Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Left, 10th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 13th Apr., 1888
I, JOHN TAYLOR of Meanwood Road Leeds in the County of York Hatters
Furrier do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
The machines to which the present Improvements apply, are used for the purpose
of cutting fur pieces and tails, so as to obtain the fur separate from the skin. This
has hitherto been effected in the following manner. The machine consists mainly
of a cylinder or roller placed in a horizontal position, upon which a number of blunt
knives or beaters are affixed, and which revolves at a rapid rate near to a knife which
is affixed to suitable framework. Immediately above the knife and near to the
cutting roller is a pair of feed rollers, between which the fur pieces and tails are fed
by hand, and are cut between the cutting cylinder and the fixed knife, and thrown
into a suitable receptacle in a mixed condition. The material is then passed a number
of times through the ordinary fur picking machine in order to separate the fur from
the pelt or skin. By the present Improvements the separating of the fur from the
pelt or skin is accomplished in the cutting machine consequently it is not necessary to
pass the fur so many times through the picking machine. The Improvements consist
of the following. 1st. In affixing the knife to a suitable moveable bed, which may be
moved by means of screws, so as to adjust the knife to the cutting cylinder.
2nd. In providing a feed apron, which travels at a suitable speed, upon which the
material to be cut is placed, and so fed into the feed rollers; the frame which carries
the feed apron being part of a cover or bonnet which is hinged to other framework,
and which covers the revolving cutting cylinder-by this arrangement the knife may
be adjusted or the machine cleaned more readily by lifting the hinged cover with the
feed apron attached. 3rd. In so arranging the wheels by which the two feed rollers
are geared together that a thick piece or tail may be passed through the feed
rollers without lifting the said wheels out of gear. 4th. In providing a screen to
which a slight rapid movement is given & upon which the pieces of pelt or skin
are thrown by the revolving cutting cylinder, the rapid movement causing all dirt or
small pieces to pass through the screen into a receptacle whilst the larger pieces are
shaken off the. end of the screen into a second receptacle to be cut over again if
necessary. 5th. In providing a fan which causes a current of air to pass under the
cutting parts of the machine, so carrying away the fur as it falls from the knife, and
depositing it in a separate compartment.
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I JOHN TAYLOR of Meanwood Road, Leeds in the County of York Hatters
Furrier do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be pérformed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The machines to which the present improvements apply, are used for the purpose
of cutting fur pieces and tails so as to obtain the fur separate from the skin. This
has hitherto been effected in the following manner. The machine consists mainly of
a cylinder or roller placed in a horizontal position upon which a number of blunt
knives or beaters are affixed, and which revolves at a rapid rate near to a knife which
is affixed to suitable framework, immediately above the knife and near to the cutting
roller is a pair of feed rollers between which the fur pieces and tails are fed by hand,
and are cut between the cutting cylinder and the fixed knife, and thrown into a
suitable receptacle in a mixed condition. The material. is then passed a number of
times through the ordinary fur picking machine in order to separate the fur from the
pelt or skin. By the present improvements the separating of the fur from the pelt or
skin is accomplished in the cutting machine consequently it is not necessary to pass
the fur so many times through the picking machine.
The improvements consist of the following..
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1st. In affixing the knife to a suitable moveable bed, which may be moved by
means of screws so as to adjust the knife to the cutting cylinder. 2nd. In providing
a feed apron which travels at a suitable speed upon which the material to be cut is
placed and so fed into the feed rollers the frame which carries the feed apron being
part of a cover or bonnet which is hinged to other framework, and which covers the
revolving cutting cylinder, by this arrangement the knife may be adjusted or the
machine cleaned more readily by lifting the hinged cover with the feed apron attached.
3rd. In so arranging the wheels by which the two feed rollers are geared together
that a thick piece or tail may be passed through the feed rollers without lifting the
said wheels out of gear. 4th. In providing a screen to which a slight rapid move-
ment is given and upon which the pieces of pelt or skin are thrown by the revolving
cutting cylinder, the rapid movement causing all dirt or small pieces to pass through
the screen into a receptacle whilst the larger pieces are shaken off the end of the
screen into a second receptacle to be cut over again if necessary. 5th. In providing
a fan which causes a current of air to pass under the cutting parts of the machine so
carrying away the fur as it falls from the knife and depositing it in a separate com-
partment.
In order that this invention may be better understood and carried into practical
effect a sheet of drawings is added, illustrative of the same of which the following is
a description. Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the apparatus Fig. 2 is an enlarged
view of the method of gearing the feed rollers. A is the frame. B is the driving shaft
from which the various parts are driven as will be readily understood by the drawing
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page_text: in which the dotted lines represent cords or belts. C is the cutting cylinder having
four knives affixed. D is a knife which is affixed to a bed D' which is adjusted to
the cutting cylinder C by means of screws E one of which is shown. F is a cover,
which is hinged at G and carries the top feed roller H and the feed apron and
rollers J, K is a screen which is hinged at K' and to which a rapid movement is
given by means of a cam L upon which it rests, and which is affixed to the driving
shaft B. H and H¹ Fig. 2 are the top and bottom feed rollers each of which carries
a wheel P which is geared into a stud wheel R, the two stud wheels R are geared
together, by this method the top feed roller may be raised from the bottom feed roller
by a thick piece of skin or a tail passing between them, and still be connected to each
other by the wheels as described. The action of the machine is as follows. The fur
pieces or tails are placed on the feed apron J which is caused to revolve by means of
a cord as shewn, thus the pieces are fed between the rollers H when they are cut
between the rapidly revolving cylinder and the fixed knife D, and are thrown
downwards, but as the fan M is causing a current of air to pass directly beneath the
cutting parts of the machine the fur is caught in the current of air and is passed by
the fan to any suitable separate compartment, the heavier pieces of skin are thrown
on the screen K and are shaken so that the larger pieces fall into the compartment S
to be cut over again, and the smaller pieces pass through the screen into compart-
ment T. I do not confine myself to this method of attaching the fan to the machine
as it may be affixed at a distance from the machine, and have a suitable channel or
spout to connect it to the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. The use of a moveable hed to which the knife is affixed, the same being adjusted
to the cutting cylinder by means of screws.
2nd. The use of a revolving feed apron the same being attached to a hinged cover.*
3rd. The method of gearing the two feed rollers together.
4th. The use of the screen K.
5th. The use of a fan to cause a current of air by which the fur is separated from
the skin.
6th. The combination of the various claims with the other mechanism sub-
stantially as herein set forth and described, for the purpose as set forth in the title of
this invention.
Dated this 8th day of March 1888.
JOHN TAYLOR,