IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING WOOL OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Frederick Illingworth at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th November 1882.
FREDERICK ILLINGWORTH of Bradford in the County of York Commission wool
comber "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR COMBING WOOL OR
OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES
My invention consists in fitting a Dabbing Brush apparatus known as Speight's
Patent and for which Robert and Thomas Speight obtained Letters Patent dated
14th of June 1877 numbered 2328 and which consists in a new application to tho
well-known "Noble's" combing machine by which the "dabbing brush " is
actuated by an excentric and belt instead of a connecting rod and gear.
To Speight's dabbing brush apparatus I fit a regulating apparatus, whereby a
more regular and steady action is given to the dabbing brushes, producing better
work with a great saving in wear and tear of the brushes, besides preventing the
vibration of the combing machines which often result in break-downs and
unsteadiness of the Comb circles.
I have found in working Speight's Patent dabbing brush apparatus, that when
one of the dabbing brushes is stopped for the purpose of changing brushes, or any
other alteration, the stroke of the brushes is often altered and in many cases causes
both brushes when put in operation to strike at the same time in the fibres on the
comb circles; the vibration produced by the two down strokes at the same time on
the combing machine is so great (and more especially if the combs are fitted in
upper floors of mills) that serious and expensive damages occur to the combing
machines by break downs.
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To remedy these defects; I secure on the columns of a Noble's" combing
machine two brackets one on each column and the brackets are made with tubular
bearers through which passes and works a shaft; on the ends of the shaft and
outside the tubular bearers I secure cog whicels or friction rollers; the cog wheels
work in other cog wheels or the friction rollers on other friction rollers secured on
the eccentric shaft of each dubbing apparatus and next to the eccentric; or I may
secure the wheels next to the driving pulley on the eccentric shaft; I also centre
the two dabbing brushes at half stroke so that only one brush can dab in the fibres
at a time by which means I greatly reduce the vibration of the machine and in fact
cause the machine to work with steadiness.

page_text: Should one of the dabbing brushes be stopped and any alteration in the stroke
be made by the workman such alteration will be communicated at once to the
other dabbing brush and the same position maintained with both apparatuses, as the
cog wheel or friction roller of the dabbing brush acted on by the workman will,
by means of the shaft, at once actuate the other cog wheel or friction roller and
give motion to the cog wheels or friction rollers fitted on the eccentric shafts.
I also reduce the weight of the slides of the dabbing apparatus.
By these means I can run "Speight's" dabbing apparatus at a very high speed
producing more and better work in a given time, giving better dabbing and cleaner
work, besides great saving in the wear and tear of the brushes.