Improvements in Openers and Scutchers for Opening and Cleaning Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 20th Apr., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Openers and Scutchers for Opening and Cleaning
Cotton and other Fibrous Materials.
I, ROBERT TAYLOR, Junior, of Asa Lees and Company Limited, of Soho Fron
Works, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, 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:-
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My invention relates to improvements in openers and scutchers, and my
improvements consist essentially in so combining the grid, which is placed
underneath the cylinder or beater, with the feed rollers that the grid and feed
rollers can be adjusted and set, as one part and by one operation, relatively to the
cylinder or beater so as to suit different qualities of fibrous material to be treated in
the machine.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two sheets of drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a side sectional elevation and Fig. 2 a plan with some of the parts
removed of part of an opening or sentching machine to which my improvements
have been applied.
Figures 3 and 4 are similar views respectively of an alternative arrangement
according to my invention.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In Figs. 1 and 2, a beater x is shown but it will be readily understood that a
beating cylinder might be employed. I also show two fluted feed rollers a, a fluted
regulating roller b, a shaft c, which carries the regulating plates e² and rods c³, and
the feed lattice shaft m, all of which are carried by the stand d which is secured
adjustably by bolts y to the stationary under framing f
The grid e at one end has a slot e¹ in which is a stud g secured to the stand d and
at the other end the grid e is supported and free to swivel on a stud secured to the
under framingj.
In Figs. 3 and 4 one end of the grid e is secured rigidly by the bolt to
the stand and the other end has a slot 2 parallel with the surface of the under
framing on which the stand d slides when being adjusted.
a stud k which is fixed in the side of the under framing.
In the slot is
After the bolts y have been slackened the stand d can be adjusted by means of
the screw and thus the grid e and the feed rollers a and all the other parts carried
by the stand d are adjusted simultaneously relatively to the beater, thereby
obviating the necessity of setting them separately.
It will be understood that although only one side of the machine is shown that
the improvements are applied to both sides.
Again although I have shown a single beater my improvements may be applied
to machines with two beaters or beating cylinders, and also to machines with
various kinds of feed mechanism as for example to feeds without a regulating
motion, and to those with a single feed roller and a shell plate or dish feed.
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 :-
In an opener or scutcher―
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Attaching or combining the food maal
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page_text: make them adjustable as one part and by one setting relatively to the beater
or cylinder substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. The general combination and arrangement of parts substantially as and for the
purposes herein described with reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
3. The general combination and arrangement of parts substantially as and for the 5
purposes herein described with reference to Figs. 3 and 4.
Dated this 15th day of March 1895.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicant.