Improvements in or applicable to Condensing Carding Engines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to Condensing Carding Engines.
I, NICHOLAS WORSLEY, of Baxenden, near Accrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said invention, to be as follows:-
My invention relates to what are termed "condensing" carding engines for
carding fibrous material in which the carded fibrous material is taken from the
"doffer" in narrow strips or ribbons of fleece which are each rubbed together
to form a sliver (the process of rubbing being termed condensing) and 'these
condensed slivers are then simultaneously wound upon a long bobbin side by side..
In such condensing carding engines, there is a vertical shaft at one side of the
engine, the upper end of which is geared to or connected with mechanism that
gives the rubbing motion for condensing the slivers, and there is a grooved pulley
at the lower end of the said vertical shaft by which it is driven by a rope as
hereinafter described.
In these condensing carding engines there is also a card roller that works in
touch with the cards of the main card cylinder which card roller is commonly,
termed the "fancy roller."
The said vertical shaft and the "fancy roller" have been hitherto driven. by
separate endless ropes or belts from pulleys on the end of the main card cylinder
shaft.
My invention consists in an arrangement whereby both the "fancy roller" and
said vertical shaft actuating the rubbing or condensing mechanism are driven
by one endless rope, whereby a more uniform driving is effected, causing the
carding engine to act more perfectly and to be kept in better working condition,
at the same time the driving mechanism occupies less space than by the ordinary
arrangements.
According to my invention, there is one large grooved pulley on the end of the
shaft on one side of the main card cylinder and from this grooved pulley a rope
passes to a guide pulley on a horizontal stud arranged in a bracket so that it
can be adjusted to tighten the rope when required, then the rope passes hori-
zontally past a guide pulley on a vertical stud in a bracket, then round the
grooved pulley on the lower end of the said vertical shaft, then returns past
another guide pulley on another vertical stud in the same bracket as for the other
guide pulley, then under a guide pulley on a horizontal stud in a bracket, then up
to and round a grooved pulley on the end of the shaft of the "fancy roller" then
down and under another guide pulley on another horizontal stud on the same
bracket and then passes nearly in a horizontal direction to another guide pulley
on the stud for the guide pulley first named and which is adjustable and then
passes back to the first named large grooved pulley on the main card cylinder
shaft.
Dated this Twenty-third day of April 1895.
PETER J. LIVSEY,
Agent.

page_text: Improvements in or applicable to Condensing Carding Engines.
I, NICHOLAS WORSLEY of Baxenden, near Accrington in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner and Manufacturer, 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 :—
My invention relates to what are termed "condensing" carding engines for
carding fibrous material in which the carded fibrous material is taken from the
"doffer" in narrow strips or ribbons of fleece which are each rubbed together to
form a sliver (the process of rubbing being termed condensing) and these condensed
slivers are then simultaneously wound upon a long bobbin side by side. In such
condensing carding engines, there is a vertical shaft at one side of the engine, the
upper end of which is geared to or connected with mechanism that gives the
rubbing motion for condensing the slivers, and there is a grooved pulley at
the lower end of the said vertical shaft by which it is driven by a rope as
hereinafter described.
In these condensing carding engines, there is also a card roller that works in
touch with the cards of the main card cylinder which card roller is commonly
termed the "fancy_roller."
The said vertical shaft and the " fancy roller" have been hitherto driven by
separate endless ropes or belts from pulleys on the end of the main card cylinder
shaft.
My invention consists in an arrangement whereby both the " fancy roller" and
said vertical shaft actuating the rubbing or condensing mechanism are driven by
one endless rope, whereby a more uniform driving is effected, causing the carding
engine to act more perfectly and to be kept in better working condition, at
the same time the driving mechanism occupies less space than by the ordinary
arrangements.
According to my invention, there is one large grooved pulley on the end of the
shaft, on one side of the main card cylinder and from this grooved pulley, a rope
passes to a guide pulley on a horizontal stud arranged in a bracket so that it can
be adjusted to tighten the rope when required, then the rope passes horizontally
past a guide pulley on a vertical stud in a bracket, then round the grooved pulley
on the lower end of the said vertical shaft, then returns past another guide pulley
on another vertical stud in the same bracket as for the other guide pulley, then
under a guide pulley. on a horizontal stud in a bracket, then up to and round a
grooved pulley on the end of the shaft of the "fancy roller" then down and under
another guide pulley on another horizontal stud on the same bracket and then
passes nearly in a horizontal direction to another guide pulley on the stud for
the guide pulley first named and which is adjustable and then passes back to the
first named large grooved pulley on the main card cylinder shaft.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation, and Fig. 2. is a plan view showing so much of a
condensing carding engine as will be required to clearly explain my invention.
a, is part of the ordinary side framing; b, the main card cylinder; b', its shaft ;
c, the doffer card; c, its shaft; d, the "fancy roller" and d¹, its shaft; e, the
vertical shaft for producing the rubbing action to condense the ribbons of sliver
taken from the doffer c.
There is a large grooved pulley b', on the end of the main card cylinder
shaft bl.
An endless rope f, passes from the lower side of this pulley 63, to the upper side
of a guide pulley g, on a stud g', adjustable in a bracket g², secured to the framing;
by this adjustable stud g', the endless rope f, can be tightened.

page_text: From the underside of the guide pulley g, the rope passes to a guide pulley h, on
a vertical stud h', in a bracket h³, secured to the framing.
From the guide pulley h, the rope passes to a groove in a pulley e¹, on the lower
end of the shaft e, for producing the condensing action and from the pulley e', the
rope passes back to another guide pulley h', on a vertical stud /, in the bracket,
it then passes to the underside of a pulley i, on a horizontal stud i¹, in a bracket .
and then upwards to a pulley d, on the end of the "fancy roller" shaft d, and
then passes down to another guide pulley 23, on a stud, in the bracket, and
from the guide pulley, passes to the underside of another guide pulley g³, on the
stud g¹, and then upwards and back to the large pulley b³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-.
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed-I declare that what I
claim is
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The combination and arrangement of an endless driving rope with the driving
pulleys and guide pulleys for driving by the same endless rope both the "fancy-
roller" d, and shaft e, for condensing, in condensing carding engines substantially-
as herein before described and illustrated by the drawings.
Dated this Eighteenth day of December 1895. ·
PETER J. LIVSEY,.
Agent.