IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS USED FOR OPENING AND CLEANING COTTON COTTON WASTE AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1884

page_text: We LEONARD WILD of Shiffnall Street Bolton in the County of Lancaster
Cotton Waste Dealer and JOSIAH GREENHALGH of the firm of John Greenhalgh
and Sons of Vulcan Iron Works Oldham in the same County Machine Maker do
hereby declare the nature of the invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS USED FOR OPENING AND CLEANING COTTON COTTON WASTE AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES to be as follows:-
This invention is designed principally to be applied to the machines known as
"willows" used for opening and cleaning cotton waste, but it is also applicable
with slight modifications to other similar machines such as 'openers" used for
opening and cleaning cotton and other fibrous substances. The object of the
invention is to remove the dirt, refuse fibre, fluff, and other refuse material from
the lower part of the first "willow" or "opener" and to carry it into a box or
chamber, whence it is raised by an elevator and conveyed to the second or flock-
willow." For this purpose we arrange in the lower part of the first willow sloping
boards or plates, at the side of the frame; which convey the refuse material into a
trough at the bottom. In this trough revolves a worm or screw which constantly
withdraws the refuse and delivers it at one end or at the back of the machine into
a box or chamber. From this box or chamber it is raised by means of an elevator
consisting of buckets fixed on an endless band passing around two rollers, which
elevator delivers it into the upper part of a vertical or sloping trough leading to
the feeder of the second or "flock-willow," which removes all the remaining fibrous
material in the form of flocks. In the vertical or sloping trough are two sliding
doors connected together by a lever in such a way that one opens as the other
closes, and by this means an exactly measured quantity can at any time be allowed
to fall onto the feeder of the second or flock willow. A similar worm and elevator
arrangement is also applied to "the "flock willow" for the purpose of removing all
the dirt and other valueless material and delivering it into receptacles or on to
'creepers" which convey it to the midden or other place of deposit. Thus it will
be evident that by the use of our improved apparatus the refuse material and dirt
are continuously being removed, and hence the necessity for frequently stopping
the machines, for removing and cleaning out the refuse, is entirely dispensed with,
as the same is performed automatically and thus both time and labor are greatly
economized.
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We LEONARD WILD of Shiffnall Street Bolton in the County of Lancaster
Cotton Waste Dealer and JOSIAH GREENHALGH of the firm of John Greenhalgh
and, Sons of Vulcan Works Oldham in the same County, Machine Maker do hereby
declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS USED FOR OPENING AND CLEANING COTTON, COTTON WASTE AND OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES" 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 the machines known as
"willows" used for opening and cleaning cotton waste, but it is also applicable
with slight modifications to other similar machines such as "openers" used for
opening and cleaning cotton and other fibrous substances.
The object of our invention is to remove the dirt refuse fibre, fluff, and other
refuse material from the lower part of the first "willow" or "opener" and to carry
it into a box or chamber whence it is raised by an elevator and conveyed to the
second or
“flock willow,” and after being operated on by the latter so as to extract
all the available fibre to remove all the dirt and valueless refuse and convey it
away.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention we will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be performed, and in order
that the same may be clearly understood we have annexed hereunto a sheet of
drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters of
reference corresponding with those in the following description thereof.
Fig. 1. in the annexed drawings is an elevation drawn partly in section showing
the construction and application of our invention, and Fig. 2 is an end view (also
partly in section) of the same; a, a represents two "blowing willows" and b, ba
"flock willow" in connection therewith.
In the lower part of the "blowing willows" a, a and "flock willows" b, b we
arrange sloping boards or plates c, c at the side of the frame (see Fig. 2) which
convey the refuse material into a trough d, d at the bottom. In this trough
revolves a worm or screw e, e which constantly withdraws the refuse and delivers
it at one end (or at the back of the machine if preferred) into a box or chamber f,f
and in this box or chamber we prefer to affix a beater g g to the end of the
screw e, e for the purpose of disintegrating the refuse and separating the particles
so that it can more readily be taken up by the "elevator" h, h which consists
of buckets fixed on an endless band passing round two rollers i, i.
elevator h, h delivers it into the upper end of a vertical or sloping trough k, k
leading to the feeder of the flock willow b, b which removes all the remaining
fibrous material in the form of flocks.
This
At the lower part of the trough k, k are two sliding doors 1, 1 connected together
by a lever m, m in such a manner that one opens as the other closes and by this
means an exactly measured quantity can at any time be allowed to fall onto the
feeder of the "flock-willow" b, b.
A similar worm and elevator arrangement is also applied to the "flock-willow"
for the purpose of removing all the dirt and other valueless material and delivering
it into receptacles or onto "creepers" which convey it to the midden or other place
of deposit.
I may here remark that if preferred "creepers" formed of endless bands working
round rollers may be used instead of the worms e, e in the troughs d, d but I
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page_text: It will be evident that by the use of our improved apparatus all the refuse
material and dirt are continuously being removed, and hence the necessity for
frequently stopping the machines and removing and cleaning out the refuse which
occupies about one third of the time of working is entirely dispensed with, as the.
same is performed automatically and thus both time and labor are greatly
economized.
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 the combination, with willows or machines used for opening and
cleaning cotton, cotton waste, and other fibrous substances, of a system of troughs
screws or worms, elevators, and creepers, substantially in the manner and for the
purposes hereinbefore set forth and described.
Dated this 1st day of December 1981
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.