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J. LODGE 8 M. oLDRoYD. MACHINE FOR iSTRIVI'GHING AND WINDING 0N WOVEN FABRICS, (Yao. No. 808.081. Pateiited Nov. 18. 1884.

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Patented Nov. 18, 1884.

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JOAH LODGE, OF HUDDEBSFIEL'D, AND MARK OLDBOYD,` OF DEVSBURY,

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MACHINE FOR STRETCHNG AND WlNDlNG-ON WOVEN FAB'ilCS. dc.

:LLLlCE-XCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,081, dated November 18, 1884. Application tiledFcbruai-y 23, 1884. (No model.) Patented in England October 13, 1881, No. 4.465.

To @ZZ whom it may OOILGGI'IL: attendants, after which it is cuttled by the 0r- Be it known that we, JOAH LODGE, of Huddinary cuttling apparatus.

derstield, and MARK OLDROYD, of Dewsbury, l In order that our invention maybe fully unboth in the county of York, England, and citij derstood, we herein give reference to the ac- 5 zens of the Kingdom of Great Britain, have companying sheets of drawings illustrative 55 jointly invented certain Improvements in Mai thereof. chines for Stretching and Winding-On Voven Figure l is a side elevation ofthe machine, Fabrits Sie., of which the followingis a speciand Fig. 2 is a plan viewtliereof. Fig. Sshows icatioa 1 the opposite side to Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a View 1o This invention has special reference to the i of the driving end of the machine, and Fig. 5 6o finishing of woven fabrics, the principal obis a crosssection.

ject ofthe invention being to stretch the fab- A :is the frame-work of the machine, and B ric, both in length and width, while it is passi B are two endless chains, which pass over the ing through the machine. i pulleys C C O2 O3, which are carried by the 15 With respect to woolen fabrics, the several g shafts D and E, on( which they are splined. 65 processes of blowing, boiling, or steaming l These chains rest and slide in grooved strips have hitherto been done by winding the said B B', which have pendent nuts c c and a2, fabric upon a roller or cylinder, and in order through which pass sciewthreaded shafts F, that the cloth might be wound upon the said F', and F2, which are journaled in the ina-in 2o rolleror cylinder evenly one or more attend- I frame and bear worin-wheels G, which mesh 7o ants have been employed to open and stretch I with worms H on a shaft, J. The shafts F F the twisted cloth to its proper width during I Fihave right and left screws on their'opposite the process of winding-on, and as the cloth Iends, and rotation of shaft J in one direction was frequently saturated with boiling water sets the strips Band the chains B in or closer 25 there was some difficulty in handling it. l together, while its rotation in the opposite di- 75 Our invention seeks to obviate these diffil rection sets them out, or farther apart. culties; 'and it consists, partly, in a combina In order that the pulleys Cz (l3 may movein tion of the endless carrying-chains provided and out with the chains, -we provide the nuts c with pins and their bearing-pulleys with the with forked branches b2 to engage circumfertake-up cylinder, the cylinder or beam which ential grooves in the bosses ot' the pulleys. 8o receives the fabric, and their operative .or At the other end of the machine we provide a driving mechanism, whereby the take-up cylmeans whereby the pulleys O O' and chains inder, which is arranged close to the pins, l may be moved ina littleindcpendently ofthe takes the fabric the moment it leaves the pins, l strips B'. rlhis comprises clutch-levers K, and the fabric has no opportunity to shrink (see at right of Fig. 5,) the inner ends of 85 back. which are hinged to nuts a,engaged by screw- It also consists, partly, in the mechanism, i shaft F as fulcruins, while the levers engage which will be hereinafter described,for mang circumferential grooves in the bosses of the l taining a uniform peripheral speed ofthe cylpulleys.

4o inder or beam upon which the fabricis wound; The object of shifting the chains and pulleys 9o partly in the combination of partsor elements in and out is to suit them to fabrics of dif# of mechanism whereby the endless chains are I ferent widths, and by means of the independspread apart, and partly in the construction i ent movement of pulleys O C, effected by of the steaming apparatus arranged underthe j levers K, the chains may be brought a little 45 passing fabric, all as will be fully hereinafter ,i closer together at the receiving end of the ma- 95 described, and defined in thc claims.4 lhchine, so as to stretch the fabric laterally as The machine may also be used for distend# I the chains spread in moving forward. The

ing the cloth and removing the washing and I chains are provided with pins, and the cloth, milling creases therefrom, the cloth being fed i being fed thereto and properly stretched, is

5o to the chains and beaten with sticks by the i taken up by the roller L, from which it passes roo to the plain or perforated cylinder M and wound thereon, this cylinder being turned by means of the friction-disk N, working in con'- taet with the plate N', mounted on the end of the shaft of the cylinder. The cylinder is mounted in the vertical bearings O,which are capable of sliding up and down the framework, and are counterbalanced by weights P acting through the segment and rack S. As the roll of cloth upon the cylinder M increases in diameter, the cylinder rises and the plate N' rises along with it, and the friction-disk N op crates at a greater distance from the center of p the said plate, which consequently revolves slowly, and so compensates for the increased length of cloth taken up atl each revolution. The cloth is thus constantly traveling on the chains at a uniform speed. Then desirable, the taking-up roller may be caused to travel faster than the chain-pulleys. and so stretch the cloth in length as well as in width. This may be effected by increasing the diameter of the disk N slightly. As this engages only by friction, it will slip if the strain becomes too great.

lt willbe observed that the delivery end of the chain is very close to the taking-up roller L, by which means the fabric has no sooner left the pins ofthe endless chain than it is seized hold of by the said roller L. Consequently the fabric which hasj ust been stretched cannot shrink back, but will be wound upon the roller in its distended state. If required, a trough, V, containing a perforated steampipe, W', may be employed so as to steam the fabric. The trough V has sliding covers V', which may be moved (see Fig. 2) so as to expose more or less of the perforated steampipe under the moving fabric. The pipe W' connects with a steam-generator or other source of supply.

This construction of machine may be used with great advantage for removing the washing and milling creases from the cloth, and this is done by means of sticks or beaters used by the workmen, who beat thc'eloth while in its distcndcd state, after which it is enttled by ordinary cuttling apparatus.

The machine is driven as follows: l and 2 are fast and loose pulleys, on the shaft of which is a toothed pinion, 3, gearing Vwith a wheel, 4, on a shaft, 5. On the same end of the shaft 5 is a pinion, G, which gears with a toothed wheel, 7, mounted on the shaft D, which carries the principal chain pulleys. The wheel 7 gears with a wheel, 8, on the shaft of the taking-up roller. ries a bevelwheel, 9, which gears with another bevel-wheel, 10, and drives the vertical shaft 1i and frictiondisk N. A hand-wheel and screw, T, are provided to regulate the pressure exerted by the disk N upon the pl ate The shaft 5 also car- N', and the plate is supported at the back by the pulleys a, which keep it perfectly true and prevent the shaft from being strained. The cylinder M is mounted in bearings or centers at its ends, similar tolathe-centcrs, and itmay be removed by ruiming back one center (at the right in Fig. 4) through the medium of a rack and pinion, b. Over the chains Bat the 7o feeding end of the machine are arranged brushwheels c. (Best shown in Figs. land 2.) The fabric passes in under these brush-wheels, and they serve to press the former down upon the pins on the chains. They are not driven by gears, but are revolved by the moving fabric. Having thus described our invention, we claim l. The combination of the endless chains B,

4provided with pins, and their bearing-pulleys, 8o

with the talle-up cylinder L, arranged close to the pins on the endless chains, the cylinder M, and mechanism, substantially as described, for driving the said chains and cylinders, all arranged to operate substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the cylinder M, mounted in bearings capable of playing vertically, with the disk or plate N', mounted on the axis ot' said cylinder M, the driving fric- 9o tion-wheel N, and mechanism, substantially as described, for driving said friction-wheel N whereby the peripheral speed of the cylinder M is maintained uniform, for the purposes set forth.

8. The combination of the endless chains, the ehain-pulleysGand C' and their shaftand the grooved strips B', provided with nuts a.' ai, with the screw-shafts F F' F", means, substantially as described. for operating said Ioo screw-shafts, and the clutch-levers K, pivoted tothe nuts c',"engaged by shaft F, and constructed to engage circumferential grooves inv the pulleys C C', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with the endless chains and mechanism for carrying them, substantially as described, of the trough V, provided with sliding` covers V', as shown, saidtroughs arranged below said chains, andthe perforated I 1o steam-pipe XV, arranged in said trough, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOAl-I LODGE. M ARK OLDROYD.

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C. XV. XVHiTMAN, Il. S. Consular Agent.

Trios. H. BARRoN, Olcrlt to ilfessrs. Tasrer it' Crossley, Patent ,fig/cats, l/Iafrkct Place, Huddersfield.

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