IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD-SETTING MACHINES
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jonas Haley, Card Manufacturer, and James Pinder, Card
Setting Machine Maker, both of Cleckheaton, in the County of York, for an
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD-SETTING MACHINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jonas Haley and James
Pinder at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd July 1881.
JONAS HALEY, Card Manufacturer, and JAMES PINDER, Card Setting Machine
Maker, both of Cleckheaton, in the County of York.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD
SETTING MACHINES."
This Invention relates to improved construction and combination of apparatus
for self actingly stopping the machine when from any cause the "feed" or supply
of wire from which the cards are made is interrupted, and also when the formation
of the teeth is not perfected, or when the "crookers" are broken or injured, and
when "maring," that is to say, bent or imperfect teeth are inserted in or partly
inserted in the clothing or foundation.
Apparatus for stopping the machine when from any cause the supply of wire is
not maintained, constructed according to this our said Invention, comprises a disc
mounted upon one end of the length of wire, the other end of which is in
communication with a detector or stop piece. As the wire from which the cards are
to be made is passed intermittantly into the machine, its leading end presses upon
the face of the disc, and by the connection imparts motion to the detector or stop
piece, which is pushed or turned clear or out of the way of a reciprocating or sliding
stop bar actuated by eccentric.
Should the supply of wire fail the disc will not be acted upon, consequently the
detector will not be moved, whereon the reciprocating or sliding stop bar will force
the said detector against the cranked end of a bar connected with an ordinary stop
rod, drawing the bar last referred to out of its holding notch, and the motion of the
machine will be arrested.
Apparatus for stopping the machine when the formation of the teeth is not
perfected or when the crookers are injured comprise two small fingers & hooks,

page_text: so mounted that if the teeth are perfectly formed the bending thereof causes the
points to bear upon and depress the fingers, whereon the hooks pass clear of the T
lever connected with a detector or stop piece (as described in connection with the
first part of this Invention), but should the tooth or either point or prong of a tooth
be imperfect, one of the two fingers referred to would not be acted upon, whereon
its tooth would engage with the cross or T lever, and the detector or stop pieco
would be trapped and forced by the reciprocating stop bar against the cranked
end of the bar connected with the stop rod of the machine and the latter would be
brought to a state of rest.
For detecting "mared" teeth a feeler is mounted and placed in such position that
the traverse of the foundation or material in which the cords are being set will cause
any mared tooth or teeth to be brought into contact with the finger, and thereon the
finger is pushed sideway and being connected with a "detector" or stop as described,
moves the latter into such position that it is trapped or caught by the reciprocating
stop bar, and the latter acts on the like bar connected with the stop rod and the
motion of the machine is arrested as described in connection with the first and
second parts of this Invention,

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Jonas Haley and James Pinder in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 31st December 1881.
JONAS HALEY, Card Manufacturer, and JAMES PINDER, Card Setting Machine
Maker, both of Cleckheaton, in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD
SETTING MACHINES."
This Invention relates to improved construction and combination of apparatus
for self actingly stopping the machine when from any cause the "feed" or supply
of wire from which the cards are made is interrupted, and also when the formation
of the teeth is not perfected, or when the "crookers' are broken or injured, and
when "
marring," that is to say, bent or imperfect teeth are inserted in or partly
inserted in the clothing or foundation.
"
Apparatus for stopping the machine, when from any cause the supply of wire
is not maintained, constructed according to this our said Invention comprises a
disc mounted upon one end of a length of wire, the other end of which is in
communication with a detector or stop piece. As the wire from which the cards
are to be made is passed intermittantly into the machine, its leading end presses
against the face of the disc, and by the connections imparts motion to the detector
or stop piece, which is pushed or turned clear or out of the way of a reciprocating
or sliding stop bar actuated by eccentric.
Should the supply of wire fail. the disc will not be acted upon, consequently the
detector will not be moved, whereon the reciprocating or sliding stop bar will
force the said detector against the cranked end of a bar connected with the
ordinary stop rod, drawing the bar last referred to out of its holding notch, and
and the motion of the machine will be arrested.
Apparatus for stopping the machine when the formation of the teeth is not
perfected when the crookers are injured comprise two small fingers, so mounted
that if the teeth are perfectly formed the bending thereof causes the points to bear
upon and depress the fingers, whereon the hooks pass clear of the T lever connected
with a detector or stop piece (as described in connection with the first part of this
Invention), but should the tooth or either point or prong of a tooth be imperfect
one of the two fingers referred to would not be acted upon, whereon its hook
would engage with the cross or T lever, and the detector or stop piece would be
trapped and forced by the reciprocating stop bar against the cranked end of the
bar connected with the stop rod of the machine, and the latter would be brought
to a state of rest.
"
For detecting
"marred teeth a feeler is mounted and placed in such position
that the traverse of the foundation or material in which the cards are being set
will cause any inarred tooth or teeth to be brought into contact with the finger,
and thereon the finger is pushed sideway, and being connected with a " detector"
or stop as described moves the latter into such position that it is trapped or caught
by the reciprocating stop bar, and the latter acts on the like bar connected with
the stop rod, and the motion of the machine is arrested as described in connection
with the first and second parts of this Invention.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention, we will now proceed
to describe the same in detail; and in order that the Invention may be clearly
understood we have hereunto annexed 3 Sheets of Drawings illustrative thereof, in
which―

page_text: Fig. 4 is a plan view.
Figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, are details. The above Drawings illustrate apparatus for stopping
the machine. When the crookers are injured imperfect or marred teeth are
formed.
Figs. 9 and 10 are a side elevation and plan of modification of the apparatus
shewn at Fig. 5.
Attached to the ordinary crooker frame A is another frame B carrying the
fingers or feelers C. C, these being turned or cranked upwards at their ends nearest
the card D, and adjustable as to distance therewith by means of the set screws and
blocks E, E; pendant or hanging from and connected with the said blocks E, E,
are fingers F, F. At C is a catch bar connected by rod and lever H (capable of
partial rotation in bearings J, J) to the lever K, the other end of which lever is in
.contact with and operates a lever L and catch piece or detector M. At N is the
centre stud of the lever L. At O is the top sliding bar operated by its cam P on
the main shaft Q; R is the under or stop bar; S is the holding notch formed in
the stop rod T.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-So long as the teeth are properly
formed and inserted or set through the card clothing or fillet D, the ends or
points of each card tooth will successively come in contact with and bear upon the
cranked ends of the fingers C, C, thereby forcing back the said fingers, and also the
pendant fingers F, F, causing the latter on the oscillation of the crooker frame A
on the centres U, U, to clear and pass over the catch bar G. Should however the
points (or one point only) of a card tooth, either by reason of a failure of action of
crookers, or marring, or from other cause, fail to pass through the clothing D and
come in contact with and push back the points of the fingers C, C, the pendant
fingers F, F, or one of them will not be pressed back, and when the crooker frame A
moves towards the card the lower ends of the fingers F, F, will bear on and pass
over to other side of catch bar G, and on the return oscillation or movement of the
crooker frame A the said bar G will be acted upon by the fingers F, F, or one of
them, and cause partial rotation to the shaft and levers H, H, on which is the
lever K. This lever acts upon the cranked end of the lever L, and thereby brings
or places the detector piece M in front of the sliding bar O; the detector M is then
forced against the cranked end V of the stop bar R, forcing or sliding the same,
so that the other end is withdrawn from the notch S in the shaft T, and the spiral
spring W withdraws the driving pulley X from the clutch plate Y and stops the
machine.
The modification of above apparatus is shewn at Figs. 9 and 10, in which B is
the frame attached to the crooker frame A; C, C, the fingers; and F, F, the
pendant fingers. When a card is properly formed its bent points press upon the
feelers C, C, so swiveling or turning the frame D on its centre E, E, and moving
the fingers F, F, clear of the bar G, as shewn at Fig. 5, the knocking off or stopping
motion being in all respects the same.
Referring now to Figs. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, by which is illustrated apparatus
for stopping the machine when the supply of wire is insufficient or exhausted, or
when the teeth are not properly set in the foundation.
Fig. 11 is plan of part of machine having our improvements applied, the parts
being illustrated as in position for stopping the machine.
Fig. 12 is plan of parts detached in the working or going position.
Fig. 13, 14, 15, and 16, are details drawn full size.
At A is the wire from which the card teeth are made; B is a disc mounted on a
rod C capable of sliding in bearings D, D, the other end forming a clip E, within
which is the L lever Fhaving detector C at its extremity and movable on the
centre H. So long as the supply of wire is sufficient at each succeeding feed the
end of the wire A butts against the disc B, and by connections C, E, and F, carries
the detector piece G clear of the sliding bar J, but if the supply or feed of wire fails,
the disc B not being acted upon, the detector piece G remains in position for, and

page_text: is caught or trapped between the sliding bar J and presses against the part K, the
latter acting against the projecting part L of the stop bar M. All the remaining
stopping parts being of the same construction as described as from O to Y in
Figures 1 to 10 inclusive.
If a tooth N is not properly set and project from the front of the foundation or
card, as shewn at Fig. 11, the projecting part of the tooth will by reason of the
traverse of the foundation D be brought in contact with the feeler O working in
bearings P, P, and connected at Q to the rod R, and detector part K, K, is trapped
or caught between the detector G and the projecting end L of stop bar M, and the
machine is stopped, as already described; the spiral springs Z are for the purpose
of returning the parts to the normal position.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said Invention
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, we would have it understood that we lay no claim to
the use of rod C and disc B operated by wire A, but what we do claim as our
Invention is,
1. The combination of frame B having fingers C and F, the fingers F operating
the catch bar G and its connections when the crookers are injured or imperfect
teeth are formed, as described herein, and substantially as illustrated by Drawings,
Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive.
2. The combination of clip E, lever F, detector piece. G (operated or acting
through the disc B and rod C), together with the sliding bar J and stop bar M,
whereby the machine is stopped when supply of wire is insufficient, as described
and as illustrated by Drawings.
3. The combination of bar O, slide block Q, rod R, and detector piece K, as
herein described and substantially as illustrated by Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Jonas Haley and James Pinder, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty fourth day of December, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Blackburn.
JONAS HALLY. (L.S.)
JAMES PINDER. (L.S.)