IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOL COMBING MACHINERY
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Heaton, of the Firm of Joseph Heaton and
Company, of Bradford, in the County of York, for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOL COMBING MACHINERY."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Heaton at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th October 1880.
JOSEPH HEATON, of the Firm of Joseph Heaton and Company, of Bradford,
in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOL COMBING MACHINERY."
This Invention has reference to the fallers employed in the square motion
machine, or what is known as Holden's comb, and the object of this Invention is to
lessen the quantity of "robbins" and thereby produce more top, and also in a great
measure dispense with the necessity of picking or cleaning the fallers, and this we
accomplish by inserting, say, within each row of pins, a blade or bar connected
together at both ends by rivets, plates, or other suitable manner. These blades
have a rising and falling motion given to them, and are so arranged and actuated
that when the fallers are at the end of their traverse the said blades will have been
raised, lifting the wool clean out of the pins ready to be removed by the stripper,
and as the fallers drop onto the steam chest or lower bed the blades are caused to
descend either by their own weight or by means of springs or other equivalent.
The rising motion is given to the blades by means of a stud or projection fixed at
each end of the blades being brought into contact with an incline or projection or
by other suitable means. Instead of the blades rising and falling they may be
stationary and the pins may be capable of moving up and down.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Heaton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 2nd April
1881.
JOSEPH HEATON, of the Firm of Joseph Heaton and Company, of Bradford,
in the County of York. "IMPROVEMENTS IN WOOL COMBING MACHINERY."
This Invention has reference to the curved fallers employed in the square motion
machine, or what is known as Holden's comb, and the object of the Invention is to
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page_text: lessen the quantity of "robbins" and thereby produce more "top," and also in a
great measure dispense with the necessity of picking or cleaning the fallers, which
is now done by "comb winders," and this we accomplish by inserting, say, within
each row of pins, a curved blade, kept in position by inserting the ends thereof in
suitable boxes, or they may be connected together at both ends by rivets, plates, or
other suitable manner.
These blades have a rising and falling motion given to them, and are so arranged
and actuated that when the fallers are at the end of their traverse the said blades
will have been raised, lifting the wool clean out of the pins ready to be removed by
the stripper, and as the fallers, drop onto the steam chest or lower bed the blades
are caused to descend either by their own weight or by means of inclined plates or
springs or other equivalent. The rising motion is given to the blades by means of
a stud or projection fixed at each end of the parts carrying the blades being brought
into contact with an incline or projection, or by other suitable means. Instead of
the blades rising and falling they may be stationary and the pins may be capable of
moving up and down.
In order that the Invention may be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is plan view of a faller, Fig. 2
elevation, and Fig. 3 cross section of same. A are the pins fixed into the curved
plate B, as usual; C are the curved blades or bars placed within each row of pins,
and kept in position by placing the ends thereof in a box D hinged at E, which
allows the box and curved blades to rise, as shewn in dotted lines (see Fig. 2), then
acted upon by the inclined bar F. In order to ensure all the wool being removed
off the pins by the stripper, the box containing the end of each set of blades is pro-
vided with a friction pulley or projection G, which catches on the inclined bars F,
and as the fallers travel forward the blades C are caused to rise, lifting all the wool
out of the pins ready for the stripper, by which means the wool is not "robbed " or
taken back again by the pins, as is the case at present. Should the blades not fall
into the bottom of the teeth when they arrive at the end of the inclined bar F,
another inclined bar H is employed for forcing them down, but springs may be
employed for this purpose. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the blade C.
Having now described my Invention, and the manner of carrying the same into
effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details
and arrangements of parts shewn and described, as these may be varied, but what
I claim is,
The plates or bars C placed within the curved rows of pins A for the purpose of
lifting the wool out of the pins, substantially as herein described and illustrated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Heaton, bave hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within named Joseph Heaton in
the presence of
JOHN FEARNSIDE,
7, Belgrave Place,
Bradford.
JOSEPH HEATON. (L.S.)