An Improved Means or Method of Securing Bobbins or Spools in Shuttles.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Improved Means or Method of Securing Bobbins or Spools
in Shuttles.
We, JOHN WILLIAM GLEDHILL and CHARLES ROBERTS of the firm of Gledhill
and Roberts of Honley, near Huddersfield Yorkshire, Bobbin Manufacturers do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD
OF SECURING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS IN SHUTTLES to be as follows:-
"
Hitherto bobbins or spools have had staples driven into their bottom ends for
the purpose of catching onto a flat spring in the shuttle whereby they have been
held and prevented from being detached and thrown off the shuttle peg as the
shuttle was being sent across the loom.
In practice it is found that these staples get loose and are withdrawn from their
place, consequently the bobbin is in danger of being thrown off the shuttle peg.
The object of our Invention is to dispense with these staples, and use instead
thereof a wire placed horizontally across the groove or slot usually made in the
bottom of the bobbin.
By this means the horizontal wire can never be withdrawn as is the case with
staples, whilst at the same time it possesses all the advantages of being easily
connected to the flat spring in the shuttle.
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents,
Commercial Street, Halifax,
Agents for the Applicants.

page_text: "
We, JOHN WILLIAM GLEDHILL and CHARLES ROBERTS of the firm of Gledhill.
and Roberts of Honley near Huddersfield, Yorkshire Bobbin Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for AN IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD
OF SECURING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS IN SHUTTLES," and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:―
Hitherto bobbins or spools have had staples driven into their bottom ends for
the purpose of catching onto a flat spring in the shuttle whereby they have been
held and prevented from being detached and thrown off the shuttle peg as the
shuttle was being sent across the Loom.
In practice it is found that these staples get loose and are withdrawn from their
place, consequently the bobbin is in danger of being thrown off the shuttle peg.
The object of our invention is to dispense with these staples and use instead
thereof a wire placed horizontally across the groove or slot usually made in the
bottom of the bobbin.
Such being the nature and object of our Invention, we will now proceed to
describe the same more fully, and for that purpose have annexed the accompanying
Sheet of drawings wherein Figure 1 is elevation and Figure 2 plau view of the
staples at present employed in connection with a weaver's bobbin.
a being the
bobbin and b the staples which it will be seen are driven into the head of
the bobbin as shewn, but staples so fastened are frequently loosened by being
pulled at, and often fall out, or are withdrawn when placing the bobbin into the
shuttle or when taking it out.
Our invention is shewn in Figures 3 and 4 where it will be seen a wire c is
driven into the bobbin horizontally across the ordinary groove d, consequently it
is less liable to get loosened or withdrawn, whilst at the same time it possesses all
the advantages of being easily connected to the flat spring in the shuttle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
In a weaver's shuttle the use and employment of the horizontal wire or staple c
so attached as to prevent its withdrawal, in manner substantially as herein shewn
and described.