No. 129 j Sf) 



Hanging on each of the pilots, c c, of the hinges at the end of 

 the cards, is a small tumbler, G, which is divided into two parts, 

 the outer part being visible in figures 1 and 2, and the inner part 

 in figures 4 and 5. The outer part is of nearly elliptical foi-m? 

 and the inner part of nearly the same form, but has a portion of 

 its periphery (indicated by e in fig. 4) concentric to the pivot, c, 

 upon which it hangs, and has angular projections, i i' at each end 

 of the said portion, e, (see figs. 4 and 5.) The tumbler turns 

 freely upon the pivot, but on being turned a certain distance in 

 either direction, one of the angular projections will come in con- 

 tact with either the upper or under side of a part of the plate, /, 

 of the hinge, which fits close up to the part e, and by means of 

 these projections, the top card, to which the tumbler is attached, 

 is turned over to present its teeth upwards for stripping, and 

 returned to its working position. 



It is presumed that the construction of the carding machine is 



now intelligible, and the description of the means by which the 



top ;cards are stripped, the means by which the tumblers are 



operated upon for turning over the cards, and the means by which 



■j^he stripping apparatus is operated, will now be described. 



The stripping is performed by a comb or flat, card, F, which is 

 of the same length as, and suspended above the top cards, its 

 teeth being on its under side, inclining downw'ards in the same 

 direction as those of the top cards incline upwards, when turned 

 up. This comb is secured firmly by screwed rods, g g, to a bar, 

 H, which extends across the top of the carding machine, between 

 two sweeps or swinging arms, one on each side, 1 1, which are 

 hung so as to turn freely on the ends of the shaft, 29, of the main 

 cylinder. The screwed rods admit of the combs being adjusted 

 at a proper height above the top cards ; and it can be still further 

 adjusted, as the sweeps I I, are made in two parts, screwed 

 together by screw bolts, h, which pass through slots in one part. 

 In connection with the comb or stripper is a brush, j, which may 

 be made of a strip of leather or any soft material, for the purpose 

 of sweeping off the waste stripped from the top cards. This 

 brush is attached to two arms, k k, which hang loosely and turn 

 freely on the bar, H, and is confined between metal plates, I /, 



