Improvements in I
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1895-Accepted, 24th Aug., 1895
Improvements in
I, THOMAS WALTER HARDING of the Tower Works, Globe Road, Leeds in the
County of York, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention refers to the machine known as the "Square Motion" or
comb.
"Holden".
In this machine, as the square motion combs strike up into the fringe of wool
projecting from the circle comb, they are met by a dabbing brush, to force the
fringe of wool into the pins. This brush travels a short distance in contact with
the square motion comb, and then retires to come down on to the next comb, and
For this brush I propose to substitute a similarly acting inverted comb, of
which the pins will intersect those of the lower combs as they come up in succession,
and add to the combing effect.
so on.
The rows in the inverted comb will be disposed preferably as shewn in my
Specification No. 7512 A.D. 1888 so that the noil from this comb may be removed
by the blades of a doffer, fall on to the lower combs and so be carried off by them.
The intersection of the combs permits of wider spacing of the transverse rows and
allows of stronger doffing blades.
As witness my hand this 11th day of October 1894.
Improvements in
I, THOMAS WALTER HARDING of the Tower Works, Globe Road, Leeds in the
County of York, Engineer, 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 refers to the machine known as the "Square Motion" or "Holden"
comb.
on.
In this machine, as the square motion combs strike up into the fringe of wool
projecting from the circle comb, they are met by a dabbing brush to force the
fringe of wool into the pius. This brush travels a short distance in contact with
the square motion comb, and then retires to come down on to the next comb and so
For this brush I propose to substitute a similarly acting inverted comb, of
which the pins will intersect those of the lower combs as they come up in succession-
and add to the combing effect. The rows in the inverted comb will be disposed
preferably as shewn in my Specification No. 7512 A.D. 1888 so that the noil from
this comb may be removed by the blades of a doffer, fall on to the lower combs
and so be carried off by them.
The intersection of the combs permits of wider spacing of the transverse rows
and allows of stronger doffing blades.
The accompanying drawing is a transverse-sectional view showing the inverted
comb A, the doffer B, the circle comb C, the pressing plate D and two of the

page_text: square motion combs E E. The inverted comb A is shown in two positions-first
in full lines with its pins intersecting with the pins of one of the square motion
combs, and next in dotted lines which is its position after it has travelled a short
distance with the square motion combs and risen through the blades of the doffer B
and is about to return to its first position.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In the Holden or 66
square motion" combing machine, the substitution for the
dabbing brush of an inverted comb the pins of which will intersect with the pins
of the square motion combs as they rise in succession substantially as described
and shown.
2. The combination of the inverted intersecting comb described with the system
of doffing as described in my Specification No. 7512 A.D. 1888.
Dated this Eleventh day of July 1895.
T. WALTER HARDING.