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US1640491A
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  • This my invention has for its object improvements in the means of caiendering or ironing wool ⁇ fabrics and the like, and in folding und baling the same. more particularly those of a tubular forni knit in a continuous length, so that the fabric has its longitudinal wales or threads quite straight corresiionding with the edges of the, fabric, and the horizontal courses or threads also traight andat right angles to the edges., in such a manner that the fabric passes into and through the machine ⁇ to the folding ⁇ or baling appliances withoutdeformation of the longitudinal wales and horizontal courses.
  • the machine has two vertical housings suitably fixed one at each side of the base-plate, and the housings are formed to carry two or preferably three pairs of calendering cylinders, as well as two or more pairs of auxiliary guide rollers for guiding the fabric in a proper form to the calendering cylinders.
  • All the calendering cylinders are driven by suitable Igearing from a driving shaft which is actuated by an electric motor, or by belting or other suitable means.
  • One vcalendering cylinderl of each pair has its shaft rotating at each end in suitable bearings which are stationary in the housings, and the other cylinder of each pair has its shaft turningv inbearings which can be adjusted ho 1izontally in the housings by suitable screws, gearing and rhandwheel to each, all in such a manner that the fabric may pass through the calendering cylinders under a desired pressure.
  • the shafts of .the calendering cylinders at one side of the machine arerof such a length that gear wheels with specially long teeth may be fixed thereon, so as to alwaysvensure being properly geared to each other when the movable bearings are moved inwards or outwards.
  • T he calendering cylinders and their shafts are formed hollow, so that the cylinders can be heated by steam,rgas, or other suitable means.
  • a suitably driven roller over which theA fabric passes into the machine over an expanding gauge, and over which the fabric is guided by several pairs of vertical and horizontal guide rollers, all positively driven by gearing or other suitable means from the driving shaft.
  • These guide rollers serve the purpose of assisting the fabric to pass between the calendering cylinders in the lower part of the ⁇ machine without.deformation of the fabric cases may be fitted with guide rollers posi-v Y tively driven by gearing from the driving snaft 1n a lilrc manner tothe upper gauge.
  • the fabric passes dr'iwnwardsv and through or between one or more other pairs of calendering cylindersall in such a manner that the fabric passes through all these cylinders without deformation of the threads as named above, and at the same time giving the?y required' ironing surface thereto.
  • the fabric After leaving the calendering cylinders the fabric is baled', or wound upon a horizontal roller at the base of the machine, and suitably driven therefrom. Or in some cases it may be delivered in a folded state by suitable oscillating mechanism actuated by the machine.
  • the ca-lendering cylinders may in some cases be covered with a preparation to improve the ironing of the fabric passing through them.
  • a ysuitable friction clutch may be fitted on the driving gear so. that the operator may have perfect control of the machine
  • Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same machine, when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure l.
  • Figure 3 is a plan of the same machine.
  • Figure 4 is a front elevation of the top eX- pandiloleI gauge and carrying carriages.
  • Figure 5 is an end elevation of the same gauge when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure 4.
  • Figure 6 is a plan of the-same gauge.
  • Figure 7 is a frontelevation of the second or lower gauge.
  • Figure 8 is an end elevation of the same gauge when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure 7
  • Fig. 9 is vertical section on broken line 9-9 Fig. l, showing the position of worm wheel casing E in dot and dash lines and i? l0 is a ⁇ vertical section on line lO-lO Fig. l.
  • FIG. 1 these viewsl A, A represents the vertical housings each fixed one at each side of the baseplat-e B, the three pairs of calendering cylinders are represented by C, C, and the four pairs of auxiliary guide rollers by D, D, these are for guiding the fabric in a suitable form to the calendering cylinders C, C.
  • the calendering cylinders C, C are driven by gearings G, G from the driving shaft G2 actuated through a worm wheel and worm (not shown) in casing lll-by the electric motor E, or by any other suitable driving means. n
  • the hollow shafts-one of cach pair-of the calendering cylinders C, C rotate at each end in stationary bearings l?, F Xed on the housings A, A, and the shafts of the other cylinder of each pair turn in sliding bearings F1, which can be adjusted horizontally by screws having spring cushions by the handwheels H, H through the bevel gearing Hl, so that any desired pressure may be brought to bear on the fabric passing between the calendering cylinders C, C.
  • Gear wheels Gl with specially long teeth are fixed on the calendering cylinder shafts at one side, so as to ensure the gear wheels G, G always being properly geared into each other when the bearings Fl arc moved to and fro.
  • the calendering cylinders C, C are heated by steam orother suitable means passing through the pipes J, J, and the stulling boxes Jl on the hollow shafts of the calendering cylinders, and thence through these cylinders and out by the outlet pipes J2.
  • the fabric is first passed over the roller Dl, and thence over the roller D11 atthe top of the machine to the upper expandible gauge l over which it passes without deformation of the fabric through the top pair of calendering cylinders C, then to the sccond or lower expandible gauge Kl, passing over same-without deformation-and thence between the second and third pairs of calendering cylinders C, C to the baling roller if suitably driven from the machine, or to a folding appliance as desired.
  • the folding appliance is shown by N, which consists of arms N, N pivoted from the machine at Nl and fitted with guide rollers T, T for lfolding appliance are preferably driven from the machine by belt or gearing as shown on the drawings.
  • the top expandible gauge K is expanded or contracted at will on the guide bars L, L, and the two halves are held in place by the ratchet and pawl L1.
  • the gauge K' is carried between the carriages l), l), which are fitted with the rollers R, R driven in a positive manner by the gearing S, S from the drivingV shaft Q1, which has a lreyway formed therein the full length between the bearings in the housings for actuating the bevel gear wheels S1 sliding thereon. ⁇
  • the gauge carriages are carried on the guideV bars Q, Q., and the two halves of the eX- pandible gauge'K are adjusted to any desired width bythe rightand left hand screw bar U and hand spoke wheel Ul.
  • the second or lower erpandible vgauge Kl is also expanded or contracted at will and by hand on the guide bars L, L and in the same manner as the gauge K., the two halves being held in position by the ratchet and pawl Ll. on the halves of the expandible gauges to assist the passage of the fabric more easilyl over the same.
  • a calendering machine in combination, pairs of superimposed calendering cylinders, housings, bearings on said housings for said cylinders, expandible gauges arranged one above the other, adjustable carriages carrying the uppermost gauge, and positively driven guide rollers on the carriages forthe purpose substantially as herein described.
  • a calendering machine the combin nation of eXpandible gauges for insertion intoy tubular material, carriages provided with positively driven guide ⁇ rollers, one of said gauges being supported by said carriages, pairs of superimposed calendering cylinders, shafts for said cylinders, bearings for said shafts, and housings on whichsaid bearings are provided substantially for the purpose specified.

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'7 Sheets-Sheet l g B. J. DYKES.
-GALENIDERING OR IRONING MACHINE Filed Dec. 5, 1923 Aug. 30, 1927.
v B. J. DYKES CALENDERING on IRONING MACHINE Filed Dec.y 5, 1923 7 Sheets-Sheet 2 'L vinfi A v1927'. ug 30 B. .1.-DYKES CALENDERING 0R 'IRONING MACHINE Filed Dec, 5, '1923 '7 SheetS-Sheet 3 192 Aug 3G 7 B. J. DYKEs CALENDERING OR IRONING MACHINE 7' Sheets-Sheet 4 P 'Filed 5, 1923 Aug. 3o. 1927. 1,640,491
B. J DYKES CALENDERING OR IRONING MACHINE Filed Deo. 5, 1923 '7 Sheets-Sheet 5 Aug. 30, 1927. 1,640,491
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BERTRAM JOSEPH DYKES, OF GLEADLESS, vNEAR SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND.
CALENDERING OR IRONING *MACHINE Application tiled DecemberV 5, 1923, Serial No. 678,716, anden Great Britain December 12, 1922.
This my invention has for its object improvements in the means of caiendering or ironing wool `fabrics and the like, and in folding und baling the same. more particularly those of a tubular forni knit in a continuous length, so that the fabric has its longitudinal wales or threads quite straight corresiionding with the edges of the, fabric, and the horizontal courses or threads also traight andat right angles to the edges., in such a manner that the fabric passes into and through the machine` to the folding` or baling appliances withoutdeformation of the longitudinal wales and horizontal courses.
To attain this end, the machine has two vertical housings suitably fixed one at each side of the base-plate, and the housings are formed to carry two or preferably three pairs of calendering cylinders, as well as two or more pairs of auxiliary guide rollers for guiding the fabric in a proper form to the calendering cylinders.
All the calendering cylinders are driven by suitable Igearing from a driving shaft which is actuated by an electric motor, or by belting or other suitable means. One vcalendering cylinderl of each pair has its shaft rotating at each end in suitable bearings which are stationary in the housings, and the other cylinder of each pair has its shaft turningv inbearings which can be adjusted ho 1izontally in the housings by suitable screws, gearing and rhandwheel to each, all in such a manner that the fabric may pass through the calendering cylinders under a desired pressure. The shafts of .the calendering cylinders at one side of the machine arerof such a length that gear wheels with specially long teeth may be fixed thereon, so as to alwaysvensure being properly geared to each other when the movable bearings are moved inwards or outwards.
T he calendering cylinders and their shafts are formed hollow, so that the cylinders can be heated by steam,rgas, or other suitable means.
At the top of the machine is a suitably driven roller, over which theA fabric passes into the machine over an expanding gauge, and over which the fabric is guided by several pairs of vertical and horizontal guide rollers, all positively driven by gearing or other suitable means from the driving shaft. These guide rollers serve the purpose of assisting the fabric to pass between the calendering cylinders in the lower part of the `machine without.deformation of the fabric cases may be fitted with guide rollers posi-v Y tively driven by gearing from the driving snaft 1n a lilrc manner tothe upper gauge.
From thence the fabric passes dr'iwnwardsv and through or between one or more other pairs of calendering cylindersall in such a manner that the fabric passes through all these cylinders without deformation of the threads as named above, and at the same time giving the?y required' ironing surface thereto.
After leaving the calendering cylinders the fabric is baled', or wound upon a horizontal roller at the base of the machine, and suitably driven therefrom. Or in some cases it may be delivered in a folded state by suitable oscillating mechanism actuated by the machine. n i
The ca-lendering cylinders may in some cases be covered with a preparation to improve the ironing of the fabric passing through them.
Also, when the machine is driven belt-- ing, electric motor or the like, a ysuitable friction clutch may be fitted on the driving gear so. that the operator may have perfect control of the machine,
I 'att-ain. these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which z-f F iggl is a front elevation of my improved calendering andbaling machine.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same machine, when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure l.
Figure 3 is a plan of the same machine.
Figure 4 is a front elevation of the top eX- pandiloleI gauge and carrying carriages.
Figure 5 is an end elevation of the same gauge when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure 4.
Figure 6 is a plan of the-same gauge.
Figure 7 is a frontelevation of the second or lower gauge.
Figure 8 is an end elevation of the same gauge when looking at the right hand side as shown on Figure 7 Fig. 9 is vertical section on broken line 9-9 Fig. l, showing the position of worm wheel casing E in dot and dash lines and i? l0 is a` vertical section on line lO-lO Fig. l.
Similar letters of reference refer to similar pa s throughout the several views.
ln these viewsl A, A represents the vertical housings each fixed one at each side of the baseplat-e B, the three pairs of calendering cylinders are represented by C, C, and the four pairs of auxiliary guide rollers by D, D, these are for guiding the fabric in a suitable form to the calendering cylinders C, C.
The calendering cylinders C, C are driven by gearings G, G from the driving shaft G2 actuated through a worm wheel and worm (not shown) in casing lll-by the electric motor E, or by any other suitable driving means. n
The hollow shafts-one of cach pair-of the calendering cylinders C, C rotate at each end in stationary bearings l?, F Xed on the housings A, A, and the shafts of the other cylinder of each pair turn in sliding bearings F1, which can be adjusted horizontally by screws having spring cushions by the handwheels H, H through the bevel gearing Hl, so that any desired pressure may be brought to bear on the fabric passing between the calendering cylinders C, C. Gear wheels Gl with specially long teeth are fixed on the calendering cylinder shafts at one side, so as to ensure the gear wheels G, G always being properly geared into each other when the bearings Fl arc moved to and fro.
The calendering cylinders C, C are heated by steam orother suitable means passing through the pipes J, J, and the stulling boxes Jl on the hollow shafts of the calendering cylinders, and thence through these cylinders and out by the outlet pipes J2.
The fabric is first passed over the roller Dl, and thence over the roller D11 atthe top of the machine to the upper expandible gauge l over which it passes without deformation of the fabric through the top pair of calendering cylinders C, then to the sccond or lower expandible gauge Kl, passing over same-without deformation-and thence between the second and third pairs of calendering cylinders C, C to the baling roller if suitably driven from the machine, or to a folding appliance as desired. The folding appliance is shown by N, which consists of arms N, N pivoted from the machine at Nl and fitted with guide rollers T, T for lfolding appliance are preferably driven from the machine by belt or gearing as shown on the drawings.
The top expandible gauge K is expanded or contracted at will on the guide bars L, L, and the two halves are held in place by the ratchet and pawl L1. The gauge K'is carried between the carriages l), l), which are fitted with the rollers R, R driven in a positive manner by the gearing S, S from the drivingV shaft Q1, which has a lreyway formed therein the full length between the bearings in the housings for actuating the bevel gear wheels S1 sliding thereon.` The gauge carriages are carried on the guideV bars Q, Q., and the two halves of the eX- pandible gauge'K are adjusted to any desired width bythe rightand left hand screw bar U and hand spoke wheel Ul.
The second or lower erpandible vgauge Kl is also expanded or contracted at will and by hand on the guide bars L, L and in the same manner as the gauge K., the two halves being held in position by the ratchet and pawl Ll. on the halves of the expandible gauges to assist the passage of the fabric more easilyl over the same. Y Y
lifhat l do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is
l. ln a calendering machine, in combination, pairs of superimposed calendering cylinders, housings, bearings on said housings for said cylinders, expandible gauges arranged one above the other, adjustable carriages carrying the uppermost gauge, and positively driven guide rollers on the carriages forthe purpose substantially as herein described.
2. In a calendering machine, the combin nation of eXpandible gauges for insertion intoy tubular material, carriages provided with positively driven guide` rollers, one of said gauges being supported by said carriages, pairs of superimposed calendering cylinders, shafts for said cylinders, bearings for said shafts, and housings on whichsaid bearings are provided substantially for the purpose specified.
In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.
BERTRAM JOSEPH DYKES.Y
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US3078541A (en) * 1960-09-22 1963-02-26 Edward S Beard Tubular fabric extensible spreading means
US3195211A (en) * 1963-04-10 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Apparatus for simultaneously preshrinking a plurality of fabrics
US3195210A (en) * 1960-11-02 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Process and apparatus for controlling shrinkage in tubular fabrics
US3195212A (en) * 1960-11-02 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Form for conducting tubular fabric
US3479706A (en) * 1968-02-01 1969-11-25 Fab Con Machinery Dev Corp Spreader for tubular knit fabrics
US3922765A (en) * 1974-10-29 1975-12-02 Warren Hogendyk Tubular fabric spreader and feeding apparatus

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US3078541A (en) * 1960-09-22 1963-02-26 Edward S Beard Tubular fabric extensible spreading means
US3195210A (en) * 1960-11-02 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Process and apparatus for controlling shrinkage in tubular fabrics
US3195212A (en) * 1960-11-02 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Form for conducting tubular fabric
US3195211A (en) * 1963-04-10 1965-07-20 L & L Mfg Inc Apparatus for simultaneously preshrinking a plurality of fabrics
US3479706A (en) * 1968-02-01 1969-11-25 Fab Con Machinery Dev Corp Spreader for tubular knit fabrics
US3922765A (en) * 1974-10-29 1975-12-02 Warren Hogendyk Tubular fabric spreader and feeding apparatus

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