IMRAN ADDARATUTES FOR OILING WOOL
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clissold, of Dudbridge Works, Stroud, in the
County of Gloucester, Patent Machine Manufacturer, for the Invention
of IMRAN ADDARATUTES FOR OILING WOOL."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clissold at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 24th
August 1861.
I, WILLIAM CLISSOLD, of Dudbridge Works, near Stroud, in the County of
Gloucester, Patent Machine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR OILING WOOL," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to a mode of supplying oil or oleaginous mixtures to
wool preparatory to its being worked into sliver or yarn, the object being to
effect a uniform distribution of the liquid through the mass of fibres under
operation and prevent the waste that is consequent on the ordinary mode
of oiling wool. To this end, supposing the Invention to be applied to a
carding engine, I mount above the feed apron (in front of the feed rolls) an
iron roll, which is intended to receive the oil and transmit it to the wool that
is passing beneath it to the feed rolls. This roll I mount in a frame which
extends across the feed apron, and above the roll I mount a travelling brush
or brushes, and transmit motion thereto by an endless chain driven by suitable

page_text: gearing. Supposing there to be but one brush, I attach it to the under side
of a carriage which works in guides on a fixed cross bar of the frame of the
oiling apparatus, which bar is set at an angle to the oil-delivering roller. The
carriage I connect with the endless chain by a pin which is capable of sliding
up and down on a vortical rod on the carriage. Fixed to the top of the car-
ringe is an incline which is intended to pass under the shoulder of a vertical
sliding rod on the fixed bar before mentioned. This rod carries a dipping
plate which drops into a reservoir containing the oil. As, therefore, the
incline comes under the shoulder of the dipping plate rod that plate will be
lifted out of the liquid and at the same time the brush will be caused to pass
over the plate and take up a supply of oil. The back traverse given to the
brush by the endless chain will cause it to pass diagonally over the iron roll
before mentioned and lay a coating of oil on the upper surface of that roll,
which having a constant rotation will present continually a fresh surface to
the brush. If found desirable, an oil reservoir and dipping plate may be
provided at both sides of the machine. In that case a double wedge will bo
required to operate alternately on the two dipping plate rods. When I use
two brushes I connect them directly with the endless chain. As the action of
the dipping plate is to plunge into and rise quickly out of the oiling liquid it
will impart to it the requisite agitation for insuring the intimate admixture
of the ingredients.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clissold in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
24th February 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLISSOLD, of Dudbridge Works, Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, Patent
Machine Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight bundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fifth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, er heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said William Clissold, Her special license that I, the said William
Clissold, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said William Clissold, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might

page_text: make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR OILING WOOL," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said William Clissold, by an instrument in writing under my hand
and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Clissold, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the fol-
lowing statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and
to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to the operation of supplying oil or oleaginous
mixtures to wool preparatory to its being submitted to the carding engine for
the purpose of being worked into sliver, the object of this Invention being to
effect a uniform distribution of the liquid through the mass of fibres under
operation and prevent the waste that is consequent on the ordinary mode of
oiling wool. To this end I employ a travelling brush or brushes, which, after
receiving oil from a dipping plate, will transfer the same to a roller mounted
above the feed apron of the carding engine and pressing upon the wool
supplied thereto. The contact, therefore, of this oiled roller with the wool that
is passing under it will ensure the equal distribution of the oil over the whole
surface of the wool.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents in front elevation the
improved oiling apparatus as applied to a carding engine; Fig. 2 is a plan
view of the same; and Fig. 3 a vertical cross section in the line 1, 2, of
Fig. 1.
A, A, are a pair of standards, which carry two horizontal cross bars B, B',
set parallel to each other and in advance of the feed rollers C, C, of the carding
engine. These bars stretch across the feed apron D of the engine, and are set
at an angle to the feed rolls. Below these bars, and turning loosely by
friction of contact with the wool placed on the feed apron, is a metal roller E,
which has its bearings in the side framing of the engine, and is intended to
distribute oil to the wool. The bar B forms a rail for the traverse of a car-
riage F, which carries a brush G, by which it is intended to transmit the
oleaginous mixture to the oil distributing roller E. The traverse of this brush
carriage F is effected by means of an endless chain H which is stretched over
chain pulleys I, I', mounted on short axles carried by the bar B¹. The axle

page_text: of the pulley I is a fixed stud, and that of the pulley I is loose and receives a
spur pinion on its outer end. Into this pinion gears the spur pinion, keyed to
the inner end of a short shaft K, which shaft carries at its outer end a pulley
for receiving a driving band from any convenient shaft of the carding engine.
Through this arrangement, therefore, a continuous rotary motion is communi-
cated to the endless chain, from which the traverse motion of the brush carriage
is derived. At the back of the carriage F is fixed a vertical rod f (see Fig. 3),
over which is passed (so that it may slide freely) the lug or oye of a pin f',
which forms one of the series of rivet pins of the endless chain, as shewn in
the detached view, Fig. 4. As, therefore, the pin by which the chain and
carringe are connected together passes into the chain wheel I it will draw
forward with it the carriage F, and as it passes over the whicel the eye of the
pin will slide down the rod f to attain the level of the lower half of the chain.
The pin will then move backward and draw back with it the brush carriage.
It is in this backward movement that the brush G transmits oil to the
distributing roller E, which roller will receive a slow axial motion during the
passage of the brush over it.
I will now explain the manner of supplying the brush with oil.
At one
side of the engine, and immediately below the chain wheel I is a reservoir L
for containing the oil or oleaginous mixture, and into this reservoir dips a
plate M which is carried by a rod N that slides freely in a guide provided for
it on the face of the bar B, and is adjustable vertically upon that rod. Secured
to the upper end of the rod N is a pin n which projects over the top edge of
the bar B, and is intended to be acted upon by an incline fs, fixed on the top
of the carriage F. As, therefore, the carriage comes to the end of its traverse,
the incline f, will pass under the pin n and cause that pin to rise with its
rod N until the dipping plate M has moved out of the oil mixture and
brought up a determinate quantity upon its upper surface. The carriage F,
in completing its traverse, will draw the brush over this plate and cause it to
take up a charge of oil therefrom. The carriage will then return, and passing
diagonally over the rotating roller E, will lay a thin film of oil over the upper
surface of the roller, a fresh surface being continually presented to the
traversing brush. By a continuous repetition of this action the whole
periphery of the roller will be evenly and uniformly oiled, and as the roller
revolves it will press the oil into the wool that is being fed to the carding
engine in regulated quantities, as is well understood. In the Drawing I have
shewn the roller E as driven by gearing, but this is not in general necessary,
as the friction between the travelling wool and the lower part of the roller will
suffice for ensuring a regular axial motion thereto. I would remark, that if

page_text: found desirable, an oil reservoir and dipping plate may be provided at both
sides of the machine. In such case a double wedge will be required on the
brush carriage to operate alternately on the two dipping plate rods. When
I use two brushes I connect them directly with the endless chain. As the
action of the dipping plate is to plunge into and rise quickly out of the oiling
liquid, it will impart to that liquid the requsite agitation for maintaining the
intimate admixture of the ingredients.
Having now set forth the nature of my Invention, I wish it to be understood
that I claim the oiling of wool (preparatory to carding the same) by means of
a pressure roller, supplied with the oil or oleaginous mixture, by a travelling
brush which receives the same from a dipping plate, or its equivalent, as above
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Clissold, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of February, in the year
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
WILLIAM CLISSOLD. (L.S.)