in machinery for Printing and Embossing.
Year: 1885

page_text: in machinery for Printing and Embossing.
We ABRAHAM KAY, ISAAC KAY and ROBERT KAY of the firm of Robert Kay
and Sons of the Adelphi Print Works, Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Calico
Printers Dyers and Finishers, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PRINTING AND EMBOSSING," to be as
follows:-
I
The object of our invention is to print fabrics with patterns or designs, by rollers
having the pattern either sunk or in relief and to emboss a pattern or design on
the fabric at the same operation.
Our invention consists in combining an embossing roller having any desired
pattern upon it with an ordinary machine for printing by rollers, the embossing
roller working against a paper or other bowl.
The embossing roller is arranged so as to be adjustable to bring. the embossed
pattern to agree with the printed pattern same as the printing rollers when
printing different colors at the same operation, are adjusted to each other.
The embossing arrangements may be made to operate upon the fabric either
before or after the printing rollers have printed upon it.
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page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Printing and Embossing.
...
We ABRAHAM KAY, ISAAC KAY and ROBERT KAY of the firm of Robert Kay
and Sons of the Adelphi Print Works Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Calico
Printers, Dyers and Finishers, 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 our invention is to print fabrics with patterns or designs, by rollers
having the pattern either sunk or in relief and to emboss a pattern or design on
the fabric at the same operation.
Our invention consists in combining an embossing roller having any desired
pattern upon it with an ordinary machine for printing by rollers, the embossing
roller working against a paper or other bowl.
The embossing roller is arranged so as to be adjustable to bring the embossed
pattern to agree with the printed pattern same as the printing rollers when
printing different colors at the same operation, are adjusted to each other.
The embossing arrangements may be made to operate upon the fabric either
before or after the printing rollers have printed upon it.
Fig. 1 is a side sectional elevation of parts of an ordinary printing machine
having our improvements applied to it and fig. 2 is a partial back sectional
elevation in the plane A-B fig. 1.
The parts of ordinary calico printing machines are well known.
a represents the impression cylinder covered with blanket-lapping; b are three
engraved printing rollers, there may be any desired number.
The printing rollers 6 are each geared by a " box wheel" (6¹) with what is termed
the "crown wheel" (a¹) the pitch lines of which are shown by dotted circles.
In our combined printing and embossing machine, we prefer to arrange the metal
engraved embossing roller c to take a position which one of the printing rollers
Inight have occupied, namely, the position where the last printing roller would be
in a printing machine only, or in surface printing the engraved embossing roller
would or might take the position of the first printing roller of a machine for surface
printing only.
There is a hollow mandrel c³ for the engraved embossing roller c and this hollow
mandrel is arranged to be beated by steam or gas or other means in any well
known manner as in any ordinary embossing machine.
The surface of the engraved embossing roller c is arranged to be just clear of the
impression cylinder a and its mandrel or shaft is driven by a box wheel c² (shown
by a dotted pitch line) in gear with the crown wheel a¹ by which box wheel c'
(which is same as that used in ordinary printing machines for the printing rollers)
the engraved embossing roller c can be altered in the direction of its rotation to the
engraved printing rollers (b) to adjust the embossed to the printed pattern which is
being produced.
The surface of the engraved embossing roller c acts against the surface of an
ordinary paper bowl d and the two are geared together by wheels so that the
surfaces of both will rotate in contact at equal speeds.

page_text: The cloth being printed passes from the "batch" in about the line x between the
printing rollers b, and the impression cylinder a, then against the engraved
embossing roller c, and between it and the paper bowl d, then to a roller x shown
in dotted line to the drying arrangements.
e represents a part of the side frame of the ordinary printing machine. In
the recess in the framing for the bearings of an ordinary printing roller a
block e' is fitted to which one end of a cross beam f is secured by bolts f¹ so as to
grip the block e¹ and the end of the beam f against the framing e as shown, the
other end of the beam f being secured in like manner to a similar block e¹ in the
other side framing. To the cross beam fon each side a bracket g is secured by a
bolt g¹ and set screws g³ which bolts and screws pass through slots so as to allow
the brackets g to be adjusted in the lengthway of the beam f by a set screw 9³ on
each side. This arrangement being for the purpose of adjusting the embossing
roller c and bowl d to the pattern in the direction across the piece being printed
and embossed.
The brackets g (one on each side) are connected together by cross stays 9' and
they carry bearings for the shaft of the engraved roller c which extends at one side
also to the outside frame e so as to be driven by the crown wheel a¹ same as the
printing rollers b.
The wheels for gearing the engraved embossed roller c and paper bowl d may be
placed on the axis of these rollers at one end between the bracket g and side
frame (e) or in any other convenient position.
Fig. 1 shows one of the screws h at one end screwing through the bracket g for
bringing the pressure of the paper bowl upon the engraved embossing roller c.
The end of the screw h passes through a hole on the bearing and is secured to a
collar h' by a pin, which collar is in a slot in the bearing.
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
1. The combination of an engraved embossing roller and paper bowl with roller
printing machines, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
2. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for printing and embossing
at one operation, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.