US1675810A

US1675810A - Padding and sizing machine for silk or cotton fabric

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Publication number: US1675810A
Application number: US172064A
Authority: US
Inventors: Laterra John
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1927-03-02
Filing date: 1927-03-02
Publication date: 1928-07-03
Anticipated expiration: 1945-07-03

Description

July 3, 1928. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC Filed March 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet l Inventar Jamv .Za ZZ rra,

Attofng July 3, 1928. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING' AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK 0R COTT ON FABRIC Filed March 2, 1927 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor (db/27V jafirra.

July 3, 192a. 1,675,810

J. LATERRA PADDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC Filed March 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 4 Attorney Patented July 3, 1928.

JOHN LATERRA, F PATERSON, NEW JERSEY.

PADIDING AND SIZING MACHINE FOR SILK OR COTTON FABRIC.

Application filed March 2, 1927. Serial No. 172,064.

The present invention relates to apadding or sizing machine for silk or cotton fabric and aims to provide a machine of this nature 7 which uses four rollers so as tobc capable of finishing all grade of fabric and to apply thereto the desired amount of liquid.

A still further important object of the invention resides in the provision of a. machine of this nature which is reliable in giving the fabric the desired lustre and for applying the liquid on both the sides of the goods and capable of applying two different kinds of liquid on both sides at the same time.

The machine eliminates the necessity of running the fabrics more than once through the machine as is the common practice thereby saving time and labor.

A still further very important object of the invention resides in the provision of a machine of this nature that is comparatively simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable in its operation, easy to manipulate,

and otherwise well adapted to the purpose 25 for which it is designed.

With he above and numerous other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction and in 30 the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine embodyingthe features of my invention,

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof,

Figure 3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the upper portion of the machine,

Figure 4 is a detail view of the speed operating means.

be seen that the numeral 5 denotes the frame of the machine. A shaft 6 is journaled transversely of the frame and has a roller 7 fixed thereto to rotate therewith. A clutch pulley 9 is mounted on a shaft 10 which is journaled in the frame and at'the end of which is mounted the disk 8. The pulley 9 has a belt drive 11 from an electric motor 12. A suitable clutch mechanism 13 is adapted to engage the pulley 9 with the shaft 10 for causing rotation of said shaft when desired. A shaft 14 is mounted longitudinally of one end of the frame and has slidable thereon and rotatable therewith a friction wheel 15 engaged with friction disk 8. A grooved collar 16 is formed on the friction wheel 15 and pins 17 of a fork 18 are engaged therein. This fork 18 rises from an internally threaded sleeve 19 threaded on the threaded portion of a shaft 20 which is journaled in bearings 21 and 22 on the frame. This shaft -20 has a hand wheel 23 at one end so that by operation of this hand wheel the friction wheel 15 may be moved towards or. away from the center of the friction disk 8 to regulate the speed of the shaft 14. A worm 24 is formed on the shaft 14 and meshes with a worm gear 25 on a shaft 26 on which is also disposed a sprocket 27 over which is trained a chain 28. The structure of the worm, worm gear, sprocket and chain is duplicated at the other end of the shaft 14. A pair of solution basins 30 are carried by rack bars 31 slidable vertically in guides 32 and in mesh with gears 33 on shafts 34 so that said shafts 34 may be rotated for raising and lowering the solution basins as may be desired. These basins have an inner portion 35 which extends upwardly at their inner ends as is. indicated at 36. These basins 30 are located above the roller 7, one to each side thereof. Rollers 37 are journaled in the frame to fit into the solution of the basins 30 and are mounted on shafts 38 which carry pulleys 39 over which are trained the chains 28. Idler pulleys 40 bear against the chains 28 and are mounted on adjustable brackets 41 pivoted as at 42. Rollers 43 rest on rollers 37 and are disposed so as to be in close proximity to each other. These rollers 43 are journaled in brackets'44 rockably mounted intermediate their ends as at 45. Levers 46 roject integrally from the bracket arms 44 a jacent Referring to the drawing in detail it Wlll one end and have supported on their outer extremities weights 47. Arms 48 are pivoted as at 49 on the frame and have their other ends connected to' intermediate portions of the levers 46 by adjustable links 50. Levers 51 are pivoted as at 52 on the frame and have cam elements 53 swingable therewith for engaging arms 48 so that these arms 48 may be swung downwardly to swing the levers 46 downwardly and raise the rollers 43 as will be quite apparent. A feed idler roll 55 is journaled in the frame in close proximity to the roll 7 to one side thereof. Idler rolls 56 are journaled in the frame adjacent the ends thereof and have their axes disposed a little above the idler roll 55.

A pair of bracket arms 57 project from one end of the frame and are adapted to receive the roll of fabric to be treated. A spool or the like 58 is mounted in brackets arms 59 projecting from the upper end of the frame for receiving the treated fabric. This roll 58 has a pulley 60 thereon driven by a. belt 61 having a belt tigh tener at 62 associated therewith and the belt is driven by a pulley 63 on the adjacent shaft 26..

The fabric from the roll 65 in bracket arms 57 is trained over the rolls as is indicated to advantage in dotted lines in Figure 1 namely. it passes under the roll 56, over the roll 55, then down about the roll 7, then up between the roll 43. then over one of the rolls l3 onto the roll 58. The machine may be run at any desired speed as may be regulated through disk 8 and friction wheel 15 as will be quite apparent. The dipping rolls 3? will apply the liquid therein which will apply in both sides of the fabric as it passes between them. The four

rollers

37 and 43 will apply liquid solution on both sides of the silk and cotton fabrics even if two different kinds of solutions is desired as is required for fabrics that have a smooth and a rough side such as satins and the like. It is possible that the solution may be applied from a mere dampness to the desired wetness so as to be capable of finishing all different qualities of fabric on the market. The two bottom rollers 37 turn around in the feeding basins or pan, that is, in the inner portions thereof, the outer portions functioning as overflow tracts and these basins may be adjusted as the solution is used up or depending upon how much solution is desired to apply to the cloth. The two top rollers are adjusted by screws and the amount of weight 4-? on the ends of the levers 46 so as to give the required solution as desired for different fabrics from a mere dampness to the desired wetness.

By running the fabric through the machine all overcast of starch is eliminated, all additional labor of running the fabric more than once is eliminated. whatever amount of luster desired can be obtained, whatever amount of solution desired applied on the fabric in order to give it weight is obtained, regardless of fabrics being ,tin weighted or pure dyed.

It is thought that the construction, operation, and advantages of this invention will now be quite apparent to those skilled in this art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodiment of the invention has been disclosed in detail merely by way of example since in actual practice it. attains the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description. it will be apparent that changes in the details of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to with prising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dip into a solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled. said bracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the. second rollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so that solution will be imparted to the second rollers and said second rollers will rotate in order that fab 'ic may be trained between the second rollers and the solution applied thereto. and means for swinging the bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers.

2. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame. a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dip into a solution carried by the basins. a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled. said bracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so that solution will be imparted to the second rollers and said second rollers will rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the second rollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging the bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers, means for raising and lowering the basins to regulate the dipping depth of the first rollers.

3. A machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to dip into a solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled. said bracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so that solution will be imparted to the second roll ers and said second rollers will rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the second rollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging the bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers, ievers extending from the bracket arms. and wei hts on the outer extremities of the levers for partially counterbalancing the second rollers.

4. A. machine of the class described comprising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journalcd in the frame to dip into a. solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled, said bracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers so that solution will be imparted to thesecond rollers and said second rollers will rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the second rollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging the bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers, levers extending from the bracket arms. and. weights on the outer extremities of the levers for partially counter-balancing the second rollers. links extendingfrom the intermediate portions of the levers, arms pivoted to the links and pivoted to the frame, levers jpivoted on the frame and having cams en:

gageable with the arms whereby the first mentioned levers may be moved downwardly to swing the bracket arms upwardly and raise the second pairv of rollers from the first pair of rollers for the purpose of training fabric therebetween with facility.

5. A machine of theclass described comprising a frame, a pair of basins mounted in the frame, a pair of rollers journaled in the frame to'dip into a solution carried by the basins, a second pair of rollers, bracket arms in which the second pair of rollers are journaled, said bracket arms being pivotally mounted on the frame so that the second rollers rest on the first rollers, means for driving the first rollers-so that solution will be imparted to the second rollers and said second rollers will rotate in order that fabric may be trained between the second rollers and the solution applied thereto, and means for swinging the bracket arms for raising the second rollers from the first rollers, another roller journaled in the frame belowthe first and second mentioned rollers so that fabric may be trained under. said other roller up between the second-mentioned roller, and rollers journaled at the ends of the frame. from one of which the fabric may unwind and on the other of which the fabric may wind.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN LATERRA.