Improvements relating to the Stripping and Cleaning of Carding Engine Flats.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Lett, 5th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 12th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to the Stripping and Cleaning of Carding
Engine Flats.
I, WILLIAM PHILIPSON, of Holland Street Iron Works, Astley-Bridge, near
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to an improved method of clearing the stripping brush
for flats of carding engines and consists in mounting over the brush centre
strip of wire fixed on wood or other suitable lag or bearing which will act in
pressing loose cotton riding on top of brush down into same until the said brush
is full or nearly so, when it may be drawn over surface of brush and pressed
into the brush by means of compressing springs or their equivalents so as to
clear it of cotton and dirt or other deleterious matter, and when the said clearer
is replaced into its working position the clearer will adjust itself automatically.
This can also be accomplished by means of a heckle" or comb by rotating
the brush whilst working in a contrary direction to the points of the "heckle
or comb, which is kept out of the brush by the pressure of the brush wire,
bristle, or other material or substance employed in lieu of same. When the
brush requires to be cleaned the "heckle" or comb is drawn down and the teeth
or points of the same enters the brush and clears or removes dirt and other
deleterious matter therefrom.
Dated the 13th January 1808
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
Improvements relating to the Stripping and Cleaning of Carding
Engine Flats.
I, WILLIAM PHILIPSON, of Holland Street Iron Works, Astley-Bridge, near
Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer and Machinist, do hereby declare
the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to an improved method of clearing the stripping brush
for flats of carding engines and consists in mounting over the brush centre a
strip of wire fixed on wood or other suitable lag or bearing which will act in
pressing loose cotton riding on top of brush down into same until the said brush
is full or nearly so, when it may be drawn over surface of brush and pressed
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page_text: into the brush by means of compressing springs or their equivalents so as to
clear it of cotton and dirt or other deleterious matter, and when the said clearer
is replaced into its working position the clearer will adjust itself automatically.
This can also be accomplished by means of a "heckle" or comb by rotating
the brush whilst working in a contrary direction to the points of the
heckle
or comb, which is kept out of the brush by the pressure of the brush wire,
bristle, or other material or substance employed in lieu of same. When the
brush requires to be cleaned the "heckle" or comb is drawn down and the teeth
or points of the same enters the brush and clears or removes dirt and other
deleterious matter therefrom..
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1-Sheet is a longitudinal elevation of my improved method of
clearing stripping brush for flats of carding engines--Fig. 2 an end view Fig. 3
a' transverse section through line A¹ B in Fig. 1-Fig. 4-Sheet a part
longitudinal elevation of my improved method of clearing stripping brush by
means of a "heckle" or comb, and Fig. 5 a transverse section through line ("¹D
in Fig. 4.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A are travelling flats of a carding engine; B stripping brush stock; C fillet-
ting; D adjustable bristles, and E shaft or centre carrying stripping brush.
Over the centre of the stripping brush B is mounted the wood or other suitable
lag or bearing H provided with the strip of wire filletting I. The wood or other
suitable lag or bearing H is supported in the fixings J, being secured therein
by the bolts K. The underside of each fixing J is provided with the stem or
spindle L located in the boss M of the levers N mounted on the shaft or centre E
of the stripping brush. The fixings J and stem or spindle L are secured in
the boss M of the levers N by the pin O. Between the underside of each fixing J
and the lower end of each boss M is mounted the spiral spring P for automatically
maintaining the correct position of the same when released from the operator's
hand. When the lag or bearing H and filletting I are directly over the centre
of the stripping brush B as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the same presses loose cotton
riding on top of stripping brush B into the same until the said brush is full
or nearly so, and when necessary the attendant pulls down the lag or bearing H
as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and in moving the latter back to its original
position presses or pushes the same towards the stripping brush B so as to clear
the filletting C of cotton and dirt and other deleterious matter, and when the lag
or bearing H with its filletting I is replaced by the attendant to its position
over the centre of the stripping brush and when released from pressure it is
adjusted automatically by the springs 1. The shaft or centre E carrying the
stripping brush is supported in the bearings R attached to any convenient part
of the carding engine. To determine the correct working position of the lag
or bearing H with its filletting I the levers N are provided with the arms R¹;
the outer ends of the latter being arrested by coming in contact with the
brackets S carrying the bearings R.
In lieu of the lag or bearing H and filletting I I employ a "heckle" or comb,
consisting of the prongs T attached to the rod U secured to the levers W by
the nuts X, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 on Sheet 2 of the drawings. The levers W
are loosely mounted on the shaft or centre E carrying the stripping brush,
which allows of the "heckle" or comb being operated in either direction circum-
ferentially, to clear the brush of cotton, dirt, and other deleterious matter, by
the attendant. The levers W are provided with the arms R¹ which engage
with the fixing S to ensure of the correct working position of the
"heckle or
comb. The position or angle of the prongs T attached to the rod U is regulated
by means of the adjusting screws Y mounted in the bearings Z attached to the

page_text: levers W carrying the "heckle" or comb, operating in conjunction with the arms
or projections x attached to the rod U.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. In combination with the stripping brush for flats of carding engines the
general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts consisting of the
lag or bearing H and filletting I held and supported by the centres or spindles L
disposed in the bosses M of the levers N mounted on the shaft or centre E of
the stripping brush, together with the spiral springs P and the levers R1, the
whole being connected, applied, and operating substantially as described and
as illustrated in the annexed drawings in Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive on Sheet 1.
2. In combination with the stripping brush for flats of carding engines the
general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts consisting of the
heckle" or comb composed of the prongs T attached to the rod U secured to
the levers W by the nuts X, and adjusted by means of the screws Y located
in the bearings Z mounted on the levers W operating on the arms or projec-
tions x on the rod U, the whole being connected, applied, and operating sub-
stantially as described and as illustrated in the annexed drawings in Figs. 4
and 5 on Sheet 2.
Dated the 4th day of October 1898.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.