IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANO MACHINERY OD ADDAD AMIIG PROVISIONAL SPFICATION
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Barnett Joyce, of Bradford, in the County of
York, Machine and Tool Maker, for. the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MEANO MACHINERY OD ADDAD AMIIG
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Barnett Joyce at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
4th January 1859.
I, JOHN BARNETT JOYCE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Machine and
Tool Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MEANS, MACHINERY, OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO WOOL COMBING," to
be as follows:-
My Invention relates to means or apparatus for drawing the wool from the
combs of that class of combing machines wherein portable combs are employed,
and consists of machinery or apparatus so constructed and arranged as to be
self-acting for receiving the combs when taken from the combing machine,
transferring them to the drawing-off' rollers and noil strippers, and delivering
them in, a proper position for being replaced on the combing machine.
On each opposite end of suitable framework I place a drum capable of
rotating thereon, the periphery or external surfaces of which are formed into a

page_text: series of compartments by flanges or ribs placed across and projecting from
the surface, each compartment or space being suitable to receive a comb. On
the axes of the drums are affixed. stud wheels, the studs of which correspond
in number with the compartments on the drums. Intermittent motion is given
to the said drums by cams or arms affixed on a rotary shaft, which act on the
studs, moving them one compartment at each revolution; catches are employed
which drop into notches in the stud wheels for holding the drums in correct
positions. The framework betwixt the drums forms two grooved rails, which
grooves coincide with the compartments on the drums at each opposite side.
The said grooved rails are made hollow to allow steam to pass through for
heating them.
The combs, when taken from the machine, are placed in the compartments
of the drums, which move intermittently, and as each comb comes in a line
with one of the grooved rails, it is pushed out from the drum to the rail by a
lever or other suitable means, where it is taken hold of by a pinion or cog
wheel, which enters into the cogs on the comb, which is thereby impelled
forward on the rails to the other drum. As the combś slide along the rails
the wool is drawn out therefrom by ordinary drawing rollers placed in a
suitable position for that purpose, after which the noil is stripped out of the
comb by a brush or other suitable means; the comb then enters into a
compartment of the other drum ready-to be removed therefrom to the combing
machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Barnett Joyce in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 4th July 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BARNETT JOYCE, of Bradford, in the County of York, Machine and Tool
Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent bearing date the Fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Barnett Joyce, Her special licence that I, the said John
Barnett Joyce, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said John Barnett Joyce, my executors; administrators, and assigns,

page_text: should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein 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
fór "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS, MACHINERY, OR APPARATUS APPLICABLE TO WOOL
COMBING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Barnett
Joyce, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should par-
ticularly 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 John Barnett Joyce, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
My Invention relates to means or apparatus for drawing the wool from the
combs of that class of combing machines wherein portable combs are employed,
and consists of machinery or apparatus so constructed and arranged as to be
self-acting, for receiving the combs when taken from the combing machine,
transferring them to the drawing-off rollers and noil strippers, and delivering
them in a proper position for being replaced on the combing machine.
On each opposite end of suitable framework I place a drum capable of
rotating thereon, the periphery or external surfaces of which are formed into a
series of compartments by flanges or ribs placed across and projecting from the
surface, each compartment or space being suitable to receive a comb. On the
axes of the drums are affixed stud wheels or notch wheels, the studs or notches
of which correspond in number with the compartiments on the drums. Inter-
mittent motion is given to the said drums by cams or arms affixed on a rotary
shaft, which act on the studs or notches of the wheels, moving the drums one
compartment at each revolution. Catches or other suitable means are
employed, which drop into the notches in the wheels for holding the drums in
correct positions. The framework betwixt the drums is formed into two
grooved rails, which grooves coincide with the compartments on the drums at
each opposite end. The said grooved rails are made hollow to allow steam or
other heating media to pass through for heating or warming the combs.
The combs, when taken from the machine, are placed in the compartments
of the drums which move intermittently, and as each comb comes or is brought
by the movement of the drums in a line with one of the grooved rails, it is

page_text: pushed out from the drum to the rail by a lever or other suitable means, where
it is taken hold of by a pinion or cog wheel, which enters into the cogs on the
comb, which is thereby empelled forward on the rails to the other drum. As
the combs slide along the rails the wool is drawn out therefrom by ordinary
drawing-off rollers placed in a suitable position for that purpose, after which
the noil is stripped out of the comb by a brush or other suitable means, and
the comb then enters into a compartment of the other drum ready to be
removed therefrom to the combing machine to be refilled. .
This Invention will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, wherein similar letters refer to the same parts of the
apparatus in the several views or Figures.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine or apparatus constructed according
to this Invention; Figure 2 is an end elevation, Figure 3 is a plan, and
Figure 4 is a cross section of the same, taken through the. line A, B, in
Figures 1 and 3; C, D, are the drums, with compartments, spaces, or cells
c, d, formed on their external surfaces suitable to receive the portable combs
which have been filled in other machines, the said drums being mounted upon
shafts, which are capable of rotating in bearings at each end of the framework.
E, F, are parts of the framing, which also form slide beds or grooved rails,
arranged in a line with the compartments of the drums, so that a comb imay slide
freely out from a compartiment of one drum along one of the rails and into a
compartment of the other drum. These rails are made hollow, for the admis-
sion of steam or other heating medium. G, H, are two stud wheels or notch
wheels keyed upon the two drum shafts, each wheel having the same number
of notches g, h, as there are compartments c, d, in each of the drums. I is a
cam or circular plate, with a stud or projection i on its periphery, which is
formed so as to fit into the notches of the wheel g for giving intermittent
motion thereto, and thereby to the drums, being keyed upon a shaft K, which
receives motion by worm and wheel from the shaft L, on which, are the
driving pullies. M is a similar cam keyed upon a short shaft, which receives
motion from the shaft K by equal spur gearing N, so as to reverse the action
thereof, whereby the two cams will rotate in opposite directions, and con-
sequently will turn the drums in contrary directions to each other. O and P
are two sets of ordinary drawing-off rollers for taking the wool from the combs
as they pass. R, S, are levers, which are operated by stud plates T, U, for
pushing the combs out from the drums into contact with pinions V and W,
which receive motion from the main shafting by trains of gearing, driving
them at suitable speed, and which impell the combs forward on the rails into

page_text: the compartments of the other drums. Figure 5 is a full size view of one of
the cams and a portion of the notch wheel, for giving intermittent motion to
the drums, by which it will be seen that at each revolution of the cam the
notch wheel will be moved the distance of one notch only, and the circular
part of the cam fitting into one of the hollow parts of the wheel will hold it in
position until the stud i comes round again and enters the next notch, moving
the wheel, and with it the drum another distance, bringing the next com-
partment into line with the rail E.
The manner in which this Invention is performed or the machine put in
practical operation is as follows:-The portable combs being filled with wool
in the usual way by one of Preller's or other similar wool-combing machines,
are then removed, and each comb placed in adjoining compartments on the
drum C of this machine, as shewn at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, with their ends close
up to the bridge or guide plate y. On the machine being put in motion the
comb Number 1 is brought into line with the rail .E, when the lever S is
operated by the stud plate u, the comb is pushed into contact or gear with
the pinion v, which carries it forward on the rail in front of the rollers O to
be drawn off. Soon as the comb Number 1 has moved the distance or length
of itself along the rail E, the comb Number 2 is brought in line with the rail
E, when the lever S is again operated, which pushes it forward into close
contact with the end of Number 1 comb, which is then taken hold of by the
pinion v, which pushes it forward in front of the rollers, where the wool is
drawn off, as before described, the comb Number 1 being pushed forward into
one of the compartments of the drum D, before entering which the noil is
stripped or taken out of the comb by a stripper x, which derives reciprocating
motion from a crank or stud placed eccentrically on a plate a', fixed on the
end of a small shaft, which receives motion from the shaft L by bevil wheels a².
It will be observed that the combs are placed on the drum C, and are thence
carried forward by the movement of the machine, the wool drawn off, and the
noil taken out, when they enter the other drum D empty, ready to be taken
away to be refilled. The drum D is also capable of receiving full combs (from
another machine), and transfer them along the rail F in front of the rollers P,
where the wool is drawn off, thence passing to the noil stripper, and entering
the compartments of the drum C, ready to be removed for refilling; this side
of the machine being precisely like the other side described above, thus
constituting a double machine.
Having thus fully described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed or carried into practice, I would

page_text: have it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details of con-
struction of the apparatus herein shewn; but what I claim as my Invention,
and which I believe to be new within the realm, is, self-acting machinery for
the purposes set forth, substantially as herein described and illustrated in the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John. Barnett. Joyce, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of July, One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-nine.
JOHN BARNETT JOYCE. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named John Barnett Joyce, in
the presence of
WM. TASKER, Patent Agent,
Halifax.