US436719A - Apparatus for transferring fiber - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

W. O. MCBRIDE. APPARATUS FOR TRANSPERRING FIBER. No. 436,719.

Patented Sept. 16, 1890.

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WVILLIAM C. MCBRIDE, OF BROOKLYN, NE\V YORK.

APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING FIBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 436,719, dated September 16, 1890.

Application filed December 9, 1889- Serial No. 333,110. (No model.) I

.To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W LLIAM C. MCBRIDE, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for TransferringFiber, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention is designed especially for use in connection with two machines, one for breaking and the other for cleaning vegetable fiber, for which I have filed applications for Letters Patent of even date herewith, the Serial numbers of said applications being 333,109 and 333,111, respectively, the object of the present invention being to transfer the fibrous material from the breaking to the cleaning machine.

My invention consists in the several details of construction and arrangement hereinafter specified and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 a plan of the base. I

Similarletters of reference indicate similar parts in each figure.

The base A is a rectangular frame provided with caster-wheels a, one at each corner.

B B are standards firmly secured to two op posite sides of the base in any suitable manner.

O is a roller supported and revoluble in suitable hearings in the top of the standards 13 B, and to this roller disks 0 O are secured so as to revolve with it. The disks are within the standards, and a series of loops 0, made, preferably, of stout wire, are inserted at intervals around their peripheries. These loops are bent so as to project inwardly at an angle to the disks, and near the loop ends are bent in a reverse direction, so as to bring the part c of each loop in substantially the same vertical plane as the standards. This construction enables the combs D to be readily placed in or lifted out of the loops, and there is little danger of the combs being detached from the loops accidentally, as they have not sufficient longitudinal play (that being limited by the shoulders 01 to allow either end to become detached. The combs D are so constructed that the backs hang downwardly by their own gravity and the teeth d project upwardly.

E is a rack attached to one one of the standards for the reception of the combs when not in use.

The operation is as follows: A quantity of. the vegetable fiber, after passing through the crushing rollers, as described in the application, Serial No. 333,109, before referred to, is gathered on one of the combs, and the comb is then hungin two opposite loops. Its weight will cause the disks to revolve until it hangs in the lowest position. Another comb, having been filled, is hung in the adjacent loops on either side of the first comb, and its weight will cause the disks to revolve until the two combs counterbalance each other. Combs canbe added one after the other to the succeeding loops until about half the loops are filled, and it will be seen that the machine can be loaded from one side exclusively, as-

the disks will naturally adapt themselves to the added combs and will revolve until an equilibrium is established. When loaded, the apparatus is easily rolled to the cleaningmachine described in the application, Serial No. 333,111, before in entioned,when the combs and fiber are removed, required, the fiber being transferred to the cleaning-machine and the empty combs placed in the rack E.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In an apparatus for transferring fiber, the combination, with the wheeled base and the standards secured thereto, of a roller sup ported by said standards, disks secured on the roller within the standards, and a series of loops on the periphery of each disk, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with the Wheeled base, the standards, and the roller supported and revoluble in said standards, of the disks carried by said rollerwithin the standards and a series of loops on the periphery of each disk, said loops being bent so as to project inwardly from the disks and having their loop ends bent in a reverse direction,so as to bring the bent ends in substantially the same vertical plane with the standards, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

WILLIAM C. MCBRIDE. [L. s]

Witnesses:

JOSEPH H. PORTER, WM. E. MILLARD.

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