Improvements in or applicable to Openers and Scutchers and to Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and other Machines having Cone Drums.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th May, 1892-Accepted, 2nd July, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Openers and Scutchers and to
Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and other Machines having Cone
Drums.
I, EDWARD BUCKLEY, of the firm of Taylor Lang & Co. Limited, of Castle
Iron Works, Stalybridge, in the County of Chester, Machine Maker, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention, to be as follows:-
"
Firstly. My invention refers to what are commonly termed "exhaust openers
in which two openers are combined to work together; in some cases one in one
room and the other in another room above or below it, or in which the two openers
work together in the same room, but at a distance apart, the fibre operated upon in
one opener being caused to pass along pipes to the other opener by the exhaust
current produced in such pipes, which acts through the cages to draw away dust
and dirt from the fibres.
These machines being thus at a distance apart and one machine feeding or
passing the fibres to the other, the feeding parts of both machines have to be
arranged and timed accordingly, so that one machine will properly supply fibre to
the other, and the machine to which the fibre is first fed when starting the
machines to work is first started and subsequently (at the proper interval) the
second machine is started.
But when stopping the machines the machine that was first set to work is first
stopped and then the second machine is stopped at the required interval.
This part of my invention relates to improved arrangements and combinations of
mechanism for effecting the object above referred to.
There is a handle lever on a fulcrum stud in the framing hereinafter termed the
first lever, has an arm from it connected by a rod with a clutch box for bringing
in and out of gear the first machine where the fibre is fed, and when the first lever
is lifted, the first machine is brought into gear.
When the first lever is lifted, it is held up by a weighted catch lever, hereinafter
termed the first catch lever.
On a fulcrum stud in the first lever a lever, having one arm shorter than the
other, is placed, and the end of the short arm is nearly vertical and comes under a
piece which is adjustable on another lever placed on a fulcrum stud in the framing,
this lever being hereinafter termed the contact lever, as on an axis in its end there
is a pulley or toothed wheel, on the side of which there is a pulley to which one
end of a jointed chain is attached, which descends and passes through a hole, in a
lever handle hereinafter termed the second lever.
When the first lever is lifted the short arm of the lever comes against the
adjustable part on the contact lever and thus brings its friction pulley or a wheel
into contact or gear with a friction pulley or a wheel on the end of the axis of the'
calender roller for the laps which is constantly rotating.
This causes the jointed chain to begin to wind up as soon as contact or gear is
made, and a hoop adjustable on the jointed chain after a certain time comes in
contact with the second lever, and lifts it also until its catch lever (the second
catch lever) holds it up.
There is an adjusting screw carried upon the second lever, the end of which
adjusting screw comes against the long arm of the lever when lifted sufficiently
high and this causes the short arm of the Llever to be moved on one side and to
be brought from under the adjustable part on the contact lever, and allows that
lever to fall and bring the pulley or wheel carried by it out of gear.
The second lever is upon a suitable fulcrum on the framing carries the bearing

page_text: for the end of a shaft constantly revolving upon which there is a toothed wheel
that comes into gear with a wheel on the end of the bottom calender roller, and
this starts the second machine to work.
When a given length of lap has been formed the machines are stopped by fingers
adjustable on a short shaft, which fingers come in succession against the first and
second catch levers which being moved allow the first and second levers to fall in
succession and with the required interval between.
The short shaft carrying the said fingers is in suitable bearings and is rotated by
a wheel upon it that gears with a pinion on one end of a shaft in suitable bearings
driven by a worm on the bottom-calender roller, gearing to a worm wheel of
suitable size or other gearing on or connected with the shaft which by gearing
drives the short shaft carrying the fingers upon it.
Secondly. My improvements relate to the mechanism for equalizing the feed of
the fibres in openers, scutchers and like machines.
There are a series of levers side by side across the machine and the fibre being
fed passes under a roller and between the upper faces of the ends of these levers
that press the fibres against the roller and gauge its thickness.
The movements of these levers according to the varying thickness of the fibres
passing between their ends and the said roller act in a well known manner to
traverse a belt between cone drums so as to increase or decrease the speed of the
feed accordingly in order to produce a uniform thickness in the lap.
This part of my invention consists in jointing a short lever to the end of each
gauging lever, the surface of which comes against the undersides of two feeding
rollers (in place of one) by which the fibres are more uniformly fed and the
equalizing mechanism acts more perfectly.
Thirdly. My invention relates to the mechanism for traversing the driving belt
between the cone drums used in openers, scutchers, and like machines and in
slubbing, intermediate and roving frames and other like machines.
The object of my invention is to act upon the belt of the cone drums in a line
parallel with the axes of the cone drums and to keep the belt forks at or near the
same distance as possible from the periphery of each cone drum, so that the belt
will be traversed more perfectly upon the cone drums and will answer to and act
more promptly to movements for traversing it along the cone drums.
When the cone drums are on horizontal axes, the belt forks for each drum are
one at one end, the other at the other end of a straight bar, extending between the
two drums, the belt fork bar being in a vertical position.
On a stud on the belt fork bar a grooved pulley is placed which runs upon the
edge of a guide bar secured to the framing, parallel to the axes of the cone drums.
This guide bar is shaped according to the cones, some of which are straight and
others are curved, and it causes the belt guides carried by the belt fork bar to
keep at the same distance from the periphery of the drums, in every position of the
belt guides along the cone drums.
The belt fork bar has a slot in its lengthway at each end, for a pin or projection,
from the end of a two armed lever on a fulcrum stud in a bracket from the framing,
there are two of these levers one for each end of the belt fork bar, each of which
levers has a toothed segment formed on one arm and they gear together so that
the ends of both levers act to move both ends of the belt fork bar simultaneously,
and thus the latter is kept in every position at a right angle to the axes of the cone
drums.
One of the toothed segment levers has another toothed segment that gears with
the toothed segment of another lever on a fulcrum stud in the framing which by a
rod is connected up with a bell crank lever on a fulcrum stud on the framing
which receives movement from the fibre gauging mechanism, hereinbefore
referred to.
The arrangement of mechanism above described is the same when the axes of
.the cone drums are vertical, except as modified to suit its change in position.
According to another modification, the belt fork bar is secured to an inclined

page_text: bar extending in a plane parallel to that passing through the axes of the cone
drums.
The underside of this inclined bar is formed to suit the shape of the cone drums,
it is curved if they are curved and straight if they are straight.
The under-side of the inclined bar rests upon pulleys (one near one end, the
other near the other end) on studs in the framing, and thus arranged the inclined
bar forms a guide to the movements imparted to the belt fork guide and keeps it
at a right angle to the axes of the cone drums in every position.
Under the inclined bar, with a space between, there is another bar secured to the
framing, and this stationary bar is straight or curved to correspond with that of the
inclined bar.
The opposite edges of the inclined and stationary bar are toothed to gear with a
toothed wheel which comes between them.
This toothed wheel can roll in the lengthway of the bars and in doing so gives
double the movement which it receives to the inclined bar.
The toothed wheel is on an axis in a fork which is connected by a rod with one
end of a lever, the other end of which is on a shaft in suitable bearings on the
framing which shaft has a bevel wheel upon it that gears with another bevel wheel
having an arm from it that is connected by a rod with a bell crank lever, actuated
by the equalizing mechanism before referred to.
When this part of my invention is applied to slubbing, and like frames, the belt
guide bar is connected with an arm from it that has a projection at each end to
rest and slide upon two guiding bars straight or curved to keep the belt fork bar
as it moves to and fro at a right angle to the axes of the cone drums and their
forks at the proper distance from the peripheries of the cone drums.
There is a stud projection from the arm that extends from the belt fork bar that
enters a vertical slot formed in the end of the bar actuating the belt fork bar,
which slot allows the latter to move to and fro in the direction of its lengthway.
The arrangement last described may be modified by causing the belt fork bar to
slide freely through guides in the forked end of the bar actuating the cone belts
which guides will keep the belt fork bar at a right angle to the axes of the cone
drums, and a pulley on a stud in the belt fork bar works upon a stationary inclined
bar straight or curved as required to keep the belt forks at their proper distance
from the peripheries of the conc drums.
Dated this Twenty-sixth day of November 1891.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in or applicable to Openers and Scutchers and to
Slubbing, Intermediate, Roving and other Machines having Cone
Drums.
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I, EDWARD BUCKLEY, of the firm of Taylor Lang & Co. Limited, of Castle
Iron Works, Stalybridge, in the County of Chester, Machine Maker, 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 :-
Firstly. My invention refers to what are commonly termed exhaust openers
in which two openers are combined to work together; in some cases one in one
room and the other in another room above or below it, or in which the two openers
work together in the same room, but at a distance apart, the fibre operated upon in
one opener, being caused to pass along pipes to the other opener by the exhaust
current produced in such pipes, which acts through the cages to draw away dust
and dirt from the fibres.
These machines being thus at a distance apart, and one machine feeding or
passing the fibres to the other, the feeding parts of both machines have to,be

page_text: arranged and timed accordingly, so that one machine will properly supply fibre to
the other, and the machine to which the fibre is first fed when starting the machines
to work, is first started, and subsequently (at the proper interval) the second
machine is started.
But when stopping the machines the machine that was first set to work is first
stopped, and then the second machine is stopped at the required interval.
This part of my invention relates to improved arrangements and combinations of
mechanism for effecting the object above referred to.
There is a handle lever on a fulcrum stud in the framing, hereinafter termed the
first lever, which has an arm from it connected by a rod, with a clutch box for
bringing in and out of gear the first machine where the fibre is fed, and when the
first lever is lifted, the first machine is brought into gear. When the first lever is
lifted, it is held up by a weighted catch lever, liereinafter termed the first catch lever.
On a fulcrum stud in the first lever a lever having one arm shorter than the
other, is placed, and the end of the short arm is nearly vertical and comes under a
piece which is adjustable on another lever placed on a fulcrum stud in the framing,
this lever being hereinafter termed the contact lever, as on an axis in its end, there
is a pulley or toothed wheel, on the side of which, there is a pulley to which one
end of a jointed chain is attached, which descends and passes through a hole, in a
lever handle hereinafter termed the second lever.
a wheel into contact or
When the first lever is lifted the short arm of the lever comes against the
adjustable part on the contact lever, and thus brings the friction pulley or
gear with a friction pulley or a wheel on the
end of the axis of the calender roller for the laps, which is constantly
rotating. This causes the jointed chain to begin to wind up as soon as contact or
gear is made, and a hoop adjustable on the jointed chain after a certain time comes
in contact with the second lever, and lifts it also, until its catch lever (the second
catch lever) holds it up.
There is an adjusting screw carried upon the second lever, the end of which
adjusting screw comes against the long arm of the Llever when lifted sufficiently
high and this causes the short arm of the L lever to be moved on one side, and to be
brought from under the adjustable part on the contact lever, and allows that lever
to fall and bring the pulley or wheel carried by it out of gear.
The second lever is upon a suitable fulcrum on the framing, carries the bearing
for the end of a shaft constantly revolving upon which there is a toothed wheel
that comes into gear with a wheel on the end of the bottom calender roller, and
this starts the second machine to work.
When a given length of lap has been formed, the machines are stopped by
fingers adjustable on a short shaft, which fingers come in succession against the
first and second catch levers which being moved allow the first and second levers to
fall in succession and with the required interval between.
The short shaft carrying the said fingers is in suitable bearings and is rotated
by a wheel upon it that gears with a pinion on one end of a shaft in suitable
bearings driven by a worm on the bottom calender roller, gearing to a worm wheel
of suitable size or other gearing on or connected with the shaft which by gearing
drives the short shaft carrying the fingers upon it.
Secondly. My improvements relate to the mechanism for equalizing the feed of
the fibres to openers, scutchers and like machines. There are a series of levers
side by side across the machine and the fibre being fed passes under a roller and
between the upper faces of the ends of these levers that press the fibres against
the roller and gauge the thickness.
The movements of these levers according to the varying thickness of the fibres
passing between their ends and the said roller act in a well known manner to
traverse a belt between cone drums so as to increase or decrease the speed of the
feed accordingly in order to produce a uniform thickness in the lap. This part of
my invention consists in jointing a short lever to the end of each gauging lever,
the surface of which comes against the undersides of two feeding rollers (in place

page_text: of one) by which the fibres are more uniformly fed and the equalizing mechanism
acts more perfectly.
Thirdly. My invention relates to the mechanism for traversing the driving belt
between the cone drums used in openers, scutchers and like machines, and in
slubbing, intermediate and roving frames and other like machines.
The object of my invention is to act upon the bolt of the cone drums in a
line parallel with the axes of the cone drums and to keep the belt forks at
or near the same distance as possible from the periphery of each cone drum, so
that the belt will be traversed more perfectly upon the cone drums and will
answer to and act more promptly to movements for traversing it along the cone drums.
When the cone drums are on horizontal axes, the belt forks for each drum are
one at one end, the other at the other end of a straight bar, extending between the
two drums, the belt fork bar being in a vertical position.
On a stud on the belt fork bar, a grooved pulley is placed which runs upon the
edge of a guide bar secured to the framing, parallel to the axes of the cone drums.
This guide bar is shaped according to the cones, some of which are straight and
others are curved, and it causes the belt guides carried by the belt fork bar to
keep at the same distance from the periphery of the drums, in every position of
the belt guides along the cone drums.
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The belt fork bar has a slot in its lengthway at each end, for a pin or projection,
from the end of a two armed lever on a fulcrum stud in a bracket from the framing,
there are two of these levers one for each end of the belt fork bar, each of
which levers has a toothed segment formed on one arm and they gear together
so that the ends of both levers act to move both ends of the belt fork bar
simultaneously, and thus the latter is kept in every position at a right angle to
the axes of the cone drums.
One of the toothed segment levers has another toothed segment that gears with
the toothed segment of another lever on a fulcrum stud in the framing which by a
rod is connected up with a bell crank lever on a fulcrum stud on the framing, which
receives movement from the fibre gauging mechanism, hereinbefore referred to.
The arrangement of mechanism above described is the same when the axes of
the cone druns are vertical, except as modified to suit its change in position.
According to another modification, the belt fork bar is secured to an inclined
bar extending in a plane parallel to that passing through the axes of the
cone drums.
The underside of this inclined bar is formed to suit the shape of the cone drums,
it is curved if they are curved and straight if they are straight.
The under-side of the inclined bar rests upon pulleys (one near one end, the
other near the other end) on studs in the framing and thus arranged the inclined
bar forms a guide to the movements imparted to the belt fork guide and keeps it at
a right angle to the axes of the cone drums in every position. Under the inclined
bar, with a space between, there is another bar secured to the framing, and this
stationary bar is straight or curved to correspond with that of the inclined, bar.
The opposite edges of the inclined and stationary bar are toothed to gear with a
toothed wheel which comes between them. This toothed wheel can roll in the
lengthway of the bars and in doing so gives double the movement which it
receives to the inclined bar.
The toothed wheel is on an axis in a fork which is connected by a rod with one
end of a lever, the other end of which is on a shaft in suitable bearings on the
framing which shaft has a bevel wheel upon it that gears with another bevel wheel
having an arm from it that is connected by a rod with a bell crank lever actuated
by the equalizing mechanism before referred to. When this part of my invention is
applied to slubbing, and like frames, the belt guide bar is connected with an arm
from it that has a projection at each end to rest and slide upon two guiding bars
straight or curved to keep the belt fork bar as it moves to and fro at a right angle
to the axes of the cone drums and their forks at the proper distance from the
peripheries of the cone drums.

page_text: There is a stud projection from the arm that extends from the belt fork bar, that
enters a vertical slot formed in the end of the bar actuating the belt fork bar,
which slot allows the latter to move to and fro in the direction of its lengthway.
The arrangement last described may be modified by causing the belt fork bar to
slide freely through guides in the forked end of the bar actuating the cone belts,
which guides will keep the belt fork bar at a right angle to the axes of the cone
drums, and a pulley on a stud in the belt fork bar works upon a stationary inclined
bar straight or curved as required to keep the belt forks at their proper distance
from the peripheries of the cone drums.
I will first describe the first part of my invention, applicable to what are termed
"exhaust openers" which is illustrated by Fig. 1. which is a side elevation of
part of the lap forming end of an exhaust opener.
Fig. 2. is an end elevation of the levers and the connected framing for them,
for starting and stopping the machine, and
Fig. 3. is a plan view of part of the mechanism shown in Fig. 1.
a, is part of the side frame of the machine.
the
On a hollow stud 6, on the framing, forming the bearing for the shaft,
lever b, (termed the first lever) has its fulcrum, one arm 6, from it is jointed to one
end of a rod 63, which in this example is supposed to ascend to the feeding part of
the "exhaust opener" in a room above that in which the lap end of the machine
is working, partly represented by Fig. 1.
The upper end of the rod 3, is jointed with a lever, forming any ordinary clutch
lever for bringing a clutch or other equivalent arrangement in and out of gear to start
and stop that part of the exhaust opener to which the fibre is being fed. The first
lever b, forms a handle for moving it up and down and it works through a guiding
slot in the framing (see Fig. 2) upon the lower end of which slot. it is supported
when down. When the first lever b, is lifted to its highest position as shown in the
drawings a notch or step on a lever c, having its fulcrum on a stud at c¹, comes
under its lower edge and holds it up.
The upper part of this lever c, (termed the first catch lever) is formed with a
handle e, and has also a projection from it forming a weight c³, the weight of the
handle ², and weight arm, act to keep the edge of the catch lever c, against one
side of the first lever b, so that the notch or step on it will always be ready to come
under the lower edge of the first lever b, when it is lifted.
There is a stud 6, in the side of the first lever b, which forms the fulcrum for an
lever d, having the vertical arm shorter than the horizontal arm.
The upper end of the vertical arm of the lever d, when the first lever b, is lifted,
will come under an adjustable part e, on a forked lever e, (termed the contact lever)
having its fulcrum on a stud e¹, in the framing.
The part 2, is adjusted by a set screw 3, screwing through a projection from
the forked lever e, and is secured thereto by a set screw e', screwed into the
forked lever e, which set screw passes through a vertical slot in the adjustable
part e
The forked lever e, carries a short shaft es, forming the axis of a chain pulley e,
and friction pulley e, or toothed wheel.
The friction pulley or wheel e', when the forked lever e, is lifted will come in
contact or into gear with a corresponding pulley or wheel, on the end of the
axis, of one of the lap rollers constantly rotating when the machine is at work, and
then the pulley or wheel e', will be rotated, and with it the connected pulley e, for
a jointed chain e, one end of which is secured to that pulley. The other end of the
jointed chain hangs down from the periphery of the pulley e, vertically and passes
through a hole in a projection on the side of the second lever (9) hereinafter
referred to.
There is a hoop or weight e, which has a hole in it through which the jointed
chain passes and upon which the weight can be adjusted and then secured by a set
screw screwing through a hole in the weight.

page_text: The part to which the weight is secured may be a rod in which case the upper
end of it is attached to the lower end of the jointed chain.
When the first lever b, is lifted to bring the pulleys e', and f', into contact, the
pulley e, will begin to wind up the jointed chain and the upper side of the weight e³,
will sooner or later (as arranged) come against the under side of the projection from
the second lever, and lift it, and when lifted the end of an adjustable set screw g³,
screwing vertically through a projection from the second lever 9, will come under
the edge of the long horizontal arm of the L lever d, and will turn its short arm
to one side and release it from the adjustable part e, on the forked lever e, and
allow it to drop by gravity, and the friction pulley or wheel e, will come out of
contact or gear with the pulley f¹, and the forked lever will rest against any
suitable stop g', Fig. 3. on the lever g, and the weight e, will cause the jointed
chain e, to unwind from the pulley e, which rotates backwards until a projection
from it (not shown) comes against the forked lever e, as a stop, the pulley being
arranged to commence to wind up from the same position each time, that is, from a
position in which the upper side of the weight e, is at the same distance from the
underside of the second lever g, when in its lowest position.
When free the long arm of the L lever d, may rest upon the end of the set.
screw 2, when the lever b, is in its lowest position or the vertical arm of the
lever d, may rest against a stop in the framing.
The second lever g, has its fulcrum upon a stud g', in the framing, its free end
forms a handle and is arranged in respect to the second catch lever g³, same as the-
first catch lever c, in respect to the first lever b.
', is the fulcrum stud; y, handle; and 96, weight arm of the second catch
lever g³.
The second lever g, carries the bearing of one end of a shaft h, (commonly termed
the drop shaft) constantly revolving when the machine is at work, and on the end
of this shaft h, there is a spur pinion, that will gear with a spur wheel ², on the
axis, of the bottom calender roller (being one of two or more commonly termed
consolidating rollers) and rotate it when the second lever g, is in its highest position,.
but this calender roller stops rotation when the pinion ¹, is out of gear with the
wheel; when the second lever g, is in its lowest position.
A bracket j, secured on the hollow stud 6, for the shaft b', forms the bearing
for one end of a shaft j, the other end of which is in a bearing in a bracket j³,
secured to the framing.
This shaft j, has a worm wheel 3, upon it that gears with a worm ', on the
axis h, of the lower calender roller, so that, when the latter is rotating, the shaft j.
is also slowly rotating.
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At the other end of this shaft from the worm wheel there is a spur wheel j',
that gears with one 7, on the end of a short shaft jo, in suitable bearings in a
bracket on the framing.
On the other end of the short shaft jo, two fingers 7, and 1, are arranged. One
finger, comes opposite to the first catch lever c, and the other, opposite the
second catch lever g³, and will move these catch levers on their fulcrums on one
side, in succession so as to allow both the first lever (6) and second lever (g) to drop.
to their lowest positions in their respective guide slots.
These fingers begin to operate when a certain number of revolutions of the lower
calender roller (axis h³) have been made, so as to cause the shaft j, to make
one revolution, and the time of operation can be varied by arranging the gearing
accordingly.
The fingers, and 13, are not fast upon the short shaft jo, circumferentially, but
are each driven by a pin in the shaft je or in a disc which can be adjustable
circumferentially on the shaft, the pin for each finger passing into concentric
slots in the boss parts of the fingers (see Fig. 2). Each pin will drive its finger
when it comes against one end of the concentric slot in the finger, but the finger can
fall forward by gravity to the extent of the length of the concentric slot when it
has operated upon its catch lever c, or g³, so as to be out of the way and clear of the

page_text: catch lever when it has to come forward again to hold up the lever b, or g, as the
case may be.
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The short shaft jo, rotates in the direction shown by the arrow on Fig. 2.
The end of the finger j', comes first, against the upper part of the first catch
lever c, and begins to force it back until it has moved it so far as to release the
first lever b, from the notch or step in it, this stops the feeding part of the
machine.
In falling, the lever b, forces the catch lever c, further back and clear of the end
of the finger, when its end can fall by gravity downwards to the length of its
concentric slot, so as to be quite clear of the catch lever c, when it comes into its
holding up position again as shown in Fig. 2.
Next the finger, operates upon the second catch lever 9, and releases the
second lever g, which then falls and puts the pinion ', out of gear with the wheel /²,
and stops the calender roller ½³.
The finger, then drops by gravity as explained in reference to the finger j
The finger, may be secured fast on the shaft jo, as it moves some distance after
releasing the catch lever c, the finger, being only arranged as above described.
Fig. 3A (Sheet 2) shows a part of Fig. 1 and another modification for lifting the
lever g, automatically, after the lever b, has first been lifted and latched in its
in-gear position.
On the end of the lap roller f there is a toothed pinion f¹, that can gear with a
toothed rack u, placed in an inclined position.
This rack u, is slotted, and the slot at its upper end fits a block ¹, that can
swivel on a stud v², secured in the upright arm of a bell crank lever v, on a fulcrum
stud va, in the framing.
The swivel block v¹, is secured so that it cannot come off the end of the stud v³,
by a screw nut or pin.
The horizontal arm of the lever v, is weighted and may have a slot vt, in it for
a stud, in the framing which slot and stud limit the extent of movement in the
lever v.
In the position shown, the toothed rack u, is supposed to be in gear with the
pinion, but when the weighted end of the lever v, moves until the other end of
the slot, comes against the stud to, the toothed rack is then out of gear with the
pinion f¹.
About the middle of the toothed rack u, there is another swivel block ', on a
stud, in a projection from the lever g, the toothed rack, being arranged to come
between the levers b, and g.
The swivel block g', will move up and down in the slot in the rack u, when the
lever, is moved, or the rack will slide up and down on the swivel block g', when
it rises and falls.
At the lower end of the rack u, there is a set screw w.
screw through the hole at the lower end of the rack, but
block w, in the slot in the rack.
It passes but does not
screws through a slide
Between the slide block w', and the lower end of the slot there is a helical
spring, and by means of the lock nuts we³, on the screw w, the tension upon the
spring w, may be regulated so that it will lift the weight of the lever 9, when the
end of the set screw w, comes against the swivel block 7, on the study,
the lever, then if the rack u, lifts higher the spring w², will be compressed.
in
As shown the end of the set screw w, can be adjusted to come sooner or later
against the swivel block g', as desired.
Jointed on the lever b, at 6, there is a bell crank lever d, the end of the vertical
arm of which, when the lever b, is lifted will come under a projection from the
weighted end of the lever v, and this will put the rack into gear with the pinion",
and it will then begin to ascend.
The horizontal arm of the lever d, rests upon a stop pin 6, in the side of the
lever b, and when the rack u, has lifted the lever g, by the action of the set screw w,
to its highest position, the end of another set screw u, screwing through a projection

page_text: from the side of the rack u, comes against the underside of the horizontal arm of the
lever d, or a projection from its side, and lifts it and releases the end of its vertical
arm from the weighted end of the lever r, which then falls and brings the rack u,
out of gear with the pinion f'.
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But to make this certain, there is a third arm, from the lever which has an
adjusting set screw 7, in it that comes against a projection from the upper side of
the horizontal arm of the lever d, when its vertical arm is clear of the projection on
the end of the weighted arm of the lever, and this forces the rack u, out of gear
with the pinion, then the weight of the rack causes it to descend to its lowest
position.
The spring w², permits the rack u, to rise a short distance after the lever g, has
been lifted to its highest position, and this rise ensures the rack u, being thrown out
of gear with the pinion. Elasticity may be provided in the lever g, instead of
on the adjusting screw w.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation and
Fig. 5 is a side elevation in which the second part of my invention as well as one
modification of the third part of my invention is illustrated.
The ordinary gauging levers (as I may term them) are arranged as illustrated by
Fig. 7.
Fig. 6 is an end elevation,
Fig. 7 a side elevation and
Figs. 8 and 9 are plan views respectively of parts shown by Figs. 6 and 7, which
figures also illustrate another modification under the third head of my invention.
Fig. 10 is an end elevation,
Fig. 11 a side elevation and
Fig. 12 a plan, illustrating another modification under the third head of my
invention.
The Figures 4 and 5, 6 to 9 and 10 to 12 inclusive illustrate my improvements as
applied to openers, scutchers and like machines.
In the ordinary arrangement of mechanism for gauging the thickness of the
fibres being fed to the machine there are a series of levers k, side by side, such as
those shown in dotted line in Figs. 7 and 11.
Each lever has its fulcrum on a bar, extending across the machine and
supported on the framing.
The upper surface of the short end of each lever k, comes under the gauging
roller 2.
The fibres being fed are passed along from the ordinary endless lattice 1, (partly
represented) over the upper surface of the short ends of the gauging levers k,
between them and the underside of the gauging roller, to the feeding fluted
rollers 1.
The long end of each gauging lever k, has a hook formed upon it to which the
eye at the upper end of a drop bar k³, hooked, the lower ends of these drop bars
pass and are guided between horizontal parallel bars, secured to the framing.
There are rollers in grooves in the parallel bars, between the wedged shaped
ends of the drop bars k, which as they move up and down according to the varying
thickness of the fibres being fed, also move to and fro sideways in the lengthway
of the parallel bars k, one drop bar at one side being jointed with mechanism that
changes the position of the belt guide and belt between the cone drums, which thus
vary the speed of the feed rollers according to the average thickness of the fibres
fed in the entire width of the machine.
The arrangement of averaging mechanism above described is ordinary and well
known.
The improvement under the second head of my invention consists in jointing a
plate or short lever k, to the short end of each gauging lever k, as shown in Fig. 5,
the upper surface of which plate or lever, comes against two gauging rollers k³,
and k, one of which k, may also forin one of the upper feed rollers the lower feed
roller being 1.

page_text: In this arrangement the fibres pass from the ordinary endless feeding lattice 1,
over the upper surfaces of the plates or short levers ³, under the two gauging
rollers, and, and then between the feeding rollers 4, and 12.
Figs. 4 and 5, as before stated, also illustrate one modification under the third
part of my invention, having reference to the arrangement of the belt guide for
the belt between the cone drums and the mode of actuating it.
The belt forks m', and m², are upon the end of a vertical bar m, and are arranged
to come as close to the surfaces of the cone drums as possible, n, representing the
driving coue drum, and a', the driven cone drum, which are arranged and connected
up with the other mechanism of the scutcher or opener in an ordinary and well
known manner.
The peripheries of the cone druns n, and n², are in some cases straight and in
others are curved as shown in Fig. 5.
The bar 11, for the belt forks is attached to a cross bar m³, extending between
and resting upon anti-friction bowls m', on studs in brackets on the framing. This
cross bar is inclined and curved so that when the belt fork guide is moved from one
end of the cone drums to the other, the ends of the belt fork will keep at the same
distance (which is as close as practicable without touching) to the peripheries of
the cone drums.
One end of the cross bar m³, is connected by a stud in it with a slot in the vertical
arm of a lever m³, on a shaft mo, having its bearings in brackets secured to the
framing.
A horizontal arm m*, from the shaft me, is jointed to the upper end of a rod m³,
the lower end of which is jointed to the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever m',
having its fulcrum m³, on a suitable bracket on the framing and the end of the
vertical arm of this bell crank lever.m, is connected by a link m", with the drop'
rod 3, at one side of the machine.
The modification illustrated by Figs. 6 to 9 inclusive is similar to that described
in reference to Figs. 4 and 5 except as follows.
The underside of the cross bar m³, is toothed and gears with the upper side of a
spur toothed wheel p, the lower side of which gears and rolls upon a toothed bar p²,
curved to the required shape and secured to the framing.
This axis p, of the toothed wheel p, is in a forked part p³, to which one end of
a rod p, is screwed the other end of this rod being screwed into an eye part, p³,
jointed to one end of an arm p, having its fulcrum end secured on a shaft p', in
suitable bearings on the framing.
This shaft, has a bevel wheel p³, secured upon it that gears with a bevel
pinion, on a stud 2, in a bracket on the framing and the boss of this bevel
pinion p³, has a slotted arm p, for a stud to which one end of a rod p, is jointed,
the other end being jointed to a stud, which may also be adjustable in a slot in the
horizontal arm of a bell crank lever pd, on a fulcrum at p', the vertical arm of
which is jointed to a cross head on the end of a rod pe, formed in two parts one
overlapping the other, and secured together by a bolt passing through slots in the
lengthway of the two rods, the end of this rod p, being jointed to the outside drop
bar k³.
With the arrangement described the movement imparted to the axis of the
wheel p, is doubled to the cross bar m³, and the mechanism can be readily adjusted
so that the movements imparted by the drop bars 3, can be transmitted to give a
corresponding movement to the desired extent to the belt guide bar m.
Figs. 10 to 12 inclusive illustrate another modification according to the third part
of my invention in which the cone drums are on vertical axes.
n, is the driving and n¹, the driven cone drum.
There is a bracket 7, secured to the framing, which has a slot g', in it,
corresponding in curve and inclination to the peripheries of the cone drums n and n¹.
There is a belt guide bar m, which has a stud m², secured in its middle, which
stud fits into the slot q', in the bracket and guides the belt guide bar in the direction
of its length*

page_text: At each end of the bar m, there is a slot m, in the lengthway of the bar and
through each slot a set screw me, passes and screws into the end of a lever.
These set screws me, are free to slide in the slots mb.
There are two levers r, and r, each of which has its fulcrum on a stund, secured
in armis from the bracket g
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The inner ends of these levers 7, and are spur toothed segments which gear
together. One lever, has a larger segment than the other, so as not only to gear
with the segment of its corresponding lever », but with a toothed segment, on a
shaft, in suitable bearings on the framing.
One end of the shaft, has an arm secured to it, to the free end of which
one end of a link, is jointed, the other upper end of which is jointed to one end
of the horizontal arm of a bell crank lever 1, (having its fulcrum », on a bracket
from the framing) the vertical arm of which is slotted and is connected by a link ³,
adjustable in length with the drop bar 3, at one side of the machine.
The combination and arrangement of mechanism illustrated by Figs. 10 to 12
inclusive is applicable when the axes of the cone drums n, and n', are in a horizontal
position, the connecting mechanism between the shaft, and drop bar k³, being
arranged accordingly.
It will be seen that both ends of the levers », and , move simultaneously, and
keep the belt guide bar m, parallel in every position and at a right angle to the
axes of the cone drum shaft.
Fig. 13 is a side, and Fig. 14 an end elevation, and Fig. 15 a plan view illustrating
one mode and Figs. 16 and 17 are views corresponding to Figs. 13 and 14
illustrating another mode of applying my invention under the third head to the
cone drum belt guides of slubbing, intermediate and roving frames.
In each modification n, is the driving cone and n', the driven cone drum.
In each modification m, is the belt guide bar carrying the forks m³, and m², at
each end for the belt.
The fork m², at the lower end for the driven cone is hinged to the bar m, at m*,
as shown, in order that it may give way when the coue belt is traversed (in the
ordinary manner) at the end of a set from one end of the cones to the other, at
which time the lower cone n', is moved nearer to its upper cone n, in an ordinary
manner in order to make it easy to move the belt, the lower fork m², being hinged
to allow this movement in the cone drun.
In Figs. 13 to 15 the belt fork guide bar m, is carried on two rails t, and t¹, of a
curve and inclination suited to the peripheries of the cone drums, these rails t,
and t, being carried on suitable brackets or supports from the framing.
From the bar m, there are two projections each having a hook at its end.
One hook t², hooks upon the upper edge of one bar t, the other projection passes
under the bar t, and turns up and the hook t8, upon its turned up end, hooks upon
the upper edge of the other bar t'.
This arrangement allows the bar m, to slide freely in the lengthway of the guide
bars t, and t', and keeps the bar m, at a right angle to the axes of the cone drums
in every position. From one side of the projection from the bar 171, there is a
stud, that fits into a vertical slot t, in a part to, forming the end of the ordinary
slide bar t, for actuating belt guides arranged in the ordinary manner. The slotted
part t, moves the belt guide bar m, along its guides t, and t, at the same time
allowing it to move up and down vertically in accordance with the curve and
inclination of the guide rails, which correspond to the curves and inclination of the
cone drums.
A connecting link may be used if desired in place of the slotted part jointed at
one end to the stud 63, and to the rod to, at the other end.
Instead of two guide bars t, and t¹, there may be one double bar, or one bar with
two guiding edges.
In the modification shown by Figs. 16 and 17, the belt guide bar m, is arranged
to slide vertically and freely in a bracket t', secured to the rod to, for actuating the
belt guide in the ordinary arrangement.

page_text: There is a stud m", in the belt guide bar m, that fits and slides in a slot (^, in a
bar t, carried in suitable brackets on the framing.
The slot ', in this bar is of such curve and inclination as to correspond with the
curve and inclination of the peripheries of the cone drums and .
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.
1. In application to what are termed "exhaust openers" the combination of two
levers (b, and g) one for stopping and starting that end of the machine at which the
fibre is fed, the other for stopping and starting that end of the machine at which
the lap is made, arranged so that when the lever (6) for the feeding end of the
machine is lifted to start that part of the machine, the other lever (g) will after an
interval be lifted to start the lap end of the machine, and after a further interval
the lever (b) first lifted will be allowed to fall to stop the feeding end of the
machine, and after another interval the other lever (9) will be allowed to fall to
stop the lap end of the machine, all these operations being effected (after lifting
the first lever (b) by hand) automatically by the combination and arrangement of
mechanism, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 1 to 3
inclusive of the drawings, or when modified substantially as described by reference
to Fig. 34 of the drawings.
2. In scutchers and openers the jointing or application to the short end of each
of the gauging levers of a plate or lever () over which the fibres travel, and
between which and two gauging rollers (2, and 4) the fibres pass to be gauged in
thickness, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Fig. 5 of the
drawings.
3. For guiding and traversing the endless belt between cone drums, whether
curved or straight on their peripheries, the combinations and arrangements of
mechanism by which the bar or part carrying the belt forks is made to move in
echanging from one part of the cone drums to another so as to keep the belt forks
as close as possible and so as to conform to the curve or inclination of the
peripheries of both cones, and the belt at a right angle to the axes of both cones,
substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated in Sheets 2 to 5 of the
drawings.
4. The combination and arrangement of belt guides for the cone drums of openers
and scutchers substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and
illustrated by Figs. 4 and 5 and by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 and by Figs. 10, 11 and 12
of the drawings.
5. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for transmitting movements
from the drop bars (3) of the gauging mechanism of openers and scutchers to the
belt guiding mechanism of the cone drums and the combination of such belt guiding
mechanism therewith, substantially as herein before described and illustrated by
Figs. 4 and 5, by Figs. 6, 7, 8 and 9 and by Figs. 10, 11 and 12 of the drawings
whether the axes of the cone drums in the modification shown by Figs. 10, 11
and 12 are vertical as shown or horizontal..
6. The combination and arrangement of belt guides for the cone druns of
slubbing, intermediate and roving frames, and mode of giving movement to such
.belt guides substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by Figs. 13, 14
and 15 and by Figs. 16 and 17 of the drawings.
7. The combination and arrangement of belt guides and mode of giving motion
to them, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated
by Figs. 13, 14 and 15 and by Figs. 16 and 17 of the drawings.
Dated this 24th dore of Now 1000
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.