Improvements in Machines for Combing or Dressing and Preparing Long Fibres for Spinning.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Aug., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 25th May, 1893—Accepted, 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Combing or Dressing and Preparing
Long Fibres for Spinning.
I, CHARLES DE BAILLIENCOURT, in care of Messieurs E. Bede & Cic., of
37 Rue Philippe-le-Bon, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the system of combing or dressing and preparing long
fibres for spinning in which the latter carried in clamps or presses is caused to
move intermittently along beams having movement vertically whereby the fibres
are brought under the action of the teeth of aprons, being drawn between said teeth
and thus combed.
The general principle of this system on which the present invention is more
directly based is in the division of the beam into several members and in combination
with said beam the angular position given to the presses by means of which the
combing is made both gradual and progressive in the amount of the length of the
fibres under action and the fineness of the combing.
The present invention consists in certain improvements relating to the arrange-
ment or principle of the divided beam and the angular position under which the
combing is performed.
In place of making the beam, or each part of the beam, to descend for a certain
space horizontally and afterwards in an inclined position the beam, or the several
parts or sections of the beam may be made to maintain its horizontality throughout
all positions during its ascent or descent, while the necessary angularity of combing
is provided for by arranging the combing aprons to move in an inclined direction
by inclining their supporting arbors.
If a machine so arranged is made of two or more divisions so that after the
combing has proceeded as far as the base of the fibres in the one division it may
be again commenced nearer to the ends and progressively advanced to the base
in each succeeding division, then the distance of the teeth of the apron for the
respective division may if desired be uniform throughout. Where more than two
such divisions are employed the same grade of distance of teeth may be repeated on
successive or other aprons, and if desired one or more of the aprons, for instance
the last of the series, may be made with teeth of increasing fineness from the
entering to the leaving side, as may best suit the particular fibres for which the
machine is designed.
The beam and one of the combing aprons are or may be parallel.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Combing or Dressing and Preparing
Long Fibres for Spinning.
I, CHARLES DE BAILLIENCOURT, in care of Messieurs E. Bede & Co. of
37 Rue Philippe-le-Bon, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium, 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:-
This invention relates to the system of combing or dressing and preparing long

page_text: fibres for spinning in which the latter, carried in clamps or presses, is caused to
move intermittently along beams having movement vertically whereby the fibres
are brought under the action of the teeth of aprons, being drawn between said teeth
and thus combed.
The general principle of this system on which the present invention is more
directly based is in the division of the beam into several members and in combination
with said beam the angular position given to the presses by means of which the
combing is made both gradual and progressive in the amount of the length of the
fibres under action and the fineness of the combing.
The present invention consists in certain improvements relating to the arrange-
ment or principle of the divided beam and the angular position under which the
combing is performed.
In place of making the beam, or each part of the beam, to descend for a certain
space horizontally and afterwards in an inclined position, the beam, or the several
parts or sections of the beam, may be made to maintain its horizontality throughout
all positions during its ascent or descent while the necessary angularity of combing
is provided for by arranging the combing aprons to move in an inclined direction
by inclining their supporting arbors.
If a machine so arranged is made of two or more divisions so that after the
combing has proceeded as far as the base of the fibres in the one division it may
be again commenced nearer to the ends and progressively advanced to the base
in each succeeding division then the distance of the teeth of the apron for the
respective division may if desired be uniform throughout. Where more than two
such divisions are employed the same grade of distance of teeth may be repeated
on successive or other aprons, and if desired one or more of the aprons for
instance the last of the series may be made with teeth of increasing fineness from
the entering to the leaving side, as may best suit the particular fibres for which
the machine is designed. The beam and one of the combing aprons are or may
be parallel.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the present invention,
Fig. 1 being an elevation of part of the machine showing the beam with three
horizontal divisions and the combing aprons also in three divisions or sets of which
the first two are inclined, the third horizontal and consequently parallel to the
beam.
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a beam not divided but arranged horizontally
and a single set of combing aprons upon inclined arbors.
It will be seen from Figures 1 or 2 that in either case each press m m³ etc., as it
occupies successively the positions marked m to m³ or m to m* presents a longer portion
of the fibres suspended from it to the action of the combs during the preliminary
combing whether the latter be extended as in Fig. 2 or shortened and repeated as
at m to m7 Fig. 1. The spacing of the teeth of the combs is uniform during this
operation.
When the fibres however pass under the action of the finishing combs P" as
at m to m* Fig. 1 the latter comb the fibres throughout their whole length but
the combs are of increasing fineness, that is to say the teeth are placed at gradually
decreasing intervals from the entering to the leaving end.
Where the fibres are subjected to machinery as in Fig. 2, they are passed from
one machine to another similar machine and thence to others or to the finishing
machine.
The first and second or other successive machines of the set operate with
inclined arbors to the aprons as in the first and second divisions of the single
machine shown in Fig. 1; while the finishing machine is provided with aprons
with combs of increasing fineness upon arbors horizontal and therefore parallel with
the beam as in the last division of Fig. 1.
The number and length of the various divisions of the machine may be varied
according to the nature of the materials to be combed.
The mechanism for operating the beams and presses forms no part of this

page_text: invention and is not illustrated. Appropriate mechanism is shown in the Specifi-
cation of Letters Patent No. 7406 of 1892 granted to me. The means for operating
the inclined arbors of the aprons in this invention may also be varied, appropriate
mechanism being bevelled gear R R' of suitable angle for driving the first apron P,
an endless belt, cord or chain, or spur gear to carry the movement from the first
to the second apron P', and a universal-joint for carrying the movement from the
inclined arbor of apron P to the horizontal arbor of apron P, or conical gear in
place thereof.
Where the machines are not divided, as in Fig. 2 bevelled gear may move the
inclined arbor of the apron in the same way as in the first division of the machine
shown in Fig. 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
In machines for combing long fibres-
1. The combination with a beam or beams and presses adapted to be moved
along the same, of aprons supported upon inclined shafts substantially as
described.
2. Aprons for preparatory combing having equally spaced teeth and arranged
on inclined shafts, and aprons for finishing the combing horizontally arranged and
having combs of increasing fineness substantially as described.
Dated this 25th day of May 1893.
HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to Applicant.