IMPROVEMENTS IN TEMPLES FOR Looms
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edmund Clegg, of Shore Mill, near Littleborough
in the County of Lancaster, and James Leach, of the same Place,
Manufacturers, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TEMPLES FOR
Looms."
Sealed the 31st July 1855, and dated the 3rd February 1855.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edmund Clegg and
James Leach at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 3rd February 1855.
We, the said EDMUND CLEGG, of Shore Mill, near Littleborough, in the
County of Lancaster, and JAMES LEACH, of the same Place, Manufacturers,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TEMPLES FOR LOOMS" to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in the adaptation of rotatory combs to temples of the
ordinary construction, so as to render them self-acting; thus, to the outward
ends of the two parts of the temple we apply combs in a horizontal position,
or nearly so; the apparatus may therefore be expanded or contracted in the
ordinary manner, so as to gain any required tension, or to remove it. As the
cloth is wound upon the work roller it gives motion to the rotatory combs,
which in turning,continue to keep it distended.
For the purpose of securing a suitable portion of the cloth for being con-

page_text: tinuously held, we adapt bent pieces to the temple, which guide it towards the
periphery of the combs; or we adapt suitable guides to any stationary part for
the same purpose. The temple is held so as not to advance with the cloth
by a suitable connexion with a fixed part of the machine.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edmund Clegg and James Leach in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 3rd August 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, EDMUND
CLEGG, of Shore Mill, near Littleborough, in the County of Lancaster, and
JAMES LEACH, of the same Place, Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Edmund Clegg and James Leach, Her special licence that we, the
said Edmund Clegg and James Leach, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as we, the said Edmund Clegg, and James Leach,
our executors, administrators, 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, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
TEMPLES FOR LOOMS," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the
said Edmund Clegg and James Leach, by an instrument in writing under
our hands and seals, or under the hand and seal of one of us, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, 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 imme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Leach, do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement and accompanying Drawing:-
Our Invention consists in the adaptation of rotatory combs to temples of the
ordinary construction, so as to render them self-acting; and for the purpose of
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page_text: securing a suitable position of the cloth for being continuously held, we adapt
bent pieces to the temple, which guide it towards the peripheries of the combs;
or we adapt suitable guides to any stationary part for the same purpose. The
temple is held so as not to advance with the cloth by a suitable connection
with a fixed part of the machine.
These improvements are shown in the side view of a temple detached from
the machine at Fig. 1, and in plan view at Fig. 2, which also exhibits
a portion of the framing of the loom and the breast beam. The two
portions of the expanding temple constructed upon the plan of those in
ordinary use are shewn at a, b, capable of being tightened together at
any required width by the bolt c. At the outward extremity of each of
these parts is a centre pin, upon which is mounted a circular comb d, so
as to be capable of turning freely thercon. To the parts a, b, of the temple
are secured plates c, formed at their outward ends eas forks, and bent
downward, as seen particularly in Fig. 1. These bent portions embrace the
celvages of the cloth (shewn by red lines) and draw them inward, so as to
secure their contact with the combs, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 2.
To each of the parts a, b, is affixed a pin f, embraced by a fork, extending from
an arm g, which arm is carried by a centre pin h, extending from the breast
beam i. As the cloth is wound upon the cloth roller it gives motion to the
circular combs d, which, by turning upon their centre, take into fresh portions
of the selvages, and keep them distended, the temple being prevented from
travelling bodily by the arms g. When it is desired to remove the temple, the.
arms are turned upward upon their centre pins h, and the two parts a, b,
contracted in the usual manner. The guides c we have shewn adapted to the
parts a, b, of the temple, but the circular combs may in some cases be employed
without them, and such guides may be applied to any suitable fixed part of
the machine. The above arrangement will suffice for goods of the heavier
character, but when comparatively light fabrics are manufactured, we find it
desirable to assist the operation by the use of the following apparatus:-
Beneath the breast beam i are levers j,, mounted upon centre pins k, carried
thereby; the ends * of these levers extend in front of the piece of cloth, and
the ends jare in such a position that a projection attached to the lathe will
arrive in contact with them at every beat-up of the loom. As, therefore, the
work proceeds, the said levers at the periods of taking up are caused to turn
upon their centres, and press by their ends against the face of the cloth,
thereby forcing it under the breast beam, and effecting a slight strain, which
tends to draw it upon the periphery of the circular combs.
Having thus described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,

page_text: and the manner in which the same is to be performed, we desire it to be under-
stood that we claim, as secured to us under the above in part recited Letters
Patent,
Firstly, the use of rotatory combs applied to temples constructed in the
ordinary manner, above described.
_Secondly, the use of the guides e also applied to such temples.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Leach, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Second day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
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