Improvements relating to Preparing Machinery for Cotton and other Fibres.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
NAD OI BUIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Preparing Machinery for Cotton and
other Fibres.
I, THOMAS BROOKS, of 77, Stamford Road, Waterhead, Oldham, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton-carder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
These improvements relate to an invention connected with preparing machinery
for cotton and other fibres for which Letters Patent No. 9918 dated May 18th 1893
have been granted to myself and Isaac Jinkinson.
The Specification belonging to the said Letters Patent embodies an automatic
cone strap tension device for preparing machinery for cotton and other fibres and
describes and shows the same as applied to the cones of a lapping machine.
The object of my present invention is the special application and construction of
the said cone strap tension device to other preparing machinery such as are known
'speeds," namely, slubbing, roving, intermediate, and jack frames, so arranged as
to serve also as a strap fork or guide.
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To this end I dispense with the ordinary cone strap fork or guide on the rack.
rail and employ in place thereof on a stud a two armed lever adapted to swivel and
carry at one or both extremities a flanged pulley upon which the cone strap rides.
The said lever is formed or furnishel with an arm carrying a weight preferably
rendered adjustable which presses the said pulley or pulleys against the cone strap
and thus tensions it as may be required. The said pulley or pulleys move laterally
with the rack rail and thus act also as a strap fork or guide in lieu of that heretofore
used.
The guide pulley or pulleys on the said swivel greatly reduce the wear of the
strap and render its lateral displacement on the cones considerably steadier, which
ensures a more regular and perfect winding of the rove than heretofore has been
the case.
Dated this 18th day of October 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
. Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Preparing Machinery for Cotton and
other Fibres.
1, THOMAS BROOKS, of 77, Stamford Road, Waterhead, Oldham, in the County
of Lancaster, Cotton-carder, 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 :-
These improvements relate to an invention connected with preparing machinery
for cotton and other fibres for which Letters Patents No. 9918, dated May 18th 1893
have been granted to myself and Isaac Jinkinson.
The Specification belonging to the said Letters Patent embodies an automatic
one strap tension device for preparing machinery for cotton and other fibres and
describes and shows the same as applied to the cones of a lapping machine.
The object of my present invention is the special application and construction of
the said cone strap tension device to other preparing machinery, such as are known
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page_text: as "speeds," namely, slubbing, roving, intermediate, and jack frames, so arranged as
to serve also as a strap fork or guide.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a back view and Fig. 2 an end view of the cone portion of a slubbing,
roving, intermediate, or jack frame showing my improvements applied. Figs. 3, 4
& 5 are end views of some modifications thereof.
a is the rack rail, the cones, and c the cone strap of the frame.
In carrying out my improvements and referring to Figs. 1 & 2, I dispense with
the ordinary cone strap-fork or guide on the rack rail a and employ in place thereof
on a stud d, preferably carried by a bracket d' bolted to the rack rail a, a single or
two armed lever e adapted to swivel or rock on the said stud and carry at one or
both extremities respectively a flanged pulley f, upon which the cone strap c rides.
The lever e is formed or furnished with an arm el carrying a weight 9 or its
equivalent, preferably rendered adjustable which presses the pulley or pulleys f
against the cone strap c and thus tensions it as may be required automatically.
The pulley or pulleys move laterally with the rack rail a and thus act also as a
strap fork or guide in lieu of that heretofore used.
The guide pulley or pulleys fon the swivel or lever e greatly reduce the wear of
the strap c and render its lateral displacement on the cones b considerably easier
and steadier, which ensures a more regular and perfect winding of the rove than
heretofore has been the case.
In place of the pulleys fa strap-fork may be attached to the lever e, the pulleys f
however being preferable as they will offer less friction.
In lieu of forming the weighted arm e¹ at the lower end of the lever e the same
may project from the fulcrum d, for instance as shown in Fig. 3, or between the
fulcrum d and the lower end of the lever e, as shown in Fig. 4.
In some makes of frames where the room is limited one or more springs h, see
Fig. 5, may be employed, in lieu of weights g, to cause the pulleys f, or their
equivalent, to exert the required pressure upon the cone strap c, one end of the
said spring being attached to the rack rail a or to a bracket secured thereto and the
other to the lever e or also a bracket secured thereto.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim, is-
"In preparing machinery known as 'speeds' for cotton and other fibres."
1st. The application of a cone strap tension device constructed and operating
substantially as set forth.
2nd. The combination with the rack rail a and the cone strap c of a lever e under
the influence of a weight, or its equivalent, and carrying one or more pulleys, or
their equivalents, adapted to tension and at the same time guide the cone strap c,
all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.