Improvements applicable to Card Covered Nap Raising Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1897-Accepted, 6th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements applicable to Card Covered Nap Raising Machines.
JOSEPH BLAMIRES, and WILLIAM BLAMIRES, Woollen Manufacturers,
Phoenix Mills, Leeds Road, Huddersfield, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
Our improvements consist in applying a roller or number of rollers, covered with
cards, preferably a long toothed open card of hardened and tempered steel, which
we call a sharpening and cleaning roller, to the raising rollers or surfaces in raising
machines such as Moser's and other similar types, where the raising is done by
card covered roller, or rollers; the object of our improvements being to keep the
card points of the raising rollers sharp and always in a good working and uniform
condition, thus dispensing with having to remove the said raising rollers from the
machine into a grinding frame, in order to grind or sharpen them after becoming
dull or blunt through working.
Generally at present a circular brush set in bristles, is employed for keeping the
raising roller or rollers clear from flock or fluff, whereas we find we may often
substitute our steel card covered roller or brush for the said bristle brush, and so
keep the raising cards open and free from flock or fluff, and at the same time keep
the points of the raising cards sharp and in working order.
It is obvious that we may add our grinding roller in addition to the present
brush.and that we may employ one or more of them as required, according to the
construction of the machine.
Some of the advantages are,-no loss of time with the raising machine through
taking out the rollers to sharpen or grind-considerably less cost in maintenance
besides having the raising rollers of the machine always in good working condition;
this being effected without the necessity of having a grinding frame which has
hitherto been necessary for this purpose.
Dated this 20th der of Anil 1896
JOSEPH BLAMIRES.
WILLIAM BLAMIRES.
Improvements applicable to Card Covered Nap Raising Machines.
JOSEPH BLAMIRES, Manufacturer, Phoenix Mills Leeds Road Huddersfield,
and WILLIAM BLAMIRES, Manufacturer, Phoenix Mills, Leeds Road Huddersfield,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
Our improvements consist in applying a roller or number of rollers covered with
cards preferably a long toothed open card of hardened and tempered steel which
we call a sharpening and cleaning roller, to the raising rollers or surfaces in raising

page_text: machines, such as Moser's and other similar types where the raising is done by card
covered roller or rollers. The object of our improvement being to keep the card
points of the raising rollers sharp and always in a good working and uniform
condition thus dispensing with having to remove the said raising rollers from the
machine into a grinding frame in order to grind or sharpen them after becoming
dull or blunt through working.
Generally at present a circular brush set in bristles is employed for keeping the
raising roller. or rollers clear from flock or fluff, whereas we find we may often
substitute our steel card covered roller or brush for the said bristle brush, and so
keep the raising cards open and free from flock or fluff, and at the same time keep
the points of the raising cards sharp and in working order.
It is obvious that we may add our grinding roller in addition to the present
brush, and that we may employ one or more of them as required, according to the
construction of the machine.
Some of the advantages are no loss of time with the raising machine through
taking out the rollers to sharpen or grind; considerably less cost in maintenance,
besides having the raising rollers of the machine always in good working condition
-this being effected without the necessity of having a grinding frame which has
hitherto been necessary for this purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
A card covered roller or brush, for sharpening and brushing, the points of which
run in contact with or against the points of the card covered nap raising rollers,
or other nap raising surfaces; and running at such speed that the card covered
roller or brush, sharpens or whets the points of the nap raising rollers or surfaces,
thereby keeping the points of the same sharp and clean substantially as herein set
forth and described.
Deted this 30th day of Tenuenz 1907
JOSEPH BLAMIRES.
WILLIAM BLAMIRES.