IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Faulkner, of Blackley, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARDING ENGINES."
Sealed the 3rd May 1864, and dated the 10th November 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Faulkner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 10th
November 1863.
I, SAMUEL FAULKNER, of Blackley, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton
Spinner, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CARDING ENGINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention in carding engines relates, firstly, to those machines in which
the sheet of material is removed from the doffer by means of rollers, and
consists in an arrangement whereby one of such rollers may readily be
removed should a lapping take place. For this purpose I mount the said
roller in arms which are capable of turning outward upon a centre; and I
adapt a midfeather for the purpose of holding up the other roller when the
aforesaid turning outward has been effected.
Secondly, my Invention refers to improvements upon that description of

page_text: carding engine for which Letters Patent have been granted to me bearing
date August 7th, 1835, No. 6874; July 25th, 1843, No. 9854; March 9th,
1857, No. 681; and September 18th, 1857, No. 2422.
In my first improvement upon this description of carding engine I use a
main cylinder with rollers and blades, as described in the Specifications of the
aforesaid Patents, and place the feeding apparatus high up on one side thereof,
the rollers and blades extending around the lower part of the periphery of the
said cylinder. On the opposite side to the feed I place another cylinder,
which takes the material from the main cylinder and delivers it at once to the
doffer.
The secondly-mentioned cylinder may or may not be provided with rollers.
The next part of my Invention refers more particularly to that arrangement
shewn by me in the Specification of my Patent of March 9th, 1857, No. 681,
aforesaid, and consists in causing the material to be taken from the main
cylinder by a smaller cylinder from which it is stripped by the doffer.
Another part of my Invention relates to an improvement in the above
description of carding engines whereby I am enabled the more readily to
adjust the carding surfaces. To this end I make the main cylinder only
stationary, and slide the others towards it, they being finally adjusted by screws
or by similar means.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Faulkner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th May 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMuel
FAULKNER, of Blackley, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of November, One thousand eight hundred
and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her
heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Faulkner, Her
special license that I, the said Samuel Faulkner, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Faulkner, 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,

page_text: an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES," upon the condition,
amongst others, that I, the said Samuel Faulkner, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to
be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Faulkner, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawings (that is to say) :-
My Invention in carding engines relates, firstly, to those machines in which
the sheet of material is removed from the offer by means of rollers, and con;
sists in an arrangement whereby one of such rollers may readily be removed
should a lapping take place. For this purpose I mount the said roller in
arms which are capable of turning outward upon a centre; and I adapt a
midfeather for the purpose of holding up the other roller when the aforesaid
turning outward has been effected.
Secondly, my Invention refers to improvements on that description of
carding engines for which Letters Patent have been granted to me bearing
date August Seventh, One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, No. 6874;
July Twenty-fifth, One thousand eight hundred and forty-three, No. 9854;
March Ninth, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, No. 681,
and September Eighteenth, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven,
No. 2422.
In my first improvement upon this description of carding engine I use
a main cylinder with rollers and blades, as described in the Specifica-
tions of the aforesaid Patents, and place the feeding apparatus high up on
one side thereof, the rollers and blades extending around the lower part of the
periphery of the said cylinder. On the opposite side to the feed I place
another cylinder which takes the material from the main cylinder and delivers
it at once to the doffer.
The secondly-mentioned cylinder may or may not be provided with rollers
and blades.
The next part of my Invention refers particularly to that arrangement
shewn by me in the Specification of my Patent of March Ninth, One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-seven, No. 681, aforesaid, and consists in causing the
material to be taken from the main cylinder by a smaller cylinder from which
it is stripped by the doffer.

page_text: Another part of my Invention relates to an improvement specified under
my Patent of July Twenty-fifth, One thousand eight hundred,and forty-three,
No. 9854, aforesaid, and consists in an arrangement whereby I am enabled
the more readily to adjust the carding surfaces. To this end I make the
main cylinder only fixed, and slide the others towards it, adjusting them by
screws or by similar means.
The first of these improvements is shewn at Fig. 1, which is a partial side
elevation of a carding engine constructed and arranged substantially according
to the Specification of those Patents granted to me according to the dates
and numbers aforesaid. Nevertheless, this part of my Invention is equally.
applicable to all carding engines in which the fleece is removed from the
doffer by means of rollers as distinguished from the more usual removal by a
doffer comb. The two doffing rollers are shewn at a, b, the upper one a is
mounted in fixed slotted bearings so as to be capable of moving upward or
downward and of resting by its weight upon the lower roller b. This
lower roller 6 is mounted in bell-crank levers c, c*, there being one of
such levers at each side of the machine mounted upon centres d and so as to be
capable of turning thereon. The ends of these levers project horizontally
and are held in a definite position so as to secure the proper position of the
roller 6 by means of pins e which pass through them and through the frame-
work of the machine. The parts marked f, g, are simply clearers. Suppose
a roller to become lapped, then the attendant by removing the pins e can turn
the bell-crank levers c, c, upon their centres d, thereby turning the roller b
outward, and affording the opportunity of removing the lapped material.
When this turning outward of the roller 6 takes place the top roller a would
of necessity fall, if means were not adopted to prevent it. I, therefore form
ends to the slots in which it is mounted, which catch the axle and form sup-
ports until the roller b is restored to its working position.
The next part of my Invention is shewn at Fig. 2, in which the main
cylinder is at h provided with a series of rollers and blades, as described in the
Specifications of the Patents obtained by me and above referred to; the blades,
however, are not shewn in the Drawing. The working. rollers i extend down-
ward to the under part of the cylinder and the feed rollers are at the upper
part thereof, as seen at j. At k is a second card cylinder working with the
main cylinder, from which it takes the cotton and delivers it direct to the
doffer 1, from which it may be removed by a comb or by rollers, as may be
desired. The second cylinder k may, like the main cylinder, be provided with
a series of working rollers and combs. By this arrangement the main cylinder
is kept more free of cotton than is usual.

page_text: The next part of my Invention, and which refers: particularly to that
arrangement shewn by me in the Specification of my Patent of March Ninth,
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, No. 681, is shewn at Fig. 1
before referred to. The main cylinder is at m, fed, as described under my
former Patents, by rollers at n, from which the material is taken by the
licker-in o and transferred to the cylinder by an intermediate or fancy roller p,
after which it is carded by means described in my aforesaid Specification. A
few only of the rollers employed for this purpose are shewn in the Drawing.
From the main cylinder the material is received by a smaller cylinder q which
delivers it direct to the doffer r. In the Drawing I have shewn rollers a, b
before referred to for the removal of the fleece, but a doffing comb may be
used if desired.
The next part of my Invention is shewn at Fig. 1 and also at the detached
view Fig 3. The axle of the main cylinder is caused to occupy a fixed
position, and the object in view is to be able to cause the cylinders or
rollers p, q, r, to occupy a correct relative position thereto as the card clothing
becomes worn away. In Fig. 1 this improvement is shewn as applied to the
cylinder q only, but the arrangement is the same for all the others. The axle
of the cylinder q is mounted in bearings s, which rest upon the framework t
within a groove formed therein. These bearings are provided with nuts u in
which are screws v mounted in a projecting part of the framing, which is
cored out to receive them. When it is desired to set the cylinder q nearer to
the main cylinder m, the screws are turned, whereby the bearings s are
caused to slide upon the framework t, and a similar operation readjusts the
roller and doffer rollers a, b.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, I desire it to be under-
stood that I claim as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters
Patent,-
Firstly, mounting the doffing roller in arms capable of being turned
outward.
Secondly, as applied to the construction of carding engine above-mentioned,
the arrangement described in reference to Fig. 2 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Also, in reference to my Patent of March Ninth, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-seven, aforesaid, causing the material to be taken from
the main cylinder by a smaller cylinder, from which it is stripped by the
doffer.

page_text: Also the method above shewn and described of readjusting the cylinders or
rollers in reference to the main cylinder and to each other.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Faulkner, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
SAMUEL FAULKNER. (L.S.)