IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Bailey and Daniel Smith, of Keighley, in the
County of York, Commission Wool Combers, and Leonard Smith, of Bradford,
in the same County, Wool Dealer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 12th April 1876, and dated the 11th January 1876.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Bailey, Daniel Smith,
and Leonard Smith at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
11th January 1876.
ISAAC BAILEY and DANIEL SMITH, of Keighley, in the County of York, Commission
Wool Combers, and LEONARD SMITH, of Bradford, in the same County, Wool Dealer.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS."
This Invention relates to those classes of combing machinery in which the
fibre is fed on to a large circular comb and a sliver drawn therefrom, leaving the
noil in the teeth of the comb.
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Hitherto a great quantity of long fibres have been left in the comb along with
the noil, these long fibres lying within the circumference of the comb and out of
reach of the drawing-off rollers placed on the outside of the comb, and it is the
object of this Invention to secure the separation of these fibres from the noil. For
this purpose we employ another circular comb, smaller (by preference) than the one
first referred to, and this second comb we place outside the first with the points of
the teeth downward and clear of the teeth of the first comb. The two combs are
caused to work at about the same speed, and travel in the same direction at the
point or points of intersection. The fibre is first fed on to the larger.comb, a sliver
drawn therefrom in the. usual manner, and then the noil and remaining long fibres
are transferred by an ordinary transfer comb to the second comb in such manner
that the long fibres which lay within the circumference of the first or larger comb
hang or project from the outside of the second comb, from which they are drawn
by ordinary drawing-off rollers, forming a second sliver, and leaving little else than
noil within the teeth, which is stripped or taken out by the usual means.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Isaac Bailey, Daniel Smith and Leonard Smith in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 29th May 1876.
ISAAC BAILEY and DANIEL SMITH, of Keighley, in the County of York,
Commission Wool Combers, and LEONARD SMITH, of Bradford, in the same County,
Wool Dealer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING
WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."
This Invention relates to those classes of combing machinery in which the fibre
is fed on to a large circular comb, and a sliver drawn therefrom, leaving the noil
in the teeth of the comb.
Hitherto a great quantity of long fibres have been left in the comb along with
the noil, these long fibres lying within the circumference of the comb and out of
the reach of the drawing-off rollers placed on the outside of the comb, and it is the
object of this Invention to secure the separation of these fibres from the noil. For
this purpose we employ another circular comb, smaller (by preference) than the one
first referred to, and this second comb we place outside the first with the points of
the teeth downward and clear of the teeth of the first comb. The two combs are
caused to work at about the same speed, and travel in the same direction at the
point or points of intersection. The fibre is first fed on to the larger comb, a sliver
drawn therefrom in the usual manner, and then the noil and remaining long fibres
are transferred by an ordinary transfer comb to the second comb in such manner
that the long fibres which lay within the circumference of the first or larger comb
hang or project from the outside of the second comb, from which they are drawn
by ordinary drawing-off rollers, forming a second sliver, and leaving little else
than noil within the teeth, which is stripped or taken out by the usual means.
In order that this Invention may be more fully understood we herein give
reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan, and
Fig. 2 an elevation in section of a circular comb of ordinary construction with our
improvements applied.
A is the usual large circular comb, the wool being fed thereto at B, and after-
wards drawn therefrom in the form of a sliver by the rollers C. The wool
remaining in the teeth of the comb is carried forwards until it reaches the small
circular comb D, to which it is transferred by the comb E, the long fibres being
outside the comb teeth. A second sliver is drawn from this comb D by the
rollers J, and the noil is afterwards removed by usual means at about the spot
marked K.
The necessary elliptical motion is imparted to the comb E by the crank F and
rod G passing through the swivel stud E.
The crank F and likewise the circular comb D can be actuated in various ways,
as will be readily understood by persons acquainted with this class of machinery.
We claim as our Invention, the use of the circular comb D arranged as and for
the purpose herein shewn and described, or any mere modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Bailey, for and on behalf of myself and
the said Daniel Smith and Leonard Smith, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this Twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
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