Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 4th July, 1888
Specification Accepted, 21st Dec., 1888
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We REUBEN READER of Phoenix Works Cremorne Street, Mechanical Engineor
and GEORGE KAY of 97 Montpellier Road Old Lenton, Mechanic, both of the Town
and County of the Town of Nottingham do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
The object of this Invention is to provide a suitable arrangement or apparatus to
clear away the waste or cuttings resulting from the action of sewing machines, and is
especially applicable to that class of machine as described in the Specification of
Reuben Reader and numbered 9809 of the year 1887.
In carrying our Invention into effect we provide a revolving brush or fan shaped
wheel, provided with bristles or india-rubber flaps to meet the requirements of the
various fabrics to be operated upon. These bristles or india-rubber flaps are suitably
secured to the spindle of the said revolving brush or flapper and are caused to revolve
at a greater speed or travel than that of the fabric as it passes under the needle of the
machine: the object for causing the same to revolve at a greater speed is to prevent
the waste from coming into contact with the needle. In order to give motion to the
said circular brush or flapper we fix a worm on the main driving shaft of the machine
which gears with a worm wheel provided in a bracket and fixed at the back or front
of the machine: the spindle carrying the same is fixed vertically and is provided at
its upper end with a mitre wheel, which gears with a second mitre wheel, fixed to the
spindle of the revolving brush or fan shaped wheel.
In attaching the above described arrangement on a machine, the revolving brush or
flapper is fixed somewhat obliquely to the direction in which the work is travelling,
and the flaps or bristles are made to sweep on the work plate of the machine so as to
enable them to draw away the waste edge or cuttings as they leave the knife.
And in order that our Invention may be thoroughly understood we will now proceed
to describe the Drawing hereto annexed.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Fig. 1 is a general arrangement of our improvements.
A is the bracket for supporting the apparatus, and is fixed by ineaus of the screw B
at the back of the machino.
Cis the worm secured to the main driving shaft of the machino: D the worm
wheel into which the same takes.
E is the vertical spindle to which is socured the worm wheel D and the mitre
wheel F. The said wheel F gears with the wheel G which is secured to tho
axle of the revolving brush or flapper J. Karo the flap or bristles attached to tho
axle H.
I is a box containing the bearing for the axle II and the mitre wheels G and F.
The said wheel box I is made so as to be moved about the axle E at the part L and
can be secured at any required angle with the work by means of the screw M. Tho
arrow indicates the direction of motion in which the brush or flapper revolves, and
the flapper N shows the position of the same when on the work plate O. P is part of
machine frame, and Q the board.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Inven-
tion and in what manner the samo is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. The use and employment of a revolving brush or india-rubber flapper for
the purpose of taking away the waste resulting from the action of the knife or knives
as employed in simultaneously scolloping and braiding the edges of lace or other fabrics
in sewing machines all substantially as set forth.
Second. The use and employment of a worm fixed on the main driving shaft of a
sewing machine in the manner and for the purpose of imparting motion to the
apparatus as herein described and illustrated in the accompanying Drawing.
ST1000
GEORGE KAY,
REUBEN READER,
Applicants for the Patent.