IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS USED IN SCUTCHERS AND OTHER SIMILAR. MACHINES
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVIDIONA
DE FUIFICATION.
I PETER PARKINSON, Manager of the Park Mill Spinning Company "Limited
of Gaskell Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS USED IN SCUTCHERS AND
OTHER SIMILAR. MACHINES," to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved method of constructing the beaters of
machines well-known as Scutchers, and other similar machines for preparing Cotton
and other fibrous substances, and consists in providing the outer surfaces or blades
of the beaters with serrated surfaces, for the purpose of drawing or combing out
and cleaning the Cotton and other fibrous materials before they are passed to the
lap machine on the end of the Scutcher or otherwise, by the employment of which,
a more even or level and cleaner lap is produced, thereby reducing the work of the
Carding Engine considerably; and producing a more regular yarn with increased
strength, as well as increasing the value of the same.
I accomplish this by placing on the outer edges or faces of the beaters, suitable
metallic plates, the outside of which are provided with a suitable number of rows
of serrated teeth, formed to the diameter of the circle described by the beater, or
otherwise; being curved longitudinally so as to form a point at the end. The
striking faces of the serrated teeth are made flat or blunt, to prevent them cutting
the cotton or other fibrous materials when revolving, which allows them to be
drawn or combed out, thus, making a perfectly even lap, at the same time entirely
removing all knops, slubs, and other imperfections from the materials under
operation.
The plates are secured by screws or other equivalents to the face of the beater
blades.

page_text: I PETER PARKINSON, Manager of the Park Mill Spinning Company "Limited,"
Gaskell Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of
my Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BEATERS USED IN SCUTCHERS AND
OTHER SIMILAR MACHINES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to an improved method of constructing the beaters of
machines well known as Scutchers and other similar machines for preparing. cotton
and other fibrous substances, and consists in providing the outer surfaces or blades
of the beaters with serrated surfaces for the purpose of drawing or combing out
and cleaning cotton and other fibrous materials before they are passed to the lap
machine on the end of the Scutcher or otherwise, by the employment of which a
more even or level and cleaner lap is produced, thereby reducing the work of the
carding engine considerably, and producing a more regular yarn with increased
strength, as well as increasing the value of the same.
I accomplish this by placing on the outer edges or faces of the beaters suitable
metallic plates, the outside of which are provided with a suitable number of rows of
serrated teeth formed to the diameter of the circle described by the beater or other-
wise, being curved longitudinally so as to form a point at the end. The striking,
faces of the serrated teeth are made flat or blunt to prevent them cutting the cotton
or other fibrous materials when revolving, which allows them to be drawn or
combed out, thereby making a perfectly even lap, at the same time entirely
removing all knops, slubs, and other imperfections from the materials under
operation. The plates are secured by screws or other equivalents to the face of
the beater blades.
In order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will now proceed to describe the saine referring to the drawing hereunto
annexed. Fig. 1 is an end view of a beater of a Scutcher or other similar machine
constructed according to my invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of my
improved plates and serrated teeth applied to the blade of a beater; Fig. 3 is a
part front view of the leading side of the said plates, and Fig. 4 is a plan of the
same, To the arms A are secured the blades B as usual. On the blades B of the
aforesaid beater are disposed the inetallic plates provided with a suitable number
of rows of the serrated teeth D. The beater revolves in the direction indicated by
the arrow in Fig. 1. The leading side or striking face E of the serrated teeth D are
made flat or blunt to prevent the cutting of the cotton or other fibrous materials
under operation when the beater is revolving. The serrated teeth D are curved on
the edge and at the base or root as shown in Fig. 3, which together with the flat or
blunt striking face allows the cotton or other materials under operation to be drawn
or combed out evenly with the effect of producing a perfectly even and clean lap.
The serrated plates C are secured to the face of the beater blades by the counter-
Bunk headed screws F or by any other suitable and convenient means, thus allowing
them to be removed for repairs or otherwise. Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of another

page_text: method of making or forming the outer surfaces of the serrated teeth D in a curved
or convexed form, the same being secured as before described.
The serrated teeth D can be made of varying pitch as desired, those in Fig. 6
being considerably finer than those shewn in Fig. 3.
When the serrated teeth D become worn or injured they may be sharpened or a
fresh one applied. The serrated teeth may be formed in or upon the metallic
plate C by any suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
Attaching or applying a loose metallic plate or strip with serrated teeth to the
blades of beaters used in Scutchers or other similar machines, substantially as and
for the purposes herein shewn and described.