Improvements in or relating to Brackets for Carrying the Grinding Roller and Stripping Brush of a Carding Engine.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Oct., 1887
Specification Accepted, 25th Nov., . 1887
Improvements in or relating to Brackets for Carrying the Grinding
Roller and Stripping Brush of a Carding Engine.
I WILLIAM TAYLOR of 19 Hill Street Oldham in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, lo hereby declare the nature of said Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN OR
RELATING TO BRACKETS FOR CARRYING THE GRINDING ROLLER AND STRIPPING BRUSH
OF A CARDING ENGINE, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
:-
My invention relates to brackets for carrying the grinding roller and stripping
brush of a carding machine.
It is now customary to support the card grinding roller in one pair of adjustable
brackets and the stripping brush in a separate pair of adjustable brackets as the
brush unless a wire brush is used wears much more rapidly than the grinding roller
it is necessary to have a separate adjustment for the brush as well as an adjustment
for the roller.
My present improvements consist chiefly in combining these two independent
adjustments in a single pair of brackets which may therefore be used for the support
of either the grinding roller or the stripping brush as required.
To effect this I provide the bracket with one adjustinent as usual and I also provide
the bearings or steps which rest in the brackets to support the brush with a separate
adjustment.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being
had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
engine bend with one of the
Figure 2 is a view of one of
adjustment according to my
showing the grinding roller
Figure is a side elevation showing part of the
brackets and the stripping brush in position thereon.
the brush bearings or steps provided with means for
Invention. Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 1 but
in position instead of the brush and Figure 4 is a sectional view of one of the
roller steps.
Each bracket a is supported and free to slide as usual on the engine bend >> and
is furnished with an adjusting screw c by which it may be adjusted and then secured

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in position by locknuts d. The circle e represents the outline of the stripping brush
the spindle of which is supported in a bearing or step fitted in slideways a¹; a
cap is connected to the step f by a screw which passes through the cap and
screws into the step f; the step fenters the neck of the bracket a while the
rests on the upper surfaces a² of the slideways a' so that by operating the nuts on
the screw the step with the brush may be lowered or raised in the neck of the
bracket a to or from the wire of the cylinder and when adjusted the step may be
secured in position by means of the locknuts.
The circle i represents the grinding roller which is shown in position in Figure 3
the spindle being supported in a plain step which rests in the bottom of the
neck a¹ of the bracket so that the adjustment of the bracket with the grinding roller
is regulated directly by the screw c.
In place of the means for adjustment shown and described for the brush the lower
flange round the neck a' could be increased so as to project farther and an adjusting
screw passed through it on which the step fwould rest the screw being used to lower
or raise the step as required.
The advantage of the above described arrangement is obvious namely that the pair
of brackets a with the grinding roller in position can be adjusted to the desired
position with respect to the wire on the main cylinder and then set in position by
ineans of the locknuts d and when the brush e is required for stripping purposes the
grinding roller can be removed and the brush substituted without interfering with
the adjustment of the brackets a the adjustment for the brush being effected by the
nuts on the screws as described.
I have described the stripping brush only as being provided with an adjustment
separate from that of the bracket but if desired the grinding roller might be fitted
with this independent adjustment instead of or as well as the brush.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is-
1. The combination with means for adjusting a bracket supported on the engine
bend of independent means for separately adjusting the stripping brush or grinding
roller carried by said bracket substantially as and for the purposes herein described.
2. The construction combination and arrangement of parts substantially as and
for the purposes herein described and as shown.
Dated this 19th day of October 1887
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester,
Agent for Applicant.