Improvements in Fluted Rollers Used for Drawing, Feeding, and the like Purposes in Gill-boxes, Drawing, Combing, Carding, Rag Pulling, and other Textile Machines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 27th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 1st May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fluted Rollers Used for Drawing, Feeding, and the
like Purposes in Gill-boxes, Drawing, Combing, Carding, Rag
Pulling, and other Textile Machines.
We LEONARD GLOVER of Wortley Low Mills Leeds in the County of York
Woollen Manufacturer and CYRUS WILBY of 10 Western Terrace Low Wortley
Leeds in the County of York Foreman Rag Puller do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention refers to the fluted rollers used for drawing feeding and the like
purposes in gill boxes, drawing, combing, carding, 'rag pulling and other textile
machines. Such rollers are at present formed with triangular teeth, the sides of the
teeth being equally and uniformly inclined to the radial line passing through the
centre of the tooth.
Now our invention consists in forming the teeth of such feed rollers with unequally
inclined sides, consequently also with sides of unequal length. For example the
shorter side may be radial or approximately radial, whilst the longer side is much
more considerably inclined towards the circumference of the roller. The sides of the
teeth are preferably so inclined, that they both lie on one and the same side of the
radial line through the point of the tooth. The sides may be formed straight, or
the shorter side formed concave, and also the longer side convex.
The top roller, where the rollers are placed horizontally, as in the case of rag
pulling machines is preferably run in the direction in which the teeth point, and the
lower roller in the opposite direction.
The advantages of our invention are, that such teeth hold the rags or other material
more firmly than feeding rollers with teeth of the old shape, so that the rollers can be
run more rapidly, ensuring in the case of rag pulling machine greater production with
less bits or waste, and material having a longer staple is produced; and similar
advantages are obtained in other machines.
Dated this 20th dex of June 1806
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30 Park Row, Leeds, Agent for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fluted Rollers Used for Drawing, Feeding, and the
like Purposes in Gill-boxes, Drawing, Combing, Carding, Rag
Pulling, and other Textile Machines.
We LEONARD GLOVER of Wortley Low Mills Leeds in the County of York
Woollen Manufacturer and CYRUS WILBY of 10 Western Terrace Low Wortley
Leeds in the County of York Foreman Rag Puller 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 :-
Our invention refers to the fluted rollers used in drawing feeding and the like
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page_text: purposes in gill boxes drawing combing carding rag pulling and other textile
machines. Such rollers are at present formed with triangular teeth the sides of
the teeth being equally and uniformly inclined to the radial line passing through
the centre of the tooth.
Now our invention consists in forming the teeth of such rollers with unequally
inclined sides consequently also with sides of unequal length for example the shorter
side may be radial or approximately radial whilst the longer side is much more
considerably inclined towards the circumference of the roller. The sides of the
teeth are preferably so inclined that they lie on one and the same side of the radial
line through the point of the tooth. The sides may be formed straight or curved,
e.g. the shorter side concave and the longer side convex.
The top roller, where the rollers are placed horizontally, as in the case of rag
pulling machines, is preferably run in the direction in which the teeth point, and
the lower roller in the opposite direction.
The advantages of our invention are, that such teeth hold the rags more firmly
than feeding rollers with teeth of the old shape, so that the rollers can be run
more rapidly, ensuring in the case of rag pulling machines greater production with
less bits or waste, and material having a larger staple is produced. Similar
advantages are obtained in other machines."
And in order that our invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed may be more readily understood, we have annexed hereto the accompanying
drawing, in which:
Fig. 1 is an end view of such rollers as at present constructed, and
Fig. 2 an end view of such rollers constructed according to our invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The use and construction of drawing and feeding rollers for gill boxes, drawing,
combing, carding, rag pulling and other textile machines having teeth, the opposite
sides of which are unequally long and unequally inclined to the radial line passing
through the point of the tooth.
Dated this 22nd day of March 1897
J. CLARK JEFFERSON,
30 Park Row, Leeds, Agent for Applicants.