Weaving Plush, Carpets, Looped Fabrics, and Faced Fancy Goods.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 2nd Nov., 1887
Complete Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1887
Weaving Plush, Carpets, Looped Fabrics, and Faced Fancy
Goods.
I, WILLIAM Fox, of Cardigan Villa, Cardigan Road, Leeds, in the County of
York, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to let off the warp from the upper beam in such a
manner that the strain is taken off the same, whereby a very tender warp may be
used, and also to let the warp off in larger or smaller quantities thereby forming loops
upon the fabric.
Hitherto it has been impossible to use a yarn composed of "shoddy" for warp in the
manufacture of faced fancy goods, owing to the tender nature of this class of
yarn, but
by my invention I am enabled to draw the warp off the beam so gently, that the same
is woven and "floated" on the top of the warp from the lower beam, thereby giving
a fulness to the cloth which has not hitherto been attained in goods of this
material.
I.accomplish my object with a loom of ordinary construction, by passing the warp
from the upper beam between a pair of cloth covered rollers, the cloth preventing the
yarn from slipping. The rollers have an intermittent motion, drawing off a certain
quantity of the warp from the beam at each partial revolution.
I actuate the rollers by means of a cam fixed on the main shaft of the loom, which
comes in contact with a lever having a loose joint, and working on a stud by means of
a short arm. As the cam revolves with the shaft it lifts the lever, which is kept in
gear with a catch wheel by means of a weight, thereby setting in motion a train
of cog wheels, the last of these being on the shaft of one of the cloth covered
rollers. The travel of the rollers I regulate by the lever coming in contact with
an adjustable stop, which regulates the drop, and thereby the number of teeth the
lever takes at each lift.
I can thus let off a large or small quantity of yarn from the upper beam, and
should it be let off faster than the warp from the lower beam, it forms loops in the
weft, and is " "floated " on the surface of the fabric, by which means I can weave
plush, carpets, and looped fabrics, and faced fancy goods from low qualities of
yarn.
Did this 10th
1007
RHODES & CRITCHLEY,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mechanism of Looms for the Purpose of
Weaving Plush, Carpets, Looped Fabrics, and Faced Fancy
Goods.
I, WILLIAM Fox, of Cardigan Villa, Cardigan Road, Leeds, in the County of York,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-.
The object of this invention is to let off the warp from an upper beam in looms for
weaving in such a manner that the strain is taken off the same, whereby a very
tender warp may be used, and also to let off the warp in larger or smaller quantities
thereby forming loops upon the fabric.
Hitherto it has been impossible to use a yarn composed of "shoddy" for warp in
the manufacturing of faced fancy goods, owing to the tender nature of this class of yarn,
but by my invention I am enabled to draw the warp off the beam so gently, that the
same can be "floated" and woven on the top of the strong warp from the lower beam,
thereby giving a fulness to the cloth which has not hitherto been attained in goods
made of the above material.
My invention consists in drawing the warp from an upper beam in a loom of any
construction, by the movement of a pair of cloth covered or plain rollers between
which the warp is passed. The rollers have an intermittent motion, derived from a
cam or tappet on the main shaft of the loom lifting a lever, which engages with a
catch wheel, thereby setting in motion a train of cog wheels the last of which is on
the shaft of one of the cloth covered rollers.
The warp is thus drawn gently from the beam, and after passing between the
cloth covered rollers it passes through the reeds with the strong warp from the lower
beam.
In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents the end elevation of such portions
of a loom as are necessary to explain my invention, Fig. 2 a plan of the same, Fig. 3
a section on line a-b, Fig. 4 a view from the back of the loom, and Fig. 5 an enlarged
detail of the lever which actuates the catch wheel. In all the figures like letters denote
like parts.
The loom or frame end is indicated by the letter A, to which is mounted in the
ordinary manner the crank or driving shaft B, upon which I secure the cam or
tappet C, this latter lifting the lever D suspended from the stud E by the short
arm F. I also construct the lever D in two parts having a joint at D', and the end is
kept in gear with a catch wheel G by the string and weight H. On the same shaft
as the catch wheel G I secure the pinion wheel J, which gears with a train of cog
wheels J', communicating the motion of the catch wheel to the rollers K and K,
which may be plain or covered with some soft material such as cloth, and which are
mounted at the back of the loom.
The warp from the upper beam L I pass between these cloth covered rollers, the

page_text: cloth preventing the warp from slipping, and at each partial revolution of the latter
a certain quantity of warp is drawn from the beam L the amount depending upon
the travel of the cloth covered rollers K and K'. This I regulate without change
wheels owing to the construction of the lever D which enables me to alter its pick,
by fixing to the frame A a stud or stop M, which by screwing I can raise or
lower, and which stops the drop of the lever D after having been lifted by the
cam C, thus the lower the stop M the lower the lever D drops, thereby taking more
teeth of the catch wheel G at each lift. I prevent the recoil of the catch wheel G by
means of catches N and N' fixed on the opposite side of the wheel to the lever D.
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When the stop M is regulated to let off the warp from the uppor beam L at the
same speed as the warp is let off from the lower beam O, the upper warp after passing
between the rollers K and K¹ passes under the roller P and then through the reeds
with the strong warp from the lower beam, and is woven and "floated on the top
of the same, thereby enabling me to weave faced fancy goods from warp spun from
shoddy" which is much too tender to he used as warp in the ordinary way. When
the stop M regulates the speed of the rollers K and K³, so that the warp is drawn
from the upper beam faster than it is drawn from the lower beam, then the warp
from the upper beam rises in loops upon the fabric by which means I can weave
plush, carpets, and looped fabrics without the aid of wires or strong yarn thrown
across the piece.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
Drawing the warp off from an upper warp beam L by means of the rollers K and K¹,
the said rollers being actuated by a cain, lever, and wheels, substantially in the manner
as shown and described, and for the purpose herein set forth.
Regulating the pick of the lever D by the stop M substantially in the manner as
shown and described, and for the purpose herein set forth.
RHODES & CRITCHLEY,
Agents.