“The method
of making a machine for manufacturing paper of an indefinite length,
laid and wove, with separated moulds.” This invention
consists, first,
in placing the moulds end to end “successively in contact, so
as to
form one long mould, upon which paper can and may be made in like
manner as if the whole length or series had consisted of one single
mould.” The ends of the frames are made thin, and the office
of the
“deckle” may be performed by means of a bar
attached by hinges to the
side of the frames.
Secondly, consists of a platform to
place the moulds upon, having side-rails or guides, or a series of
parallel rollers with flanges, to allow of the moulds moving to and
fro, but not sideways. To the platform is given a horizontal movement,
in any desired direction, by suitable mechanical means.
Thirdly,
consists in placing over the platform a vessel containing the paper
stuff so as to allow “the moulds to be successively
introduced in their
places upon the platform.” The vessel is supplied with an
agitator,
with holes to regulate the flow, and with a trough to convey the stuff.
Fourthly consists in placing two revolving cylinders at the far end of
the series of moulds, around which is passed an endless web of felting
in the manner of a jack towel, for the purpose of taking off the paper
from the moulds in one continuous sheet. As the moulds advance towards
the first cylinder, which may be effected by any suitable mechanical
means, fresh moulds are introduced at the other end of the platform and
filled with stuff. The paper proceeding forward with the endless web is
caused to pass between pressing rollers.
[Printed, 4d. See Repertory of
Arts, vol. 10 (second
series), p. 327; Rolls Chapel Reports, 7th Report, p. 195.
"Note.—2950, 2951, a Specification is enrolled
in the Petty Bag, in pursuance of an Act of Parliament extending to
fifteen years, from August 14, 1807, the term of certain Letters Patent,
Nos. 2487 and 2708(, assigned to H. and S. Fourdrinier and J. Gamble."]
From: Patents for
Inventions. Abridgments of Specifications Relating to the Manufacture of Paper, Pasteboard and Papier Mache, Part II (1859), by The Patent
Office, London, Section II, page 8 (source)
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