IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL, FLAX, SILK, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUDSMANADO
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Terrell Garnett, of Fair Lawn, Ripon, in
the County of York, Gentleman, John Wheater, of Bradford, in the
same County, Machine Fitter, and William Waring, of Bradford,
aforesaid, Combing Overlooker, for the Invention of “IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL, FLAX, SILK, OR OTHER FIBROUS
SUDSMANADO "
Sealed the 7th March 1873, and dated the 24th December 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Terrell Garnett,
John Wheater, and William Waring, at the Office of the Commis-
sioners of Patents, with their Petition, on the 24th December 1872.
We, WILLIAM TERRELL GARNETT, of Fair Lawn, Ripon, in the County
of York, Gentleman, JOHN WHEATER, of Bradford, in the same County,
Machine Fitter, and WILLIAM WARING, of Bradford, aforesaid, Combing
Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR COMBING WOOL, FLAX, SILK, OR OTHER
FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," to be as follows :-
This Invention relates to the class of machinery for combing wool and
other fibres wherein "dabbing" brushes are employed for dabbing or
striking the wool into the teeth of the comb or combs, and the object is
to prevent the accumulation of loose wool or "slubs" around the said

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dabbing" brushes. For this purpose we employ a metal guard or
frame of suitable size and form to allow the "dabbing" brush to pass
freely through to the teeth of the comb or combs, which said guard or
frame may be attached to any convenient part of the framework of the
machine. The inside of this guard or frame is provided with one or
more rows of pointed pins or comb teeth, fixed obliquely, the points of
which project downwards, so as to engage with and enter the sides of the
bristles of the brush at every upward or return stoke of the said brush,
and thereby clear it of the loose wool or fibre which may adhere thereto,
and so cause the whole of the wool or fibre to be deposited upon the
comb or combs, thus preventing waste, and effecting a great saving of
wool, and producing a better sliver.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Terrell Garnett, John Wheater, and
William Waring in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd June
1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
TERRELL GARNETT, of Fair Lawn, Ripon, in the County of York, Gentle-
man, JOHN WHEATER, of Bradford, in the same County, Machine Fitter,
and WILLIAM WARING, of Bradford, aforesaid, Combing Overlooker,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said William Terrell Garner, Jolin
Wheater, and William Waring, Her special licence that we, the said
William Terrell Garnett, John Wheater, and William Waring, our execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said William
Terrell Garnett, John Wheater, and William Waring, our executors, ad-
ministrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY

page_text: FOR COMBING WOOL, FLAX, SILK, OR OTHER FIBROUS SUBSTANCES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that we the said William Terrell Garnett,
John Wheater, and William Waring, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Terrell Garnett, John
Wheater, and William Waring, do hereby declare the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
and accompanying Sheet of Drawings, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to the class of machinery for combing wool and
other fibres, wherein "dabbing" brushes are employed for "dabbing"
or striking the wool into the teeth of the comb or combs, and the object
is to prevent the accumulation of loose wool or "slubs" around the
said “dabbing" brushes. For this purpose we employ a metal guard or
frame of suitable size and form, to allow the "dabbing brush" to pass
freely through to the teeth of the comb or combs, which said guard or
frame may be attached to any convenient part of the framework of the
machine. The inside of this guard or frame is provided with one or
more rows of pointed pins or comb teeth, fixed obliquely, or the points
of which project downwards so as to engage with and enter the sides of
the bristles of the brush at every upward or return stroke of the said
brush, and thereby clear it of the loose wool or fibre which may adhere
thereto, and so cause the whole of the wool or fibre to be deposited upon
the comb or combs, thus preventing waste, and effecting a great saving
of wool, and producing a better sliver.
Such being the nature and object of this our said Invention we will
now proceed to describe the same in detail, and have hereunto annexed a
Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, in which Fig. 1 is a plan view of
a circular comb, shewing our improved apparatus applied thereto; Figs. 2.
is an elevation of the same; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, are detached full-
size views of the apparatus, Fig. 5 being a longitudinal section, and
Fig. 6 a cross section, shewing the " dabbing" brush between the guard
or frame.

page_text: A is the guard or frame, attached by bolts B passed through holes in
the part C, and so securing the guard or frame to the upright D. The
inside of the guard or frame is provided with one or more rows of pins or
comb teeth E, and these are placed obliquely, and pointing downwards,
so as to engage with and enter the bristles of the brush F, and thereby
at each and every upward or return stroke of the said brush to comb or
clear the same of loose wool or fibre which may have adhered thereto,
and so ensure the whole of the wool or fibre being deposited upon the
comb or combs, thus preventing waste, and effecting a great saving of
fibre, and producing a better sliver.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and shewn
by Drawings and reference thereto the manner in which the same is to
be performed or carried into practical operation, we would have it under-
stood that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details of form or
construction, or the method of applying the same; but what we claim
is, the construction, application, and use of a guard or frame, with pins
or teeth, substantially in manner and for the purposes herein set forth or
described and illustrated by the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Terrell Garnett, for and on
behalf of myself and the said John Wheater and William Waring,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of
April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named William Terrell Garnett,
in the presence of,
WM. TASKER,
Tasker & Brierley,
Patent Agents,
Halifax, & Bradford.
W. T. GARNETT. (L.S.)