Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers used in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1897
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Date of Application, 20th Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 17th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 5th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers used in Looms for
Weaving.
We, SAMUEL FIELDEN and ROBERT THOMAS FIELDEN, both of Robert Fielden
and Sons Limited, of Inchfield Picker Works, Walsden, Todmorden, in the
County of York, Picker Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of pickers used in
looms for weaving and the object of our improvements is to construct a picker
particularly applicable to plain looms for weaving cotton goods with a provision for
connecting the picking band below the shur spindle, and also in which smaller pieces
of hide can be utilized in making the body of the picker than is the case in similar
pickers of the ordinary construction.
In manufacturing a picker according to our improvements we may or may not
leave the top of the picker above the shur spindle open and we cut two parallel
slits in the back of the picker the lower of which is below the holes for the spindle
while the upper slit may be opposite the holes or below the level of the holes as
desired; the strip of hide between these slits is then forced outward while in a soft
state so that when dried a space is left between the back and the strip of hide
which stands out like a staple through which the picking band can be passed to con-
nect the picking band to the picker. The foot of the picker is preferably formed
of an independent piece of hide which is covered by the main piece of hide and
secured to it by the ordinary cramps or in any other convenient manner.
The body of the picker may be made either parallel with the sides extending
from the top to the bottom or contracted as usual.
Dated this 18th day of December 1897.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers used in Looms for
Weaving.
We, SAMUEL FIELDEN and ROBERT THOMAS FIELDEN, both of Robert Fielden
and Sons Limited, of Inchfield Picker Works, Walsden, Todmorden, in the
County of York, Picker Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement;
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Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of pickers used in
looms for weaving and the object of our improvements is to construct a picker
particularly applicable to plain looms for weaving cotton goods with a provision for

page_text: connecting the picking band below the shur spindle, and also in which smaller pieces
of hide can be utilized in making the body of the picker than is the case in similar
pickers of the ordinary construction.
In manufacturing a picker according to our improvements we may or may not
leave the top of the picker above the shur spindle open and we cut two parallel
slits in the back of the picker the lower of which is below the holes for the spindle
while the upper slit may be opposite the holes or below the level of the holes as
desired; the strip of hide between these slits is then forced outward while in a soft
state so that when dried a space is left between the back and the strip of hide-
which stands out like a staple through which the picking band can be passed to con-
nect the picking band to the picker. The foot of the picker is preferably formed
of an independent piece of hide which is covered by the main piece of hide and
secured to it by the ordinary cramps or in any other convenient manner.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings-
Fig. 1 is a front view of the body of a picker partly finished made according to
our invention, in this view the size of the piece of hide before folding is indicated
by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a sectional plan view
on the line X X Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are two views of a piece of hide folded and
pressed to form the foot for a picker and Figs. 6 and 7 represent a front view and
plan respectively of a finished picker made according to our invention.
In the drawings,-a designates the piece of hide for the body of the picker which
is folded and pressed as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and has two parallel
slits cut in it; the foot c is folded and pressed as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 and
then inserted into the space left to receive it in the body of the picker either before
or after the front pieces of the body are folded over and pressed as shown in Fig. 3.
When the foot ċ has been placed into its position in the body a and the hide has
been squeezed into shape in a press the parts are ready to be clamped together by
clamps d as shown in Fig. 6, or by other convenient clamping devices.
In order to make provision for connecting the picking band, not shown, to the
picker below the shur spindle the holes for which are shown by dotted lines e in
Fig. 6, the strip of hide f between the slits 6 in the back of the picker is forced out-
ward while in a soft state in the form of a staple, see Fig. 7, so that when dried
a space is left between the back of the picker and the strip f.
The lower slit 6 being below the holes for the shur spindle the picking band
which connects the picker to the picking arm can be passed under the strip f, and
is thus connected to the picker at a point below the shur spindle.
The body of the picker may be made with parallel sides or contracted as shown
in Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is:-
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1. A picker in which a strip such as f formed in one piece with the body of the
picker is pressed out so that the picking band can be connected to the strip below
the shur spindle substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. A picker in which the body and the foot are made of separate pieces clamped
together in combination with a strip pressed out from the body of the picker so that
the picking band can be connected to the strip below the shur spindle substantially
as and for the purposes described.
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H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants, 17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester.