provements in or in connection with Machinery for Scutching Flax and other Fibrous Stems or Plants.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 21st Nov., 1893-Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or in connection with Machinery for Scutching
Flax and other Fibrous Stems or Plants.
We, FRANCIS PEARS of Isleworth in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, and
THE FIBRE MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED of 46, Queen Victoria Street in
the City of London, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in machines of the character for which
George Edmund Donisthorpe & Taylor Burrows have made application for Patent
dated 25th October 1892, No. 19168 or such like machines and the present
improvements are designed to assist in clearing and transferring the ends of the
fibre from the one beater to the next adjacent and oppositely revolving beater and
are as follows:-
At the point where the ends of the scutching blades or paddles of the
oppositely revolving pair of beaters are adjacent to one another the said inner end
of the first-named beater has a device in the form of a hollow drum or pulley or the
like fixed on the revolving shaft of said beater while the periphery or rim of this
hollow drum or pulley at one side overlaps the said ends of the said scutching
blades or beating devices and at the other side overlaps a fixed cover or shield
fixed to the framing of the machine or otherwise suitably mounted.
A wire or wires or similar device is fixed diagonally or otherwise to the aforesaid
pulley or drum and also to the scutching blades or to the arms carrying same so as
to prevent the ends of the fibre from getting in between the said blades and the said
revolving drum.
On the inner ends of the scutching blades of the adjacent and oppositely
revolving beating device is arranged and mounted a cone-shaped, bell-mouthed, or
other suitably shaped drum fixed to revolve with the scutching blades upon the
shaft of the said second beating device-the mouth or end of this drum nearest
to the first beating device lying within the said fixed cover or shield and revolving
thereunder and this said drum or device on the second beater may advantageously
have a projection disposed longitudinally i.e. at right angles (i.e.) crosswise or
thereabouts to its line of travel.
The operation is as follows:-
The flax etc. is held and carried along in any suitable manner (for instance in the
manner described in the said Donisthorpe & Burrows Patent) and as it comes off
the scutching blades of the first beating device the aforesaid wires guide it on to
the periphery of the said revolving drum whence it passes clear onto the before-
mentioned fixed cover and again from this fixed cover passes onto the cone-shaped
drum which revolving in the opposite direction and having the aforesaid blade or
projection thereon throws the ends of the said flax over to the opposite side of the
second beater to that of the first beater.
Thus the fibre or fibrous material is carried along and guided from the one
beater to the oppositely revolving beater without its becoming entangled with the
beater shafts or otherwise becoming entangled with any of the working parts of
the machinery.
A hinged or other suitable cover or flap (curved to about the circle described by
the scutching blades) placed over each beating device (upon the side thereof where

page_text: the scutching takes place) keeps the fibre down to the beaters which thereby act on
same very effectively.
Dated this 26th day of July 1893.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in or in connection with Machinery for Scutching
Flax and other Fibrous Stems or Plants.
We, FRANCIS PEARS of Isleworth in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
THE FIBRE MACHINERY COMPANY LIMITED of 46 Queen Victoria Street, in
the City of London, 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in machines of the character for which
George Edmund Donisthorpe & Taylor Burrows have made application for Patent
dated 25th October 1892, No. 19168 or such like machines and the present
improvements are designed to assist in clearing and transferring the ends of the
fibre from the one beater to the next adjacent and oppositely revolving beater and
are as follows:-
At the point where the ends of the scutching blades or paddles of the
oppositely revolving pair of beaters are adjacent to one another the said inner end
of the first-named beater has a device in the form of a hollow drum or pulley or
the like fixed on the revolving shaft of said beater while the periphery or rim of
this hollow drum or pulley at one side overlaps the said ends of the said scutching
blades or beating devices and at the other side overlaps a fixed cover or shield fixed
to the framing of the machine or otherwise suitably mounted.
A wire or wires or similar device is fixed diagonally or otherwise to the afore-
said pulley or drum and also to the scutching blades or to the arms carrying same
so as to prevent the ends of the fibre from getting in between the said bades and
the said revolving drum.
On the inner ends of the scutching blades of the adjacent and oppositely
revolving beating device is arranged and mounted a cone-shaped, bell-mouthed, or
other suitably shaped drum fixed to revolve with the scutching blades upon the
shaft of the said second beating device-the mouth or end of this drum nearest
to the first beating device lying within the said fixed cover or shield and revolving
thereunder and this said drum or device on the second beater may advantageously
have a bar, fence, or projection longitudinally disposed at right angles (i.e. cross-
wise) or thereabouts to its line of travel.
A hinged or other suitable cover or flap (curved to about the circle described
by the scutching blades) placed over each beating device (upon the side thereof
where the scutching takes place) keeps the fibre down to the beaters which thereby
act on same very effectively.
And in order that this invention may be easily understood and readily carried
into practice we will proceed to further describe same with reference to the sheet
of drawings hereunto annexed, in which :—
Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a finishing scutching machine having our
present improvements applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a plan of such machine, and
Fig. 3 an end view of same.
The construction of the machine shown in this drawing is similar to that shown
in the said Patent No. 19168 of 1892 and need not therefore be described in
detail in this Sinonification

page_text: PP are the scutching blades or beaters mounted on the shaft E forming the
first beating device and similar blades P are mounted on the second and oppositely
revolving beating device revolved by the shaft M.
e is a flanged pulley or drum rigidly keyed or fixed upon the said shaft E-the
edge of one side of this drum e overlapping and enclosing the beater blades P
on said beater shaft E this drum e being thus revolved by and with the said
shaft E and beater blades P thereon.
f is a piece of wire or equivalent fixed at one end to the beater blade P and at
the other to the drum e for the purpose of preventing the ends of the fibres getting
entangled between P and e during scutching-a separate wire f being thus
mounted for each beater blade P.
g is a curved metal plate or support fixed to the frame of the machine which
fixed support g is over-lapped on one side by the free edge of the drum e while
this support
in its turn over-laps the mouth or free end of a second and
separately revolving drum or device of peculiar shape as shown in the drawings
see Figs. 1 and 2.
This drum or device his fixed to the said shaft M and is revolved thereby
together with the blades P forming the second beater-this second beater revolving
in the opposite direction to the direction of the shaft E and blades thereon.
i is the bar, fence, or projection fixed or mounted on the revolving drum h
transversely to the line of travel of the latter for the purpose of throwing over
the fibre in the direction of the travel of the beater blades on the said shaft M.
jis a drum or cylinder at the end of shaft M (see Figs. 1 and 2) with guard
wires as before to pass the fibre clear as same leaves the beater blades on M.
A similar arrangement for guarding the working parts and keeping the fibre
from entanglement etc. is provided with the two oppositely revolving beaters on
the other side of the machine as shown.
m m are shields or covers for the scutching blades P which shields m serve
the double purpose of shielding said blades thereby acting as guards to protect
the employés from injury or contact with the said revolving beaters and at the
same time also serve to keep the fibrous material under treatment close up to the
revolving beater blades P. These covers an are advantageously made to readily
remove when required for instance they may be hinged or suspended or secured in
any suitable manner to serve our purpose.
The operation is as follows:-
The flax etc. is held and carried along in any suitable manner (for instance in
the manner described in the said Donisthorpe & Burrows Patent) and as it comes
off the scutebing blades P on shaft E forming the first beating device the afore-
said wires guide it on to the periphery of the said revolving drum e whence it
passes clear onto the before-mentioned fixed support g and from this fixed support g
passes onto the cone-shaped drum which revolving in the opposite direction
to E and having the aforesaid blade or projection thereon throws the ends of
the said flax over to the opposite side of the beater blades on M to that of the
first beater.
Thus the fibre or fibrous material is carried along and guided from the one
beater to the oppositely revolving beater without its becoming entangled with the
beater shafts or otherwise becoming entangled with any of the working parts of
the machinery.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:
In a scutching machine of the character described, the employment and com-
bination with a pair of oppositely revolving beaters of means for clearing and
transferring the fibre or fibrous materials from one beater to the other of said
pair consisting of a revolving drum such as e on the first beater shaft, a fixed
support such as g secured to the frame of the machine and a device such as h fixed

page_text: to and revolved by the second beater shaft with a cross bar, fence, or projection
such as i thereon arranged combined and acting substantially in the manner and
for the purposes herein before set forth.
Dated this 21st day of November 1893.
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
34, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.