Improvements in Machines in which Rotary Brushes are Used, such as Currant-cleaning Machines and the like.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 1st Apr., 1890-Accepted, 2nd July, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines in which Rotary Brushes are Used,
such as Currant-cleaning Machines and the like.
I WILLIAM RICHARD HAYNES of Wilby near Wellingborough in the County of
Northampton Grocer's Warehouseman do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
To fit each end of the spindle on which the brushes are fixed with a socket into each
of which sockets a moveable bit or key is fitted in such a manner that it revolves
with the spindle of which when in position it forms a part. The opposite end of one
such bit or key is fitted to the driving gear of the spindle and the opposite end of
the other such bit or key is finished off round like the end of an ordinary spindle.
The two bits or keys being interchangeable as regards the two sockets at the ends of
the spindle on which the brushes are fixed the spindle may be easily and quickly
reversed so that whenever the brushes get worn down at the end where the wear is
the greatest they may be reversed without unfixing them from the spindle and by
this means worn down evenly at both ends.
Dated this First day of July 1889
WILLIAM FISH,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines in which Rotary Brushes are Used,
such as Currant-cleaning Machines and the like.
I WILLIAM RICHARD HAYNES of Wilby near Wellingborough in the County of
Northampton Grocer's Warehouseman 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 :-
In the currant-cleaning machines now in common use the brushes are fixed to a
spindle easily removable from the machine one end of which spindle is round and
revolves in its bearing and at the other end a socket is formed which receives a bit or
key fixed to the rotating part of the machine which bit or key being fitted into the
socket causes the spindle to rotate therewith. My Invention consists in making exactly
similar sockets at each end of the spindle instead of at one end only, and then making
a movable bit or key about four inches long one end or half of which exactly corresponds
to the bit or key fixed to the rotating part of the machine as above referred to and
the other end or half of which is round like the end of an ordinary spindle revolving
on fixed bearings I drill a hole through one side of each socket and fit it with a
thumb-screw to keep the movable bit or key tight in the socket. By means of this
invention when the brushes which are fixed to the spindle longitudinally get worn at
one end the spindle itself can be at once reversed without removing the brushes
therefrom and by this means the brushes can be worn down evenly at both ends.
My invention is further illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1
represents the spindle of an ordinary currant-cleaning machine with brushes affixed
having a socket A at one end to receive the revolving key or bit attached to the
driving gear of the machine and having the other end B turned perfectly round for
revolving in its bearings. Fig. 2 represents the same spindle altered in accordance
with my invention by having a socket C exactly similar to the socket A substituted
for the turned end B. Fig. 3 represents the bit or key having one end E shaped in
uch a manner as to fit into the sockets A and C respectively and the other end D
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page_text: perfectly round to revolve in its bearing in like manner as the round end B Fig. 1.
The sockets A and Care fitted with thumb-screws f. f. for fixing the bit or key in
its place.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
The movable bit or key fitting into the socket at either end of the spindle as above
described.
WILLIAM RICHARD HAYNES.