A New or Improved Method of Operating the "Shuttle" employed in Looms for Weaving and Apparatus for effecting the same.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov. 1899
Complete Specification Left. 18th Aug., 1900-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1900
Complete Specification Left. 18th Aug., 1900-Accepted, 20th Oct., 1900
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Operating the "Shuttle" employed in
Looms for Weaving and Apparatus for effecting the same.
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We, JOHN MAKANT CRYER, of Breck Villas, Poulton-le-Fylde, Machinist, and
WILLIAM ERNEST BULLEN, of 1, Alexandra Villas, The Green, Poulton-le-Fylde.
Electrical Engineer, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the
nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to a new or improved method of operating the "shuttle
employed in looms for weaving and apparatus for effecting the same and consists
in means for throwing the "shuttle "through the "shed" by electricity. thereby
dispensing with the old or present system of operating the same by means of pickers
operated from each end of the loom by picking sticks; thereby dispensing with
the noise caused by picking motions, at the same time rendering it impossible for
the "shuttle" to fly out from the loom, thus minimising the risk from accident to
the weaver so prevalent hitherto. This we carry into effect by constructing the
shuttle" of aluminum or other light metal or material mounted on a metallic
or othersley," under or with which are disposed suitable electro-magnets mounted
on a frame to allow of the same being actuated or travelled across the full width
of the loom by means of an endless or other band, belt, chain, lever, or their
equivalents, reciprocated or actuated by means of pulleys, cam, or other similar
motion, and the like from any convenient part of the loom. The frame carrying
the magnets is connected to a dynamo by the usual insulated or coated electric
wire or wires.
Natal l
N1900
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.
A New or Improved Method of Operating the "Shuttle" employed in
Looms for Weaving and Apparatus for effecting the same.
We, JOHN MAKANT CRYER, of Breck Villas, Poulton-le-Fylde, Machinist, and
WILLIAM ERNEST BULLEN, of 1, Alexandra Villas, The Green, Poulton-le-Fylde,
Electrical Engineer, both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature
of our said 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 relates to a new or improved method of operating the "shuttle"
employed in looms for weaving and apparatus for effecting the same and consists
in means for throwing the "shuttle" through the "shed" by electricity. thereby

page_text: motion, and the like from any, convenient part of the 100m.
The frame carrying
the magnets is connected to a dynamo by the usual insulated or coated wire or
wires.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig 1 is a longitudinal front elevation of so much of a loom as is necessary to
illustrate our invention for a new or improved method of operating the "shuttle
employed in looms for weaving and apparatus for effecting the same-Fig. 2 a
plan of Fig. 1-Fig. 3 a transverse sectional elevation through line A' Bin
Fig 1, and Fig. 4 a sectional end view of brushes mounted on sliding frame.
In all the figures the same letters and numerals are employed to indicate corre-
sponding parts.
A are the loom sides or frames; B crank shaft; C cam or tumbler shaft;
Dsley Esley-swords"; Freed; G driving pulley; H loose pulley, and Z
the metallic or other plated shuttle.
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Under the metallic or other "sley" D is disposed the electro-magnet or mag.
nets I mounted on the frame K located or mounted so as to slide or travel the
necessary width of the loom on the slide-bar or slide-bars L carried from the
'sley" D by means of the brackets J attached thereto in any convenient manner.
If desired the metallic or other "sley" D may be provided with a slot or slots
to ensure of the efficiency of the magnet or magnets 1 operating on the shuttle Z.
The sliding frame or sliding yoke K is moved or travelled in both directions by
means of the wire or cord M which passes over and under the pulleys a to the
scroll mounted on the shaft or centre N located in the fixings P secured to any
convenient part of the framework of the loom or to the floor. On the shaft or
centre N is mounted the differential cam R which is actuated in both directions
by the bands or cords S which pass over the guide pulleys T to the treadle levers Ü
operated alternately by the cams W from the cam or tumbler shaft C. As the
cams W actuate their respective levers by the rotating action of the cam or tumbler
shaft C the differential cam R rotates the shaft or centre N and the scroll O, by
which action the wire or cord M is moved so as to travel the sliding frame or
sliding yoke K with the brushes Y and electro-magnet or magnets 1 across the
width of the loom in both directions according to the operations of the cams W
with the treadle levers U. The brushes Y are mounted on the sliding frame or
sliding yoke K and disposed so as to slide in contact with the upper and lower
plates as shown in Figs and 4; the said plates being mounted on the wood
or other suitable bar f carried by the brackets J. Electricity is supplied from a
dynamo through the electric wire c to the terminal d mounted on the plate 6 located
on the wood or other suitable bar f, from whence it passes through to the terminal e
on the other said plate b and through the wire g to the "switch
"X mounted on
the "breast" beam V of the loom; the "switch" X being coupled to the dynamo
by the electric wire h, thus completing the circuit, by which action the metallic
or other plated shuttle Z is operated through the "shed." The whole of the parts
are insulated where necessary and protected in any convenient manner as desired
or required. The electric wires c, g and h are of such a length as to allow of the
oscillating movements of the "sley" D. We would have it understood that we

page_text: do not confine ourselves to the precise details and configuration of the parts we
have shown and described as the same may be varied or modified without depart-
ing from the principle of our said invention as they may be constructed and
arranged so as to meet the requirements of the various kinds of looms to which
it may be applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
The general arrangement construction and combination of parts composing
our new or improved method of operating the "shuttle" employed in looms for
weaving and apparatus for effecting the same consisting of the frame K mounted
on the slide-bar or slide-bars L carried from the "sley" D by the brackets J and
moved or travelled in both directions across the loom by means of the wire or
cord M which passes over and under the pulleys a to the scroll O mounted on the
shaft or centre N; the latter being actuated or rotated in both directions by means
of the differential cam K and the bands or cords S which pass over the guide pul-
leys T to the treadle levers U operated alternately by the cams W from the cam or
tumbler shaft C; the said sliding frame or sliding yoke K being provided with the
brushes Y, or their equivalents, disposed so as to slide in contact with the upper
and lower plates 6 mounted on the wood or other suitable bar f, also the electro-
magnet or electro-magnets I, the upper ends of which are in close proximity to
the underside of the metallic base of the "sley" D on which the metallic or other
plated shuttle" Z travels; the plates 6 being provided with the terminals d
and e connected to a dynamo and the switch" X by the electric wires c, g and h,
the whole being constructed, connected, applied, and operating substantially as
described and as illustrated in the drawings.
Dated the 17th day of August 1900
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.