IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Priestman, of Bradford, in the County
of York, Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer, and William Crook,
of the same Place, Comb Setter, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Priestman
and William Crook at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 3rd October 1874.
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We, EDWARD PRIESTMAN, of Bradford, in the County of York
Worsted Spinner and Manufacturer, and WILLIAM CROOK, of the same
Place, Comb Setter, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES," to
be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for combing, in
which the slivers of wool or fibre to be operated upon are guided and
directed to the combs by means of feed boxes, through which it passes

page_text: from the feed or "punch balls" to the said combs. It is necessary the
slivers should at some point between the combs and punch balls.be held
or retarded in some degree, and this binding has heretofore been effected
at the point of contact of the feed ball and its carrying or support roller
or rollers.
The holding or retarding the slivers we effect by applying to the inner
ends of the lids and boxes irregular surfaces or corrugations, or the lids
and boxes may at their inner ends be so formed, and having such irre-
gularities or corrugations as to constituto and be in effect and action
nipping jaws. Consequent on the nipping and holding the fibre at a
point close to the comb we are enabled to comb the slivers to their
extreme ends or termination, and the tension on the slivers is uniform.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Priestman and William Crook in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd April 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, EDWARD
PRIESTMAN, of Bradford, in the County of York, Worsted Spinner and
Manufacturer, and WILLIAM CROOK, of the same Place, Comb Setter,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Third day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said Edward Priestman and William Crook,
Her special licence that we, the said Edward Priestman and William
Crook, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we,
the said Edward Priestman and William Crook, our executors, admini-
strators, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said Edward Priestman and William Crook, our

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executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or
their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
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 we, the said Edward Priestman and William.
Crook, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what,
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying Sheet
of Drawings (that is to say :-
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This Invention relates to improvements in machinery for combing, in
which the slivers of wool or fibre to be operated upon are guided and
directed to the combs by means of feed boxes through which it passes
from the feed or "punch
balls to the said combs. It is necessary
the slivers should at some point between the combs and punch balls be
held or retarded in some degree, and this binding has heretofore been
effected at the point of contact of the feed ball and its carrying or support
roller or rollers.
The holding or retarding the slivers we effect by applying to the inner
ends of the lids and boxes irregular surfaces or corrugations, or the lids
and boxes may at their inner ends be so formed and having such
irregularities or corrugations as to constitute and be in effect and action
nipping jaws. Consequent on the nipping and holding the fibre at a
point close to the comb we are enabled to comb the slivers to their
extreme ends or termination, and the tension on the slivers is uniform.
In order that this Invention may be more clearly understood we herein
give reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings marked with
figures and letters of reference.
Fig. 1 represents in elevation a feed box, and Fig. 2 is a cross section
of the same.
The lid A is formed or constructed with corrugations or
irregularities thereon, which fit into like corrugations or irregularities c
formed or constructed in the mouth of the box B. It will be apparent
that boxes and lids so formed will nip the sliver of wool or fibre
more firmly than in a box of the ordinary construction, with the advan-
tages before stated, namely, that we are enabled to comb the slivers to

page_text: their extreme ends or terminations, and that the tension on the slivers is
uniform throughout.
Instead of having the said lids and boxes made or constructed with
these corrugations the corrugations may be attached thereto by screws,
and so utilize the existing boxes.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and shewn by
Drawings in what manner the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practice, we would have it understood that we are aware
teeth have been applied to the lids of feed boxes for a similar purpose,
but what we claim is, forming or applying to both the lids and boxes of 1
feed boxes for combing machines irregular surfaces or corrugations in
manner substantially as herein described and shewn in the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Priestman, for and on
behalf of myself and the said William Crook, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this First day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.