Improved Apparatus for Knotting or Bunching Hair, Bristles, or Fibres for Brush Making.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th June, 1900-Accepted, 4th Aug., 1900
Improved Apparatus for Knotting or Bunching Hair, Bristles, or
Fibres for Brush Making.
We, THOMAS SILEDDEN and WILLIAM SHEDDEN, both of 39, New Street, Paisley,
Renfrewshire, Engineers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention has for its object to provide a machine of improved construction
for dividing and delivering or bunching hair, bristles or fibres for use in brusle
making.
The improved apparatus comprises a stand or framing having a table top
whereon is secured a box or hopper containing the hairs, bristles or fibres o
be delivered in bunches, the said box being made with a movable side or sides
to adapt it for holding any desired length of bristles and with a slit in the bottom
through which they may be delivered. Under the hopper a disc or plate is
fitted on a rocking shaft secured in bearings on the framing, the disc having
cut or formed in its periphery a slot which is preferably inclined and the lengthi
of opening of which is adjustable by means of a plate and set screw or like means
so that it may hold a large or small bunch of fibre as required.
be
On the side of the disc is a cam plate, a projection on which is adapted to
pass over the slot in the disc so as to engage and retain therein the fibres fed
into it from the hopper. The disc and cam are operated by means of a con-
necting rod or pitman from a treadle which is acted on by the foot to bring the
slot in the disc under the delivery opening in the hopper from which the bunch
is delivered. The return movement of the treadle causes the cam to engage a
bunch of fibres and cover over the slot in the disc and to partially rotate the
dise so that the bunch is brought forward clear of the hopper and may
grasped by the operator who doubles the bunch and draws it by means of a
wire into the hole in the brush which is held in a vice at the front of the table.
To facilitate the delivery of the bristles a weight or weighted cover is fitted on
the hopper to press them down on to the disc as it oscillates under the hopper.
A sinall spring is fitted in front of the hopper to touch the edge of the disc and
prevent waste of bristles when they are being drawn out in bunches; and a
block is set on the disc to knock the bristles forward to the delivery slit.
On the under side of the disc a spring or other brake is fitted to hold the disc
steady.
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WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
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Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Knotting or Bunching Hair, Bristles, or
Fibres for Brush Making.
We, THOMAS SHEDDEN and WILLIAM SHEDDEN, both of 39, New Street, Paisley,
Renfrewshire, Engineers, 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:-
This invention has for its object to provide a machine of improved construction
for dividing and delivering or bunching hair, bristles or fibres for use in brush
making.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 being a
front elevation, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, partly in section, of the improved
apparatus for knotting or bunching hair.
The improved apparatus, as shewn by these drawings, comprises a stand or
framing A having a table top B whereon is secured a box or hopper C containing
the hairs, bristles or fibres to be delivered in bunches, the said box C being made
with a movable side or sides C', adjustable by means of notches C2 and set pins (3
to adapt it for holding any desired length of bristles, and a slit being formed
in the bottom of the box C through which the bristles may be delivered. Under
the hopper C a disc or plate D is fitted on a rocking shaft E secured in bearings
on table top B, the disc D having cut or formed in its periphery a slot D' which
is preferably inclined and the length of opening of which is adjustable by means
of a plate 12 and set screw 13 or like means so that it may hold a large or small
bunch of fibre as required.
On the side of the disc 1) is a cam plate F, a projection F1 on which is adapted
to pass over the slot D' in the disc D so as to engage and retain therein the
fibres fed into it from the hopper C. The disc D and cam plate F are operated
by means of a connecting rod or pitman G from a treadle H which is acted on by
the foot to bring the slot D in the disc 1) under the delivery opening or slit (+
in the hopper C from which the bunch is delivered, the treadle first acting to
uncover the slot D and thereafter to turn the disc because of the method of
connecting the pitman G and cam plate to the disc D. The return movement
of the treadle H causes the cam plate F to engage a bunch of fibres and cover
over the slot D in the disc 1) and to partially rotate the disc 1) so that the bunch
is brought forward clear of the hopper C and may be grasped by the operator who
doubles the bunch and draws it by means of a wire into the hole in the brush
which is held in a vice K at the front of the table B.
To facilitate the delivery of the bristles a weight or weighted cover I is fitted
on the hopper C to press them down on to the periphery of the disc D as it
oscillates under the hopper, and to guide the bristles towards the slit, two horn-
like projecting pieces Care formed at the bottom of the box C.
A small spring-
pressed "doctor" is fitted in front of the hopper C to touch the edge of the
disc D and prevent waste of bristles when they are being drawn out in bunches;
and a block D is set on the disc D to knock or feed the bristles forward to the
delivery slit Ct.
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On the under side of the disc 1) a spring or other brake
the disc D steady.
is fitted to hold
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that
what we claim is:-
1. Apparatus for knotting
OP hunching hair bristlas
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page_text: making, the several parts of which are constructed, combined and arranged to
operate, substantially as described.
2. In apparatus for knotting or bunching hair, bristles or fibres, for brush-
making, the combination with a hopper or box for holding the hair, bristles,
or fibres, having adjustable sides and a slit in its under side, of a disc having a
feeding block on its periphery, said disc being fitted on a rocking shaft beneath
the hopper so that the periphery of the disc enters the hopper through the afore-
mentioned slit, a slot in said disc, a cam plate for covering the open end of said
slot and a treadle and pitman or other means for operating the cam plate and
disc, substantially as described.
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1001
1
1000
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62, Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow,
Agent for the Applicants."