Improved Apparatus for Fixing Card Clothing to the Flats of Carding Engines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1898-Accepted, 3rd Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Apparatus for Fixing Card Clothing to the Flats of
Carding Engines.
We, WILLIAM SENIOR, Mechanic, and GEORGE ALEXANDER KENNEDY, of the
Firm of Horsfall & Bickham, Card Makers, both of Bridgewater Works, Pendle-
ton, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and portable apparatus for
fixing on the flats of carding engines card clothing provided with suitable metallic
edges such for example as the metal edgings which form the subject of Letters
Patent No. 8,407, A.D. 1893.
The improved apparatus which we have invented is constructed as follows: -
A suitable frame is provided with two or more pairs of flanged rollers or bowls,
the periphery of each roller being sufficiently broad to support the metal edge
which has been attached to the clothing and placed face down on the said bowls,
the teeth projecting down between them and the flat being laid face down on
the back of the clothing.
The metal edging thus projects upwards beyond the edges of the flat, and in
order to perform the necessary action of bending down the said edging over the
back of the flat and so securing the clothing thereto, a spindle is fitted in the
frame at a convenient distance from and parallel to each edge of the flat. Each
of these two spindles is provided with a "paning down" wheel or tool (or more
than one such tool) carried on a suitable spindle or arm projecting from the said
spindle; each end of the spindle projects slightly from the frame and is pro-
vided with a hand lever, the spindle passing through curved slots in the frame,
the curves being arcs of a circle struck from the back corner or angle of the edge
of the flat.
Strong spring bolts or their equivalents rest upon and hold down the spindles.
The frame is also provided with a readily removable top plate which carries
a wheel (or wheels) the periphery of which is held firmly by a spring against
the back of the flat, and the spindle on which this wheel is mounted provided
with a suitable winch handle or with reducing gear actuated by a winch
handle.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
The frame is fitted beneath the flat as above described in such a position that
the paning down tool is close to one end thereof. The hand levers on the two
spindles are raised and this lifting of the levers causes the edge of the tool to
come in contact with the projecting metallic edging and the spindles instead of
rotating only on their axes, will then rise in the curved slots against the resist-
ance of the bolts and cause the tool to slide over the surface of the edging and
bend it inwards over the flat when a sufficient angle has been attained, the hand
lever is fixed by a peg or pin being fitted beneath it into one of a series of suitable
holes in the frame, of the apparatus.

page_text: The winch handle above described is then turned to rotate the wheel or wheels
bearing on the back of the flat in such a direction as to move the frame carrying
the paning-down tools to the other end of the flat. The hand levers can then
be raised and again fixed by the pin or peg to bend the metal edging still further
over the flat, and the frame is returned. A third or even fourth adjustment and
traverse of the paning down tools over the back of the flat may be necessary to
complete the fixing of the metal edgings of the card clothing on the flat.
If preferred cams may be employed to obtain the desired action of the spindles
and paning down tools when moved by the hand levers.
Dated the 22nd day of October 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants 4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.
Improved Apparatus for Fixing Card Clothing to the Flats of
Carding Engines.
We, WILLIAM SENIOR, Mechanic, and GEORGE ALEXANDER KENNEDY, of the
Firm of Horsfall & Bickham, Card Makers, both of Bridgewater Works, Pendle-
ton, in the County of Lancaster, 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:--
The object of this invention is to provide a simple and portable apparatus for
fixing on the flats of carding engines card clothing provided with suitable metallic
edges such for example as the metal edgings which form the subject of Letters
Patent No. 8,407 A.D. 1893.
The improved apparatus which we have invented will be readily understood
on reference to the annexed drawings.
On Sheet 1 Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of
an apparatus for the above purpose made according to our invention.
On Sheet 2 Figs. 1^ and 2 are similar views of a modification thereof.
On Sheet 3 Figs. 3, 4 and 5 show how the "paning down" wheel hereafter
described presses down the metal edging gradually at each traverse of the machine
which as illustrated is made to complete the fixing of the clothing to the flat
in three traverses of the apparatus along the flat.
A suitable frame a is provided with two or more pairs of flanged rollers or
bowls b, the periphery of each roller being sufficiently broad to fit beneath the
metal edge e which has been attached to the clothing and placed face down
on the said bowls, the teeth projecting down between them and the flat d
being laid face down on the back of the clothing c¹.
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The metal edging c thus projects upwards at c* beyond the edges of the flat d,
and in order to perform the necessary action of bending down the said edging c
over the back of the flat d and so securing the clothing e¹ thereto, a spindle e
is fitted in the frame a at a convenient distance from and parallel to each edge
of the flat d. Each of these two spindles e is provided with a "paning down
wheel e¹ or tool (or more than one such tool) carried on a suitable spindle or
arm e projecting from the said spindle e; each end of the spindle e projects
slightly from the frame a and is provided with a hand lever f, the spindle e
passing through curved slots a in the frame a, the curves being arcs of a circle
struck from the back corner or angle * (see Figs. 2 and 2^) of the edge of the
flat d.

page_text: Strong spring bolts or their equivalents rest upon and hold down the spindles,
we prefer however to hold down the spindles e by fixed cam surfaces a¹ on the
frame a beneath and in contact with which are fitted arms e³ on the spindle e.
The frame is also provided with a readily removable top plate a which carries
a wheel or wheels g the peripheries of which are held firmly, by a spring h bearing
on against the back of the flat d, and the spindle or spindles g₁ on which
these wheels are mounted may be provided with a suitable winch handle ²
as shown on Figs. 1 and 2 or with reducing gear actuated by a winch handle, for
causing the frame a to be moved by the rotation of the wheels 9 along the
flat d.
Or we may for this purpose fix a nut i to the frame a (see Figs. 1* and 2^)
through which passes a screw i¹ (see Fig. 2) the said block being provided also
with a projecting arm the lower end of which moves in a slot formed by two
adjacent fixed plates or bars 3 shewn dotted on Figs. 1 and 2. Thus by turning
the screw in either direction by hand or otherwise the frame a can be moved
along on the flat d.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
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The frame a is fitted upon the bottom of the flat d as above described in such a
position that the paning down" tool e¹ is close to one end thereof. The hand
levers on the two spindles e are raised and this lifting of the levers f causes the
edge of the tool el to come in contact with the projecting metallic edging and
the spindles e instead of rotating only on their axes, will then rise in the curved
slots against the resistance of the fixed cams a¹ in contact with the arm e³ and
cause the tool e to slide over the surface of the edging e* and bend it inwards over
the flat; when a sufficient angle of the tool e¹ for one traverse along the flat (as
seen at Fig. 3) has been attained, the hand lever f is fixed by a catch fl engaging
in one of a series of notches f* in a plate a fixed to or forming part of the frame a
or by a peg or pin being fitted beneath the lever f into one of a series of suitable
holes in a part of the frame of the apparatus.
The winch handle g² above described is then turned to rotate the wheel or
wheels bearing on the back of the flat d or the screw (Figs. 1^ and 2^) is
turned in such a direction as to move the frame a carrying the paning down tools e¹
to the other end of the flat d. The hand levers f can then be raised and again
fixed by the catch f¹ or a pin or peg as aforesaid to bend the metal edging c still
further over the flat d (see Fig. 4) and the frame a is returned. A third adjust-
ment (see Fig. 5) or even fourth adjustment and traverse of the paning down tools e!
over the back of the flat may be necessary to complete the fixing of the metal
edgings c c of the card clothing c¹ on the flat.
The flat may be fixed upon any convenient brackets not shewn on the drawings.
The two wheels of each of the pairs beneath the flat are separate from each other
as seen at Figs. 2 and 2 so as to allow the machine to be adjusted to clothe
narrower or wider flats.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
The combination of travelling frame and adjustable "paning down" tools on
rocking and sliding spindles arranged and acting substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
Dated this 22nd day of July 1898.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
Agents for the Applicants, 4, St. Ann's Square Manchester.