IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR CARDING WOOL, COTTON, AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Anderson, of Ramsbottom; in the County
of Lancaster, Manager in a Cotton Mill, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR CARDING WOOL, COTTON,
AND OTHER FIBRES."
Scaled the 18th September 1868, and dated. the 25th March 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION: left by the said John Anderson at.
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on.
the 25th March 1868.
I, JOHN ANDERSON, of Ramsbottom, in the County of Lancaster,
Manager in a Cotton Mill, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED (FOR CARDING WOOL,
COTTON, AND OTHER FIBRES," to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object a means of and apparatus for
stripping the adhering fibre from the cylinder of carding engines,
without the necessity of removing any of the rollers or recourse to hand.
stripping, which I effect by the use of what I term a "stripping roller".
and comb; the said stripping roller and comb is supported on bearings

page_text: on each side of the engine, and such bearings readily admit the stripping
roller being raised or lowered. When the stripping roller is in its higher
bearings it acts as an ordinary clearing roller. When the cylinder is.
to be cleared the stripping roller is lowered and the cards thereon
enter or mingle with those on the cylinder, rotary motion being imparted
to the stripping roller by means of handles placed on the roller shaft,,
the said roller having removed or stripped the fibres from the cylinder ;.
such fibre is removed from the stripping roller by means of a comb
placed over the said roller, the teeth of which enter or mingle with the
cards on the said roller. The fibres or "strips" so removed or obtained
from the cylinders of such machinery are superior to hand strips..
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Anderson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th September 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
ANDERSON, of Ramsbottom, in the County of Lancaster, Manager in
a Cotton Mill, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said John Anderson, Her
special licence, that I, the said John Anderson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Anderson,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR CARDING WOOL, COTTON, AND
OTHER FIBRES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
John Anderson, my executors or administrators, by an instrument
in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Anderson, do hereby declare
the nature of my 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 has for its object a means of and apparatus for
stripping the adhering fibre from the cylinder of carding engines,.
without the necessity of removing any of the rollers or recourse to hand
stripping, which I effect by the use of what I term a " stripping roller"
and comb; the said stripping roller is supported on bearings at each
side of the engine, and such bearings readily admit the stripping roller
being raised or lowered. When the stripping roller is in its higher
bearings it acts as an ordinary clearing roller. When the cylinder is
to be cleared the stripping roller is lowered and the cards thereon enter
or mingle with those on the cylinder, rotary motion being imparted
to the stripping roller by means of handles placed on the roller shaft,
the said roller having removed or stripped the fibres from the cylinder,
such fibre is removed from the stripping roller by means of a comb
placed over the said roller, the teeth of which enter or mingle with the
cards on the said roller. The fibre or "strips" so removed or obtained
from the cylinders of such machinary are superior to hand strips.
Such being the nature and object of this my said Invention, I will
now proceed to describe the same in detail; and in order that it may
be clearly understood I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings
illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with figures and letters
of reference, the same letter referring to the same part in the various
views or Figures.
At Figs. 1, 2, & 3, A is the stripping roller; A', the cylinder; B,
the comb. The said roller is supported on the bearings C, which are
worked in the fixings D (attached to the side frame of the engine
by bolts E), by means of the handle F and eccentric G (see Fig. 4,
enlarged view); when the stripping roller is by the eccentric raised in
its bearings it acts as an ordinary clearing roller. When the cylinder
is to be cleared the stripping roller is lowered and the cards thercon
enter or mingle with those on the cylinder A', rotary motion being
imparted to the stripping roller by means of the handle H (see Fig. 3,

page_text: enlarged view). The fibre being, thus removed from the cylinder to
the stripping roller the said roller is raised to the comb. B by means of
the eccentric J working on the stud J', and rotary motion given by the
handle, as in stripping the cylinder, and. the fibre or strip is thus
removed from the said roller. The comb B is supported by the arm B',
and by means of the set screw. B. is readily adjusted to the stripping
roller. When desired that the roller A should be used solely as a
stripping roller, bearings are attached to the side frames of the engines,
and the roller is removed from engine to engine as the cylinders thereof
require clearing, the fibre or strip being removed afterwards from the
stripping roller by the use of a comb and rotary motion as above
described.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this my
said Invention, together with the manner in which the same is to be
or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would have it
distinctly understood that I claim as my Invention the use and employ-
ment of the roller, as and for the purpose herein fully described and
illustrated in the Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Anderson,. have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-third day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
eight.
Witness,
JAMES LUND,
Ramsbottom,
Lancashire.
JOHN ANDERSON. (L.S.).