Apparatus for Lustring and Finishing Pile Fabrics.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left. 29th May, 1889-Accepted, 20th July, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Lustring and Finishing Pile Fabrics.
We, SAMUEL CUnliffe Lister, Manufacturer, and JOSÉ REIXACH, Manager, both
of Manningham Mills, Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a machine for the application of a lacquer,
solution or other preparation to the face of velvets, plushes, seals, astrachans or other
pile fabrics whereby a more brilliant or lustrous appearance is obtained; such lacquering
or lustring has been hitherto performed by hand.
We cause the piece to traverse continuously upon a semi circular or flat table
and under brushes or pads. A series of circular and flat brushes is employed and
these brushes are filled with badger hair, camel hair, goat hair or other suitable bair
or fibre.
Pads covered with felt, worsted plush, silk plush, or other suitable material may
be used.
Some of the brushes are made in spiral or serpentine form right and left
hand they cause the pile to lie alternately towards the right and left edges of the
piece.
To the flat brush or brushes a reciprocating or to and fro motion lengthwise of the
piece is given.
The bindermost brush is made in what called the full form.
By means of these series of brushes or pads we are enabled to distribute the lustring
liquid or other material evenly on all sides of the pile.
The lustring liquid or material is conveyed to the laying on brush by rollers
revolving in a trough containing the liquid the supply of which is regulated by
varying the speed of the feed rollers or the pressure of the same.
When the machine stops it is necessary to withdraw the fabric from contact with
the laying on brush; to do this we make the part of the table immediately in front
of the laying on brush move automatically towards or from the said brush as the
machine stops or starts so that when the machine stops the piece is taken away from
the aforesaid laying on brush.
Dated this 30th day of Angust. 1888.
CARPMAEL & CO.,
Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Lustring and Finishing Pile Fabrics.
We, SAMUEL CUnliffe Lister, Manufacturer, and JOSE REIXACu, Manager, both
of Manningham Mills, Bradford, in the County of York, 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 a machine for the application of a lacquer,
solution or other preparation to the face of Velvets, Plushes, Seals, Astrachans or
other pile fabrics whereby a more brilliant or lustrous appearance is produced,
such lacquering or lustring having been hitherto for the most part performed by
hand.
We cause the piece to traverse continuously upon a semi circular or flat table and
under brushes or pads. When brushes are used we employ a series of circular and
flat brushes which are filled with Badger hair, Camel hair, Goat hair or other suitable
hair or fibra

page_text: Some of the brushes we make in spiral or serpentine form, right and left hand in
order to cause the pile to lie alternately towards the right and left edges of the piece.
To the flat brush or brushes a reciprocating or to and fro motion lengthwise of the
piece is given.
The last or hindermost brush is made in what is called the full form.
When pads are used we cover them with Felt, Worsted plush, Silk plush, or any
other suitable material.
By means of these series of brushes or pads we are enabled to distribute the lustring
liquid or other substances evenly on all sides of the pile.
The lustring liquid or other substances are conveyed to the laying on brush by a
roller revolving in a trough containing the liquid, the supply can be regulated by
varying the speed of the feed roller or by the pressure of the same. When the
machine stops it is necessary to withdraw the fabric from contact with the laying on
brush as otherwise the liquid carried by the laying on brush would penetrate through
the piece, thus causing damage. In order to do this we make a section, or part of
the table immediately in front of the laying on brush to move automatically
towards or from the brush as the machine stops or starts, so that when the machine
stops the piece is taken away from the aforesaid laying on brush.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we proceed to describe the
drawings bereunto annexed.
Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a birds eye view of the machine.
A is the framework and B is the main driving shaft with fast and loose driving belt
pullies B upon it. On the shaft is mounted a pulley C for driving the large pulley D
which gives motion to the drag roller E by means of the gearing F. The drag
roller is used for drawing the piece G forwards over the brake roller I and
under the circular revolving brushes H, H1, H2, H3 and under the brush / to which
a reciprocating to and fro motion is imparted lengthwise of the piece-the brushes H, H³
are full brushes whilst the brushes H, H³, are spiral brushes one right handed and
the other left handed. A side view of one of these spiral brushes is shewn at
Figure 3.
The lustring liquid is supplied to the brush H by rollers from a trough O and is
by the brush applied to the pile surface of the piece.
The piece whilst it is acted upon by the brushes rests upon the table Z. A section
of this table which is opposite to the brush H is made capable of turning on a
hinge joint at p² and is turned towards or away from the brush whenever the
machine is started or stopped as herein after explained.
We will now describe the manner in which motion is imparted to the various parts
of the machine.
The driving of the rollers for supplying lustre to the brush H is effected in the
following manner. The brake roller I is revolved by the fabric as the fabric is drawn
over its surface. The roller has upon it a pulley over which passes a friction cord
one end of which is fixed and the other has a weight hung upon it. On the roller
is a skew gear wheel J which drives a corresponding gear wheel J on the shaft K.
Upon the shaft is mounted a worm L geared into a worm wheel M which is fixed
upon the axis of the roller N and so driving this roller. The roller N is partly
immersed and revolves in the trough O containing a lustring liquid or other sub-
stances, the roller P rests upon and is driven by it and conveys the liquid or other
substances to the roller Qfrom which it is taken by the laying on brush H which
distributes it evenly over the face of the piece G.
The revolving brushes are driven in the following manner.
The pulley R mounted on the driving shaft B gives motion to the pulley S which
is mounted on the shaft of the brush H giving motion to the same, better seen in
figure 2.
On the opposite side of the brush H is mounted a pulley T giving motion to the
pulley U which is fixed on the shaft of the brush H' thus giving motion to the
same (see figure 2). The pulley V which is mounted on the opposite side of the
brush gives motion to the pulley W used for driving the brush H³ (see figure 2).

page_text: The pulley X mounted on the opposite side of the brush H' giving motion to the
pulley Y which gives motion to the brush H also (see figure 2).
The brushes H'H' H are used for brushing in the lacquering liquid in different
directions and evenly on all sides of the pile of the piece Ġ whilst the same is drawn
over the table Z.
We will now describe the way in which the brush h has a reciprocating to and fro
motion given to it lengthwise of the piece.
a is a pulley mounted on the shaft B giving motion to the pulley b which is mounted
on the shaft c. At the extremity of each end of the shaft c are fixed discs e e¹
connected with which are rods ff. g g' are vertical levers connected to the
rods ff and give a reciprocating or to and fro motion to the flat or semi circular
brush h. are horizontal slides fixed to the frame A and are used for keeping the
brush in position whilst it travels to and fro lengthwise over the piece G. The
pressure of the brush on the face of the piece G is regulated by means of the
screws, the pressure of the circular brushes H, H³, H³, H' is also regulated by
means of the hand wheels and screws k.
We will now describe the way in which the piece is moved away from the laying
on brush H whenever the machine has to be stopped.
7 is a rod employed for starting or stopping the machine, it actuates in the
ordinary way a fork not shewn in the drawing by which the belt by which the
machine is driven is shifted from the fast to the loose pulley B₁ on the driving
shaft B whenever the machine has to be stopped-the rod is coupled to one arm
of a bell crank lever m better seen in figure 2, the other arm of the lever m is
jointed to a connecting rod a coupled at its end to a lever o which has attached to it
a small connecting rod p, the rod p is attached to the section of the table pl which
moves on its hinge p². The hinged section of the table plis in this way caused to
move away from the laying on brush H whenever the belt is shifted from the fast to
the loose pulley on the driving shaft thus avoiding any damage being caused to the
piece G whilst the machine is standing.
In order to regulate the quantity of liquid required for lustring (as some goods
absorb more than others) we use a lever g and clutch coupling by which means we
are enabled to throw the worm L and coupling r in or out of gear as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is be performed we declare that what we
claim is
our said
1. In apparatus for lustring and finishing pile fabrics the combination of the table
over which the fabric is drawn, the revolving brush for supplying lustre or other
liquid to the pile, and right and left handed spiral revolving brushes for working in
the lustring or other liquid in different directions.
2. The combination of the table over which the fabric is drawn, the revolving
brush for supplying lustring or other liquid to the pile and a brush or brushes recipro-
cated to and fro in a direction lengthwise of the piece.
3. The combination of the table over which the fabric is drawn, the revolving
brush for supplying lustring or other liquid to the pile, the moveable section of the
table which is opposite to this brush and automatic mechanism for moving this section
away from the brush whenever the machine is stopped.
4. The construction of apparatus for lustring and finishing pile fabrics in such a
manner that the brush by which lustre or other liquid is supplied to the pile is
automatically separated from the fabric whenever the machine is stopped.
5. The construction of apparatus for lustring and finishing pile fabrics substan-
tially as herein before described.
Dated this 20th day of May 1000
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants.