ROVEMENTS IN PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Noble, of Leeds, in the County o
York, Manufacturer, for the Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES."
Sealed the 17th June 1853, and dated the 13th April 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Noble at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
13th April 1853.
I; JAMES NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES " to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of causing cotton or other fibres to be fed
into a machine by a roller having inclined teeth; the fibres are taken
by a succession of combs on arms rotating on an axis. Each comb has
motion on its own axis (as well as on the common axis), and each
comb is governed in its rotation by a projection coming against a cam
or guiding surface, which retains the comb correctly at the time of
taking the fibres, and also afterwards, till it arrives opposite a passing
comb or row of teeth, where the fibres are removed from the rotating
teeth by a brush or instrument into the teeth of the passing comb.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Noble in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 13th October 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JAMES NOBLE, of Leeds, in the County of York, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the six-
teenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Noble, Her special license
that I, the said James Noble, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said James Noble, my executors,
administrators, or 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 PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBRES," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said James Noble, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, 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 Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Noble, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement thereof (that is to say):
This Invention consists of causing cotton or other fibres to be fed
into a machine by a roller having inclined teeth; the fibres are taken by

page_text: à succession of combs on arms rotating on an axis. Each comb has
motion on its own axis (as well as on the common axis), and each comb
is governed in its rotation by a projection coming against a cam or
guiding surface, which retains the comb correctly at the time of taking
the fibres, and also afterwards, till it arrives opposite a passing comb or
row of teeth, where the fibres are removed from the rotating teeth by a
brush or instrument into the teeth of the passing comb, and from such
comb the fibres are drawn by rollers in the ordinary manner.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood, and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued
by me.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1, shows a section, and Figure 2, a plan of so much of a
machine as will enable me to describe the nature of my present improve-
ments. a, is an axis having arms b, b, which carry the axes of the rotating
combs c, c, which, in their revolution, take detached portions of the
cotton or other fibres from a feed roller d, or other feeding apparatus.
At the time the teeth of the comb c, take the fibre from the feed roller
or apparatus, the comb is caused to make a partial revolution on its
own axis by the arm c', coming in contact with the fixed cam or
guiding surface e, in order to hold the fibres more firmly whilst the
detaching takes place; and the comb is retained in this position until it
arrives opposite a passing comb or row of teeth f, where the fibres are
removed from the teeth of the rotating comb c, on to the teeth of the
passing or travelling comb f, by a brush g, or other suitable.apparatus,
and the fibres are then to be drawn from the teeth of the travelling
combf, by drawing off rollers, as is well understood. The axis a, is
supported in suitable bearings on the framing of the machine, and
receives motion by a band or strap from a steam engine or other motive
power, and any number of arms b, and combs c, may be employed,
as may be found most convenient, or the axes of the combs may
be supported by rings fixed on the axis a; all which will be readily
understood by any intelligent workman acquainted with, this class of
machinery.

page_text: Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do not con-
fine myself to the precise details herein shown and described; but what
I claim is, the causing a rotatory comb to make a partial revolution on
its own axis after it has taken the cotton or other fibres from suitable
feeding apparatus; and when the fibre arrives opposite a passing or
travelling comb, the fibre is delivered by a brush or other suitable
instrument, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Noble, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
JAMES NOBLE. (L.S.)
Witness, J. G. TONGUE.