US355489A - Wool-combing machine - Google Patents

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(No Model.) W. W ARDMAN.

WOOL} GOMBING MACHINE. N0. 355,489. Patented Jan. 4, 1887;

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VVILLIANI WARDMAN, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOOL-COMBING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part 01' Letters Patent No. 355,489, dated January 4, 1887.

Application filed May 28, 1886. Serial No. 203,543.

To all whom it may concern.- 7 Be it known that I, WILLIAM WARDMAN of Bristol, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Wool-Oombing Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to certain improvements in the Noble wool-combing machine; and the object of my invention is to prevent the slivers coming from opposite directions from the rollers from breaking down at the union, which they are now liable to do in consequence of insufficient material and insuflicient twist.

The invention consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view showing the carrying-roller and the parts of a Noble wool-combing machine in combination with which it op= erates. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional view of the carrying-roller.

The combing is done by three circlestl1e large outside circle, A, and two inside small circles, B Call of whichare covered with rows .of steelpins and revolve in the same direction,

carrying-roller H, which runs in contact with both aprons and unites the sliver of apron D with that of apron F, and they pass together to the twisting-tube J, which gives' them the necessary twist and insures the steady running of the machine. The wool on the large circle A ,in front of the small circle 0, is taken off by the endless apron K and drawing-rollers L, and the united slivers from the small circles B 0-, after passing through the twisting-tube J, are

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there united with the sliver from the large cirole, forming the comparatively large sliver m.

The wool on the large circle, in front of the circle B, is taken off by the endless apron M and drawing-off rollers N, and forms the sliver m. In ordinary machines the slivers from the two inner circles, after leaving the endless aprons and drawing-off rollcrs G and E, pass separately to a long steel tube placed above roller H this difficulty is wholly overcome, so.

the machine may be run steadily without delay and loss, and with a greater production of work and less per cent. of noils. The top, too, is in much better condition, from the fact that the machine does not have to be stopped often, and should the small slivers break they would do no further damage than to wind around the roller H. This roller also prevents the wool from lapping aroundthe drawing-off rollers, which isrof frequent occurrence with the old system, and it gives full control of the machine to make any size sliver desired, which cannot be .done with the old system.' The carryingrollerimmediately takes hold of the sliver after it is drawn through the drawing-oft rollers and keeps it in place, which prevents a great deal of fly, which in theold system clogs the machine and causes delay,andis very detrimental.

The roller H may be of any approved con struction; but I prefer to form it of'the wooden body 71, with a central bushing, h, the body It being covered with felt, h or other similar material. The body H is mounted upon a stud and step, h h*, loosely, so it receives its motion from contact with the endless aprons D F, sov

the machine requires no extra belts or other means for revolving the roller.

p The means for actuating the operative parts of the machine have long beenin common use,

run through the said drawing-off rollers L, and

and are substantially shown in the United States Patent No. 295,165, dated March 18, 1884, and form no part of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 7 1. In a woolcombing machine, thelarge circle A, two inner small circles, 13 C, the drawing-ofi apron and rollers M N, for forming a sliver at one side of thelarge circle, the drawing-ofl apron and rollers K L, forming a sliver at the opposite side of the large circle, and the rollers E G and drawing-oft aprons D F at the center of the large circle, running in contact, respectively, with the adjacent surfaces of the small circles B G, in combination with the carrying-roller H, arranged between the aprons D F, for uniting the slivers of the small circles with each other, and the twisting-tube J,

for receiving and twisting said united slivers, the twisting-tube J being arranged near the drawingofi rollers L, substantially as described.

2. The large circle A and two inner small circles, BC, and the rollers G E and central aprons, D F, arranged to run in contact with the small circles B O, in combination withthe carrying-roller H. placed between the aprons D F, the twister J. and the drawing-off rollers L and apron K, whereby the slivers of the small circles are united, twisted, and then united with the sliver at one side of the large circle, substantially as described.

, WM. WARDMAN.

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G. A. SHOEMAKER, ETHELBERT W001).

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