IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS FOR WORSTED MACHINERY.
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Southampton Buildings, London, Patent Agents, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS FOR WORSTED MACHINERY.”.
A communication from abroad by Charles Weiler, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Sealed the 4th April 1871, and dated the 30th January 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Robert Lake
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 30th January 1871.
I, WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co.,
Southampton Buildings, London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN COMBS FOR WORSTED
MACHINERY," a communication, to be as follows:-
The nature of my Invention consists in a new method of securing the
pins in carrying, falling, and other combs for worsted machinery, as will
be herein-after more fully set forth.
In the old form of carrying and falling combs the pins are inserted
and soldered into holes, and in the event of the breaking of the pins

page_text: they must be punched out and replaced by others. The expense,
together with the knowledge that the combs only stand the operation
twice, will necessarily induce the manufacturer to defer it as long as
possible, and the combs are generally in a very bad condition when
taken out, so much so that they often allow small pieces of uncombed
wool to pass into the yarn.
The expense
for every
machine in a year is very large, whereas in my
improved combs this expense is almost entirely obviated, and a comb
can be repaired in a few minutes. If only one pin breaks it can be
replaced immediately, and the comb kept in excellent working condition
simply by removing one or more plates and replacing the pin by a new
one, then securing the said plate or plates again. This simple operation
can be done without removing the comb from the machine.
I use a bed plate made of any suitable metal, and a groove is made
in the same running the whole length of the plate at a uniform distance
from the edge. The pins are constructed with a small hook at the
end, and are laid on the bed plate with the hook projecting into the
groove, which effectually prevents their pulling out. After they are laid
in their places I screw a plate or plates down on them to hold them fast.
These plates are provided with a small strip of leather or other elastic
material immediately over the pins to make up for any deficiency in
the bed plate. When the pins are placed some distance apart the con-
struction is the same except that the grooves are formed in the bed
into which each pin is laid. It is obvious that by this construction of a
comb it will last as long as the machine it forms a part of, and altogether
obviate the necessity of having duplicate combs. The groove for the
insertion of the hook on the end of the pin may be formed in the covering
plate, or if a head is formed on the pin instead of a hook there may be
a groove in both the bed plate and the covering plate.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, 3
filed by the said William Robert Lake in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 28th July 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Southampton
Buildings, London, Patent Agents, send greeting.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirtieth day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said William Robert Lake, Her special licence
that I, the said William Robert Lake, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Robert Lake, my
executors, administrators, 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 COMBS FOR WORSTED MACHINERY," a communication to me from abroad
by Charles Weiler, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of
America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said William
Robert Lake, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, 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 I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing forming a part of this Specification:-
The nature of my Invention consists in a new method of securing the
pins in carrying, falling, and other combs for worsted machinery as will
be herein-after more fully set forth.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a side view of my improved carrying comb; Figure 2 is a
side view of my improved faller, showing how my improvements may be
applied to two rows of pins; Figure 3 is a small portion of Figure 1
enlarged; Figure 4 is a section of Figure 3 through line x, x; Figure 5
is a small portion of Figure 2 enlarged; Figure 6 is a section of Figure 5
through line y, y; Figure 7 represents the same portion as Figure 5 with
the outer plate removed; and Figure 8 is a plan view of Figure 7.

page_text: In the old form of carrying and falling combs the pins are inserted
and soldered into holes, and in the event of their breaking they must be
punched out and replaced by others. The expense together with the
knowledge that the combs only stand the operation twice will necessarily
induce the manufacturer to defer it as long as possible, and the combs
are generally in a very bad condition when taken out, so much so that
they often allow small pieces of uncombed wool to pass into the yarn.
The expense for every machine in a year is very large, whereas in my
improved combs this expense is almost entirely obviated, and a comb
can be repaired in a few minutes. If only one pin breaks it can be
replaced immediately and the comb kept in excellent working condition
simply by removing one or more plates and replacing the pin by a new
one, then securing the said plate or plates again. This simple operation
can be done without removing the comb from the machine.
A represents a bed plate made of any suitable metal. A groove a is
made in the same, running the whole length of the plate at a uniform
distance from the edge. The pins b, b, are constructed with a small
hook at the end, as shown in Figures 4 and 6, and then are laid on the
bed plate A with the hook projecting into the groove, which effectually
prevents their pulling out. After they are laid in their places I secure a
plate or plates B down on them to hold them fast; these plates B are
provided with a small strip i of leather or other elastic material imme-
diately over the pins to make up for any deficiency in the bed plate A.
When the pins are placed some distance apart, as shown in Figure 5, the
construction is the same, except that the grooves are formed in the bed,
as in Figures 7 and 8, into which each pin is laid.
It is obvious that by this construction of a comb it will last as long as
the machine it forms a part of and altogether obviates the necessity of
having duplicate combs. The groove for the insertion of the hook on
the end of the pin may be formed in the covering plate B, or if a head
is formed on the pin instead of a hook there may be a groove in both the
bed plate and the covering plate.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, I claim,—
First. The pins b, b, when provided with a hook or head at the end,
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

page_text: Second. A groove formed in the bed plate A or the covering plate B,
or in both, for the reception of a hook or head formed on the end of the
pins b, b, substantially as herein set forth.
Third. The combination of the bed plate A and covering plate B,
constructed as described, for holding the pins b, b, substantially as set
forth.
Fourth. In combination with the above I claim the strip i of leather
or other elastic material for the purpose set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of July, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
Witness,
E. C. JACKSON.
WILLIAM ROBERT LAKE. (L.S.)