IMPROVEMENTS ·IN CIRCULAR COMBS, AND OTHER COMBS EMPLOYED IN COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Henry France, of Bradford, in the County
of York, Wool Comb Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
·IN CIRCULAR COMBS, AND OTHER COMBS EMPLOYED IN COMBING WOOL AND OTHER
FIBRES."
Sealed the 6th July 1875, and dated tho 12th January 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Henry Franco
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th January 1875.
1, WILLIAM HENRY FRANCE, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Wool Comb Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIRCULAR COMES, AND OTHER COMBS EMPLOYED IN COMBING
WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES," to be as follows, that is to say :—
My Invention relates to employing a double set of teeth or pins, so
constructed that they shall present a number of points to the lineal inch,
giving great strength and allowing longer teeth or pins to be employed,
producing a better sliver. For this purpose I construct my teeth or

page_text: pins flat at the base, tapering to a point; or I may construct them
round and tapering. These teeth or pins are fitted first in a row in a
metal plate, and other similar teeth or pins are fitted next to them
between the spaces of the teeth, touching them or nearly touching them
until the taper ends leave spaces for the fibres to pass through. By
these means I produce combs with a greater number of points and
spaces, or teeth or pins to the lineal inch than those heretoforo con-
structed, with greater strength, enabling the use of longer teeth or pins,
and producing better combed wool or fibres.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Henry France in the Great Scal Patent
Office on the 10th July 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
HENRY FRANCE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Wool Comb Maker,
send greeting.
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· WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand cight hundred and seventy-five, in tho
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, ler heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Henry France, Her
special licence that I, the said William Henry France, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Henry France, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an In-
vention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CIRCULAR COMBS, AND OTHER COMBS EMPLOYED IN
COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Henry France, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the samo to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six

page_text: spaces I for the fibres to pass through. The outside circle of teeth or
pins I construct with my improved teeth or pins, the other circles of
teeth or pins G are constructed on the usual known plan. By these
means I produce combs with a larger number of points and spaces to
the linear inch than those heretofore constructed, giving greater strength i
and allowing of the use of longer teeth or pins, thus producing better
combed wool or fibres.
For producing a better sliver I employ a closing runner H made of
wire, metal, or wood. This closing runner is fitted within the comb I
and acts on the drawing leather J and the sliver coming from the
combs pressing the sliver on the drawing leather and keeping the sliver
close and compact. The runner H is fitted on a spindle K, and made
to turn freely in a bracket L, which is fixed on a drawing roller or to
the inside of the comb I.
Having thus described my Invention and the best means with which 1
I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect, what I claim is,—
Firstly. The construction and employment of a double set of teeth or
pins for circular and other combs presenting a number of points to the
linear inch, substantially as herein-before described and represented in
the accompanying Drawing.
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Secondly. The construction and employment of closing runners for
producing better slivers, substantially as heroin-before described and
represented in the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Henry France, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of July, in the year of 2
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
Witness,
WILLIAM HENRY FRANCE. (L.S.)
WALTER JA'. TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.