IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND REMOVING WASTE FROM SPINNING MACHINES to be as follows:
Year: 1884

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I ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK of the firm of A. M. and Wm Clark of
53 Chancery Lane in the county of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND REMOVING WASTE FROM SPINNING MACHINES
to be as follows:-
"
This invention is intended for application to mule spinning frames for keeping
the roller beam and floor clear of waste. In this improved apparatus I make use
of an electrical rod and belt which act to draw all the loose fibres and broken
threads and deposit them in a suitable receptacle thus keeping the roller beam
clean and also to gather the waste that would accumulate on the floor and prevent
it from becoming dirty and worthless. On the roller beam a rubber or glass strip
plate or rod is held in such a manner that the yarns will pass over it said strip
plate or rod being parallel and in close proximity to the upper side of an endless
belt on which are fixed rubbers adapted to come into frictional contact with the
glass strip or rod and thereby excite the same.
These rubbers may consist of two metal plates having their surfaces facing each
other and provided with a lining of felt, leather or other fibrous material and
pressed together by a spring. Or the rubbers may consist of a bracket arm held on
the belt from which two rods covered with leather felt or other material project so
as to come in frictional contact with the upper and under surfaces of the glass strip
or rod. Hooks project from these rods and collect waste &c.
By the motion of the bands the rubbers are drawn along the glass rod or bar in
such a manner as to render the same highly electric, and thereby cause it to attract
the loose fibres from the yarn passing over it. The rubbers carry the yarn thus
attracted along to one end of the glass plate which is thus kept clear at all times.
At this point a bin or box is arranged for receiving the waste, and over the said
box is a revolving brush with which the rubbers come in contact in passing over
the bin whereby the waste etc will be wiped off from the rubbers. The band
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page_text: carrying the rubbers runs on suitable pulleys in front of the roller beam and is
driven by belts from the backing off motion or otherwise. In case threads break
they are immediately attracted by the electrified bar or rod, and then carried by
the rubbers off to the bin.
I do not limit myself to this contrivance as above described, but as well as using
the electricity generated by the rubbers I may render the rod or bar electric in any
other way for instance, by a separate battery or other electric generator.
The advantages of this apparatus may be briefly stated as follows, the threads
are prevented from running double, the laps are prevented from winding around
the rolls and thus lifting the rolls, and forming imperfect threads, the rolls being
kept clean, the usual top cleaner is dispensed with; the roller beam and mule
carriage being kept clean, the fly waste is kept out of the yarn and off of the
spindles; and the waste is saved in a clean condition, instead of becoming dirty
refuse as is usually the case.

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I, ALEXANDER MELVILLE CLARK, of the firm of A. M. and Wm. Clark, of
53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Fellow of the Institute of Patent
Agents, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for IMPROVED
APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING AND REMOVING WASTE FROM SPINNING MACHINES,"
(a communication to me from abroad by William Albert Delmage, of Lowell, and
Charles Arthur Delmage, of West Springfield, both in the County of Middlesex and
State of Massachusetts, United States of America,) and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
This Invention is intended for application to mule spinning frames for keeping
the roller beam and floor clear of waste. Heretofore two methods have been
employed for that purpose, one being the use of a scavenger roll for gathering and
winding the waste, and the other the use of wooden rollers covered with cloth but
in these cases the rolls when cleaned fail to wind all the waste and allow it to slip
upon the floor or roller beam or else the rolls get clogged and cease revolution,
thereby breaking all the threads and causing the loose fibres to catch upon the
spindles. In this improved apparatus I make use of an electrical rod and belt
which act to draw all the loose fibres and broken threads and deposit them in a
suitable receptacle thus keeping the roller beam clean and also to gather the waste
that would accumulate on the floor and prevent it from becoming dirty and
worthless, as hereinafter described and claimed.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this
specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation partly sectional of the improved mechanism.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same. Figure 3 is a side view of one of the rubbers.
Figure 4 is a side view of a modification of the same. Figure 5 is a plan view of
the rubber shown in figure 4. Figure 6 is a perspective view of a portion of the
mule having the improvement applied.
In the drawings A represents a roller beam, B the roller shaft, C the driving
pulley, D the backing off gear of a mule, about all of which there is nothing new.
E is a pulley supported by a stud a that is attached to the beam A. F is another
pulley supported by a stud b, and G is a belt passing around the pulleys E, F.
d is a shaft journaled in the support fattached to the beam A and provided at one
end with a pinion g, meshing with the backing off gear D, and at the other end
with pulleys h. H, H and H² are the driving belts. The belt H¹ passes over the
small pulleys ¹, over the pulley h, and over the right hand pulley E' on the right
hand pulley E in Figure 6; the belt H passes over the pulley h², adjoining and
connected with the pulley h and over the pulley connected with which is a
pulley over which the belt H2 passes, which passes over the pulley E' on the left
hand pulley E; so that the right and left hand pulleys E will be revolved from the
gear D. The pulleys E and F are grooved, and over the same the belt G passes.
On the upper edge of the beam A a rubber or glass strip or plate J is held in such
a manner that it projects over the upper side of the belt G. If desired a rubber or
glass rod can be used in place of the plate J. On the belt G a series of rubbers K
are clamped the said rubbers consisting of two metal plates K¹ having their surfaces
facing each other and provided with a lining of felt, leather or other fibrous
material, of which two plates K¹, the lower one is pressed upward by a spring L.
If desired the rubber shown in Figures 4 and 5 can be used, the same consisting of
a bracket arm M held on the belt, from which two rods N project one over the top
and the other over the bottom surface of the bar J, on which rods pieces O of
leather, felt, or analogous material, are held. Hooks P project from the rods N and
'collect the waste, etc.

page_text: When the pulleys E and F are revolved the rubbers K are drawn over the rod or
bar J in such a manner that one plate K rubs on the upper surface, and the other
on the under surface of the bar J, thus making the same highly electric, and
thereby causing the same to attract the loose fibres from the yarn passing over it.
The scrapers or rubbers K then seize the yarn attracted by the bar or rod J and
carry it to one end of the same, thus keeping the bar J clear at all times. At the
pulley F a bin or box Q is arranged for receiving the waste, and over the said box
a revolving brush R is pivoted which is operated by a belt S from a pulley
connected with the pulley F so that when the rubbers K pass over the pulley F,
the waste etc will be wiped from the same by the revolving brush R. In case
threads break they are immediately attracted by the electrified bar or rod, and then
carried by the rubbers off to the bin Q. I do not limit myself to this contrivance
as above described, but, as well as using the electricity generated by the rubbers,
I may render the rod or bar J electric in any other way, for instance by a separate
battery or other electric generator.
The advantages of this apparatus may be briefly stated as follows:-the threads
are prevented from running double; the laps are prevented from winding around
the rolls and thus lifting the rolls, and forming imperfect threads; the rolls being
kept clean, the usual top cleaner is dispensed with; the roller beam and mule
carriage being kept clean, the fly waste is kept out of the yarn and off of the
spindles; and the waste is saved in a clean condition, instead of becoming dirty
refuse as is usually the case.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st An apparatus for collecting and removing waste from spinning machines,
consisting of a rod or bar J adapted to be rendered electric combined with a belt G,
substantially as herein shown and described.
2nd An apparatus for collecting and removing waste from spinning machines,
consisting of a rod or bar J adapted to be rendered electric, combined with a
belt G, and rubbers on the belt for wiping the waste from the rod or bar J,
substantially as herein shown and described.
3rd An apparatus for collecting and removing waste from spinning machines,
consisting of a rod or bar J adapted to be rendered electric, combined with a
belt G, and rubbers secured on the belt and adapted to rub the bar or rod J, and
render the same electric, and at the same time carry the waste from the said rod or
bar, substantially as herein shown and described.
4th In an apparatus for collecting and removing waste from spinning machines,
the combination with a rod or bar adapted to be rendered electric, of a belt
arranged below the same, rubbers on the belt adapted to act on the bar and of a
revolving brush for wiping the refuse from the rubbers into a box or bin,
substantially as herein shown and described.
5th An apparatus for collecting and removing waste from spinning machines,
consisting of a rod or bar adapted to be rendered electric, and of a belt arranged
below the said bar, substantially as herein shown and described.