CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Peter Bennett, of Gilnow Mills, near Bolton-
le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES."
Sealed the 15th September 1859, and dated the 11th May 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Peter Bennett at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th May 1859.
I, THOMAS PETER BENNETT, of Gilnow Mills, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the
County of Lancaster, Manager, do hereby declare the nature of the said,
Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES,"
to be as follows:-
The nature of this Invention consists in an improved mode of or apparatus.
for collecting the dirt, dust, and flyings that are liberated from cotton or other
fibrous materials in the operation of carding.
In performing my Invention I apply one or more endless belts of flannel, or
card teeth, or other suitable material to the main cylinder of the carding.
engine in such a position, or in such positions that the dirt, dust, and flyings.
shall strike against, or be caught by the endless belt or belts, from which they.
are removed by a doffing comb or other apparatus; the endless belts pass over
rollers which revolve slowly. I have found, by experience, that an endless
belt placed above the point where the doffer clears the main cylinder, acts,

page_text: efficaciously, but other positions may be found by further experiments to
answer as well or better; or the same object may be attained by placing a
stationary band or belt, or a partition covered with flannel, or other suitable
material, in the proper position for collecting the dirt, dust, and flyings, from
which they are removed by a combing or other apparatus.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Peter Bennett in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 8th November 1859.
"
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
PETER BENNETT, of Gilnow Mills, near Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Thomas Peter Bennett, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Peter
Bennett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Peter Bennett, 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 "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Peter Bennett, 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 Thomas Peter Bennett, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):-
The nature of my Invention consists in an improved mode of or apparatus
for collecting the dirt, dust, and flyings that are liberated from cotton and
other fibrous materials during the operation of carding.

page_text: And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of
Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
a
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the principal parts of a carding engine to
which my improvements are applied; Fig. 2 is an end elevation; and Fig. 3,
a plan of the same. is the main cylinder, and 6 the doffer, both of which
are constructed-in the usual manner; c is an endless belt or creeper, made by
preference of thin strips of wood fixed to straps, but which may be made of
flannel, or card teeth, or in any other suitable manner. This creeper passes over
the rollers d and e, both of which are supported in adjustable bearings fixed to
the brackets, which are bolted to the side frames of the carding engine. The
creeper c has a slow motion imparted to it in the direction of the arrow, in
Fig. 1, by a toothed chain passing over the pulley c', which toothed chain is
driven from the drum that gives motion to the top flats, as shewn in the
Drawing, or the creeper may be put in motion from the feed rollers, or in any
other convenient manner.
When the carding engine is at work, the loose dirt, dust, and flyings that
are thrown off by the main cylinder, are deposited upon the creeper c, and as
the creeper passes over the roller d, they are collected on the surface of the
clearing roller g, which is covered with flannel; or the dirt, dust, and flyings
may be removed from the clearing roller g by a doffing comb, or other suitable
apparatus.
The Drawing represents the creeper or endless belt c placed above the doffer,
and slanting towards the point where the doffer clears the main cylinder;
this position of the creeper is found, by experience, to be the most advan-
tageous, but I wish it to be understood, that I do not limit myself to the
position shewn; it may also be desirable, in some cases, to use two or more
creepers or endless belts. I would also remark, that the same object may be
attained by placing a stationary band or belt, or a partition covered with
flannel, or other suitable material, in the proper position for collecting the dirt,
dust, and flyings, from which band, belt, or partition they are removed occa-
sionally by a combing or other apparatus.
By means of these improvements a great proportion of the dirt, dust, and
flyings, thrown off by the main cylinder, are collected and removed, instead of
being deposited on the doffer, and carried forward in the fleece of fibrous
material, consequently the sliver produced on the carding engine is more free
from impurities than heretofore.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the mode of
performing the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to

page_text: the details set forth; but what I claim is the improved mode of or apparatus
for collecting the dirt, dust, and flyings from carding engines, as shewn and
described, or any modification thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Peter Bennett, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Seventh day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
THOMAS PETER BENNETT. (L.S.)