Improvements in Cotton Feeding Aprons for Cotton Opening Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 6th Nov., 1897-Accepted, 8th Jan., 1898
Improvements in Cotton Feeding Aprons for Cotton Opening
Machines.
WILLIAM EASTHAM, 66 Willows Lane, Accrington, Foreman Joiner, and
HOWARD & BULLOUGH, LIMITED, Globe Works, Accrington, Machinists, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows::
This invention relates to the feeding aprons known as revolving lattice feeding
aprons, which are usually constructed of an endless belt of leather and canvas on
which are fitted wood cross bars in near proximity to each other. This lattice is
made to run on rollers in belt fashion, and as the wooden laths are always fixed
on the outside of the belt or canvas, they are always further apart from each other
when passing around the rollers and thereby make open spaces into which the
cotton is liable to get entangled and fast, thus destroying the fixings of the laths
from their holdings.
In this our new invention we provide on each lath an upper projecting lip to so
far project or cover up the opening spaces of the laths as to prevent the cotton from
being liable to get betwixt the laths of the aprons described.
WILLIAM EASTHAM.
HOWARD & BULLOUGH, LIMITED.
C. A. PELTZER,
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cotton Feeding Aprons for Cotton Opening
Machines.
WILLIAM EASTHAM, 66 Willows Lane, Accrington, Foreman Joiner, and
HOWARD & BULLOUGH, LIMITED, Globe Works, Accrington, Machinists, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
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This invention relates to the feeding aprons known as revolving lattice feeding
aprons, which are usually constructed of an endless belt of leather and canvas on
This lattice is
which are fitted wood-cross bars in near proximity to each other.
made to run on rollers in belt fashion, and as the wooden laths are always fixed

page_text: on the outside of the belt or canvas, they are always further apart from each other
when passing around the rollers and thereby make open spaces into which the
cotton is liable to get entangled and fast, thus destroying the fixings of the laths
from their holdings.
In this our new invention we provide on each lath an upper projecting lip to so
far project or cover up the opening spaces of the laths as to prevent the cotton from
being liable to get betwixt the laths of the aprons described.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
in which
Sheet 1, Fig. 1 is an end elevation of lattice belt A with only a number of
laths B mounted thereon, where the said belt is passing around the rollers C,
sufficient quantity of laths to shew the purpose of our invention.
Fig. 2 marked with corresponding letters to Fig. 1 shews a few laths drawn to
an enlarged scale, to better illustrate the portion where our invention is applied,
namely, the lip portion of lath marked D formed in such a manner as to project
and cover up the opening spaces E of the laths, at D, Fig. 2, so as to prevent the
cotton from being liable to get betwixt the spaces of laths of the aprons described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we
claim is;-
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The lip D, Fig. 2 on lath of revolving lattice feeding apron as described and
illustrated on the accompanying sheet of drawings.
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