Im- PROVEMENTS IN BOXES' FOR PREPARING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES FOR COMBING
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Isaac Bailey, of Keighley, in the County of
York, Machine Wool Comber, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Isaac Bailey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th September 1874.
I, ISAAC BAILEY, of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine
5 Wool Comber, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for “ Im-
PROVEMENTS IN BOXES' FOR PREPARING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES FOR COMBING,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in applying to the ordinary preparing or "gill
box"
an additional comb or series of comb teeth for the purpose of
O combing the wool before it reaches the ordinary gill combs. This
additional comb is mounted or fixed to a moveable frame placed upright,
or nearly so, and which is connected at its upper end by means of short

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arms or connecting rods to studs fixed to the framing; the lower end
working in a groove or grooves also attached to a frame. Near the bottom
of the frame is a square opening, within which works a cam or tappit
mounted on a shaft eccentrically, and so shaped as to fill the said square
opening or aperture, or to be in contact with each of the sides thereof
at every part of the revolution. On rotary motion being imparted to the
cam or tappet the frame is caused to move alternately in a horizontal
and vertical direction, the movements at the points in contact with the
cam being equal, but the comb being fixed to the frame at a point about
half-way between its fulcrum and the cam or tappit the lateral or
horizontal motion is reduced to one-half, whilst the vertical motion is
unaffected. In place of a tappit a regular eccentric may be used, which
will cause the comb to describe an ellipse or oval.
The wool or other fibres being presented to the comb by the feed
rollers the comb descends and intersects the fibres close to the feeds
rollers, draws and combs the same horizontally in the direction of the
gills, when the upward motion withdraws it from the fibres, and on its
descent it again penetrates the fibres close to the feeding rollers.
'
By a double arrangement of the above apparatus intersecting combs
may be employed, and I may also use stripping bars, imparting to them
a horizontal motion only, which may be effected by mounting them on a
sliding frame and working them "to" and "fro” by link or links con-
nected to the comb frame.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Isaac Bailey in the Great Seal Patent Office on 2
the 6th March 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ISAAC
BAILEY, of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Wool Comber,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her 3
Letters Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the.
thirty-eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc:

page_text: cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Isaac Bailey, Her special
licence that I, the said Isaac Bailey, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Isaac Bailey, 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
thercin 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
BOXES FOR PREPARING WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES FOR COMBING,". upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Isaac Bailey, 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 Invention, 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 months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Isaac Bailey, 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 applying to the ordinary preparing or "gill
box' an additional comb or series of comb teeth for the purpose of
combing the wool before it reaches the ordinary gill combs. This
additional comb is mounted or fixed to a movable frame placed upright,
or nearly so, and which is connected at its upper end by means of short
arms or connecting rods to studs fixed to the framing, the lower end
working in a groove or grooves also attached to the frame. Near the
bottom of the frame is a square opening, within which works a cam or
tappit mounted on a shaft eccentrically, and so shaped as to fill the said
square opening or aperture, or to be in contact with each of the sides
thereof at every part of the revolution. On rotary motion being
imparted to the cam or tappet the frame is caused to move alternately
in a horizontal and vertical direction, the movements at the points in
contact with the cam being equal, but the comb being fixed to the frame
at a point about half-way between its fulcrum and the cam or tappit the
lateral or horizontal motion is reduced to one-half, whilst the vertical
motion is unaffected. In place of a tappit a regular eccentric may be
used, which will cause the comb to describe an ellipse or oval.

page_text: The wool or other fibres being presented to the comb by the feed
rollers the comb descends and intersects the fibres close to the feed
rollers, draws and combs the same horizontally in the direction of the
gills, when the upward motion withdraws it from the fibres, and on its
descent it again penetrates the fibres close to the feeding rollers.
By a double arrangement of the above apparatus two intersecting
combs may be employed, and I may also use stripping bars, imparting
to them a horizontal motion only, which may be effected by mounting
them on a sliding frame and working them to and fro by link or links
connected to the comb frame.
In order that this Invention may be clearly understood, reference is
given to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings of so much of a gill box
or preparing machine as is necessary to shew the application of my
improvements thereto.
Fig. 1 is a sectional clevation; Fig. 2, a portion of same drawn full
size; and Fig. 3 is a portion in cross section.
A is an additional comb in front of the ordinary gill combs B,
drawing rollers B', and delivery rollers B². This additional comb A is
mounted or fixed to a movable frame C placed upright, or nearly so, and
which is connected at its upper end by means of short arms or connecting
rods D to studs E fixed to the framing, the lower cnd working in a groove
or grooves F also attached to the frame. Near the bottom of the frame
is a square opening, within which works a cam or tappet G mounted on
a shaft H eccentrically, and so shaped as to fill the said square opening
or aperture, or to be in contact with each of the sides at every part of
the revolution. On rotary motion being imparted to the cam or tappet
the frame is caused to move alternately in a horizontal and vertical
direction, the movements at the points in contact with the cam being
equal, but the comb being fixed to the frame at a point about half-way
between its fulcrum and the cam or tappet the lateral or horizontal
motion is reduced to one-half, whilst the vertical motion is unaffected.
In place of a tappet a regular eccentric may be used, which will cause
the comb to describe an ellipse or oval.
The wool or other fibres being presented to the comb by the feed
rollers J the comb A descends and intersects the fibres close to the feed
rollers, draws and combs the same horizontally in the direction of the

page_text: gills, when the upward motion withdraws it from the fibres, and on its
descent it again penetrates the fibres close to the feeding rollers.
By a double arrangement of the above apparatus another intersecting
comb K may be employed and worked from the same shaft H alternately
in opposite directions to the comb A, the comb K intersecting the wool
as presented by the feed rollers L, and combing it in the same manner
as the comb A. It will also be seen that other combs and feeding rollers
may be arranged in front of these and operated in a similar manner so
as to subject the wool to several combing operations before it arrives at
the ordinary gill combs. I may also use stripping bars M (see Figs. 2
and 3), imparting to them a horizontal motion only, which may be.
effected by mounting them in slots in the frame C, and causing the ends
thereof to slide on the rails N. When the comb is at its lowest point
the stripping bars will be at the top of their slots (see K) and resting
on the rails N, but when the comb is raised the stripping bars will bear
on and force the wool or fibre out of the comb teeth until clear thereof
(sce A), when the bars will be prevented from bearing further on the
wool by having reached the lowest parts of their slots.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention, and shewn
by Drawings in what manner the same is or may be performed or carried
into practice, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise construction or arrangement of the additional comb, but
I claim the application and use of an aditional comb in connection with
gill boxes, in manner and for purpose shown and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Isaac Bailey, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fourth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.
ISAAC BAILEY. (L.S.)