IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBING MACHINERY DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION
Year: 1880

page_text: In the Matter of Letters Patent granted to Albert Smith of Bradford
in the County of York Spinner for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
COMBING MACHINERY bearing date the 22nd day of December 1880
No 5260
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DISCLAIMER AND MEMORANDUM OF ALTERATION as proposed to be
entered by the said Albert Smith pursuant to the Statute in that case made
and provided.
WHEREAS Her Majesty Queen Victoria by Her Letters Patent under the
Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland bearing date at
Westminster the 22nd day of December 1880 No 5369 in the 44th year of Her
Reign did give and grant unto me the said Albert Smith my Executors
administrators and assigns the sole privilege, for the term of 14 years thence
next ensuing of making using exercising and vending within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland the Channel Islands and Isle of Man the
said Invention of " IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBING MACHINERY
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And whereas in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and of an
Order of The Lord Chancellor, I the said Albert Smith did on the fifth day of
July 1881. cause a Specification or Instrument in writing under my hand and
seal purporting to describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention and in
what manner the same was to be performed to be duly filed in the Great Seal
Patent Office.
And whereas since the filing of the said Specification I have been advised
that the claiming clause thereof might be understood to include more than I
intended or do intend to claim and I desire to express with greater precision the
invention claimed thereby And whereas I desire also to correct certain errors in
the said Specification in consequence thereof
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At page 2 line 28. for "the nearest point " I substitute "their nearest points"-
At page 3 end of line 6 I add "and at the same speed" At page 3 line 8. for
' each respective shaft is "I substitute "these shafts are "-At page 3 line 11
between "which" and "out" I strike out the word "comb" and substitute the
word "lash"-At page 3 line 12 after the word "circle" I insert "In using the

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“ term ‘to lash' out, I mean thereby to straighten and not to draw out the fibres
forming the beard through the teeth of the circular comb A"-A page 3 before
line 35 I insert "Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed I hereby declare that I make no general
" claim to the use in circular-combing-machines of Drawing-off rollers or their
equivalents applied at the side of the comb opposite to that at which the body
"of the fibre is drawn off but "-At page 3 line 36 for "nip" I substitute
Drawing off rollers" and I omit "diameter"-At page 3 line 38 I omit
" diameter." and after "circle." I insert "the said rollers."
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And the said Specification when so altered and amended will read as follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in that class of machines
" known as
"Noble's Combs" or any other comb from which the sliver or top is
" drawn off from the inside of a circle, and has for its objects the production of
top" and less "noil" out of the same weight of wool fed into the
machine, and the combing of more fibre in a given time.
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"The invention consists in the application of an additional nip to the large
"circle comb, such as drawing off rollers, a circular or barrel nip, a V or other
"well known nip, for the purpose of drawing off the short beard "that is left
projecting from the inside circumference of the large circle by the ordinary
drawing-off or nip rollers, and passing the same to the sliver in the manner
" hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
"which Fig: 1 represents a plan of the large and small comb circles fitted with
the ordinary and additional drawing off rollers.-All other parts of the machine
"not required to make my invention clear are ordinary, and therefore omitted-
Figure 2 is a detailed elevation of one arrangement by which I divert the
"direction of the fibre as left by the ordinary drawing off rollers and Figure 3 is
a plan of the same.
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In order to simplify the Specification and Drawings, I will describe my
"invention as applied to one side of the machine, the other side being the same.
"The letter A indicates the large circle comb, and B. B. the small circle combs
"of an ordinary Noble's combing machine. These circles and drawing off rollers
are driven in the usual manner the circles revolving in the direction of the
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arrows.
"The wool or fibre to be combed is fed in at each side of the machine by being
" dabbed into the teeth of the two circles at their nearest points of contact and is
" cleared by the receding of one circle or comb from the other in the ordinary
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"The cleaned wool which forms the "top" is drawn from the large circle A by
"the ordinary drawing off rollers C and carried by the drawing leather D to the
"rollers E where it joins the sliver from the small circle and is conducted to the
sliver can or balling apparatus in the usual manner.
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"When the rollers C have drawn off all the fibre they can, there is still left a
"small" beard" of cleaned fibre which has hitherto passed on to the small circle B.
" in the usual way, and for the most part gone into the noil-Now to remedy this
evil, and also in order to do more work, I place a pair of additional drawing off
"rollers K similar in construction to the ordinary rollers or I can use any other
nip that is applicable to Nobles Combs, and thereby accomplish my object.
"These additional rollers K are mounted at a short distance from the ordinary
drawing off rollers C, which additional rollers lay hold of the short "beard,"
drawing it from the circle, and pass it forward by means of leathers L and M to
"the sliver drawn by the ordinary rollers C.
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"In order to divert the direction of the fibre forming the "beard "so that the
"additional rollers can nip hold of the same advantageously I place immediately
"behind the rollers C a star wheel; porcupine wheel, a circular brush H mounted
on a perpendicular shaft which revolving in the direction of the arrow, lays the
" fibre forming the "beard somewhat as shewn by the lines at J which is then
" in a favorable direction for being gathered into the nip of the rollers and thereby
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page_text: "drawn off the circle and conducted to the sliver can or balling apparatus as before
" described.
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"Or in place of the porcupine wheel H can divert the fibre by means of a short
comb mounted in the same position as the said porcupine wheel-This short
"comb is shewn in detailed elevation by figure 2, and is actuated in the following
manner The perpendicular rotating shaft P. is connected by gearing to one of
"the upright spindles of the ordinary drawing off rollers which shaft is also
geared to Shaft P¹ by suitable gearing so that the two shafts rotate in the same
direction, and at the same speed; these shafts and appendages are supported by
"bracket Q which is secured to the framework of comb.-To these shanks are
"attached cranks R and R'. having projections R2 and R³. on the same through
"which holes are bored so that the spindles S and S. may slide easily therein
"At the top of these spindles is secured short comb T the teeth of which lash
"out the beard so that the additional rollers can nip hold and draw the same from
"the circle-In using the term to lash out I mean thereby to straighten out and
"not to draw out the fibres forming the "beard" through the teeth of the circular
"comb A-The shafts P and P' rotating as before described cause the comb T to
"rotate elliptically and when the teeth of the comb T are near the inside diameter
"of the large circle comb A the spindle S which rests upon incline of cam U drops
"from top of incline at U¹ to the bottom at U2 the teeth of the comb passing
through the beard and travelling for a short distance along with the large circle
comb, when comb T will begin to leave same and draw the fibre from the large
"circle ready for the additional rollers to draw the "beard" from out of the teeth
"of the large circle as before described
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The comb T revolving as described, the spindle S is continually travelling
up the circular incline on cam U and repeatedly dropping when said spindle has
"reached the summit, diverting the beard as before described.
By taking off from the large circle an additional sliver that has hitherto been
"fed to the inside of the small circles a great proportion of the cleaned wool which
"has passed away with the noil is removed, and in consequence the feed plate has
"to be regulated so that the feed to the comb is increased in proportion to the
length of beard removed. This increase of feed places the knotty or uncombed
"portion of the fibre composing the noil on to the comb teeth near the inside of
"the small circles which is removed therefrom in the usual manner, less a
proportion of the combed fibre that has been drawn off by the additional
"rollers.
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In proportion to the increase of feed given the machine will comb a greater
"weight of fibre in a given time than has hitherto been accomplished by machines
"of this class as ordinarily constructed.
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Having thus described the nature of my invention and in what manner the
saine is to be performed, I hereby declare that I make no general claim to the
use in circular combing machines of drawing off rollers or their equivalents
applied to the side of the comb opposite to that at which the body of the fibre
is drawn off, but what I claim as my invention is:-The use of the additional
drawing off rollers applied to each side of the inside of the large circle of a
"Noble's or other comb from which the sliver is drawn off from the inside of a
circle, the said rollers working in conjunction with a revolving wheel brush or
"additional comb, substantially for the purpose and in the manner as described.
And I the said Albert Smith, do hereby further declare that the above
Disclaimer and Memorandum of Alteration are not nor is any part thereof intended
to extend the exclusive right granted by the said Letters Patent, and that these
presents shall not extend the said exclusive right in any way whatever
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In witness whereof I the said Albert Smith have hereunto set my hand and
seal this tenth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty two.

page_text: To the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions,
I hereby grant my Fiat giving leave to the above named Albert Smith to
file in the Office of the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions, with the
Specification to which the same relates, the above written Disclaimer and
Memorandum of Alteration.
Dated this sixth day of December 1880

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Albert Smith at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 22nd December 1880.
ALBERT SMITH, of Bradford, in the County of York, Spinner.
IN COMBING MACHINERY."
"IMPROVEMENTS
This Invention relates to certain improvements in that class of machines known
as "Noble's Combing Machines," and has for its object the making of more top
and less noil out of the same weight of wool fed into the machine, and producing
a greater amount of work.
When the drawing off rollers ordinarily in use have taken off from the circle as
much wool as they possibly can, hitherto there is still a beard or bead of wool which
passes away and becomes to a certain extent noil. My improvement consists in
taking up this beard and passing it forward to the sliver by means of an additional
pair of drawing off rollers or any other suitable nip which draws off this beard
and passes the same into the sliver, which is being drawn off by the pair of rollers
ordinarily in use, thus effecting a great saving by producing more top and less noil,
and getting through a greater quantity of work in the same time.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor filed by the said Albert Smith in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th July 1881.
ALBERT SMITH, of Bradford, in the County of York, Spinner.
IN COMBING MACHINERY."
"IMPROVEMENTS
This Invention relates to certain improvements in that class of machines known
as "Noble's Combs," or any other comb from which the sliver or top is drawn off
from the inside of a circle, and has for its objects the production of more "top"
and less "noil "out of the same weight of wool fed into the machine, and the
combing of more fibre in a given time.
The Invention consists in the application of an additional nip to the large circle
comb, such as drawing off rollers, a circular or barrel nip, a V or other well known
nip, for the purpose of drawing off the short "beard" that is left projecting from
the inside circumference of the large circle by the ordinary drawing off or nip
rollers, and passing the same to the sliver in the manner hereinafter described,
reference being had to the accompanying Drawings, in which Figure 1 represents
a plan of the large and small comb circles fitted with the ordinary and additional
drawing off rollers. All other parts of the machine not required to make my
Invention clear are ordinary, and therefore omitted. Figure 2 is a detailed
elevation of one arrangement by which I divert the direction of the fibre as
left by the ordinary drawing off rollers, and Figure 3 is a plan of the same.
In order to simplify the Specification and Drawings I will describe my Invention
as applied to one side of the machine, the other side being the same.
The letter A indicates the large circle comb, and B, B, the small circle combs of
an ordinary "Noble's" combing machine. These circles and drawing off rollers are
driven in the usual manner, the circles revolving in the direction of the arrows.
The wool or fibre to be combed is fed in at each side of the machine by being
dabbed into the teeth of the two circles at the nearest point of contact, and is cleared
by the receding of one circle or comb from the other in the ordinary manner.
The cleaned wool which forms the "top" is drawn from the large circle A by the
ordinary drawing off rollers C and carried by the drawing leather D to the rollers E
where it joins the sliver from the small circle, and is conducted to the sliver can or
balling apparatus in the usual manner.
When the rollers C have drawn off all the fibre they can there is still left a
small "beard" of cleaned fibre which has hitherto passed on to the small circle B
in the usual way, and for the most part gone into the noil. Now to remedy this
evil, and also in order to do more work, I place a pair of additional drawing off
rollers K similar in construction to the ordinary rollers, or I can use any other nip
that is applicable to Noble's combs, and thereby accomplish my object. These
additional rollers K are mounted at a short distance from the ordinary drawing off
rollers C, which additional rollers lay hold of the short "beard," draw it from the
circle, and pass it forward by means of leathers L and M to the sliver drawn by
the ordinary rollers C.
In order to divert the direction of the fibre forming the "beard" so that the
additional rollers can nip hold of the same more advantageously, I place immediately
behind the rollers C a star wheel, porcupine wheel, or circular brush H mounted on
a perpendicular shaft which revolving in the direction of the arrow lays the fibre
forming the "beard" somewhat as shown by the lines at J, which is then in a
favourable direction for being gathered into the nip of the rollers, and thereby
drawn off the circle and conducted to the sliver can or balling apparatus as before 5
described.

page_text: Or in place of the porcupine wheel H I can divert the fibre by means of a short
comb mounted in the same position as the said porcupine wheel. This short comb
is shewn in detailed elevation by Figure 2, and is actuated in the following
manner-The perpendicular rotating shaft P is connected by gearing to one of the
upright spindles of the ordinary drawing off rollers, which shaft is also geared to
shaft P¹ by suitable gearing, so that the two shafts rotate in the same direction;
these shafts and appendages are supported by bracket Q which is secured to the
framework of comb. To each respective shaft is attached cranks R and R' having
projections R and R³ on the same through which holes are bored so that the
spindles S and S' may slide easily therein. At the top of these spindles is secured
short comb T, the teeth of which comb out the "beard" so that the additional
rollers can nip hold and draw the same from the circle. This is effected in the
following manner :-The shafts P and P¹ rotating as before described cause the
comb T to rotate elliptically, and when the teeth of the comb T are near the inside
diameter of the large circle comb A the spindle S which rests upon incline of cam U
drops from top of incline at U' to the bottom at U2, the teeth of the comb passing
through the beard and travelling for a short distance along with the large circle
comb, when comb T will begin to leave same and draw the fibre from the large
circle ready for the additional rollers to draw the "beard" from out of the teeth
of the large circle, as before described.
The comb T revolving as described, the spindle S is continuously travelling up
the circular incline on cam U and repeatedly dropping when said spindle has
reached the summit, diverting the "beard" as before described.
By taking off from the large circle an additional sliver that has hitherto been
fed to the inside of the small circles a great proportion of the cleaned wool which
has passed away with the noil is removed, and in consequence the feed plate has to
be regulated so that the feed to the comb is increased in proportion to the length of
beard removed. This increase of feed places the knotty or uncombed portion of
the fibre composing the noil on to the comb teeth near the inside of the small
circles, which is removed therefrom in the usual manner, less a proportion of the
combed fibre that has been drawn off by the additional rollers.
In proportion to the increase of feed given the machine will comb a greater
weight of fibre in a given time than has hitherto been accomplished by machines of
this class as ordinarily constructed.
What I claim as my Invention is,
The use of the additional nip applied to each side of the inside diameter of the
large circle of a Noble's or other comb from which the sliver is drawn off from the
inside diameter of a circle working in conjunction with a revolving wheel brush
or additional comb, substantially for the purpose and in the manner as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Albert Smith, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and eighty one.
Witness,
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer & Patent Agent,
Sunbridge Chambers,
Bradford.
ALBERT SMITH. (LS.)