The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-30

to have his invention ready to exhibit at
the Nidwintsr Fair, and il his machine
proves success 1t will be worth moro to
the farmers of California than the fair
will cost"
The man in whose cellar Mr.. Scott had
been is Roberd II. Il. Hunt, and 1t 10
he who 10 conducting the miniature Mis-
sion mill In which an ntion, tho res ult
Of nearly thirty years labor, is working
successfully.
Ts the eye of novice Nr. Hunts crea-
rion seems quite simple and unlmpOrtAnt,
and yet it bids fair to rev0lutionize things
in the textile fabric weaving world.
The particular portion OF loom which
will be improved in consequence OF In
ventor Hunts labors is the shuttle.
Ever since the hand loom was replaced
with one driven by steam shuttle OF the
crudest sort and through which only one
thread at . time could be fed has been
used.
In consequence of this the process of
weaving has been a slow one. and the
amount OF labor required has been great.
The waste incidental to the use OF the old
shuttle has also been enormous.
With tho improved method all this will
be changed and = maximum OF results
from = minimum of labor and expendi-
lures will be obtained.
The essential principle Of the new loom
is that instead of running a shuttle. which
carries insids of it the filing yarn. it runs
shuttle. or perhaps it may be moro prop,
srly dsnominatod . thread carrier"
which takes the Cling yarn from An out
side and endless supply Of thread. and with
this improvement, which 10 the keynote to
the whols invention, leom can run all
day long without stopping. provided that
mono of the filling OF warp threads break.
and ~ such brsakaass will Be less frequent
in this loom one operator will be able in
stead OF running one broad loom as at
present to run no less than four.
Should a breakaGe occur, however. but
little damage will result, as the loom being
provided with automatic stop movements
will stop Of it's own accord.
In the saving OF filling yarn the now ma
chine presents another great advantage in
somuch that on 1t endless yarn can be
used.
AZ to the capacity of the new m machine,
it 10 asserted that on it at least per cent
moro goods can be made In y given time
than on the looms now In use. for tho rca-
son that with it the loss Of time which the
replacing Of the woveD-0ut shuttle re-
ouires 10 entirely avoided. All that the
weaver will have to do is TO place in the
proper position near his looms the amount
Of filing yarn pesded aud set tho looms in
motion. which will run without Interrupt
ton all day.
In the weaving OF colored and basket the
new shuttle com pletely outclasses the old
one and makes it pessiblo to do as much in
an h eur as can be done with tho shuttle it
is intended to replace in day.
TO do this kind Of work several filling
threads must be laid In the same openin &
Of the ware.
Under the system now in vogue the shut
tie has to work backward and forward
across tho loom as many times As the num-
her of threads to be laid in tho same open
ing, but with the new thread, or shuttle.
az many threads a. are required can be
laid during one passage across tho loom.
Although Mr.. Hunt has had his looal in
operation for but few days. it has alresdy
attracted the attention of our local me
chanical world. the members Of which
speak In glowing terms of it. It Is the
intention Of the inventor to erect small
mill in the Midwinter Fair mechanical
building. and there just show what Ais
creation can do.