IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FEED BOXES OF COMBING MACHINES.
Year: 1884

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We, EDWIN GREAVES HATTERSLEY, Mytholmes Mill, Haworth, and Burrage
House, Harrogate, Manufacturer and SPENCER HIRD, Mytholmes Mill, Haworth,
Manager, all in Yorkshire; do hereby declare the nature of our invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FEED BOXES OF COMBING MACHINES.to.be as follows:
This our invention is an improvement in the construction of the feed boxes of
Noble's Combing Machines which alleviates the wear of the drawing-off leathers
and facilitates the combing of long fibred wool. &°.
Heretofore it has been the practice to allow the lid or upper half of the feed
boxes to incessantly press the wool, during its passage through the said feed boxes,
consequently a considerable amount of power has been required to draw or 'pull it
through them and through the circular comb, thus the wear of the drawing-off leathers,
caused by the drawing-off rollers being required to be pressed very firmly together,
has been very great, as well as rendering the fibres in long fibred wool &, very liable
to breakages. To obviate this we fix to the lower or loose end of the feed box lid
a small projection which overhangs the lower portion of the said feed box so that
after it has passed over the incline which raises it at the usual places during its
passage around the circular comb, and when it is lowered, to place the wool in the
teeth of the said circular comb, at the required depth the beforementioned projection
fixed to the feed box lid comes in contact with the framework of the comb's carriage
and so prevents its further descent, but as the lower portion of the feed box con-
tinues to descend until it comes to the same stop-piece, it will be seen that the
pressure is taken from off the wool so that it can be more easily drawn through
the comb; and the fibres being more at liberty are not so liable to breakages.
Other means for relieving the wool of the pressure of the feed box lid at the
desired place may be employed; as for example, instead of fixing the projection to
the said lid, a small pin working loosely in a hole through the lower part of the
feed box may be used, or a projecting piece may be fixed to the opposite end of
the said lid and made to come in contact with a supplementary incline and so
achieve the desired object.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We, EDWIN GREAVES HATTERSLEY of Mytholmes Mill, Haworth; and Burrage
House Harrogate, both in Yorkshire, Manufacturer, and SPENCER HIRD of
Mytholmes Mill, Haworth, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of our inven-
tion for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FEED BOXES OF COMBING MACHINES and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
This our invention is an improvement in the construction of the feed boxes used
in connection with Noble's combing machines, which alleviates the wear of the
drawing-off leathers and facilitates the combing of long fibred wool or hair of any
description; such being the nature of our said invention, in order that the same
may be clearly understood we will describe it by reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings Fig. 1 in which, is a sectional elevation shewing the feed box in
its raised or elevated position, Fig. 2 is similar to Fig. 1 but shews the box in its
lowered position, and Fig. 3 is plan of Fig. 2; while Figs. 4 and 5 are detail
drawings.
Heretofore it has been the practice to allow the lid or upper half a of the
feed boxes b to incessantly press the wool c, during its passage through the said feed
boxes b, consequently a considerable amount of power has been required to draw
or pull it through them and through the circular comb d, thus the wear of the
drawing-off leathers e, caused by the drawing-off rollers f and f¹ being required
to be pressed very firmly together, has been very great, as well as rendering the
fibres in long fibred wool or hair of any description very liable to breakages. To
obviate this we fix to the lower or loose end of the lid a, a small projection which
is made to overhang the lower portion b of the said feed box so that after it has
passed over the incline h which raises it at the usual places during its passage
round with the circular comb d, and when it is lowered to place the wool c in
the teeth of the said circular comb d, as shewn by Fig. 3, at the required depth
the beforementioned projection g comes in contact with the framework k and so
prevents its further descent, but as the lower portion 6 continues to descend until
it comes to the same stop piece k, it will be seen that the pressure is taken from
off the wool c so that it can be more easily drawn through the comb d, and the
fibres being more at liberty are not so liable to be broken.
Other means for relieving the wool c of the pressure of the lid a, at the desired
place, may be employed as, for example, instead of fixing the projection g to the
lid a, a small pin m, Fig. 4, working loosely in a hole through the box b may be
used, or a projecting piece n, Fig. 5, may be fixed to the opposite end of the lid a
and made to come in contact with a supplementary incline or stop piece o and so
achieve the desired object.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is
1. The use and employment of the projection g in the manner and for the
burnosA as herein described and as illustrated by the accompanying sheet of

page_text: 2. The use and employment of the pin m in the manner and for the purpose as
herein fully set forth and described.
3. In combination with the moveable lid a of a projection n, and a supple-
mentary incline or stoppiece o, used in the manner and for the purpose herein
specified.