IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FEEDING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS TO CARDING OR OTHER MACHINES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Roger Tatham at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 28th September 1882.
ROGER TATHAM of Rochdale in the County of Lancaster, Machine Maker
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR FEEDING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
TO CARDING OR OTHER MACHINES
"
My invention relates to machinery or apparatus used for feeding wool and other
fibrous materials to carding engines and other machines, and refers to that class of
feed machinery or apparatus which is provided with a travelling or revolving
surface having teeth or spikes or equivalent parts for lifting the wool or other
fibrous material from a hopper or other similar receptacle to be subsequently fed to
the carding engine or other machine, and consists in the use of a revolving or
stationary brush or brushes or equivalent apparatus or vibrating blade or blades
for removing any wool or other fibrous material, dirt, burrs, grease or other matter
adhering to the teeth or spikes, or equivalent parts of the travelling or revolving
surface of the lifting apparatus previously referred to, after such teeth or spikes or
equivalent parts have passed the comb, roller or equivalent apparatus ordinarily
used for transferring the wool or other fibrous materials from the teeth or spikes
or equivalent parts of the previously mentioned travelling or revolving surface to
the carding or other machine before named.
The revolving brush or brushes or equivalent apparatus or vibrating blade or
blades above referred to, which I shall hereafter call "the clearing apparatus "I
mount so as to be capable of acting upon the teeth or spikes or equivalent parts of
the travelling or revolving surface of the lifting apparatus above referred to, thereby
removing any wool or other fibrous material, dirt, grease, burrs or other matter
adhering to the teeth or spikes or equivalent parts previously named. Such wool
or other fibrous material, dirt, grease, burrs, or other matter, after removal from
the said teeth or spikes or equivalent parts, may fall upon the floor or into any
suitable receptacle.
The aforesaid clearing apparatus is supported by suitable bearings attached to
the framework of the lifting apparatus above referred to, and may receive motion
in any convenient manner.
In some cases I mount the clearing apparatus above named in brackets acted
upon by eccentrics or equivalent apparatus so that the aforesaid clearing apparatus

page_text: may be caused to act upon the before named teeth or spikes or equivalent parts, or be
withdrawn therefrom when desired. The aforesaid eccentric or equivalent apparatus
when advancing the above named clearing apparatus to act upon the teeth or spikes
or equivalent parts previously mentioned, also causes a wheel or friction pulley or
similar apparatus upon the axle or axles of the aforesaid clearing apparatus to pass
into contact with a revolving wheel or pulley or other suitable moving part, whereby
the said clearing apparatus will be actuated, and upon withdrawing the aforesaid
clearing apparatus out of contact with the teeth or spikes or equivalent parts
before named, the motion of the said clearing apparatus will become arrested.
By means of the clearing apparatus above referred to, I am enabled to remove
any wool or other fibrous material, dirt, grease, burrs, or other matter adhering to
the teeth or spikes or equivalent parts of the said lifting apparatus, thereby
enabling such teeth or spikes or equivalent parts more readily to carry the wool
or other fibrous material from the hopper or other receptacle used in conjunction
with the lifting apparatus above referred to, and also when changing the feed from
one class of material to another I am enabled to clear the before named teeth or
spikes or equivalent apparatus from any fibrous material adhering thereto
before commencing to feed the fresh supply of material.