An Improved Feeding Apparatus for Scutching or Fibre Cleaning Machines.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1886.
Complete Left, 15th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th Apr., 1887.
An Improved Feeding Apparatus for Scutching or Fibre
Cleaning Machines.
I, ALFRED HENRY DEATH of Beresford House Newtown Street, Leicester in the
County of Leicester Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an improved feeding apparatus for fibre scutching
machines whereby the fibrous leaves or stems can be fed into the machine without
danger to the operator from the proximity of his hands to the scutching wheel, this
feeding apparatus being moro particularly applicable to machines such as are described
in the Specification of the Patent granted to W. E. Death No. 8464 of 1885.
According to my invention an endless belt or travelling table is mounted on two
pullies adjustable relatively to one another so as to take up slack at such a height that
the upper surface of the belt or table is level with and faces the feeding table of the
machino, which is preferably convexly rounded. The leaf or stem or set of these while
being scutched is secured to this belt or table by means of an adjustable clip or holder
fixed thereon this clip being so arranged that the more the stems drag on it the more
tightly it grips them. The belt or table is advanced or retracted by moving one of the
pullies; and this movement may be obtained from the motor of the machine, a
suitable clutch apparatus being arranged for starting, stopping and reversing the
pulley.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-The belt or table is moved back so that
its holder is at a suitable distance from the machine. A leaf or stem or a set thereof
being then placed upon it is held in position by the clip above mentioned. The belt
or table being then moved forward, the stem or leaf or set thereof is fed to the
scutching machine and a certain length is scutched or cleaned. It is then withdrawn,
and being reversed, is again laid upon the belt or table and secured thereon by the
clip is advanced so that the remainder of the stem or leaf or set thereof is scutched or
cleaned.
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When this operation is completed the belt or table is again retracted, the scutched
leaves or stems are removed, and a fresh leaf, stem or set thereof is operated on as
above described.
ABEL & IMRAY,
28, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Feeding Apparatus for Scutching or Fibre...
Cleaning Machines.
I, ALFRED HENRY DEATH, of Beresford House, Newtown Street, Leicester in the
County of Leicester, Engineer, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved feeding apparatus for fibre scutching machines,
whereby the fibrous leaves or stems can be fed into the machine without danger to the
operator from the proximity of his hands to the scutching wheel, this feeding
apparatus being more particularly applicable to machines such as are described in the
Specification of the Patent granted to W. E. Death No. 8464 of 1885.
According to my invention an endless belt or travelling table is mounted on pullies
adjustable relatively to one another so as to take up slack, and at such a height that
the upper surface of the belt or table is level with and faces the feeding table of the
machine which is preferably convex or rounded.
The leaf or stem or set of these while being scutched is secured to this belt or table
by means of an adjustable clip or holder fixed thereon this clip being so arranged
that the more the stems drag on it the more tightly it grips them. The belt or table
is advanced or retracted by moving one of the pullies; and this movement may be
obtained from the motor of the machine, a suitable clutch apparatus being arranged
for starting stopping and reversing the pulley. The action of the apparatus is as
follows:-
The belt or table is moved back so that its holder is at a suitable distance from the
machine. A leaf or stem or a set thereof being then placed upon it is held in position
by the clip before mentioned. The belt or table being then moved forward, the stem
or leaf or set thereof is fed to the scutching machine and a certain length is scutched
and cleaned. It is then withdrawn and being reversed, is again laid upon the belt or
table and secured thereon by the clip is advanced so that the remainder of the stem
or leaf or set thereof is scutched or cleaned. When this operation is completed the
belt or table is again retracted, the scutched leaves or stems are removed, and a fresh
leaf, stem or set thereof is operated on as above described.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side view and Fig. 2 is a plan of feeding
apparatus according to my invention applied to a scutching machine of the kind
described in the Specification No. 8464 of 1885. Fig. 3 is a front view of the clip or
holder with its levers raised, shewing the serrated jaw for holding the material
treated. The spindle C which by a pulley B and belt is driven from the spindle A of
the scutching machine, has fixed on it a toothed pinion c with which gears a pinion d¹
having a second pinion d gearing with it. Both these pinions are mounted on a
lever E which can be moved by hand and on the axes of the pinions d' d' are fixed
grooved friction pinions d³ d' either of which by moving the lever E can be made to

page_text: bear against a grooved internal rim of a wheel D that has handles so that it can be
turned by hand when desired. On the axis of the wheel D are chain wheels round
which pass chains carrying transverse bars T forming a continuous table travelling
along a supporting guide t at about the level of the rounded feeding table F of the
scutching machine.
On this travelling table is placed the clip or holder H, on which are jointed two side
levers h holding the upper of two transverse jaws J one of which is serrated between
which the material that is to be scutched is held.
The levers h being raised so as to open the jaws J a layer of the fibrous material is
laid between the jaws and is firmly gripped by them on lowering the levers h. The
lever E being now pushed forwards so as to press d³ against the rim of the wheel D
the chain wheels are made to revolve, causing the table T and clip H to advance, and
thus the layer of fibrous material is fed over the feed table F to be acted on by the
scutching machine. This goes on until the clip H has approached the end of its
forward course, whereupon the lever E is moved back disengaging d³ from the wheel D
and engaging d therewith. The wheel D is now driven and the table T is moved in
the opposite direction and the clip H with the fibrous material is retracted. On now
opening the jaws J the fibrous material can be taken out and reversed in position so as
to be held by the parts already scutched and to have scutching performed on the parts
by which it was previously held. When the lever E is in its middle position neither
of the friction wheels d' d' bearing against the rim of the wheel D this wheel can be
turned by hand, so as to advance or retract the clip H as may be desired.
Although I have described the feeding apparatus as applied to a particular kind of
scutching machine, obviously it is applicable generally for the feeding of fibrous stens
and the like towards machines of other kinds, and retracting them therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
The construction and use of feeding apparatus for scutching or fibre cleaning
machines substantially as herein described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
DL 151 1
1007
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicant.