US984228A - Fabric-printing machine. - Google Patents

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LT. MAUADAM.

FABRIC PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

' Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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J. MAGADAM. FABRIG PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIQATION FILED MAYZS, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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J. MAGADAM. FABRIG PRINTING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 119101 Y Patented Feb.14,1911

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ma hm J. MAGADAM.

meme PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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ak kozvml o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"-il I 'IQHN MACADAM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNDR TO EDDYSTONE MANUFACTURING EDDY STONE,-PENNSYLVANIA, A,CO R IPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA;

ing 'is a specification.

The present invei-ition relatelsto improve Jnents; 1,11 fabric printingniacin-nee and has for its object to provide aniachine. adapted to print upon a fabric a plurality of designs for pat-terne,,for example a. body -pattern am-1 a traneveree border ot "ditterentdo Sign, such designs being duplicated-1n XGltltD-P arrangement and detailon both surfaces of the fabric whereby the product ill-closely resemble a Woven textile having a plurallty )atterns incorporated therein 1n alternat- 'ing relation, I

Fabric; printing.machines" as heretofore .const ruete(;l-have. not been adapted; for pr'0--- (lacing goods such as is employed, for example.l for curtains or,clraperiee Where 'both' eurface's s'honld present a similar appearance and hichcommonly include one or more transverse border Se'c'tione: and to provide a machine which will print fabric that will be adapted for such use is the, particular object of the presentinrention. i i

' In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 'is a side elevation of ajfa-bric printing machineconstructed? in accordance n'it'l-if the present invention :Fig; 2 isa View partly in section, omen-enlarged scale of a portion of hmachiMrFigJS is a plan View partly in ction illustr ting.iparticutarly the arrange-- nint ot rains foretl'ecting' inorc nent of the iiri'ntingrolla: Fig. 4 flfll'flgtl tllll-Il'lfltl? View illustrating the course or path' o.f the: fabric cflinder I; mounted on ashaft-:2 haying its' hearings in a a1iit'able}trainc which frame.

also supporte the va'riodd'piintitig rolls. color applying-devices. auxiliary nre eure rolls. and meanra toractuating and adjusting the printing rollsm'hi'ch will bcher'cinatter inore particularly described.

The. inachine illustrated includes tvgo sets of printing rolls 4. 5, 6. 7, 8 and 4/. 5. 6. 7 and 8..the. former or tiret of qaid, sets co-- operating with a eeries ofpreseure rolla or cylinders 9, While the cylinder 1 acts as an FABRIC-PRiNTING MACHINE.-

at 32 and conneetcdab' As hereinheto ega j Specification of Letters Patent. .Iftitentgfl' Feb, 14 1, Application filed may as, 1910. Serial No. 554,023. v.

impression roll for allofthe second set'. Each of; said printing rolls is mounted in -l ea-rings adapted .to moveradially ot the cylinder 1.. being shown as fitteclgiii' grooves 10, formed in outwardly projecting parts of the franiefi. Adjacent. each printin 011:- is arranged 'a color ap'paratus' of ordrnaxfi" construction ooiiipr'ising-m-color b'ox 'l2,-' -:=a' distributing roll 13, mounted inisaid box and projecting therefrom intoc'ontact With theadjacent printing roll. and a doctor blade-.14 for removing superfluous color from the printing roll.

"AS shown the hearings-for the printing rolls (3. 7. Se t, 5 and'G are connected by screii's 15 with bell cranklevers 16. tul- Cllllllfitil at 1T tothe main frame, and each havingone arni'- connected to one arm of a lever 18." the otherarm ofixihich iS-provided with a roll 19 extending into the path of one of a series of cain's cariieclhy'slia'fts 20 21 E29 and 23itwTlie hcrews 1.5: connected with the printing: rollst arercon iected at with levers 31 tulcrinned on the main frame linkefiti with levers which at their opiiositeends'bear rollers extending into the paths of cams on the ehatte 21. and the rolls 4 and 8' are connected with leversifi carrfvino rolls that bear nl'ion cams on eaid shafts 2'1 v The coiled springs 24. inteiqao rd between. the rtrame :ii'lPIDlJOlS 11 and the set-era]. levers 16.31 connected with the iirintingirolle act to draw-each. printing roll away' from itsimr preesionfroll orsurt'ace. and the a-ctiomot-tlie aforesaid ca'msan'd levers is to overcome-the effect of said springrs a uehzxtiines a's itliS' desired to have-the m ulannrinting;roll

operate. In the particular'enibodian ..the i nv'ention" illn tra ted the: levers i in ovin th e roll$ and R" "are normally; held in such qiosition ithat said rolls dono on t'actwith their. impression;eurfaces h common enring'or cushion arrangedqjrit, a casing 36. I

., ntlicated the iirolla 'eon- Ft'liul'lllg'l Qflfll ot' the two germs of pr nting .rolle' llTlFli be divided into groups and the rolle. of each group hear a different pattern or designitrom that borne by the rolls ofrthe other grouoe .QIOUDS of the series. In the machine illue atcd three of the rollsof each FPJlPF arc girovided with a Similar pattern, for example that which is to form the body or design of a curtain, Whilethe'other rolls of the series carry a different design and are adapted to print the transverse zone or border sections of the fabric; for instance the groups of. rolls 6, 7 and 8 and 6, 7 and 8 may bear the pattern hereinbefore referred to as a body pattern. and the rolls bears, or-is-to bear, the impression of a roll having different design'is passing the first said roll and its impression or pressure device; and the relative arrangement of rolls and adjusting parts is such that the two designs will beduplicatecl, both as regards arraimement ororder and detail, upon both sur aces of the shcetof fabric in passing through the machine. That. is the finished product will have the two designs or patterns printed upon alternate transverse portions of both surfacesand each of said sections will register exactly with the correspondingsection on the other face. v

' The fabric sheet 25, as shown most clearly in Fig'. 4, together with abacking or gray sheet 26, enters the machine at the bottom and passes successively between the co operating impression rolls and the printing rolls 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; thence between feed rolls 27, 28, around the latter, between the cylinder 1 and impression rolls Q'and between said cylinder and the printing rolls 8, 7, 6',

5 and at. The sheets :25, 26 travel together until they pass between the cylinder 1 and a guide roll arranged between the printing roll 8' and the impression roll 9 of printing roll 4; The said sheets then separateand the sheet 26 is carried about suitableguides outside of the machine to the to thereof and thence passes around the cylinder 1 and .be-

tween such cylinder and the printed fabric,

as indicated 1n Fig. 4. Y

It will be understood that the number of I proups of rolls in each set may be varied so r om what isherein shown and described without departing from the scope of the invention. Also the number of rolls in the groups of each series need not vary in nume r as in the particular embodiment of the machine illustrated, which is adapted to print two patterns or designs occupying different linear lengthsiof the fabric.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine for printing a continuous web of fabric, the combination-with suitable rotatable pressure cylinders, of two sets of color printing rolls arranged to .rint, rcspecitively, upon opposite sides of 13 1e. fabric,

the rolls of each set being divided into i groups, means for-throwing the rolls of each group into and'out of printing position at stated mtervals, each group of rolls being arranged to-prmt upon alternate transverse portions of the fabric, and all of said rolls" opposite sides of the fabric being in register.-

2. In a machine for printing a continuous web of fabric, the combination with a single rotatable mam pressure cyhndcr and a series of pressure-rolls, of two sets of color printing rolls arranged to print, respecstively, upon opposite sid'esof the" fabric,

each set including two groups of rolls adapted to print different patterns, and every roll of each set being duplicatedin the other set, means for plying color to each )rinting roll, means tor feeding a web of abrie to and around said main pressure cylinder and in operative relation to all of said printing rolls, means for rendering each printing roll alternately operative and inoperative to print 011 said fabric, all of said printing rolls being arranged andtiined to operate in conjunction with said main cylinder and pressure rolls, wherebydiflerent patterns may be printed upon alternate transverse portions of one surface of the fabric passing over said cylinder and exactly duplicated upont-he other surface, like portions of each pattern upon opposite sides of the fabric

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