IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1884

page_text: We JOSEPH MIDGLEY, of Lady Royd,Works, Bradford, Yorkshire, Machine
Maker, and JOHN EDWARD BEANLAND, of Harris Street, Bradford, aforesaid,
Builder, do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINES FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES," to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to all descriptions of combing machines, where the
fibre is fed in slivers from a point within the comb, in contradistinction to feeding
from without, as is mostly the case.
Our improvements consist in the employment of certain means for trapping or
holding the fibre at a point close to the pins of the comb, so as to allow the said
comb, to draw a suitable sized tuft from the sliver; and for this purpose we employ
a number of short loose segments, arranged side by side, in such manner, that the
dead weight of each segment rests upon the fibre. These segments work in
vertical guides, and are separate and independant from each other, so that when
an unequal thickness of sliver is passing under one seginent, it rises and falls
thereby, and adjusts itself without in any way effecting the other segments.
Instead of the segments resting upon the sliver like a dead weight, they may be
hinged, and if necessary weighted.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Combing Wool and other Fibres.
We, JOSEPH MIDGLEY, of Lady Royd Works, Bradford, Yorkshire, Machine
Maker, and JOHN EDWARD BEANLAND of Harris Street, Bradford aforesaid
Builder do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
and in what manner the
MACHINES FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by 5
the following statement :-
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This invention has reference to all descriptions of combing machines, where the
fibre is fed in slivers from a point within the comb, in contradistinction to feeding
from without, as is mostly the case.
Our improvements consist in the employment of certain means for trapping or 1
holding the fibre at a point close to the pins of the comb, so as to allow a suitable
sized tuft to be drawn from the sliver; and for this purpose we employ a number
of short loose segments, arranged side by side, in such manner, that the dead
weight of each segment rests upon the fibre. These segments work in vertical
guides, and are seperate and independant from each other, so that when an unequal
thickness of sliver is passing under one segment, it raises and falls thereby, and
adjusts itself without in any way effecting the other segments.
Instead of the segments resting upon the sliver like a dead weight, they may be
hinged and if necessary weighted.
In order that our invention may be better understood, we herein give reference
to the accompanying sheet of Drawings wherein Fig. 1 is sectional elevation and
Fig. 2 plan view of so much of a combing machine (arranged to feed from the
inside) as is necessary to shew our improvements. A and B are the circular combs
having pins therein as usual, the comb B being fed with fibre C from within the
circle. D are traps made so as to slide up and down the guide E in such manner
that the bottom edge thereof is always resting with its full weight upon the fibre.
The guides E are secured to any suitable casting or plate F which must rotate
with the circle so that both traps and circle go around together. The traps are
formed with grooves at each side so that they can slide up and down the guides
according to the varying thickness of sliver passing underneath them, and in order
that the trap may grip or bite the fibre, the bottoms of such traps are serrated,
as is also the rim G, by which means the tufts of fibre on being driven out,
cannot slip sideways, but must be drawn in a direct radial line from the centre of
the comb.
By the employment of these traps the whole weight of which rests upon the
fibre, that part of the sliver not required in the comb, is held away therefrom, and
the weight of the traus prevent unequal tufts from being drawn out

page_text: Although we have shown and described the application of trap D consisting of
a dead weight, we would have it understood that hinged weights such as are shewn
in Fig. 3 may be employed.
Having now shewn and described our Invention, we would observe that in prior
Letters Patent N° 12,746 of A.D. 1884, we patented the use of the trap D and
guides E in conjunction with a Bradley and Wood's combing machine, but we now
wish to claim the use of such traps and guides to all descriptions of combing
machines which are fed from within the circle.