Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Finishing Woven Driving Belting.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Oct., 1891-Accepted, 5th Dec., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Finishing Woven
Driving Belting.
I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street Pendleton in the County of
Lancaster Manufacturer of Machine Belting do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
My said invention relates to a mode of finishing the edges of woven driving
belting so as to consolidate, smooth and polish the same and thus render such
belting more lasting and less liable to fray, cut or catch, especially when the
said belting is run over or between or through guides or shifting forks as is
frequently the case. In addition to these practical advantages, belting having the -
edges finished and smoothed in the manner proposed according to my invention, has a
better and more taking appearance to the eve especially when in the coil or in stock.
According to my invention I make use of rapidly revolving discs grooved at the
periphery the edges of the belting entering the said grooves and so becoming
acted upon by the discs. Under the simplest arrangement, two such grooved discs
are placed opposite to each other, one on each side of the belting.
The discs are so mounted as to be capable of adjustment towards and away
from each other thus fitting any breadth of belting which it may be desired to
pass between them. The grooves in the discs press upon the edges and also to a
certain extent above and beneath. The discs are rotated rapidly by any suitable
means and the belting is passed slowly between the revolving discs the edges being
consolidated, finished, smoothed and polished by the action of the discs to.any
requisite degree. The said edge finishing operation is carried into effect after.the.
belting has been dipped, steeped, painted, coated or saturated with oil, paint or
other suitable or usual dressing or liquid compound. I allow the said paint or
dressing to dry thoroughly upon the belting before submitting it to the polishing
discs. The discs remove any roughnesses or unevennesses caused by unequal deposit
of the paint and finally finish the edges as set forth. I may use two or any other
suitable number of revolving polishing discs, and in addition to such discs I might
if thought desirable use following brushes or wipers either revolving or stationary
to remove any loose matter which might be left by the polishing discs. I do not
however anticipate that any such auxiliary means will be necessary. The belting
might be subjected to the action of the said polishing means either as a separate
and independent operation or the edges might be polished during the course of
any treatment to which the belting is usually submitted after painting or
saturating the same, for example during the operation of stretching the belting.
The grooves in the discs might be perfectly smooth or they might in some cases be
roughened especially if two or more discs were used in succession in which case
the leading disc might be slightly roughened and the finishing disc perfectly
smooth. I do not limit myself to any particular method of mounting or driving
the said finishing discs as it will be evident that this might be done in a variety
of ways.
Dated this 30th day of January 1801
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and in Means for Finishing Woven
Driving Belting.
I FRANK REDDAWAY of Cheltenham Street, Pendleton, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer of Machine Belting 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 and accompanying
drawings:-
My said invention relates to a mode of finishing the edges of woven driving
belting so as to consolidate, smooth and polish the same and thus render such
belting more lasting and less liable to fray cut or catch especially when the
said belting is run over or between or through guides or shifting forks as is
frequently the case. In addition to these practical advantages belting having the
edges finished and smoothed in the manner proposed according to my invention has a
better and more taking appearance to the eye especially when in the coil or in
stock. According to my invention I make use of rapidly revolving discs grooved
at the periphery the edges of the belting entering the said grooves and so becoming
acted upon by the discs.
Under the simplest arrangement two such grooved discs are placed opposite to
each other one on each side of the belting. The discs are so mounted as to be
capable of adjustment towards and away from each other thus fitting any breadth
of belting which it may be desired to pass between them. The grooves in the
discs press upon the edges and also to a certain extent above and beneath. The
dises are rotated rapidly by any suitable means and the belting is passed slowly
between the revolving discs the edges being consolidated finished smoothed and
polished by the action of the discs to any requisite degree.
The said edge finishing operation is carried into effect after the belting has
been dipped, steeped, painted, coated or saturated with oil, paint or other suitable
or usual dressing or liquid compound. I allow the said paint or dressing to dry
thoroughly upon the belting before submitting it to the polishing discs. The discs
remove any roughnesses or unevennesses caused by unequal deposit of the paint and
finally finish the edges as set forth. I may use two or any other suitable number
of revolving polishing discs and in addition to such discs I might if thought
desirable use following brushes or wipers either revolving or stationary to remove
any loose matter which might be left by the polishing discs. I do not however
anticipate that any such auxiliary means will be necessary.
The belting might be subjected to the action of the said polishing means either
as a separate and independent operation or the edges might be polished during the
course of any treatment to which the belting is usually submitted after painting or
saturating the same, for example during the operation of stretching the belting.
The grooves in the discs might be perfectly smooth or they might in some cases
be roughened especially if two or more discs were used in succession in which case
the leading disc might be slightly roughened and the finishing disc perfectly
smooth. I do not limit myself to any particular method of mounting or driving
the said finishing discs as it will be evident that this might be done in a variety
of ways.
In order that the foregoing general description of my invention may be made
perfectly clear I will now proceed to illustrate and describe the same more
particularly so that skilled persons may properly understand and be enabled to
carry the invention into practical effect.
On the annexed sheet of drawings
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of a portion of a machine suitable for finishing
the edges of woven belting in accordance with my invention.

page_text: Is a Cross Section LL the nine A D. Tig. 1, looking towards ՆԱԵՂԵ
marked X.
Fig. 3 is a diagram of the mode of driving the spindles of the finishing discs.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of a finishing disc.
This
The machine consists of a side framing a supported on end standards b. The
foot of the standard is broken off in the drawing for want of space.
machine may be made for the specific purpose of passing the belting through and
finishing its edges during the passage in which case the rollers would be simply
nipping rollers between which the belting would be pulled by a beaming roller or by
similar nipping rollers at the other end of the machine. Or the machine might be
such as I at present use to stretch belting for example, in which case the rollers
would be one of the sets of stretching rollers which I employ and the rollers d would
represent the measuring rollers used to measure the belting as it is passed through
the machine. For a clear representation and description of a complete stretching
machine I might refer the reader to the Specification attached to my Letters Patent
No. 9106 of the year 1886. Upon the side frames a I rig up the apparatus which
really constitutes the subject matter of my present invention. The arrangement is
carried on brackets e bolted to the side frames a and connected by cross stays f
which are turned and finished so as to act as slides to carry the adjustable sleeves g
in which the spindles of the finishing discs i run. The sleeves 9 have
bosses ggg the bosses g¹ and y being occupied by the stays while the bosses 92
are threaded to receive the right and left hand screws which are cut upon the
adjusting spindle j. The screwed spindle can be turned by either of the
bandles & so as to cause the sleeves gg with their spindles and finishing discs to
approach or recede towards or from each other. The discs i may have a single
smooth groove or two grooves as shown in Fig. 2 or the grooves may be roughened
or the discs may be cut away at intervals to present edges throughout the
circumference of the groove or the grooves in the discs might be otherwise shaped
or fashioned to suit the material to be treated or the tastes of the user. I might
use one disc on each edge of the belting or two or more discs arranged in
succession. To drive the disc i I provide the upper ends of the spindles / with
pullies m and on the brackets e I bolt steps nn. The bracket n supports an
adjustable carrier pulley o and the bracket carries the foot of an upright shaft /
to which a pulley p is secured. The pullies mmo and p are all in the same
horizontal plane and are arranged relatively to each other as indicated dia-
gramatically in Fig. 3 so that a single belt 7 driven by the pulley p operates the
two pullies m m and consequently the spindles and finishing discs.
It will be seen
that the alteration of the position of the pullies m m will have practically no effect
upon the driving and any slackness in the belt can be taken up by shifting the
pulley o outwards. In Fig. 2 the belt having its edges finished is represented by
the black line a and is also indicated in Fig. 1. The belt is led in the direction
of the arrow Fig. 1 over the usual table and between the ordinary adjustable
curved guides s to the rollers cc and d d to the finishing discs i which have been
previously adjusted to the width of belting being treated and whereby the edges of
the belting are finished and smoothed. The exact arrangement of parts indicated
in the drawings may be modified without departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. Finishing and smoothing the edges of woven belting by means of revolving
grooved discs arranged and operating substantially as described and illustrated.
2. The apparatus for finishing and smoothing the edges of woven belting
consisting of grooved revolving finishing discs carried on spindles in brackets
capable of adjustment towards and from each other by means of a right and left
hand screw, the spindles being rotated in the manner shown or by equivalent means
substantially as herein before described and shown.

page_text: 3. The general construction arrangement and combination of parts forming my
improved means for finishing and smoothing the edges of woven belting substan-
tially as hereinbefore described and shown.
Dated this 29th day of October 1891
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James' Square, Manchester, Agents.