Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing or Attaching Card Clothing to Card Flats.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1897-Accepted, 23rd Oct., 1897
CITIO
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing or
Attaching Card Clothing to Card Flats.
I ERNEST JONES of 4 Prospect Terrace, Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Card Nailer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide suitable fasteners for attaching card
clothing to card flats, and operating upon the aforesaid fasteners in such a
manner that the card clothing is securely and quickly attached to the flats. Also
by this method I may attach any number of strips of card clothing to their
respective flats or bars at one operation.
By my improved method I place a sheet containing preferably five strips of
cards across an equal number of flats or bars and stretching the same by means of
suitable jaws or clamps fixed at each side of the machine.
I place upon the flats suitable fasteners consisting of strips of suitable sheet
metal, upon one edge of which is formed a series of prongs, one set being turned
upwards and the other downwards, the latter projecting through the perforations
formed in the flat, bar, or its equivalent. Upon each side of each flat or its
equivalent, is placed suitable rollers or runners having spring bearings, two above
and two below the said flat, these runners are mounted upon suitable pedestals
or pillars, and are for operating upon the teeth or prongs of the aforesaid fasteners.
The action is as follows:-Upon securing the flats or bars upon the machine,
I place the fasteners in the flats, then stretch the sheet of card clothing (containing
preferably five strips) across the said flats, after which the flats are raised simul-
taneously in any suitable manner, and press the prongs upon the upper surface of
the fasteners through the card cloth, the prongs upon the underneath surface of
the fasteners project through the perforations in the flat bar.
As the slide carrying the pedestals (upon which are mounted the top and bottom
runners before described) traverses the frame, the said runners come in contact
with the prongs of the fasteners which project through and turn them down, the
upper prongs upon the card clothing, the lower prongs underneath the flat. so
securely attaching the card clothing to the flat; following this mechanism I employ
a series of cutters, two between each strip or flat, which cut the sheet into the
required number of strips after which the outer edges of the fasteners may be
turned over the edge of the card clothing (to prevent the same from fraying) by
rollers fixed in any suitable position, or by any other suitable means.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of November 1896
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Securing or
Attaching Card Clothing to Card Flats.
I ERNEST JONES, of 4 Prospect Terrace, Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Card Nailer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide suitable fasteners for attaching card
clothing to card flats, and operating upon the aforesaid fasteners in such a manner,
that the card clothing is securely and quickly attached to the flats; also to give
the clothing a straight and regular stretch, and further, by my improved method
and apparatus, any number of strips of clothing may be attached simultaneously
to their respective flats or bars, automatically at one operation.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of part of my improved apparatus for attaching
card clothing to card flats.
Fig. 2. is a sectional side elevation of the other part of my apparatus shown
in Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. shows sectional detail of flat bar, strip of card clothing, and fastener
for securing same together.
Fig. 4. is a cross section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5. is a cross section of flat bars showing position of rollers for turning
down the teeth or prongs of the fasteners, thus securing the clothing to the flat.
Fig. 6. is a cross section of flat bars showing position of knives for cutting
the sheet of card clothing into strips.
Fig. 7. is a cross section of flat bars showing position of ploughs for turning
up the outer edges or sides of the fastener.
Fig. 8. is a cross section of flat bars showing the rollers for turning down the
sides of the fasteners upon the edges of the card clothing.
Figs. 9. and 10. are side and end views of fastener.
Fig. 11 shows section of fastener when hent round edge of clothing.
In my improved methel and apparatus I place a sheet of card clothing A,
containing preferably five strips of cards B, across an equal number of flats C or
their equivalents, these flats are mounted upon suitable hinged or movable
plates, brackets D, or the like, within a suitable frame E; the outer margins or
edges of the sheet are placed between jaws or clamps F. G. one fixed, the other
adjustable, mounted upon the machine frame E, upon each side of the five flat
bars C.
I place upon the flats C, suitable fasteners H, consisting of strips of suitable
sheet metal, upon one edge of which is formed a series of prongs H or teeth, one
set being turned upwards and the other downwards, the latter projecting through
perforations formed in the flat bar (or its equivalent; these prongs H₁ are operated
upon by a series of rollers J, mounted within a suitable slide or carriage K above
the flats, and a series of forks L fixed below the said flats, these rollers J and
forks L, are mounted upon suitable pedestals or pillars K L', with spring
bearings, and are for turning down the said prongs H upon the card clothing and
flat bars, for securing it to the said flats.
A second series of pillars studs, or pedestals, carrying knives or cutters M,

page_text: are fixed upon the slide K immediately behind the rollers J aforesaid, these are
for cutting the sheet into strips. A third series of pillars or studs upon the slide,
carry a series of ploughs N, for turning up at right angles the outer edges of the
fasteners H upon the edge of the clothing A, and a fourth series of pedestals or
pillars carrying a second series of rollers P', turn the edges of the fastener H over
the edges of the card clothing A, see Figs. 3 and 11; these rollers J, cutters M,
ploughs N, and rollers P, operate upon the fasteners H, and clothing A, con-
secutively and automatically at each forward traverse of the slide K.
The action is as follows:-When the sheet of card clothing A. has been fixed
within the clamp or jaws F. G. it is evenly and effectively stretched across the
flats to the desired tension by hand wheel Fi, mounted upon a shaft I, on which
are worms G¹, gearing with worm wheels G2 upon screwed shafts G³, connected with
fixed nuts F, upon the loose or adjustable jaws G.
When the clothing has been sufficiently stretched, the flats C are raised (from
the position shown in Fig. 5.) by means of cams R, upon horizontal shafts R¹,
operating upon supporting brackets or slides R2; the shafts R' are operated by
handles S, or hand wheel or other suitable mechanism; as the flats are raised
the prongs upon their upper surface are forced or pressed in the card clothing A,
the slide K is then set in motion, causing the rollers J, and forks L, to come in
contact with the prongs of the fastener H, and turn them down, the upper prongs
upon the clothing, and lower prongs underneath the flat, so securely attaching the
card clothing to the flat.
Immediately this has been accomplished, the cutters M, mounted in the slide K,
cut the said sheet A, into the desired strips, after which the plough N, operates
upon the outer edges of the body of the fastener turning the same upwards at
right angles against the edge of the clothing, so that as the rollers I come in
contact with the upright edge, it is turned down over the edge of the clothing,
so making a binding or selvedge of metal, and preventing the edges of the clothing
from fraying; when the rollers P are turning down the edges of the fasteners
upon the clothing, I employ suitable forks P", or supports, with spring bearings P,
immediately underneath, so as to prevent or counteract any extra strain upon the
flat bars by the rollers during operation.
When the sheet of card clothing has been cut and attached to the flat bar in
the manner before described, the spring pillars or pedestals of the various rollers,
cutters, and ploughs, come in contact with an inclined plane T, upon a series of
stops rods or bars U, as the slide continues to move forwards, the cranked ends T"
of the spring pillar, slide up these inclined planes on to the rods or bars U, which
support or raise the various rollers, ploughs, and cutters, clear or out of contact
with the flat bar or strip; a second series of stop rods or bars V, simultaneously
engage with a plate W, connected with the forks L and P, likewise lowering
the said forks clear of the flat bars C, by which means the series of flats may be
removed and a fresh series introduced, when the operation is repeated.
A reversible screwed shaft or shafts Z, engaging with nuts Z', upon the slide K,
gives motion to the said slide as desired.
For facilitating the bending of the fasteners round the edges of the clothing
by the ploughs and rollers, I preferably form longitudinal grooves Y or thin places,
where the fastener is required to be bent, see Fig. 10.
By this construction of apparatus and method of securing card clothing to
card flats, the sheet containing any suitable number of strips of cards is evenly
stretched to any desired tension over the requisite number of card flats, in which
are placed the fasteners, the fasteners are then forced into the cloth, turned down
upon the cloth and underneath the flat, the sheet is then cut into strips, and the
outer edge of the fasteners bent and turned over the edge of the clothing,
automatically, and during the forward movement of the slide, so giving a smart
and workmanlike appearance to the clothing and considerably increasing its
durability.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. In securing card clothing to card flats, stretching the clothing and automatically
securing the same to the flats, in the manner substantially as set forth.
2. Automatically securing the card clothing to card flats, and bending the body
of the fastener round the edges of the clothing in the manner and for the purposes
substantially as shown and described.
3. Attaching card clothing to card flats by stretching a sheet of card clothing
containing any number of strips of cards across a similar number of flat bars or
their equivalent, automatically securing the clothing to the bars, cutting the
same into strips, and turning the edges of the fasteners over the edges of the
clothing, in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.
4. In attaching card clothing to card flats, the combination of adjustable flat
bars C, jaws F and G, fasteners H, slide K, with rollers J and l', forks L and P¹,
cutters M and ploughs N, having spring bearings, the whole operating in the
manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.
5. The use and employment of rods with inclined planes for operating upon
the spring pedestals carrying the forks, rollers, cutters, and ploughs, at the end of
each movement of the slide, in the manner and for the purposes substantially
as shown and described.
6. The construction and employment of fasteners in the manner and for the
purposes substantially as shown and described.
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JOHN E. WALSH,
Waterhouse Chambers, Crossley Street, Halifax,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.