Improvements in Stripper Combs of Flat Carding Engines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 18th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Stripper Combs of Flat Carding Engines.
We, ERNEST HANNAN GILLETT, of Ridgewood, near Chorley, in the County of
Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and JAMES FOGG, of S, Crosse Hall Street, Chorley,
aforesaid, Foreman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
This invention relates to improvements in flat stripping combs of carding engines
and to improvements in the method of and means employed for operating same
in such a manner that the stripper comb automatically adjusts itself to the card
teeth on the flat under operation, and consequently the flat is thoroughly stripped
whilst all liability of damaging the teeth or dents is obviated. The invention
consists of a spring mounted stripper comb carried in blocks and having inter-
vening oscillating shoes or slides resting on the ends of the flat being stripped
and always maintaining the stripper comb in a correct working position in
relation to the teeth or dents of the flat.
"
According to this invention the ends of the stripper comb are carried in blocks
or brackets provided with screws by means of which the position of the comb in
relation to the teeth or dents of the flats is regulated or adjusted and set." The
comb is carried on the arms as ordinary but instead of being rigidly fixed thereto
it is so mounted as to be free to move backwards and forwards, but is held in a
working or forward position by means of springs. The blocks or brackets rest
on the shoes or slides the ends of which have slots at or near right angles to
their length and by such are mounted and carried on studs or pins on which they
are free to rock or oscillate. The shoes or slides are so mounted as to lie against
the ends of the flat being stripped and the blocks carrying the comb rest on the
shoe or slide. The comb is operated in the ordinary manner and as the shoe or
slide always lies between the Hat and the comb the latter, whatever the position
of the flat is prevented approaching too near to the teeth or dents and damaging
same at the same time the springs maintain the combs sufficiently close to the
points of the teeth to ensure efficient stripping.
001
1000
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in Stripper Combs of Flat Carding Engines.
We, ERNEST HANNAN GILLETT, of Crosse Hall Mills, Chorley, late of Ridgewood,
near Chorley, in the County of Lancaster, Cotton Spinner, and JAMES FOGG, of
8, Crosse Hall Street, Chorley, aforesaid, Foreman, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in flat stripping combs of carding engines
and to improvements in the method of and means employed for operating same
in such a manner that the stripper comb automatically adjusts itself to the card
teeth on the flat under operation, and consequently the flat is thoroughly stripped
whilst all liability of damaging the teeth or dents is obviated. The invention
consists of a spring mounted stripper comb carried in blocks and having inter-
vening oscillating shoes or slides resting on the ends of the flat being stripped
and always maintaining the stripper comb in a correct working position in
relation to the teeth or dents of the flat.
Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of part of a carding engine with our improved stripper
comb applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a sectional edge or front elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of stripper comb block and oscillating shoe, the
relative position of one flat thereto being indicated.
Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3.
Figs. 5 and 6 are details.
According to this invention the ends of the stripper comb 1 are carried in
blocks or brackets 2 provided with screws 3 passing through the comb 1 and by
means of which the position of the comb 1 in relation to the teeth or dents 4 of
the flats 5 is regulated or adjusted and set by turning the screw 3, after which the
latter is locked by the lock nut 3". The comb 1 is carried on the arms 6 or
ordinarily, but instead of being rigidly fixed thereto, it is so mounted as to be
free to move backwards and forwards but is held in a working or forward position
by means of springs 7.
The ends of the arms 6 have chased spindles 8 fixed to or formed on them,
and these pass through holes in the ends of the stripper comb 1 which extend
beyond or outside the brackets or blocks 2. On each spindle 8 is screwed a
sleeve 9 with a flange or head 12 (see Fig. 4) the comb 1 being thus carried by
and free to slide to and fro on the sleeve 9, said comb 1 being normally held in
a forward position by means of the spiral spring 7 on the sleeve 9 and between
the comb i and the head or flange 12 of the sleeve 9. By turning the sleeve 9
in one or other direction by its head or flange 12 the spring 7 is more or less
compressed between the end of the comb 1 and the head or flange 12. A nut 10
on the spindle 8 is provided for the purpose of locking the sleeve 9 on said spindle
and such nut may also be employed as a stop piece preventing the comb 1 moving
beyond a certain point towards the teeth or dents 4 when required. The springs 7
allow the comb 1 to move backwards or away from the teeth or dents 4 in the
event of a flat 5 projecting more than ordinary as hereinafter described.
The blocks or brackets 2 rest on shoes or slides 15 the ends of which have holes
or slots 16 by which they are mounted and carried on studs or pins 17 in the
bracket 18 or on the framing on which they are free to rock or oscillate. The
shoes or slides 15 are so mounted as to lie against the flat 5 being stripped

page_text: (see Fig. 3) and the blocks 2 carrying the comb 1 rest on the shoe or slide 15.
The comb 1 is operated in its up and down motion by the arms G, and as the
shoe or slide 15 always lies on the flat 5, and the blocks 2 with the comb 1 slide
on said shoe or slide 15, it follows that whatever the position of the flat 5, the
comb 1 is always maintained in the same relative position to the teeth or dents 4,
and the stroke of the comb is parallel to the face of the teeth or dents during the
stripping process.
It will be understood that the comb 1 is similarily mounted at each end,
though only one end is illustrated by the drawings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we wish it to be
understood that we are aware of the Specification of William Senior, George
Alexander Kennedy, and Washington Hemingway, No. 10,100, A.D. 1895, and
the Specification of James Williams, No. 13,241, A.D. 1897, and that we lay no
claim to anything described and claimed in either of those specifications, but, we
declare that what we claim is;
(1) The general construction, arrangement, and combination of parts constituting
the improved stripper comb for flat carding engines, as and for the purpose herein
described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(2) The stripper comb 1, block or bracket 2, shoe 15, spindle or arm 6, spring 7,
nut 10, and head or nut 12, all in combination as and for the purpose herein
described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(3) A spring mounted stripper comb between the ends of which and the flat
being stripped is interposed a shoe such as 15, as and for the purpose herein
described and substantially as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
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ELCEL
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1000
KONNA
ERNEST HANNAN GILLETT,
JAMES FOGG,
By their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
ERNEST HANNAN GILLETT,
JAMES FOGG,
By their Agents,
Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.