Improvements in Condenser Carding Engines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 26th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Condenser Carding Engines.
We, WILLIAM PHELON, of High Street, Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Mechanic, JOSEPH MOORHOUSE, of 116, South Parade, Cleckheaton," aforesaid,
Card Dresser, and ANNIE PHELON, of High Street, Cleckheaton, aforesaid, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to improvements in that form of "condenser" for carding
wool and other fibrous material in which the slivers of fibre are removed from the
qylinder or swift by two doffers, and its object is to combine the slivers from one
doffer with those leaving the other and thereby obtain more uniform and regular
slivers.
For this purpose we employ a stripper for each doffer one of which strippers,
say the lower one, may be made with annular spaces free from dents the same as
the doffers. A third stripper located between the other two receives the two sets
of slivers from the two strippers and delivers them to a grooved roller which com-
bines the pairs of slivers and they may be further united by suitable "rubbers"
before passing to the condenser bobbin.
Two or more plain strippers may be used for each doffer.
In certain cases plain rollers without dents may be used particularly for the
final stripper or strippers.
We, WILLIAM PHELON, of High Street, Cleckheaton, in the County of York,
Mechanic, JOSEPH MOORHOUSE, of 116, South Parade, Cleckheaton, aforesaid,
Warp Dresser, and ANNIE PHELON, of High Street, Cleckheaton, aforesaid, 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 improvements in that form of "condenser" for carding
wool and other fibrous material in which the fibres are removed from the cylinder
or swift in a number of fine slivers by two doffers, and its object is to combine the
slivers from one doffer with those leaving the other and thereby obtain more
regular and uniform slivers.

page_text: To fully describe our invention, reference is made to the accompanying draw-
ings Figure 1, of which represents a longitudinal section of such parts of the
delivery end of a condenser as are necessary to illustrate the application of our
improvements thereto.
view on a
A portion of the cylinder or swift is shown at A, and B and B2, are the top
and bottom doffers and C and C2, are their strippers. These strippers are in turn
stripped by the rollers D and D2 which may be covered with any suitable
material and the guide roller E guides the slivers (shown by the broken lines)
from D and D2 towards the grooved roller F a portion of which is shown in plan
larger scale by Figure 2. One sliver from each doffer B and 12 is
guided in this way into one of the grooves F of the roller F which partly com-
bines them and this combination is completed by passing them between the endless
rubbing aprons or carriers G and G2. These rubbers are mounted upon pairs of
rollers H, H and J, J which as well as the stripping and guide rollers above
referred to are operated in any convenient way. One or both pairs of the
rollers H, H and J, J have a certain amount of longitudinal motion imparted to
them so as to laterally rub the partly united pairs of slivers together to complete
the combination.
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:-
The combination of the strippers C and C2 and the stripping rollers D and D³
with the grooved roller F and the rubbers G and G2 all arranged and operating
substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
Dated this 24th day of Januar 1800
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.