IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Noble, of Leeds, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PREPARING
COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES."
Sealed the 17th June 1853, and dated the 13th April 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Noble at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 13th April 1853.
I, JAMES NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturer, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES" to be as follows:-
י
This Invention consists of combining two rotating rings of comb or
suitable formed teeth, one ring of teeth rotating within the other, but
excentric thereto, so that at one point of the revolution of the two rings
they come together. Above such rotating rings of teeth, and on the
axis of the inner of the two revolving rings, is a circular frame, carrying
bobbins with prepared cotton or other fibres; and such prepared fibres
descends to and come between two surfaces, by which they are placed

page_text: into the teeth of the revolving rings just previous to the point where
they come together. So soon as the rings come together the fibres are
drawn by drawing rollers from between the teeth. As the distance apart
of the two revolving rings increases, the long fibres remaining therein
will be retained in the teeth of one of the rings, and the teeth of the
other ring will retain the shorter fibres, which are removed by a brush.
The longer fibres, so carried round, are lifted out of the teeth and again
placed into the teeth of the two rings, and conie again to be drawn off
by the rollers. I prefer to use circular rings of teeth, but it is not
essential that they should be circular, so long as they are formed to
come together and to separate as explained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Noble in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 18th October 1853.
.ff
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JAMES NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of April, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Noble, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, Her special licence that I, the said James Noble, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James
Noble, 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 "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Noble, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and

page_text: ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and.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 James Noble, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of combining two rotating rings of comb or
suitable formed teeth, one ring of teeth rotating within the other, but
excentric thereto, so that at one point of the revolution of the two
rings they come together. Above such rotating rings of teeth, and on
the axis of the inner of the two revolving rings, is a circular frame
carrying bobbins, with prepared cotton or other fibres, and such pre-
pared fibres descend to and come between the two surfaces, by which
they are placed into the teeth of the revolving rings, just previous to
the point where they come together. So soon as the rings come
together the fibres are drawn by drawing rollers from between the
teeth.
As the distance apart of the two revolving rings increases,
the long fibres remaining therein will be retained in the teeth of one
of the rings, and the teeth of the other ring will retain the shorter
fibres, which are removed by a brush. The longer fibres so carried
round are lifted out of the teeth and again placed into the teeth of the
two rings, and come again to be drawn off by the rollers. I prefer to
use circular rings of teeth, but it is not essential that they should be
circular, so long as they are found to come together and to separate,
as explained.
And in order that my Invention may be more fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued
by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, shows a plan, and Figure 2, a transverse section of appa-
ratus suitably arranged for carrying out my improvements in preparing
cotton and other fibres

page_text: The nature of this description of machinery being well understood
by persons engaged in such manufactures, I have only thought it
necessary to show so much of a machine as will enable a competent
workman to understand my present improvements, who will apply
such additional mechanism as may be desirable to complete the
operation of preparing fibrous materials, such apparatus being well
known and in common usc. a, b, are two rings of comb or suitably
formed teeth, which revolve upon the fixed bed or table c; the ring a,
revolves within the ring b, but is excentric thereto, so that at one point
of their revolution the comb teeth upon the rings a, b, approach
towards and then recede from each other. The rings a, b, are caused to
revolve in the following manner :-d, is a pinion, carried by the vertical
shaft or axis d', supported by suitable bearings on the bed or framing
of the machine, and the axis d', receives motion by a strap or otherwise
from a steam engine or other motive power; the pinion d, takes into
and drives the toothed rim formed on the outer circumference of the
ring a the teeth of the ring a, take into and drive the toothed rim
formed on the inner circumference of the ring 7, at the point where
the two rings come together; e, is a circular frame, carried by and
revolving freely on the fixed vertical axis f; the frame e, carries the
bobbins e, of prepared cotton or other fibres, which is conducted from
the bobbins between the curved surfaces g, h, carried by the lever
arms i, the levers i, being supported by pin joints at the upper ends of
the levers ; and the levers j, are supported by arms k, fixed to and
carried by the inner circumference of the ring a; each of the curved
surfaces 9, are connected to the curved surfaces h, by pins at each end
of the surfaces g, passing through holes in the ends of the surfaces h,
and the pins are connected to the spiral springs g', so that when the outer
ends of the levers i, and surfaces g, h, are raised by the action of the
fixed cam surfaces 1, on the levers j, the two surfaces g, h, will be
drawn together, and will hold the cotton or other fibres between them,
whilst they are moved outwards by the action of the fixed cam
surface m, or the lower ends of the levers j, at that part of their
revolution where the rings a, b, approach each other, the lower surfaces
h, have brush surfaces projecting therefrom, by which the cotton or other

page_text: fibres are raised out of the teeth of the ring a, and are carried forward
into a position over the teeth of the two rings a, b, just previous to the
point where they come together; and the cotton or other fibre is then
pressed down into the teeth of the two rings by a brush carried by a
lever, as is well understood. The ends of the fibres projecting from the
teeth of the ring &, in their further revolution come in contact with and
are drawn off by the drawing off rollers n, which are of the ordinary
description. The rings, in their further revolution, will separate, and
the noil or short fibres will be left in the teeth of the ring b, and may
be removed by a brush or otherwise; the long ends of the fibres
retained in the ring a, having been drawn through the teeth of the
ring b, will then be raised or lifted.out by the action of the cam on the
levers i, and curved surfaces g, h, and be again placed over the teeth
of the two rings where they approach each other, and so on in succes-
sion. The frame which carries the bobbins of prepared cotton or other
fibres revolves at the same speed as the ring a, and receives motion
from a pinion d2, fixed on the upper end of the axis d, which takes
into the teeth of the ring d³, carried by the frame c.
Having thus described tlie nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not
confine myself to the precise details herein shewn and described, so
long as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained, whereby
teeth of combs or such like instruments are caused to come together,
and have cotton or other fibres supplied thereto, and then separate, as
herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Noble, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
JAMES NOBLE. (L.S.)
0 Witness, J. G. TONGUE.