US80895A - Improvement in machinery for printing yarn - Google Patents

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i @auch tatrs @anni @fitta CARL F. AUSTEL, 0F NRW YORK, N.. Y.

'Leners Para No. 80,895, daad August 11,1858. Y. 0

' IMPROVEMENT 1N. MAGRIRRRY rcal PRiN'rINc YARN.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, CARL F. AUS'TEL, of New York,`in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Machine .for Printing Yarn and I do hereby declare the following to be a-full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable Vthose skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specivcation, in which drawing-.-

Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of this invention. 4

Figure 2 is 'a plan or top view thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts. a

This invention consists in the arrangement of a movable carriage, carrying two rollers, on which the yarn to be printed is stretched, and provided with a toothed rack,'which gears intoV a cog-wheel mounted on the shaft of one of the printing-rollers, in such a manner that by imparting to the carriage a reciprocating inotion thel yarn is carried through between the printing-rollers, and the operation of printing said yarn is materially simplified. i

A represents a frame, of wood or any other suitable material, on the top of which are formed two ways, a', to receive the carriage B. l u l On this carriage are mounted two rollers, a, which have their bearings in standards, b, and which,by preference, are uted, so that the yarnvstretched on them is not liable to slip when the rollers are revolved.v The distance between the' rollers a is sjo adjusted that a skein of yarn'stretched'thereon will have suilicicnt tension to be prevented from slipping when the rollers are turned, and that lay-turning oneof the rollers lthe otherroller will also turn by the strain of the yarn itself.

The bearings of the rollers a are so arranged that said rollers can be readily taken out, for the purpose of putting on or removing the skeins, and, if desired, the standards b may-be 'so arranged that they are :adjustable on the carriage, so that the distance of the rollers can be regulated to suit the length of the skeins.

From one side oi' the carriage B rises a toothed rack, c, which'meshes into :Leeg-wheel,- d, mounted on the shaft of one of the printing-rollers cf. l

These rollers havetheir bearings in a bifurcated standard, g, which rises from the'rear end of the frame A.,

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and extends towards the front end thereof to such a distance that the carriage can be moved clear through under rthe printing-rollers. l

The lower roller, f, dips into 'the ink-well m, which is secured between 4the lower arms of the bfurcated standard g, and thc diameter ef said roller, and its position', are such that its upper surface touches the inner A surface of the `yarn stretched over the rollers a inthe carriage, while the bottom of the ink-well clears the lower strands of the yarn, as clearly shown in fig; 1 of the drawing. n

The upper roller, e, is `held down in' its bearings by a yielding power, represented in the drawing'by a frame composed of two long elastic arms, hfwhich are provided with feet, `z', bearing on the axle of the roller,1and which are hooked down by the catch j. Instead of the catch, however, a spring or weight might be substituted, or any other suitable mechanism might be employed to hold the rollcrie down Ain its bearings with a yielding -The two rollers ef may be lgeared together by' cog-wheels, if desired.

Each of the printing-rollers is provided with a series of ridges, `la, those of one roller corresponding to those ofthe other, and these ridges are arranged according to the pattern to be produced on the yarn, and they are so adjusted that they bear on each other or on the yarn passing through between them` l By imparting to the carriage B a reciprocating motion on the frame A., thc yarn is carried throughA between the `rollers,`and that portion of the yarn which comes in contact with the ridges of the printing-rollers is printed. The rollers a are then turned, so as to bring a fresh portion of the yarn under the printing-rollers, the carriage is again moved on the frame A, and a second portion ofthe yarn is printed,'and so on until the yarn. stretched on the rollers ais printed throughout its entire length. Y Y

By changing the printing-rollers, the pattern can be changed'to suit taste and demand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, Vis

The movable carriage B, carrying two rollers, a, and a rackgc, in combination with printing-rollers ef,

suspended in the 'standard g,.substantially as and for the purpose herein4 shown and described.

CARL F. AUSTEL.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, n E. F. KAsTENHUBnn.

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