Improvements in Machinery for Combing and Dressing Silk and other Fibres.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Combing and Dressing Silk and
other Fibres.
We, HERBERT HOYLE, of 9 Temperance Street, Commercial Road, Halifax,
in the County of York, Silk Dresser, and EDWIN SCARBOROUGH, of Crossley
Street, Halifax aforesaid, Coal Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improved appliances for holding, traversing, and
releasing the dressing boards, together with which are travelling lashing combs
and cleaning card rollers.
The appliance for purpose aforesaid comprise a casing within which is a nipping
bar connected by links (or opposite inclines) with a pusher bar, so that when one
end of the latter is operated, the nipping bar is forced outwards and against a
dressing board (bolding the silk or fibre to be dressed) and when the other end of
the pusher bar is acted upon, the nipping bar is drawn inwards, and the dressing
board is released.
The casing containing the nipping bar has at each of its ends a projecting piece,
which is received within a worm or screw at each side of the machine, and below
each screw or worm is a saddle for supporting the casing whilst being traversed
along the machine by means of the worms or screws referred to.
The silk or fibre is placed in dressing boards as ordinary and each board is
placed between two of the casings, of which there are a series so as to provide for
a number of driving boards being passed through the machine at one time.
As each casing is put into position with the carrying worms or screws, the casing
is carried forward (a dressing board is between each two casings) and as one end
of the pusher bar comes in contact with and moves along an incline fixed to one
side of the machine, the pusher bar is forced inwards, and the links are caused to
force the nipping bar outwards and against the dressing board, which is thereby
tightly closed, and held, the whole series of casing and dressing boards being placed
in position and the worms or screws caused to rotate, the casings and dressing
boards are carried along the saddles, the silk or fibre being combed and cleaned
by a series of endless comb lags working over pulleys, and above the comb lags
are cleansing rollers which remove spare fibre left in the comb lags, a brush or fancy
roller being employed for taking the spare fibre from the cleansing rollers.
The tufts of silk or fibre protruding from the dressing boards, and which has
been acted upon on one of its surfaces by the lag combs is by a lath, string, or other
like device folded over say from left to right, and will continue to be carried
forward by the worms or screws and exposed to the action of lath combs as before,
but such combs are travelling in the opposite way the lath combs first applied,
so that now the other surface of the tufts of silk or fibre are being operated upon
and by the combing and lashing of both surfaces of the tufts, the whole is thoroughly
combed throughout the thickness of the tuft.
The casing having now reached nearly the opposite end of the machine, there is
au index attached to the opposite side of the framing, from the one first mentioned
and against this second incline the other end of the pusher bar comes, whereby the
links are operated in opposite directions to their first movement, and the presser
bar is drawn inwards, and the dressing boards are released, and the fibre removed
from the boards and turned, the combed portion being confined within the dressing

page_text: board, and the uncombed portions are exposed and ready for similar operation,
which may be performed from the starting end of the machine as hereinbefore
described, or the machine can be arranged in duplicate (or two story) so as to
send the fibre through again without having to renew it, from one end of the
machine to the other end, through the machine in which case the casings are
lowered from the upper line of lag combs by means of cams and springs or by means
of a table or hed plate operated by crank, tappet, or lever.
That instead of worms traversing the casings, chains may be employed.
Dated this 6th day of December 1894.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Combing and Dressing Silk and
other Fibres.
We, HERBERT HOYLE of 9 Temperance Street, Commercial Road, Halifax, in
the County of York, Silk Dresser, and EDWIN SCARBOROUGH of Crossley Street,
Halifax aforesaid, Coal Merchant 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 improvements in appliances designed for combing, and
dressing silk, grass, and other fibres, the object being to construct apparatus which
will thoroughly comb, clean, and dress, silk and other like fibres without the careful
attention, and manual labor heretofore necessary being expended thereon.
The invention consists of appliances for holding the ordinary dressing boards, in
which the fibre to be operated upon is placed, and for traversing such boards along
a frame in such a manner that the fibre is brought into contact with travelling
lashing combs and cleaning card rollers which effectually lash, comb and clean the
fibre after which the dressing boards are released from the holding device and the
fibre can be removed, and other charged boards inserted.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention the following is a
complete description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings
in which :
Fig. 1. i plan view of the improved machinery for purpose aforesaid the machine
being shown broken into two part-in order to allow the drawings to be made on
a larger scale.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation of the improve I machine.
Fig. 3. is a cruss section of the improvel machine.
Fig. 4. is on emi view of part of the apparatus shewing the appliances designed
for raising or lowering the casings for the dressing boards.
Fig. 5. is a side elevation of port of the improved machine shewing the relative
positions of the travelling ishing combs, and the dressing boards in their casings.
Fig. 6. is a front elevation of one of the casings for carrying a dressing board
the operating screw at one end being shewn in sectional end elevation.
Fig. 7. is a sectional end elevation of Fig. 6.
Fig. 8. is a plan view of Fig. 6.
The appliances for purpose aforesaid comprise a casing 1 (see Sheet 4) within
which is a nipping bar 2 connected by links 3-3 with a pusher bar 4 so that
when one end of the latter is operate or pushed the nipping bar 2 is forced
outwards and against a dressing and 2 (see Fig. 5.) (holding the silk or fibre
to be dressed) and when the other end of the pusher bar 4 is acted upon, the
nipping her 2 is drawn inwards, and the dressing and is released.
The easing 1 containing the nipping bar 2 has
at each of its emis a projecting

page_text: piece, 5 which is received within a worm or screw 6 at each side of the machine,
and surrounding each screw or worm 6 is a saddle 7 for supporting the casing 1
whilst being traversed along the machine by means of the worms or screws 6
referred to. The saddle 7 acts as a support for the casings 1 and also as a guard
or protector for the screw or worm 6.
The silk or fibre is placed in dressing boards 23 as ordinary and each board is
placed between a pair of the casings 1, of which there are a series so as to
provide for a number of dressing boards being passed through the machine at
one time. There being first a dressing board, then a casing, then a dressing board
and so on.
As each casing 1 is put into position with the carrying worms or screws 6,
the casing 1 is carried forward (a dressing board being between each two casings)
and as one end of the pusher bar 4 comes in contact with and moves along an iucline 8
fixed to one side of the machine (see Fig. 1) the pusher bar 2 is forced inwards,
and the links 3 are caused to force the nipping bar 2 outwards and against the
dressing board, which is thereby tightly closed, and held, the whole series of
casings 1-1 and dressing boards 2 being placed in position as the worms or
screws 6 rotate the casings 1-1 and dressing boards being carried along the
saddles 7, the silk or fibre being combed and cleaned by a series of endless
comb lags 9-9 working over pulleys 10-10, and in contact with the comb
lags 9-9 are cleansing rollers 11-11 which remove spare fibre left in the comb
lags 9-9, brushes or fancy rollers 12 carried in frames 12ª mounted on studs 12"
so that they can be readily moved for cleaning purposes are employed for taking
the spare fibre from the cleansing rollers.
The tufts of silk or fibre protruding from the dressing boards, and which
have been acted upon on one surface by the lag combs 9-9 are by a roller or
laths cylinders 13 with rubber vanes or flaps 14 or other like device placed
between each series of comb-lags 9-9 folded over say from left to right, and
will continue to be carried forward by the worms or screws 6 and exposed to
the action of lag combs 9-9 as before, but such combs 9-9 are travelling in
the opposite way, to the lag combs first mentioned, so that now the other surface
of the tufts of silk or fibre are being operated upon and by the combing and
lashing of both surfaces of the tufts, the whole is thoroughly combed throughout
the thickness of the tuft.
The casing having now reached nearly the opposite end of the machine, there
is an incline 15 attached to the opposite side of the framing, from the one first
mentioned and against this second incline the other end of the pusher bar 4 comes,
whereby the links 3 are operated in opposite directions to their first movement,
and the presser bar 2 is drawn inwards, and the dressing boards are released, and
the fibre may be readily removed from the boards and turned, the combed portion
being confined within the dressing board, and the uncombed portions left exposed
and ready for similar treatment, which may be performed from the starting end of
the machine as herein before described, in which case the empty casings only are
carried to the starting end of the machine by similar apparatus to that already
described. The machine however is preferably arranged in duplicate (or two story)
so as to send the fibre through again without having to move it, from one end of
the machine to the other end. In this case the casings 1-1 are lowered from the
upper line of lag combs 9-9 by means of a table or bed plate 16 which has a rising
and falling motion imparted to it by means of the rod 17 and cranked shaft 18
driven from any going part of the machine (see Fig. 4). A cam or eccentric
may take the place of the crank, it being only necessary that the table or plate 16
should alternately rise and fall from the level of the upper saddle 7 to the level of
the lower one, the casings 1-1 and boards being placed in the required position by
the attendant on the machine.
The projections 5 of the casing 1-1 may have small anti friction runners
placed in their ends to lessen the friction as they pass along the screws 6 and
saddles 7.

page_text: The screws 6 are driven by Level wheels 18-18 and a chain of wheels 19
pulleys 19 19 and belt 20° from a driven shaft 20, or by other means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved machinery as and for the purpose herein described and substantially
as illustrated by Figs. 1-2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.
2. The casings 1 nipping bar 2 links 3-3 and pusher bar 4 all in combination
and as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by
Sheet 4 of the annexed drawings.
3. The casing 1 as herein described in combination with and operated by worms
or screws 6 as and for the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated
by Sheet 4 of the annexed drawings.
Dated this 6th day of September 1895.
HERBERT HOYLE,
EDWIN SCARBOROUGH,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.