AN IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HOOKING MARKING AND COUNTING WEBS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF HANDKERCHIEFS OR FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1885

page_text: We JOHN HAMILTON of Otter Lodge Dromore County Down Ireland Factory
Manager and RICHARD WOODS of 18 Wellesley Avenue Belfast County Antrim
Ireland Manager do hereby declare the nature of said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR MEASURING HOOKING MARKING AND COUNTING WEBS FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF HANDKERCHIEFS OR FOR ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
" to be as
follows:-
Our Invention has for its object to supersede the hand labor at present necessary
for marking webs of textile fabric at certain predetermined distances for sub-
sequent operations such as cutting and folding preparatory to hemming (and if
necessary also printing) the web at the necessary parts to form handkerchiefs or
other articles.
According to our Invention we construct a reel or frame over or around which is
passed the strip or web of fabric to be marked. This reel or frame consists of a
number of arms attached to and radiating from two carriers one at each end of
a shaft or spindle fitted to rotate in suitable standards or supports. These arms
are slotted to receive the ends of rods or bars which extend across the apparatus
from the radiating arms on one side of the apparatus to the corresponding arm on
the opposite side.
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These bars are provided with pins, which pins as the reel or frame rotates with
the fabric passing over or around its puncture the said fabric at equal distance
along its edge or edges to mark where the severing is to be effected. The
connecting bars are fitted to slide in the slots in the radiating arms and may be
adjusted in position nearer to or further from the outer ends of the said arms so as
to increase or decrease the distance between the pins and so vary the distance
apart of the marks in the direction of the length of the web of fabric. This
movement may be effected by any suitable means for example we arrange parallel
and in close proximity to the rotating shaft of the recl or frame a right and left
handed screw spindle supported in the casting carrying the radiating arins and
passing through blocks provided with corresponding internal screw threads and
fitted to slide upon the shaft of the reel or frame. These blocks are connected by

page_text: suitable links or stretchers to the opposite ends of the rods carrying the marking
points hereinbefore referred to so that by rotating the screwed spindle the blocks
will be caused to slide along the shaft of the reel and the rods to be slidden in the
slots in the radiating arms nearer to or further from their ends, thus the distance
between the rods containing the marking points will be increased or diminished
and the distances between the marks on the fabric will thus be regulated according
to the direction in which the screwed spindle is turned.
For the purpose of simultaneously marking the distance for turning down or
forming the hem on the severed lengths another set of radiating slotted arms is
provided in addition to those first mentioned These additional arms carry bars
like those provided on the other arms and they may be arranged so that they can
be adjusted in the slots in the arms at the same time and by the same mechanism
which is employed to operate the bars of the first mentioned arms but the additional
arms and their links or stretchers are so connected to the said operating parts
that they can be moved independently of the other arms and bars to regulate the
width of hem marked by them.
To ensure marking so that the mark is not obliterated the reel as it rotates
causes the marking pins or points to dip into a vessel containing a suitable
marking fluid, the said vessel being raised and lowered to accommodate its position
to the position of the bars carrying the pins by a screw arrangement or otherwise.
The fabric is preferably pressed onto the marking points by a rotating presser
acted upon by a spring or its equivalent and may be fed to the apparatus through
suitable guides.
As the reel rotates it may impart motion through the intervention of suitable
gearing to a counting apparatus so as to indicate the number of lengths or
handkerchiefs marked off on the web and it may also actuate a stamp so as to
cause the said stamp to be brought against the fabric periodically to mark the
numbers of handkerchiefs in a length say for example to mark every twelfth
handkerchief as it passes through the apparatus.
In place of the hereinbefore described arrangement for altering the relative
position of the pins any other suitable arrangement may be employed, for example
there may be a central bevel wheel at each end of the machine gearing with bevel
wheels on the ends of screws working in screw boxes in the blocks by which the
rods or bars carrying the pins are supported in the slotted arms so that the said
blocks and consequently the said rods or bars can be raised or lowered by simply
rotating the central bevel wheel and thus working the said screws in their nuts in
the said blocks and thereby raising or lowering the bars or rods in the arms
according to the direction in which the bevel wheels are rotated.
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said John Hamilton
and Richard Woods.

page_text: Analogous Purposes.
We JOHN HAMILTON of Otter Lodge Dromare County Down, Ireland, Factory
Manager and RICHARD WOODS of 18 Wellesley Avenue Belfast County Antrim
Ireland Manager 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:-
Our Invention has for its object to provide apparatus destined to supersede the
hand labour at present necessary for marking webs of textile fabric at certain
predetermined distances for subsequent operations such as cutting and folding
preparatory to hemming and if necessary also printing the said web at the necessary
parts to forin handkerchiefs or other articles.
We will describe the Invention with reference to the accompanying Drawing
Figure 1 of which is a side elevation. Figure 2 is a plan and Figure 3 is an
elevation of part of the machine the view being at right angles to that of
Figure 1.
According to our invention we construct a reel or frame over or around which is
passed the strip or web of fabric to be marked. This reel or frame consists of a
number of arms a attached to and radiating from four carriers A two at each end
of a shaft or spindle B fitted to rotate in a suitable framework or standards or
supports. At each end of the shaft one of the carriers A is fixed thereto and the
other loose thereon but capable of being adjusted and fastened to the fixed carrier
as hereinafter described. The arms a are slotted to receive the ends of rods or
bars C which extend across the apparatus from the radiating arms a on one side
of the apparatus to the corresponding arms a on the opposite side.
These bars C are provided with pins c which pins as the reel or frame rotates
with the fabric passing over or around it puncture the said fabric at equal distance
along its edge or edges to mark where the severing or other operation is to be
effected. The connecting bars C are fitted to slide in the slots a² in the radiating
arms a and may be adjusted in position nearer to or further from the outer
ends of the said arms so as to increase or decrease the distance between the pins ċ
and so vary the distance apart of the marks in the direction of the length of the
web of fabric. This movement may be effected by any suitable means for example
we arrange parallel and in close proximity to the rotating shaft B of the reel or
frame, a right and left handed screw spindle D supported in the casting carrying
the radiating arms and passing through blocks e provided with corresponding
internal screw threads and fitted to slide upon the shaft B of the reel or frame.
These blocks e are connected by suitable links or stretchers E to the opposite ends
of the rods C carrying the marking points hereinbefore referred to so that by
rotating the screwed spindle D the blocks e will be caused to slide along the shaft B
of the reel and the rods C to be slidden in the slots a³ in the radiating arms &

page_text: nearer to or further from their ends whereby the distance between the said rods
and consequently the marking points c, will be increased or diminished, and the
distances between the marks on the fabric will thus be regulated according to the
direction in which the screwed spindle is turned, illustrates a handle and gear
for turning the said spindle.
For the purpose of simultaneously marking the distance for turning down or
forming the hem or border on the severed lengths, another set of radiating slotted
arms a is provided in addition to those first mentioned. These additional arms
carry bars C like those provided on the other arms and they may be arranged and
provided with links or stretchers E so that they can be adjusted in the slots in
their arms at the same time and by the same mechanism as that which is employed
to operate the bars of the first mentioned arms but the additional arms and their
links or stretchers are so connected to the said operating parts that they can be
moved independently of the other arms and bars to regulate the width of hem
marked by them. For this purpose the set of arms first mentioned for marking
the lines of division of the handkerchiefs and the other set of arms for inarking
the hem are fixed in the different pairs of carriers A, one pair fixed to the shaft
and the other pair loose on the shaft but capable of being fastened to the fixed
pair and the relative position of the two sets of arms is fixed by segmental slotted
pieces a³ and set screws a*. The stretchers of the set of arms for marking the
hems are jointed to the other stretchers that they can move in both directions
this may be effected by any convenient kind of joint such as what is known as the
universal joint.
To ensure marking so that the mark is not obliterated the reel as it rotates
causes the marking pins or points c to dip into a vessel containing, or touch a
surface saturated with a suitable marking fluid, the said vessel or surface being
raised and lowered to accommodate its position to the position of the bars carrying
the pins by a screw arrangement or otherwise. In the drawing such a surface is
shewn at g mounted in a vessel h adjustable in height by being slidden up and
down in a guide by means of the screwed spindle i. The fabric is preferably
pressed on to the marking points by a rotating presser k carried by a frame and
adjusted to the proper position by the handle m which is when adjusted fixed in
position by the set screw n engaging the slotted segmental bar p or a spring or
weight may be used to keep the presser in contact with the fabric. The fabric
may be led through the apparatus through guides q and folder r.
As the reel rotates it may impart motion through the intervention of suitable
gearing to a counting apparatus of any usual or suitable construction and mounted
on any suitable part of the machine (for example on the end of the shaft Brat b
Figure 2) so as to indicate the number of lengths or handkerchiefs marked off on
the web and it may also actuate a stamp of any usual or suitable construction so
as to cause the said stamp to be brought against the fabric periodically to mark
the numbers of handkerchiefs in a length say for example to mark every twelfth
handkerchief as it passes through the apparatus.
We wish it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves to the precise details
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of our Invention for example in
place of the herein before described arrangement for altering the relative position
of the pins any other suitable arrangement may be employed for example there
may be a central bevel wheel at each end of the machine gearing with bevel wheels
on the ends of screws working in screw. boxes in the blocks by which the rods or
bars carrying the pins are supported in the slotted arms so that the said blocks and
consequently the said rods or bars can be raised or lowered by simply rotating the
central bevel wheel and thus working the said screws in their nuts in the said
blocks and thereby raising or lowering the bars or rods in the arms according to
the direction in which the bevel wheels are rotated. Instead of only two pairs of
sets of arms a it will be evident that any other desired number of pairs of sets
of arms may be employed each containing any desired number of arms (arranged

page_text: substantially in the manner hereinbefore described) according to the markings
required to be effected on the fabric. It will be evident that if one pair of sets of
arms a be omitted that the machine can be used for simply measuring the lengths
of fabric.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
First. An apparatus for measuring fabrics consisting of a revolving reel or
frame having adjustable bars or longitudinal supports around its periphery for
measuring and means for marking the dimensions of fabric passing thereover
substantially as hereinbefore described.
Second. An apparatus for measuring fabrics consisting of a revolving reel or
frame having adjustable bars or longitudinal supports around its periphery for
measuring and means for marking the dimensions of the fabric and of the hem or
border thereof as the fabric passes over the said reel or frame substantially as
hereinbefore described.
Third. In combination with apparatus constructed as claimed by the preceding
claiming clause an adjustable trough or surface for imparting color to the marking
instrument substantially as herein before described
Fourth. The arrangement and combination of parts constituting the machine
or apparatus substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accom-
panying Drawings for the purpose described.