IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS AND FIBROUS MATERIALS." OR OTHER
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Patterson, of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS AND FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
OR OTHER
Scaled the 18th August 1871, and dated the 27th February 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Patterson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th February 1871.
I, JOHN PATTERSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS AND FIBROUS OR
OTHER MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in applying the machinery for hammering for
which Letters Patent were granted to Alfred Vincent Newton on the
24th day of March 1866, No. 872, to impart the requisite motion to the
stampers of beetling machines, whereby the fabrics or other materials

page_text: are beetled more expeditiously than heretofore. The stampers are sus-
pended to the springs described in the said Patent and they are guided
below by rails, straps, bands, or bridles to avoid friction. The 3 or other
convenient number of beams on which the fabric is wound are supported
in discs mounted on a central axle, so that while the fabric is being 5
beetled on one beam the fabric that has been beetled may be unwound
and taken away, or it may be rewound on the spare beam and aired or
cooled before it is beetled over again, or fresh fabrics may be wound on
the empty beam. During the operation of beetling the beam is moved
slowly round on its axle by a worm and wheel or other gearing, and a 1
lateral to-and-fro motion is given to the beam by a bowl or friction
pulley taking or working into a diagonal groove on the boss of a flanged
pinion gearing into a wheel on the axle of the beam, or by other
equivalent gearing. The beam on which the fabric is being wound is
turned round by a friction pulley acting on a disc or other gearing.
In some cases the lateral to-and-fro motion of the beam may be
dispensed with, and the same effect produced by making the lower part
of the stampers diagonal, or two sets of stampers may be used the joints
of which are not in the same line.
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The above machinery may be used for softening hemp, flax, or other 2
fibres or yarus or other materials.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Patterson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 25th August 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN ?
PATTERSON, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in 3
the thirty-fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said John Patterson, Her special
license that I, the said John Patterson, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Patterson, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others;

page_text: from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR BEETLING WOVEN FABRICS AND FIBROUS OR OTHER MATERIALS," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Patterson, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Patterson, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention consists in applying the machinery for hammering for
which Letters Patent were granted to Alfred Vincent Newton on the
Twenty-fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
six, Number 872, to impart the requisite motion to the stampers of
beetling machines, whereby the fabrics or other materials are beetled
more expeditiously than heretofore. The beams on which the fabric
is wound are supported in discs mounted on a central axle, so that
while the fabric is being beetled on one beam, the fabric that has been
beetled may be unwound and taken away, or it may be rewound on
the spare beam, and aired or cooled before it is beetled over again,
or fresh fabrics may be wound on the empty beam.
In some cases the lateral to-and-fro motion of the beam may be
dispensed with, and the same effect produced by making the lower part
of the stampers diagonal.
The above machinery inay be used for softening hemp, flax, or other
fibres or yarns, and for other purposes.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the two accompanying
Sheets of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
On Sheet 1, Fig. 1, is a side view, and Fig. 2 an end elevation of
my improved beetling machinery suitable for operating upon woven

page_text: Tabrics, and
machine.
On Sheet 4, Fig
FASTCISC
VI
In these views a, a, are the sido standards, to which are fixed the
pedestals b, b, supporting the shaft c, which is driven by steam or other
power. The plummer blocks or steps of the shaft c, may be acted upon
by vertical screws connected by a cross shaft and bevel gear to vary
the level of the shaft according to the quantity of fabric wound on the
cloth beam. On the shaft c are as many eccentrics c', as there are
stampers in the beetle, in this instance I have shown ten eccentrics
which give motion to the stampers d, d, by means of the bridles c³, the
rods which are secured into the sockets of the bridles by set screws,
the springs fixed to the ends of the rods e, and the leather or other
straps which pass through the stampers d; this mode of connecting
the stampers to the eccentrics on the shaft c is similar to that described
in the Patent above referred to, granted to Alfred Vincent Newton,
on the Twenty-fourth day of March, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six, Number 872, for "An Improved Construction of Power
Hammer," I wish to observe that only the first and last stamper
of the set are shewn in Fig. 1, to avoid useless repetition. The
stampers are made by preference of a cast-iron block into which
a piece of wood is secured, but other materials may be used, and they
are guided in wooden slides fixed to the beam h, which connects the
two side standards. The fabric to be beetled is wound on either of the
beams i, j, or k, the axles of these beams are supported in bearings in
the discs, which are keyed on the central axle m, supported in bearings
in the side standards. In some cases it may be desirable to employ more
than three cloths beams. During the operation of beetling the beam i
is turned slowly round on its axis by the bevel pinion on the end
of the driving shaft c, this pinion gears into the wheel at the upper
end of the shaft ', to the lower end of which is fixed the worm n³
gearing into the wheel o which is keyed on the shaft o', and on the
same shaft is the flanged pinion o gearing into the wheel keyed
on the axle of the beam i. The lateral to-and-fro motion is also given
to the beam i during the operation of beetling by means of the diagonal
grooved boss o³ fast to the flanged pinion of, the groove of the said boss
fitting the bowl or friction pulley p, the stud of which is free to revolve
in a bracket fixed to one of the side standards. The flanged pinion oº,
and the grooved boss are connected to the shaft o' by a key and

page_text: groove, consequently as the shaft revolves the bowl p imparts a lateral
to-and-fro motion to the boss o³ and pinion o³, the flanges of which.
take hold of the wheel it, and thereby impart the same motion to the
beam i.
The mode of operation is as follows:-The cloth to be beetled is now
supposed to be wound on the beam i, and so long as the driving strap
is on the fast pulley on the shaft c the stampers & will act in regular
succession on the cloth or in any other required succession, according to
the relative position of the eccentrics on the shaft c, and as the cloth
beam receives a rotary as well as a to-and-fro motion, it is evident that
every portion of the surface of the cloth beam is acted upon by the
stampers until the required beetling finish is obtained, the force of the
blow can be regulated or modified by varying the velocity of the crank
shaft or the weight of the stampers. While the fabric is being bcctled
on the beam i, the fabric that has been beetled is unwound by means
of the pulley r, and pinion on the shaft, the said pinion gearing
into the wheel j' on the axle of the beam j, and as fast as the cloth is
unwound off the beam k it is wound on the beam ; which is turned
round by the said pulley r and pinion 7, or by a friction pulley acting
on the face of the wheel j¹, or other convenient means. In stripping tho
cloth from the beam & by beaming it on to the beam ; in the direction
indicated by the arrows in Fig. 3 it is evident that the inner surface
of the cloth on the beam & becomes the outer surface on the beam j,
consequently when by turning the discs Zone-third round in the direc-
tion of the arrow (by a worm gearing into the wheel m³, see Fig. 1, or
other suitable gearing) the beam j assumes the position of the beam i,
the stampers act on the opposite surface of the fabric to that on which
they acted before.
When necessary the fabric is unwound by the pinion 7ª³, and plaited
down or otherwise disposed of, and in some cases it may be found
desirable to air or cool the fabric as it passes from one beam to another
by means of currents of air produced by a revolving fan, or by taking
it over suitable guide rollers.
Instead of operating upon the fabric wound on a beam as shewn
and described the fabric may be laid on a table of the ordinary
construction.
In some cases the lateral to-and-fro motion of the beam on which
the fabric is wound when being beetled may be dispensed with, and the

page_text: same effect produced by making the lower part of the stampers diagonal
as shown in Fig. 4, this part of my Invention is applicable to the
stampers of ordinary beetles.
Fig. 5 represents a modification of my Invention in which two sets of
stampers placed horizontally are worked by the same crank shaft, as
most of the parts in this modification are similar to those shewn in
Figs. 1, 2, and 3 they are marked with corresponding letters of reference.
In order to reduce the friction, I support the stampors d by means of
radial links d.
The stampers actuated in the manner above described, may be used:
for softening hemp, flax, and other fibres and yarns, and for stamping
or crushing animal, vegetable, and mineral substances, or materials.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, I claim,―
First. The clastic and flexible connection between the stampers of
beetles and the crank shaft for the purposes substantially as set forth.
Secondly. The application of the said elastic and flexible connection
between the crank shaft and the stamper when used for softening
fibrous substances and yarns and for stamping or crushing animal,
vegetable, and mineral substances or materials.
Thirdly. The arrangement of three or more cloth beams as shewn and
described.
And, lastly. The modes of constructing the stampers of beetles as
shewn and described in reference to Fig. 4 whereby the to-and-fro end
motion of the cloth beam is dispensed with.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Patterson, have hereto set
my hand and scal, this Ninetconth day of August One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-onc.
TOUN DAYBEDSON