A MACHINE FOR DISCHARGING A WOOL COMB OR COMBS, BY SEPARATING THE TEAR FROM THE NOILES, AND DRAWING WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED A SLIVER OR SLIVERS FROM THE COMB OR COMBS, AFTER OR BEFORE THE COMBS ARE WORKED, OR THE WOOL IS COMBED UPON THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER USEFUL PUR-
Year: 1805

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
NOBLE, of Coggeshall, in the County of Essex, Woisted Spinner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third did, by
Ilis Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westnunster, the Twenty-ninth day of
June, in the forty-fifth year of His reign, give and grant unto me, the said
James Noble, my executors, administrators, and assigns, IIis especial licence
that I, the said James Noble, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
and lawfully might, during the term of years there mentioned, niake, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of A MACHINE FOR DISCHARGING A WOOL COMB OR COMBS,
BY SEPARATING THE TEAR FROM THE NOILES, AND DRAWING WHAT IS COMMONLY CALLED
A SLIVER OR SLIVERS FROM THE COMB OR COMBS, AFTER OR BEFORE THE COMBS ARE
WORKED, OR THE WOOL IS COMBED UPON THE SAME, AND FOR OTHER USEFUL PUR-
m which said Letters Patent there is contained a proviso, obliging
me, the said James Noble, by an instrument in writing under my hand and
seal, to cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's
High Court of Chancery within one calendar month after the date of the
said recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, relation being thereunto
had, may more fully and at large appear

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
James Noble, do hereby declare that my said Invention is described in
and by the Drawings hereto annexed, and the following description thereof,
that is to say.-
Figures 1 and 3 represent a side view of the machine; and Figure 2, a front
VICW Motion being given to the handle or winch A, Figures 1 and 2, turns
the rollers B, B, by means of wheels A; and the bevel pully E, Figure 2nd,
being placed in gear, as at b, Fig 2, is sett in motion, on which the cord F
winds Fig 1 and 2 from off the pulley G, and as it winds or gathers round
the varied circumference of pully E, gives motion to rollers H, H, Fig. 1 or 3,
between which rollers works the carriage or slide I, (the rollers H, H, between
which the carriage move being made tight, and to press close to the board or
carriage I by means of hooks, screws, and springs, as at f, f, Fig 1 or 3, at
each end of roller II, II) The carriage is supported by rollers d, d, Figure 1
or 3, in its motion towards rollers B, B, Fig 1 and 2. On the said carriage or
slide I, Fig 1 01 3, is fixed comb K, by means of staple L and wedge M,
therefore, as rollers B, B, Fig. 1 or 2, perform their revolutions by means of
handle or winch A, or wheels A, the cold or band F winds or gathers round the
pully E, at the same time the comb K on carriage I moves towards rollers B, B;
the comb and carnage varying their speed or position in proportion as the cord
or band F winds or gathers round the verged or varied circumference of the
bevel pully E (as from e to e, Fig. 2), the rollers B, B, Fig. 1 or 2, drawing
the wool from the comb K as it advances towards rollers B, B, in form and
manner of sliver Q, Fig. 2, and until the first row of the teeth in comb K
comes in contact with rollers B, B, at which time the long or combing part of
the wool h, Fig. 1, being drawn from the comb K, Fig. 1, in form of a
sliver, the pully E, Fig 2, is thrown out of gear by motion O, Fig. 2, when
the carriage I returns back to its first position; that is, that part of the carriage
whereon is fixed staples R falls back to rollers H, H, Fig. 1 or 3, by means
of weight P, Fig. 1 or 3, the cord of which unwinds from pully S, Fig. 1 or 3,
which pully S 15 fixed on axle of roller H, Fig 1 and 3, at which time pully E,
Fig 2, is thrown into gear by the return of carriage I, a part of which strikes
against lever O, Fig 2, as it recedes The dawn comb is then taken off the
carriage I, and backed, and the noyl taken off, and a fresh comb of wool ready
for drawing placed on carriage I. The motion is then given to the machine as
before, and the combs are drawn in succession. On the pivots of rollers B, B,
as at a, a, Fig. 2, are two hooks, which pass through a spring at f, f, and the
rollers are screwed close together By means of nuts or screws f, f, the rollers
are placed in standards, as at 9, 9, Fig 2. Four rolleis may be placed in the

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standards, and two slivers drawn from one or more combs at the same time, in
the same way and manner as I have before described the drawing of one. The
winch or handle may be fixed on the axle of one of the rollers B, B, or in any
other situation which will answer as good a purpose. Any number that may
be thought necessary of these machines may be fixed in one or more frames,
may be worked by water, steam, horses, or any other power. Any mechanic
can so place a shaft, or wheels, or pullys, or other movement so as to give them
motion. I make use of both plain and fluted rollers B, B, Fig. 2, for drawing
the wool from the comb, though I think one plain and one fine fluted roller
will do best, likewise rollers H, HI, Fig. 1 and 3, may be fluted or groved by
that means.
From the impression they make on the top or lower part of the
carnage I, they will act as a rack and pinion; indeed, a fine rack or racks may
be placed on carriage I, and pinions fixed on the axle on which pully G is
fixed, or on that part which is described as roller II, or either or both rollers
II, II, which may answer the purpose, to bring forwards and take back the
carriage I or comb K; or wheels may be used in room of pully G, so as to
communicate with the axle of roller B, B, or one of them, or placed in such a
situation so as to receive motion from the first power, or the pully G may be
made with a spiral form, like the fuzee of a watch, and worked with band or
cord with pully E; likewise, an endless band or cold may be used working
round bevel pully E and large pully G, or in part round and over a carrying
pully fixed as at h, Fig 2, or in some other convenient situation. But after
having made these various experiments I prefer the plain or fluted rollers H, II,
or one of them plain and one of them fluted, and pullys G and E, as hereafter
and before described, because the motion of the carriage I, passing steadily
between rollers II, II, as it is brought forward by pully E, gives a smooth and
steady motion to comb K. The pully E, Fig. 2, which I have called the bevel
pully from its shape, is made in forin somewhat like the fuzee of a watch, or
that part of a watch on which the chain is wound, but is longer, and not so
sudden in its inclination The length must be in proportion to the size of the
band or cord The pullies have a grove at one end for the fork part of the
lever O, as at k, Fig 4, to work in, to throw them out and into gear, as at
catch b, Fig. 2, and at the other end a grove, from which is suspended a small
weight to keep it steady when running back, as at 1, 1, Fig. 4. They may be
made in a variety of forms, or in such variation in their diameters and circum-
ferences as Figs 4, 5, 6, 7, or any other convenient mode or form that may
best answer the purpose for the different sorts of wool intended to be drawn
from the comb K, for which purpose to each machine I have pullies of various
bevels and diameters, and some without any bevel at all, as Fig 4, and some

page_text: the bevel is reversed, choosing such pullies as will for the length, strength, and
quality of the wool intended to be worked or drawn give the sliver the form
required, and diaw the wool from the comb easy and pleasantly. Fig 4, 5, 6, and
7, the pullies. m, Fig. 4, is a hole which passes through the pullies, and will
just fit on axlo of roller B, Fig. 2, as at m, so as to work easy when running
back, and may be taken off and put on by unscrewing nut n, on axle of roller B,
Fig. 2. I use the common combs used by wool combers, but they may be
made longer or shorter, wider or narrower, with one, two, three, or four pitch
or rows of teeth, or more, as may be found to answer the best purpose. If the
combs are made wider on the head or teeth, the rollers B, B, must also be
longer, taking care that the rollers are always as long or nearly so as the comb
is wide, or that part of the comb on which the wool is worked. I make the
carriage I of a piece of strong board or other proper material of equal thickness,
and I sometimes cover the under side with leather or other proper material
Having described my method of drawing by this machine what is commonly
called a sliver of wool from a wool comb in the most exact manner I can, and
so as I think will be easily understood, I now proceed further to describe the
method of placing the rollers. I place the rollers B, B, that are intended to
draw the wool from the comb parallel with the head of the comb, and in such
manner as the bearings, or what is called the bite of the rollers, as from a to a,
Fig. 2, shall lay in a direction opposite or nearly so to the different spaces
between tooth and tooth in the front row of teeth in each comb, so as that the
rolleis may draw the wool in a straight line or nearly so from the said spaces
between the teeth of each comb.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Noble, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of July, in the year of our Loid One
showsand sight hundred and five