IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CLEANING THE TOP ROLLERS AND FLUTED ROLLERS OF THE DIFFERENT SPINNING MACHINES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Caemmerer, of Ghent, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Mechanician, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
APPARATUS FOR CLEANING THE TOP ROLLERS AND FLUTED ROLLERS OF THE
DIFFERENT SPINNING MACHINES."
Sealed the 4th June 1858, and dated the 28th January 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Caemmerer at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 28th January 1858.
I, LOUIS CAEMMERER, of Ghent, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Mechanician,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
THE APPARATUS FOR CLEANING THE TOP ROLLERS AND FLUTED ROLLERS OF THE
DIFFERENT SPINNING MACHINES," to be as follows:-
I use a lid or frame in which one or more rollers easily revolve rubbing
against the cylinders, the velocity of which can be regulated at pleasure, as
will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying outline Drawing,
in which M represents the frame which protects the sides of the cylinders and
admits the rollers in proper positions; P, P, thin plates of metal upon which
rest the bearings of the rollers E, O, so that by raising the frame they are
lifted at the same time; K, K, K, are pressure rollers or cylinders; f, f, a
lever having the clam G, in which is fixed leather or other suitable substance
to rub against the side of the cylinder; S, S,.a spiral spring, one end of which

page_text: is retained on the screw V, and the other in an opening in the lever j. By
turning the screw to the right or left the friction is regulated at pleasure;
u represents a piece of leather or other similar material to rub against the
other side of the rollers."
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Louis Caemmerer in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 8th June 1858..
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, LOUIS
CAEMMERER, of Ghent, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Mechanician, send
greeting.
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WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Louis Caemmerer, Her special licence that I, the
said Louis Caemmerer, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Louis Caemmerer, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE APPARATUS FOR CLEANING THE
TOP ROLLERS AND FLUTED ROLLERS OF THE DIFFERENT SPINNING MACHINES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Louis Caemmerer, 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
s Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Louis Caemmerer, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to an improved method of cleaning pressure rollers or

page_text: cylinders and fluted rollers or cylinders by means of cleaning rollers covered
with leather or other soft substance, and consists of attaching to suitable
framework a lid or cover in which the aforesaid cleaning rollers easily revolve,
carrying one or more endless bands which rub against the cylinders or rollers
to be cleaned; the velocity of the said cleaning rollers and bands can be
regulated at pleasure, which essential regulation of speed not having hitherto
been obtained has caused the use of cleaning rollers to be abandoned. The
cleaning rollers, with their endless bands, either rest above on the pressure
rollers or are pressed from below against the fluted rollers, so that they may
have separate speeds, which can be mutually regulated as required. The
endless bands are the rubbing and cleaning surfaces, acquiring those properties
in consequence of their speeds differing from the speeds of the rollers to be
cleaned, at the same time leaving behind or throwing off the down and dirt
which has been hitherto deposited on the coverlid.
As it is essentially
necessary that the front cylinder which has the quickest motion should be well
cleaned, that object will be better attained by placing on the back cylinder a
heavier or larger roller, making it work on that which has the slowest motion,
in order to obtain a greater slackness of the endless band; or if that is not
found sufficient, a break on the flanges of the wheel may be used. This
regulation of the speed prevents the spun material being dragged in with the
rollers.
As the endless bands revolve on. the rollers and cleanse the pressure or fluted
rollers, the spindles move freely in their bearings, so as to exert by their own
weight or by the use of springs a delicate pressure. When the coverlid is
raised, the spindles rest on a cross plate, so that all the apparatus is taken off
at once, and the whole of it as easily handled as the old coverlid, being equally
applicable to fluted rollers as plain ones. The rollers with an endless band or
bands cleaning the fluted rollers are put in the cross plates in such a manner
that a pressure exercised on one or two points by a spring or lever may press
the endless band or bands equally against the fluted rollers, and the endless
band being always visible, the operative can immediately judge of the state of
the rollers and the cleanness of the bands. The endless band not only revolves
with the rollers, but they being covered with a soft substance preserves the
fibre and gloss of the leather.
The manner in which my said Invention is to be performed will be clearly
understood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings and the
letters of reference thereon, in which R, R, represents the cleaning rollers
placed on the pressure rollers K, K, or the rollers R', R¹, resting against the
fluted rollers' K', K', the said cleaning rollers being covered with the endles

page_text: bands P, P, and P¹, P¹, the said bands and rollers having different speeds.
M represents the lid or cover; G, the bearings of the spindles; K, K, K, the
pressure rollers; K', K, K¹, the fluted rollers; E, E¹, the spindles of the
cleaning rollers; h, h, h', h¹, the flanges of the rollers; Q, Q', a soft cloth or
substance placed on the rollers to soften the action; A a cross-plate, on which 5
the spindles E of the rollers rest; x, x, cross plates supporting the spindles E¹
of the cleaning rollers of the fluted cylinders; E" a stretcher or cross rail
uniting the cross plates x, x; Z, a nut to support the said cross plates; V, V,
a spring to raise and press the endless band against the cleaning rollers; S, a
support on which the minor parts of the apparatus rest; S1, S1, supports on
which the spring V, V, rests.
It may be necessary, in order to make the nature of the Invention better
understood, to state, that although shewn in the Drawings as only applied to
three rollers, it may be applied to 4, 5, or more, with 2, 3, or more cleaning
rollers, and which may be placed either before, behind, or between the different
fluted or pressure rollers. The advantages of my Invention, besides those
before-mentioned, are as follows:-
Firstly, I avoid the great inconvenience of the fly or waste being carried
away with the cotton, as in the old system.
Secondly, in consequence of diminished friction, there is less power required
and less heat produced, and consequently less of the electricity, which causes
the filaments to adhere, and also a less evaporation of oil, resulting in a more
perfect and economical lubrication..
Thirdly, preservation of the pressure rollers in consequence of the oil upon
them being carried away by the waste collected on the endless band, and also
from the softness of the rubbing or friction.
Fourthly, continual supervision is not required, the waste less frequently
requiring to be moved.
Fifthly, a larger amount of work can be done, because by this system
I avoid in a great degree the principal cause of delays, namely, the encircling
of the filaments round the rollers, and the down or waste being carried with it
forming snarls and breaking the staple.
And, sixthly, the bearings and spindles are protected from dust.
It is evident the dimensions of this apparatus will vary according to the size
of the machine.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, I would have it distinctly
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details herein set forth,
as, such may be varied or modified without departing from the principle

page_text: thereof; but I claim the method of cleaning the pressure cylinders of different
spinning machines by a combination of covers to protect the bearings, &c.,
from dust, dirt, fly, &c., serving at the same time to support the friction and
rollers of which the speed is regulated at pleasure in such a manner as to
prevent all inconveniences by the regularity of the speed of the clearer rollers
and also a lever moving on a pivot, so that the pressure follows all the un-
dulations and unequal movements of the clearer rollers.
In witness whereof, I, the said Louis Caemmerer, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
JULES DE WEMPTUME.
LOUIS CAEMMERER. (L.S.)