Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 26th May, 1886
Complete Left, 25th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 10th May, 1887
RESERV
1 SAMUEL HINCHLIFFE of Haw Lane Yeadon in the county of York Scribbling
Overlooker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
I construct my rack (for operating the cart or carriage of the carding engine) with
a plate on both sides, the plates being fitted with revitted pins, also there is a loose
plate to apply the pegs loosely so that when required they can be removed and
shortened or added and lengthened, the pinion wheel works the rack forwards and
backwards in the usual manner this construction of rack is easier to work and handier
than the chain rack now used and not so liable to break.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Of 30, East Parade, Leeds,
Agent acting for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction of the Racks of Carding Engines.
I SAMUEL HINCHLIFFE of Haw Lane, Yeadon in the county of York 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:
My improvements relate to the racks of carding engines, whereby such racks are
handier and more effective than the chain racks usually or now employed.
I construct my rack with a plate on both sides, the plate being fitted with rivetted,
countersunk or loose pins or pegs, also I employ a loose plate to apply when required
for lengthening the rack so that the carriage may travel further, the pins or pegs fit
(preferably) loosely so that they can be renewed or removed when required, the pinion
wheel operates the rack as ordinary, the rack operating the cart or carriage of the
carding Engine.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig: 1, shews plan of rack constructed according to my improvements.
Fig. 2, shews plan of rack constructed according to my improvements.
Fig. 3, shews (detached) elevation of loose plate for lengthening the rack when
required. Figs. 4 and 5 shew peg and part of plate full size.
I construct my rack with a plate A on both sides the plates being fitted with
rivetted or loose pins or pegs B, these pins or pegs B may either pass through the
said plates A in the manner shown in Fig. 1, or may pass partly through as shewn in
Fig. 2, when thus constructed they are bolted together about every ten or twelve pins,
which admits of their being easily removed and renewed.
The loose plate C for lengthening the rack when required can be applied at both
ends of the rack if desired, when so applied I preferably employ six pins or pegs at
each end, but any number up to twelve may be used, or if preferred instead of having
six at each end twelve or other numbers may be used at one end of the rack only.
Dis the pinion wheel which moves the rack backwards and forwards as ordinary, the
loose plate may be countersunk to facilitate the putting in of the loose pins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said.invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is:
Constructing the racks of Carding Engines with a loose lengthening plate C and
pins or pegs B so as to lengthen or shorten the length of the rack as and for the
purposes shewn and described,
Dated this Twenty fourth day of February 1887.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.