Improvements in Carding-engines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Oct., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900
Improvements in Carding-engines.
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I, WILHELM LAMBERTS, of 4, Kamperstrasse, Aachen, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to carding-engines of the kind in which the material
combed off from the doffing cylinder of one carding-engine is divided into
slivers or bands of fleece, which are then transferred to the next carding-engine
and are deposited on the table thereof by means of a band-conveyor or conveyors,
and my said invention relates to an arrangement in connection with such carding-
engines which permits the continued working of one carding-engine when the
other carding-engine is stopped for cleaning or repair.
According to the present arrangements, if one carding-engine is to be cleaned
or repaired, all the carding-machines must be stopped, which, it will be seen,
involves a great loss in labour and time if it be considered that in the working
of certain materials, the carding-engines must be very often cleaned.
In order to prevent, in a set of two carding-engines, that both carding-engines
shall be stopped when one carding-engine is thrown out of gear an apparatus is
arranged in front of the second carding-engine, which apparatus, if the second
carding-engine is thrown out of gear, stores up the supply of fleece or material
fed from the first carding-engine by means of the band-conveyors or aprons in
order, if the first carding-engine be thrown out of gear, to then deliver it again
to the second carding-engine. In this manner one carding-engine is continually
in operation and a very considerable economy in time is obtained compared with
the method of working heretofore practised.
The said receiving apparatus consists of two drums, on which a cloth of linen or
like material is wound, which is fed over a roller mounted on the table of the
second carding-machine and serves to feed the fleece or material deposited on the
table to one of the drums of the receiving apparatus or to unwind it therefrom
and feed it to the second carding-machine.
The axles or shafts of the two drums of the receiving apparatus are in connec-
tion with each other by means of spur-gearing, so that they rotate at the same
speed; the speed of rotation of the drums is regulated, during unwinding of the
stored up fleece or material, by means of a counterweight and cord or the like
passing around a pulley connected to the said drums. The first carding-engine
in which the material combed from the doffing cylinder is divided into slivers or
bands of fleece, is in connection, through the known band-conveying or trans-
ferring apparatus, with the second carding-engine, on the table of which the
slivers or bands of fleece are deposited one behind another. One of the feed drums
or cylinders of the second carding-engine can be connected through a connecting-
shaft, with one of the delivery drums or cylinders of the first carding machine and
through a belt or the like with the axle of one of the drums of the receiving
apparatus.
The method of operation of the new arrangement is as follows:-Assume that
the second carding-engine is stopped for cleaning. The first-carding-engine is

page_text: then allowed to continue in motion and sets the feed drum of the second carding-
engine and therefore the drums of the receiving apparatus in rotation by means
of the said connecting-shaft.
The upper drum, for example, of the receiving apparatus, in this case will turn
to the left and thus slowly wind up the cloth. This results in that the slivers or
bands of fleece deposited onto the table by the conveyor-bands are carried with the
cloth and also wound on the said upper drum.
When the second carding-engine has been cleaned and the first carding-engine
is now to be cleaned, the connecting-shaft and the belt are thrown out of gear,
and the other, or lower drum of the receiving apparatus is set in rotation from
the delivery drum of the second carding-engine by means of a belt or the like.
The lower drum of the receiving apparatus is hereby rotated and thus unwinds
the cloth from the upper drum of the receiving apparatus this unwinding being
regulated by the counter weight as above mentioned. The slivers or bands of
fleece are consequently given up again from the receiving apparatus and fed by
the corresponding table and drum to the second carding-engine.
In this manner, one carding-engine of a set of two carding-engines can thus
continue at work, whilst the other is out of gear or stopped.
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D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Carding-engines.
I, WILHELM LAMBERTS, of 4, Kamperstrasse, Aachen, in the German Empire,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention 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 carding-engines of the kind in which the material
combed off the doffing cylinder of one carding-engine is divided into transverse
bands of fleece which are then laid end to end to form a sliver which is then
transferred to the next carding-engine and is deposited on the table thereof by
means of a conveyor or conveyors, and my said invention relates to an arrange-
ment in connection with such carding-engines which permits the continued
working of one carding-engine when the other carding-engine is stopped for
cleaning or repair.
Heretofore, if one carding-engine is to be cleaned or repaired, all the carding-
engines in the set must be stopped, which obviously involves a great loss in labour
and time if it be considered that, in the working of certain materials, the carding-
engines must be very often cleaned.
In order to avoid, in a set of two carding-engines, having to stop both engines,
when one of them is thrown out of gear, an apparatus is arranged in front of the
second carding-engine, which apparatus, if the second carding-engine is thrown
out of gear, stores up the supply of fleece or material fed from the first carding-
engine by the conveyors or aprons. And when the first carding-engine is thrown
out of gear, the said apparatus then delivers the accumulated fleece or material to
the second carding-engine. In this manner one carding-engine is continually
in operation and a very considerable economy in time is obtained compared with
the method of working heretofore practised.

page_text: In the accompanying drawings, the new arrangement is shown, by way of
example, in connection with a set of two carding-engines, and in these drawings:
Figure 1 shows, diagramatically, the set of two carding-engines with the band-
conveyors, and the receiving apparatus, in front elevation.
Figure 2 illustrates the apparatus arranged in front of the second carding engine
for receiving or storing up when this carding engine is stopped, the fleece or
material coming from the band-conveyors.
Figure 3 illustrates the apparatus for feeding the fleece or material from the
receiving apparatus to the second carding-engine, when the first carding-engine
and the band-conveyors are stopped.
The said receiving apparatus consists of two drums, A. and B, on which a cloth C
of linen or like material is wound, which is fed over a roller D mounted on the
table T of the second carding-engine II and serves to feed the fleece or material
deposited on the table T to the drum A of the receiving apparatus or to unwind
it therefrom and feed it to the second carding-engine II.
The axles or shafts of the drums A and B of the receiving apparatus are in con-
nection with each other by means of spur-gearing, E, E1, E2, E3, so that they
rotate at the same speed (Figure 2); the speed of rotation of the said drums is
regulated, during unwinding of the stored-up fleece or material, by means of a
counterweight K, Figure 3. The first carding-engine I, in which the material
combed from the doffing cylinder P is divided into transverse bands of fleece, is
in connection, through the known band-conveying or transferring apparatus, F, F,
F2, F3, with the second carding-engine on the table T of which the slivers or bands
of fleece are deposited one behind another, Figures 1 and 2. The feed-roller or
cylinder G of the second carding-engine II can be connected through a con-
necting-shaft H, with the delivery-drum or cylinder G¹ (which by a known
construction divides the fleece into transverse bands) of the first carding-engine I,
and through a belt or the like J with the axle of the drum A.
The method of operation of the new arrangement is as follows:-Assume that
the second carding-engine II is stopped for cleaning. The first carding-engine I
is then allowed to continue in motion and sets the feed-roller G2 of the second
carding-engine and therefore the drums A and B in rotation by means of the
said connecting-shaft H..
The upper drum A, in this case, will turn counter clock-wise in Fig. 2 and thus
slowly wind up the cloth C. This results in that the bands of fleece deposited
on to the table T by the conveyor-bands, F, F1, F2, F3, are carried with the cloth C
and also wound on the said upper drum A.
When the second carding-engine II has been cleaned and the first carding-
engine I is now to be cleaned, the connecting-shaft H and the belt J are thrown
out of gear, and the other, or lower, drum B of the receiving apparatus is set in
rotation from the feed roller G2 of the second carding-engine II by means of a
belt or the like L, Figure 3. The lower drum B of the receiving apparatus is
thus rotated clock-wise in Figure 3 and thus unwinds the cloth C from the upper
drum A of the receiving apparatus, this unwinding being regulated by the counter-
weight K, above mentioned. The slivers or bands of fleece are consequently given
up again from the receiving apparatus and fed by the corresponding table T and
the roller G2 to the second carding-engine II, Figure 3.
In this manner, one carding-engine of a set of two carding-engines can thus
continue at work, whilst the other is out of gear or stopped.
Any suitable reversing device may be employed for changing the direction of
motion of the feed roller G2 and connected parts.
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:
1. In a set of carding engines from one of which the material is conveyed to
another by a conveyor (or convevors). a receiving apparatus intercalated between

page_text: said carding-engines, and so arranged that, when the second carding-engine is
stopped, the said apparatus stores up or receives the material fed thereto by the
conveyor, and when the first carding-engine is stopped, the stored-up material is
delivered to the second carding-engine, substantially as, and for the purpose
specified.
2. A set of carding-engines provided with a conveyor or conveyors and an inter-
mediate receiving apparatus, substantially as described with reference to the
accompanying drawings, and operating as, and for the purpose, specified.
Dated this 23rd day of October 1899.
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.