CERTATE IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES.
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sidney Ashton Smith, of the Firm of William
Calvert and Sons, of Walton-le-Dale, in the County of Lancaster,.
Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers, for the Invention of "CERTATE
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES.
Sealed the 24th November 1868, and dated the 25th May 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sidney Ashton Smith
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th May 1868.
I. SIDNEY ASHTON SMITH, of the Firm of William Calvert and Sons, of
Walton-le-Dale, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinners and Manu-
facturers, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a new or improved mode of removing the
fly or waste from under the carding engine, or from under the doffer,
main cylinder, and licker in, by a mechanical or self-acting motion, and
wrapping or folding it up in the form of a coil or lap in such a manner
that the fly or waste is prevented from accumulating under the carding
engine, or under the doffer, main cylinder, and licker in.

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My mode of constructing my Invention or improvement is by a
travelling surface placed under the carding engine, or under the doffer,
main cylinder, and licker in, the said travelling surface carrying with it
the waste or fly outside the carding engine and wrapping or folding it
in the form of a coil or lap underneath the lap of cotton supplying
the carding engine, or in some other convenient position. By this mode
of removing the waste or fly there is a great saving of labour, the fly or
waste is kept cleaner, and thereby increased in value, less waste or fly is
made, a better quality of work or sliver is produced, and there is less
danger of fire.
.SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Sidney Ashton Smith in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th November 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SIDNEY
ASHTON SMITH, of the Firm of William Calvert and Sons, of Walton-le-
Dale, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
first year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, Her special license
that I, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS
APPLICABLE TO CARDING ENGINES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar

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NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say) :-
This Invention consists in an improved mode of removing the fly or
waste from under the carding engine, that is, from under the doffer, main
cylinder, and licker in, by a mechanical or self-acting motion, and
coiling or lapping it up in the form of a coil or lap in such a manner
that the fly or waste is prevented from accumulating under the carding
engine, or under the doffer, main cylinder, and licker in.
The mode of carrying out this Invention is by means of a travelling
lattice or apron placed under the carding engine, the said lattice or
apron being made to carry off the waste or fly and enable it to be coiled
or lapped underneath the lap of cotton supplying the carding engine,
or in any other convenient position.
The manner in which this Invention is to be performed will be clearly
understood by referring to the figures and letters on the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of part of a carding
engine provided with my improved travelling lattice or apron, and
Figure 2 an end view of some of the parts.
a represents the main cylinder of the carding engine; b, the licker in ;
c, the doffer; d, the lap of cotton for supplying the engine; and e, the
travelling lattice or apron for collecting the fly or waste. The lattice
is made of ribs or rollers of wood or metal or of chains, and the apron
of cloth, and the lattice or apron is carried on the rollers f, g, working
in bearings in the brackets h, i, the bracket i being adjustable by the
screw k for giving the proper tension to the lattice or apron. On the
shaft of the roller f there is a pulley connected by a strap or chain m
to a pulley n for driving the roller fand giving travelling motion to the
lattice or apron. In the brackets h at each side of the framework there
are slots o, in which are placed the pivots of a roller p, on which is
coiled or lapped the fly or waste, the full coil or lap being shewn at q,
and for preventing the fly or waste from blowing out at the top side of
the lattice there is a wooden or tin roller 1. The lap roller p, on which
the fly or waste is lapped, may be weighted by means of springs or levers
and weights, or by dead weights, as shewn at 8, Figure 2. When the

page_text: carding engine is at work the fly or waste which is continually flying
off is received on the travelling lattice or apron e and coiled or lapped
on the lap roller p until the lap is as large as convenient, and then the
roller and lap are removed and another roller placed in position to
receive another lap, and so on continuously.
The following are some of the advantages of this mode of removing
the fly or waste:-First, there is a great saving of labor; second, the
fly or waste is kept cleaner than usual, and thereby increased in value;
third, less fly or waste is made and a better quality of sliver is produced;
and, fourth, there is less danger from fire.
Having now described the nature and particulars of my said Invention
I desire it to be understood that I claim, the travelling lattice or apron e
in connection with the lap roller p for removing the fly or waste from
under the carding engine and lapping it on the lap roller, as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sidney Ashton Smith, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
ROBERT BIBBY,
Clerk,
Walton-le-Dalc,
Nr. Preston.
SIDNEY ASHTON SMITH. (L.S.)