Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Use in or Connected with the Manufacture of Cards for Carding Cotton and Wool and other Fibrous Materials.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct, 1887
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 21st Sept., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Use in or Connected
with the Manufacture of Cards for Carding Cotton and Wool and
other Fibrous Materials.
We, JOSEPH MOSELEY of Chapelfield Works, Ardwick, Manchester, HENRY
FAIRCLOUGH of Mersey Mills, Warrington, DAVID MOSELEY of Chapelfield Works
aforesaid JAMES FAIRCLOUGH BUTTERWORTH of 70 Market Street Manchester and
BENJAMIN BLUNDSTONE of Chapelfield Works aforesaid the Executors under the Will
of Charles Moseley deceased late of Chapelfield Works aforesaid do hereby declare
the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a machine or apparatus destined to regulate and control
the passage of wires sharpened with rounded or conical points at each end and to
select them one or more at a time and feed them on to apparatus by which they are
bent and inserted into a backing to form cards for carding cotton and wool and other
fibrous materials.
The apparatus consists of a hopper or receiver into which the sharpened wires are
received and at its lower end is a passage in which there is room for but one wire to
pass at a time. In this passage a reciprocating rubbing or ranging bar works back-
wards and forwards and acts on the wires to arrange them in proper order.
From the side or sides of the passage the conical points of the wires protrude and
a reciprocating spring extractor is moved to and from so that it seizes a wire or as
many wires as are to be inserted in the card at each operation and withdraws it or them
and then moves against a remover by which the wire is or wires are removed from the
extractor and it or they is or are then fed forward in proper order and number to be
bent and inserted into the backing to form the card. Instead of the points protruding
from the passage the wires may be seized at some other portion of their length by the
extractor.
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page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Use in or Connected
with the Manufacture of Cards for Carding Cotton and Wool and
other Fibrous Materials.
We JOSEPH MOSELEY of Chapelfield Works Ardwick Manchester HENRY
FAIRCLOUGH of Mersey. Mills Warrington DAVID MOSELEY of Chapelfield Works
aforesaid JAMES FAIRCLOUGH BUTTERWORTH of 70 Market Street Manchester and
BENJAMIN BLUNDSTONE of Chapelfield Works aforesaid the Executors under the Will
of Charles Moseley deceased late of Chapelfield Works aforesaid 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 a machine or apparatus destined to regulate and control
the passage of lengths of cut wires sharpened with rounded or conical points at each
end and to select them one or more at a time and feed them on to apparatus by which
they are bent and inserted into a backing to form cards for carding cotton and wool
and other fibrous materials.
The apparatus consists of a hopper or receiver into which the sharpened wires are
received and at its lower end is a passage in which there is room for but one length of
wire to pass at a time. In this passage a reciprocating rubbing or ranging bar works
backwards and forwards and acts on the wires to arrange them in proper order. From
the side or sides of the passage the conical points of the wires protrude and a
reciprocating spring extractor is moved to and fro so that it seizes a wire or as many
wires as are to be inserted in the card at each operation and withdraws it or them and
then moves against a remover by which the wire is or wires are removed from the
extractor and it or they is or are then fed forward in proper order and number to be
bent and inserted into the backing to form the card.
The accompanying drawings show mechanism constructed or arranged according to
this Invention and also illustrate a machine with which it is used so as to indicate
more clearly the offices of the mechanism according to the Invention and the
arrangement of the said mechanism in conjunction with the other parts of the
machine.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a side view of the machine Figure 3 is a side
view of the motion for operating the transverse feed of the foundation material for
bringing it into position for receiving each tooth. Figure 4 represents further details
of the foundation material feed motions. Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 represent details of
the tooth bending and inserting devices. Figures 9, 10, 11 and 12 are details of the
apparatus employed for selecting the needles and conveying them to the tooth bending
and inserting devices. Figures 13, 14, 15 and 16 are details of apparatus or devices
for separating the needles and presenting them to the apparatus employed to seize and
convey them to the bending and inserting mechanism.
In all the Figures similar letters and figures are employed to denote similar
parts.

page_text: A is the cam for actuating the mechanism used in bending the teeth after they are
inserted in the foundation or backing and generally known as the "crooking motion."
B is the cam operating the foundation transverse feed motion. C is a cam for the
needle separator. DE and F are cams which give motion to the tooth bending and
inserting apparatus and G is a cam which actuates the needle seizer and transferrer.
All these cams are mounted and secured upon the shaft H upon one end of which there
may be fixed a pulley for power driving and a hand wheel for turning by hand when
required may be fixed at the other end of the shaft.
The lengths of wire each to form a double tooth and pointed at each end are supplied
to the hopper J and are arranged therein transversely thereto and parallel with each
other.
The foundation feed motions consist of the cam B which works against and operates
the lever 4 to which the pawl 2 is attached. The pawl 2 engages with the teeth of the
ratchet wheel 1 mounted upon the shaft 7 upon which is also mounted the cam 8
the profile of which is shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. This cam gives the step by
stop lateral motion to the foundation material I through the abutment 9 to a projection
from which (18) a spiral spring 27 is attached to secure the return motion. The
fluted rollers 10, 10 which are forced together by the spring 19 and which firmly
grip the foundation material between them are caused to partake of the lateral motion
set up by the cam 8. The step by step forward motion of the foundation material is
derived from the star wheel or cai 21 Figures 1 and 2. The teeth or projections
of the wheel at the desired intervals lift the lever 22 carrying the pawl 23 engaging
with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 24 fixed upon the shaft 25 upon which also the
upper roller 10 is keyed. The catch 26 prevents back motion of the ratchet
wheel 24.
The tooth bending motion is originated by the cam A working against the lever 12 the
opposite end of which is connected to the swing frame 13 carrying the spring
arms 14, 14, upon which the bending hooks 15, 15, are secured. The various adjust-
ments of the bending hooks 15, 15, are respectively secured by the screws 16, 17, 27"
and 28. The spiral spring 27 is attached to the abutment 9 by the projection 18.
Figure 4. The springs 3, 6 and 28 secure the return motions of the levers to
which they are respectively attached.
The device for separating the lengths of wire is operated from the cam C. The
hopper or receptacle contains the lengths of wire placed therein as aforesaid. They are
removed therefrom by a reciprocating slide 29, having a groove formed in it capable
of receiving only one length of wire at a time.
The device for selecting and transferring the lengths of wire selects the lengths
from the separator and transfers them to the tooth bending and inserting apparatus.
It is illustrated in Figs. 1, 9, 10, 11 and 12. The lever 30 is centred on the adjust-
able bearing 31 by means of which the amount of the angular motion of the lever
may be varied to suit different lengths of teeth. This lever by a short connecting
rod 33 gives horizontal reciprocating motion to the rod 34 carried in the guide 32.
Figure 9 is a cross section looking at the bearing 31 from the right. Figure 10 is a
side view with the bearing in section. Figure 11 is a partial front view and Figure 12
is a plan. The rod 34 as represented in the drawings has a triangular section and it
is adjustable by the screws in the slotted brackets 35. The end of the rod 34 carries
the spring nippers K which seize the length of wire presented by the selecting
apparatus and present it to the tooth bending and inserting device. Different
positions of the nippers are illustrated in Figures 6, 7 and 8.
The tooth bending and inserting motion is illustrated in Figures 1, 2, 5, 6, 7 and 8. It
is derived from the cams D E F of which D operates the plunger; E the former, and
F the tube. This motion is analogous to that described in the Specification of the
Patent of March 12th 1886 No. 3482 the main difference being that the length of
wire being presented at the side there is no turning motion for the tube. The operation
is as follows:-The tube and plunger being in the position shown in Figure 5 the
nippers K advance, seize a length of wire by the projecting point and return with it
to the position shown in Figure 6. The former bar 36 then rises, and the plunger

page_text: advances, thus nipping the length of wire between the plunger and the former bar.
Next the slotted tube advances and bends the length of wire over the former bar as
in Figure 7. The former bar is now lowered after which the tube and plunger
advance with the bent tooth until its points are in contact with the foundation
material when the plunger alone advances and pushes the tooth through the fabric as
in Figure 8. The tube and plunger then return to their first position and the cycle
is repeated.
We have described the mechanism we consider best adapted for the purposes of our
invention but we do not limit ourselves to the details shown and described.
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 :-
1. In machinery or apparatus for the manufacture of cards for carding cotton or,
wool the combination of mechanism adapted for selecting lengths of already cut and
pointed wires and delivering them to the mechanism by which they are bent and
inserted into the foundation material substantially as hereinbefore described.
2. In or for machinery or apparatus for use in or connected with the manufacture
of cards for carding cotton and wool a hopper or receiver for lengths of wire with an
outlet for but one wire at a time with a ranging or selecting bar for removing one
wire at a time and bringing it into position to be brought under the operation of
the bending and inserting devices substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated.
3. In or for machinery or apparatus for use in or connected with the manufacture
of cards for carding cotton and wool or other fibrous materials a device for seizing
lengths of wires and bringing them into position to be bent and inserted into the
foundation material substantially as herein before described and illustrated.
4. In machinery or apparatus for use in or connected with the manufacture of cards
for carding cotton and wool and other fibrous materials the combination of a hopper
or receiver for lengths of wire and means for removing one length at a time and a
device for removing the wires one after the other and bringing them into position to
be acted on by the binding and inserting devices substantially as herein before described
and illustrated.
Dated this 10th day of August 1000