Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 5th July, 1886.
Complete Left, 5th Apr., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th May, 1887.
We, JOHN WILLIAM MAKAUT, Managing Director of the Park Mill Spinning Co.
"Limited," Gaskell Street, Cotton Spinner, and PETER PARKINSON, Manager, both of
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows :-
This invention relates to improvements in machines known as openers and scutchers
used for opening and cleansing cotton and other fibrous materials and consists in
providing means for more effectually cleaning and opening the said materials, thereby
increasing the value of the lap so as to reduce carding to a minimum.
In carrying out our invention we disposo a filletted or spiked roller between the feed
rollers and the underside of the beater. This roller is mounted in suitable bearings
and driven by worm or other gearing from the feed rollers or otherwise. The said
filletted or spiked roller is stripped or cleaned by a vibrating comb-similar to those
employed in connection with the "doffing" cylinder of a carding engine mounted in
bearings attached to the frame of the machine, and operated by cranks or eccentrics or
other equivalents from any convenient part of the machine where a rotary motion is
obtainable, the same being driven by bands, belts, or other equivalents.
The strippings removed from the filletted or spiked roller are dropped into a cavity
or receptacle provided on the underside.
Cotton and other fibrous materials are guided to and from the said roller by suitable
inclined planes or filling pieces disposed so as to leave a passage between the ordinary
beater and the roller.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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Improvements in Openers and Scutchers.
We, JOHN WILLIAM MAKAUT, Managing director of the Park Mill Spinning Co.
Limited," Gaskell Street, Cotton Spinner, and PETER PARKINSON, Manager, both of
Bolton in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines known as openers and scutchers
used for opening and cleansing cotton and other fibrous materials and consists in
providing means for more effectually cleaning and opening the said materials, thereby
increasing the value of the lap so as to reduce carding to a minimum.
In carrying out our invention we dispose a filletted or spiked roller between the
feed rollers and the underside of the beater. This roller is mounted in suitable
bearings and driven by worm or other gearing from the feed rollers or otherwise.
The said filletted or spiked roller is stripped or cleaned by a vibrating comb-similar
to those employed in connection with the "doffing" cylinder of a carding engine
mounted in bearings attached to the frame of the inachine, and operated by cranks or
eccentrics or other equivalents from any convenient part of the machine where a rotary
motion is obtainable, the same being driven by bands, belts, or other equivalents.
The strippings removed from the filletted or spiked roller are dropped into a cavity
or receptacle provided on the underside.
Cotton and other fibrous materials are guided to and from the said roller by suitable
inclined planes or filling pieces disposed so as to leave a passage between the ordinary
beater and the roller.
Fig. 1 is a part sectional elevation of so much of an opener or scutcher as is
necessary to illustrate our present invention and Fig. 2 is a part plan of same.
Between the feed rollers A and the underside of the beater B is disposed the filletted
or spiked roller C, mounted in the bearings D on the side frames E. The roller C is
driven in the direction indicated by the arrow-from the feed roller A by the
worm G gearing into the worm wheel H on the shaft 1. The shaft I is provided with
the worm J gearing into the worm wheel K on the shaft L of the roller C. The
shaft is mounted in the fixing or bearing M secured to the side of the frame E.
Cotton or other fibrous substance is passed from the rollers A by the beater B over the
grid bars and roller C, the latter operating in such a manner as to more
effectually clean and open the fibrous material than hitherto in an opener or scutcher;
the roller being stripped or cleansed of the imperfections by the vibrating
comb P. The vibrating comb P is formed similar to that employed in a carding
engine, being attached to the shaft Q by the arms R, the whole being mounted
in the bearings S on the frames E. The vibrating comb P is operated by the
lever T, rod U, and crank V; the latter being secured to the shaft W. The
shaft W is mounted in the bearing X, and is provided with the pulley Y driven

page_text: from the pulley Z by the band a or its equivalent from any convenient source or
part of the machine where a rotary motion is obtainable.
Cotton or other fibrous material under operation is guided to and from the
roller C by the inclined plates b, disposed to leave a passage between the beater
and the roller as in Fig. 1. The strippings or imperfections removed from the
roller Care dropped into the chamber or receptacle d underneath.
Fig. 3 is another modification of this invention wherein we dispense with the
vibrating comb P and substitute therefor the stripping roller e. In this case the small
rollers Care employed in lieu of the large roller Cin Fig. 1, both being stripped by the
small roller e. These rollers are mounted on the centres or shafts L and L and driven
-in the direction indicated by the arrows-by pulleys and bands, or other well known
mechanical means. The small roller e is driven at a greater speed than the rollers C,
by which the latter are stripped of imperfections which are dropped into the chamber d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we claim is :-
In an opener or scutcher the employment of the roller or rollers C with the
means for stripping the same, substantially as and for the purpose herein described
and set forth.