IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE то OTHER PREPARING MACHINES "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Roger Tatham of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster
Machine Maker and Robert Sellers of Scholes near Cleckheaton in the County
of York Card Manufacturer for an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
MATERIALS, SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE то OTHER
PREPARING MACHINES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Roger Tatham and Robert
Sellers at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th February
1883.
ROGER TATHAM of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker and
ROBERT SELLERS of Scholes near Cleckheaton in the County of York, Card
Manufacturer "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON,
WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS, SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE
TO OTHER PREPARING MACHINES,"
Our invention relates to carding engines and other similar machines used for
carding and preparing cotton, wool and other fibrous materials and consists in
arrangements whereby we remove dirt, moats, seeds, burs or short fibre from the
material being acted upon by the said carding engines or other similar preparing
machines. Beneath the "taker in "roller or rollers of the carding engine or other
machine, we place pullies or rollers or other suitable apparatus around which pass
bars or ribs such bars or ribs being jointed together so as to constitute a travelling
surface to which we impart a rotatory or other suitable motion.
The aforesaid bars or ribs slide in guides secured to the framework of the
carding engine or other machine, such guides aforesaid serving to conduct the bars
or ribs in their passage beneath the above mentioned "taker in" roller or rollers.
To the aforesaid bars or ribs we attach "wire cards," teeth, or brushes such. "wire
cards," teeth or brushes in their passage beneath the aforesaid "taker in " roller or
D

page_text: rollers serve to card, strip and remove the dirt, moats, burs or short fibre from the
cotton wool or other fibrous material conveyed by the aforesaid "taker in" roller
or rollers, to the main cylinder of the previously named carding engine or other
preparing machine. Between the travelling bars or ribs before referred to and the
"taker in" roller or rollers and the main cylinder of the carding engine, or other
similar preparing machine, we place plates or blades, such plates or blades preventing
the previously mentioned "wire cards," teeth or brushes which act as cards or
strippers from removing an excessive quantity of cotton, wool or other fibrous
material from the "taker in" roller or rollers.
We remove the dirt, moats, seeds, burs and short fibre from the "wire cards,"
teeth or brushes above referred to by means of a stationary, reciprocating or
revolving comb, blade or brush or other suitable apparatus, such reciprocating or
revolving comb blade or brush receiving motion in any convenient manner.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Roger Tatham and Robert Sellers in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 20th August 1883.
ROGER TATHAM of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster Machine Maker and
ROBERT SELLERS of Scholes near Cleckheaton in the County of York Card
Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON WOOL
AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS SUCH IMPROVEMENTS BEING ALSO APPLICABLE
TO OTHER PREPARING MACHINES
Our invention relates to carding engines and other similar machines used for
carding and preparing cotton wool and other fibrous materials and consists in
arrangements whereby we remove dirt motes seeds burs or short fibre from the
material being acted upon by the said carding engines or other similar preparing
machines. In order that our invention may be fully understood and carried into.
effect we shall now proceed to describe the same reference being made to the
accompanying drawing in which Fig: 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of our
invention as applied to a carding engine so much only of such carding engine
being shown as is requisite to illustrate the nature of our said invention Fig: 2 is
an end view looking in the direction of the left hand of Fig: 1 with certain parts
omitted to avoid confusion-We shall apply similar letters of reference to corre-
sponding parts throughout the whole series of figures. At a is one of the side
frames of the carding engine b is the main cylinder o the "taker in" roller and
at d e are the feed rollers-Beneath the "taker in "roller c are pulleys or rollers fg
the pulleys or rollers f being mounted fast upon a shaft h carried at its ends by
brackets in which it may be revolved such brackets j being secured by bolts to
the side frames a of the carding engine. The pulleys or rollers g are mounted fast
upon a shaft k supported by brackets in which it may be revolved the brackets
being secured to the side frames a of the carding engine by means of bolts,
Passing around the pulleys or rollers f.g are chains m. n taking into the links of
which are teeth o formed around the circumferences of the pulleys or rollers f. g by
means of which the said chains may be driven To the chains m. n are secured
bars or ribs p formed preferably of a T section as shown in the detached view
Fig: 3-The bars or ribs p are secured to the chains m.n by rivetting or in any
other convenient manner The ends of the bars or ribs p are carried outward
beyond the chains m. n and pass into grooves or slots a formed in brackets r. 8
secured to the side frames a of the carding engine as is shown more clearly in the
detached view Fig 4. To the bars or ribs p we attach wire cards or teeth t such
wire cards or teeth t being secured to the said bars or ribs p in any convenient
manner Upon the axle of the feed roller is mounted fast thereon a toothed
wheel u the teeth of which take into those of a wheel v carried upon a stud w sO
as to be capable of being revolved thereon the stud w being secured to the side
frame a of the carding engine.. A toothed wheel fast with the wheel v gears
into another toothed wheel y mounted fast upon the shaft k
с
As the feed rollers de revolve in the directions of the arrows A. B respectively
the cotton wool or other fibrous material supplied to the carding engine will be fed
to the "taker in "roller o the circumference of which is furnished with wire cards
or teeth 1-As the "taker in" roller c revolves in the direction of the arrow O it
will carry the cotton wool or other fibrous material from the feed rollers d. e to the
main cylinder b but during its passage the said cutton wool or other fibrous
material will have been brought into contact with the wire cards or teeth t upon
the bars or ribs p between the points D and E such wire cards or teeth ₺ removing,

page_text: the dirt motes burs or short fibre from the cotton wool or other fibrous material
conveyed by the "taker in "roller c to the main cylinder b As the feed rollers d. e.
revolve rotary motion will be transmitted therefrom through the wheels u. v. x y
to the shaft and pulleys or rollers which by means of the teeth o and chains
m. n will cause the bars or ribs p to be slowly rotated beneath the "taker in"
roller c in the direction of the arrow F-Beneath the bars or ribs p we place a
roller 2 the ends of the axle 3 of which are supported by bearings 4 within which
it is free to be rotated, the bearings 4 being carried by the side frames a of the
carding engine-Fast upon one end of the axle 3 of the roller 2 we mount a
pulley 5 and fast upon the axle 6 of the main cylinder 6 we mount a pulley 7
Around the pulleys 5. 7 passes an endless strap or belt 8 by which rotary motion
is transmitted from the axle 6 of the main cylinder b to the axle 3 and roller 2.
To the circumference of the roller 2 we attach wire cards teeth or brushes 9 which
as they rotate remove any dirt motes burs or short fibre from the wire cards or
teeth t upon the bars or ribs p Instead of employing a revolving roller 2 provided
with wire cards teeth or brushes 9 för removing the dirt motes seeds burs and short
fibre from the wire cards or teeth t upon the bars or ribs p we also in some cases
make use of a stationary reciprocating or revolving comb blade or brush or other
quitable apparatus such reciprocating or revolving comb blade or brush or other
suitable apparatus receiving motion in any convenient manner
The curved grooves or slots q within the brackets 7. 8. shown more clearly in the
detached view Fig: 5 which is a front view of the bracket r and in Fig: 6 which
is a section of Fig: 5 on the line G. H we form of such radius or curve that the
wire cards or teeth t of the bars or ribs p shall be guided so that while they are
being traversed along the grooves q the wire cards or teeth t shall move parallel or
nearly so with the circumference of the "taker in" roller c-Each of the brackets r. s
is provided with bolts 10 seen more clearly in Fig: 4 passing through the sido
frames a of the carding engine and secured to a bracket 11 by means of nuts, also
passing through each of the brackets rs and side frames a is a bolt 12 provided
with a nut screwing thereon. Through each bracket 11 passes a screw 13 such
screw screwing into screw threads formed in the bolt 12. After the nuts have been
slackened upon the bolts 10. 12 the brackets r. 8 may be adjusted relatively to the
"taker in" roller c so as to bring the wire cards or teeth t of the bars or ribs p
into the desired position relative to the wire cards or teeth 1 of the "taker in'
roller c after which the said nuts upon the bolts 10. 12 are again tightened.-
Between the travelling bars or ribs p and the "taker in roller c and main
cylinder b we place a blade or plate 14 secured to brackets 15 which are fastened
to the side frames a of the carding engine. The lower edge 14* of the blade or
plate 14 prevents the wire cards or teeth t upon the bars or ribs p from removing
too much cotton wool or other fibrous material from the taker in roller o Between
the main cylinder b and the revolving bars or ribs p we place a fixed plate 16
secured at its ends to the side frames a of the carding engine so as to prevent the
main cylinder 6 from removing the dirt motes burs or short fibre from the wire
cards or teeth of the bars or ribs p
"
We have hitherto referred to our invention as applied to carding engines only
but we desire it to be understood that our invention is also applicable to other
similar machines used in preparing cotton wool and other fibrous materials for
manufacturing processes and although we have herein before described our
invention as applied to a machine having one "taker in" roller only it will be
readily understood that our invention is applicable to machines having two or
more taker in "rollers
"
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of our said invention and
the manner in which the same is to be performed we desire it to be understood
that we claim as secured to us under the above in part recited Letters Patent
Firstly. The use of travelling bars or ribs p carrying wire cards or teeth t
for the purpose of removing dirt motes burs or short fibre from the cotton
wool or other fibrous material carried by the “taker in" roller or rollers of carding

page_text: engines or other similar preparing machines substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown
Secondly: The use of the brackets r. 8. provided with grooves or slots q formed
and acting for the purpose and substantially in the manner herein before described
and shown
Thirdly The use of the roller or axle 2 provided with wire cards teeth or
brushes 9 or other equivalent therefor acting for the purpose and substantially in
the manner bereinbefore described and shown
Fourthly: The general arrangement and construction of parts for the purposes
hereinbefore described and shown
In witness whereof we the said Roger Tatham and Robert Sellers have hereunto
set our hands and seals this eighteenth day of August in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
DAARD
ROGER TATHYAM
(L.N.)
ROBERT SELLERS (L.S.)