IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Bateman, of Asnieres, in the Empire of
France, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING
WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 29th April 1864, and dated the 3rd November 1863.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Bateman at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 3rd
November 1863.
I, SAMUEL BATEMAN, of Asnieres, in the Empire of France, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in certain improvements in machinery for combing
wool and other fibrous substances, whereby greater rapidity of working fine
wools is effected than by the machinery hitherto in use. I propose to mount
in bearings on suitable standards a frame of an irregular and oblong form,
having a driving shaft affixed thereto. A cylindrical comb is set in bearings
in the framework, which frame rotates by the action of the shaft. On the
bearing of the shaft a fixed pinion is placed, through which the shaft works.
The interior of the frame contains a circular horizontal rack into which a
pinion gears, which derives motion from the revolution of a toothed wheel
around the fixed wheel on the bearing of the shaft. The shaft is hollow to
admit steam to the interior of the cylindrical comb. A series of feeding

page_text: rollers are set on bearings, and the requisite pressure is given to the same by
spiral or other suitable springs. At the lower part of the standards the
carding drum is set on a shaft deriving motion from gearing from the driving
shaft. The periphery or surface of this carding drum may be made of a
grooved or concave form, so as to fit the convex surface of the comb, or it
may be made cylindrical or flat, and the teeth may vary in length to suit the
surface of the comb. The cylindrical comb is caused to rotate vertically and
horizontally at the same time by means of the double action of the driving
shaft and the circular rack. To allow of the lateral rotation the bearings are
set in a moveable shaft working in the frame. The wool when combed and
carded passes out of the machine between a trumpet-mouthed metallic guide,
which rotates at a rapid rate to give the sliver to the wool; it is then drawn
out by rollers held in position by spiral or other springs, and allowed to fall
out through a second trumpet mouth guide into the can or receptacle.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Samuel Bateman in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 3rd
May 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
BATEMAN, of Asnières, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-seventh year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Samuel Bateman, Her special licence that I, the said Samuel
Bateman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Samuel Bateman, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVE
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Samuel Bateman, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one
of their hand and seals, 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

page_text: within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Samuel Bateman, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention consists in certain improvements in machinery for combing
wool and other fibrous substances, whereby greater rapidity of working fine
wools is effected than by the machinery hitherto in use. I propose to mount
in bearings on suitable standards a frame of an irregular and oblong form,
having a driving shaft affixed thereto. A cylindrical comb is set in bearings in
the framework, and the comb therefore revolves with the frame by the motion
given to the driving shaft by the gearing from the main pulley wheel by a
driving strap from an engine. On the bearing of the frame shaft a fixed
pinion is placed, through which the shaft turns. The lower edge or periphery
of the comb is provided with a circular series of teeth constituting a rack, in
which a pinion gears, deriving motion from the revolutions of other toothed
gearing, fixed on and near the bearing of the main shaft of the revolving
frame containing the comb. The shaft is hollow to admit steam to the
interior of the cylindrical comb. A series of feeding rollers are set in bearings
on arched standards surmounting the cast-iron frame supporting the machinery
and over the revolving and rotating comb, and the requisite pressure is given
to them by spiral or other suitable springs. At the lower part of the machine
the carding drum is set on a shaft deriving motion from gearing from the
driving shaft. The periphery or surface of this carding drum may be made
of a grooved or concave form, so as to fit the convex surface of the comb, or it
may be made cylindrical or flat, and the teeth may vary in length to suit the
surface of the comb. The cylindrical comb is caused to rotate vertically and
horizontally at the same time by means of the double action of the driving
shaft and the circular rack. To allow of the horizontal or lateral rotation
of the comb within its revolving frame the bearings are set on a moveable
or turning shaft working in or across the frame. The wool when combed and
carded passes out of the machine between a trumpet-mouthed metallic guide
which rotates at a rapid rate to give the sliver to the wool; it is then drawn
out by rollers held in position by aid of spiral or other springs, and allowed
to fall through a second trumpet mouth guide into a can or receptacle.
In order to render my Invention capable of being clearly understood, I
annex a Drawing, shewing a front elevation of the machine, the operation of

page_text: which by aid of the foregoing explanation will be easily comprehended by
those conversant with machinery for combing wool.
a, a, represents the revolving frame and shaft actuated by the pinions at b,
the machinery deriving motion from the driving pulley c; d is the comb
revolving with its frame a, and rotating therein by the action of its circular
rack against the pinion at e. The Drawing shews the various parts of the
machine, such as the standards and supporting framework, with the several
wheels, shafts, and bands to actuate the general arrangement of moving parts,
and the rollers, pinions, and spring contained by the arched standard f, above
the comb.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I would remark in conclusion, that I do
not limit myself to the exact detail and configuration of parts expressed and
shewn, as the same may possibly be modified without in any way departing
from the principles thereof; but what I claim and desire to be secured to me
is, the general arrangement and combination of machinery, substantially as
expressed and shewn herein, and by the Drawing annexed, by means of
which the comb is made to operate in the novel manner specified, so as to
accomplish the combing of wools and other fibrous substances, as set forth
in the title hereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Bateman, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirtieth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
ALEX. MATTHYSSEN,
Asnières, près Paris.
SAMUEL BATEMAN. (L.S.)