IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS "
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Richardson of Oldham in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, for an, Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES
FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL, AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Richardson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th December 1883.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON of Oldham in the County of Lancaster, Engineer,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON, WOOL AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS."
My invention relates to machinery or apparatus for feeding carding engines for
carding cotton, wool, and other fibrous materials and consists in improvements in
feed apparatus of the class known as "Bodmers Feed" in which a feed roller
operates in conjunction with a curved plate or dish for the purpose of feeding the
cotton, wool, or other fibrous material to the "taker in" roller of the carding
engine.
My said invention consists in forming the front of the curved plate or dish
aforesaid with grooves or recesses so that the cotton, wool or other fibrous material
delivered to the "taker in" roller by the feed roller above referred, to will be
carried along such grooves or recesses. The said grooves or recesses receive the
longer fibres which are held by the feed rollers during the time the short fibres are
being removed therefrom by the taker in "roller, thereby enabling the cotton
wool or other fibrous material to be combed or straightened without the longer
fibres becoming broken or shortened as heretofore.
"
The grooves or recesses aforesaid may be formed parallel with the plane of
revolution of the "taker in" roller, or at an angle thereto.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Richardson in the Patent Office on the 14th June 1884.
WILLIAM RICHARDSON of Oldham in the County of Lancaster Engineer
IMPROVEMENTS IN CARDING ENGINES FOR CARDING COTTON WOOL AND OTHER
FIBROUS MATERIALS
My invention relates to machinery or apparatus for feeding carding engines for
carding cotton wool and other fibrous materials and consists in improvements in
feed apparatus of the class known as "Bodmers Feed" in which a feed roller
operates in conjunction with a curved plate or dish for the purpose of feeding the
cotton wool or other fibrous material to the "taker in roller" of the carding engine
My said invention consists in forming the front of the curved plate or dish
aforesaid with grooves or recesses so that the cotton wool or other fibrous material
delivered to the "taker in" roller by the feed roller above referred to will be
carried along such grooves or recesses- -The said grooves or recesses receive the
longer fibres which are held by the feed roller during the time the short fibres are
being removed therefrom by the taker in "roller, thereby enabling the cotton,
wool or other fibrous material to be combed or straightened without the longer
fibres becoming broken or shortened as heretofore.
"
The grooves or recesses aforesaid may be formed parallel with the plane of
revolution of the "taker in" roller or at an angle thereto.
In order that my invention may be better understood and more readily carried
into effect I will now proceed to more particularly describe the same reference
being made to the drawing hereunto annexed-Fig: 1 is a vertical longitudinal
section of so much of a carding engine as is requisite to illustrate my invention
Fig: 2 is a plan of a portion of Fig: 1 and Fig: 3 is a detached portion of Fig: 1-
I shall affix the same letters of reference to corresponding parts throughout the
whole series of Figures-At a is the feed roller and at b is a plate the upper
surface of which from A to B is curved the plate b and roller a together constituting
the apparatus known as "Bodmers Feed"-At c is the "taker in" roller revolving
in the direction of the arrow C-The front edge 61 of the plate 6 I form with
grooves or recesses e such grooves or recesses e extending from D to E-The grooves
or recesses e are formed deepest at the point E and become gradually shallower as
they approach the point D at which they terminate-The grooves or recesses e
I have shown as being parallel with the plane of revolution of the "taker in"
roller c but I also propose in some cases to form such grooves or recesses e at an
angle thereto
The revolution of the feed roller a in the direction of the arrow F will as usual
feed the cotton, wool, or other fibrous material to the "taker in "roller c by which
"taker in" roller the cotton, wool, or other fibrous material will be carried
downward in the direction of the arrow C.
The teeth c¹ of the taker in roller c will carry the cotton, wool or other fibrous
material fed thereto by the roller a along the grooves or recesses e the said grooves
or recesses e receiving the longer fibres while they are held by the feed roller a
and plate b during the time the short fibres are being removed therefrom by the
"taker in roller c thereby preventing the longer fibres from being broken
shortened or injured while the short fibres are being removed therefrom
"
The spiral position of the teeth c' of the "taker in" roller c shown in Fig 2 also
assists in carrying the longer fibres into the grooves or recesses
Although I have shown and described the said grooves or recesses as being used
in conjunction with a taker in" roller provided with teeth I would have it
"

page_text: understood that the said grooves or recesses may be employed in carding engines
having other constructions of "taker in " rollers.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed I desire it to be understood that
I claim as secured to me under the above in part recited Letters Patent :-
The grooves or recesses formed in the front edge of the plate of what is known
as "Bodmers Feed" used in conjunction with carding engines substantially as
hereinbefore described and shown in reference to and in and by the drawing
hereunto annexed
In witness whereof I the said William Richardson have hereunto set my band
and seal this thirteenth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty four
WILLIAM RICHARDSON (L.S.)