IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CARDING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and Foreign
Patent Offices, 24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France,
and 88, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex,
Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
CARDING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS."-A communication from
Célestin Martin, residing at Pepinster, Verviers, in the Kingdom of
Belgium, Manufacturer.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
26th September 1866.
I, HENRI ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
24, Rue du Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 38, Porchester
Terrace, Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby.
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
CARDING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," a communication from Célestin
Martin, a person resident at Pepinster, Verviers, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Manufacturer, to be as follows:-
These improvements relate to an apparatus for oiling or humecting wool or
other fibrous materials during the process of carding. They consist in placing
near the scribbler and above the endless cloth which supplies the scribbler

page_text: four brushes fixed on the periphery of a cylinder, the rotation of which is
actuated by the motive power of the machine. These brushes as they revolve
rub one after another against a fixed blade on which the oil or other liquid
falls all along, and is thus projected far and wide upon the surface of the
material spread on the endless cloth. The. liquid is spilt on the entire super-
ficies of the fixed blade by one of the fluted edges of a little fixed reservoir
placed above, and which is itself supplied by a larger reservoir which gradually
upsets as the endless cloth moves on by means of a series of toothed wheels
and racks connected with and actuated by the cylinder which sets in motion
the endless cloth.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 21st March 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices, 24, Rue du
Mont Thabor, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 38, Porchester Terrace,
Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-sixth day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Henri Adrien Bonneville, Her special licence that I, the said Henri Adrien
Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors, administrators, and assigns, 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 for "IMPROVE
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR CARDING WOOL AND OTHER FIBROUS MATERIALS," a
communication from Celestin Martin, a person resident at Pépinster,
Verviers, in the Kingdom of Belgium, Manufacturer, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, my executors
For administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent

page_text: Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, that is to say :-
These improvements. relate to an apparatus for oiling or humecting wool or
other fibrous materials during the process of carding. They consist in placing
near the scribbler and above the endless cloth which supplies the scribbler
four brushes fixed on the periphery of a cylinder, the rotation of which is
actuated by the motive power of the machine. These brushes as they
revolve rub one after another against a fixed blade on which the oil or other
liquid falls all along, and is thus projected far and wide upon the surface of
the material spread on the endless cloth. The liquid is spilt on the entire
superficies of the fixed blade by one of the fluted edges of a little fixed reser-
voir placed above and which is itself supplied by a larger reservoir which
gradually upsets as the endless cloth moves on by means of a series of toothed
wheels and racks connected with and actuated by the cylinder which sets in
motion the endless cloth.
These improvements are represented in the accompanying Drawings, of
which Fig. 1 is a top view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section in elevation by
the line, z,,, of Fig. 1;. Fig 3,, a longitudinal outside view in elevation on the
side of the machinery, which gives the, movement to the principal reservoir
containing the oil or analogous liquid; Fig. 4, a longitudinal outside view in
elevation of the opposite side; and Fig. 5, different views in detail of the oil
receptacle. In these Figures the same letters of reference indicate similar
parts.
a is the apparatus to spread the wool on the endless feed cloth 6' of the
breaking card; C are the inlet cylinders, and D is the drum. Whilst travelling
in the spreading apparatus a', and the two inlet cylinders C, the wool is oiled
by means of the brush E which strikes in its rotation the fixed blade F, which
is loaded with the liquid to be scattered on the wool by the little receptacle G
which overflows in its whole length on the side H. The little receptacle G is
itself supplied by the larger reservoir I, which pours its contents by the two
little conduits K. The outflow of the liquid in the reservoir I is regulated
by the travelling of the endless cloth 6' by means of a bevel wheel L keyed
on to the end of the cylinder, which actuates the cloth and which falls into gear
with another pinion M fixed on the shaft N.
At the end of this shaft is an
endless screw O, which sets the shaft P in motion by the dented wheel Q.

page_text: On the shaft P are also fixed two little gearings R, which give the up or
down movement to the receptacle I by catching in with the racks S fixed to
the said receptacle. In its ascension this receptacle pivots on the shaft T by
means of the conduits K, which act as fulcrums. The piece U is a thrasher,
which serves to keep in a constant mixture the oil and water which is con-
tained in the receptacle. On the dented wheel Q is a spring V which keeps
it constantly engaged with the endless screw O by pushing it against the
ring V¹, but which is disengaged by pushing it back against the spring, when,
for instance, it is necessary to let down the receptacle to fill it with the proper
.liquid.
Having now described and ascertained the nature of the said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is or may be used or carried into effect,
what I claim is,-
1°. The arrangement and combination of the whole of the said improve-
ments to oil and break the wool automatically and simultaneously whatever
apparatus may be used to spread the wool.
2º. The reservoir containing the oil or liquid for greasing the wool, and the
mechanism which pours the said oily liquid out.
3°. The manner of distributing the liquid on the wool, regulated by the
fixed blade F.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have hereto
set my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.