IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Christopher Catlow, of Burnley, in the County
of Lancaster, Overlooker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
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Sealed the 20th February 1874, and dated the 21st August 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Christopher Catlow at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 21st August 1873.
I, CHRISTOPHER CATLOW, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster,
Overlooker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
..
This Invention has for its object,―
Firstly. The construction of loose reed loom in such manner as to
dispense with the stop rod.
. And, Secondly. To an improved arrangement of apparatus for letting
off the warp from the warp beam.
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page_text: The reed
cap
I attach by means of hinges to the slay sword sides, and
in front of the reed cap I affix a "duck's bill," which at cach forward
motion or beat up of the reed will ride on a hinged bracket attached to
the breast beam and so hold the reed firmly for the beat up. Should
the shuttle be caught in the shed the reed and reed cap will tilt or
swing on the hinges, and the duck bill will pass under the bracket above
referred to. An arm extends from the back of the reed cap, to which
arm a rod and spiral or other spring is attached, so that when the reed is
back for the passage of the shuttle through the shed the reed is held
firmly in position, but when the reed advances the spring and reed are
eased, so that in case the shuttle is caught in the shed the reed will be
free to swing backwards. The bracket secured to the breast beam is
hinged so as to prevent breakage or injury when the duck bill passes
thereunder.
The letting off apparatus consists of three or more rods secured in a
swing frame, and around or under and over which rods the warp is
passed; levers extend from each side of the loom and to which springs
are attached for holding the warp tight during the formation of the
shed. A lever attached to the same rod is held by the tension on
the warp clear of an eccentric until more yarn is required, which
will be given off by the eccentric raising the said lever on its next
revolution.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Christopher Catlow in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 21st February 1874..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHRISTOPHER
CATLOW, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, Overlooker, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Lettors
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-first day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Christopher Catlow, Her special licence, that
I, the said Christopher Catlow, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Christopher Catlow, my executors, adminis a

page_text: trators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others,
from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend,
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS
FOR WEAVING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said
Christopher Catlow, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands. and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Christopher Catlow, do hereby
declare the nature of my said 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) :-
This Invention has for its object,―
Firstly. The construction of loose reed looms in such manner as to
dispense with the stop rod.
And, Secondly. To an improved arrangement of apparatus for
letting off the warp from the warp beam.
The reed cap I attach by means of hinges to the slay swords sides, and
in front of the reed cap I affix a "duck's bill" which at each forward
motion or beat up of the reed will ride on a hinged bracket attached to
the breast beam and so hold the reed firmly for the beat up. Should
the shuttle be caught in the shed the reed and reed cap will tilt or swing
on the hinges and the "duck bill" will pass below the bracket above
referred to. An arm extends from the back of the reed cap to which
arm a rod and spiral or other spring is attached, so that when the reed is
back for the passage of the shuttle through the shed the reed is held
firmly in position, but when the reed advances the spring and rced are
eased, so that in case the shuttle is caught in the shed the reed will be
free to swing backwards. The bracket secured to the breast beam is
hinged so as to prevent breakage or injury when the "duck bill passes
thereunder.
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page_text: ...The. letting off apparatus consists of three or more rods, and around or
under and over which rods the warp is passed; levers extend from each
side of the loom, and to which springs are attached for holding the warp
tight during the formation of the shod; a lever attached to the same rod
is held by the tension on the warp clear of an eccentric until more yarn
is required, which will be given off by the eccentric raising the said lever
on its next revolution.
Such being the nature and object of this my said Invention, I will
now proceed to describe the same in detail, and that the Invention may
be fully understood I have hereunto annexed a Sheet of Drawings, and
have marked the same with figures and letters of reference.

page_text: during the formation of the shed. A lever S attached to the same rod
is held by the tension on the warp clear of or above the eccentric T
until more yarn is to be given off, which the eccentric will on its next
half revolution give by raising the lever S and easing the several rods or
rollers over which the yarn is passed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Christopher Catlow, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four
CHRISTOPHER CATLOW. (L.S.)
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Tasker & Brierley,
Patent Agents,
Halifax, Bradford, & Blackburn.