IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Midgley, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Machine Maker, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Midgley at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 26th March 1881.
JOSEPH MIDGLEY, of Bradford, in the County of York, Machine Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to that class of machine known as the "square motion
comb," in which the wool or other material is fed to a large circular comb by
feeding heads, which deposit tufts of the material upon the circular comb.
My improvements consists in the use of one or two intersecting combs to act in
conjunction with the feeding head in such manner that as the latter deposits the
tuft upon the circular comb, the intersecting combs shall penetrate the tuft and
recede along with the feeding head, thereby combing the overhanging end of the
tuft.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Midgley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th September
1881.
JOSEPH MIDGLEY, of Bradford, in the County of York, Machine_Maker.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS
SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to that class of machine known as the "
square motion
comb," in which the wool or other material is fed to a large circular comb by
feeding heads, which deposit tufts of the material upon the circular comb.
My improvements consist in the use of one or two intersecting combs to act in
conjunction with the feeding head in such manner that as the latter deposits the
tuft upon the circular comb, the intersecting combs shall penetrate the tuft and
recede along with the feeding head, thereby combing the overhanging end of the
top.
In order that my Invention may be more fully understood, reference is made to
the accompanying Sheets of Drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is an elevation of so much
of a "Holden" "
ог square motion comb" as is necessary to show my improve-
ments. A is the circular comb; B, the feeding heads operated by eccentrics C in
the ordinary manner; D is the additional intersecting comb which is attached to a
plate E on the top of the rod F, and caused to move up and down by means of the
pulley G running in the cam grooves H placed eccentrically on the revolving
shaft I; Fig. 2 is an enlarged end view of the improved parts; Fig. 3 is front
view of same shewing the intersecting comb in a raised position; and Fig. 4 is
another end view shewing intersecting comb penetrating the comb and brush.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
When the feeding head is moved towards the circular comb A for the purpose of
depositing a tuft of wool thereon, the intersecting comb D is caused to descend and
penetrate the wool, as shewn in Fig. 4, so that when the wool is deposited on the
circular comb and the filling head begins to recede or move away, the "top" or
overhanging portion of the wool is combed by the intersecting comb D; J is a bar
having brushes thereon for supporting the wool while it is being carried to the
circular combs. If the pulley G or rod F breaks in the working of the machine,
the spiral spring L attached to the plate E will lift the said plate and comb D out
of contact with the wool and brush.
In Figs. 5, 6, and 7, are details of the feeding head, shewing that the intersecting
comb D may be caused to rise and penetrate into the wool instead of descending
as previously explained.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in Machinery for
Combing Wool and other Fibrous Substances," and having explained the manner
of carrying the same into effect, I would observe, in conclusion, that what I consider
to be new in the above described machinery, and desire to claim as the Invention
secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid, is,—
The use and employment of the intersecting comb D operated in the manner and
for the purpose, substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Midgley, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Seventeeth day of September, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.