CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Taylor, of Enfield, near Accrington,
in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, for the
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Sealed the 25th July 1862, and dated the 5th February 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Edward Taylor at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th February 1862.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLOR, of Enfield, near Accrington, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES,"
to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists, first, in driving the doffer from the
licker-in in order to stop the feed rollers when the licker-in is stopped, thus
preventing the injury to the card teeth resulting from the feed rollers con-
tinuing to supply the fibrous material when the licker-in is stopped. One
mode of performing my Invention is as follows:-The licker-in is driven, as
usual, by a strap from the main cylinder, and the licker-in by means of a
strap gives motion to the pinion by which the doffer is driven. The feed
rollers are driven, as usual, by the doffer.

page_text: The second part of my Invention consists in surrounding the "fancy," or
the roller by which the surface of the main cylinder is stripped, with a casing
to prevent the short fibres being thrown off.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Edward Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd August 1862.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD TAYLOR, of Enfield, near Accrington, in the County of Lancaster,
Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-fifth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Taylor, Her special license that I, the said William
Edward Taylor, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said William Edward Taylor, 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 make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Inven-
tion for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Taylor, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, 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 Edward Taylor, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in. what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (that is to say) :-
The nature of my Invention consists in driving the doffer from the licker-in
in order to stop the feed rollers when the licker-in is stopped, thus preventing
the injury to the card teeth resulting from the feed rollers continuing to supply
.

page_text: the fibrous material when the licker-in is stopped. One mode of performing
my Invention is as follows:-The licker-in is driven as usual by a strap from
the main cylinder, and the licker-in by means of a strap gives motion to the
pinion by which the doffer is driven. The feed rollers are driven as usual by
the doffer.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the two accompanying Drawings.
Sheet 1 represents in outline the principal parts of a carding engine of the
usual construction, to which one mode of constructing my improvements is
applied. a, a, are the feed rollers; b, the licker-in; c, the main cylinder; d,
the "fancy" e, e, and f, f, the working and stripping rollers, and g, the doffer.
All the parts above enumerated are made in the usual manner. The licker-in
b is driven, as now customary, by the crossed strap h passing round the pulleys
b' and c¹; but the doffer instead of being driven direct from the main cylinder,
as heretofore customary, is now driven by the crossed strap i passing around
the pulley 62 on the licker-in shaft, and the pulley ; mounted on the stud j¹ ;
to the pulley is cast or fixed the pinion 2 gearing into the wheel g¹ on the
shaft of the doffer. The feed rollers a are driven from the doffer g in the usual
manner, by the bevel pinion g² gearing in the pinion k on the side shaft k¹, to
the other extremity of which is fixed the pinion ³ gearing into the wheel a'
on the lower feed roller a. These parts are indicated by dotted lines in the
Drawing. By thus driving the doffer from the licker-in, it is evident that
when the driving strap h breaks or slips off its pulleys, the licker-in, and con-
sequently the doffer and feed rollers stop simultaneously, thus preventing the
injury to the card teeth on the licker-in resulting from the feed rollers.
continuing to supply the fibrous material when the licker-in is not in motion.
On Sheet 2 I have shewn a modification of my Invention in this Drawing.
The end of the licker-in shaft is provided with a worm 6³, which has two or
more threads. This worm gears into the worm wheel m, fixed on the
shaft m; at the other extremity of this shaft is the bevel pinion m² gearing
into another bevel pinion ³ cast or fixed to the spur pinion, which drives the
doffer, as above described. The pinion m³ is capable of sliding on a key on
the shaft m', and the vertical arm of the elbow lever n¹ takes into a groove in
the boss of the said pinion. By this arrangement when it is requisite to stop
the doffer and the feed rollers, the attendant presses down the horizontal arm
of the elbow lever n', thereby drawing the pinion m² out of gear with the
pinion; or a bevel pinion and wheel may be used instead of the worm ba
and wheel m.

page_text: Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the manner
of performing the same, I declare that I claim, the improved modes of
driving the doffer from the licker-in, as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Edward Taylor, have hereunto
set my.
hand and seal, this First day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
W. E. TAYLOR. (L.S.)