Cotton and other Fibrous Substances for Spinning.
Year: 1885

page_text: Cotton and other Fibrous Substances for Spinning.
I, GEORGE PETER LEIGII of 31 Baker Street, John Street, Longsight in the
County of Lancaster, Mill Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said
invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING
COTTON & OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES FOR SPINNING" to be as follows:—
This invention is designed principally to be applied to cotton combing machines,
but it is also applicable to drawing frames, wherein the fibres pass through
drawing rollers in a straight or untwisted state.
The object of the invention is to prevent the lapping of the sliver round the top
rollers, causing waste known as "roller laps" and "top clearer waste."
The invention consists principally in the use or employment immediately in
front of the front drawing rollers of a rod or bar which may be termed a "clearer
rod" formed of glass, or other smooth substance, supported by suitable brackets
wherein it is capable of adjustment in a vertical direction, and the brackets are
themselves adjustable in slots in the roller beam (which supports them) so as to
set the "clearer rod or bar" nearer to or further from the front drawing rollers as
may be required.
In working I adjust the "clearer rod or bar" as near as convenient to the front
drawing rollers and slightly (say about three eighths of an inch) below the nip of
the rollers, and the effect of this "clearer rod or bar" is to hold the sliver down
slightly on to the upper surface of the front bottom roller, and thus to prevent or
overcome its tendency to lap round the front top roller and form waste.
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GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

page_text: An Improvement in Machinery or Apparatus for Preparing
Cotton and other Fibrous Substances for Spinning.
I GEORGE PETER LEICH of 31 Baker Street, John Street Longsight in the
County of Lancaster Mill Manager do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR PREPARING COTTON
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES FOR SPINNING" and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:
This invention is designed principally to be applied to cotton combing machines,
but it is also applicable to drawing frames wherein the fibres pass through drawing
rollers in a straight or untwisted state.
The object of the invention is to prevent the lapping of the sliver round the top
rollers causing waste known as "roller laps" and "top clearer waste."
The construction of my improved apparatus will be readily understood on
reference to the annexed drawing and the following explanation thereof.
The drawing represents a section of the draw and calendering rollers of a
combing machine with my improvement shown as applied thereto.
drawing rollers and b, b the calendering rollers, c, c is the trumpet.
a, a are the
The invention consists principally in the use or employment immediately in
front of the front drawing rollers of a rod or bar d, d which may be termed a
"clearer rod" formed of glass or other smooth substance supported by suitable
brackets e, e (one of which only is shewn on the drawing) wherein it is capable of
adjustment in a vertical direction by means of nuts f, f and the brackets e, e are
themselves adjustable in slots g, g in the frame h, h (which supports them) so as to
set the "clearer rod" or bar d d near to or further from the front drawing
rollers a* a* as may be required.
In working I adjust the "clearer rod" or bar d, d as near as convenient to the
front drawing rollers a*, a* and slightly (say about three eighths of an inch) below
the nip of the said rollers, and the effect of this "clearer rod" or bar is to hold the
sliver down slightly onto the upper surface of the front bottom roller and thus to
prevent or overcome its tendency to lap round the front top roller and form waste.
It will be evident without further illustration that the rod or bar d, d may be
applied to the rollers of drawing frames as above stated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The use or employment of an adjustable
"clearer-rod" or bar immediately in
front of the front drawing rollers of cotton combing machines or drawing frames
substantially in the manner and for the purposes herein before set forth.
Dated this 14th day of Sontember 1885
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicant,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.