IMPROVE- MENTS IN SHUTTLE GUARDS
Year: 1884

page_text: We CHARLES HAHLO and CHARLES EDWARD LIEBREICH, both of Bradford, in the
County of York, Merchants and Machinists, and THEOPHILUS HANSON, of Bradford
aforesaid, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SHUTTLE GUARDS," to be as follows:—
This invention consists of improved apparatus, whereby the act of starting or
sotting on the loom automatically moves a guard into position over the warp and
shuttle race, so as to prevent the shuttle being thrown out of the loom, the said
guard being automatically removed clear of the warp, so as to allow room for
reintroduction of the shuttle, or for taking up an end, or other purpose by the act
of moving the stop handle to position of stopping the loom.
According to this invention, we employ a guard bar extending longitudinally
over the warp and "race." and in front of the hand rail, the ends of the bar being
cranked and carried by two studs affixed to the hand rail, one cranked end of the
said bar is elongated and connected by a link with one end of a lever, the fulcrum
stud or pin of which lever is affixed to the front of the shuttle box, whilst the other
end of the said lever is alotted, and within the slot is received a pin extending
from the stop lever, so that when the said lever is moved into position for starting
the loom the pin operates the lever and link, and the bar is raised over the warp
and race, and so screens in the shuttle-but when the stop handle is removed from
its holding notch, so as to stop the loom, the pin referred to operates the lever and
link in a contrary direction, and the guard bar is moved radially on its carrying
studs close to the hand rail and reed, so as to be quite out of the way for
reintroduction of the shuttle, or for taking up an end or other purpose.
TAL

page_text: We CHARLES HAHLO and CHARLES EDWARD LIEBREICH, both of Bradford, in
the County of York, Merchants and Machinists, and THEOPHILUS HANSON, of
Bradford aforesaid, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLE GUARDS" and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention consists of improved apparatus, whereby the act of starting or
setting on the loom automatically moves a guard into position over the warp and
shuttle race, so as to prevent the shuttle being thrown out of the loom, the said
guard being automatically removed clear of the warp, so as to allow room for
reintroduction of the shuttle, or for taking up an end or other purpose by the act
of moving the stop handle to position of stopping the loom.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings
forming a part of this specification in which :-
:-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation shewing our improvements applied.
Figs. 2 to 6, sheet 2, are details or the separate parts drawn about full size in
order to shew clearly the construction of the same.
At 1 is the hand bar of the loom to which is bolted the brackets 2, 2, forming
hinges for the guard rail 3 on one end of which is the boss 4 connected by links 5, 6 to
the lever 7 the latter working upon the stud 8 fixed in the bracket 9, the said bracket
being secured to the front of the shuttle box 10--At 11 is a lever free to move
upon its fulcrum pin 12 having a slot hole 13 formed in the lower part of it and in
which the pin 14 works, the said pin being attached to and adjustable in the
bracket 15 bolted to and adjustable upon the spring stop handle 16, in the upper
part of the lever 11 is a pin 17 and on which the lever 7 rests.
The guard bar or rail 3 is shewn in the raised position or as during the working
of the loom and so as to protect the shuttle flying out of the race.
But when the stop handle 16 is forced out of its ordinary holding sneck and
moves to the right the pin 17 will pass down the incline 18 in the lever 7 until
reaching the central part of the incline, meanwhile the guard 3 will by gravitation
have fallen downwards and close to the reed 19 so as to afford free access to the
end of the shuttle box for removal or insertion of the shuttle taking up an “end”
or other purpose.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that we

page_text: and starting the lever of a loom as we are aware such is not new, what we do
claim is
1. The levers 13 and 7 operated by the stop handle 16, and pins 14, 17, for
purpose and as herein described and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
2. The parts 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, in combination and as described and
illustrated by the drawings annexed.