Improvements in Machines for Opening and Cleaning Cotton or other Fibres.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Accepted, 18th May, 1889
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Opening and Cleaning Cotton or
other Fibres.
I, JOHN ANDREW, of 51 West End Street Oldham in the County of Lancashire,
Carder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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My invention relates principally to that class of machines for opening and cleaning
cotton, or other fibres, which are known as Crighton's Openers and in which
heretofore a train of spur wheels have generally been employed for revolving the
creeper rollers and cage, etc.
The object of my invention is mainly to improve and simplify the said gearing and
thus reduce friction, obviate frequent repairs and lessen the consumption of oil and
power necessary for the said gearing.
To this end I drive from the line or counter shaft direct onto the outer creeper
roller by means of a crossed strap and pulleys. On the side of the latter 1 'fix
another pulley by means of which and a crossed strap, and a pulley fixed to the inner
'creeper shaft, rotary motion is imparted to the latter.
To the inner creeper shaft is fixed another pulley from which by means of another
crossed strap and pulley fixed to the cage shaft, rotary motion is transmitted to the
same.
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F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.

page_text: I JOHN ANDREW of 51 West End Street, Oldham in the County of Lancashire,
Carder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described & ascertained in & by the following
statement:-
My invention relates principally to that class of machines for opening & cleaning
cotton or other fibres which are known as "Crighton's openers" and in which here-
tofore a train of spur wheels have generally been employed for revolving the creeper
rollers & cage, etc.
The object of my invention is mainly to improve and simplify the said gearing &
thus reduce friction, obviate frequent repairs & lessen the consumption oil & power
necessary for the said gearing, by driving the cage and delivery roller from one of the
creeper rollers viz. from the inner or outer creeper or the creeper delivery roller, in
lieu of from the fan shaft.
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And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to be
appended hereunto one sheet of drawings, marked with letters of reference &
representing a side view of an apparatus for opening & cleaning cotton or other fibres
with my improvements attached, A is the frame, B the fan shaft, C the outer D the
inner &E the delivery creeper roller F the cage & G the creeper.
In carrying out my invention 1 preferably drive from the line or counter shaft a
(or in some cases from the beater shaft b, see dotted lines) direct onto the outer or
inner creeper roller Cor D (see dotted lines) or preferably onto the creeper delivery
roller shaft d see full lines by means of a crossed strap e, & pulleys ff. On the side
of the latter f, or the opposite end of the shaft d, I fix another pulley g, by means of
which & a crossed strap or preferably a rope g¹ & a pulley g² fixed to the inner creeper
shaft h, rotary motion is imparted to the inner creeper roller D.
To the inner creeper shaft h, is fixed another pulley i from which by means of
another crossed strap or preferably a rope ¹ & pulley, fixed to the cage shaft k,
rotary motion is transmitted to the cage F.
The speed of the delivery creeper roller E & cage F may be readily altered by
changing the size of the pulley f, as required.

page_text: Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
In machines for opening & cleaning cotton or other fibres
Imparting rotary motion from the line or beater shaft a or b to the inner or outer
creeper roller D or C or delivery creeper roller E & from the inner creeper roller D
onto the delivery creeper roller E & cage F or from the outer creeper roller C onto
the delivery creeper roller E, & from the latter to the inner creeper roller D & cage F,
or from the delivery creeper roller E to the latter D & F, substantially as & for the
purpose specified.