Improvements in the Clearer Rollers of Slubbing, Intermediate; Roving, and Spinning Frames.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Jan., 1899--Accepted, 1st Apr., 1899
COMPLETE DE BUITIVATION.
Improvements in the Clearer Rollers of Slubbing, Intermediate;
Roving, and Spinning Frames.
1
I, JOHN HILL, of 22, Memorial Road, Walkden, near Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Spinning Master, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of the present invention is to ensure the more effective action of
the clearer rollers used for removing fly and other impurities from the leather
covered drawing rollers of slubbing, intermediate, roving and spinning frames.
At present the clearer rollers are of uniform diameter and ride upon and are
driven by the drawing rollers. Being covered with flannel or similar material,
the fly and other light matters are removed by their entanglement with the
fibres of the clearer cover in simple contact.
According to the present improvements it is ensured that the clearer roller,
although still driven by frictional contact with the drawing rollers and unre-
tarded, shall have a different surface speed from that of any of the rollers with
which it may be in contact. Owing to this distinguishing feature, the clearer
roller exerts a rubbing or wiping action upon each part of every drawing roller,
and the clearance of the latter is thus much more effective.
This invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying
drawings, which represent in elevation in Figure 1 and in end view in Figure 2
one length of a line of drawing rollers in series with the new clearer roller riding
thereon. It will be understood that there may be as many as may be convenient
and usual of the drawing rollers in series, and that usually there are a pair of
series in parallel arrangement, in which case the clearer roller rides between
the parallel rollers.
The clearer roller C, instead of being parallel is made conical as shewn, the
amount of taper for a clearer for two drawing rollers in series in a ring spinning
frame being preferably about three eighths to half an inch although of course
this may be varied according to circumstances. It may be covered with flannel
as usual, and its spindle may ride in the bearings B, which may be constructed
as described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to me No. 21972 dated
the 25th September A.D. 1897.
DD are the drawing rollers and F the fluted roller as in an ordinary ring
spinning frame. An analogous arrangement will be used in other slubbing,
intermediate, roving and spinning frames.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed; I declare that what
I claim is: -
In slubbing, intermediate, roving and spinning frames used in the production

page_text: or textile yarns, a clearer roller constructed and arranged substantially as herein-
before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Datad this 20th day of Traine
1000
W. E. HEYS & SON,
Agents for the Applicant.