Improvements in Apparatus or Machinery for Opening and Cleaning Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 11th Oct., 1889-Accepted, 30th Nov.. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Machinery for Opening and Cleaning
Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials.
We THOMAS BUCKLEY and SAMUEL BUCKLEY both of Wood Mills, Woodley in
the County of Chester, Fur Blowers and Carders do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of the grids of
Crighton openers and to the grids under the Porcupine of the feed to such openers.
It is also applicable to the undercovers and gratings employed in Cotton and Woollen
Carding Engines and to the grids of Scutcher beaters, Willows and other Openers
either vertical or horrizontal.
Our improvements consist in the use and application to the purpose of wires which
are half round in cross-section. It is found in practise that wires of this section
and especially if fixed at a slight angle by presenting a sharp edge at one side of the
wire and a curved edge at the other side so serve to open and clean the fibres more
effectually than the round and other wires hitherto employed in this class of
apparatus.
Dated this 10th day of January 1889
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus or Machinery for Opening and Cleaning
Cotton, Wool, and other Fibrous Materials.
We THOMAS BUCKLEY and SAMUEL BUCKLEY both of Wood Mills, Woodley in
County of Chester, Fur Blowers and Carders do hereby declare the nature of our said
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 an improvement in the construction of the Grids of
Crighton's openers. It is also applicable to the undercover and gratings employed
in Cotton and Woollen Carding Engines and to the grids of Scutcher beaters,
Willows and other Openers either vertical or horizontal.
Our improvements consist in the use and application to the purpose of wires which
are half round in cross-section. It is found in practise that wires of this section
especially if fixed at a slight angle by presenting a sharp edge at one side of the
wire and a curved edge at the other side so serve to open and clean the fibres more
effectually than the round and other wires hitherto employed in this class of
apparatus.
Our invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawing
on which Fig. 1 represents a sectional view of a flat grid or grating constructed
of a series of half round wires a, a, in accordance with our invention.
These wires as illustrated are fixed with their flat sides parallel to each other but
by preference are arranged at a slight angle towards the fibrous material passing
between them.
Although illustrated in the form of a straight grid or grating it will be apparant
that the half round wires are equally applicable in the construction of curved grids
or ratings

page_text: Having thus 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 :-
The improvements in the grids or gratings of apparatus or machinery for opening
and cleaning, cotton, wool and other fibrous material substantially as herein before
described.
Dated this 10th day of October 1880
JOHN G. WILSON,
Patent Office, 55, Market Street, Manchester, Agent for the Applicants.