Year: 1887

page_text: JOHN EADIF, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, Woollen Manufacturer do hereby
déclare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My said Invention has for its object, to improve the construction and operation of
Carding Machines such as are used for carding wool, cotton, flax and other textile
substances.
In carrying out my invention instead of the workers and strippers at present in
use, I would put on the breast and cylinders of the Carding Machine Rollers of
smaller diameter than the worker-the diameter of the said Rollers to be determined
by the kind of textile substance to be operated upon. If the staple to be carded is
short, then the diameter of the card Rollers should be small, when the staple is longer
Rollers of larger diameter may be used, but Rollers of small diameter would give
better results, as a greater number could be put on the breast and cylinders thereby
greatly increasing the carding power of the Machine.
The mode of actuating these Rollers would be the same as that usually employed
to actuate the workers of the present wool carding Machines viz:-by pitch wheels
on ends of doffer shaft and on the end of the Roller shafts actuated by endless
pitch chains.
The pitch wheels on end of my Roller shafts will be all uniform in size and
the arrangement such that all the Rollers will be moved at an equal and uniform
speed. The action of these Rollers when in motion is such, that the teeth of the
card covering these Rollers are pointing in the opposite direction to the teeth of
the card covering the breast and cylinders.
The operation of carding proceeds as the material to be carded passes from the
first Roller to the second, from the second to the third, and so on to the end of the
series. The first Roller on the breast or cylinder acts only as a worker, but all
the other Rollers, both on the breast and cylinders, combine the action of worker
and stripper at the same time. The first Roller on the breast or cylinder when in
motion catches up a portion of the material to be carded, and as the Roller revolves
it carries the material in an upward direction at the same time. The second Roller

page_text: moves in a downward direction and being in close contact with the first Roller, the
material being carded is brushed down on the breast or cylinder again. The rapid
motion of the breast or cylinder carries the material under the second Roller.
The action of the third Roller is the same as that of the second and the same action
is continued with all the remaining Rollers on the breast and cylinders until the last
is reached.
The material on the breast if not sufficiently carded, is carried in a fleece back over
the top of all the Rollers working on the breast and returned by the lickerin with the
fresh inaterial passing in from the feeding table to the breast. From the cylinders
the material being carded is carried in like manner back over the top of the Rollers
covering the cylinders and returned to the cylinder again by the angle stripper. If
the material is sufficiently carded, it is only necessary to reverse the last Roller on the
breast, and the last Roller on each cylinder, and the material being carded will pass
on from breast to cylinder, and from cylinder to cylinder, without being operated on
a second time. By this arrangement the material to be carded can be operated upon
once or twice by either the breast separately or any one or both of the cylinders or
all combined.
The Rollers are supported over the breast and cylinders and raised and lowered
in the usual way, but to move the Rollers toward or from each other I employ a
Circular Screw, corresponding to the circle of the bend and extending a little beyond
the standards carrying the Rollers: and I also introduce a guide connecting the
standards with this Circular Screw. Through one end of the Guide the standards
pass and through the other end this Circular Screw, and by means of this Guide
attached to standards, and nuts placed on this screw, the Rollers are adjusted to each
other and brought into their proper working position.
Dated this 1st day of December 1887
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page_text: JOHN EADIE, Lisbellaw, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, Woollen Manufacturer, do hereby
declaro the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be paticularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My said invention has for its object, to improve the construction and operation of
Carding Machines such as are used for carding wool, cotton, flax and other textile
substances.
In carrying out my invention instead of the workers and strippers at present in
use, I would put on the breast and cylinders of the carding machine Rollers of smaller
diameter than the worker-the diameter of said Rollers to be determined by the kind
of textile substance to be operated upon. If the staple, to be carded is short, then the
diameter of the card Rollers should be small; when the staple is longer Rollers of
larger diameter may be used, but Rollers of small diameter would give better results,
as a greater number could be put on the breast and cylinders thereby greatly
increasing the carding power of the Machine.
The mode of actuating these Rollers would be the same as that usually employed
to actuate the workers of the present wool carding machines viz-by pitch wheels
on end of doffer shaft and on the end of the Roller shafts actuated by endless pitch
chains.
The pitch wheels on end of my Roller shafts will be all uniform in size and the
arrangement such that all the Rollers will be moved at an equal and uniform speed.
The action of these Rollers when in motion is such, that the teeth of the card cover-
ing these Rollers are pointing in the opposite direction to the teeth of the card
covering the breast and cylinders.
The operation of carding proceeds as the material to be carded passes from the first
Roller to the second, from the second to the third, and so on to the end of the series.
The first Roller on the breast or cylinder acts only as a worker, but all the other
Rollers both on the breast and cylinders, combine the action of worker and stripper
at the same time. The first Roller on the breast or cylinder when in motion catches
up a portion of the material to be carded, and as the Roller revolves it carries the
material in an upward direction at the same time. The second Roller moves in a
downward direction and being in close contact with the first Roller, the material
being carded is brushed down on the breast and cylinder again. The rapid motion of
the breast or cylinder carries the material under the second Roller. The action of the
third Roller the same as that of the second and the same action is continued with
all the remaining Rollers on the breast and cylinders until the last is reached.
The material on the breast if not sufficiently carded, is carried in a fleece back over
the top of all the Rollers working on the breast and returned by the lickerin with the
fresh material passing in from the feeding table to the breast. From the cylinders
the material being carded is carried in like manner back over the top of the Rollers

page_text: covering the cylinders and returned to the cylinder again by the angle stripper. If
the material is sufficiently carded, it is only necessary to reverse the last Roller on the
breast and the last Roller on each cylinder, and the material being carded will pass
from breast to cylinder, and from cylinder to cylinder, without being operated on a
second time. By this arrangement the material to be carded can be operated upon
once or twice by either the breast separately or any one or both of the cylinders or
all combined.
The Rollers are supported over the breast and cylinders and raised and lowered in
the usual way, but to move the Rollers toward or from each other I employ a Circular
Screw, corresponding to the circle of the bend and extending a little beyond the
standards carrying the Rollers; and I also introduco a Guide connecting the standards
with this Circular Screw.
Through one end of the Guide the standards pass and through the other end this
Circular Screw, and by means of this Guide attached to standards, and nuts placed
on this screw, the Rollers are adjusted to each other and brought into their proper
working position,
In order to explain more fully my invention, I have appended three sheets of
drawings, Figure 1 Sheet 1, represents a side view of a portion of a carding machine
sufficient to explain my invention. Figure II, Sheet 2, is a part of a cylinder with
some Rollers shewn thereon. Figure III; Sheet 3, a plan showing how the Rollers
are adjusted to each other. In the drawings the same referenco letters are used to
mark the same or like parts wherever they are repeated.
The material to be carded is received by the lickerin A, from the feed Rollers,
and conveyed to the breast B, then to Roller C, which only acts as a worker, and
from C it goes to Rollers D and E which combine both the action of worker and
stripper. By this arrangement of the Rollers C, D, and E the material not sufficiently
carded is carried by these Rollers over the top of the breast B, and returned again
to the breast B, by the lickerin A. In like manner the Rollers C, D, E, on
cylinder G, carries the material over the top of cylinder G, to the angle stripper H,
which returns it again to cylinder G.
When the material is sufficiently carded Roller E is reversed as shewn in
Figure II, and the material passes direct from Roller E, to breast B; or from
Roller E on cylinder G, to cylinder G and is not operated on again.
On the breast. bend K, Figure 1 the Circular Screw M, is fastened with four
supports L, this Circular Screw passes through one end of the Guide N, and the
standards for carrying the Rollers U, D, E, pass through the opening O in the other
end of Guide N. The nuts P, Figure III move either way along the Circular
. Screw and thus move the Guide Ñ and standards, and thereby the Rollers are
adjusted to each other.
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 1
claim is :-
1st The combination and arrangement of the Rollers C, D, and E substantially
in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
2nd The Mechanism of the Screw M, and Guide N, constructed to adjust the
Rollers C, D, and E, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described.
Dated this 6th day of March 1888