US1811497A - Continuous process for the decorating of alpha fabric and device for carrying out said process - Google Patents

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June v23, 1931. H. DENN s CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE DECORATING OF A FABRIC AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID PROCESS 2 Sheets-Sheet' l Original Filed Sept. 11, 1928 June 23, 1931. H. DENNls 1,811,497

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HUGH DENNIS, or NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIeNcR, BY MnsNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'ro MsnnLENn DENNIS f CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR THE DECORATING F A FABRIC ANDr DEVICE FOR CARRYNG- OUT SAID PROCESS Application filed September 11, 1928, Serial No. 305,274.

My invention'relates to an improvement in a continuous process for the decorating of a fabric and the device for carrying out said process, and the novelty consists in the steps "of the process and in the adaptation and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

In the making of batik or similar hand .decorated fabric it has been the practice for lmany years to cutup the bolt of silk or other fabric to be decorated into pieces of substantially the size as they are to be used and the piece of fabric is then stretched upon a frame and decorated by hand necessitating the mov- .15 "ing of the frame for each stepof the decorating process as a number of diderent opera tors perform different parts of this decorative process. 'This method of treatment has long A Tbeen the established method and is very cum- 20'1`bersome and necessarily involves the loss of a large amount of time because cf the necessity of moving these ,frames from one operator to another. Y .V My new method of carrying out this dec- "orative process permits the spreading of a long portion of a bolt offabric on a table the entire-length `of a long studio whereby this stretched section of fabric may be decorated `V-`by a large number of operators who follow U abblosely one upon the other so that there is no lost time, and it is then dried and rolled on to aroll so that simultaneously a new section of the bolt being decorated can be treated 5. in the same manner until the entire bolt is so decorated. y

This new process saves an aggregate of several hours a day for each table used, prevents the loss or spoiling cf any of the decorated fabric through improper handling and insures lcleaner and'better work on'the part of the decorators whereby an improved product at a substantially reduced cost is produced in a uniform and continuous manner. Referring to the drawings, Figure -1 is a 45 side elevation of my device, certain portions being broken away for convenience in illustration.

Figure 2 is a detailof a hot wax pot; Figure 3 is a detail of a side member and fastening pins on the line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Renewed April 8, 1931.

VFigure l is a detail of a rack and pinion as used in my device;

Figure 5 is a rear end view of Figure 1 looking in from the left hand side; and

Figure 6 is a front end view of Figure 1 looking in from the right hand end.

In the drawings. 7 are legs of angle iron secured together by means of cross bars 8 of angle iron reinforced by brace members 9 also of angle iron and cross bars 10 rigidly secure together the legs 7 at their upper ends. A pair of longitudinal rails 11 are rigidly secured to the upper ends of the legs 7 and a car 12 having two pairs of wheels 13 which engage the rails 11 ride back and forth longitudinally thereon. An upright frame 14 is rigidly secured to the car 12 and supports a shaft 15 at its upper end so that it will rotate freely therein and a roll of paper 16 is supported on said shaft 15. A second upright f i' i O frame member 17 1s rigidly secured on the car 12 and supports a shaft 18 which turns freely therein and to one end of which is rigidly secured a crank 19 having ahandle 20. A shaft 21 is also mounted in the frame 14 so as to rotate freely therein and a shaft 22 is mounted in the frame 17 so as to rotate freely therein. Paper from the roll 16 will pass under the shaft 21 and under the shaft 18 and will be rolled thereon by the turning of the crank 19 by means of the handle 20. A boX or fabric container 23 is rigidly secured to one end of the table by means of a pair of arms 211 which are rigidly secured to the first of the pair of legs 7 and the said container 23 8 closed as to its lower portion so as to hold a bolt of fabric to be treated but the upper portion at 25 is open so that the fabric 26 placed therein in a bolt can be readily pulled out by hand from the container 23 as desired and placed on my machine for the operation as hereinafter described.

A longitudinalshaft 27 is mounted in housings 28 and carries pinions 29 rigidly mounted thereon. Rack bars 3() rigidly secured to the underside of the cross bars lO run over and mesh with the pinions 29 so that the turning of crank 31 will turn the shaft 27, pinions 29 and thereby throw the rack bars 30 and move the housings 28. ,100

, nected to aV source of electrical power not shown and has a number of electrical outlets of usual well knownconstruction as shown at37. A number of wax pots 38 having hooks 39 rigidly secured thereon are adapted to be hooked over the rails 11' and pushed along thereon and are respectively connected in the usual well known manner by means of wire '40 to one of the electrical outlets 37 at 41 so as to` furnish power to ka resistance element of usual'well known construction in the base of wax pot 38 whereby the waX placed in container portion 42 of the pot 38 may be melted andmaintained by said resistance element at the heated temperaturevrequired for use in the process described. l

A gas'pipe 43 is easily secured by means of brackets 44 to legs 7 being connected to a sourceof gas to the connection 45, the sup ply being controlled'by valves 46 and the gas coming out atkopenings 47 throughout the entire length/of the pipe whereby the gas may be lit at'said openings 47 and a diffusing roof 48 rigidly mounted over the pipe 43 will diluse'the heat from the` illuminated openings 47 whereby the heat'will be thrown upwardly against the bottom of the fabric vbeing treated on the topofthe device.

A gear 49 is rigidly secured to the shaft 27 Y near its outer end and a locking pawl 450 pivoted at 51 in the housing 28 is adapted to be dropped into the teeth of the gear 49 to engage and hold said gear in the desired position. v s y In operating my device abolt of fabric 26 is placed in the container 23 and pulled out Y of the opening 25 andthe outer end of the fabric 26 is then run around underneath the shaft v22 and-up over the shaft 18 andthe paper 16 fed under it and a couple of turns are ytaken so as to secure the paper 16 and the fabric 26 in position on the'sha'ft 18, this being done by means of the crank 19 and handle 20` which turn the shaft 18 and the vpaper feeds from the roll 16 under the shaft 2l Vand thence under the shaft'18 as described. During this procedure the car 12 will be at the opposite endof the table fromvthat shown Yin Figure 1 and as thev fabric and paper are thus secured in .position around the shaft 18 i the car 12 will be pushed to the further end ofthe table 'to the position as shown in Figure 1 whereby the 'fabric 26 willbe stretched the full length of the table and can then be fastened on its side edges over pins 35 on both edges. In order to secure the proper longitudinal stretch of the fabric this will be arrangedby pinning the fabric over the pins 35 and stretching the fabric as" the pinning is continued from the feed end 23 to the further end of theV table. In order to stretch the fabric laterally it is thennecessary to turn the crank 31 whereby the pinions 29 and rack `bars 30,1iousings28, and side bar 32 with pin-s 35 will be pushed so'as to stretch vthe fabric 26 laterally as desired. The artist will then outline the desired designs upon the fabric by the use of perforated paper spread over the fabric through which suitable colored powder such as .chalk is spreadr in -asufhcient quantity toou-tline the design in powder on the fabric. A The next operator then comes along with the wax pot 38 which is pushed along the rail 11 to the desired point and the temperature of which is maintained at the desired point through the electrical connection 40, 41and outlet 37 to the wire in the conduit 36. The designas outlined in powder is then outlined in Ywax and ias this cools it makes a hard wax line on both sides of the lfabric as it saturates the fabric because it goes on hot thereby hardening on bothy sides of the fabric to form a retaining or limiting outline for the next operators who brush on the color.v These operators usually voperate in pairs and brush from both .sides of the table and do not yneed tobrush lnear the edge of the design as the'color will spread Vthrough the fabric .to the hard wax outline but Vwill be retained from` spreading further fby this outline which protects both sides of the fabric whereby a perfect coloring is obtained in the design space vas desired. Anumber of different pairs .of decorators .may-come along,

' one after ythe other, brushing in' dilfe'rentisets vof colors so that each'pair of operators only have to have one color thereby lpreventing confusion and delay. The gas is then 'turned on by turning the valves 46' and the out-lets 47 vare lit means of afiame andthe heat from this gas and fromV the diffusing roof 48V will flow up aga-inst the inside ofthe fabric 26 thereby drying the colors in a few minutes whereupon the operator canfirst release the pawl 50 thereby vpermitting the housings 28 to be released carrying the "side bar 32 to release'thelaterafl tension on the fabric 26 and the fabric-can then be liftedV from the pin members 35 throughout. its entirelength and 'by turning the crank 19V by handle '20 lthe fabric 26l will 'be wound yupon the shaftor roller 18 with the paper 16V following from the shaft 15 rolling up thereunder'so that the fabric 26 is always lying on the paper -in the roll and with the paper coming over it s whereby the fabric is kept entirely separated s by means of the paper fromycontact of any portion of the fabric 26 with any other portion of the fabric 26.

The operator is then ready to pull out another length of the fabric 26 and repeat the operation as already described and again repeat the operation until the entire bolt in the container 23 has been decorated as described whereupon the fabric 26 supported by the paper can be tied up in the roll and slipped off of the shaft 18 and placed in the oven for baking whereby the wax line will be softened and absorbed by the paper 16 and the color in the fabric 26 permanently set by means of said heat.

It will be apparent that many other forms of my device may be used other than that as described and shown without departing from the spirit and intent of my invention and such variations are intended to be covered by this application and claims.

I claim:

l. A process for placing decorations on a fabric by hand which consists of stretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinally and laterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, placing said decorations thereon by hand, drying the decorations, rolling said decorated section of fabric on a roller between rolls of paper, repeating said operations until the. full bolt of decorated fabric is rolled onto said roller and placing the same in an oven to set the colors of said decorations. l

2. A process for placing decorations on a fabric which consists in stretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinally and laterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, outlining decorations thereon in hot wax, coloring the portions inside of said wax design, drying the same, rolling said decorated portion on a roller between rolls of paper, repeating said operations until the full bolt of decorated fabric is rolled onto said roller and placing the same in an oven until the wax is heatedy and absorbed by said paper and the colors fully set.

3. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process on fabric the combination of means for stretching a section of a vbolt of fabric longitudinally and laterally to receive said decoration, means for maintaining a supply of hot wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means for drying the same when decorated and means for rolling said decorated fabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

4. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process the combination of a long table having two rails rigidly mounted thereon, a car carrying a pair of rollers adapted to run en said rails, a row of pins rigidly mounted inside the edge of two longitudinal members of said table, one of said members being laterally adjustable by means of a single crank shaft with yracks and pinions mounted at either end, a holder for a bolt of fabric at one end of said table, heating means under said table and wax heating means movable along the entire length of said table.

5. In an apparatus for carrying out a con` tinuous decorative process the combination of a long table, a pair of rails running the length of said table, a car adapted to roll on said rails, two winding rollers mounted in upright position on said car, a row of pins rigidly mounted longitudinally in bars along the upper length of said table, means for laterally shifting one of said bars, means for holding a bolt of fabric at one end of the table, heating means along the length of the table near the bottom and means for heating wax pots available at intervals along the entire length of said table.

6. In an apparatus for carrying out a continuous decorative process the combination of a long table, a pair of rails running the length of said table, a car adapted to roll on said railsq two winding rollers mounted in upright position on said car, a row of pins rigidly mounted longitudinally in bars along the upper length of said table, means for laterally shifting Aone of said bars, means for holding a bolt of fabric at one end of the table, heating means along the length of the table near the bottom and means for heating wax pots the entire length of said table comprising an electric circuit running the length of the table with a series of outlets and electric plugs connected to said wax pots adapted to plug intosaid outlets and a rail the length of thetable on which to suspend and move said wax pots. f

7 In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process on fabric the combination of means for stretching a section of a bolt of fabric longitudinally comprising retaining pins at the edges of said fabric and a car having a roll of paper and a second roller with crank both mounted thereon, said car travelling on rails the upper length of said table, and laterally to receive said decoration, means for maintaining a supply of hot wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means for drying` the same when decorated and means for rolling said decorated fabric onto a roller Vbetween rolled paper when dry.

8. In a device for carrying out a continuous decorative process on fabric the combination of means for stretching a section of a bolt of fabric longitudinally and laterally, by means of a side retaining member movable by a single crank shaft the length of the table and having racks and pinions at each end, to receive the decoration, means for maintaining a supply of hot wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means for drying the same when decorated and means for rolling said decorated fabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

9. In a device for carrying .out a continuous decorative vprocess on fabric the combination of means for stretching a section .of a bolt of fabric longitudinally comprising retaining pins at the edges of said fabric and a car having a roll of paper and a second roller With crank both mounted thereon, said -car travelling on rails the upper length of said table and laterally, by means of a side revtainino' member movable by a single crank shaft the length of the table and having racks and pinions at each end, to receive said decoration, means for maintaining a supply of hot Wax at any point along said stretched fabric, means for drying the same When decorated and means for rolling said decorated fabric onto a roller between rolled paper when dry.

10. A. process for placing decorations on a fabric by hand which consists of stretching a section of a bolt of cloth both longitudinally and laterally in a position adapted to receive said decorations, placing said decorations thereon by hand, drying the decorations, rolling said decorated section of fabric on a roller With a continuous sheet of paper rolling up continuously therein, repeating said operations until the full bolt of decorated fabricl is rolled on said'roller.

1l. A process for placing ydecorations on a fabric Which consists in stretching a section Y of a bolt of cloth longitudinally and laterallyin a'positioniadapted to receive said decora-v tions, outlining decorations thereon in hot Wax, coloring the portions inside'of said Wax design, drying the same, rolling said decorated portion on a roller with a roll of paper feeding into said roll on the inside and re# peating said opera-tions until the full boltof decorated fabric is rolled onto said roller.

In testimony whereof I'aliix my signature.

HUGHy DENNIS.

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