AN IMPROVED METHOD OF STRAIGHTENING OR REPAIRING SLIVER OR CARD CANS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE SAME
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I JAMES BAXENDALE of 80 Pilkington Street, Bolton in the County of
Lancaster, Coppersmith, Iron and Tin-plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for " AN IMPROVED METHOD OF STRAIGHTENING OR REPAIRING
SLIVER OR CARD CANS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE SAME," to be
as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved method of straightening or repairing cans,
which are employed to receive slivers of textile materials during the operation of
preparing such materials for spinning, thereby effecting considerable economy,
both in time, labor, and expense; as well as producing better workmanship.
The said cans are subjected to rough treatment which has the effect of pressing
them out of shape, which, under the present system are repaired by straightening
them upon suitable metallic curved blocks, on which they are hammered with
wood or other mallets by hand, which is a very uncertain and costly process,
besides, producing a deteriorating effect on the materials of which they are
constructed, thus tending to destroy instead of repairing them.
My Invention consists of an improved method of straightening or repairing
them by mechanical means, which I accomplish by placing the damaged caus
separately on a metallic overhanging shaft, either hollow or solid, secured by being
screwed or keyed to a revolving shaft or centre. This shaft or centre is carried
in suitable bearings, placed on fixings or stands carried from the floor, or a bench,
or other structuro.
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The driving shaft is provided with fast and loose pullies, which are driven
a strap from any suitable position from the gearing worked by the engine. "On
the front or otherwise of the machine is placed in suitable fixings a stationary bar
or bars, on which is placed a lever carrying a wood or other analogous roller on a
centre pin.
After the damaged can is placed on the hollow or other overhanging shaft the
machine is set in motion, when the can revolves with the said shaft; the attendant
then takes hold of the handle on the lever carrying the wood or other roller, and
presses the roller against the outside of the revolving can. The lever carrying the
roller is then slided on the aforesaid stationary bar or bars the entire length of
the can, which causes the revolving roller to press and straighten the damaged
parts, thereby producing a perfectly cylindrical surface, without destroying or
injuring the materials from which it is made.
Dated this 21st day of March 1884.
J
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I JAMES BAXENDALE of 80 Pilkington Street, Bolton in the County of
Lancaster, Coppersmith, Iron and Tin Plate Worker, do hereby declare the nature
of my Invention for "AN IMPROVED METHOD OF STRAIGHTENING OR REPAIRING
SLIVER OR CARD CANS, AND IN APPARATUS FOR EFFECTING THE SAME," and .in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This Invention relates to an improved method of straightening or repairing
cans, which are employed to receive slivers of textile materials during the
operation of preparing such materials for spinning, by mechanical means, which is
performed by placing the damaged cans separately on an overhanging shaft or
barrel, secured in any convenient way to a revolving shaft or centre, the latter
being mounted in suitable bearings, placed on fixings or stands carried from the
floor, or other convenient place as desired.
In order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
operation, I will proceed to describe the annexed Sheet of Drawings, reference
being made to the Figures and letters marked thereon. Fig. 1 is a front elevation
of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional
elevation through line S. T, with the cam O shewn in section.
A is the overhanging shaft or barrel on which the damaged cans are placed,
having the recess B to admit the head or projection at the top end of the cans,
thereby allowing the body of the can to be pressed on the said shaft or barrel
without damaging it
The shaft or barrel A is secured to the shaft C, mounted in the pedestals D, the
latter being fixed to and supported on the fixings E, which can be secured to the
floor, or on a bench, or other structure at will. The shaft C is provided with
the pulley F, which is driven by a strap from any suitable position from the
gearing driven by the engine or other motor. The pulley G is loose for the
purpose of receiving the driving strap when the machine is required to be
stopped.
The fixings E are provided with the brackets H, in which is fixed the stationary
bar I, the outer end being carried from the fixing J. On the stationary bar 1 is
placed the sliding and swivelling lever K, provided with the jaw L in which is
placed the wood or other analogous roller M, mounted on the centre pin N.
This machine is worked or used in the following manner :-The damaged can is
placed on the shaft or barrel A as shown in section in Figs. 3 and 4. When the
machine is set in motion the can O revolves with the shaft or barrel A, and the
attendant takes hold of the lever K and presses tho roller M against the outside
of the can as shewn in Fig. 2, at the same time pushing or sliding the lever K
sideways or longitudinally on the aforesaid stationary bar the entire length of the
can, causing the roller M to press and straighten the damaged parts of the can,
thereby producing a perfectly cylindrical surface without destroying or injuring
the materials from which it is inade, and effecting considerable economy, both in
time, labor, and expense, as well as producing considerably better workmanship.
If desired this machine can be made into a double one, with a shaft or barrel of
the same or varying size, as shown in dotted lines to the left of the machine in
Fig. 1.
If desirable the stationary bar I can be fixed on the back side of the machine,
and supplied with the lever K and roller M, as shewn in Figs, 4 and 5.

page_text: This machine will be of great utility for rounding new or other work where a
perfectly cylindrical surface is required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what mannor the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1 The method, substantially as herein described, of straightening or repairing
sliver or card cans, by means of a revolving shaft or barrel, and adjustable or
Bliding roller.
2nd Tho construction and use of the mechanism for straightening or repairing
sliver or card cans, applied and operating substantially as described and as shewn
on the Drawings,