Improvements in Machinery for Shaking and Packing Rags.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1898-Accepted, 16th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Shaking and Packing Rags.
WE, DIXON OXLEY, of Victoria Street, Batley Carr, Rag Merchant, and GEORGE
HENRY GALE, of Bridge Street, Batley, Rag Merchant, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention 'to be as follows:
The object of our invention is to prevent waste by the non-fraying of the
material in passing through the rag shaking machine, and to prevent accidents
by its being impossible for the rags to collect on the teeth or pegs, and to ensure
a perfect delivery of the rags into bags or bales.
I employ the ordinary revolving cylinder within a suitable case, with a feed
hopper preferably at the front side; I fix at suitable distances around the cylinder
a series of teeth consisting of pins, and an opening at one end and side of the
machine (towards the delivery trough) at which is a clearing roller driven from
the central cylinder shaft. The bottom of the delivery trough consists of an
endless apron driven from the clearing roller shaft or from the central shaft.
The pins upon the roller are bent at an angle of about forty five degrees, the
opposite way to the direction of rotation of the cylinder, and looking endwise they
are also inclined towards the delivery trough, but those opposite the delivery
trough are straight, or parallel to the sides of the machine.
Improvements in Machinery for Shaking and Packing Rags.
WE, DIXON OXLEY, of Victoria Street, Batley Carr, Rag Merchant, and GEORGE
HENRY GALE, of Bridge Street, Batley, Rag Merchant, 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:-
The object of our invention is to prevent waste by the non fraying of the
material in passing through the rag shaking machine, and to prevent accidents
by its being impos-ible for the rags to collect on the teeth or pegs, and to ensure
a perfect delivery of the rags into bags or bales.

page_text: Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. 1 showing driving of same.
Fig. 3 is an end view of cylinder and pegs detached.
We employ the ordinary revolving cylinder A within a suitable case B, and
gauze or wire cylinder B', with a feed hopper C, preferably at the front side;
we fix at suitable distances around the cylinder, a series of teeth consisting of pins
or pegs 1), and a feed opening E at one side of the machine, and an end opening F
(towards the delivery trough G) at which is a clearing roller H, driven from the
central cylinder shaft J by pulleys K, K, and rope L, or other suitable means.
The bottom of the delivery trough G consists of an endless apron or delivery
sheet M, driven from the clearing roller shaft H', by pulleys N, N, and rope l',
or from the central shaft in a similar manner.
All the pins or pegs D upon the roller are bent at an angle of about forty five
degrees, the opposite way to the direction of rotation of the cylinder, and looking
endwise they are also inclined towards the delivery trough, but those opposite the
delivery trough are straight, or parallel to the sides of the machine.
A fan R is placed at the top end of the machine to draw out the dust; the
heavier dust drops through the wire or gauze cylinder on to the floor, and is taken
out at the door.
The action is as follows:-The dusty rags are placed in the hopper C, and pass
to the cylinder A and are caught by the pins or pegs D, and carried round at
great speed (and freed from dust) until they pass forwards and come opposite to
the opening F to the delivery trough G, when they pass over the clearing roller H,
and are carried forwards by the endless apron or delivery sheet M and dropped
into suitable bags or bales underneath the same.
This is done without breaking up the fabrics (which occurs by the ordinary
construction of cylinder and other pegs), but our pegs are bent so that it is
impossible for the material to collect or stick to them, but is always ejected as it
comes opposite the opening of the delivery trough.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. Constructing the cylinders of rag-shaking machines with their pegs bent
at an angle the opposite way to the direction of rotation of the said cylinder, so
ensuring the proper delivery of the material and preventing damage to same,
substantially as shown and described.
2. A rag-shaking machine with clearing roller, delivery trough, and apron for
delivering the rags to sacks or bags, substantially as shown and described.
3. A rag-shaking machine having a cylinder with bent teeth (for ensuring the
correct delivery of the material), clearing roller, delivery trough, and apron,
operating substantially as shown and described.
Dated this Second day of March 1898.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicants.