IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDENSING CARDING ENGINES
Year: 1884

page_text: We JAMES HAIGH Manufacturer of Towning Mills Stainland near Halifax in the:
County of York and ALFRED STEPHENSON of 1 Cliff Terrace Greetland also near.
Halifax in the said County Woollen Carder do hereby declare the nature of our
said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDENSING CARDING ENGINES" to be as'
follows:-
This invention relates principally to the condensing carding engines for carding
woollen or worsted fibres, but the same invention may also be applied to condensing
engines for carding other fibrous substances.
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Hitherto the "stripper" roller on the carding engine had a revolving motion
only imparted to it, the result being that the teeth of the cards of the stripper
became unevenly worn, in consequence of the annular spaces left in the doffing,
cylinders, and it had to be frequently taken off to be ground regularly and evenly
on the surface.
Our invention consists in giving a slow traversing motion, as well as a revolving
motion to the "stripper" roller; this may be effected by any convenient arrange-
ment of mechanism, but we prefer to obtain the necessary traverse by a worm
wheel actuated from the shaft of the doffing cylinder. A crank pin' fixed in the
face of the wheel actuates a lever, the other end of which gives a slow traversing
motion to the stripper..
By this traversing motion the cards on the "stripper" will always be worn
evenly and kept sharpened by the rubbing contact with the doffing cylinders and
hence a great saving of time and labor will be effected and a better yarn produced.
Dated the 90th day of Santamba- 7001
GEORGE DAVIES,
Agent for the Applicants,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We JAMES HAIGH Manufacturer of Towning Mill Stainland near Halifax in the
County of York and ALFRED STEPHENSON of 1 Cliff Terrace Greetland also near
Halifax in the said County Woollen Carder do hereby declare the nature of our
invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CONDENSING CARDING ENGINES" 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 principally to such "condensing" carding engines as
are used for carding woollen, angola, or worsted fibres, but the same invention
may also be applied to condensing engines employed for carding other fibrous
substances.
The invention will be readily understood on reference to the annexed sheet of
illustrative diagrams and the following explanation thereof.
Fig 1. shows the improved apparatus in side elevation and Fig 2 the same in
plan view, a, a is part of the side framing of the carding engine and b, b part of
the doffing cylinder and c, c the "stripper roller."
Hitherto the "stripper" roller c, c on the carding engine had a revolving motion
only imparted to it, the result being that the teeth of the cards of the stripper c, c
became unevenly worn, in consequence of the annular spaces left in the doffing
cylinders c, c and it had to be frequently taken off to be ground regularly and
evenly on the surface.
Our invention consists principally in giving a slow traversing motion equal to
about the width of a ring, and a space on the doffing cylinder as well as a
revolving motion to the "stripper" roller; this may be effected by any convenient
arrangement of mechanism but we prefer to obtain the necessary traverse by a
worm wheel d, d actuated by a worm e, e on the shaft of the doffing cylinder.
A crank pin f fixed in the face of the wheel d, d actuates a lever g, g the other
end of which gives a slow traversing motion to the stripper c, a
By this traversing motion the cards on the "stripper" c, c will always be worn
evenly and kept sharpened by the rubbing contact with the doffing cylinder b, b
and hence a great saving of time and labor will be effected and a better yarn
produced.
Figs 8. and 4 illustrate the arrangement for keeping the driving wheel at the
other end of the "stripper" always in place notwithstanding the traversing motion
of the axle of the "stripper" roller.
The driving wheel h, h has attached to its face a grooved boss i, i in the groove
of which is a fixed bracket k, k attached to any convenient part of the frame. The
axle of the "stripper" is provided with a key fitting in a key way in the boss of
the wheel h, h so that it will drive the axle, and at the same time allow the latter
to traverse to and fro in a longitudinal direction.
We would remark in conclusion that although the drawing illustrates a single
doffer condensing carding engine, it will be understood that our invention may be
Also readily adapted to double doffer condensing engines.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
In condensing carding engines the arrangement of mechanism substantially as
above described and illustrated (or its equivalent) whereby a slow endwise to and
fro motion is given to the "stripper" roller in addition to its ordinary rotating
movement.
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