Improvements in Machines for Batting the Nap of Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 13th June, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 13th Apr., 1894-Accepted. 19th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Batting the Nap of Fabrics.
We, JAMES BUTTERWORTH, of Haighs Farm, Micklehurst, in the County of
Chester, Foreman-finisher, THOMAS HAUGHTON, Manager, and JOSEPH ELI
CRYER, Engineer, both of The Waterside Ironworks Co., Waterside Works,
Dukinfield, in the County aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
:-
Heretofore the nap raised on fabrics, such as, shawls, rugs, blankets, and the
like has been battered by means of sticks manipulated by hand for the purpose of
erecting the nap and by cutting its ends level produce a velvet or pile like surface
on the fabric.
Our invention has for its object to obviate the said hand labour and provide
means whereby the batting of nap is performed mechanically and much more
expedious and regular and thus a better nap or pile surface on the fabric is produced
without injury to the fabric.
To this end we form a suitable frame between which we mount at one end, in
suitable bearings, a roller adapted to support and draw at a suitable tension the
fabric to be operated upon through the machine underneath the battering sticks.
At the other end of the said frame, or on a separate frame. an adjustable tension
frame is employed to support and also retain the said fabric at the necessary
tension. On each of the said frames we mount in suitable bearings a shaft on
which are arranged to oscillate loosely two or more sockets each carrying one or
more batting sticks and being under the influence of a strong spring suitably
attached to the said socket and the frame of the machine. The said shafts carry
also arms rendered adjustable on the side of the said sockets and furnished with
an anti-friction bowl adapted to be operated upon by sickle cams fixed on a rotary
shaft also mounted in bearings on the frame. The said sticks extend across the
whole width of the fabric and strike the same in pairs alternately. They are
operated by the said sickle cams coming into contact with and moving forward the
said arms which take with it the socket and thus lift the batting sticks whilst on
the sickle cams leaving the anti-friction bowls on the socket arms the springs
attached to the sockets suddenly pull down the sticks so as to exert thereby a blow
onto the fabric.
In order to cause the said sticks to strike the nap parallel to the fabric, each
stick socket rests on a rubber block which is rendered vertically adjustable so as
to control thereby the extent of the down motion and at the same time to serve as
a buffer or cushion for the stick. The shafts carrying the said sickle cams at one
end by means of suitable gearing are geared up to a cross shaft which carries at
one end a loose and a fast pulley whereby the machine is set into motion.
The opposite end of one of the said side shafts is furnished with a worm which
imparts motion to a worm wheel fixed on the end of the shaft of the aforesaid
drawing roller. The latter we construct with a segmental periphery covered with
card clothing or otherwise provided with teeth, the intermediate spaces being filled
up by plain flaps hinged thereto. Each end of the said flaps is furnished with an
anti-friction bowl or a projection adapted to come into contact with a fixed pro-
jection which opens the said flaps successively when arriving at the delivery, or
outer end of the machine, so as to lift the fabric out of the teeth of the roller and
thus selfactingly strip it therefrom which prevents a great deal of damage to the
fabric. However in lieu of the drawing roller described, one without flaps may
be employed but which of course requires attention and is thus not selfstripping.

page_text: The raising of the nap may be done by hand or mechanically before the batting
either separately or in the batting machine described specially adapted for the
purpose.
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1000
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Batting the Nap of Fabrics.
We, JAMES BUTTERWORTH, of Haighs Farm, Micklehurst, in the County of
Chester, Foreman-finisher, THOMAS HAUGHTON, Manager, and JOSEPH ELI
CRYER, Engineer, both of The Waterside Ironworks Co., Waterside Works,
Dukinfield, in the County aforesaid, 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 :-
To produce a velvet or pile like surface upon fabric intended for rugs, blankets,
and the like, heretofore the erection of the nap raised thereon has been effected
by means of batting sticks manipulated by hand, which is a very slow and tedious
operation.
Our invention has for its object to obviate the said hand labour and provide
means whereby the batting of nap is performed mechanically, and thus, such
operation, rendered much more expedious and regular without injury to the
fabric.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an end view of a batting
machine constructed in accordance with our invention.
Fig. 4 is a cross section of a modification of the delivery roller,
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Fig. 5 a side view and Fig. 6 a cross section of the batting stick mechanism.
In carrying out our invention we form a suitable frame a between which we
mount at one end in suitable bearings, a roller c adapted to support and draw at
a suitable tension the fabricd to be operated upon through the machine underneath
the batting sticks e. At the other end of the frame a, or on a separate frame a¹,
an adjustable tension frame or rollers f, mounted in swivels 11, are employed to
support and also retain the fabric d at the necessary tension. At the side on each
of the frames a, we mount in suitable bearings g a shaft h on which are arranged
to oscillate loosely two or more sockets i each carrying one or more batting sticks e
and being under the influence of a strong spring k one end of which is attached to
a segmental pulley formed on the socket i and the other end to the frame a of
the machine. To the shafts are also fulcrumed arms / rendered adjustable on
the side of the sockets i by means of a bolt m and furnished with an anti-fr.ction
bowl n adapted to be operated upon by sickle or other suitable cams o fixed upon
a rotary shaft p also mounted in bearings q on the side of the frame a. The
batting sticks e extend across the whole width of the fabric d and strike the same
in pairs alternately. They are raised by the sickle or other suitable cams o
coming into contact with the anti friction bowls or projections n and moving
forward the arms which turns the sockets i and segmental pulleys ¹ and thus
lifts the batting sticks e whilst on the sickle or other suitable cams o leaving the
anti-friction bowls or projections n, the springs k attached to the segmental
pulleys suddenly pull down the batting sticks e and thereby exert a blow onto
the fabric d.
In order to cause the batting sticks e to strike the nap parallel to the fabric d,
each stick socket i is adapted to rest on a rubber block t which is rendered

page_text: vertically adjustable by such as a screw so as to control thereby the extent of the
down motion and at the same time to serve as a buffer or cushion for the batting
stick e.
The shafts p carrying the sickle or other suitable cams o at one end by
means of suitable gearing, say bevel wheels ", are geared up to a cross shaft u¹
which carries at one end a loose and a fast pulley u' & u³ whereby the machine is
set into motion.
The opposite end of one of the side shafts p is furnished with a worm pl which
imparts motion to a worm wheel p³ fixed on the end of the shaft v of the drawing
roller c.
The latter we construct with a segmental periphery 'covered with card
clothing or otherwise provided with teeth, the intermediate spaces being filled up
by plain flaps hinged thereto. The end of the flaps are each furnished with
an anti-friction bowl or a projection w adapted to come into contact with a fixed
projection on the frame of the machine which opens the flaps v successively
when arriving at the delivery or outer end of the machine, so as to lift the fabric d
out of the teeth of the roller c and thus selfactingly strip it therefrom which
prevents a great deal of damage to the fabric d. However in lieu of the drawing
roller c described, one without flaps may be employed but which of course
requires attention and is thus not selfstripping unless an oscillating comb a is
employed, as shown in Fig. 4, to strip against the fabric d.
According to a modification of our invention, see Figs. 5 & 6, the batting
arrangement described may be duplicated, viz., one or more sets of batting sticks
may be similarly employed and operated in connection with each side of the fabric
so as to raise the nap on both sides simultaneously.
The raising of the nap may be done by hand or mechanically before the batting
either separately or in the batting machine described specially adapted for the
purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim, is―
"In machines for batting the nap of fabrics."
1st. The general construction and combination of parts constituting our
improvements operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2nd. A batting stick socket i suitably fulcrumed, under the influence of a
spring k and having attached an antifriction bowl or projection w in combination
with a rotating cam o, the latter being adapted to act upon the said bowl or
projection and thereby raise the batting stick and the said spring k to pull down
the batting stick suddenly when the cam leaves the said bowl or projection,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
3rd. A support furnished with an elastic surface rendered adjustable relative to
the batting stick socket i and adapted to receive and control the batting stick in
its down movement, substantially as set forth.
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1100
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.