Rollers of Carding Engines.
Year: 1885

page_text: Rollers of Carding Engines.
I, ROBERT SLACK of Old Falinge Rochdale in the County of Lancaster
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS
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IN AND RELATING TO THE COVERS OF THE FANCY
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ROLLERS OF CARDING
ENGINES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These Improvements relate to the covers of the "fancy" rollers of carding
engines and have for their object to prevent the accumulation of "fly" or "fluss"
under any part of the cover, to prevent its being blown out of the carding engine
and to cause it to pass forward with the cotton, wool or other fibrous substance
and thus to prevent its waste.
And in order that this Invention may be more readily understood and carried
into practical effect I have hereunto appended a sheet of Drawings the figures
thereon being marked with similar letters to denote similar parts, reference being
hereinafter had thereto.
Fig. 1 represents in longitudinal section part of a carding engine and Fig. 2 a
front view of part of the "fancy" roller cover having these Improvements applied
thereto.
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A is the swift" or cylinder, B is one of the "strippers" or "clearers," C is the
"worker," D is the "fancy," E is the "doffer" and F is the fancy roller cover.
Instead of constructing the "fancy" cover of tin-plate wood or similar material
I construct it wholly or principally of wooden or metallic bars, of wire netting, of
perforated sheet metal, open wood work or in such other manner as will permit the
"fancy" roller to be seen and as will freely admit the passage of air outwards
through the openings reticulations meshes or orifices in the cover. If these openings
or clear spaces have a width of about a quarter inch the "fly" or "fluss" will
be beaten back by the solid parts of the cover and be carried forward by the
"fancy" to the swift and thence by the swift to the doffer with the longer stapled
fibres and thus the loss of the "fly" or "fluss" will be prevented. To prevent the
accumulation of the "fly" or "Huss" under the cover I make the front part G
adjustable by means of hinges O or their equivalent, and the thumb screws H so
that it may be set close to the "fancy" and allow no space for the accumulation.

page_text: This arrangement ensures a more regular sliver or threads, as with existing covers
the "fly" or " fluss" accumulates until the space is full or nearly full and the fly is
then drawn forward bodily, producing a lump or thick place of short fibred
material. The open cover perinits the free exit of air over the whole length of
the "fancy" and there is consequently no tendency for the air and "fly" or
"fluss" to escape at the ends of the "fancy" roller and the carding engine sides
are kept cleaner.
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In order still further to prevent the escape or accumulation of "fly" or "fluss"
I may also cover that part of the "swift" between the "worker
and "fancy"
with a curved plate K or with an equivalent cover of net work, wooden bare,
perforated sheet metal or other suitable material. The parts G and K may be
hinged to the cover or be otherwise secured thereto in such a manner as will
permit their removal or adjustment when required, or alternatively the part K may
be supported by or secured to the frame sides of the carding engine. In addition
that part of the cover between the parts G and K may be made in two or more
sections which may be hinged or otherwise connected together. A suitable point
for the junction of these sections when two are employed is indicated by the
letter a.
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The ends M of the " fancy cover are secured in any convenient manner to the
frame sides and are provided with suitable lugs or projections N through which
the adjusting screws EI pass, the nuts of the screws abutting against the inner
sides of the lugs or being secured thereto.
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
(1.) As a cover for the "fancy" roller of a carding engine, a cage of wooden
metallic or other bars, of wire netting, or of a curved sheet of perforated metal
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and described.
(2.) In a "fancy" roller cover, openings or spaces through which the roller may
be seen from the front and through which air may freely escape from the interior
of the cover substantially as hereinbefore set forth and described.
(3.) In combination with the cover of a "fancy" roller the extension K, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore set forth and described and as illustrated in Fig. 1 on
the accompanying sheet of Drawings.
(4.) In combination with the cover of the "fancy" roller of a carding engine, the
adjustable part G substantially as herein before set forth and described.
(5.) As part of the "fancy" roller cover of a carding engine, an adjustable section
covering the lower front part of the "fancy" substantially as and for the purpose
herein before set forth and described.
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WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for the Applicant.