Improvements in Exhaust Opening and Scutching Machines for Cleaning Cotton and other Fibres.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1899-Accepted, 23rd Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Exhaust Opening and Scutching Machines for
Cleaning Cotton and other Fibres.
I, JOHN BUCKLEY, of Queen Street Iron Works, Staleybridge, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to Horizontal Exhaust Opening and Scutching Machines and it
consists in the arrangement and application of a pair or pairs of revolving cages and
dust boxes in combination with a fan or fans placed at the delivery end of the trunk
or pipe and immediately in front of the feed motion of a horizontal beater or
cylinder.
The cages are provided with dampers so that the current of air caused by the fan
or fans draws the fibre into the nip of the cages between which it passes to a pedal or
other suitable feed mechanism by which it is fed forward to the horizontal opening or
beating cylinder of the machine.
My improvements can be applied either to openers, scutchers, or combined opening
and sentching machines.
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H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Exhaust Opening and Scutching Machines for
Cleaning Cotton and other Fibres."
I, JOHN BUCKLEY, of Queen Street Iron Works, Staley bridge, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, 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:-
My invention relates to Horizontal Exhaust Opening and Scutching Machines and it
consists in the arrangement ard application of a pair or pairs of revolving cages and
dust boxes in combination with a fan or fans placed at the delivery end of the
trunk or pipe and immediately in front of the feed motion of a horizontal beater or
cylinder.
The cages are provided with dampers so that the current of air caused by the fan
or fans draws the fibre into the nip of the cages between which it passes to a pedal or
other suitable feed mechanism by which it is fed forward to the horizontal opening or
beating cylinder of the machine.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings reference being had to the
figure and letters marked thereon.
The Drawing represents in side elevation, partly a section, my improvements applied
to a combined exhaust opening and scutching machine provided with a "puller" or
breaking machine through which the cotton or other fibre is fed.
In this view, a is the feed apron of a "puller" to which the fibre to be cleaned is
fed and c is the trunk through which the fibre is conducted from the "puller" b to
the exhaust opening and scutching machine d, all these parts may be of the usual or
other known constructions.
Instead of the fibre passing direct from the trunk c to the pedal or other feed
motion of the opening machine, I apply a pair of revolving cages e e fitted in dust

page_text: boxes fin combination with a fan or fans g all placed between the delivery end of the
trunk c and the pedal feed of the horizontal beating cylinder i.
The cages ee are provided with dampers, not shown, so that the current of air
caused by the fan or fans g draws the fibre into the nip of the cages between which it
passes under a stripping roller j and pressing rollers to the pedal feed / by which
it is fed forward to the horizontal opening or beating cylinder of the machine d.
My improvements can be applied either to exhaust openers, scutchers, or as shown,
to combined opening and scutching machines.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The arrangement use and application of a pair or pairs of revolving cages with
their dust boxes and a fan or fans applied between the delivery end of the feed trunk
and immediately in front of the feed motion of the horizontal beater of an opening or
scutching machine or combined opening and scutching machine substantially as herein
set forth.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.