New-York tribune., 1897-07-18
A TRIUMPH OF MECHANISM.
THE AUTOMATIC LOOM.

THE AUTOMATIC LOOM
A WONDERFUL REVOLUTION zyyEcrEp IN THE
ART oy WEAVING.
Tho most remarkable improvement made IN power
looms Tor many years 10 now on sxhlb!t!en ever 10
Jersey City. Il was invented by Cal!fosnAu' pss
| tho details Of the meohan!sm have nsen wo!ssu
| out much more completely. and the machine Hss'I
| has boon much r'mpaed. since coming TO jersey
| City and New.York
Every one who 10 familiar with the operation OF
weaving knows that after the shuttle mas gone "
and fro a certain number OF times It's STOCK VI M
ing thread Is exhausted. The loom must be stopped
| the empty bobbn must be taken from 'he , s"u'.'
| and full put In before WORK can oe ree''eo
Thus there are countless Interruptions ana oe'a''
| Moreover there is likely to be small amount Va
| v,rn loft on the light bobbn. and this is wasted
! What the new automatic loom" does Is 10 p'"e.
| the supply OF filling on immense reeis ou'S'u' "
the oom and draw this right into the "ep. 90
| needed There Is no for a bobhin ana "ed.l"e
| goes on for hours. or even days withou' o'''p"7
| Besides there In no waste .
In tho place Of tho ordinary shuttle thcre Is
much more slender metallic object eaueo 49, co. .,
rier" driven and fro in the weo oy the uw other
loom This carrier terminates at each end IN par
small nppers and when h aueps II spmes wheh o then
in front open and seize the end OF threau Seeder m
them by tubular & Stupe aercs eas'ef the loom draw
Ing the thread after It. Al the end OF the tourney
those nppers let CO. .nond ano shs Feeder (and
from another recD Back the carrier gSe ard re-
| starting point drawing In second tnreao a''0 ~
| leasing It's hold at the right point
MEASURING AND CUTTING
During ,tu absence curious thing has happened
| The loose thread which stretched away from lhe
web to the first reel has been automat'ca'iy %
cred, at such II distance that there IL JUST e"ous
| left hanging from the web to reach across 80, -
ond time The nippers. instead OF oIaW,ns ,' aUa
the reel this time seize the short, dangling TnS;
When the carrier makes its next trip to me me ieIe n
Ss dnS this @~ nj in end 1aos Of sh2ta No.
similar cutting operation has been arrier now
M ss IN the on sasonS sss Rn Of the thread
the first return trip. In other w1rus, n "o on each
is is s%pned aH by two eS Sn o% fss 10
twice across the carrier takes half Of this on one one
sam same aa dreeSn hS o'@Ss Se ans is which
side the carrier Is 70 m leave We nops I f,nel ny
| this proceeding ,,h,o 90 ,ueavs
IT. instead of plain goods Is desirable 70 Gsrent wgsUt
| colors may be introduced without stopping inc
loom In this case there are seven n, aywes Dlg con.
yenienty placed The feeder which guides s,as the
thread the nppers now carries seven r ts one ce
trai point like the ribs of fan, and thread from m
GeTent fT tube near the edge Of the Now the
feeder be rocked on its pivot, SO as 10 ~ eoo'
sy ser always COME e to the same Identical spot and
! take only what is held out to them. A dial whicn
@ay eSer SIDE ss ae Of the loom control,
feeder Sc, the dial so That 6efore one chsns
| ing Thread No twenty times in succession
Thread No eighty times. and SO on or any 1.nef sr
Be set alike. however Then you go off and leave
the loom The combination feeds in each XII KIND vo OF
don't have to give It another thought oo,,n.rv
b. II. seaton, vice president Of the eco company, any
can put this attachment any kind of a loom % a.
better 1t produces uniform cloth. makes cheaper
loom than the old one, runs continuously, Sasr'
me and nd Sas oiheT Which the
will not be slow to appreciate aready nave nave ndu s
applications from five hundred manufactures 'oi
| a chance TO examine the loom" ,
The claim which Mr.. Seaton makes that tne
strength OF the warn Is not so sey 10 e oe d av
| be easily understood The warp threads are not
parted widely and at 50 great an angie 70 anI%
! is more slender than the old shuttle
vice. which regulates the width Of the cloth, so
| that this may be varied much as six inches on
| any loom.
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
Every wtde-awake business man knows that this
is tho day OF small profits and the difference be-
tween SUCCESS and failure is often very small
margin 1t only by the closest economies in every
branch and department of industry that prosperity
can be attained. This is particularly true OF manu-
featuring. where competition with home producers
gin OF gain to almost nothing these last few years;
| That man stands the best chance of getting ahead
who sees. where he can save on his expenses, and
who sees it before some other fellow does
This maxim is clea ly applicable to the textile IN
| dustries. which now have an exceptlonal opportu-
nifty presented to them Several economies are ef-
| fected by the automatic loom at one stroke There
operation in h, United states and Europe making
cotton, linen and silk goods, woollens and carpets:
machinery since Cartwright first applied outside
power 70 its operation But It is difieult If not
Most Of the improvements of the last century have
! related TO the manipulation of the warp rather
than to the filling. The notion that one could ever
dispense with the old shuttle and the frequent
stoppages incident to its use has been looked upon
m"on WHICH stamped the man
tertaned It as a crank Nevertheless here is a
loom which realizes that desideratum. and does SO
| In a satisfactory manner.
SIMPLICITY OF THE ATTACHMENT.
This attachment is the result OF many years
labor and the expenditure of large amounts Of
money in research and experiment in various parts
Of the world. More recently considerable work has
been done upon 1t in the machine shop Gf T. = En-
twistle. the well-known inventor and manufacturer
OF textile machinery in Lowell Mass. and George
| White, of Jersey City, and George II. Crossett,
well as other inventors and thoroughly experienced
machinsts have rendered valuable services In con-
nection with IT,
The attachment consists Of two similar parts, one
at each end Of the lay. To place it on old loom
1t is only necessary to take out the crossbeam OF
the lay Dust under the reeD. with all its shuttle
boxes and other machinery, and In its stead to set
square beam. similar IN size to the old enc taken
mechanism Of the attachment power Is applied
from the main shaft Of the loom. The entire appl-
ance is small simple and effective. and each part
does its work with such precision and accuracy as
to almost II endowed with life and intel-
that it is suitable for any loom that now uses a
shuttle and bobbin. To effect the change from the
old TO the all that is required IS that the beam
on which the attachment is placed be OF the same