An Improvement in Machines and Machinery for Breaking the Woody Parts and Beating and Softening Fibrous Substances, such as Ramie, Rhea, or China Grass, Flax, Hemp, and the like.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 12th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 12th Nov.. 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Machines and Machinery for Breaking the
Woody Parts and Beating and Softening Fibrous Substances,
such as Ramie, Rhea, or China Grass, Flax, Hemp, and the
like.
TAYLOR BURROWS Engineer, 88 Upper Kennington Lane, S.E. DICK
RADCLYFFE Horticultural Decorator 56 Gloucester Crescent, Regent's Park N.W.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This machine is an improvement on Patent No. 1974 of 1883.
We arrange a horizontal shaft to work under the ends of the bottom roller or
rollers having a screw or worm driving wheel running in a wheel on the roller
end, as this shaft revolves quickly it causes the roller to revolve slowly in the
direction required. On the same shaft I fix an excentric or crank device which is
attached or connected to the top roller end, so that at each revolution of
this shaft the roller end is lifted up, & drawn down or towards the bottom
roller & thus a beating action and an advancing or revolving action of the rollers
is obtained.
The two rollers have longitudinal grooves round their circumference & these
projections or grooved surfaces of the two rollers are set to intersect each other as
in the former Patent a wheel at the end of each roller serving to keep them
in their relative positions as required, so that they revolve having their opening &
closing action working at the same time. We may have an eccentric lifting
motion at one side only to lift one end of the top roller, or we may have an
eccentric or crank at each side, & so lift the roller bodily.
November 12th 1894.
TAYLOR BURROWS.
DICK RADCLYFFE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Machines and Machinery for Breaking the
Woody Parts and Beating and Softening Fibrous Substances,
such as Ramie, Rhea, or China Grass, Flax, Hemp, and the
like.
We, TAYLOR BURROWS, Engineer, 88, Upper Kennington Lane, London, S.E.
and DICK RADCLIFFE, Horticultural Decorator, 56, Gloucester Crescent,
Regent's Park, London, N.W. 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 apparatus for breaking and beating while crushing-
and thereby mechanically softening-fibrous substances such as the fibrous parts
" ribbons
" of china grass, rhea or ramie or the stems or straws of flax hemp or
the like and has for its object to provide means of a simple and inexpensive
character for effecting the aforesaid purposes.
or

page_text: And in order that our present invention may be easily understood and readily
carried into practice we will proceed to describe same with reference to the
drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is an end view of a machine according to our present improvements.
Fig. 2 is a partial plan of the machine i.e. Fig. 2 is a plan of only one pair of 5
rollers and the apparatus for actuating same.
Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the parts removed from the machine.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout.
In a suitable frame or standard A we arrange one pair or more of longitudinally
grooved or fluted rollers B C the flutes or blades on which intersect and we impart 1
rotary motion to these rollers B C as hereinafter described or in any other
suitable manner and advantageously having a toothed wheel B' C¹ fixed on or to
the end of each roller B and C respectively which wheels B₁ C₁ intergear by
means of very deep cogs or teeth thereon and thus ensure the rollers B and C
revolving evenly together.
To the other end of the top roller B in cach pair reciprocating motion is
imparted towards and away from the other roller C while continuously revolving
the rollers being so mounted as to permit this for instance the bearing B
carrying the end B of the top roller B is pivoted or hinged at Bx to the fixed
arm A projecting from the main frame A and the depth of the teeth on the gear
wheels B C allows sufficient vertical movement of the roller B without said teeth
coming out of gear.
This reciprocating motion is imparted as hereinafter described to thus cause a
kind of rapid beating on the fibrous material as the latter is passed between the
rollers B and C.
For this purpose a horizontal driving shaft D is suitably mounted below the
said rolls B C at right angles thereto (and having-when beating motion is to be
imparted to both ends of the roll B-an eccentric or crank thereon (not shown)
one on each side of the worm E hereinafter described) and eccentric rods or con-
necting rods such as F shown in detail in Fig. 3 therefrom attached to the end of
said top roller or to a suitable bearing (such as H shown at the other end B² of
said roll) carrying same and thereby impart the said quick beating motion to
the said roller B; say 20 beats to one revolution of the roller.
We may have this beating motion imparted to both ends or to either end only of
said top roller B for instance to the end B2 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in which
latter case a second horizontal shaft D' is mounted on the frame parallel to D and
advantageously driven therefrom by a driving belt X passing round a pulley D'
on the shaft D and a pulley D³ on the shaft D'.
Two eccentrics G on shaft D impart motion to the two eccentric rods F F (see
Fig. 3) which latter at their upper end carry the bearing or bearing block H
in which the end B2 of said roller is free to revolve.
No worm E would be required on said second driving shaft D'.
Y. Z. are fast and loose pulleys on the shaft D by which the whole machine is
driven from any suitable source of power.
The rotary motion is imparted to the bottom roll C (and by the aforesaid
deep toothed intergearing wheels B and C₁ to the top roll B) by the worm E
fixed on said driving shaft D driving the worm wheel C¹ fixed to the said bottom
roll C.
As many pairs of said combined beating and crushing rolls B C may be used
in each machine as desired according to the nature of the fibrous material to be
treated thereby and the aforesaid motions can be respectively imparted thereto
from one driving shaft D running the whole length of the machine or from two
such driving shafts D D as aforesaid when beating motion is to be imparted
to both ends of the top roller of each such pair of rollers.
By this means the fibrous material is thoroughly crushed beaten and softened
mechanically in a very simple but effective manner and by a very inexpensive
machine.

page_text: 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. A machine for the purposes hereinbefore set forth having in combination a
pair or more than one pair of rollers adapted to simultaneously beat as well as
revolve, a driving shaft, a worm fixed on said shaft, a worm wheel fixed to the
bottom roll of said pair of rollers and revolved by said worm, an eccentric or
eccentrics fixed on said shaft and a connection or connections from said eccentric
or eccentrics to said top roller to thus impart beating motion to one end
of said top roller substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
2. The combination with the machine claimed above of a second driving
shaft eccentric fixed thereon and connections from the latter to the other end
of said top roller to thereby impart the said beating motion to both ends of
said top roller substantially in the manner and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
Dated this 19th dev of Sentember 1895
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicants.