Improvements in the Construction of Beetling Engines for Finishing and Glossing Cloth Fabrics.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Jan., 1998
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Complete Specification Left. 22nd June, 1898-Accepted 17th Sept. 1898
Complete Specification Left. 22nd June, 1898–Accepted 17th Sept. 1898
Improvements in the Construction of Beetling Engines for Finishing
and Glossing Cloth Fabrics.
I, WILLIAM JAMES MATHEWSON, of 234, Shankill Road, Belfast, County Antrim,
Ireland, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the construction of beetleing engines for
the purpose of finishing and glossing cloth fabrics, and is designed with the object of
reducing friction, number of working parts, and repairs necessary for the purpose of
working same. The revolving crank shaft at present in use I dispense with and use
instead an oscillating or rocking shaft with levers and balance weights attached to
same for purpose of working the hammer. The slides in use at present for the
purpose of sustaining the hammer in a vertical position are dispensed with and in
place thereof I use a gland or stuffing box through which passes the plunger or piston
rod attached to the spring box of the hammer and to the balanced levers thus
preventing the grit falling from the slides upon the cloth fabric and thus destroying
the material being operated upon. The hammer may be made in one piece or in
parts and jointed together extending from end to end of the beam on which the cloth
fabric is rolled upon for the purpose of receiving the blow of the hammer which gives
the finish or gloss to the cloth fabric. The beam on which the cloth fabric is rolled
has an intermittant revolving motion produced by means of a ratchet wheel and
pawl by this arrangement the beam gets a part of a revolution when the hammer is
at its top position and free from the cloth fabric thus preventing the cloth fabric
draging on the face of the hammer while the hammer is in motion. This beam not
having a rectilineal notion nor a continuous circular motion prevents the hammer
leaving a mark as of a spiral upon the cloth fabric while being operated upon as in
present machines. The beams upon which the cloth fabric is operated upon are
revolved into position under the hammer by means of compound gearing the worms
and worm wheels being dispensed with. The hammer being in one solid piece or
parts jointed together, I am enabled to reduce the number of connecting rods
required to work the hammer as in present machines the construction of hammer in
this machine requiring only one connecting rod to about every three connecting rods
required for working of the hammer in present use according to length of machine
required or I inay dispense with connecting rods and make plunger or piston rod
attached to spring box and jointed at end of balanced lever on oscillating shaft act
in place of connecting rod or rods.
Dated this 18th day of January 1898.

page_text: driving pulley pt wheel po and wheel p', for changing the beams into position driving
shaft p¹ is used for changing the beams, into the necessary position, while the cloth
fabric is being operated upon. And also for driving stripping beam which may be
either 16263.
Fig. 3 is a end elevation shewing frame a disc b upon which the beams 61 62 63 are
mounted, shaft 64 upon which the disc b is mounted, wheels 65 66 67 mounted on end
of beams 61 62 63 balanced lever i oscillating shaft k rocking lever stud or pin ¹
connecting rod m² eccentric m driving shaft n ratchet shaft o pinion o5 locking
lever filling pinion & stripping pinion 8¹.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation shewing frame a oscillating shaft k rocking lever
connecting rod o stud or pin ratchet lever o¹ pawl o2 ratchet wheel o³ ratchet
shaft of driving shaft p¹ driving pulley p2 belt p³ pulley p' on end of disc shaft b*
tension lever q tension pulley q¹ disc b, end of beam shafts 61 6² h³.
Fig. 5 is an end elevation shewing frame a pinion ps wheel pe pinion p' wheel p8.
Fig. 6 is a detail shewing part of frame a beam 6 hammer c spring d spring box e
gland plunger g connecting rod h balanced lever i oscillating shaft k driving
shaft n.
Fig. 7 is a detail of driving shaft n eccentric m connecting rod m³ rocking lever
stud or pin oscillating shaft k connecting rod o ratchet lever o¹ pawl o² ratchet
wheel o ratchet shaft o'.
Fig. 7 is a side view of parts shewn in Fig. 7.
Fig. 8 is a detail of tension lever q and tension pulley q¹.
Fig. 8A is a plan of parts shewn in Fig. 8.
Fig. 9 is a detail of locking lever r and shaft of heam b².
Fig. 9 is a plan of Fig. 9.
Fig. 10 is a detail of hammer c in elevation.
Fig. 10A is an end view of Fig. 10.
Fig. 10B is a plan of Fig. 10.
According to this invention I employ beams 61 62 63 upon which the cloth is rolled
while being operated upon by the hammer c made in one peice or parts and jointed
together extending from end to end of the beam 6' together with a spring d spring
box e plunger f gland g connecting rod h balanced lever i oscillating shaft k rocking
lever stud or pin connecting rod m¹ eccentric m driving shaft n for the purpose of
giving motion to the hammer c.
The plunger fand gland g sustains the hammer in a vertical position in place of
slides.
For the purpose of conveying the intermittent motion to the beam b¹ I employ
the oscillating shaft K rocking lever stud or pin ¹ connecting rod O ratchet
lever 01 upon which is fixed the pawl 02 working into the ratchet wheel 03
mounted on the ratchet shaft 04 upon which is also mounted the flanged pinion 06
working into the wheel 65 mounted upon the shaft of beam b¹.
For purpose of causing the requisite change in the position of the beams 61 62 63
I employ a shaft P1 on which is mounted a pulley P2 giving motion by means
of the belt P³ and tension pulley q¹ fixed on the end of tension lever q to the
pulley p mounted upon the boss of the pinion P³ running loose upon the shaft b
and gearing with the wheel P6 mounted on the boss of the pinion P7 running loose
upon the shaft 04, and gearing with the wheel P8 mounted upon the disc shaft b*
thus forming a compound gearing and put in motion as required for changing
position of beams 61 62 63.
For purpose of keeping the beam 61 62 63 in position while the cloth fabric
is being operated upon I employ a locking lever which engages itself with
the shaft of the beam 61, and prevents the disc b from altering its position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is performed I declare that what I
claim is:-