Improvements in Feed Regulating Mechanisms of Opening and Scutching Machines for Cotton and other Fibres.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Feed Regulating Mechanisms of Opening and
Scutching Machines for Cotton and other Fibres.
We, LORD BROTHERS LIMITED, of Canal Street Works, Todmorden, in the
County of York, Machine Makers, and JOHN KAY, of 67, Corporation Street,
Wigan, in the County of Lancaster, Foreman Mechanic, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in those feed regulating mechanisms of
opening and scutching machines in which the pendants of the pedal levers are
coupled together by a series of connecting links or levers the last of the series
being coupled or connected to one of the cone strap fork guide levers and our
improvements consist chiefly in substituting a special form of three-armed lever
for the connecting link hitherto employed.
In carrying our improvements into effect we connect the ends of three adjoining
or other pendants one to each extremity of a three armed lever, and couple the
central portion of this lever by a link to the corresponding portion of an adjoining
three-armed lever to which the next or other three pendants are connected and
proceed in like manner with the remaining pendants. We then couple the links
together until the number is reduced to one which is connected by a link to a
lever fulcrumed preferably on an adjustable fulcrum at one end, and at the other
end connected to the cone strap fork guide levér. In the event of there being an
odd number of pendants not divisible by three we connect such odd pendant or
pendants by a link or links to one of the links below or it might be above the
three-armed levers.
Improvements in Feed Regulating Mechanisms of Opening and
Scutching Machines for Cotton and other Fibres.
We, LORD BROTHERS LIMITED, of Canal Street Works, Todmorden, in the
County of York, Machine Makers, and JOHN KAY, of 67, Corporation Street,
Vigan, in the County of Lancaster, Foreman. Mechanic, do hereby declare the
[Price 8d1

page_text: 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in those feed regulating mechanisms of
opening and scutching machines in which the pendants of the pedal levers are
coupled together by a series of connecting links or levers the last of the series
being coupled or connected to one of the cone strap fork guide levers and our
improvements consist chiefly in substituting a special form of three armed lever
for the connecting link hitherto employed.
In the accompanying two sheets of drawings:-
:-
Figure 1 is an end view of the pedal levers and their pendants connected to
three armed levers according to our improvements, Figure 2 is a side view of
Fig. 1 and Figure 3 is a plan of the three armed levers.
In these views,-1 denotes the frame, 2 the pedal levers or cotton holders and
3 the pendants.
In carrying our improvements into effect we connect the ends of three adjoining
or other pendants 3 one to each extremity of a three armed lever 4, and couple the
central portion of this lever 4 by a link 5 to the corresponding portion of an ad-
joining three armed lever 4 to which the next or other three pendants 3 are con-
nected and proceed in like manner with the remaining pendants 3 as clearly shown
in Fig. 1. We then couple together two of the links 5 by a link 6 and finally in
the example shown couple the remaining link 5 to the link 6 by a link 7 and this
single link 7 is connected to a lever 8 fulcrumed preferably at one end on an
adjustable fulcrum 9 carried in a bracket 10 bolted adjustably at 11 to the frame.
At the other end the lever 8 is connected by a screwed rod 12 to one of the strap
fork guide levers 13 by which the position of the belt 14 is adjusted on the cones 15
when any movement of the pedal levers and the pendants takes place.
In the
event of there being an odd number of pendants not divisible by three we connect
such odd pendant or pendants by a link or links to one of the links below or it
might be above the three. armed levers.
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:-
The combination with the pedal levers 2 and their pendants 3, of the three
armed levers 4 and connections to the strap fork guide levers substantially as
herein set forth..
1000
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.