IMPROVEMENTS IN WEAVING LOOMS AND IN THEIR SHUTTLE BOXES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henri Adrien Bonneville, of the British and
Foreign Patent Offices, 18, Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire
of France, and 10, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WEAVING LOOMS AND IN THEIR SHUTTLE BOXES."-A communication from
Pierre Legrand, residing at Serain, France, Manufacturer.
Bealed the 25th September 1869, and dated the 29th July 1869.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Henri Adrien Bonneville
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 29th July 1869, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRI
ADRIEN BONNEVILLE, of the British and Foreign Patent Offices,
18, Chaussée d'Antin, Paris, in the Empire of France, and 10, Sackville
Strect, Piccadilly, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send
greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
WEAVING LOOMS AND IN THEIR SHUTTLE BOXES," communicated to me by

page_text: Pierre Legrand, resident at Serain, France, Manшacturer, and have
petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the same, and made solemn
Declaration that it is a communication.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the Invention, and
the manner in which the same is to be performed, reference being had
to the accompanying Drawings, and to the figures and letters marked
thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention communicated to me relates to improvements in
weaving looms and their shuttle boxes by means of which several pieces
of tissues can be woven with selvage at each end at once on the same
loom, and consists in making the shuttle boxes with double openings,
in placing on the batten as many of these shuttle boxes, minus one,
as there are pieces of tissues to be woven, viz., one shuttle box for two
pieces of tissues, two for three pieces, and so forth, and in operating the
shuttles by shuttle drivers modified as will be explained.
The improved shuttle box, of which a front view with all its parts is
shown, Fig. 1 of the accompanying Drawings, and a side view, Fig. 2,
consists of a plate of metal a, seen alone, Fig. 3, having a longitudinal
slot b, and at its either end or at its openings two carriers c, c, which serve
to receive the shock and to cast away the shuttle from the tissue when it
deviates from its course; of a shuttle guide d, shown exteriorly, Fig. 4,
interiorly, Fig. 5; of a rod e, fixed by the two carriers c, c; and of a
driver f, through which the said rod is passed, and slides upon said rod
and the slot in the plate. All these pieces thus described compose the
shuttle box, and as many of these said boxes, less one, are arranged on
the batten as there are pieces of tissues to be woven, as has been said.
For driving the shuttles contrivances are employed somewhat similar
to those know of at present, but modified, as shown, Figs: 6, 7, & 8, to
be adapted to the improved shuttle boxes with double openings, and
which are placed and arranged as follows:-Upon the back part of the
loom is placed a post g, having at its upper end the whip h, which has at
its end a strip of leather also attached to the driver f of the shuttle box,
and at the lower part of said post 9 are two arms i, i, each terminating
in a rod having a roller j. The post g is so arranged that the arms i, i,
are on a level with and opposite to two face plates 1, 1, attached to the

page_text: shaft of the treadle of the loom. A little behind each arm i a spring m
is fixed in such a way that at every backward movement of these arms
the rollers j,j, are caused to enter alternately the nick m¹ of said spring
and are retained there. This arrangement of double whips is repeated
behind each improved shuttle box except at the ends of the looms where
the ordinary post is placed.
It will be easily understood that by the rotation of the shaft of the
treadle each of the face plates in its turn strikes one of the arms i, i,
which corresponds to it, and puts into motion first in one direction and
then in the other the rod g and the whip h which drive the driver f, and
said driver meeting alternately the right shuttle or the left shuttle will
drive them successively in contrary directions. The springs m are of
no particular form; these springs might consist of a spring plate, or
counterweights might be substituted, or any other way of thus retaining
alternately the rollers j.
Having thus described this Invention and the manner of carrying the
same into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself
to the precise details above enumerated, as they may obviously be
modified without departing from the principle of the Invention; but
what I claim and desire to secure by the said Letters Patent is,-
1°. A shuttle box with double openings.
2°. A. post with two arms.
3°. And the shuttle box with double openings and the post with two
arms combined for the purpose of weaving several pieces of tissues upon
the same loom at once, substantially as shown and described in the
Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henri Adrien Bonneville, have
hereto set my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of July, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-