IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Bailey, of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine
Wool Comber, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Bailey at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st March 1880.
ISAAC BAILEY, of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Wool Comber.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES."
This Invention relates to that class of combing machine known as Lister's or
"nip" comb, and the improvements consist in a new arrangement of apparatus for
operating the carrying or transfer comb.
Hitherto, the carrying or transfer comb has been operated by a crank connected
to two upright arms driven by spur or bevil wheels and side shaft.
My Invention consists in operating the carrying or transfer comb by means of
an eccentric having an arm and lugs attached to the shell which is placed around
the eccentric. The spindle of the carrying comb is attached by lock-nuts to a lug or
projection on the arm of the shell, and the vibrating rod of the carrying comb is
also attached by lock-nuts to a lug or projection on the arm of the said eccentric
shell, by which means the desired motion is imparted to the carrying or transfer
comb. By this arrangement of apparatus and the adjusting lock-nuts the position
of the carrying comb can be regulated to the greatest nicety, the motion thereof
is steady, and the parts durable, and the bevil wheels and side shaft are dispensed
with, and the cost of the apparatus is thereby reduced.
The dabbing brush employed in this class of combing machine may also be
operated by the eccentric and projecting arm of the shell.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and of
an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Isaac Bailey in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 17th September 1880.
ISAAC BAILEY, of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Wool Comber.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES."
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This Invention relates to that class of combing machine known as Lister's or
nip" comb, and the improvements consist in a new arrangement of apparatus for
operating the carrying or transfer comb. Hitherto, the carrying or transfer comb
has been operated by a crank connected to two upright arms driven by spurr or
bevil wheels and side shaft. My Invention consist in operating the carrying or
transfer comb by means of an eccentric having an arm and lugs attached to the
shell, which is placed around the eccentric. The spindle of the carrying comb is
attached by lock-nuts to a lug or projection on the arm of the shell, and the
'vibrating rod" of the carrying comb is also attached by lock-nuts to a lug or
projection on the arm of the eccentric shell, by which means the desired motion is
imparted to the carrying or transfer comb.
"
The dabbing brush employed in this class of combing machine may also be
operated by an eccentric and projecting arm or boss of the shell.
"
In order that the Invention may be more fully understood, reference is made to
the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, which is a cross section of such parts of a
combing machine as are necessary to illustrate my improvements. A is the shaft
upon which the eccentric B is fixed, and C is the projecting arm attached to or
forming part of the shell placed around the eccentric, D being the projecting lugs or
bosses; E is the upright spindle or shaft which carries the transfer comb F, and G
is the vibrating rod" attached at one end by links H and screws I to [the
projecting arm C, the other end being fixed to the bracket J in usual manner.
It will thus be seen by this arrangement of apparatus that the necessary to and
fro and rising and falling motions will be imparted to the transfer comb, and its
position and various movements can be regulated to the greatest nicety by the
adjusting lock-nuts a; the motion thereof is also steady and the parts are durable,
and the bevil wheels and side shaft hitherto employed are dispensed with, and
the cost of the apparatus is considerably reduced; K is another eccentric (fixed
upon the shaft L), and is employed for operating the dabbing brush M, motion
being communicated to the two shafts A and L by the spur wheels N, P, from the
wheel R.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, I would have it understood that what I claim as my
Invention is,
Firstly. The employment of eccentric B, arm C, lugs or bosses D, and spindle E,
for operating the transfer comb F, substantially as herein shewn and described.
Secondly. The employment of the eccentric K for operating the dabbing brush M,
substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Bailey, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Thirtieth day of August, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty.
ISAAC BAILEY. (L.S.)