Improvements in Condenser Rubbers of Carding Engines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Condenser Rubbers of Carding Engines.
I, ARTHUR HARDWICK, of Mount Terrace, Heckmondwike, in the County of
York, Condenser Rubber Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention relates to apparatus for operating the leather rubbers employed
on condenser carding engines and has for its object to secure increased utility for
the intermediate roller by rendering the same positive as to its end wise reciprocating
motion, to admit of its ready adjustment in relation to the pressure to be put on
the rubber belts and fibre under operation, and to dispense with the necessity of
packing washers or like devices for ensuring the position of the said rollers.
According to this invention the intermediate roller is mounted on an elongated
shaft so that the end of the latter may extend to near the swiller or operating bar
from which it receives an end wise positive motion and in order to ensure the
requisite to and fro motion of said roller the end of its shaft terminates near the
operating bar and is provided with a disc or head and the latter is partially enclosed
by a bracket or other like device attached to the operating bar whereby the latter
when moving inwards pushes the disc shaft and roller in one direction, and on the
return movement of the operating bar the bracket or disc engaging device acts on
the disc and draws the shaft and roller to its original position and so the desired
reciprocating of the intermediate roller is effected at the same time the bracket or
engaging device connected with the disc admits of the intermediate roller shaft and
disc being screwed down or raised as the adjustment of said roller and leather may
require.
Improvements in Condenser Rubbers of Carding Engines.
I, ARTHUR HARDWICK, of Mount Terrace, Heckmoudwike, in the County of
York, Condenser Rubber Maker, 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 :-
This invention relates to apparatus for operating the leather rubbers employed
on condenser carding engines and has for its object to secure increased utility for
the intermediate roller by rendering the same positive as to its endwise reciprocating
motion, to admit of its ready adjustment in relation to the pressure to be put on
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page_text: the rubber belts and fibre under operation, and to dispense with the necessity of
packing washers or like devices for ensuring the position of the said rollers.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan view of a condenser rubber having the improvements applied
thereto.
Fig. 2 is a sectional end view of the intermediate roller shaft and disc or head
and operating bracket.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modification of the invention.
According to this invention the intermediate roller 1 is mounted on an elongated
shaft 2 so that the end of the latter may extend to near the swiller or operating
bar 3 from which it receives an endwise positive motion, and in order to ensure the
requisite to and fro motion of said roller 1 the end of its shaft 2 terminates near
the operating bar 3 and is provided with a disc or head 4, and the latter is partially
enclosed by a slotted bracket or other like device 5 attached to the operating
bar 3, whereby the latter when moving inwards, pushes the disc 4, shaft 2, and
roller 1 in one direction: and on the return movement of the operating bar 3 the
bracket or disc engaging device 5 acts on the disc 4 and draws the shaft 2 and
roller 1 to its original position, and so the desired reciprocating motion of the
intermediate roller 1 is effected at the same time the bracket or engaging device 5
connected with the disc 4 admits of the intermediate roller 1, shaft 2, and disc 4
being screwed down or raised as the adjustment of said roller 1 and leather 6 may
require, as it will be seen on reference to Fig. 2 that the slot 7 in the bracket 5 is
vertical and extends from top to bottom of such bracket.
In some cases the shaft 2 may extend through the bar 3 and have discs 4-4 on
each side thereof (see Fig. 3) in which case there will be a vertical slot in the
bar 3 for the passage of the shaft 2, and thus a positive endwise reciprocating
motion is imparted from the bar 3 to the roller 1.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
(1) The intermediate roller 1 on the axis 2 of which is a disc or head 4 partially
enclosed by a slotted bracket or device 5 fixed to the operating bar 3, all in
combination as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated
by Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings.
(2) The intermediate roller 1 on the axis 2 of which are the discs or heads 4-4°
one on each side of the operating bar 3, all in combination as and for the purpose
herein described and substantially as illustrated by Fig. 3 of the annexed
drawings.
Dated this 7th day of December 1898.