Improvements in Wool Combing Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd July, 1897
Complete Specification Left, 9th Sept., 1897--Accepted, 16th Oct., 1897
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Improvements in Wool Combing Machines.
I, WILLIAM WATSON, of Market Square, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to the brushes used in connection with machines for
combing wool. Such brushes, as heretofore constructed, have been found to wear
out very rapidly owing to their bristles being broken or injured by contact with
the steel teeth of the combs.
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The object of my invention is to so construct the brushes and to so set them in
the machine relatively to the combs, that they shall be much more durable and
shall not be liable to be injured by such combs during the revolution of the latter.
According to my invention I construct the brushes with perpendicular strips or
flanges of india rubber or with bristles (preferably the former) arranged in the
form of rings or semi-circles adapted to fit between the rings or circular rows of
teeth of the combs. The position of these brushes is such relatively to the combs
that the circular rows of teeth of the combs will travel or revolve between and at
the side of the rubber strips or bristles of the said brushes, whereby contact or
friction between the points of the teeth of the combs and the rubber or bristles of
the. brushes is prevented, and at the same time an efficient combing is obtained:
If desired I may provide the underside of the brush with a sheet of india rubber
which may carry the aforesaid perpendicular strips or flanges.
Each of the said strips or flanges may be composed either of a single continuous
piece or of a number of distinct pieces.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
Improvements in Wool Combing Machines.
I; WILLIAM WATSON, of Market Square, Lancaster, in the County of Lancaster,
Hairdresser, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
0 the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by,
the following statement: -
My invention relates to the brushes used in connection with machines for

page_text: combing wool, and it has for its object to so construct these brushes, and to so
set and operate them in the machine relatively to the combs, that they shall be
much more durable and shall not be liable to be injured by such combs during the
revolutions of the latter.
According to my invention I construct the dabbing brushes with perpendicular
strips or flanges of india rubber, or with bristles, (preferably the former),
segmentally arranged to fit between the circular rows of teeth of the combs. The
position of these brushes is such relatively to the combs that when said brushes
are in their lower position the circular rows of teeth of the combs will travel or
revolve between and at the side of the segmental rubber strips or bristles of the
said brushes, whereby contact or friction between the points of the teeth of the
combs and the rubber or bristles of the brushes is prevented, and at the same time
an efficient combing is obtained.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will proceed to describe the same more fully with reference to the
accompanying drawings, in which :-
Figure 1 is a plan; and
Figure 2 a vertical section, on the line A. A. Figure 1, of a brush constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 3 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 2, showing a modified con-
struction of brush.
The comb and other parts of the machine are constructed and operated in the
manner usual in ordinary wool combing machines and therefore such parts need
no further description.
Referring to Figures 1 and 2, a is the back or stock of the brush', 61, 61, are
strips or flanges of india-rubber adapted, when the brush is in use, to work up
and down between the circular rows of teeth of the large ring of the comb,
and 63, 63, are flanges or strips of similar material adapted to work between the
circular rows of teeth of one of the small rings of the comb. It will thus be
seen that in the revolution of the comb its teeth can never come into contact with 3
the brush, since the brush occupies a position concentric to the comb.
Although I have shown only one brush it is to be understood that I employ a
similar brush at the other side of the comb as is usual. In the drawings the.
strips or flanges are represented as of slightly taper form, but they may have
parallel sides with bevelled edges, or be of any other convenient shape in cross 3
section. Said strips or flanges may be secured in grooves or recesses in the brush
back or stock by cement, as shewn at c Figure 2, or they may be fixed in place by
strips of metal such as d, fastened to the back or stock by screws or otherwise; or
any other suitable means may be employed for securing the strips or flanges of
indiarubber to the back or stock.
Figure 3 shows a modified form of the india-rubber strips or flanges in which
they are moulded in connection with a foundation sheet or base that is fixed to
the brush back or stock by cement or otherwise. Separate sheets may be employed
for the large and small rings, or the whole brush may be moulded in one piece, as
desired.
I prefer to make the depth of the rubber strips or flanges slightly greater than
the length of the teeth of the combs, so that the point of said teeth shall be
prevented from coming into contact with the brush back a, or with the rubber
foundation sheet b, in the spaces between the strips or flanges b¹, or b².
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In some cases, instead of forming the strips or flanges in single continuous 50
pieces, I may construct each segmental strip in a number of distinct pieces.
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 in a wool combing machine is :-
A brush provided with strips of india rubber or rows of bristles so arranged 55

page_text: that they will work between the rows of teeth of the comb without coming into
contact therewith, substantially as described.
Dated thio 0th day of Santambo 1907
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.