Improvements in Looms for Weaving Tufted Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 29th Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Looms for Weaving Tufted Fabrics.
A communication from abroad by HORACE WYMAN, of Worcester, in the County
of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America,
Loom Builder.
I ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County of
London, Chartered Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has for its object to improve and simplify that class of looms for
weaving tufted fabric in which the tuft yarns are wound side by side upon beams
carried by an endless chain, the beams having their journals in carriages provided
with a series of quills or yarn carriers one for each yarn and through which the
said yarns have their free ends projected, the quills or carriers, when a beam is
taken from the chain, being inserted into the shed between parallel warp threads so
as to leave the free end of each tuft yarn above the warp threads in the upper
plane of the shed, a weft carrier having a suitable weft being passed through the
shed and crossing the said tuft-yarns then in the shed between their free upturned
ends and the quills or carriers.
In this invention novel mechanism has been devised for handling the tuft-yarn
beams when taking them from and putting them back into the chains.
In the production of tufted carpets it is a great desideratum to avoid waste of
tuft-yarn, and to improve the loom in this particular, apparatus has been devise.l
for holding and releasing the tuft-yarn beams at desired times, the beams being
held clamped during part of the time that they are being lifted so that the tuft
yarns may not only be drawn snugly about the weft then crossing them between
their free ends and the ends of the carriers, but so that the free ends of the tuft-
yarns may also be drawn down toward the body warps, the said ends being left to
protrude for only the distance desired.
The weft used in this class of loom is commonly laid double by a suitable needle,
and the doubled weft has its loop locked at the selvage of the fabric by a thread
furnished by a small selvage shuttle.
In practice trouble is at times experienced in producing a straight selvage, or in
keeping the fabric of uniform width.
To overcome this trouble, the loom to be herein described has been provided
with a selvage shuttle thread controller which holds the selvage shuttle thread
taut while the doubled loop of weft is being drawn straight into the selvage by the
retraction of the weft carrier.
I use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft-yarn beam, a carriage
provided with a series of quills or tuft-yarn carriers; means to prevent the rotation
of said beam, and while restrained from rotation to lift said beam and draw the
tuft yarns tightly around a pick of weft.
Also with a tuft-yarn carriage, its attached quills or tuft-yarn carriers and tuft-
yarn beam, devices to lift the tuft-yarn carriage and beam; a clamp; and devices
to cause it to release the said tuft-yarn beam as the said beam is lifted after the
bent free ends of the tuft yarns have been drawn back into the warp about the
filling, such upward movement of the tuft yarn beam and carriage while the beam
is unclamped and the tuft-yarns are caught in the shed resulting in rotating the
tuft-yaru beam and pulling off sufficient tuft-yarn for the next row of tufts to be
made from the yarns of that beam.
Also a tuft-yarn carriage; a series of quills or tuft-yarn carriers; a tuft-yarn

page_text: Deam a beam clamp or locking device; the devices to actuate the same, whereby
the clamp or locking device for the said beam is at times made to act against
and restrain the rotation of the beam, and at other times to permit the rotation of
the beam.
Also a tuft-yarn beam a carriage on which it is mounted; transferring arms
adapted to engage the said carriage; operating means for said arms; and a clamp
to coöperate with the head of the said beam, and actuating devices for the said
. clamp.
Also a frame having transferring arms shaped to engage the ends of a tuft-yarn
carriage; a tuft-yarn beam clamp, and actuating devices therefor; and a tuft-
yarn carriage having a series of quills or carriers; a tuft-yarn beam; and devices
to raise and lower said transferring frame and to move it to and fro between the
reed and fell of the fabric.
Also two chains; means to actuate them intermittingly; a series of tuft-yarn
beams; a series of tuft-yarn carriages having each a series of quills or carriers,
means to connect said carriages to said chains and support said beams; a clamp to
engage the beam being used, devices to actuate said clamp and to release said
beam at intervals, and means to take the said beams from the said chains at
intervals and cause the ends of the tuft-yarn carriers to be moved up and down and
to and fro with relation to the warps and the fell, whereby the tuft-yarns are trailed
in the shed but with their free ends above the warps to present tuft-yarns in
position to be crossed by the weft and the tuft-yarns are then drawn up and folded
between their free ends and the carriers snugly about the weft before the said tuft-
yarns are cut off.
Also a tuft-yaru carriage having a series of quills or carriers, and bearings for a
tuft-yarn beam; a tuft-yarn beam, and a pad and spring, the pad acting directly
against the yarn on said bean.
Also a tuft-yarn beam having a series of quills or carriers for tuft-yarns, and
devices to support said tuft-yarn beam and move the ends of the carriers to and fro
and up and down, of a clamp to positively engage said beam and prevent its
rotation while the tuft-yarns are being drawn up in loop form about the weft.
Also with the weft shuttle-race and weft-shuttle a weft-thread controller mounted
on a vertical pivot located at the side of the shuttle-race most remote from the
selvage.
Also a tuft-yarn carriage having attached quills or carriers, and a tuft yarn
beam having its journals mounted on bearings of the said carriages, two sets of
clamps adapted to act against the ends of the said beam from opposite directions
and clamp the said beam between them.
Also a transferring frame and tuft-yarn carriage having tuft yarn carriers and
tuft yarn beam, and devices to raise and lower said frame with the beam and
carriers, and to move the ends of the carriers to and fro between the reed and fell
of the fabric and a tuft yarn pusher.
The framework contains suitable bearings for a main or power shaft, having a
pinion which engages a large gear fast upon the main cam shaft the said shaft
having mounted upon it the lay cam which in its rotation acts upon an arm, the
hub of which is feather-keyed upon a rock-shaft, the upper end of the said arm,
being connected by a suitable link with an ear attached to or forming part of the
lay carrying the reed, consisting of a series of upright fingers.
The lay is pivoted upon a suitable stand, and is vibrated at the proper times in
order to beat in the tuft-yarns and the weft thread about which they are looped
preparatory to cutting off the tuft-yarns to constitute a series of tufts.
In practice the lay has connected to it at or near each end like rods, so that it
is operated positively at both ends, and in practice the weft employed to lock the
tuft yarns in the shed will preferably be introduced by means of a needle or device
which may be substantially such as referred to in the Specification of Letters
Patent granted to Horace Wyman dated February 10th 1891, No. 2410.
The loom frame has at each side a suitable stand, to receive a pivot for an arm,

page_text: (one of two) the upper end of which has connected to it a rod jointed to the upper
end of a lever, connected to or forming part of a hollow sleeve surrounding the
rock-shaft, and having an arm which is acted upon by a cam.
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The sleeve referred to has-two arms connected in like manner with the two arms
just referred to.
The rock-shaft referred to, it having bearings in a suitable stand, has an arm to
which is adjustably connected another arm jointed by a link to slide bars, the
said rock-shaft having an arm which is acted upon by a cam, so that the said slide
bars have a vertical movement along the said previously mentioned arms, while the
latter are being vibrated about the pivot.
The upper ends of the slide bars are jointed to a part of a transferring frame,
it having at each side of the loom a transferring arm which is adjustably mounted
thereon.
A roller, in practice provided with suitable pins, by which to take away the
woven material; and a breast beam are provided.
The parts so far referred to may be the same as in said Patent, with the exception
of the manner of mounting or pivoting the transferring frame (therein called a
swing frame) at its upper end, and the different use to which the arms in this
present instance are put, the said frame being called a swing frame in said Patent.
It will be understood that the loom herein to be described will in practice have
a tuft cutting or shearing mechanism, which may be substantially such as provided
for in the said Patent.
The cam shaft at the left-hand end of the loom, has a cam, which in its rotation
acts upon the roller or other stud of a pivoted lever, the outer end of the said lever
being jointed to a rod loosely connected by a bolt adjustably secured in a slotted
part of an arm fast upon a rock-shaft located at the front of the breast beam, said
rock-shaft having arms near each end to which are pin-jointed rods, said rods
supporting at their free ends a tuft-yarn pusher, it serving to support the free ends
of the tuft yarns and keep them above the upper plane of the warps while a weft
carrier is inserted to cross the tuft-yarns between their free ends and the ends of
the quills or carriers, and the filling having been inserted, the carriage, containing
the quills or tuft-yaru carriers, is lifted, and while being lifted is swung forward
toward the breast beam, the reed advancing until it pushes the tuft-yarns bent
about the weft, up nearly to the front edge of the tuft-yarn pusher.
The forward movement of the tuft-yarn pusher is determined by the shape of
the cam, but to better insure its exact position required or desired I have connected
with the rock-shaft an arm having jointed to it a rod, provided with an adjustable
collar which is struck during the forward movement of the lay by an ear attached
to or moving with the lay but this rod, collar and projection may be dispensed
with.
The reed having come sufficiently forward, it in connection with the tuft-yarn
pusher aids in wrapping the bent ends of the tuft-yarns about the weft rather
snugly, the upward movement of the carriage, containing the tuft-yarn beam, the
latter at such time being locked and restrained as against rotation, causing the
loops of the tuft-yarns to be drawn up closely to and about the weft, or while
the beam is locked and is being lifted the free ends of the tuft-yarns are drawn
downwardly to the shed so as to leave said free ends above the body of the
warps and of substantially the length desired for the tufts, and then the reed in its
further movement carries the tuft yarns, bent about the weft, forward to the fell,
the tuft-yarn pusher moving back toward the fell in unison with the reed, when
the tuft-yarn pusher and the reed quickly return, another pick of filling is inserted
in the shed, and the reed is thrown forward to beat in the said pick to thus addi-
tionally lock the tuft yarns, and immediately thereafter the tuft-yarn beam is
unclamped by the devices which formerly restrained its rotation, and the tuft yarn
beam is farther lifted, causing the tuft-yarns yet connected with the fabric to be
pulled off the tuft-yarn beam, the latter then rotating, and when a sufficient length

page_text: of tuft yarn has been drawn off to leave ends of suitable length for the next row
of tufts to be made from that tuft yarn beam suitable cutting mechanism comes
forward and severs the tuft-yarns, leaving the row of tufts completed.
During the cutting-off operation, or just before, the clamp device again engages
the tuft-yarn beam and prevents the same from rotating during the cutting-off
operation, and as the shears are moved away, the tuft-yarn beam is transferred
back again to the chain.
Referring to the rock-shaft, the cam is not depended upon to carry forward the
tuft-yarn pusher, but rather to retract it, the pusher being thrown forward by
means of a suitable strong spring, the spring being preferably for determining the
forward movement, as the latter will prevent any damage to the loom in case the
tuft-yarn pusher is unduly obstructed in its movements.
The chain employed for carrying the carriages and tuft-yarn beams will be
sustained upon suitable sprocket wheels, on suitable shafts mounted respectively in
bearings suitably supported from the loom frame.
These chains, one at each side of the loom, will in practice be composed of double
links and single links, the double links being employed to provide suitable spaces
for the reception of the ends of the arms connected rigidly to the opposite ends of the
carriages, to which are suitably attached the quills or tuft-yarn carriers, said quills
being each preferably composed of a hollow metal tube.
The arm last referred to has connected to or formed preferably as an integral
part of it a lug or bearing which receives the journal of the tuft-yarn beam.
This arm has co-operating with it a suitable spring catch so shaped that when the
end of the arm is pushed into an open space, the shoulder near the upper end of the
spring will pass behind and engage the rear side of the double link, thus confining
the carriage to the chain, it remaining in and travelling with the chain in its step
by step movement, by or through the pawl engaging the ratchet wheel fast on the
shaft carrying the sprocket wheels, the said pawl being mounted upon a suitable
pawl carrier loosely mounted upon the said shaft, the pawl carrier deriving its
movement from a link attached to an arm, the hub of which is mounted loosely
upon the rock shaft, the lower end of the arm being acted upon by a suitable cam
fast upon the main cam shaft.
It will be understood that the tuft-yarn beams will be provided with a series of
tuft-yarns wound thereon side by side in colours arranged in accordance with
the colours desired for each individual tuft in each particular row of tufts to
be made.
Each transferring arm has its lower end turned inwardly somewhat to form a sort
of open V-shaped box to embrace at the desired times the opposite ends of each
carriage, and extended from one to the other of said arms is a rod which serves as
a stop or aligning rod against which the rear sides of the quills normally rest when
the clamp to be described is not acting on the beam and while the arms are being
put into and connected with the chains.
The lower ends of the transferring arms have pivoted upon them a clamp or beam
locking device, say a sort of yoke and rocking blocks, preferably having serrated or
friction faces to the more positively and better engage the ends of the tuft yarn
beam, which will be preferably of wood.
The yoke carrying the clamping devices is provided between said clamping
devices with a lug or spring-releasing finger, which, when a tuft-yarn beam is to be
removed from the chain, contacts with the outer face of the spring arm then
engaging a link of the chain, and pushes the said spring arm toward the end of the
tuft-yarn beam and away from the chain, thus enabling the carriage to be easily
removed from the chain.
This removal of the carriage is effected by raising the transferring arms until the
box-like portions embrace its ends, and then the locking device or clamp is moved
forward positively against the end of the beam, and thereafter as the arms are
lowered, the tuft-yarn carriage, and the beam, and its attached parts, are removed

page_text: from the chain and lowered so that the quills pass into the shed between parallel
warps, as before stated, the free ends of the tuft-yarns at such times being supported
by the tuft-yarn pusher, then in its forward position.
The clamp referred to has an arm to which is jointed a link connected at its upper
end to an elbow lever mounted loosely upon a stud of a lever having its fulcrum on
a rod extended across the loom frame.
In practice there are two of these levers one just within the loom side at each side
of the loom, and said levers carry a rod which serves as the pivot for the arms
before referred to, and constituting part of the transferring frame.
Each said arm has an upright or stand forming a rigid part thereof, said upright
receiving an adjustable eye to the lower end of which is connected a spring attached
to one of the said elbow levers, the said spring normally acting to elevate the said
rod and cause the clamping device to firmly engage the tuft-yarn beam, and to
effect the release of the spring catch from the chain.
The release of the hold of the clamp is effected by or through a rock-shaft,
having its bearings in suitable hubs of an arm, the said rock-shaft having an arm
near each end which is connected by suitable links with one arm of said elbow
levers.
The other rock-shaft has a second arm to which is adjustably jointed the upper
end of a connecting rod, attached at its lower end, preferably in an adjustable
manner, to a lever, said lever having a suitable roller or other stud, which is acted
upon by a cam fast on the main shaft.
The sprocket wheel may be acted upon by a suitable locking device, say a
T-headed slide-bar acted upon by a suitable spring the said locking device serving
to prevent any movement of rotation of the chains and sprocket wheels except that
due to the action of the pawl.
.The chief function of the tuft-yarn pusher is to stand across the warps in the
upper plane of the shed at a point between the fell and the reed at the time that the
tuft-yarn carriers are descending into the shed, the said pusher occupying such
position with relation to the tuft-yarns and tuft-yarn carriers as to aid in
keeping the free ends of the tuft-yarns above the warps in the upper plane of
the shed.
The pusher aids in keeping the tuft-yarns in bent form after having been
crossed by the weft and while the reed is acting to carry the tuft-yarn loops to
the fell.
The tuft-yarns are trailed or laid in the open shed by a movement of the carriers
away from the fell, but an opening between the tuft-yarns and the undersides of the
warp threads in the upper plane of the shed would be made by trailing the said tuft-
yarn threads from the reed toward the fell.
In one instance the pick of weft would be between the carriers and the fell, and
in the other instance between the carriers and the reed.
"
The up
and down movement of the transferring arms acts to place the ends of the
carriers into the shed, and a pick of weft having been laid, fold the tuft-yarns near
their ends about the weft, the to and fro movement of the ends of the said carriers
in the direction of the movement of the reed aiding in trailing the tuft-yarus in the
shed sufficiently to form a passage between the free ends of the tuft-yarn and the
carriers on one side and the upper warps on the other side for one pick of weft, and
on its movement in the other direction, the weft having been laid, the reed aids the
carriers in moving the folded yarns forward to the fell.
In order that the pusher may be put into its operative position, the tuft cutting
mechanism employed will be put out of its operative position.
The tuft-yarn pusher is applicable for use in connection with any forms of
carriers and moving devices therefor wherein it is desired that the free ends of the
tuft-yarns be left above the warps and be supported thereby while the yarns are
being drawn tightly around the weft thread.
The curved shuttle race has the reciprocating shuttle carrying the locking thread
for the thread of the weft carrying needle which will be used, it inserting its.thread

page_text: double, which shuttle will derive its reciprocating movement from a vibrating lever
pivoted on a stud of an arm forming part of the shuttle race.
This lever may be oscillated by any suitable device.
The weft locking thread carried by the shuttle is extended through a loop-like
eye of a lever constituting a thread controller, said lever turning about a vertical
pivot, the said eye occupying its forward position towards the fell while the weft-
carrying needle is being projected through the shed to leave a loop outside that
selvage most distant from the starting point of the said needle, said loop being
caught by the locking thread contained in the shuttle and as the said weft needle
is retracted, and the lay moved backwardly away from the breast beam, the shed
being open, the thread controller is moved backwardly away from the breast beam
so as to hold a portion of the shuttle thread substantially parallel with the
selvage warp, while the weft thread needle completes its back stroke and the reed
beats the filling into the fell.
In the Patent referred to, the said weft controller was made as a finger swinging
about a horizontal pivot, and in practice it has been found that excessive strain on
the shuttle thread during the beating in of the weft pulls the shuttle thread
laterally to such an extent as to somewhat affect the smoothness and regularity of
the selvage, so to overcome this difficulty, I have mounted the arm of the weft
controller upon the vertical pivot, it being erected upon an extension of the
shuttle race frame, so that under no conditions in weaving can the weft controller
be pulled or sprung in toward the selvage warps.
The arm of the shuttle thread controller has jointed to it at a short distance
from its fulcrum a link which in turn is jointed to an arm fast to a rock shaft, said link,
arm. and rock-shaft being substantially the same as the like devices designated by
like terms in the Patent referred to, except that herein, owing to the fact that
the movement given to the weft thread controller to put the shuttle thread sub-
stantially parallel with the selvage thread is in an opposite direction from that in
the Patent referred to, consequently the arm in this present invention is extended
upwardly from the shaft instead of downwardly.
In practice, the rock-shaft will co-operate with suitable devices at its opposite
end, as in said Patent to effect the stopping of the loom in case the shuttle thread
breaks.
A cam is so shaped as to cause a spring to release its effective control of the
clamp employed, and engage the tuft yarn beam and prevent its rotation at
suitable times in the operation of the loom, and especially is this the case when the
tuft yarn beam is being lifted after beating in the tuft-yarns, and preparatory to
cutting off the tuft-yarns, for as the tuft-yarn beam is being lifted just preparatory
to the cutting action, the beam must be free in order that the tuft yarns may
rotate it sufficiently to pay off a proper length of tuft-yarns and leave the ends of
the said yarns for the next row of tufts to be made from that beam projecting
below the ends of the quills or carriers.
It will be understood that at times during the transferring operation of the
tuft-yarn carriers from and into the chains, the tuft-yarn beam might by accident
be rotated, so to prevent this I have secured to the rear side of each tuft-yarn
carriage a spring device baving connected with it a friction pad which is kept
pressed constantly against the mass of tuft-yarn upon the tuft-yarn beam, the
friction being sufficient to prevent any accidental rotation of the tuft-yarn beam
during the operation of the loom.
The thread controller is vibrated and has its open eye arranged so that the
needle passes through it far enough to have the loop of weft, carried by the needle,
entered by the shuttle.
The thread from the shuttle is passed through the eye of the thread controller
and to the selvage at the cloth making point.
After the loop of weft laid in double form has been entered by the shuttle, the
Deedle is retracted and in this motion as soon as it is withdrawn from the
eye of
the thread controller the thread controller is started towards the rear of the loom,

page_text: so as to put tension upon the weft thread coming from the shuttle and hold the
same under strain while the double weft carried by the needle then being retracted,
is drawn about the weft thread, the double weft being beaten up by the shed, its
loop being held firmly at the selvage by the thread coming from the shuttle.
Dated the 16th day of January 1893.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Looms for Weaving Tufted Fabrics.
A communication from abroad by HORACE WYMAN, of Worcester, in the County
of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of America,
Loom Builder.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane, in the County
of London, Chartered Patent Agent 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 :-
This invention has for its object to improve and simplify that class of looms for
weaving tufted fabric in which the tuft-yarns are wound side by side upon beams
carried by an endless chain, the beams having their journals in carriages provided
with a series of quills or yarn carriers one for each yarn and through which the
said yarns have their free ends projected, the quills or carriers, when a beam is
taken from the chain, being inserted into the shed between parallel warp threads
so as to leave the free end of each tuft yarn above the warp threads in the upper
plane of the head, a weft carrier having a suitable weft being passed through the
shed and crossing the said tuft-yarns then in the shed between their free upturned
ends and the quills or carriers.
In this invention novel mechanism has been devised for handling the tuft-yarn
beams when taking them from and putting them back into the chains.
In the production of tufted carpets it is a great desideratum to avoid waste of
tuft-yarn, and to improve the loom in this particular, apparatus has been devised
for holding and releasing the tuft-yarn beams at desired times, the beams being
held clamped during part of the time that they are being lifted so that the tuft-
yarns may not only be drawn snugly about the weft. then crossing them between
their free ends and the ends of the carriers, but so that the free ends of the tuft-
yarns may also be drawn down toward the body warps, the said ends being left to
protrude for only the distance desired.
The weft used in this class of loom
commonly laid double by a suitable needle,
and the doubled weft has its loop locked at the selvage of the fabric by a thread
furnished by a small selvage shuttle.
In practice trouble is at times experienced in producing a straight selvage, or in
keeping the fabric of uniform width.
To overcome this trouble, the loom to be herein described has been provided
with a selvage shuttle thread controller which holds the selvage shuttle thread
taut while the doubled loop of weft is being drawn straight into the selvage by the
retraction of the weft carrier.
One part of this invention consists in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics,
of a tuft-yarn beam, a carriage provided with a series of quills or tuft-yarn
carriers; means to prevent the rotation of said beam, and while restrained from
rotation to lift said beam and draw the tuft-yarns tightly around a pick of weft,
substantially as will be described.
Also in the use with a tuft-yarn carriage, its attached quills or tuft-yarn carriers
and tuft-yarn beam, of devices to lift the tult-yarn carriage and beam; a clamp;
and devices to cause it to release the said tuft-yarn beam as the said beam is lifted

page_text: after the bent free ends of the tuft-yarns have been drawn back into the warp
about the filling, such upward movement of the tuft yarn beam and carriage while
the beam is unclamped and the tuft-yarns are caught in the shed resulting in
rotating the tuft-yarn beam and pulling off sufficient tuft-yarn for the next row of
tufts to be made from the yarns of that beam, substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of the following instru-
mentalities, viz.;a tuft-yarn carriage; a series of quills or tuft-yarn carriers; a
tuft-yarn beam; à beam clamp or locking device; and devices to actuate the same,
whereby the clamp or locking device for the said beam is at times made to act
against and restrain the rotation of the beam, and at other times to permit the
rotation of the beam, substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft-yarn beam, a
carriage on which it is mounted; transferring arms adapted to engage the said
carriage; operating means for said arms; and a clamp to co-operate with the head
of the said beam, and actuating devices for the said clamp, substantially as will be
described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a frame having trans-
ferring arms shaped to engage the ends of a tuft-yarn carriage; a tuft-yarn beam
clamp, and actuating devices therefor; and a tuft-yarn carriage having a series of
quills or carriers; a tuft-yarn beam; and devices to raise and lower said trans-
ferring frame and to move it to and fro between the reed and fell of the fabric,
substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of the following instru-
mentalities, riz.;-two chains; means to actuate them intermittingly; a series of
tuft-yarn beams; a series of tuft-yarn carriages having each a series of quills or
carriers, means to connect said carriages to said chains and support said beams; a
clamp to engage the beam being used, devices to actuate said clamp and to release
said beam at intervals, and means to take the said beams from the said chains at
intervals and cause the ends of the tuft-yarn carriers to be moved up and down and
to and fro with relation to the warps and the fell, whereby the tuft-yarns are
trailed in the shed but with their free ends above the warps to present the tuft-
yarns in position to be crossed by the weft and the tuft-yarns are then drawn up
and folded between their free ends and the carriers snugly about the weft before
the said tuft-yarns are cut off, substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a loom, of a tuft-yarn carriage having a series of quills or
carriers, and bearings for a tuft-yarn beam; a tuft-yarn beam, and a pad and spring,
the pad acting directly against the yarn on said beam, substantially as will be
described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft-yarn beam having
a series of quills or carriers for tuft-yarns, and devices to support said tuft-yarn
beam and move the ends of the carriers to and fro and up and down, of a clamp to
positively engage said beam and prevent its rotation while the tuft-yarns are being
drawn up in loop form about the weft, substantially as will be described.
Also in the combination with the shuttle-race 628 and selvage shuttle, of the
selvage shuttle thread controller mounted on a vertical pivot wx located at the side
of the warp most remote from that at which the weft-carrying needle enters the
shed, said controller holding the selvage shuttle thread taut close to the selvage
warp threads, while the doubled loop of weft from the needle is being drawn taut
in the shed substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft yarn carriage
having attached quills or carriers, and a tuft-yarn beam having its journals mounted
on bearings of the said carriages, two sets of clamps adapted to act against the ends
of the said beam from opposite directions and clamp the said beam between them,
substantially as will be described.
Also in the use in a machine for weaving tufted fabrics of a transferring frame
and tuft-yarn carriage having tuft-yarn carriers and tuft-yarn beam, and devices to
raise and lower said frame with the beam and carriers, and to move the ends of the

page_text: carriers to and fro between the reed and fell of the fabric, and a tuft-yarn pusher,
substantially as will be described.
Figs. 1, 14, and 18, taken together show a sufficient portion of the left-hand side
of a loom embodying this invention to enable the same to be understood.
Fig. 2, is a detail showing a part of one of the tuft-yarn beam carrying-chains,
with a carriage in position therein, the said parts also showing portions of the
transferring mechanism, which is about to engage one end of the carriage and
remove it from the chain.
Fig. 3, is a partial rear side elevation of the carriage, and the tension device
mounted upon it, adapted to act directly upon the tuft-yarns wound upon the tuft-
yarn beam, the tuft-yarn beam being, however, omitted.
Fig. 4, is a section in the line a, Fig. 3.
Fig. 5, is a sectional detail on an enlarged scale, it showing simply the tuft-yarn
beam, one of the quills or carriers, a tuft-yarn, and some of the body warps, the
shed being open.
Figs. 6, 6 and 68, taken together represent the front of the loom, said figs.
showing a sufficient portion of the loom to enable my invention to be understood.
Fig. 7, is an enlarged detail similar to Fig. 2, but showing the transferring
mechanism as having taken the carriage and its warp beam from the warp chain.
Fig. 8, is a longitudinal vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 7, the opposite
end of the carriage and beam being also represented, the carriage and beam
being broken out centrally to save space upon the drawings.
Fig. 9, is a section in the line a¹, Fig. 8, looking to the right.
Fig. 10, is a section in the line ².
Fig. 11, is a section in the line
of only the carriage, the said fig. showing,
however, one of the quills or tuft-yarn carriers not shown in Fig. 8.
Fig. 12, is a section in the line a Fig. 11.
Fig. 13, is a detail showing by itself the spring-piece *, see right of Fig. 8,
it having through it a hole 60 through which is extended one of the journals of the
tuft yarn beam said piece preventing the said journal from being lifted from its
bearings hol
and
Fig. 14 is a partial right-hand side elevation of the lower part of the loom ;
Fig. 15 is a detail of the mechanism for actuating the shuttle for locking the
double filling.
For the purpose of illustrating this invention in one form I have chosen to
embody the same with and as an improvement upon the loom described in British
Patent No. 2410, dated Feb. 10, 1891, and herein to save unnecessary drawings and
description, I shall, as far as practicable, use letters such as therein employed, to
designate parts common to said Patent.
The frame-work A is and may be of suitable shape to sustain the working
parts.
The frame-work contains suitable bearings for a main or power shaft B8, having
upon it a pinion C¹ which engages a large gear C2 fast upon the main cam shaft B³,
the said shaft having mounted upon it the lay cam X, which in its rotation acts
upon an arm the hub of which is feather-keyed upon a rock-shaft 20, the upper
end of the said arm, marked 409, being connected by a suitable link 2 with an ear
attached to or forming part of the lay d carrying the reed r, consisting essentially
of a series of upright fingers.
The lay dis pivoted upon a suitable stand d 100, and is vibrated at the proper
times in order to beat in the tuft-yarns ty and the weft thread w about which
they are looped, preparatory to cutting off the tuft-yarns to constitute a series
of tufts.
In practice the lay has connected to it at or near each end like rods ³, so that it
is operated positively at both ends, and in practice the weft employed to lock the
tuft-yarns in the shed will preferably be introduced by means of a needle or device
substantially such as referred to in said Patent.

page_text: The loom frame has at each side a suitable stand, as e18, to receive the pivot e
for an arm 8, the upper end of which has connected to it a rod e10 jointed to the
upper end of a lever e¹, connected to or forming part of a hollow sleeve e¹³
surrounding the rock-shaft f, and having an arm which is acted upon by a
cam e'
18
The sleeve referred to has two arms e¹ connected in like manner with the two
arms 8.
The rock-shaft referred to, it having bearings in a suitable stand, has an armƒ³
to which is adjustably connected an arm 125, jointed by a link f* to slide bars e³,
the said rock-shaft of having an arm f' which is acted upon by a cam f³, 80 that
the said slide bars have a vertical movement along the said arms e³, while the
latter are being vibrated about the pivot e62.
The upper ends of the slide bars 3 are jointed at 14 to a part of a transferring
frame 18, it having at each side of the loom a transferring arm p which is
adjustably mounted thereon.
42 represents a roller, in practice provided with suitable pins, not shown, by
which to take away the woven material; and 123 represents the breast beam.
In practice, the parts so far referred to by letters may be and are substantially
the same as the parts designated by like letters in said Patent, with the exception
of the manner of mounting or pivoting the transferring frame 18 at its upper end,
and the different use to which the arms p in this present instance are put, the said
frame being called a swing frame in said Patent.
It will be understood that the loom herein to be described will in practice have
a tuft cutting or shearing mechanism, substantially such as provided for in the said
Patent.
The cam shaft B', at the left-hand end of the loom, has a cam a*, which in its
rotation acts upon the roller or other stud of a lever a pivoted at a²x, the outer
end of the said lever being jointed to a rod a loosely connected by a bolt a**
adjustably secured in a slotted part of an arm a fast upon a rock-shaft a* located
at the front of the breast beam 123, said rock-shaft having arms a* near each end
to which are pin-jointed rods a³x, said rods supporting at their free ends a tuft-
yarn pusher ax, it serving to support the free ends of the tuft-yarns and keep them
above the upper plane of the warps while a weft carrier is inserted to cross the
tuft-yarns between their free ends and the ends of the quills or carriers, and the
filling having been inserted, the carriage to be described, containing the quills or
tuft-yarn carriers, is lifted, and while being lifted is swung forward toward the
breast bean, the reed advancing until it pushes the tuft-yarns bent about the weft,
up nearly to the front edge of the tuft-yarn pusher.
The forward movement of the tuft-yarn pusher is determined by the shape of the
cam a referred to, but to better insure its exact position required or desired I
have connected with the rock-shaft a* an arm 6*, having jointed to it a rod 61x,
provided with an adjustable collar 62x which is struck during the forward move-
ment of the lay by an ear 6 attached to or moving with the lay d', but I wish it
to be understood that this rod, collar and projection may be dispensed with, if
desired.
The reed having come sufficiently forward, it in connection with the tuft-yarn
pusher aids in wrapping the bent ends of the tuft-yarns about the weft rather
snugly, the upward movement of the carriage, to be described, containing the tuft-
yarn beam, the latter at such time being locked and restrained as against rotation,
causing the loops of the tuft-yarns to be drawn up closely to and about the weft,
or while the beam is locked and is being lifted the free ends of the tuft-yarns are
drawn downwardly to the shed so as to leave said free ends above the body of the
warps and of substantially the length desired for the tufts, and then the reed in its
further movement carries the tuft-yarns, bent about the weft, forward to the fell,
the tuft-yarn pusher moving back toward the fell in unison with the reed, when the
tuft-yarn pusher and the reed quickly return, another pick of filling is inserted in
the shed, and the reed is thrown forward to beat in the said pick to thus

page_text: additionally lock the tuft-yarns, and immediately thereafter the tutt-yarn beam 13
unclamped by the devices which formerly restrained its rotation, and the tuft-yarn
beam is farther lifted, causing the tuft-yarns yet connected with the fabric to be
pulled off the tuft-yarn beam, the latter then rotating, and when a sufficient length
of tuft-yarn has been drawn off to leave ends of suitable length for the next row of
tufts to be made from that tuft-yarn beam, the usual cutting mechanism comes
forward and severs the tuft-yarns, leaving the row of tufts completed.
During the cutting-off operation, or just before, the clamp device again engages
the tuft-yarn beam and prevents the same from rotating during the cutting-off
operation, and as the shears are moved away, the tuft-yarn beam is transferred
back again, as will be described, to the chain.
Referring again to the rock-shaft ax, it will be noticed that the cam a* is not
depended upon to carry forward the tuft-yarn pusher, but rather to retract it, the
said pusher being thrown forward by means of a suitable strong spring a", the
spring being preferably for determining the forward movement, as the latter will
prevent any damage to the loom in case the tuft-yarn pusher is unduly obstructed
in its movements.
The chain employed for carrying the carriages and tuft-yarn beams will be
sustained upon suitable sprocket wheels, as ex, cx, on suitable shafts and d**,
mounted respectively in rigid bearings and suitably supported from the loom
frame.
These chains, one at each side of the loom, will in practice be composed of
double links and single links cx, the double links being employed to provide
suitable spaces, as cx (see Fig. 2), for the reception of the ends cx, of the
arms ex connected rigidly to the opposite ends of the carriages cx, to which are
suitably attached the quills or tuft-yarn carriers e³×, said quills being each prefer-
ably composed of a hollow metal tube, as best represented in Fig. 12; but this
invention is not limited to the particular shape of the quills or tuft-yarn carriers,
and instead of the particular quills or tuft-yarn carriers shown, I may employ any
other usual or suitable equivalent devices.
The arm creferred to has connected to or formed preferably as an integral
part of it a lug or bearing c** which receives the journal cox of the tuft-yarn
beam dx.
The arm has co-operating with it a suitable spring catch d'x so shaped that
when the end cx of the arm cx is pushed into an open space o**, the shoulder near
the upper end of the spring dx will pass behind and engage the rear side of the
double link c, thus confining the carriage to the chain, it remaining in and
travelling with the chain in its step by step movement, by or through the pawl d**
engaging the ratchet wheel dx (see Fig. 14,) fast on the shaft di carrying the
sprocket wheels cx, the said pawl being mounted upon a suitable pawl carrier d³×
loosely mounted upon the said shaft dx, the pawl carrier deriving its movement
from a link dx attached to an arm dix, the hub of which is mounted loosely
upon the rock-shaft 40, before described, the lower end of the arm dx being acted
upon by a suitable cam dix, see Figs. 6 and 14, fast upon the main cam shaft B³,
the said cam being shown by dotted lines in Fig. 14.
It will be understood that the tuft-yarn beams will be provided with a series of
tuft-yarns wound thereon side by side in colors arranged in accordance with the
colors desired for each individual tuft in each particular row of tufts to be made.
The transferring arms p are substantially such as are contained in the said
Patent, with the exception of slight differences in the construction at their lower
ends, which I will now describe.
Each transferring arm p has its lower end turned inwardly somewhat to form a
sort of open V-shaped box to 10 to embrace at the desired times the opposite ends
of each carriage, and extended from one to the other of said arms p is a
rod which serves as a stop or aligning rod against which the rear sides of the
quills ex normally rest when the clamp to be described is not acting on the beam
and while the arms ex are being put into and connected with the chains,

page_text: The lower ends of the transferring arms p have pivoted upon them a clamp or
beam locking device herein represented as composed of a sort of yoke p³ and
rocking blocks p**, preferably having serrated or friction faces to the more
positively and better engage the ends of the tuft-yarn beam, which will be prefer-
ably of wood.
The yoke p carrying the clamping devices is provided between said clamping
devices with a lug or spring-releasing finger px, see Figs. 8 and 9, which, when a
tuft-yarn beam is to be removed from the chain, contacts with the outer face of
the spring arm then engaging a link of the chain, and pushes the said spring
arm toward the end of the tuft-yarn beam and away from the chain, thus enabling
the carriage to be easily removed from the chain.
This removal of the carriage is effected by raising the transferring arms p
until
the box-like portions 100 embrace its ends, as in Figs. 7 to 10, and then the locking
device or clamp is moved forward positively against the end of the beam, sec
Fig. 7, and thereafter as the arms are lowered, the tuft yarn carriage, and the
beam, and its attached parts, are removed from the chain and lowered so that the
quills pass into the shed between parallel warps, as before stated, the free ends of
the tuft-yarns at such times being supported by the tuft-yarn pusher, then in its
forward position.
The clamp referred to has an arm pox, to which is jointed a link p* connected
at its upper end to an elbow lever p× mounted loosely upon a stud pox of a
lever plox, having its fulcrum on a rod p* extended across the loom frame, see
Fig. 1.
In practice, there are two levers like the one marked p10x, one just within the
loom side at each side of the loom, and said levers carry a rod ex which serves as
the pivot for the arms 18 before referred to, and constituting part of the transferring
frame.
Each lever plox has an upright or stand 2x forming a rigid part thereof, said
upright receiving, as shown, an adjustable eye ex, to the lower end of which is
connected a spring e** attached to one of the said elbow levers pax, the said spring
normally acting to elevate the said rod p7x and cause the claniping device to firmly
engage the tuft-yarn beam, and to effect the release of the spring catch d¹× from
the chain.
The release of the hold of the clamp referred to, which may be of the form
represented herein, or of any other suitable form to effect the result stated, is
effected, as herein shown, by or through a rock-shaft ex, having its bearings in
suitable hubs of the arm pox, the said rock-shaft having an arm ** near each
end which is connected by suitable links ex with one arm of said elbow levers p³x.
The rock-shaft ex has a second arm ex, shown best in Fig. 1, to which is
adjustably jointed the upper end of a connecting rod ex, attached at its lower end,
preferably in an adjustable manner, to a lever ex, see Fig. 18, said lever having
a suitable roller or other stud, as ex, which is acted upon by a cam ex fast on
the shaft B*.
In Fig. 1, the said roller stud e¹× is represented as out of contact with the
cam e, as will be the case when the clamps are engaging the tuft-yarn beam
firmly, as represented in the drawings.
The sprocket wheel cx will in practice be acted upon by a suitable locking
device, which may be a T-headed slide-bar acted upon by a suitable spring f**,
as shown best in Fig. 1A, the said locking device serving to prevent any movement
of rotation of the chains and sprocket wheels except that due to the action of the
pawl before described.
The chief function of the tuft-yarn pusher is to stand across the warps in the
upper plane of the shed at a point between the fell and the reed at the time that
the tuft-yarn carriers are descending into the shed, the said pusher occupying such
position with relation to the tuft-yarns and tuft-yarn carriers as to aid in keeping
the free ends of the tuft-yarns above the warps in the upper plane of the shed..
This invention is not limited to the exact position of the pusher, as its position

page_text: will vary according to the particular manner and direction of movement of the
carriers.
The pusher aids in keeping the tuft-yarns in bent form after having been
crossed by the weft and while the reed is acting to carry the tuft-yarn loops to
the fell.
In this invention as herein shown, the tuft-yarns are trailed or laid in the open
shed by a movement of the carriers away from the fell, but it will be obvious that
the same kind of an opening between the tuft-yarns and the undersides of the warp
threads in the upper plane of the shed would be made by trailing the said tuft-
yarn threads from the reed toward the fell.
In one instance the pick of weft would be between the carriers and the fell, and
in the other instance between the carriers and the reed.
I have shown two clamps, one acting against each end of the tuft-yarn beam
being used, but I desire it to be understood that the use of a clamp against but one
end of the beam would answer the purpose and be within the scope of this
invention.
The up and down movement of the transferring arms acts to place the ends of
the carriers into the shed, and a pick of weft w having been laid, fold the tuft-
yarns near their ends about the weft, the to and fro movement of the ends of the
said carriers in the direction of the movement of the reed aiding in trailing the
tuft-yarns in the shed sufficiently to form a passage between the free ends of
the tuft-yarn and the carriers on one side and the upper warps on the other side
for one pick of weft, and on its movement in the other direction, the weft having
been laid, the reed aids the carriers in moving the folded yarns forward to the
fell.
In order that the pusher may be put into its operative position, the tuft cutting
mechanism employed, which may be as in the Patent referred to, will be put out
of its operative position.
This invention is not limited to the use of only the particular shown devices for
actuating the tuft-yarn carriers in their specific movements in folding the tuft-
yarns around the weft thread, and in the transferrence of the tuft-yarns to the fell
while so folded about the weft thread; and the rigid clamping of the tuft-yarn
beam is also applicable to any mechanisms of whatever form wherein it is desired
to pull on the tuft-yarns and cause them to be drawn tightly around the weft
thread.
The tuft-yarn pusher is applicable for use in connection with any forms of
carriers and moving devices therefor wherein it is desired that the free ends of the
tuft-yarns be left above the warps and be supported thereby while the yarns are
being drawn tightly around the weft thread.
Referring now to the detailed Fig. 15, 68 represents the curved shuttle race in
which is the reciprocating shuttle 6 carrying the locking thread for the thread of
the weft carrying needle which will be used, it inserting its thread double.
This shuttle will derive its reciprocating movement from a vibrating lever 670
pivoted on a stud 6 of an arm 67 forming part of the shuttle race.
This lever 60 may be oscillated by any suitable device, as for instance, a lever
substantially such as shown to actuate the lever 670 represented in said Patent.
The shuttle thread carried by the shuttle is extended through a loop-like
eye of a lever w* constituting a thread controller, said lever turning about a
vertical pivot wx, the said eye occupying its forward position towards the fell
while the weft-carrying needle B is being projected through the shed to leave a
loop outside that selvage most distant from the starting point of the said needle,
said loop being caught by the locking thread contained in the shuttle 6", and as
the said weft needle is retracted, and the lay moved backwardly away from the
breast beam, the shed being open, the thread controller is moved backwardly away
from the breast beam so as to hold a portion of the shuttle thread substantially
parallel with the selvage warp, while the weft thread needle completes its back
stroke and the reed beats the filling into the fell.

page_text: In the Patent referred to, the said weft controller was made as a finger swinging
about a horizontal pivot, and in practice it has been found that excessive strain
on the shuttle thread during the beating in of the weft pulls the shuttle thread
laterally to such an extent as to somewhat affect the smoothness and regularity of
the selvage, so to overcome this difficulty, I have mounted the arm of the weft
controller upon the vertical pivot wx, it being erected upon an extension of the
shuttle race frame, so that under no conditions in weaving can the weft controller
be pulled or sprung in toward the selvage warps.
I have not herein shown the devices for imparting motion to the vibrating lever
employed for reciprocating the shuttle in its race, but the lever may derive its
movement by or through devices substantially such as are employed in said
Patent.
The arm of the shuttle thread controller has jointed to it at a short distance
from its fulcrum a link 6, see Fig. 14, which in turn is jointed to an arm & fast
to a rock-shaft 6, said link, arm, and rock-shaft being substantially the same as
the like devices designated by like terms in the Patent referred to, except that
herein, owing to the fact that the movement given to the weft thread controller to
put the shuttle thread substantially parallel with the selvage thread is in an
opposite direction from that in the Patent referred to, consequently the arm 623 in
this present invention is extended upwardly from the shaft 6" instead of down-
wardly.
In practice, the rock-shaft 6** will co-operate with suitable devices at its
opposite end, as in said Patent to effect the stopping of the loom in case the
shuttle thread breaks.
The cam ex is so shaped as to cause the spring ex to release its effective
control of the clamp employed, and engage the tuft-yarn beam and prevent its
rotation at suitable times in the operation of the loom, and especially is this the
case when the tuft-yarn beam is being lifted after beating in the tuft-yarns, and
preparatory to cutting off the tuft-yarns, for as the tuft-yarn beam is being lifted
just preparatory to the cutting action, the beam must be free in order that the tuft
yarns may rotate it sufficiently to pay off a proper length of tuft-yarns and leave
the ends of the said yarns for the next row of tufts to be made from that beam
projecting below the ends of the quills or carriers.
It will be understood that at times during the transferring operation of the
tuft-yarn carriers from and into the chains, the tuft-yarn beam might by accident
be rotated, so to prevent this I have secured to the rear side of each tuft-yarn
carriages a spring device g¹x having connected with it a friction pad g³× which is
kept pressed constantly against the mass of tuft-yarn upon the tuft-yarn beam, the
friction being sufficient to prevent any accidental rotation of the tuft-yarn beam
during the operation of the loom.
In Fig. 64, I have shown a little of the point of the weft-carrying needle B³
carrying the weft thread to be inserted double into the shed.
Fig. 6, shows some of the weft, some of the tuft-yarns ty, and it will be
supposed that the ends of the tuft-yarns will at such time rest on the pusher as
represented in the enlarged detail Fig. 5.
The shuttle, is, in this instance of this invention vibrated in the arc of a
vertical circle and in a vertical plane at right angles to the line of reciprocation of
the needle B*.
The thread controller is vibrated in a horizontal plane and has its open eye
arranged so that the needle B' passes through it far enough to have the loop of
weft, carried by the needle, entered by the shuttle (29.
The thread from the shuttle 6" is passed through the eye of the thread controller
and to the selvage at the cloth making point.
After the loop of weft laid in double form has been entered by the shuttle 6",
the needle B is retracted and in this motion as soon as it is withdrawn from the
eye of the thread controller the thread controller is started toward the rear of
the loom, so as to put tension upon the shuttle thread coming from the shuttle 6**

page_text: and hold the same under strain while the double weft carried by the needle B³,
then being retracted, is drawn about the shuttle thread, the double weft being beaten.
up by the shed, its loop being held firmly at the selvage by the thread coming from
the shuttle 620.
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:
1. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft yarn beam, a carriage
provided with a series of quills or tuft yarn carriers; means to prevent the
rotation of said beam, and while restrained from rotation to lift said beam and
draw the tuft-yarns tightly around a pick of weft, substantially as described.
2. The use with a tuft-yarn carriage, its attached quills or tuft-yarn carriers and
tuft-yarn beam, of devices to lift the tuft-yarn carriage and beam; a clamp;
and devices to cause it to release the said tuft-yarn beam as the said beam is
lifted after the bent free ends of the tuft yarns have been drawn back into the
warp about the filling, such upward movement of the tuft yarn beam and
carriage while the beam is unclamped and the tuft-yarns are caught in the shed
resulting in rotating the tuft-yarn beam and pulling off sufficient tuft yarn for
the next row of tufts to be made from the yarns of that beam, substantially as
described.
:
3. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of the following instru-
mentalities, viz. a tuft yarn carriage; a series of quills or tuft yarn carriers; a
tuft yarn beam; a beam clamp or locking device; and devices to actuate the
same, whereby the clamp or locking device for the said beam is at times made
to act against and restrain the rotation of the beam, and at other times to permit
the rotation of the beam substantially as described.
4. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft-yarn beam, a carriage
on which it is mounted; transferring arms adapted to engage the said carriage;
operating means for said arms; and a clamp to co-operate with the head of the said
beam, and actuating devices for the said clamp substantially as described.
5. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a frame having transferring
arms shaped to engage the ends of a tuft-yarn carriage; a tuft yarn beam clamp,
and actuating devices therefor; and a tuft yarn carriage having a series of quills
or carriers; a tuft yarn beam; and devices to raise and lower said transferring
frame and to move it to and fro between the reed and fell of the fabric, substantially
as described.
6. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a frame having transferring
arms shaped to engage the ends of a tuft yarn carriage; a tuft yarn beam clamp,
and actuating devices therefor; and a tuft yarn carriage having a series of quills
or carriers; a tuft yarn beam; and devices to raise and lower said transferring
frame and to move it to and fro between the reed and fell of the fabric, and a
tuft yarn pusher adapted to occupy a position across the warps in the upper plane
of the open shed to arrest and keep above the warps the free ends of the tuft yarns
during the movement of the quills into and between the warps of the shed,
substantially as described.
7. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics of the following instru-
mentalities, viz. two chains; means to actuate them intermittingly; a series of
tuft yarn beams a series of tuft-yarn carriages having each a series of quills or
carriers, means to connect said carriages to said chains and support said beams; a
clamp to engage the beam being used, devices to actuate said clamp and to releaso
said beam at intervals, and means to take the said beams from the said chains at
intervals and cause the ends of the tuft yarn carriers to be moved and down
up
and to and fro with relation to the warps and the fell whereby the tuft-yarns are
trailed in the shed but with their free ends above the warps to present the tuft
5 yarns in position to be crossed by the weft and the tuft-yarns are then drawn up

page_text: and folded between their free ends and the carriers snugly about the weft before the
said tuft-yarns are cut off, substantially as described.
8. The use in a loom, of a tuft-yarn carriage having a series of quills or
carriers, and bearings for a tuft yarn beam; a tuft yarn beam and a pad and
spring, the pad acting directly against the yarn on said beam, substantially as
described.
9. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft yarn beam having a
series of quills or carriers for tuft-yarns, and devices to support said tuft-yarn
beam and move the ends of the carriers to and fro and up and down, of a clamp to
positively engage said beam and prevent its rotation while the tuft yarns are being
drawn
up
in loop form about the weft, substantially as described.
10. The combination with the shuttle race 28 and the selvage shuttle, of the
selvage shuttle thread controller mounted on a vertical pivot 10x located at the side
of the warp most remote from that at which the weft-carrying needle enters the
shed, said controller holding the selvage shuttle thread taut close to the selvage
warp threads, while the doubled loop of weft from the needle is being drawn taut in
the shed, substantially as described.
11. The use in a loom for weaving tufted fabrics, of a tuft-yarn carriage having
attached quills or carriers, and a tuft-yarn beam having its journals mounted on
bearings of the said carriages, two sets of clamps adapted to act against the ends of
the said beam from opposite directions and clamp the said beam between them
substantially as described.
12. The use in a machine for weaving tufted fabrics of a transferring frame and
tuft yarn carriage having tuft-yarn carriers and tuft-yarn beam, and devices to
raise and lower said frame with the beam and carriers, and to move the ends of the
carriers to and fro between the reed and fell of the fabric, and a tuft-yarn pusher,
substantially as described.
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grou any лергиату 1000.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.