Improvements in the Construction of Cloth Measuring Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in the Construction of Cloth Measuring Machines.
We, JAMES TERRY DARBY and ANDREW HENLEY, both of Wheetley, St. Francis
County, Arkansas, U.S.A., Inventors, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of cloth
measuring machines; and the object of the improvements is to provide a machine
of the kind in which the construction is simple and.consequently cheap to manu-
facture not likely to get out of order, and in which small measuring rollers or
wheels are employed thereby reducing the cost and size of the machine.
A measuring machine of the class to which my improvements are applicable,
comprises a suitable and preferably rectangular frame provided with supports or
brackets by which it can be secured to a shop or warehouse counter or to a wall
or other fixture.
Suitable journal bearings, arranged on opposite sides of the frame, retain short
shafts having flanges at their ends to keep them in place in the bearings, and one
of said shafts is fitted with a winch handle. The inner flanges of the shafts have
radial bars, of suitable length, which are provided with V-shaped longitudinal
grooves, and clips slidably and adjustably mounted thereon in such manner that
the ends of the boards upon which cloth is usually wound, can be retained there.
between and between the inner ends of the respective shafts. The radially dis-
posed bars may be slidably mounted upon their shafts so that they can be drawn
apart against the action of a spring in order to remove or adjust a board between
them.
Opposite standards project upwardly from the frame and have two spring-
pressed rollers journalled therein, and of predetermined diameter. The rollers
are arranged in such manner that the upper one can be readily rised and retained
in an elevated position when it is desired to adjust the end of the cloth between
them.
In place of the rollers we may employ a table which extends between the sides
of the frame, and over which the cloth is drawn. Small wheels-which may have
spurs on their outer circumferential surface-extend through slots in the table
and are mounted on a shaft beneath the table.
The shaft of one of the rollers, or the shaft beneath the table is geared
to a suitable train of wheels which operate pointers on a dial or dials to indicate
minutely the length of cloth drawn between the rollers or over the table in yards
and inches.
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SM 1900
P. R. J. WILLIS,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of Cloth Measuring Machines.
We, JAMES TERRY DARBY and ANDREW HENLEY, both of Wheetley, St. Francois
County, Arkansas, U.S.A., Inventors, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion 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 certain improvements in the construction of cloth
measuring machines; and the object of the improvements is to provide a machine
of the kind in which the construction is simple and consequently cheap to manu-
facture not likely to get out of order, and in which a comparatively small
measuring roller is employed, thereby reducing the cost and size of the machine.
Other advantages will be manifest to those making use of our improved machine.
Referring to the drawings:-
Figure 1 is an end view of my improved cloth-measuring machine. Fig. 2 is a
top plan view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the spring shaft and clamping disc
hereinafter referred to; and Fig. 4 shews the opposite clamping disc.
1 denotes the main frame having sides 2, 2 and cross beams 3, 3; and 4, 4
are vertical standards arising from said frame which are divided about midway
of their height and hinged as at 5, 5, the hinges being formed with transverse
shoulders 6 and 7 so that the upper part of the standard may be thrown back
and held in position by the said shoulders when it is desired to separate the rollers
afterwards referred to."
8 denotes the measuring roll or drum loosely journalled in the standards 4. 4.
upon the shaft 9. This drum revolves freely and will be rotated by the cloth
which is passed between it and the upper parallel roller 10.
In practice I make the drum S with a perimeter of eighteen inches or one
half yard in circumference, and the end of the drum is marked with divisions as
shewn at 11, Fig. 1, or a dial may be affixed thereto, so that the fractions of a
yard may be indicated by means of the pointer 12 conveniently fixed to the bear-
ing of the shaft 9. The shaft 9 projects beyond the side 2 and has fixed on its
end the one-toothed pinion 13 which meshes with the toothed wheel 14 which is
revolubly mounted on a column bracket attached to the side 2. The said column
is extended beyond the face of the wheel 14 and on its square extremity is mounted
the pointer 15. It will be readily understood that for each revolution of the
drum 8 the wheel 14 will be actuated one tooth by the pinion 13, and it is marked
in yards and half yards to correspond with such movement.
The roller 10 is mounted in bearing blocks 16 which can move freely vertically
within the upper part of the bracket 4. The blocks 16 are supported by the
spring 17, and bosses on the under side of the blocks engaging with and retain-
ing said springs in position. On the upper sides of the blocks are mounted
springs 18, the tension on which is regulated by means of screws 19 working
within the caps 20 of the standards 4. The screws 19 are attached to bossed
dises 21 which engage with the springs 18.
The winding shaft is divided into two portions 22, 23 each of which is mounted
in a suitable bearing 24, 25: the portion 22 being capable of longitudinal move-
ment in its bearing 24. Secured to the bearing 24 is the dash-pot 26 through
which the shaft 22 extends and is reciprocable. Within the dash-pot and coiled
around the shaft 22 is the spring 27, and the collar 28 slidably mounted on the
shaft and fitted with a setscrew 29 capable of reciprocation in the slot 30. The
forward end of the shaft 22 is fitted with a disc or spider 31 capable of rotating
against the collar 32. and having diametrically formed V-shaped grooves 33 in
its face, and a central spur 34.

page_text: The shaft 23 is fitted with a similar disc or spider 35, is rotatably journalled
in its bearing 25, and fitted with a winch handle.
In order to measure a length of cloth its edge is first placed between the rollers
(the upper parts of the standards 4 being raised for the purpose, if desired), and
carried rearwardly and secured to the fat board upon which such material is
usually wound, and which has been revolubly mounted as follows:-The set-
screw 29 is loosened, and the shaft 22 adjusted lengthwise until the distance
between the discs 31 and 35 is slightly less than the length of the board.
The set-screw 29 is then tightened to secure the collar 28 upon the shaft.
The disc 31 and shaft 22 are then forced rearwardly against the spring 27 acting
on the collar 28; the set-screw sliding in the slot 30. The board can then be
inserted between the discs so that its usually bevelled ends enter the grooves 33
and are retained therein by the constant inward pressure of the spring 27, and
the spurs 34, which may either be forced into the edge of the wood, or enter
notches previously formed therein. By means of the winch handle the board
can be rotated to draw the material between the rollers and wind it thereon, the
measurement being indicated by the pointers on the end of the measuring roll
and dial respectively. It will be understood that by simply loosening the set-
screw 29 and adjusting the shaft 22, as aforedescribed, the discs 31 and 35 may
be set to take boards of any length between them.
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 :-
as a
(1) The hereindescribed improvements in the construction of cloth measuring
machines, said improvements comprising the upwardly extending standards 4
formed in two parts and hinged to enable them to be thrown back a limited dis-
tance, bearings vertically reciprocable in said standards, springs supporting said
means such
hearings, springs superimposed upon said bearings, and
of said springs,
Screw and wheel for regulating the tension
the measuring roll revolubly mounted in said bearings, a scale inscribed
on or on a dial attached to the end of said roll, a fixed pointer to indicate on said
scale or dial, a one-toothed pinion mounted on the protruding shaft of said roll,
a gear-wheel adapted for engagement by the tooth of said pinion, a dial combined
with said gear-wheel, a pointer to indicate on said dial, and the second roll
revolubly mounted in bearings to revolve in contact with the upper roll, all sub-
stantially as and adapted to operate as herein described, and as illustrated in
the drawings hereunto annexed.
(2) The hereindescribed improvements in the construction of cloth measuring
machines, said improvements comprising the mechanism for revolubly retaining
the board upon which the measured cloth is wound, said mechanism consisting
of the two shafts 22 and 23, the former mounted slidably in its bearing, a dash-
pot secured to the outer side of said bearing, a spring coiled upon said shaft
within said dash-pot, a collar adjustably secured upon said shaft within the
dash-pot by means of a set-screw capable of reciprocation in a slot in
the dash-pot, a disc or spider revolubly carried by the inner extremity of said
shaft and having diametrically arranged V-shaped grooves in its face and a
centrally projecting spur, and the shaft 23 revolubly mounted in a bearing in
alignment with the shaft 22, the disc or spider carried by its inner end and a
winch handle fitted to its outer extremity, all substantially as and adapted to
operate as herein described, and as illustrated in the drawings hereunto annexed.
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