CORTES THE POKER and shuttle, and for Operating the Healds in Looms.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Mar., 1889
CORTES THE POKER and shuttle, and for Operating the Healds
in Looms.
I WILLIAM LONGBOTTOM of Nelson Foundry, Barnsley in the County of York,
Engineer and Loom Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to further improvements upon my former patent No. 6783
dated May 20th 1886.
The shuttle boxes are balanced and are lifted into position either up or down by
means of a double hooked or forked connector working at both sides of the fulcrum of
the box lever, this double hooked connector is connected at the top end to a lever which
is lifted by means of inclined planes as described in my former patent No. 6783
May 20th 1886.
This connector is operated upon by means of wood lags and pegs, or any other
chain motion, thus drawing the hook on or off the pegs on the box lover, lifting the
boxes to the required position by means of a connecting rod from one end of the same
lever to the boxes. On the opposite end of this lover a nick or notch is formed in the
circular end equally divided, one nick represents each box, I make these notches V
or circular at the bottom tapering out to the outside and placing a lover vertical to the
box lover with a pin or small pulley to fit the nick of the box lever, the vertical lover
is drawn into the nick by a spring which holds every box in position. This vertical
lover is lifted out of the nick by a tappet on the low shaft, when the box lover is
required to be moved from one box to another.
employ another vertical lever which is also actuated by the tappet on the low
shaft, this lever has fixed upon the end opposite from the fulcrum, a small hooked
lever which is operated on by chain motion which gives variety to the boxes.
This small hooked lever is connected to the chain or lag motion by a lever and small
rod, which lifts and lowers the hooked lover drawing on or off the double hooked con-
nector according to the pegging of the lags or chain.

page_text: I also fix a vertical lever in the end of the box to check the picker, the bottom of
this lever works in an iron bracket bolted fast to the loom frame, this bracket has a
slot to take the end of the vertical lever, as the fly or slay works backward and
forward; the end of the lever draws the picker away from the tip of the shuttle, so
that the box can rise or fall clear of the picker, and also bring the picker forwards to
stop the shuttle in the box at the proper place.
Another part of my invention relates to the shaft machine, an improvement for
working the healds for twills, diapers, drills and other fancy goods, either in linen,
cotton woollen, jute, manilla, coir, or other fibres.
My invention consists in opening and closing the sheds. This is done by small lifter
or eccentric with a groove for the pulley to run in; the pulley runs on a pin on the
jacks, this pin is nearly half distance from the fulcrum to the end of jack, one end of
this jack reaching to the centre of loom, the other end over loom end to connect
down to the bottom jacks so that for narrow looms straight jacks are used both top
and bottom; but for broad looms double jacks may be used either top or bottom
or both.
T: 1000
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: on the bottom shaft R. There is also a tappet on the bottom shaft R, that by means
of catches R'; and an obtuse lover R2, draws up the lever F with inclined plane on the
top that lifts the boxes up or draws them down as required; these catches R', are
regulated by lags and pegs.
The lag roller G is driven by a nogging motion from the crank shaft by means of a
chain S, and two suitable wheels S¹ and S².
The bottom box lever F¹, is connected to the vertical box rods T, by a short
connector to a casting W, that slides on to this rod and is fit with a V pin pressed
into a niche (cut in the rod) by a spring W', so that when a shuttle stops part in the
box, the V pin slips out and slides up the rod without breakage.
Figs. 3. 4. and 5 show picker regulator or shuttle stopping motion.
I employ for this purpose a vertical lever A fixed to the fly or race and working on
a stud in the centre of the lever A. The top of the said lever working on the back of
the picker spindle B, or in the shuttle box sliding on the same spindle to the back of
the picker C, and the bottom end working in a slot in the fixed bracket D, this slot is
made to draw the picker forward to catch the shuttle at a given point, and then before
the box E moves, draw the picker back so that the shutile moves free from obstruction
either up or down.
Another part of my invention shown at Fig. 6. relates to the working of the healds,
and is an improvement on and addition to my patent No. 3709 of 1878.
Open shed principle: I insert in the machine a double lever A with an eccentric
groove B, to each end A¹ of the lever A is attached the hook or catch A2, J and Kare
the lifter bars, C is a lever or jack with a small pulley D, running on a pin, on the
jack, and the outer circumference of pulley runs in the eccentric groove B, G is the
lag roller with pegs for bringing the hooks in or out of contact with the lifter bars,
this holds the shed open until removed to another shed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is
1. The general arrangement and construction of apparatus as shown at Figs. 1
and 2.
2. Changing the shuttle boxes by means of the inclined plane levers F, lifting
them either up or down, by the lever F¹, and connector D with double hook E,
substantially as shown and described.
3. Securing the boxes in position substantially as shown and described.
4. The picker regulator or shuttle stop motion, substantially as shown and described.
5. Operating the healds and opening the shed, substantially as shown and described.
FALLKI THA WINDY ICLY DEDUCT_ANA
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.