IMPROVEMENTS IN " TEMPLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Bond of Bury in the County of Lancaster for
an Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN " TEMPLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Bond at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 25th April 1883. :
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RICHARD BOND of Bury in the County of Lancaster "IMPROVEMENTS IN
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TEMPLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
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This invention relates to the construction of that class of selfacting temples
üsed in Looms for weaving consisting of small rollers formed with spurs or. pins
and revolving in a trough, such as are used in the weaving of fustians and .other
heavy cloths.
The object of the invention is to prevent the injury to the surface of the cloth
which was frequently caused by too great pressure of the cloth against the spurs
or pins..
The novelty consists in the application or adaptation to temples of this class of
a cover in which are mounted additional rollers covered with india rubber or other
suitable elastic material which when the cover is in its place, press against the
points of the spurs or pins on the temple rollers, just sufficiently to cause them to
hold the cloth firmly, as it passes between them, without in any way injuring the
surface of the cloth itself.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Richard Bond in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th October 1883.
RICHARD BOND of Bury in the County of Lancaster
TEMPLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
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" IMPROVEMENTS IN
This invention relates principally to the construction of that class of self-acting
temples used in looms for weaving consisting of small rollers formed with spurs, or
pins and revolving in a trough, such as are used in the weaving of fustians and
other heavy cloths.
The object of the invention is to prevent the injury to the surface of the cloth
which was frequently caused by too great pressure of the cloth against the spurs
or pins. The novelty consists in the application or adaptation to temples of this
class of a cover in which are mounted additional rollers covered with india rubber
or other suitable soft or yielding material which when the cover is in its place, press
against the points of the spurs or pins on the temple rollers just sufficiently to cause
them to hold the cloth, firmly as it passes between them, without in any way injuring
the surface of the cloth itself.
It will be evident that the additional rollers covered with india rubber or other
elastic material may also be used with equal advantage in connection with the
spurred rollers of other forms of temples, made without troughs.
In the drawing annexed to this Specification Fig. 1 is a plan view of a self-
acting temple formed of two spurred rollers a, a revolving in a trough b, b and
Fig. 2 is an underneath plan view of a cover c, c made according to my invention,
and carrying two rollers d, d covered with india rubber, and mounted in the
cover c, c so as to be capable of revolving. The cover c, c is so formed and fitted
that it can be attached to the trough b, b and fixed by a screw e, e in such a
position that the india rubber surfaces of the rollers d, d will press against
the points of the spurs of the rollers a, a as shown by the cross-section Fig. 3.
so as to cause them to hold the cloth firmly between them without injury to the
fabric.
The method of applying my invention to a temple composed of a single spurred
roller without a trough is shown in front elevation and end view at Fig 4. a, a
being the spurred roller and b, b the two india rubber covered rollers.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect I wish it to be understood that I claim as my invention The
application or adaptation to the class of temples herein before referred to of
additional rollers covered with india rubber or other suitable soft or yielding
substance so mounted that their soft surface presses the cloth against the points of
the spurs of the spurred rollers substantially as herein-before described and
illustrated by the drawings annexed.
In witness whereof I the said Richard Bond have hereunto set my hand and seal
this twenty second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three.