Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1886.
Complete Left, 30th Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 30th Sept., 1887.
We, JOE BOOTH WHITELEY, and WILLIAM WHITELEY, of Prospect Iron Works
Lockwood near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Machine Makers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows
Our invention has reference to a Patent granted to Frederick Moore, dated June 20th
A.D. 1874 No. 2150.
The Specification and Drawings of such Patent describes and shews a spiked
bumbling roller, the special object of which was to lift the fibre from a lower row of
rotary rollers to an upper row of rotary rollers, so that the fibre passed continuously
along backward and forward through the machine without any assistance from outside.
The object of one part of our invention is to dispense with the spiked bumbling
roller, because there are certain objections to its use, such for instance as the fibre
adhering to the spikes and being carried around and around, so as to "tease" the
fibre.
In carrying out our invention we arrange the top and bottom rotary rollers at one
end of the machine so that they are continuous and form a semicircle. We then
place a large rotary roller concentric with the semicircularly arranged rollers, which
arrangement we find most effectually lifts the fibre from the bottom row of rollers to
the top row of rollers, and this is done without in any way damaging the fibre.
Secondly Our invention in Moore's wool drying machine has reference to means to
be employed for emptying the fibre from the machine in a more expeditious manner
after it dried, than is now the case.
In this construction of machine the fibre is introduced and removed from a door at
one end of the machine, the bottom row of rollers rotating towards the door, whilst
the upper row rotate from the door, but according to our invention, when about to
empty the fibre from the machine, we propose to reverse the direction of the upper
row, and also to increase the speed of both top and bottom row of rollers, so as to clear
the machine of fibre as soon as possible and thus save time in emptying same.

page_text: These several objects we propose to accomplish automatically by the opening of the
door after the fibre is dried.
In order to carry out this part of our invention we employ a suitable arrangement
of wheels in connection with the worm wheel shaft employed to drive the two rows of
rollers. These wheels are also in connection with one or more clutches so placed and
arranged that when the door is opened for the purpose of removing the dried wool,
the movement of the door operates the clutches and wheels so as to reverse the
direction of the top rollers and at the same time to increase the speed of both rows of
rollers.
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page_text: Improvements in Machinery for Drying Wool and other Fibre.
We, JOE BOOTH WHITELEY and WILLIAM WHITELEY, of Prospect Iron Works,
Lockwood near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Machine Makers 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:-
Our invention has reference to a Patent granted to Frederick Moore, dated June 20th
A.D. 1874, No. 2150.
The Specification and Drawings of such patent describes and shews a spiked
bumbling roller, the special object of which was to lift the fibre from a lower row of
rotary rollers to an upper row of rotary rollers, so that the fibre passed continuously
along backward and forward through the machine without any assistance from
outside.
The object of our invention is to dispense with the spiked bumbling roller, because
there are certain objections to its use, such, for instance, as the fibre adhering to the
spikes and being carried around and around, so as to "tease" the fibre.
In carrying out our invention we arrange the bottom row of rotary rollers at one
end of the machine so that they are continuous and form a semicircle. We then
place a larger rotary roller concentric with the semicircularly arranged rollers, which
arrangement, we find, lifts the fibre from the bottom row of rollers to the top row of
rollers, and this is done without in any way damaging the fibre.
Such being the nature and object of our invention, we will now proceed to describe
the same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying sheets
of drawings, illustrative thereof, wherein Fig. 1. is sectional elevation of a Moore's
wool drying machine having our improvements applied thereto. The machine
comprises an enclosed chamber made of suitable metal framework A, in which are
arranged two rows of rotary rollers B and C, employed for carrying the wool back-
ward and forward through the machine. Within the said chamber is also a beater D
composed of horizontal pipes E, through which air passes as it is blown in at the
opening F, entering and intermingling with the fibre at the part marked G for drying
the wool; the air, however, may be exhausted or drawn through the machine instead
of being forced or blown into it.
Our invention consists in the employment of an additional series of rotary rollers,
shewn at H, arranged in a semicircular form; also in the addition thereto of the
larger rotary roller I arranged concentric with the rollers H, all of which additional
rollers are caused to rotate by suitable gearing in the direction of the arrows, marked a,
so that the fibre resting upon and travelling with the bottom row of rollers C will be
taken hold of by the semicircularly arranged rollers in combination with the roller I,
such said fibre being lifted to the top row of rotary rollers B, and carried to the
feeding end of the machine, when the fibre is allowed to drop onto the bottom row of
rollers C. A rotary winged bar or "bat" J is employed to throw the fibre from the

page_text: upper row of rollers to the bottom row of rollers; by which means the fibre can be
carried through the machine as many times as is thought desirable, without the
attention or services of an attendant.
The fibre is fed into the machine at the door K, which is hinged upon the centre b
and on operating the handle c the door can be opened, as shewn in dotted lines.
C
When the fibre is sufficiently dry, it is allowed to drop onto the floor or into a
suitable receptacle at the back of the machine, when the door L, which is hinged at D,
is opened. This door carries the rotary rollers H, so that when the door is opened, as
shewn in part elevation Fig. 2, the fibre can be worked out of the machine by the
upper and lower row of rollers being allowed to revolve. The door L is opened by
the attendant operating the hand wheel M (see Fig. 2) giving rotary motion to bevil
wheels N, vertical shaft O, worm P, worm wheel R, and pinion S, fixed on the same
axis as the worm wheel, which pinion is in gear with the rack T hinged by a pin to
the bottom of the door L, by which means it will be seen that the door can be easily
opened and closed.
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 :--
Firstly. In a machine for drying wool and other fibre, such as is herein shewn and
described, the employment of the semicircularly arranged rollers H for lifting the
wool from a bottom row of rollers to a top row of rollers, substantially as herein shewn
and described.
Secondly. In a machine for drying wool and other fibre, the combination of the
semicircularly arranged rollers H in combination with the rotary roller I, for lifting
wool or other fibre from a bottom row of rollers to a top row of rollers, substantially
as herein shewn and described.
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