Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 25th July, 1887
Complete Left, 24th Apr., 1888
Complete Accepted, 25th May, 1888
I, JAMES COOPER, of 87 Ann Street, Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North
Britain, Jute-works Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to weaving shuttles made principally of wood for working
with cops which are retained by a spring cover in each case and the object of my
Invention is to provide such shuttles with an improved tension device which with the
part carrying it occupies less space in the shuttle and allows of a longer cop being
put in a shuttle of given length.
In carrying out my Invention I fit a metal plate across the shuttle near the eye
through which the yarn leaves the shuttle, this plate being entered into grooves in
the side of the shuttle, and secured by means of a flange at its bottom edge or in any
other convenient way. The top or outer edge of the plate serves to bear up the
spring cover when pressed down to its retaining catch, and a hole is formed at the
centre of the plate for the yarn to pass through from the cop. The tension device
consists of a pair of small metal rollers held loosely within staples fixed or cast on
the outer side of the plate, and the yarn passes between these rollers on its way to the
outlet eye of the shuttle.
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EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shuttles for Weaving.
I, JAMES COOPER, formerly of 87 Ann Street but now of 15 Bonny Bank Road
Dundee, in the County of Forfar, North Britain, Mill and Factory Manager, 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, that is to say :-
My said Invention relates to weaving shuttles made principally of wood for
working with cops which are retained by a spring-cover in each case; and the object
of my Invention is to provide such shuttles with an improved tension device which
with the part carrying it occupies less space in the shuttle and allows of a longer cop
being put in a shuttle of a given length.
In carrying out my Invention I fit a metal plate across the shuttle near the eye
through which the yarn leaves the shuttle. The tension device consists of a pair of
small metal rollers held loosely within staples fixed or cast on the outer side of the
plate and the yarn passes from the cop through a hole in the plate and between these
rollers on its way to the outlet eye.
Two simple and convenient modifications of my improvements are shown on an
accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings in which figure, 1, is a plan of a shuttle
as fitted with one modification of my improved device. Figure, 2, is a part longi-
tudinal vertical section of the same and figure, 3, is an elevation of the device itself.
Figure, 4 is also a part longitudinal vertical section showing a second modification.
In these drawings the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like
parts wherever they are repeated.
In the modification shown in figures 1, 2 and 3, a metal plate 5, is fitted vertically
across the shuttle, 6, which is of an ordinary construction, near the eye, 14, through
which the yarn leaves the shuttle. This plate, 5, is entered into grooves in the sides
of the shuttle, 6, and is secured by means of a pin, 7, passing across one side of a
flange, 8, formed on its bottom edge. The top or outer edge of the plate, 5, serves
to bear up the spring cover, 9, when pressed down to its retaining catch, 10, and a
hole is formed at the centre of the plate, 5, for the yarn to pass through from the
cop, 11. The tension device consists of a pair of small rollers, 12, held loosely within
staples 13, cast on the outer side of the plate, 5, and the yarn passes between these
rollers, 12, on its way to the outlet eye of the shuttle.
In the modification shown in figure, 4, the flange (8) on the bottom of the plate, 5,
is dispensed with, the plate, 5, being secured by passing the pin, 7, within the

page_text: staples, 13, at their lower parts. The staples, 13, in this modification have their
corners rounded and are fixed to, instead of cast on, the plate, 5.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is:-
In shuttles for weaving, the improved arrangement or combination of the parts
constituting and carrying the tension device substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown on the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Twenty third day of April 1888.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent.