A Rotary Pulling, Dissecting, and Thread Drawing Machine for Utilising Waste Lace, Hosiery, and other such like Manufactured Material.
Year: 1889

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Rotary Pulling, Dissecting, and Thread Drawing Machine for
Utilising Waste Lace, Hosiery, and other such like Manufactured
Material.
JOSIAH CRANE 82 Ilkeston Road, Nottingham, Engineer do hereby declare the
nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to he
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
A rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine, for utilising waste lace
hosiery and other such like manufactured material and consisting of feed aparatus,
rotary drum and brush.
The said feed aparatus consists of feed box A. two feed rollers B. C. placed one
above the other, and between which the material passes to the spur roller D. placed
next the said rollers B. C. and under which the said material passes to the teeth of
the comb bar M. The said spur roller D. consisting of centre shaft with feather,
on which are placed a number of spur wheels as shown, and being driven from said
roller C. by spur wheels 14. 15. on each end. The top roller B is held down by
hanger H. and weights G. G. G. at each end.
The said comb bar M. is fixed by brackets 7. at each end, close to the spur roller D.
and consists of bar M. and two rows of steels combs L. L'.
Underneath the said spur roller D. is a block of wood Z. as shown, with brass
liners 8. 8 for holding the material up to the underside of the said spur roller D.
by which the said material is carried forward to the teeth of the said comb bar M.
and to the combs of the large revolving drum F.
The said wood block Z. is carried by the said comb bar M.
The said rotary drum F. is a large wooden drum, built on iron rims J. and
carrying on its circumference rows of steel combs E. E. E &c. extending from end
to end of the said drum diagonally, and by which the said material is dragged from
the points of said spur roller D. down over the points of said combs L. LP and by
which it is converted into seperate threads.
The said brush N. is for the purpose of clearing the said threads from the said
comb teeth E. E. E. &c. of said drum F. and consists of revolving roller 9. with
brushes 10. fixed on, and is driven by gut or beit 12. from rim pulley 11. on end
of said drum F. to small pulley 13. on brush spindle.
The feed aparatus is driven by a set of spur change wheels O. P. Q. R. S. T. U.
from the axle K. of the said drum F. and having change plate 17. with slots and
shifting studs for regulating said change wheels.
The whole being carried by two iron side standards V. V. V. coupled together by
stretcher rails 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. and having suitable bearings, and being driven by a
spur pinion W. on fast driving pulley X. to drive spur wheel Y. on drum shaft K.
No. 16. is loose pulley.
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. A rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine.
2. In a rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine a feed aparatus
consisting of feed box A. feed rollers B. C. spur roller D. and wood block Z. with its
brass liners 8. 81 and hangers H. and weights G. G. G. as and for the purpose
set forth.
3. In a rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine, a comb bar M.
carrying two rows of comb teeth I.. L' as and for the purpose set forth.

page_text: 4. In a rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine, a drum F. built up
of wood on iron rims J. keyed on shaft K. on which said shaft said drum revolves,
said drum F. carrying on its outer surface rows of steel combs E. E. E. said combs
extending from end to end of the said drum diagonally, said drum F. carrying on one
end a rim pulley 11. as and for the purpose set förtli.
5. In a rotary pulling, dissecting and thread drawing machine, a brush N.
consisting of a roller 9. with brushes 10. fixed from end to end as required and
pulley on end of brush spindle as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated this 10th day of December 1889.
JUDIAH CRANE.