IMPROVE. MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CARDS, USED IN CARDING FIBRES, ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CLEANING WASTE PULLING MACHINERY
Year: 1885

page_text: I ARTHUR HICK CLAY of West End Mills, Cleckheaton, in the county of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE.
MENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING CARDS, USED IN CARDING FIBRES, ALSO
APPLICABLE FOR CLEANING WASTE PULLING MACHINERY," to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to effectively clean the cards used in carding
fibres, and is also applicable to waste pulling machines, so as to entirely dispense
with hand fettling, and is far more effective.
For cleaning the swifts, I employ a spiral stripper, the strip of cards being either
in one piece, or in segments wound spirally around the circumference of the roller
being driven from the fancy roller.
For cleaning the doffer, I also employ a spiral stripper, constructed as before
described, but a quick spiral, according to the speed of the doffer.
These cleaning rollers may also be applied for cleaning the workers and strippers.
Or for cleaning the doffers, the cards on the roller may be in strips, longitudinally
across the surface of the roller, with spaces between them.
The cards preferably used are of steel, and of staple-form.

page_text: Fig. 1 is an elevation of a carding engine showing my apparatus applied.
Fig. 1 shews my apparatus applied so as to operate on two swifts at the same
time.
Fig. 2 shewa plan of stripper detached, as preferred for cleaning the swift.
Fig. 3 shews plan of stripper detached as used for cleaning the doffer.
A is the swift, B is the doffer, C is the fancy roller, D is the stripper for
cleaning the swift A, carried in brackets E at each side of the frame F, of the
carding engine, the stripper D, being adjustable in the brackets by means of the
screws H, H, 'and wheels.J, J, at each side of the frame connected by a band, strap,
or rope K. also the brackets are adjustable in the slots M of the frame. Or the
strippers D, may be connected by rods R, and adjusted by screws such as H, H,
see Fig. 14. The strip or strips of cards N, upon the stripper D, may be either
in one piece or in segments placed spirally around the circumference or part
circumference of the roller see Fig. 2, P is the stripper for cleaning the doffer, the
spiral being much quicker according to the speed of the doffer see Fig. 3; these
forms of cleaning rollers may also be applied for cleaning the workers and
strippers P, in Fig. 14, in a similar manner as they are applied to the swift A in
Fig. 1. and for cleansing any cards used for waste pulling machinery, dispensing
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page_text: with hand fettling, and doing the work effectively, little power being required.
The spirals and strippers can be applied to the various rollers of the machine
without much delay.
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. The application of strippers to the doffers such as shewn and described.
2. The application of strippers to the swift such as shewn and described.
3. Adjusting the strippers as shewn and described.
4. The construction of strippers as and for the purposes shewn and described.