IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR DRESSING' SILK, CHINA GRASS AND OTHER LIKE FIBRES to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: I JOHN BAINES KERSHAW of Wood Vale Mills, Brighouse in the County of
York, Silk Spinner do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR DRESSING' SILK, CHINA GRASS AND OTHER
LIKE FIBRES to be as follows:-
"
This invention consists of an improved combination, and arrangement of feeding
head circular revolving, drawing, holding, and transferring nippers, endless travelling
card sheets, or combs, and endless stripper or lap sheets.
According to this my invention, the silk or fibre, preparatory to being dressed,
by my hereinafter described improved machinery, is first "opened," and formed
into sliver, for the purpose of supplying the feeding head, of the machine such
supply may be by slivers from cans, or by "balls," and in conjunction with the said
feeding head, are revolving nipping jaws, these successively detach tufts of silk, or
fibre, from the supply in the feeding head-On each side, of the revolving circular
nipping apparatus, is an endless travelling sheet of cards, working at an angle, to
the periphery of the said circular nipping apparatus, a part of the circumference of
the latter, is thus between, or within the V or angle, formed by the two endless sheets
of cards or combs, and as the latter are caused to travel, so that the working
surface of the first sheet, moves in the same direction as the rotation of the revolving
nippers, and the working surface of the second endless sheet of cards, travels or
moves in an opposite direction, to that of the said nippers, and the speed of the
endless card sheets, being greater than the rotation of the nippers, it follows, that
the cards on the first endless sheet, gradually come in contact with, act upon, and
clean, the end of the descending tuft, until the continued rotation of the circular
nipping jaws, brings the whole of one side, and face, of the fibre, under operation of
the endless sheet of cards, and that when the tuft, by continued rotation of the
nippers, ascends the opposite side of the circular nipping jaws, it will turn over,
and the cards on the second, and inner sheet, will act upon its end, and other or
opposite face, and the whole of the fibre protruding from the nip, is thus carded
and cleaned-The cleaned end is now, by fan or other like contrivance, led and
passed into the open jaws, of a like revolving circular nip, which closes upon the
cleared or carded portion of the tuft, the first jaws being timed, to release their hold
Posing Q,11

page_text: at this point, the tuft being thus transferred to the second revolving nippers, and
having its uncleansed end protruding therefrom, which by the revolution of the
second nipping apparatus, is acted upon on both its faces, in like manner, by other
angled endless travelling card sheets as above described.
"
The tufts as carded and cleaned, are released by the jaws of the second revolving
apparatus and deposited upon a travelling sheet, from whence they are collected,
and formed into a sliver of cleared silk-The " robbings or short fibre and noil,
removed from the fibre, by the action of the endless sheet cards, are removed
therefrom, by the use of brush, stipper roller-and stripper of ordinary construction―
The fibre as stripped, in the form of a sheet or film, is received upon an endless
travelling flannel, or sheet, on which it is rolled, forming a lap-which when
removed, is ready for balling, or removing to the feeding head, and forms when
operated upon by, machinery as above described, the second, and succeeding drafts.
The outer surfaces or lips of the circular revolving, drawing, holding, and
transferring nippers, are of width, according to the length of staple or fibre to be
operated upon, and form a support or platform, on which the fibre is carded or
combed, and cleansed, on both sides, through the action of the cards or combs, as
herein before described-There may be any desired number of such circular,
revolving, drawing, holding, and transferring nippers, arranged around, and con-
centric to, one axis.
Doted this 18th day of March 1001
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOHN BAINES KERSHAW of Woodvale Mills Brighouse in the County of
York Silk Spinner do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR DRESSING SILK, CHINA GRASS, AND OTHER
LIKE FIBRES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention consists of an improved combination and arrangement of feeding
head circular revolving drawing holding and transferring nippers, endless travelling
card sheets or combs, and strippers and endless lap sheets.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a
complete description of same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,
forming a part of this specification in which:
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section of the improved Machinery.
Fig. 2 is an elevation shewing arrangement of driving gear.
Fig. 3 is a detail, of revolving nippers.
According to this my invention the silk or fibre, preparatory to being dressed or
combed by my hereinafter described improved machinery, is first "opened" and
formed into sliver, for the purpose of supplying the feeding head 1 of the machine,
such supply may be by slivers from cans, or by "balls" 2, and in conjunction with
the said feeding head are revolving nipping jaws 3, 4, these successively detach
tufts of silk or fibre from the supply in the feeding head 1. On each side of the
revolving circular nipping apparatus 3, 4, is an endless travelling sheet of
cards 5, 6, 7, 8 working at an angle to the periphery of the said circular nipping
apparatus, a part of the circumference of the latter is thus between or within
the V or angle 9, 10, formed by the two endless sheets of cards or combs 5, 6, 7, 8
and as the latter are caused to travel, so that the working surface of the first
sheet 5 moves in the same direction as the rotation of the revolving nippers, 3 and
the working surface of the second endless sheet of cards 6, travels or moves in an
opposite direction to that of the said nippers 3, and the speed of the endless card
sheets or combs 5, 6, being greater than the rotation of the nippers 3 it follows
that the cards on the first endless sheet 5 gradually come in contact with, act upon,
and clean, the end of the descending tuft 11 until the continued rotation of the
circular nipping jaws 3, brings the whole of one side and face of the fibre, under
operation of the endless sheet of cards or combs 5, and that when the tuft 11 by
continued rotation of the nippers 3, ascends the opposite side of the circular
nipping jaws 3, it will turn over and the cards on the second, and inner sheet 6 will
act upon its end 11, and its other or opposite face, and the whole of the fibre
protruding from the nip is thus carded combed and cleaned. The cleaned end is
now, by fan or other like contrivance 6, led and passed into the open jaws, of a
like revolving circular nip 4, which closes upon the cleared combed or carded
portion of the tuft 11 the first jaws 3 being timed to release their hold at this
point, the tuft being thus transferred to the second revolving nippers 4, and having
its uncleansed end protruding therefrom, which by the revolution of the second
nipping apparatus 4 is acted upon on both its faces, and by endless card sheets 7, 8,
as in like manner to that above described.
The tufts as carded and cleaned are released by the jaws of the second revolving
apparatus 4 and pass to the endless carrying sheets 12, from whence they are
collected, and formed into a sliver of cleared silk. The "robbings or short fibre
and noil removed from the fibre, by the action of the endless sheet cards 5, 6, 7, 8

page_text: are removed therefrom, by the use of brushes 13, 14, 15, 16, stripper rollers 17, 18
and strippers 19, 20 of ordinary construction. The fibre and noil as stripped, in
the form of a sheet or film is received upon an endless travelling flannel or sheet 21,
on which it is rolled, forming a lap, which when removed is ready for preparing for
balling or removing to the feeding head, and forms when operated upon by
Machinery as above described, the second and succeeding drafts.
The outer surfaces or lips af the circular revolving, drawing, holding and
transferring nippers 3 and 4 are of width according to the length of staple or fibre
to be operated upon and form a support or platform on which the fibre is carded or
combed (see Fig. 3) and cleansed, on both sides, through the action of the cards or
combs as hereinbefore described. There may be any desired number of such
circular revolving drawing holding and transferring nippers, arranged around and
concentric to one axis.
The gearing of the apparatus is as follows: At A (sheet 2) is the driving
pulley on axis of shaft B At C is a pinion on axis B gearing with wheel D on
axis of which is the pinion E which gears with and drives the wheels F G wheel D
also gears with and drives pinion H on same axis as pinion H is wheel J driving
wheel K the latter gears with pinion L on axis of latter is wheel M which drives
pinion N on axis of latter is wheel P gearing with pinion R, wheel M also gears
with the wheel S. From the wheel J is driven the wheel T which gears with
pinion U on axis of latter is wheel W gearing with pinion X on axis of latter is
wheel Y gearing with pinion Z wheel W also drives Z¹. The wheel G drives G¹
the latter by chain G2 drives the wheel G3 on axis of the latter is the wheel G4
gearing with the wheel G. At Go is a wheel for regulating the tension on the
chain G² the several shaft as above will be found to correspond with the shafts and
centres of Sheet 1.
On the axis of pinion E is a slotted disc or arm E¹ which by connecting rods E² E³
and cranks E E³ operate the cams E6 E7 for opening and closing the nipping
jaws E8 E⁹.
The feeding head 1 is by means of the eccentric F1 antifriction bowl F2 arms F³
shaft F and arms F5 there being one of the latter at each side of the said feed
caused after each feed to rise so on again descending the fibre will be protruding
therefrom and its pendent end received within the nipping jaws 3. But it will be
understood that other or any suitable arrangement of gearing may be employed for
actuating the going parts herein described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would have
it understood that I lay no claim per se to the use of circular and revolving nippers
or revolving nipping jaws for holding and for transferring tufts of fibre whilst the
ends of the latter are combed carded or cleared. I declare that what I claim is
Revolving nipping and holding jaws, the outer surfaces or lips, forming a support
or platform on which the fibre is carded or combed, by and in combination with
the endless sheets ofcards or combs such as 5, 6, 7, 8 and as herein fully described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed hereto.
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