Improvements in or applicable to Mechanism for Feeding Openers, Scutchers, and like Machines for Treating Cotton and other Fibrous Materials, and Combining such Feeding Mechanism with the said Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 7th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Mechanism for Feeding Openers,
Scutchers, and like Machines for Treating Cotton and other
Fibrous Materials, and Combining such Feeding Mechanism with
the said Machines.
I, EDWARD BUCKLEY, of the Firm of Taylor Lang & Co. Limited, of Castle
Iron Works, Stalybridge in the County of Chester, Machine Makers, do
hereby declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
My invention refers to mechanism for feeding machines for opening cotton and
other fibrous materials and is also applicable for feeding other machines of similar
character.
My invention relates more particularly to the automatic feeding mechanism
described in the Complete Specification of Letters Patent granted to me
numbered 7180 of 1893, and consists in connecting the rollers (when two are used)
delivering the material from the feeding machine by mechanism with the carrying
lattice of the feeding machine so that as one of the delivery rollers (the upper one)
moves to and from the other by reason of the varying thickness of the material
passing between them, the ascending side of the carrying lattice of the automatic
feeder will be moved nearer to or further from the gauging lattice, so as to increase
or decrease the space between the carrying and gauging lattices accordingly as
the delivery roller falls or rises.
This object of my invention may be carried out by various arrangements of
mechanism, one combination consists of similar levers or mechanism on each side of
the feeding machine.
The sliding bearing for the end of the upper delivery roller is connected by a
hook rod with levers or other connections the end of one lever having a slot in it
to fit a stud in a bar arranged in guides to slide to and fro end ways in about the
line of the carrying lattice, and this sliding bar has one or more adjustable inclines
secured to it, each incline coming against a bowl on the end pivot or against the
pivot or the bearing for the pivot of a roller extending across the feeding machine;
the pivot or bearing of which roller or rollers is in suitable guides.
These rollers (if more than one) work against the underside of the ascending
side of the carrying lattice of the feeding machine and consequently when the upper
delivery roller rises, the sliding bar is moved one way to cause the adjustable
inclines to move the pivots of the rollers and thus the ascending side of the
carrying lattice nearer to the gauging lattice and vice versa, when the delivery
roller falls owing to a diminished thickness of material passing between the
delivery rollers.
As there is similar mechanism at each side of the machine for each end of the
upper delivery roller each side of the carrying lattice is acted upon in like manner,
and the movement for each side will vary and depend upon the rise and fall of each
end of the delivery roller accordingly.
Other mechanism may be used than that above described such as bell crank levers
and suitable connections.
If desired both ends of the roller or rollers operating on the carrying lattice
may be acted upon simultaneously and from a bar resting at each end upon the
bearing blocks at the ends of the upper or lifting delivery roller, the movement of
which is taken by levers or other mechanism from the middle of the said bar

page_text: (or directly by a bowl or presser from the middle of the upper roller) and conveyed
to the pivots of the said roller or rollers, under the ascending side of the carrying
lattice.
In some cases a roller on the back of the descending side of the gauging lattice
is or may be arranged and acted upon (as described in reference to the carrying
lattice) to move the gauging lattice to and from the carrying lattice.
The mechanism above referred to, may be combined with openers and like
machines having regulating mechanism that varies the speed of the roller or
rollers or mechanism feeding to the beaters according to the varying thickness of
material passing between them, and in feeding to such regulated openers or like
machines, the automatic feeder delivering to the feed apron or lattice of the
regulated opener or like machine is arranged so that a roller or rollers or surface,
resting upon the material delivered on to the feeding apron or lattice will rise or
fall as the material upon the feeding apron or lattice increases or decreases 'in
thickness, and this roller or these rollers if more than one, or surface, act upon
levers and other connected mechanism to operate upon the carrying lattice of the
automatic feeder or upon the gauging lattice or both to vary the space between
them accordingly as hereinbefore described, that is, to increase the space if the
roller or rollers on the feeding apron or lattice falls, and decrease the space if the
said roller or rollers rise.
Dated this Twenty-third day of April 1894.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
Agent.
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Mechanism for Feeding Openers,
Scutchers, and like Machines for Treating Cotton and other
Fibrous Materials, and Combining such Feeding Mechanism with
the said Machines.
1
We, WILLIAM RATCLIFFE BUCKLEY, of 15 Chapel Walks, Stalybridge,
within the County of Chester, Mechanic, and JAMES WOOLLEY BUCKLEY, of
Church View, Cocker-Hill, Stalybridge, within the County of Lancaster,
Accountant, Executors of the late Edward Buckley, of the Firm of Taylor
Lang & Co. Limited, of Castle Iron Works, Stalybridge, in the County of Chester,
Machine Makers, 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 invention of the late Edward Buckley refers to mechanism for feeding
machines for opening cotton and other fibrous materials and is also applicable for
feeding other machines of similar character.
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The invention relates more particularly to the automatic feeding mechanism
described in. the Complete Specification of Letters Patent granted to the late
Edward Buckley numbered 7180 of 1893, and consists in connecting the rollers
(when two are used) delivering the material from the feeding machine by mechanism
with the carrying lattice of the feeding machine so that as one of the delivery
rollers (the upper one) moves to and from the other by reason of the varying
thickness of the material passing between them; the ascending side of the carrying
lattice of the automatic feeder will be moved nearer to or further from the gauging
lattice, so as to increase, or, decrease the space between the carrying and
gauging lattices or a gauging roller accordingly as, the delivery roller falls or rises.
This object of the invention may be carried out by various arrangements of

page_text: mechanism, one combination consists of similar levers or mechanism on each side of
the feeding machine.
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The sliding bearing for the end of the upper delivery roller is connected by a
hook rod with levers or other connections the end of one lever having a slot in it
to fit a stud in a bar arranged in guides to slide to and fro end ways in about the
line of the carrying lattice and this sliding bar has one or more adjustable inclines
secured to it, each incline coming against a bowl on the end pivot or against the
pivot or the bearing for the pivot of a roller extending across the feeding machine,
the pivot or bearing of which roller or rollers is in suitable guides.
These rollers (if more than one) work against the underside of the ascending side
of the carrying lattice of the feeding machine and consequently when the upper
delivery roller rises, the sliding bar is moved one way to cause the adjustable
inclines to move the pivots of the rollers and thus the ascending side of the
carrying lattice nearer to the gauging lattice and vice versa, when the delivery
roller falls owing to a diminished thickness of material passing between the
delivery rollers.
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As there is similar mechanism at each side of the machine for each end of the
upper delivery roller each side of the carrying lattice is acted upon in like manner,
and the movement for each side will vary and depend upon the rise and fall of each
end of the delivery roller accordingly.
Other mechanism may be used than that above described such as bell crank
levers and suitable connections.
If desired both ends of the roller or rollers operating on the carrying lattice
may be acted upon simultaneously and from a bar resting at each end upon the
bearing blocks at the ends of the upper or lifting delivery roller, the movement of
which is taken by levers or other mechanism from the middle of the said bar
(or directly by a bowl or presser from the middle of the upper roller) and conveyed
to the pivots of the said roller or rollers, under the ascending side of the carrying
lattice.
The mechanism above referred to, may be combined with openers and like
machines having regulating mechanism, that varies the speed of the roller or rollers
or mechanism feeding to the beaters according to the varying thickness of
material passing between them, and in feeding to such regulated openers or like
machines, the automatic feeder delivering to the feed apron or lattice of the
regulated opener or like machine is arranged so that a roller or rollers or surface,
resting upon the material delivered on to the feeding apron or lattice will rise or
fall as the material upon the feeding apron or lattice increases or decreases in
thickness, and this roller or these rollers if more than one, or surface, act upon
levers and other connected mechanism to operate upon the carrying lattice of the
automatic feeder to vary the space between them accordingly as herein before
described, that is, to increase the space if the roller or rollers on the feeding
apron or lattice falls, and decreases the space if the said roller or rollers rise.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of parts illustrating one mode of carrying out the
invention from the delivery rollers of the automatic feeder.
Fig. 2, is a similar view to Fig. 1, of another mode of carrying out the
invention.
Fig. 3, is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing another mode of carrying out the
invention from rollers or surfaces resting upon the material delivered by the
automatic feeder upon the ordinary endless lattice carrying it to the feed rollers
of the opener or like machine.
Fig. 4, is a plan view of an arrangement for carrying the bearings for the pivots
of the rollers (shown in Fig. 3) resting upon the material delivered to the ordinary
feeding lattice of the opener or like machine.
Fig. 5, is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing the invention connected to an opener
or like machine, having a "regulator" for varying the speed of the feed roller
or rollers according to the varying thickness of the material being fed between
the feed rollers

page_text: In the Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5-a, is a part of the side framing of the automatic
feeder-6, the upper roller for inclined carrying lattice b; c', is the upper drúm or
roller and c, the small lower roller for the gauging lattice c.
The ascending side of the carrying lattice b, is shown by the arrows near it.
The descending side of the gauging lattice c, as shown by the arrows near it is
'opposite and facing the ascending side of the carrying lattice b.
a', is a side bracket (one on each side) secured to the side frames a, of the
automatic feeder.
These brackets a¹, one on each side of the machine carry or may carry. the
bearings of the rollers j' and ³, delivering the material from the automatic feeder
to the ordinary endless lattice n, shown in dotted line n', being the lower roller for
the lattice n, to the opener or like machine.
The lower delivery roller, is stationary, the upper roller j', is in bearings that
can slide to and from the lower roller, the material being delivered passing between
the rollers, and 13.
b, b and b, are rollers under the ascending side at the back of the inclined
carrying lattice b.
The parts above referred to by letters are similar to those shown in the aforesaid
Complete Specification numbered 7180 of 1893, or in the said late, Edward Buckley's
Complete Specification No. 10,851 of 1893.
p, is a rod, hook shaped at its upper end which rests upon the upper side of the
sliding bearing for the upper roller j¹, the lower end of this rod p, is jointed to or
connected with one end of a lever t, having its fulcrum t¹, on a stud in a bracket on
the framing.
The other end of the lever t, is slotted to fit a pin u¹, secured in a plate or bar u,
arranged to slide to and fro in supports on the framing a, in about a line with the
inclined carrying lattice b.
The bar or plate u, as shown has two slots in its lengthway for two studs or bolts u²,
secured in the side frames, and thus arranged, the bar or plate can be moved to and
fro endways by the lever t.
The rollers 63, 64, and 65, (one or more may be used) are in bearings arranged to
slide in the framing, or in brackets secured to the framing to and from the back of
the ascending side of the inclined carrying lattice b.
Each sliding bearing u³, has or may have a projection in which there is a stud
for a small anti-friction bowl, which rests in each case against the edge of an inclined
plate u, secured to the slide u, by a set screw u°, at one end, round which set screw
the plate u, can turn, and when adjusted, the other end of the plate ut, is or may
be secured by a set screw passing through a slot in the plate u', to the slide bar or
plate u.
By this means the plates ut, can be adjusted to give more or less inclination.
Thus arranged it will be seen that when the upper delivery roller j³, lifts by reason
of the increase of thickness of material passing between it and the lower roller, the
sliding plate or bar u, will be moved downwards and the inclined plates ut, carried
by it will act upon the anti-friction bowls on the sliding bearings us, and force them
and the rollers 6, 6 and b, and thus the ascending side of the carrying lattice b;
towards the gauging lattice c, and consequently reduce the space for material passing
between them.
When the roller j¹, falls, by reason of the thinness of material passing between
them, the space between the two lattices b and c, will be increased.
There is a similar arrangement of mechanism to that shown in Fig. 1, for both
sides of the machine, and the mechanism on each side can thus act independently of
the other, as the roller ¹, on one side may ascend or descend more than on the
other side, and this will give a better average of the thickness of the material.
An endless gauging lattice c, is preferred, but the invention is applicable when
one or more toothed rollers are substituted for the gauging lattice c.
.
In the modification illustrated by Fig. 2, one roller 66, only is supposed to be used,
to act upon the back of the ascending side of the carrying lattice b.

page_text: The hooked rod P₁ is jointed at its lower end to one end of a lever t, having
its fulcrum t', on a bracket on the framing, the other end of this lever t, has
a curved plate u, jointed to it by a set screw u', and the inclination of this
plate u, is adjusted by a set screw °, screwing through a projection from the
lever t, the end of which set screw comes against the back edge of the curved
plate u, the front edge of which comes against an anti-friction bowl u, on a stud
in a lever or arm u³, one end of which forms the bearing for the pivot of the
roller 6, the other or fulcrum end of this lever is on a stud u, in the side framing.
The action of this arrangement of mechanism is to push the ascending side of the
carrying lattice b, towards the gauging lattice c, when there is a rise in the delivery
roller, and to allow the carrying lattice b, to come from the gauging lattice c,
when there is a fall in the roller j
There is a similar arrangement of mechanism to that shown in Fig. 2, on each
side of the machine..
In the modification shown by Fig. 3, there is a bell crank lever v, on a fulcrum
stud v', in the framing, and the short arm of this lever v, carries the pivot of the
roller 6, on that side of the machine.
There is another lever w, having its fulcrum on a stud w¹, in the bracket a',
and one arm of this lever w, is over the long arm of the bell crank lever v,
and in both arms of the levers v and w, there is a slot in the lengthway for a
stud, that can be adjusted and secured in one of them. By this arrangement the
movement given to the lever w, can be made to give a greater or less movement to
the bell crank lever v.
The other arm of the lever w, carries or may carry the pivots of one roller
(similar to w³) passing across the machine to come upon the material delivered on
to the ordinary lattice n, taking such material to the feed rullera of the opener or
like machine, so that as the material varies in thickness upon the lattice
this arm
of the lever w, will rise or fall and if it rises it acts upon the mechanism to
diminish the space between the lattices b and c, and vice versa if it falls to increase
the space.
In the illustration two rollers w³, are shown in Fig. 3, each having a pivot
in a bar or lever w³, the middle or fulcrum of which is upon a stud w', at the end
of the arm on one side of the lever w, so that one roller w³, is at liberty to rise
or fall more than the other. The holes in the bar or lever w³, for the pivots of the
rollers w³, are or may be large enough (that is slotted slightly in a direction across
the lever) to allow one end of the roller w³, to rise or fall freely more than the
other end.
To allow of this while making the pivots for the rollers fit the holes in the
bar or lever w³, the parts forming their pivot bearings may be arranged as shown
in Fig. 4.
There is a stud wo³, secured in the end of the arm of the lever
W, and upon the stud
a part w, is placed so as to swivel upon it and in each end of this part w³, there is
a hole for a pivot, from each piece w, having a hole in it for the bearing of the pivot
of the roller w³.
The pivots from the bearing parts wo, are secured in the holes in the central swivel
part w, by pins passing across the central part and into grooves in the sides of the
pivots, or by the points of set screws entering such grooves.
There is a similar arrangement of mechanism to that shown in Fig. 3, for both
sides of the machine.
It is obvious that the upper delivery roller j', may be stationary and the
lower roller, movable if weighted upwards by levers and the mechanism is arranged
accordingly.
Further if desired a bar may be made to extend from oue sliding bearing for
the roller, on one side to that on the other side of the machine, and the move-
ment from the middle of the lengthway of this bar may be taken by a shaft having
arms or by levers or other mechanism, to operate upon the rollers 6, 6 and 6*, or
oue of them.

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Or a narrow roller or bowl on a stud in an arm from a lever may be made to rest
upon the middle of the lengthway of the top roller j¹, and the movement may be
conveyed by levers or other mechanism and made to actuate the mechanism operating
upon the pivots of the roller or rollers 63, 6 and 6, simultaneously at both sides of
the machine.
When the weight of the top roller j', and connected parts is not sufficient to work
the lever (t or w) one way, a weight or weights or spring or springs, may be added
to act upon the the levers t or w, in the direction to pull down the upper roller j', or
the rollers w³.
Fig. 5, illustrates another modification where the lattice b, is moved to and
from the lattice c, by connection with well known mechanism for varying the
speed of the feed rollers of openers and like machines, according to the thickness
of material passing between the feed rollers, such mechanism being called feed
regulators.
The mechanism of the feed regulators to operate upon the lattice b, is or may be
that which gives movement to the belt guide for the belt between the cone drums
of such feed regulators.
In the illustration Fig. 5, m³, is the arm having its fulcrum mº, on a bracket
which actuates the belt guide in the feed regulator arrangement described in
the Complete Specification of the late Edward Buckley's Patent No. 20,698
of 1891.
1 The arm m³, is extended downwards and one end of a rod w', is jointed to it, the
other end of which is jointed to one end of a lever w, having its fulcrum w', on a
stud in a bracket secured to the side framing.
1. The other arm of this lever w, is slotted lengthways and comes over an arm v,
secured on the end of a shaft v¹, passing across the machine in suitable bearings on
the side frames.
The arms w and v, are connected by an adjustable stud v³, secured in one
of them.
On each end of the shaft v', an arm v³, is adjustably secured, the end of which
forms the bearing for the pivots of the roller b.
When the cone belt actuating lever m³, moves in the direction pointed by the
arrow (to the right) it is to cause a reduction in the speed of the feed rollers of the
opener or like machine owing to an increase of the thickness of the material passing
between them and this acts through the levers w and v, to reduce the space between
the lattices b and c.
When more than one roller is to be acted upon there is a shaft (v) across the
machine in suitable bearings for each roller 6, or 63, and there is an arm (3) secured
on each shaft v, at each side of the machine, to carry the pivots of each roller bª
and 64.
At one end of each shaft ', there is an arm, secured, which arms are
jointed with a rod v', the end of which is also jointed to the arm or lever -
thus all movements conveyed to the latter are transmitted to the other rollers b*
and b³.
The lever w, may be on a shaft at w', extending across the machine and upon
each end of this shaft (actuated by the arm m.) there may be an arm (w) and similar
mechanismn to that shown in Fig. 5, on both sides of the machine, except that instead
of being shafts & and e, for the arms v³, there may be studs in the framing, and the
arms and, and o³ and o, may thus form bell crank levers, or separate arms from
the same axis.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
...tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
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1. In automatic feeders for feeding, openers and like machines with fibrous
material, the application to. such machines of mechanism to automatically vary
the space between the ascending side of the inclined carrying lattice and the

page_text: gauging lattice or its equivalent, by causing the ascending side of the carrying
lattice to move to and from the gauging lattice or its equivalent, according to the
varying thickness of the fibrous material passing between the delivery rollers of the
automatic feeder or the varying thickness of fibrous material delivered to the feeding
lattice of the opener or like machine by the automatic feeder, substantially as
herein before described.
2. In automatic feeders for feeding openers and like machines with fibrous
material, the application to such machines of mechanism to operate upon the
ascending side of the carrying lattice to cause it to move to and from the gauging
lattice or its equivalent which operating mechanism is actuated by connection with
the feed regulator mechanism of openers and like machines, varying the speed of
the feed rollers according to the thickness of material passing between them,
substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. The combination and arrangement of mechanism substantially as and for the
purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3, and Fig. 5
of the drawings.
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PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.