Improvements in Combing Machines.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1894-Accepted, 10th Mar., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combing Machines.
We, JAMES RAMSDEN HOYLE and HEBDEN COLBURN both of the Firm of
Hoyle and Preston of Keighley, in the County of York, Machine Makers do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in the formation, construction and arrangement of
the annular supports and carriages or rotary rings upon which are mounted the
circular combs of the type of machines known as Noble's combs, whereby these
parts are enabled to automatically adjust themselves to counteract or compensate
for the wear incident to use, while the desired path of, and greater freedom in the,
motion of said carriages or rotary rings is more certainly secured.
In accordance with our invention the annular support above referred to, is
formed so that its upper surface is at an angle to the horizontal plane, and a rib
or flange is formed on the rotary carriage or ring so that its lower edge will
correspond with the inclined edge of the annular support.
Intervening between the said support and flange we mount a series of antifriction
rollers upon which said flange with its comb may freely revolve, and these rollers
are of a suitable tapering form so that in their passage round the annular support
their inner ends will only complete the same number of revolutions as do their
outer ends.
To maintain these antifriction rollers in position suitably formed flanges are
made at each of their respective extremities or these flanges may be formed on
the edges of the annular support so that a proper furrow or groove is formed for
the rollers to revolve in, or again a flange may be formed on the annular support
while a furrow is formed in the rollers. If the rollers have flanges formed on
them, which formation we preferably follow, these flanges have suitably formed
edges or peripheries for contact with each other when moving round their support,
while supplementary flanges may be formed on the outer and inner edges of the
said support to form suitable receptacles for oil or lubricant.
By the formation of the parts as above described, the actions of the inclined
surfaces against each other, allow for no motion of the rotary carriage other than
that in its proper path which is at all parts equidistant from its centre.
Dated this 8th day of May 1893.
JAMES R. HOYLE,
HEBDEN COLBURN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Combing Machines.
We, JAMES RAMSDEN HOYLE and HEBDEN COLBURN both of the Firm of
Hoyle and Preston of Keighley in the County of York, Machine Makers, do
0 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, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in the formation, construction and arrangement of

page_text: the annular supports and carriages or rotary rings upon which are mounted the
circular combs of the type of machines known as Noble's combs, whereby these
parts are enabled to automatically adjust themselves to counteract or compensate
for the wear incident to use, while the desired path of and greater freedom in the
motion of said carriages or rotary rings is more certainly secured.
In order that this invention may be more readily understood we have hereunto
appended sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which, by figures and letters,
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of a sufficient portion of a combing machine to
illustrate the application of our invention.
Fig. 2 is a top view, reduced scale of parts shown by Fig. 1.
Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are similar views to Fig. but illustrate modifications
hereinafter described.
In accordance with our invention the annular support a above referred to,
is formed so that its upper surface a¹ is at an angle to the horizontal plane, and a
rib or flange b¹ is formed on the rotary carriage or ring b so that its lower edge 62
will correspond with the inclined edge a¹ of the annular support a.
Intervening between the said support a and flange 6 we mount a series of
antifriction rollers c upon which said flange b¹ together with its carriage 6 and
comb may freely revolve, and these rollers care of a suitable tapering form so
that in their passage round the annular support a they will complete a certain
number of revolutions without any part of their surfaces slipping or gliding over
that of the surface upon or in contact with which they revolve.
To maintain these antifriction rollers c in position suitable formed flanges d and e
are made at each of their respective extremities or these flanges d and e may be
dispensed while flanges d' and è are formed on the edges of the annular support a
(see Fig. 3) so that a proper furrow or groove is formed for the rollers c to revolve
in, or again a flange may be formed on the annular support a while a furrow
formed in the rollers c as is shown by Fig. 4.
is
If the rollers c have flanges d'and e formed on them, which formation we
preferably follow, these flanges have suitably formed edges or peripheries for
contact with each other when moving round their support a while supplementary
flanges h and k may be formed on the outer and inner edge of the said support a
to form suitable receptacles for oil or lubricant as shown by Fig. 5.
By the formation of the parts as above described, the actions of the inclined
surfaces against each other, allow for no motion of the rotary carriage 6 other than
that in its proper path which is at all parts equidistant from its centre.
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. The combination in a combing machine of roller bearings with means for
maintaining same in position substantially as herein set forth and described.
2. The combination of antifriction rollers of the form or configuration described
with the rotary carriage of a combing machine and the bed plate or support for
same arranged and constructed substantially as specified.
Dated this 6th dor of Fehm 1904
JAMES R. HOYLE,
HEBDEN COLBURN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
JAMES R. HOYLE,
HEBDEN COLBURN,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.