Circles of Combing Machines.
Year: 1888

page_text: Circles of Combing Machines.
We, THOMAS BASTOW, of Wapping Mills, Bradford, in the County of York,
Machine Wool Comber, and THOMAS HENRY SHAW, of the same place, Manager, dó
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to certain improvements in combing machines, whereby the
periodical cleaning of the short and knotty fibre commonly called noil, from the
outside of the circular combs, is obviated. Hitherto the outside circumferences of
such combs have been partly cleaned by means of a stationery knife, but it has been
found impossible to thoroughly and effectually remove all the short, fibrous material
from the combs, thereby rendering it necessary to clean them by hand.
By our improvement we dispense with the knife, and mount in its place a circular,
metallic or bristle brush, porcupine, or other roller, covered with an analogous
substance or material.
This brush or the like is driven by a belt from any suitable part of the machine,
and is in close contact with the circumference of the comb to which it is applied, and
by revolving in contact therewith, raises out of the comb teeth, the noil lodged
therein; thereby automatically cleaning the comb of any short and knotty fibre or
foreign substance that is usually left in by the ordinary cleaning knife, thus keeping
the outside circumference of the comb perfectly clean, which the stationary knife
hitherto used for such purpose failed to accomplish.
Dated thic 22nd day of February 1888
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Cleaning the
Circles of Combing Machines.
We, THOMAS BASTOW, of Wapping Mills, Bradford, in the County of York, Machine
Wool Comber, and THOMAS HENRY SHAW, of the same place Manager 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:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in Combing Machines, whereby the
periodical cleaning of the short and knotty fibre commonly called Noil, from the
outside of the circular comb is obviated.
Hitherto the outside circumference of such combs have been partly cleaned by
means of a stationary knife, hut it has been found impossible to thoroughly and
effectually remove all the short fibrous material from the combs, thereby rendering
it necessary to clean them by hand.
By our improvement we dispense with the knife, and mount in its place a circular
metallic or bristle brush, porcupine or other roller covered with an analogous substance
or material.
This brush or the like is driven by a belt from any suitable part of the machine
and is in close contact with the circumference of the comb to which it is applied and
by revolving in contact therewith, raises out of the comb teeth, the noil lodged
therein, thereby automatically cleaning the comb of any short and knotty fibre or
foreign substance that is usually left in by the ordinary cleaning knife thus keeping
the outside circuinference of the comb perfectly clean, which the stationery knife,
hitherto used for such purpose failed to accomplish.
In order that our invention may be fully understood we will proceed to describe the
same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I represents a
sectional elevation of the small circle of a combing machine showing the position of
our circular brush or pin covered roller and Figure 2 represents a plan of our brush
or pin covered roller acting upon the outside of the small circle of a combing
machine.
Similar letters refer to similar part in both the figures.
The small circle of the combing machine is represented at A and the pins at B
against the outside of which pins the circular brush or pin covered roller (revolves,
such roller being fixed to the shaft or spindle D. The shaft D revolves in the
bearing E which bearing is supported by means of the vertical standard F, to which
it is formed or fixed, this standard being secured to the table of the combing Machine
at a suitable distance from the knives G, in order that the brush or pin covered
roller C, may brush up the beard of the noil protuding outside the pins ready for the
knives taking it off, thus producing a longer, and therefore a better quality of noil,
and keeping the circles perfectly clean from refuse and foreign matter, than has
hitherto been the case, as previously the beard of sliver has had to be removed by

page_text: hand. The pin covered roller C is caused to revolve by means of the pulley H, fixed
to the same shaft, which pulley is driven by means of a strap from any suitable
shaft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1. The general construction and arrangement of an apparatus for brushing up the
beard protuding and cleaning the pins of the circles of a combing machine substan-
tially as described and represented in the accompanying drawings.
II. In machines for combing wool the circular brush or pin covered roller C fixed
to the shaft or spindle D such shaft revolving in bearings E and driven by means of
the pulley H for the purpose substantially as described and represented in the
accompanying drawings.
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