As before stated a convenient size for the press paper or other material is
sixty-five inches by forty-two inches, and the sheet or sheets a being placed between
the upper and lower plates b and c. On the top press plate bare provided on each
side the brackets & and c. From one bracket to the other are stretched the wires,
as shown at f; these wires are brought to a suflicient degree of tension by means of
the tension hooks g, the required degree of tension being obtained by means of the
nuts, which, by being turned right or left, may cause the hooks to tighten or
relax the wires. A convenient mode of connecting the press papers a, or other
material to the wires f passing between the brackets & and c is by means of elastic
bands i, which are passed over the wires f, as shown, and rivetted or otherwise
fastened to the press papers a, or other material; but we do not limit ourselves to
this particular way of stretching the press paper a or other material, as frames, strings,
clips, rollers, or other suitable appliances may be used for the purpose, our object
being to provide some efficient means for keeping the press paper or other material
tightly stretched in its proper position in the machine.
When only one intermediate press paper a or other material is employed, the
material to be operated upon is passed through the machine in the manner described
in the Specifications of the Patents before referred to; but when two, three, or
more sheets are employed the material is fed into the machine as shown thus
and in the direction shown by arrows passing over the rollers J, K, 1,
and m, which are guide rollers mounted in suitable bearings on the brackets d
and e.
After being pressed the material may be drawn from the machine in the direction
shown at n, and conveyed to any convenient place to be cuttled or otherwise operated
upon. The result is that as the material is pressed the pressure given to the paper
or other equivalent material produces on the material being operated upon a more
even surface than metal plates alone or thin metal plates covered with paper.
cover also the upper and lower plates b and c with paper or other material when
preferred, as shewn at Figures 1, Sheets 1 and 2.
We
Our Invention further consists in providing the guide rollers J, K, and l, round
which the material passes with pulleys o for straps or ropes p, shown on Sheet 1,
Figure 1, to receive notion from some prime mover for the purpose of rotating the
said guide rollers J, K, L, and m instead of allowing the material alone to draw and
rotate them as the material passes through the machine.
Having now described the nature of our said Invention, and shewn by Drawing
how the same may be carried into practice, we would have it understood that we
do not limit ourselves to the exact limits, details, or configuration of the parts we
have explained and shewn, as the same may be varied or modified without in any

page_text: way departing from our Invention; but what we do claim and desire to be secured
to us by Letters Patent is,-
First. The application of sheets of paper or woven fabrics, or a combination of
paper with woven fabrics between the upper and lower plates b and c, substantially
as and for purposes herein set forth.
Second. The arrangement and combination of sheets of paper or woven fabrics,
or a combination of paper with woven fabrics, with an upper and lower plate b and
c for the purpose of pressing woollen or other woven or felted fabrics.
Third. Rotating the guide rollers round which the material passes substantially
in manner and for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Henry Nussey, for myself and on
behalf of the said William Bradshaw Leachman, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
G. H. NUSSEY. (L.S.)