Improvements in Gill Drawing Frames.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 8th Jan., 1895-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gill Drawing Frames.
We, JAMES BARBOUR, Machine Maker and SAMUEL BRADLEY Machinist
both of Falls Foundry, Belfast, Ireland, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in appliances to be employed in con-
nection with gill drawing frames and consists in the application and use of guides
or conductors to the retaining rollers, in such a manner that the sliver is guided
and supported by means of said guides, which are made of such a forin that the
sliver or fibre under operation is automatically carried and guided from the sliver
plate under the first back roller, then over the pressing or "jockey roller,
thence under the last back roller to the gills, and that without the aid or inter-
vention of the attendant other than feeding the sliver into the first retaining
roller, time is thus saved in putting up the sliver at the back of the drawing frame,
and a better sliver is obtained as no handling or tossing of the fibre takes place.
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According to this invention metal plates forming conductors or guides are
placed under the first back roller in such a manner that the sliver is supported
and guided to the bite or nip of the pressing or jockey roller and the first roller,
where it is then caught and drawn through to the top side of the pressing roller
which is also provided with a guide or conductor which guides the sliver to the
bite of the pressing and second back roller where it is then caught and drawn
through and thence guided and supported by another conductor or guide until
caught by the gill pins.
The guides or conductors are made either in one, or in separate pieces preferably
with closed ends, thus making a set of guides or conductors for each sliver operated
on the bottom guide being fastened to the sliver plate. The top guide is also
used for carrying the rubbers used for cleaning the rollers.
The top guides or conductors fit over the pressing or "jockey" roller, which
is made with pivotted ends, the sides of the conductor or guide coming down over
the sides of the pressing roller, and rest on the pivotted ends thus keeping the
guide or conductor in its proper position.
Dated this 11th day of April 1894.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Daw
We, JAMES BARBOUR, Machine Maker, and SAMUEL BRADLEY, Machinist,
both of Falls Foundry, Belfast, Ireland, 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 appliances to be employed in con-
nection with gill drawing frames, and consists in the application and use of guides

page_text: or conductors in combination with the retaining rollers, in such a manner that the
sliver is guided and supported by means of said guides, which are made of such a
form that the sliver or fibre under operation is automatically carried and guided
from the sliver plate under the first back roller, then over the pressing or "jockey"
roller, thence under the last back roller to the gills, and that without the aid or
intervention of the attendant other than feeding the sliver into the first retaining
roller, time is thus saved in putting up the sliver at the back of the drawing
frame, and a better sliver is obtained, as no handling or tossing of the fibre takes
place.
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 sectional end elevation of so much of a gill drawing frame as is
requisite to illustrate the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation partly in section of the improved guides and
conductors and rollers.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2.
According to this invention metal plates 1, 1" and 1° forming conductors and
guides are placed as follows viz. :-Plates 1 & 1' are carried under the retaining
rollers 2 & 4 by means of the bracket 10 which is fixed to the sliver plate 6. The
conductor plate 1* is carried over the pressing or jockey rollers 3 and is supported
by the rubbers 7-7, which rest on the retaining rollers 2 & 4 and which serve
at the same time for cleaning these rollers.
The conductor or guide 1 is preferably made with closed ends 9 which pass
over the ends of the pressing or jockey rollers 3 to prevent the conductor or
guide 1 from moving on end.
The pressing rollers 3 are made with pivots 8 to keep them from moving endways
and the ends 9 of the guide 12 are cut away to clear these pivots.
The guide plate 1 is so set that the sliver under operation is supported and
guided up to the bite of the rollers 2 and 3 where it is caught and drawn through
said rollers, the sliver is then constrained by the guide 1 to move round until
caught by the bite of rollers 3 & 4, from whence it emerges and is further guided
by the plate 1' until caught by the gill pins 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:-
(1.) In gill drawing frames, the first back roller 2, jockey roller 3, and second
back roller 4, together with the guides or conductors 1, 1, 1 all in combination,
as and for the purpose herein described, and substantially as illustrated by the
annexed drawings.
(2.) In gill drawing frames, the use and employment of guides or conductors
as 1, 1, 1 applied to the retaining rollers as and for the purpose herein described
and substantially as illustrated by annexed drawings.
Dated thio 7th
7th day of January 1895
JAMES BARBOUR,
SAMUEL BRADLEY,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.