IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING OR MARKING CLOTH"
Year: 1883

page_text: ´LETTERS PATENT to James Farmer of Salford in the County of Lancaster for
an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING
OR MARKING CLOTH"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Farmer at the Office'
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th August 1883.
JAMES FARMER of Salford in the county of Lancaster, "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING CLOTH"
This invention is designed to print or stamp the number of yards contained in
a piece of cloth at intervals of (say) five yards, and the apparatus is constructed
chiefly with a view to work in conjunction with creasing and measuring machines,
but it may also be made to work with other machines through which cloth is
passing if it is required to measure and mark the same into lengths.
In carrying out my invention as applied to a creasing and measuring machine
I mount a toothed wheel upon the shaft of the ordinary measuring drum or roller
round which the cloth passes. This wheel gears with a similar wheel upon a shaft
mounted in suitable bearings in front of the said measuring drum or roller so that
the printing surface of a marking apparatus (hereinafter described) is caused to
revolve upon this shaft at the same speed as the cloth which travels on the surface
of the measuring drum.
The marking apparatus is constructed as follows:-
Upon the shaft last above mentioned I fix a disc or plate rather less in diameter
than the wheels of the above driving gear and this disc carries two chain pulleys
over which passes a chain carrying a series of numbered types or marking
surfaces.
As one of these pulleys is caused to make a part of a revolution at every fifth
revolution of the measuring drum or roller the cloth will be marked at every five
yards of the piece which marking will continue for one hundred yards without
repetition, there being twenty differently numbered types in the series.
The intermittent revolution of this pulley is effected by a star wheel driven by a
pin or pins upon a disc or plate forming part of or attached to a spur wheel

page_text: mounted on a stud fixed in the disc upon which the chain and pulleys are carried.
This spur wheel is actuated through a train of wheels mounted upon another stud
in the disc and driven by a pinion mounted, on the shaft upon which the disc
revolves, but not revolving with it
In order to prevent the possibility of any one of the types from coming into
printing position out of its due course I construct the star wheel which drives the
chain pulley with notches which are held by the periphery of the disc which
carries the pin or pins until the latter comes round again to act on the star-wheel,
notches being cut in the periphery of the said disc to allow of clearance for the
star wheel when actuated by the pin or pins.
The actuated chain pulley is so mounted on its spindle as to be readily loosened
therefrom in order to allow the types to be brought back to zero when the machine
is at rest.
In order to bring the types into the proper position for marking the edges of
various widths of cloth the disc and the pinion are made to slide upon the shaft
and to be adjusted thereon in any convenient manner. For this purpose I prefer
to mount the pinion rigidly on an arm which slides upon and is adjusted to a fixed
rod stretching across the machine.
An inking rollor or pad is provided to supply the types with ink before they
mark the cloth.
I would here remark that although I have described this apparatus when
designed to mark off or measure every five yards of cloth I do not confine myself
to this distance or number of yards as with slight alterations the apparatus might
be made to mark at other intervals either greater or less as desired

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said James Farmer in the Patent Office on the 23rd February 1884.
JAMES FARMER of Salford in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND MARKING "CLOTH
"'
This invention is designed to print or stamp the number of yards contained in
a piece of cloth at intervals of (say) five yards, and the apparatus is constructed
chiefly with a view to work in conjunction with creasing and measuring machines,
but it may also be made to work with other machines through which cloth is
passing if it is required to measure and mark the same into lengths.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof and have marked
the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with those in the
following explanation thereof
Fig. 1. on the annexed drawing is a side elevation and Fig. 2. a plan view of
my improved marking apparatus as applied to the frame of a creasing and
measuring machine. Figs 3. 4. 5 and 6 represent details hereinafter referred to.
a, a is part of the frame of the machine and b, b is the measuring drum or
cylinder round which the cloth passes.
Upon the shaft c, e of this drum I mount a toothed wheel d, d.
This wheel gears with a similar wheel e; e of the same diameter upon a
shaft f, f mounted in suitable bearings fixed on the frame a, a in front of the said
measuring drum or cylinder b, b so that the printing surface of a marking
apparatus (hereafter described) is caused to revolve upon this shaft ƒ ƒ at the
same speed as the cloth which travels on the surface of the measuring drum b, b.
The marking apparatus is constructed as follows: Upon the shaft f. f above
mentioned I fix a disc or plate g, g rather less in diameter than the wheels d, and e
of the above driving gear and this disc g, g carries two chain pulleys h, h¹ over
which passes a chain i, i carrying a series of (say) twenty numbered types or
marking surfaces k, k. As one of these pulleys h¹ is caused to make a part of a
revolution at every fifth revolution of the measuring drum or roller b, b (the
circumference of which is one yard) the cloth will be marked at every five
yards of the piece, which marking will continue for one hundred yards without
repetition.
The intermittent revolution of this pulley h¹ is effected by a star wheel 7, 1 (see
enlarged views Figs 5 and 6) driven by a pin or pins m, m upon a disc or
plate n, n forming part of or attached to a spur wheel o, o (see Fig. 3) mounted
on a stud p fixed in the disc g, g upon which the chain i, i and pulleys h, h¹ are
carried.
This spur wheel o, o is actuated through a train of wheels q, q mounted upon
another stud r on the disc g g and driven by a pinion s, 8 mounted on the shaft f, f
upon which this disc revolves but not revolving with it.
In order to prevent the possibility of any one of the types k, k from coming into
printing position out of its due course I construct the star wheel Z, which drives
the chain pulley h' with notches which are held by the periphery of the disc or
plate n, n which carries the pin or pins m, m until the latter come round again to
act on the star wheel; notches being cut in the periphery of the said disc to allow
clearance for the star wheel when actuated by the pin or pins (see Figs 5 and 6)
The actuated chain pulley h¹ is so mounted on its spindle as to be readily loosened
therefrom in order to allow the types k, k to be brought back to the starting point
when the machine is at rest.

page_text: In order to bring the types l, into the proper position for marking the edges of
various widths of cloth the disc g g and the pinion 8, 8 are made to slide together
upon the shaft and to be adjusted thereon in any convenient manner; for this
purpose I prefer to mount the pinion 8, a rigidly on an arm t, t which slides and is
adjustable upon a fixed rod u 2 stretching across the machine. This arm t, t also
prevents the pinion 8, a from revolving.
An inking roller or pad v, v is provided to supply the type with ink before they
mark the cloth.
I prefer to make the inking pad as shown in slightly enlarged section at Fig. 4.
in the form of a hollow pulley or drum v, v having two rows of holes near the
outaide odges for the purpose of sewing on a cloth pad v, v, and a central row of
holes to allow the ink or cloth to have access to the inside of the pad in order to
saturate the same.
I would here. remark that although I have described this apparatus when
designed to mark off or measure every five yards of the cloth I do not confine
myself to this distance or number of yards as with slight alterations the apparatus
might be made to mark at other intervals either greater or less as desired.
It will also be evident that the measuring and marking apparatus above
described may be used either by itself or in conjunction with any other machine,
by providing the apparatus with a measuring drum (similar to the drum b, b) and
driving the same in a suitable manner.
Having now described the nature and object of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed I wish it to be, understood that I claim as my
invention
The combination with a measuring drum of the marking apparatus constructed
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the drawings annexed
for the purpose of measuring and marking cloth, into lengths of five yards or into
other desired lengths.
In witness whereof I the said James Farmer: have hereunto set my hand and
seal this twenty first day of February in the year of. our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.