IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING AND PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Ormsby Pooley, of the Firm of Charles
Pooley, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner,
and John Mo Dine, of the same Place, Overlooker, for the Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING AND PREPARING COTTON
AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 18th March 1873, and dated the 12th October 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Ormsby
Pooley and John Mc Dine at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 12th October 1872.
We, WILLIAM ORMSBY POOLEY, of the Firm of Charles Pooley, of
Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and JOHN
M° DINE, of the same Place, Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CLEANING AND
PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
Our Invention is particularly applicable to blowers and scutchers and
other similar machines for cleaning cotton, and for winding the fleece
up in the form of a lap. Our Invention is however applicable to all

page_text: machines in which a lap is formed. In the said machines when the lap
is complete it is removed from the machine, and the operator has then
to draw the bar or roller out of the lap, which is a laborous operation,
and then to introduce a thin rod, usually called the lap rod, into tho
opening in the centre of the lap; and unless the latter operation is
performed with great care the point of the lap rod displaces part of the
cotton or other fibres and causes waste. Now our Invention consists
in removing the bar or roller from the lap, and introducing the lap rod
by machinery, in order to economise manual labour, and prevent
waste.
A convenient mode of performing our Invention is as follows, but we
wish to observe that the details may be considerably varied :-When
the full lap is taken from the machine it is placed in a movable stand
or cradle, and the end of the bar or roller is made fast to any convenient
fixture; the cradle is then moved forward by means of a chain and pulley,
or other equivalents, thereby drawing the lap of cotton off the bar or
roller and on to the lap rod which is placed to receive it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Ormsby Pooley and John Me Dine in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 12th April 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
ORMSBY POOLEY, of the Firm of Charles Pooley, of Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and JoHN M° DINE, of the same
Place, Overlooker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of October, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto us, the said William Ormsby Pooley and John
Mo Dine, Her special licence that we, the said William Ormsby Pooley
and John Mo Dine, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as we, the said William Ormsby Pooley and John Mo Dinc, our
cxccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term

page_text: 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY FOR CLEANING AND PREPARING COTTON AND OTHER FIBROUS SUB-
STANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said William
Ormsby Pooley and John M° Dine, our exccutors, or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of our or their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Ormsby Pooley and
John Mo Dine, do hereby declare the nature of our 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)-
Our Invention is particularly applicable to blowers and scutchers and.
other similar machines for cleaning cotton, and for winding the fleece
up in the form of a lap. Our Invention is however applicable to all
machines in which a lap is formed. In the said machines when the lap
is complete it is removed from the machine, and the operator has then
to draw the bar or roller out of the lap, which is a laborious operation,
and then to introduce a thin rod, usually called the lap rod, into the
opening in the centre of the lap; and unless this. latter operation is
performed with great care the point of the lap rod displaces part of the
cotton or other fibres and causes waste. Now our Invention consists
in removing the bar or roller from the lap, and introducing the lap rod
by machinery, in order to economise manual labour, and to prevent
waste.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, we will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Fig. 1 is a side view of the delivering end of a blower to which our
improvements are applied: Fio 2 is a front view: Fio 2
Q aration
1

page_text: a, a', are the lap rollers; b, the lap; c, the callender roller; d, the
shaft, on which are the pinions gearing into the racks of the weight
In front
hooks. These parts are made in the ordinary manner.
of the lap roller a is the rail e, on which the cradle is moved to and fro
by means of the chain 9 and pulley h' on the shaft h, which is driven by
the pulley and a pair of mitre wheels and h. The outer end of the
rail e is supported by the standard j, which also supports one end of the
shaft h. To the rail e is also connected the bar e' for supporting one
end of the lap rod u, as will be described hereafter. The shaft his
moved endwise in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 3 to draw the
wheel hout of gear with the wheel by means of the inclined catchiƒ'
fixed to the cradle and the sliding bar k, which is provided with a fork
taking into a recess in the boss of the pulley h. To the shaft is also
fixed one end of the chain r, the other end of which is attached to the
lever 8, to which is jointed the tumbler latch '; this lever is jointed to
the same stud as the catch &, which takes on a stud projecting from the
starting lèvert; this lever is connected to the clutch box by which the
callender rollers are started and stopped.
To the framing of the machine is fixed the bracket 1, in which is a
curved slot to receive the end of the lap roller b, and near this bracket
is the handle m, which is mounted on the same stud as the lever n, to
which one end of the link o is jointed, the other end being connected to
tho swing frame p. When the lap is full and the attendant wishes to
raise the weight hooks to liberate the lap he turns the handle m partly
round in the direction of the arrow, by this means the friction pulley c
(which is supported in the swing frame p, and driven by the wheel c'
on the axle of the calender roller c and the pinions and c³) is
brought against the pulley d on the shaft d, thereby driving the said
shaft by steam power instead of manual labour, as heretofore cus-
tomary.
The mode of operation is as follows, and the Drawing, represents the
parts in the positions they occupy when the lap roller with the full lap
upon it' bas been lifted from the rollers a, a¹, to the cradle f; the
groove in the end of the lap roller then fits in the curved slot in the
bracket; the attendant then puts one end of the lap rod u into a hole
in the other end of the lap roller, and the other end into a recess in the
bar e; the end of the sliding bar k projecting from the standard ; is then
pushed in by the attendant to bring the wheel into gear with the

page_text: wheel to start the shaft h, which in revolving winds the chain g on to
the pulley h', and draws the cradle with the lap along the rail e in the
direction of the arrow, and as the lap roller b is held fast by the bracket
during the traversing of the cradle it is evident that the lap is drawn off
the lap roller, and placed on the lap rod u ready to be taken to the next
machine. When the cradle fis nearly out the inclined catch ſ¹ acting
on the sliding bar k moves the shaft h endwise in the direction of the
arrow in Fig. 3 to draw the wheel h³ again out of gear with the wheel i¹,
thereby stopping the shaft h as soon as the cradle has completed its
traverse. While the cradle is traversing along the rail e the chain r
is also being wound on the shaft h, and in so doing lifts the lever 8, and
in rising the tumbler latch & acting on the stud in the lever / causes
the clutch box to be thrown into gear for starting the calender and other
rollers.
As soon as the rollers are started and the fleece of fibres passes
over the rollers a, a', the attendant replaces the lap roller b, lowers the
weight hooks, and the operation of filling the lap proceeds as usual; the
cradle fis brought back by hand when the next lap is full.
Having stated the nature of our Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, we wish to observe that we do not
intend to limit ourselves to the details given, as considerable variations
may be made in the said details, and that we claim the machinery
described and shewn in the Drawing, or any modification thereof
whereby the lap of cotton or other fibres is removed from the lap
bar or roller, and put on the lap rod; and we also claim the raising
of the weight hooks by power instead of by hand, as shewn and
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Ormsby Pooley, for myself
and on behalf of the said John M° Dine, have hereto set my hand
Anvil Ons thousand night hundred