US1441850A

US1441850A - Attachment for carding engines

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Publication number: US1441850A
Application number: US557466A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ralph P Hamilton
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1922-04-29
Filing date: 1922-04-29
Publication date: 1923-01-09
Anticipated expiration: 1940-01-09

Description

Jan; 9, 192-3..

s SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTOR.

i iiummmmmm FILED APR. 29, 1922.

R. P. HAMILTON ATTACHMENT FOR CARDING ENGINES- ATTORNE.

Jan. 9, 1923.

3., P. HAMILTON. ATTACHMENT FOR CARDING ENGINES.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

FILED APR. 29, 1922.

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. ATTORNEY.

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J an, 9, 1928.

R. P. HAIVHLTON, ATTACHMENT FOB CARDING ENGINES.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3- FILED APP. 29. 1922'.

INVEN TOR.

RALPH P. ltitiltlllhllfllil, U lEtlllElEOlEtlD, NORTH CAROLINA.

AT'IAGHMEIN'L" JEUJEt HARDING ENGINES Application filed ltpril 5B9, 19%. Serial lilo. 557, i66.

To all who m may concern: is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing Be it known that l, RALPH P. Hairinron, the structure at the opposite side of that a citizen of the United States residing at shown in Fig. 2. itaeitord in the county of Hoke and @tate 41 is a plan view oi the clearer comb a oi? North Carolina, have invented certain actuating mechanism.

new and useful improvements in Attachl igi 5 is a sectional detail of a part of the ments for Carding i lzigines oi which the device illustrated in Fig. at. following is a specification. .l lig. 6 is a front elevation ot' the strip- This invention relates to carding engines, ping comb partly in section.

10 and has for one of its objects to provide an iiigl is an enlarged detail of the imattachment for devices of this character proved attachment. whereby the material detached by the flats Fig. 8 is a vi ot a portion of the strucis removed and returned to the lickerin to ture shown in i g. 7 "ith the connecting be reworked together with the material rerod in section on he line 8-8 of Fig. 7.

15 ceived from the lap roll. Fig. 9 is a sectional detail of the adjust- Another obje t of th in enti n i to r able crank device whereby the motion is imvide a device oi this character whereby the parted to the stripper comb.

n a terial detached by the flat when 1 0- Fig. 10 is a face view Of the parts SliOWll tated oppositely to the carding cylinder 11 lg. 8.

so may be conducted therefrom and not passed Fl 11 i a ransverse sec ion on the line again to the lickerin. ll

ll of 6. Another object of the invention is to P1()- Fig. is a sectional detail, illustrating ida gdgvice of this character wherein the the means t0?! conducting the strippings lap material is subjected to the action of a Way from the flats and preventing them liclrerin and a. carding cylinder, then sub om pa 5: to the lickerin.

jecting the lap material when first received Ti lie improved device may be applied by the carding cylinder to the action of the Without inntfiilttl structural change to card flat devices rotating oppositely to thecard- 111g engines of var ous mal res, but for the ing cylinder t rem ve f rei matt r th r purpose or illustration the improved device to from before it passes to the carding cylinis shown applied to a conventional carding der, and then detaching the separated engine. a g5 matter, a The main supporting; frame is reprehnother object of the invention is to prosented as a whole at it the carding cylinder vide a device of this character wherein the at 11 mounted on the frame by a shaft 12,

3e lap material is subjected to the action oi a the lap roli. holder atld the lickerinat 14E,

lickerin and a carding cylinder, then subthe hood or guard tor thelickerin at 15, the

jecting the lap material when first received flat cards at operating around drums by the carding cylinder to theaction of the 17 and supported by idlers i8, and the dot"- fiat devices rotating oppositely to the card for 19, these parts belng of the usual conto ing cylinder to remove foreign matter therestruction.

from before it passes to the carding cylinin the improved device the belt oi. ilats der, then detaching the separated matter, i6 is caused to rotate in the opposite direcand directing it back to the liclrerin. tion to the card cylinder as indicated by With these and other objects in view the the arrows, instead. of in the same direction invention consists in certain novel features as in ordinary carding engines, and to this of construction hereinafter shown and end the drive belt of the belt of flats, indidescribed and then specifically pointed out cated at 20 is straight instead of being in the claims, and in the drawings il1ustracrossed in ordinary structures of this tive of the preferred embodiment oi the incharacter. to ventiont- In the improved structure the hood 15 of Figure 1 is a side elevation oi a conventhe lickerin is formed with an opening 21 tional carding enoine with the improved atin one side extending the whole length of tachments applie the lickerln, and leading from the opening Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail. is a gulde chute or hopper 22, the latter with its intake enlarged and in position to receive the material picked off by the comb as illustrated in Fig.

Supported in any suitable manner heti een the chute member 22 and the adjacent casing; of the carding cylinder is rock shaft 23.

For the purpose of illustration the rock shaft 23 is shown supported for oscillation in bearings 24 and eachbearing attached to a suspension strap 25, and each strap adjustably coupled to the nearest supporting arm 26 of the flat belt. Each of the hanger straps 25 is slotted to receive clamp bolts tapped into the arm 26, whereby the bearings 24 may be adjusted vertically to control the position of the rock shaft 23.

The shaft of the lickerin 14 is supported by brackets 29 rising from the frame 10, and connected to one of the brackets is a relatively heavy strap 30 to the outer end of which another bearing 31 is attached, and journalled in the latter bearing is a stub shaft carrying a belt pulley The shaft also earn s a similar belt pulley and an endless belt operates over tr belt pulleys. By this means the motion oi the shaft 28 of the lickerin transmitted to the stub shaft 32.

Mounted on the stub s V 32 at the end opposite to the pulley 1s a uis having an undercut or dovetailed guide channel 37 in its outer face.

Slidably disposed in the channel 3? is a headed stub 38 carrying a threaded sleeve 39 as shown in Fig. 5, the latter Serving the twofold purpose of a clamp nut to adjustably couple the stud 38 in the. channel 37, but likewise as a bearing for a connecting rod 40. By this simple means the throw of the connecting rod may be readily changed by changing the position of the stud in the channel 37.

At its opposite ends the rod 40 is pivoted at 41 in a slot 42 in an arm 43 connected to the shaft 23 and partaking of its rocking motion.

Extending through the shaft 23 at spaced intervals are bolts 44 having coactinp; nuts 45 bearing upon opposite sides of the shaft to enable the bolts to be adjusted transversely of the shaft.

Attached to the bolts 44 at one end is the head member 46 of a comb blade 47 which operates sufliciently close to the latter to strip the material therefrom as the flats are rotated.

Pivoted at 49 upon opposite sides of the casing of the carding cylinder are small levers, one of which is shown at 50, and pivoted at 51 to one end of the lovers is a guide bar 52, preferably of relatively heavy metal with its upper face curved to conform to the curvature of the paths of the teeth of the flats 16, and yieldably supported by any suitable means, for instance by springs, one of which is represented at The member 52 operates as a guide to the flats as they pass around the drums so that the flats will be held in position where they pass over "he r-stripping comb for the comb to remove the strip from the llats. The stripping comb Ii-7 must be set to opcrate very accurately, hen-e the neccs for the guide 52 to cause the flats to travel accu tely relative to the comb.

ch the ap aratus thus described the oration is as l'ollows:

its the carding cylinder and lickci'in are rotated, tlle lap of cotton including the llll purities if any l by ilu roll 48 lo the lickcrin and thence and between the latter and the flat devices. The flats being rotated opposit ly to tie movement ol. the card cylinder the matci al \Tilliu} the impurnie." will be moved to the outer sumace of ti is of the lap and be picked off by the tcet 1 of the flats and carried away from the influence of the teeth of th. cards. and thus separated from the major portion of the material. As the picked off mate rial is c- 'ricd away from the carding inder the oscillating comb device ilkstrips the material from the flats and (onducts it into the chute or hopper 2'2 and thence into the lickerin.

The stripprd material passing lu-oug'li. the lickcrin, the

150 the carding cylinder .-;er amount oi tlierra.-;li. motes and other foreign matter exhumed by the action of the lickcrin and by which they are broken up and ('Xll'lll'itfil by the mote knives represented at 49.

Thus much valuable time and labor is saved as the work in the stripper room may be entirely obviated.

By this arrangvment the card strippingrs may be reworked simultaneously with the carding of the lap material, thus avoiding the necessity for taking oil the strimiings separately and transporting them to a stripper room to there be worked orsold as waste In treating certain kinds of cotton. it is not desirable to run the strippings through the lickerin, and in that event a stripping roller. represented at 54 in Fig. 12, is sup ported on the funnel 22 in )0sition to carry the strippings over the funnel and deposit it in a suitable receptacle or otherwise dispose of it.

The rapidly revolving lickerin creates a strong draft downwardly through the hop per or chute 22, hence the stripped n'mierial will be drawn into the lickerin, and no danger exists of throwing the stripped material over the upper end of the hopper.

To prevent the strono' draft created in the lickerin hood from alecting the operation. a stop of suitable construction, and indifill cated at 55, is attached to the hood ot the lickerin.

Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new is z- 1. ln an apparatus of the class described carding cylinder, a flat device cooperating with the carding cylinder and operating oppositely thereto, a lickerin cylinder, and means for detaching the material picked oil by the flat device and returning it to the lickcrin.

2. The method ct treating laps oi? fibrous material consisting in subjecting the lap material to the action of a lickerin and cardingcylinder, subjecting; the lap mate rial While on the carding cylinder to action cl ahflat device operating reversely to the carding cylinder, and detaching the portion picked off by the flat device and re turning it to the lickerin.

3. in an apparatus of the class described a carding cylinder, a fiat device cooperating with the carding cylinder and operating oppositely thereto, a liclrerin cylinder having a shield device with an opening in one side, and means for detachmp; the material picked oil by the flat device and feedingit through the openin erin cylinder.

5. lln an apparatus of the class described a carding cylinder, a flat device cooperating with the carding cylinder and operating oppositely thereto, a lickerin cylinder, a comb device between the lickerin cylinder and the discharge end or the flat device, and means for actuating the comb device to cause it to detach the material picked oil by the flat device and return it to the lickerin.

6. in an apparatus ot the class described a carding cylinder, a flat device cooperating With the carding cylinder and operating; oppositely thereto, a lickerin cylinder, a comb device between the lickerin cylinder and the discharge end oi the Hat device, and. a guard device yieldably supported adjacent the comb and operating to hold the flat members in position for the action of the comb.

7. The combination With a carding cylinder and a Hat device and a lickerin, of a vibrating; comb device operating; to remove the strippings from the flat device and teed it to the lickerin.

8. The combination with a carding cylinder and a flat device and a lickerin, oi a guide tunnel between the flat device and the lickerin, and a vibrating; comb device operating to remove the stripping-s from the flat device and feed it to the guide funnel and thence to the lickerin.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature hereto.

RALPH l3". HALMHLTUN.

n and thence to the lick