Combing Machines.
Year: 1885

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Nobles' and Analogous Combing Machines.
I ARTHUR BENN, of Beckside Mills, Great Horton, in the County of York,
Spinner and Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MEANS OF ADJUSTING THE FEED KNIFE OF NOBLES AND
ANALOGOUS COMBING MACHINES to be as follows:-
This invention relates to Nobles and other combing machines, in which the feed
of the fibres and amount of noil is regulated by means of a curved bar, known as
the "feed knife," and its object is to provide a more convenient means of adjusting
such feed knife. Hitherto the said feed knife has been adjusted by two screws
attached to the top of it, such screws being held and adjusted by nuts in slots
formed in a bracket or brackets on the inner rim of the steam chest, which means
of adjustment besides being somewhat inconvenient and inaccurate rendered the
feed knife liable to slightly swivel round and thus come in contact with the pins of
the combing circle thereby, greatly damaging them. My improvements consist in
fixing a vertical guide to a suitable bracket, or brackets on the steam chest rim, in
which guide is fitted a sliding plate, adjustable vertically by means of a screw,
excentric or other means, to which slide plate the feed knife is attached thus
enabling such feed knife to be quickly and accurately adjusted without danger of
damaging the pins of the circle.
To carry out my invention I preferably fix the vertical guide on similar brackets
to those hitherto used for holding the feed knife, and adjust the plate sliding in
such guide by a screw and hand wheel fitted with a lock nut. The feed knife is
attached to the bottom of the slide plate, and it is thus adjusted by simply turning
the hand wheel. The edge of the guide is graduated and a pointer is fitted on the
slide plate for indicating the amount of adjustment.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the means of Adjusшng the Feed Kule of
Nobles' and Analogous Combing Machines.
I ARTHUR BENN of Beckside Mills Great Horton, in the County of York,
Spinner and Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE, MEANS OF ADJUSTING THE FEED KNIFE OF NOBLES AND
ANALOGOUS COMBING MACHINES 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 improvements in Nobles and other combing machines,
in which the feed of the fibres and amount of "noil" is regulated by means of a
curved bar, known as the "feed knife" or "feed bar;" and its object is to provide
a more accurate, and convenient means of adjusting such feed knife.
The said feed knife has been commonly adjusted by two screws attached to the
top of such knife, the said screws being held, and adjusted by nuts in slots formed
in brackets fixed on the rim of the steam chest; which means of adjustment besides
being somewhat inconvenient and inaccurate rendered it dangerous to adjust the
feed knife when the comb was in motion as such knife was liable to come in
contact with the pins.
My improvements consist in fixing a vertical guide to a suitable bracket or
brackets on the steam chest rim, in which guide a sliding plate is fitted which is
adjusted vertically by a screw, eccentric, or other means, and the said feed knife is
attached to such sliding plate; thus, enabling it to be conveniently and accurately
adjusted without endangering the pins of the comb.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this
specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all
the figures.
Figure 1 represents the frame and large circle of a Nobles combing machine
fitted with a feed knife and my improved mechanism for adjusting such knife.
Figure 2 is a plan of a portion of such large circle together with the said knife and
mechanism. Figure 3 is a side view of the same the knife and comb being shown
in section. The pins are in each case omited from the large circle in order to
more clearly show the knife.
The feed knife A is secured to the slide B by the bolts C passing through such
knife and through the slots E in the slide, which slots are provided to allow for
the angular adjustment of the feed knife. The slide B is fitted in a vertical
guide F which is mounted on brackets G secured to the rim of the steam chest H.
Slots are formed in the top of the brackets G through which the bolts D pass
securing the guide F to the brackets G, thus allowing such guide to be adjusted in
order to place the feed knife parallel with the annular spaces between the pins of
the large circle J. A screw K is secured to the top of the slide B which passes
through the hand wheel L; the said hand wheel having an internal thread corre-
sponding to the thread on such screw. A groove or neck is turned in the boss M
of the hand wheel L which neck fits in the bearing N formed in the bracket O
fixed to, or cast with, the guide F.

page_text: To adjust the feed knife the hand wheel L is turned; thereby raising or lower-
ing the screw K and also the slide B and feed knife A; the amount of adjustment
being indicated by the pointer P, fixed to the slide B, as it moves over the
graduations R on the side of the guide F. A lock nut S screwed on the top of the
screw K prevents the parts from moving by the vibration of the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what
I claim is:
1. In a combing machine, mounting the feed knife on an adjustable slide, and
adjusting the said feed knife by means of such slide, substantially has herein
shewn and described and for the purpose specified.
2. In a combing machine, the general combination and arrangement of the parts
constituting the mechanism for adjusting the feed knife, substantially as herein
shewn and described.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Agents.