Improvements in Mechanical Feeders for Openers, Scutchers, Waste and Cop Bottom Breakers, and other Machines for Cotton.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1339-Accepted, 5th Aug., 1899
Improvements in Mechanical Feeders for Openers, Scutchers, Waste
and Cop Bottom Breakers, and other Machines for Cotton.
WILLIAM HENRY HOYLE, Manager of Cotton Mills, 86, Chorley New Road,
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:
The object of my invention is to draw or force (by a revolving fan or other
means) cotton and other fibrous material from one machine on to a second or
third machine and to lay the material in layors or folds on to a lattice or other
travelling feed which carries the material on to the feed rollers of the second or
third machine.
To obtain this I prepose to arrange suction or air force pipes to the first
machine, so arranged that by a revolving fan or other means I can either force
or draw the cotton and other fibrous material from the first machine through the
air or force pipes on to a pair of revolving cages or purforated drums which in
turn carries the material on to a pair of callanders which in turn press and deliver
the material in between two vertical travelling lattices or creepers the said lattice
or creepers to be hinged at or near the top in such a manner as to allow them
to have a swinging motion (in addition to the travelling motion) and driven by
suitable gearing. The object of the swinging motion is to lay the material (as
it is being delivered from the vertical creepers) in layors or folds on to the
ordinary lattice creeper, over this ordinary creeper I prepose to place a revolving
roller with longitudinal blades, ribs or other projections, so arranged as to com-
press the layors or folds of material before the same passes into the ordinary feed
rollers of the second or third machine or more.
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Improvements in Mechanical Feeders for Openers, Scutchers, Waste
and Cop Bottom Breakers, and other Machines for Cotton.
WILLIAM HENRY HOYLE, 86, Chorley New Road, Bolton, in the County of Lan-
caster, Manager of Cotton Mills, 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:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation, Fig. 3 is an end eleva-
tion with all the framing and gearing left off so as to show more clearly the
action or method of laying the fibrous material in layers or folds on the ordinary

page_text: lattice or feed apron. Fig. 4 is a side elevation with all the framing and gearing
left off so as to show more clearly the action or method of laying the fibrous
material in layers or folds on the ordinary lattice or feed apron. a is a part of
the framing of an ordinary cop bottom breaking machine. a' is the ordinary
lattice or feed apron. a² and are the ordinary feed rollers. bis the main
framing of my invention. is a roller with longitudinal blades ', and bare
the air outlets from the ends of the wire or perforated drums or cages. * is the
inlet for the fibrous material which is to be drawn or blown from the first
machine and laid in layers or folds on to the feed apron of the second machine.
bare the shafts carrying the cages or perforated drums 6. 67 is a carrier wheel
for the chain 68 to run upon. c are calender rollers. c are wheels fastened on
the calenders c. is a carrier wheel with a chain wheel fastened on it for driving
the cages or perforated drums 66. d is a shaft with bowls on for carrying the
vertical lattice e. d' are the bowls and shaft carrying the lattice care
brackets or pedestals for the shaft d to work in the brackets or pedestals have
bosses formed on them for the swing arms f to swing on at f 1. d is a vertical
shaft driven by the cross shaft d by means of bevel wheels as shown, the shaft d
to have motion given to it by belt or gearing from any suitable part of the
ordinary machine placed on framing a. gare belt pulleys with belt gl the belt gl
has a stud fastened on it g2 the stud g2 works in the slot in the projection g³ fixed
or cast on the swing arms f. The pulleys are driven by the bevel wheels y'.
The operation is as follows:
When the shaft d revolves it drives with the bevel wheels the shaft and
shaft d on which one of the calenderse is fixed the cages or wire drums are driven
by the chain 68. The shaft d also gives a travelling motion (in the direction of
the arrow) to the swing lattice e and e¹ and as the cotton or other material from
the first machine, scutcher, opener or cop bottom or breaking machine is blown
or sucked in at 64 it goes in between the cages or perforated drums then in
between the calenders then it passes in between the two vertical lattices. The
said vertical lattices then (by their swinging motion) lay the material in folds
on to the ordinary feed apron a¹ of the second scutcher, opener or cop bottom or
breaking machine. All surplus wind and dust passes out of the ends of the cages
or perforated drums and out of the air passages and then conveyed by pipes to
any suitable place.
The roller with blades on h¹ presses and assists the material in between the
crdinary feed rollers a² and a³.
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:
1st. The combination of parts 63, 64, 65, b, c, d, d, e, c¹, h, h¹, g, g², y², g³, for receiv-
ing the material (conveyed by a air trunk or air pipe to the inlet 6) and placing
it in folds or layers on to the ordinary feed lattice as substantially described and
illustrated.
2nd. The swinging lattices e and e¹ with the swing arms f as described and
illustrated.