Improvements in Apparatus for Inserting Papers into the Folds of Textile Piece Goods.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 30th Sept.. 1896-4ccepted, 19th Dec., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Inserting Papers into the Folds of
Textile Piece Goods.
We, FRANK RILEY, Engineer, and EDMUND O'CONNOR Book-keeper, both of the
Elton Iron Works, Bury, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the apparatus described in the
Specifications of Letters Patent No. 858 A.D. 1893, and No. 7187 A.D. 1894.
In one improved form of paper feeding device the foot or feet by means of which
the sheets of paper are moved towards the folded cloth, is or are hinged or otherwise
suitably mounted within a reciprocating frame. Within the same frame and above
the foot or feet is a rocking shaft provided with arms or projections the ends of
which are connected by cords, chains, or the like to the feet. The rocking shaft
carries a counterweighted arm the effect of which is, normally, to hold the shaft
in such a position that the feet are held out of contact with the papers. One of
the arms or an additional arm of the rocking shaft is arranged to come into contact
with a fixed stop so that at the beginning of the stroke of the reciprocating frame,
the rocking shaft has been partially rotated and the feet have been lowered into
contact with the papers. At a certain part of the stroke the rocking shaft is freed
from engagement with the stop, the counterweight comes into action, the feet are
lifted, and the completion of the feeding of the sheet of paper is effected by fingers
attached to the reciprocating frame, which come into contact with the back edge
of the sheet. If desired the rocking shaft may have arms with inclined edges
arranged to be raised or lowered by fixed bars or stops to effect the partial rotation
of the shaft and the consequent raising or lowering of the feet.
In a modified form of feeding device the feeding feet may be arranged directly
upon and secured to the rocking shaft, which is rotated or partially rotated in the
manner already described. In a further modification the rocking shaft may be
dispensed with and the arms which are connected by chains or the like to the
feeding feet may be mounted upon the same shaft as the feet, but so as to be
capable of independent movement. The ends of the bars are operated by passing
under or against fixed bars or stops. In another form upper arms
employed and the feet themselves are counterweighted and operated separately or
collectively.
are not
The cloth folding arms or blades are operated from the reciprocating side
connecting rods of the machine. One method of operating them is to mount slides
levers or the like in the machine framing, these slides being so arranged that
projections from the side connecting rods engage with them and move each of them
in one direction. The movement in the opposite direction is preferably caused by
springs or weights. In one form each blade is attached to a slide by a leather
band or the like and is pulled in one direction as the slide moves.
Its return
motion is effected by an india-rubber cord. In another form the connecting rods
may be directly connected with the blades. If desired the blades may project
through the framing of the machine and come directly into the path of the slide
or of the connecting rods and be engaged directly thereby without the intervention
of a cord or chain.

page_text: If a quick return motion of the blades be desired, then the projections on the
slides or the connecting rods are disengaged at the end of their strokes, and allow
. the free return of the blades under the influence of springs. A convenient way of
effecting this, is, in the case of a direct engagement of the rod or slide with the
end of a blade, to cause the projection, which moves in a straight line, to turn the
blade through a sufficient angle to move the end out of its path. The continued
movement of the projection to the end of its stroke allows the sudden return of the
blade. The projection must of course be hinged or similarly arranged to pass over
the end of the blade on its backward stroke. Other means may be employed to
disengage the engaged parts, such for example as raising or lowering either of them
by means of cams or inclined planes.
Dated this 28th day of December A.D. 1895
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for Inserting Papers into the Folds of
Textile Piece Goods.
We, FRANK RILEY, Engineer, and EDMUND O'CONNOR, Book-keeper, both of the
Elton Iron Works, Bury in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the saine is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to improvements in the apparatus for inserting papers into
the folds of textile piece goods, described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted
to Joseph Hacking Riley and the above named Edmund O'Connor No. 858 dated
the 14th day of January A.D. 1893, and No. 7187 dated the 11th day of April
A.D. 1894.
Its object is to reduce the amount of vibration in and the noise made by the
machine when working and to enable the machine to be safely run at a higher
speed.
We will describe our present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings
in which :-
Figure 1 represents in sectional elevation, and
Figure 2 in partial plan, construction and arrangement which we prefer to
employ.
According to our present invention, the feet A, by means of which the papers are
fed forward towards the folded cloth, are still mounted or carried upon and by
longitudinally reciprocating bars or frames, the movement of which is effected in the
manner described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 7187 of 1894, hereinbefore
referred to, but we adopt different means and appliances for raising and lowering the
feet at the appropriate moments. We also employ different methods and devices for
operating the cloth folding blades.
We will describe our improvements as applied to one end of the machine only, it
being understood that both ends of the machine are alike except that one end is
reversed so that both sets of apparatus face the centre of the machine. The feet A are
carried at the extremity of the curved arm a upon which there is an adjustable weight a¹
and which is pinned or hinged at all to the longitudinally reciprocating transverse
bar. Usually there are two of these feet at each end of the machine, one near each
side, but there may be only one in narrow machines, or there may be more than two
in wider ones.
Each arm a is attached by a chain or cord to the outer end of an
arm C, fixed upon a rocking shaft D the ends of which are journailed in brackets E

page_text: fixed upon the reciprocating bar B. In addition to the arms C, there are fixed upon
the rocking shaft D, a weighted arm F, and a contact arm G, which may be cast or
forged together. The face of the arm & further from the centre of the machine is
smooth, and is normally inclined upwards towards the end of the machine. Further
from the outer edges of the paper, but within the limit of travel of the bar B, a
bracket H is fixed upon the machine frame, and carries at its upper end a stud or the
like I, which overhangs in the path of the arm G.
The action of this part of the apparatus is as follows:-Assuming the bar B to have
arrived at the outer limit of its travel as shewn by the dotted lines to the left of Figure 1, .
the arm G will have come into contact with the stud I, and will have been moved
thereby through a considerable angle. This motion, communicated by the consequent
corresponding motion of the rocking bar, will have depressed the arm C through a
similar angle, thereby permitting the arm and its foot A to fall by gravity upon the
top of the pile of papers. The reciprocating bar B now commences to move towards
the centre of the machine, and as it does so the arm G gradually becomes reversed
under the action of the weighted arın F. This produces upward movement of the
arm A which lifts the feet out of contact with the papers. During the remainder of
the forward motion of the bar B, and during its return to the same point the feet
remain out of contact with the papers.
The papers are fed forward whilst the feet are out of contact, by means of the
fingers K, as described in the Specification of Letters Patent last hereinbefore
referred to.
It will be understood that other devices of an equivalent nature may be employed
for effecting the angular motion of the rocking shaft. Also, the arm a, instead of
being separately pinned upon the bar B, may be fixed upon the rocking shaft in
substitution for the arm C, but in this case the arm should be sufficiently flexible to
permit the feet to act at different levels, which is inconvenient in practice. Further,
the rocking shaft may be dispensed with, and the arms a may be moved by a part
connected with each, moving along a contour bar or slot. In all cases however, we
have found that the arrangement and construction illustrated produces the best and
most certain result.
The cloth holding blades L are operated from the reciprocating side connecting
rods such as are described in the Specification of Letters Patent No. 858 of 1893
hereinbefore referred to. These rods operate, on each side of the machine, two
sliding bars M M Figure 2, in one direction by means of projecting parts in
engagement. The movement in the other direction may be effected by springs or
weights. As shewn, each blade L is connected by a leather band, cord N or the
like to a stud or hook on its slide M. This band or cord passes around a grooved
pulley so placed that the pull on the cord does not deviate very much in either
direction at any position of the arm. The return of the arm may be made by
a rubber cord R or an equivalent spring, fixed upon a hook P attached to the
frame side.
Substitutively, we may employ a lever instead of each arm L. This lever would
be fulcrumed at 7 and one end of it would be exactly similar to the arm L. The
other end might project over a slide bar M and be moved thereby, or,. if the slide
bars be omitted, it might be operated directly by the connecting rods. If a lever
be substituted for the arm L the band or cord N and the spring R may be
omitted.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is
1. In paper inserting machines of the type set forth, the hereinbefore described
devices and appliances for operating the feet upon the papers, constructed and
arranged substantially as herein before described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
2. In paper inserting machines of the type set forth, the combination and

page_text: arrangement with a rocking shaft, of an arm thereon from which the arm of a
feeding foot is suspended, of a contact arm and weighted arm also fixed on the
rocking shaft, and of a fixed contact piece adapted to displace the contact arm,
all constructed arranged and operating substantially as hereinbefore described and
as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
3. In paper inserting machines of the type set forth, devices and appliances for
operating the cloth holding blades, constructed and arranged substantially as
herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
4. In paper inserting machines of the type set forth the combination and
arrangement with each cloth holding blade, of a sliding bar actuated by the
reciprocating side connecting rods, a band or cord passing around a pulley and
connecting the blade with the sliding bar, and a spring, all constructed and arranged
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.