IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PAPERING PIECE GOODS OR WOVEN FABRICS FOR PRESSING
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Walsh, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Presser, and Charles William Stead, of the same Place, Machine
Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR PAPERING PIECE GOODS OR WOVEN FABRICS FOR PRESSING
Sealed the 12th April 1876, and dated the 14th October 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Walsh and
Charles William Stead at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 14th October 1875.
WC, JOHN WALSH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Presser, and
CHARLES WILLIAM STEAD, of the same Place, Machine Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR 'PAPERING' PIECE GOODS OR WOVEN FABRICS
FOR PRESSING AND TAKING THE PAPERS OUT AFTER PRESSING," to be as
follows:-

page_text: suitable framework on which are mounted (on axes so as to be capable of
rotating) two or more hollow cylinders or steam-tight boxes, so con-
structed and arranged that steam or hot water may be passed through
them. These boxes are formed with flats of the width of the press
papers to be used, and which are to be carried by them as heretofore
explained.
The said boxes may be of any convenient length to enable several
picces of fabrics to be papered together side by side simultaneously.
The press papers are connected together at each end by folding links in
such manner as to form chains of papers of any convenient length or
number of papers. The papers are attached to the links by one
edge only, so that they are free to fold in either direction and to be
placed within the folds of the fabric whilst the links remain outside of
the fabric. These two chains of papers are carried over and by the
steam cylinders or boxes in regular order, turning towards each other in
such manner that the papers are placed one upon another alternately
of each chain. The fabrics to be pressed are carried forward by hollow
rollers supplied with steam or hot water, and passed in between the two
chains or series of papers by which they are folded in with the said
papers.
Two sets of fabrics may be folded and papered together by having an
additional chain of papers to pass in between the two sets of fabrics
carried over, and by steam or hot water boxes in the same manner as
those previously described. There are also rack guides for holding the
paper in position and for liberating them at the proper time, which
guides are operated by and simultaneously with the boxes and rollers
which carry the papers and fabrics forward.
For taking the papers out of the fabrics after being pressed it is
simply performed by a reverse action of the machine when the fabrics
are cuttled by ordinary cuttling apparatus, and the papers are folded in
separate tiers self-actingly on a table, hot plate, or steam box ready for
further use.
We may also provide and apply steam or hot water boxes at any con-
venient part of the machine where the papers and the fabrics pass for
giving additional heat thereto.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Walsh and Charles William Stead in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th April 1876.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
WALSH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Presser, and CHARLES
WILLIAM STEAD, of the same Place, Machine Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
day of
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in the
in the
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year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said John Walsh and Charles
William Stead, Her special licence that we, the said John Walsh
and Charles William Stead, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said John Walsh and Charles William Stead,
our exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
usc, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PAPERING PIECE GOODS OR
WOVEN FABRICS FOR PRESSING AND TAKING THE PAPERS OUT AFTER PRESSING,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Walsh
and Charles William Stead, our executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Walsh and Charles William
Stead, 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 the folding and introducing of papers
between the folds of fabrics previous to pressing them, and consists of
suitable framework on which are mounted (on axes so as to be capable

page_text: of rotating) two or more hollow cylinders or steam-tight boxes, so con-
structed and arranged that steam or hot water may be passed through
them. These boxes are formed with flats of the width of the press
papers to be used, and which are to be carried by them as heretofore
explained.
The said boxes may be of any convenient length to enable several
pieces of fabrics to be papered together side by side simultaneously.
The press papers are connected together at each end by folding links in
such manner as to form two separate chains of papers of any convenient
length or number of papers. The papers are attached to the links by
one edge only, so that they are free to fold in either direction and to be
placed within the folds of the fabric whilst the links remain outside of
the fabric. These two chains of papers are carried over and by the
steam cylinders or boxes in regular order, turning towards each other in
such manner that the papers are placed one upon another alternately of
each chain. The fabrics to be pressed are carried forward by hollow
rollers supplied with steam or hot water and passed in between the two
chains or scries of papers by which they are folded in with the said
papers.
Two sets of fabrics may be folded and papered together by having an
additional chain of papers to pass in between the two sets of fabrics
carried over and by steam and hot water boxes in the same manner as
those previously described. There are also rack guides for holding the
paper in position and for liberating them at the proper time, which
guides are operated by and simultaneously with the boxes and rollers
which carry the papers and fabrics forward.
For taking the papers out of the fabrics after being pressed it is
simply performed by a reverse action of the machine when the fabrics
are cuttled by ordinary cuttling apparatus, and the papers are folded in
separate tiers self-actingly on a table, hot plate, or steam box ready for
further use.
We may also provide and apply steam or hot water boxes at any
convenient part of the machine where the papers and the fabrics pass
for giving additional heat thereto.
In order that our Invention may be more readily understood, we
herein give reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a machine constructed according
to our Invention and adapted for folding two sets of fabrics at once.
A and B are two sets of press papers which are linked together in
manner shewn in detail at Figs. 2 and 3; C is another set linked
together, as shewn in detail at Figs. 4 and 5. These papers are supplied
as required by means of the steam-tight boxes D which may be of any
length so as to admit of two or more sets of pieces being folded side by
side at one operation. The fabrics to be folded are supplied by hollow
steam rollers or cylinders E.
In commencing to fold a carrier mounted on wheels is placed in
position to receive the folded or papered pieces. The fabrics and
papers are then supplied together, the papers being on each side and in
the centre of the fabrics. The operator then takes hold of both paper
and fabrics and guides them during the first fold, after which the motion
is self-directing. In passing over the cylinders the papers go with tho
link or hinge side first, so that when they begin to descend the loose side
of the paper is uppermost. It is prevented from falling or turning over
until the proper time by means of the upright guides F which have a
rising motion imparted to them by screws G as the pile rises. The
papers are fed alternately by arranging the boxes D, so that one of them
shall be one-eighth part of a revolution in advance of the other.
As soon as the top side of a paper is clear of its guide it falls and folds.
the piece underneath it, the connecting links doubling up in the opposite
direction, this being effected by causing one link to overlap at the joint,
as shown at a, Fig. 2, which prevents it from doubling in the wrong
direction. The links lay on each side of upright guides H which ensure
the papers being parallel at the edges. The inner papers C are linked
edge to edge so as to fold in both directions.
In cases where only one piece or fabric is being papered in a pile the
inner papers C are not required. After the pieces are papered they can
be taken away and pressed. Other pieces can be brought to the machine
and papered, the guides F being first lowered by hand, and so on, as
long as may be desired. When the papering is about to be discontinued
the chain of papers is broken, a spring catch 6, Fig. 2, being provided at
every link for this purpose. For unpapering the pieces the papers are
connected together by hand, the machine reversed, and the papers
deposited in piles as at the commencement, the guides K acting
similarly to the guides F, and the guides L similarly to the guides H.

page_text: The screws and bevel wheels for working the guides F and K are con-
nected with the main driving source in such manner that they may be
worked thereby, and also independently by hand.
In connection with this machine we may employ one or more rigging
and cuttling machines.
In place of press papers we may employ thin plates of metal or any
suitable substance.
The connecting links may be of metal or other suitable substance, but
thin steel is preferable.
In witness whercof, we, the said John Walsh and Charles William
Stead, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twelfth day
of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand cight hundred
and seventy-six.
!
JOHN WALSH. (L.S.)
(L.S.)
C. W. STEAD.