Improvements in or appertaining to Dabbing Brushes of Noble's Combing Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 26th Aug., 1896-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Dabbing Brushes of Noble's
Combing Machines.
We, JOHN VARLEY MUSGRAVE, of 33, Legrams Terrace, Lister Hills,
Bradford, in the County of York, Mechanic, and FRED SCOTT, of Cutler
Heights Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford; aforesaid, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to dabbing brushes of
Noble's combing machines, and its object is to provide simple and ready means of
adjusting the "heel" of the brush (that portion of the brush under which the fibres.
first pass) in relation to the opposite end of the brush in order to facilitate lowering
the heel end of the brush to compensate for the excessive wear and tear to which
that portion of the brush is exposed.
For this purpose we provide an adjustable "shoe" or plate on the reciprocating
slide of the dabbing brush mechanism adapted to have the dabbing brush fixed to
its underside. This "shoe" or plate may be pivoted by one end to the brush slide
close to one edge, and the other end (preferably the heel end) is adjustably
connected to the said slide. Lugs or their equivalent may be formed on the upper
side of the said shoe adapted to enable one end to be pivoted to the brush slide and
the other end to be adjustably connected thereto.
Dated this 30th day of December 1895
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.
Improvements in or appertaining to Dabbing Brushes of Noble's
Combing Machines.
We, JOHN VARLEY MUSGRAVE, of 33, Legrams Terrace Lister Hills,
Bradford, in the County of York, Mechanic, and FRED SCOTT, of Cutler
Heights Lane, Dudley Hill, Bradford, aforesaid, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to dabbing brushes of
Noble's combing machines, and its object is to provide simple and ready means of
adjusting the "heel" of the brush (that portion of the brush under which the fibres
first pass) in relation to the opposite end of the brush in order to facilitate lowering
the heel end of the brush to compensate for the excessive wear and tear to which
that portion of the brush is exposed.
For this purpose we provide an adjustable "shoe" or plate on the reciprocating
slide of the dabbing brush mechanism adapted to have the dabbing brush fixed to
its underside.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of
this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in each of the figures.

page_text: Figure 1, represents an elevation of a portion of the reciprocating slide of a
dabbing brush with the brush attached in accordance with our invention.
Figure 2, represents a similar view to Figure 1 but with the brush omitted and
the "heel" end of the plate lowered.
Figure 3, represents a side view of Figure 1.
Figure 4, represents a plan view of Figure 3.
The reciprocating slide A is of ordinary construction excepting that the shoe or
foot plate B, instead of being cast as usual with the slide, is adjustably connected
to it by means of the lugs C and D and the screws E and F. The brush G is
fixed to the underside of the plate B by screws H, H in the ordinary way. The
slot d in the lug D enables the heel end 6 of the plate to be lowered as shown in
Figure 2 or to be fixed in any intermediate position between the positions shown
in Figures 1 and 2 in order to adjust the heel end of the brush.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
A dabbing brush slide having an adjustable shoe or foot plate adapted to allow
the "heel" of the brush to be lowered in relation to said slide without materially
altering the position of the other end of the said brush, substantially as herein
shown and described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 24th day of August 1896
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.