IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES." SPFIC
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Howard Blamires and Henry Blamires,
of Huddersfield, in the County of York, Spinners and Manu-
facturers, and Harry Marsden, of the same Place, Spinner and
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE
TO CARDING ENGINES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Howard
Blamires, Henry Blamires, and Harry Marsden at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 7th March
1872.
We, THOMAS HOWARD BLAMIRES and HENRY BLAMIRES, of Hudders-
field, in the County of York, Spinners and Manufacturers, and HARRY
MARSDEN, of the same Place, Spinner and Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLI-
CABLE TO CARDING ENGINES," to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this Invention is to take the partially carded fibrous

page_text: substance from a scribbler carder in a direct or longitudinal manner as it
comes from the doffer of the said scribbler (instead of taking it at right
angles as at present) and to wind it upon a roller placed in front of the
doffer thereby to form a lap or roll to be transferred to feed a second carder.
By this means we are enabled to produce a stronger and smoother yarn
with less twist thereon, and the machine to occupy less room than hereto-
forc. This. we effect by employing a creeper to receive the fibre from the
scribbler and deliver it in a folded state to another creeper mounted on
a carriage caused to reciprocate in the same direction under, the end of
the first creeper; or we may employ an oscillatory creeper or creepers
to receive the fibre, from the scribbler to fold it and deliver the same
to another creeper mounted on stationary bearings. In either case a
roller is provided and caused to rotate and to wind upon itself the folded
film or sheet of the said partially carded fibre, and thereby to form the
lap or roll to be afterwards transferred to another or second carder or
carding engine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Thomas Howard Blamires, Henry Blamires, and a
Harry Marsden in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th September
1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, TILOMAS
HOWARD BLAMIRES and HENRY BLAMIRES, of Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Spinners and Manufacturers, and HARRY MARSDEN, of
the same Place, Spinner and Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
year of
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of March, in the
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto us, the said-Thomas Howard Blamires, Henry Blamires,
and Harry Marsden, Her special licence, that we, the said Thomas
Howard Blamires, Henry Blamires, and Harry Marsden, our executors,

page_text: administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said Thomas
Howard Blamires, Henry Blamires, and Harry Marsden, our executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLI-
CABLE TO CARDING ENGINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we,
the said Thomas Howard Blamires, Henry Blamires, and Harry Marsden,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent..
;
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Thomas Howard Blamires, Henry
Blamires, and Harry Marsden, do hereby declare the nature of our
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
and accompanying Sheets of Drawings:-
The object of this Invention is to take the partially carded fibrous
substance from a scribbler carder in a direct or longitudinal manner as
it comes from the doffer of the said scribbler, instead of taking it at
right angles as at present, and to wind it upon a roller placed in front
of the doffer, thereby to form a lap or roll to be transferred to feed a
second carder. By this means we are enabled to produce a stronger
and smoother yarn with less twist thereon, and the machine to occupy
less room than heretofore. This we effect by employing a creeper to
receive the fibre from the scribbler and deliver it in a folded state to
another creeper mounted upon a carriage caused to reciprocate in the
same direction under the end of the first creeper; or we may employ an
oscillatory creeper or creepers to receive the fibre from the scribbler to
fold it and deliver the same to another creeper mounted on stationary
bearings. In either case a roller is provided and caused to rotate and
to wind upon itself the folded film or sheet of the same partially carded
fibre, and thereby to form the lap or roll to be afterwards transferred
to another or second carder or carding engine.

page_text: Carding engmes with these improvements may also be employed in
the manufacture of wadding or felted fabrics.
In order that this Invention may be fully understood, reference is
given to the annexed Sheet of Drawings, where Fig. 1 is the side
élevation of the declining end of a scribbler carder with our improve-
ments applied thereto.
A is the doffer cylinder; B is the creeper, which is placed at an incline
downward for receiving the wool or other fibre from the doffer, and
conducting the same to and delivering it in folds upon another creeper c,
which is mounted upon and carried by a reciprocating carriage D, which
runs upon wheels E on rails F, the motion being given to it by stud
plate or crank G and rod H, the said plate being driven by gearing I
from the doffer shaft. The creeper B is also driven by a cord J from a
pulley K on the crank shaft L. A pressing roller M is carried in
adjustable bearings N for laying or pressing the film of wool or fibre
upon the
creeper C, which creeper conducts it to a roller P, which by
means of the drums Q and Q₁is caused to rotate and wind the bat or
mat of the folded fibre upon itself until sufficiently full, when it is taken
away to feed another carder when one, two, or more of such rolls may.
be applied together to further equalize the feed. Intermittent motion
is given to the drums Q by means of the bevel wheels R, shafts S and S¹,
on the latter of which is a ratchet wheel T actuated by a catch U
attached to a slide lever rod V, which is carried on a stud W adjustable
in a slot plate X so as to be set to any desirable amount of action; or
instead of the reciprocatory carriage we may have the creeper B to
oscillate or swing. on the shaft B', as shewn in Fig. 2, motion being
given to it by means of the crank G and rod H, so that the wool
or fibre will be delivered to the creeper C, which is mounted upon
stationary bearings or fixed framework D, which also carries the winding
drums Q and Q', the roller P being driven by similar bevil wheels R
and shafts S and S¹, which receive motion by worm and wheel T,
shafts U and U', wheels V and V¹, from the crank shaft L. A roller M
is hinged in a swing frame N to the oscillatory creeper frame for
pressing the layers of fibre upon the creeper C, which creeper conducts
the same to be wound upon the roller P, as before described in Fig. 1.
Having thus fully described the nature of the said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed or carried into practica

page_text: operation, we would have it understood that we claim, the construction
and arrangement of apparatus as and for the purpose herein fully
described and illustrated in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Howard Blamires, Henry
Blamires, and Harry Marsden, have hereunto set our hands and
seals, this Third day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
THOMAS HOWARD BLAMIRES. (L.S.)
HENRY BLAMIRES.
HARRY MARSDEN.
Witness,
JOHN AIREY.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)