Improvements in Travelling Flat Carding Engines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Flat Carding Engines.
I, ROBERT TAYLOR, Junior, of Asa Lees and Company Limited, of Soho Iron
Works, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in travelling flat carding engines, and
the object of my improvements is to enable any flat to be disconnected from the
travelling chains without disturbing or displacing the latter.
In the ordinary way each flat is pivoted at each end upon one of the pins which
pass through the bushes which connect together the links of the chain but accord-
ing to my improvements I separately pivot or connect each flat to the links of the
chains in such a way that a flat can be readily disconnected from or attached
to the chains without interfering with the pins which hinge the links together.
I may do this in various ways as for example, I may employ a stud or bolt
screwed horizontally into the end of the flat and with two flattened sides adapted
to pass through a slot into a hole formed to receive it in the link and when in this
hole the bolt is turned partly round to prevent its withdrawal through the slot
leading to the hole, but by turning the bolt partly round at any time to bring its
flattened sides into the position the bolt can be withdrawn from the link and the
flat released from the chain. Another way of connecting the flats is by means
of a vertical stud fixed at the end of the flat and entering a vertical hole formed to
receive it in its link where it is locked by a pinching screw.
Instead of chains I may employ flexible metallic or other suitable bands to
which I rivet or secure brackets prepared to receive the studs or equivalents which
are secured to the flats.
this 4th dox of Ll. 1808
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Travelling Flat Carding Engines.
I, ROBERT TAYLOR, Junior, of Asa Lees and Company Limited, of Soho Iron
Works, Oldham, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, 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:—
My invention relates to improvements in travelling flat carding engines, and
the object of my improvements is to enable any flat to be disconnected from the
travelling chains without disturbing or displacing the latter.

page_text: In the ordinary way each flat is pivoted at each end upon one of the pins which
pass through the bushes which connect together the links of the chain but accord-
ing to my improvements I separately pivot or connect each flat to, the links of the
chains in such a way that a flat can be readily disconnected from or attached to
the chains without interfering with the pins which hinge the links together.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings:
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Figure is a side elevation and Figure 2 a plan, both partly sectional, of part
of one of the chains and two of the flats of a travelling flat carding engine to
which my improvements are applied.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, Figure 4 a plan and Figure 5 a transverse section
of an alternative construction.
Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.
In the drawings,-1 denotes the links of the travelling chain, 2 the pins which
pivot the links together, and 3 the travelling flats.
In the construction illustrated by Figs. and 2, I employ a stud or bolt 4
screwed horizontally into each end of the flat 3, and with two flattened sides.
adapted to pass through a slot 5 into a hole formed to receive it in the solid part
of the link. 1. When in this said hole the stud 4 is turned a quarter turn into the
position shown on the right hand side of Fig. 1 to prevent its withdrawal through
the slot 5 leading to the hole; but by turning the stud 4 a quarter turn into the
position shown on the left hand side of Fig. 1, the stud can be withdrawn from the
link 1 and the flat released from the chain.
In the alternative construction illustrated by Figs. 3 4 and 5 a vertical stud 6
is screwed or otherwise fixed at each end of each flat and enters a vertical hole.
formed to receive it in its link 1, where it is locked by a pinching screw 7.
Instead of the chains, I may employ in either arrangement flexible metallic
or other suitable bands to which I rivet or secure brackets prepared to receive
the studs or equivalents which are secured to the flats.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. In a carding engine the combination with the travelling chains, of means
for connecting and disconnecting any flat from the chains without displacing or
disturbing the latter substantially as herein set forth.
2. In a carding engine the combination with the travelling chains, of the
horizontal studs 4 screwed into the ends of the flats 3, said studs being formed
with two flattened sides adapted to pass through the slot 5 leading to a hole in
the link substantially as herein set forth.
3. In a carding engine the combination with the travelling chains, of the
vertical studs 6 fixed at the ends of the flats and adapted to pass through vertical
holes in the links of the chains substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 4th day of January 1899.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.