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EMBOSSING CLOTH.

for both embossing and printing silk, cotton, woollen cloth, paper, and other fabrics, inone or more colors, at one operation.

Figs. 370, 370* represent three distinct pr inting cylinders of copper, or other suitable

material, a, b, c, withtheir necessary appen-danges for printing threedifferent colors uponthe fabric as it passesthrough the machine:either of these cylindersA, b, or c, may be em-ployed as an embossingcylinder, without per-forming the printing pro-cess, or may be made toeffect both operations atthe same time.

The fabric or goodsto be operated upon be-ing first wound tightlyupon a roller, that rolleris to be mounted uponan axle or pivot, bearingin arms or brackets atthe back of the machine,as shown at n. Fromthis roller the fabrica a a a is conducted be-tween tension rails, andpassed under the bedcylinder or paper bowl

e, and from thence pro-ceeds over a carrier roller

f, and over steam boxesnot shown in the draw-ing, or it may be con-ducted into a hot room,for the purpose of dryingthe colors.

The cylinders A,and c, having neither en-graved or raised surfaces?are connected to feedingrollers b b b , revolvingin the ink or colored

troughs c c c; or endless felts, called sieves, may be employed, as in ordinary printingmachines, for supplying the color, when the device on the surface of the cylind ers *raised : these cylinders may be furnished with doctors or scrapers when required, orsame may be applied to the endless felts.

The blocks have adjustable screws g g, for the purpose of bringing the cylinders Pagainst the paper bowl, with any required degree of pressure: the cylinder B is sU i ) ? t j ieed by its gudgeons running in blocks, which blocks slide in the lower partsside frames, and are connected to perpendicular rods i, having adjustable sc

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maIhini 0W ^,fh r v S ° f ^ ^ ' ,pori levers k k, extending in front of the

to the cylinder e! mCreaSins the wei S hts 11 > any degree of upward pressure may be g^ a

which 6 did^i trou ^ c c c > trying the feeding rollers b b b, are fixed on boardsIf a back cloth should be rem‘w S , y K nd - e ? 7 'TT - , ,• ,, bed or

naner howl f and the f» e<lreci to be introduced between the cylindrical " € .paper bowl e, and .the fabric a a a, as the ordinary felt or blanket, it mny, for printingand embossing cotton, silk, or paper, be of linen or co ton bu if woollen goods are tobe operated upon, a cap of felt, or some sucli material must be bound round the p»P e rbowl, and the felt or blanket must be used for the baik^loth \vhich is to be conductedover the rollers h and 1 . ?

For the purpose of embossing the fabric, either of the rollers a, b, or c, may be