AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR TRIMMING THE EDGES OF CARDS FOR COMBING FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Harris Lake, of the firm of Haseltino, Lake,
& Co, Patent Agents Southampton Buildings, London, for an Invention of
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR TRIMMING THE EDGES OF CARDS FOR COMBING
FIBROUS MATERIALS " communicated to him from abroad by Frederick
Gomersal Beaumont of Roubaix France
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Harris Lake at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th August 1883.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co, Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR TRIMMING THE
EDGES OF CARDS FOR COMBING FIBROUS MATERIALS [a communication to him
from abroad by Frederick Gomersal Beaumont of Roubaix France]
"
This invention relates to a machine for trimming the edges of strips or bands of
cards for combing wool or other fibrous materials, the characteristic feature of the
said machines being an arrangement for so guiding the said strips or bands as to
enable a band-saw or endless blade to be used for trimming their edges In order
that the said invention may be readily understood I have illustrated it, by way of
example, in the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 shews a front elevation of the machine, the details of the guiding
arrangement upon the table being omitted in order to simplify the drawing
Figure 2 is an elevation of the table upon which is guided the strip or band to
be trimmed, showing also the guiding arrangement for the said strip or band
Figure 3 is a plan of the same
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the said table and guides.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawings
The endless blade a which is designed to effect the trimming of the strips or
bands of card is passed over the three guide pulleys b, one of which receives motion
by means of a crank-handle or other suitable device. The table c carrying the
guides for the said strips or bands is shewn in detail in Figures 2, 3 and 4, and is

page_text: provided with two parallel-guide-bars & between which the said strips or bands are
placed These guide-bars are fixed upon square frames e secured to the table c by
means of screws or bolts f which pass through the apertures or slots g formed in
the said square frames This arrangement permits of regulating the distance
between the guides in accordance with the width of the above mentioned strips or
bands which are to be trimmed by the said machine.
One of the guides d is cut out at h to form a notch of a depth equal to the width
of the edge of the said strips; the blade a operates against this notch and is held
in its place by means of the roller & mounted upon the support & fixed to the table
by means of a sliding piece which permits the position of the same to be determined
relatively to the endless blade.
In figure 2 the strip m is shown in vertical section and figure 3 shews a plan
of the same held between the guides d, the edge of the strip or band which is to be
trimmed being on the right hand side. The band or strip when trimmed by the
blade a falls on the ground or may be caused to fall into any suitable receptacle.
No special arrangement is shewn on the drawing for carrying the band or strip
through the machine as this may be effected either by hand or automatically by
means of drawing rollers actuated by the motor of the said machine

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Henry Harris Lake in the Patent Office on the 8th February,
1884.
HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake, and Co. Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR TRIMMING THE
EDGES OF CARDS FOR COMBING FIBROUS MATERIALS A communication to me
from abroad by Frederick Gomersal Beaumont of Roubaix, France,
"
This invention relates to machines for trimming the edges of strips or bands of
cards used for combing wool or other fibrous materials, the characteristic feature of
the said machines being an arrangement for so guiding the said strips or bands as
to enable a band saw or endless blade to be used for trimming the edges thereof
In order that the said invention may be readily understood I have illustrated the
same by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 shews a front elevation of a machine, the details of the guiding arrange-
ment upon the table being omitted in order to simplify the drawing
Figure 2 is an elevation of the table upon which is guided the strip or band to
be trimmed, showing also the guiding arrangement for the said strips or bands.
Figure 3 is a plan of the same, and
Figure 4 is a side elevation of the said table and guides
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the Figures
The endless blade a which is designed to effect the trimming of the strips or
bands is passed over the three guide pulleys b one of which receives motion by
means of a crank-handle or other suitable device.
The table c carrying the guides for the said strips or bands is shewn in detail in
Figures 2, 3 and 4, and is provided with two parallel guide-bars & between which
the said strips or bands are placed. These guide-bars are fixed upon the frames e
which aro secured to the table c by means of screws or bolts f. The said screws or
bolts pass through the apertures or slots g formed in the said frames e this
arrangement permits of regulating the distance between the guides in accordance
with the width of the above mentioned strips or bands which are to be trimmed by
the said machine.
One of the guides d is cut out at h to form a notch of a depth equal to the width
of the edges of the said strips; the blade a operates against this notch and is held
in its place by means of the roller k mounted upon the support fixed to the table
by means of a sliding piece which permits the position of the same to be determined
relatively to the endless blade.
In Figure 2 the strip m is shewn in vertical section and Figure 3 shews a plun
of the same held between the guides d, the edge of the strip or band which is to be.
trimmed being on the right hand side. The band or strip, when trimmed by the
blade a, falls on the ground or may be caused to fall into any suitable receptacle.
No special arrangement is shown on the drawing for carrying the band or strip
through the machine as this may be effected either by hand or automatically by
means of drawing rollers actuated by the motor of the said machine
Having thus fully described the said invention as communicated to me by my
foreign Correspondent, and the manner of performing the same, I wish it under-
stood that I Claim :-
First. In a machine for trimming the edges of cards for combing fibrous materials,
the use of an endless cutting blade in combination with the arrangement for guiding
the said cards consisting of two adjustable bars & d, as above described and for the
purpose set forth.

page_text: Second. In a machine for trimming the edges of cards for combing fibrous
materials by means of an endless blade, the arrangement of the guide-bars d d one
of which is provided with a notch at h to permit the passage of the blade a, the
frames e e the distance between which can be regulated, the roller k, and its support
which holds the blade a, as above described and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof I the said Henry Harris Lake bave hereunto set my hand
and seal this eighth day of February in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty four