A Machine for Cleaning Waste Textile Materials.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Aug., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 6th May, 1892-1ccepted, 11th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Cleaning Waste Textile Materials.
A communication from abroad by JULES NOËL HAUTE, of Annapes, France,
Manufacturer.
I JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The machine which forms the subject of this invention is composed of a number
of beater arms on a shaft which rotates in a horizontal trough the bottom of which
is a grating. The trough is closed by a cover, the trough and cover together
forming a cylinder. At or near one end of the cover is a door for the introduction
of the material to be operated upon. There is another door extending along the
whole of the side of the cylinder to enable the material to be removed after the
cleaning operation, and part of the cover can be opened on hinges so as to expose
the whole of the beater shaft.
The material to be operated upon is introduced by the inlet door, the cover
and the outlet door being closed, and the beater shaft is then caused to rotate by
means of a driving pulley. The beater arms tear and open the material, the straw
and dust fall through the grating and are conveyed by two hoppers or shoots to
sacks or other receptacles. The whole operation occupies about six minutes.
As textile wastes generally contain pieces of string and these would be liable to
get entangled or wound on the beater shaft the beater arms are connected by four
or other suitable number of horizontal boards or plates on which the pieces of string
become wound and from which they can easily be removed.
When the operation is finished the rotation of the shaft is stopped by shifting
the driving belt on to the loose pulley and the cover and side outlet door are
opened; any string wound on the horizontal boards is removed and the textile
material or fibre deprived of straw and dust and properly opened is taken out.
Any stones which may have been in the waste will rest on the grating from which
they are removed by hand.
The machine is specially adapted for cleaning the waste of flax and tow and will
separate the straw or woody part from the fibrous material.
Dated this 15th day of August 1891.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. -
A Machine for Cleaning Waste Textile Materials.
A communication from abroad by JULES NOËL HAUTE, of Annapes, France,
Manufacturer.
I, JOHN CLAYTON MEWBURN of 55 and 56 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, 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 machine which forms the subject of this invention is represented in the
accompanying drawings of which
Figure 1 is a transverse section,
Figure 2 a side elevation partly sectional, and
Figure 3 a plan also partly sectional.
The machine is composed of a number of beater arms a a on a shaft 6 which

page_text: rotates in a horizontal trough e the bottom of which is a grating. The trough is
closed by a cover d the trough and cover together forming a cylinder. At or near
one end of the cover is a door e for the introduction of the material to be operated
upon. There is another door f extending along the whole of the side of the cylinder
to enable the material to be removed after the cleaning operation and part of the
cover can be opened on hinges g as seen in dotted lines in Figure 1 so as to expose
the whole of the beater shaft.
The material to be operated upon is introduced by the inlet door e, the cover d
and the outlet door f being closed; the heater shaft is then caused to rotate by
means of a driving pulley h. The beater arms a a tear and open the material, the
straw and dust fall through the grating forming the bottom of the trough b and are
conveyed by hoppers or shoots ii to sacks kk or other receptacles. m is a fly
wheel to equalize the rotary movement. The whole operation occupies about six
minutes.
As textile wastes generally contain pieces of string and these would be liable to
get entangled or wound on the beater shaft the beater arms a a are connected by
four or other suitable number of horizontal boards or plates on which the pieces
of string become wound and from which they can easily be removed.
When the operation is finished the rotation of the shaft is stopped by shifting the
driving belt on to the loose pulley h¹ and the cover d and side outlet door f are
opened; any string wound on the horizontal boards is removed and the textile
material or fibre deprived of straw and dust and properly opened is taken out.
Any stones which may have been in the waste will rest on the grating from which
they are removed by hand.
The machine is specially adapted for cleaning the waste of flax and tow and will
separate the straw or woody part from the fibrous material.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion as communicated to me and in what manner the same is to be performed, I
declare that what I claim is :-
The machine constructed and working substantially as herein before described
and represented in the accompanying drawings for cleaning waste textile materials.
Dated this 4th day of May 1892.
J. C. MEW BURN.