IMPROVEMENT IN TAKING UP ROLLERS FOR LOOMS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
THOMAS RICHMOND of 406 Audley Rango Mill Manager, FREDERICK BAYNES
of Cicely Bridge Mill Cotton Spinner & Manufacturer and HENRY LIVESEY of
Greenbank Iron Works Machinist all of Blackburn do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for AN IMPROVEMENT IN TAKING UP ROLLERS FOR LOOMS to be
us follows:-
Our invention relates to the Taking up roller in Looms for weaving whether
made of wood sheetiron or castiron and afterwards covered with perforated sheets
or filleting or fluted & chased we claim the making of it conical that is to say; the
middle shall be less in diameter than the sides thereby causing the cloth to be
expanded while taking up the cloth during the process of weaving we claim also
a further advantage that the sides or selvedges of the cloth is held tighter and
more uniformly with the width of the reed securing less liability to contraction
than is the usual system of making the Taking up roller one uniform diameter
throughout.
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page_text: We THOMAS RICHMOND, of 406 Audley Range, Mill Manager, FREDERICK
BAYNES, of Cicely Bridge, Mill Cotton Spinner, and Manufacturer, and HENRY
LIVESEY of Greenbank Iron Works, Machinist, all of Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention for "AN IMPROVE-
MENT IN TAKING UP ROLLERS FOR Looмs" and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
Our invention relates to the taking up roller in looms for weaving whether
made of wood sheet iron, or cast iron, and afterwards covered with perforated
sheets or filleting or fluted and chased we construct such rollers conical or concavo,
that is to say, the middle shall be less in diameter than the sides thereby causing
the cloth to be expanded whilst being taken up as and when woven.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing
forming a part of this specification in which :-
The drawing illustrates a taking up roller made according to this our saių
invention.
In for example say a taking up roller of three feet in length and of 5 inches at
tho ends A. B. we reduce the diameter at the centre or point C, to four and three
quarter inches but we do not bind ourselves to any special or relative diameters
nor do we claim per se any particular or defined relative diameters, what is
necessary is that there shall be such variation and difference between the diameter
of the centre of the length of the roller and its ends that the larger diameter and
consequent greater motion or inmovement of the ends and larger diameter that the
effect and result is a tightening and stretching of the outer portion and selvages
of the cloth or piece being woven the cloth and warp being kept uniform or linable
with the reed dents and there is less friction of the reed dents upon the warp threads
during the process of weaving.
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 is :—
Taking up rollers of looms for weaving constructed as and operating in manner
herein described, and as illustrated and for purpose herein set forth.
CHAL JAM Domber 1984