Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Jan., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 21st Apr., 1896-Accepted, 23rd May, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards.
We, JAMES LEIGH of Stone Moor Bottom, Padiham, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman, and PETER OAKES of 18, Willow Street, Burnley, in the
said county, Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to loom shuttle guards, and is designed to provide a neat
and efficient guard at a comparatively low cost. The guard may be either fixed
or movable, but owing to the peculiar nature of its construction as will be herein-
after explained, we consider it unnecessary to raise or lower the guard in or out of
position, as is customary with shuttleguards at present in use, but the same may be
fixed and maintained in one position, without hinderance to the weaver in his
duties.
Our improved shuttle guard consists essentially in forming a metal plate
preferably of the width of the reed space, and fixing it across the slay cap.
Into holes in this metal plate are screwed or otherwise fixed a number of bent
projections at desired distances apart over the shuttle race, in such a manner as to
prevent the shuttle flying out or leaving the shed. The bent projections are
preferably formed web shaped near their extremities, or they may be provided
with small loose bosses, which, if struck by the flying shuttle, will have a tendency
to cause it to rebound into the shed. From practice, it is found that the shuttle
flys out at such an acute angle, that it is next to impossible for the projections to
fail in the purpose intended.
The distance between the projections should in all cases be sufficient to enable
the weaver to take up ends without obstruction.
Dated this 27th day of January 1896.
F. RICHMOND,
12, Standish Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards.
We, JAMES LEIGH of Stone Moor Bottom, Padiham, in the County of
Lancaster, Gentleman, and PETER OAKES of 18, Willow Street, Burnley, in the
said county, Weaver, 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 :-
This invention relates to loom shuttle guards, and is designed to provide a neat
and efficient guard at a comparatively low cost. Owing to the peculiar nature of
its construction as will be hereinafter explained, we consider it unnecessary to
raise or lower the guard in or out of position as is customary with shuttle guards
at present in use, but the same may be fixed and maintained in one position,
without hinderance to the weaver in his duties.

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Our improved shuttle guard consists essentially in forming a metal plate
preferably of the width of the reed space, and fixing it across the sley cap.
holes in this metal plate are screwed or otherwise fixed a number of bent projections
at desired distances apart over the shuttle race, in such a manner as to prevent
the shuttle flying out or leaving the shed. The bent projections are preferably
formed web shaped near their extremities, or they may be provided with small
loose bosses, which, if struck by the flying shuttle, will have a tendency to cause it
to rebound into the shed. From practice, it is found that the shuttle flys out at
such an acute angle, that it is next to impossible for the projections to fail in the
purpose intended.
The distance between the projections should in all cases be sufficient to enable
the weaver to take up ends without obstruction.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front view of the sley of a loom with our improved shuttle guard
applied. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same.
A is the metal plate preferably screwed or otherwise fixed to the sley cap B.
Secured to this metal plate A are suitable bent fingers or projections B1 preferably
formed or bent from wire, metal or other desirable material into a kind of web or
V shape, and projecting over the shuttle race of a loom at desired distances apart
in such a manner as to prevent the shuttle flying out. Their exact shape in
formation which we find in practice to be very serviceable is shewn in Figs. 1 and 2.
The metal plate may be stamped by means of a die, so as to be formed with
grooves to receive the said fixed wire projections or fingers, which may be held in
position by a touch of the soldering iron, or they may be screwed into the metal
plate A or otherwise fixed thereto.
It will be quite obvious that instead of having the said metal plate extending
entirely across the sley cap, we may form a number of smaller plates to receive
the said bent fingers or projections. Two or more bent fingers or projections may
be employed with only one fixing plate, or otherwise one small stamped metal
plate may be employed to carry its own respective bent finger or projecting piece.
This slight and palpable modification is clearly illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4.
this view each small metal fixing plate C, which may be stamped out of sheet
metal, and formed with grooves in the stamping process, to receive bent wire
projections or fingers D, is secured to the sley cap by screws or nails E. The
bent projecting wire fingers may be fixed to the sinall metal plates by solder or
otherwise.
In
Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate the sley cap of a loom, provided with a metal fixing
plate F as aforesaid, into which may be screwed or otherwise fixed bent wire
fingers carrying loose bowls or bosses H, the ends of the fingers being struck up,
to prevent the loose bowls or bosses leaving their position.
These loose bowls or bosses are intended that if struck by the flying shuttle
they will lessen the concussion that is invariably caused by an object moving with
acquired velocity coming against a stationary body, and will have a tendency to
return the shuttle into the shed.
In Fig. 7 is represented a similar arrangement to that illustrated in Figs. 3
and 4 with the exception that the U shaped wire projections carry on each leg
loose bowls or bosses J with the same object as already described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :--
1. The improved arrangement and construction of a loom shuttle guard,
consisting of a metal plate A, provided with bent wire projections B, substantially
as described and illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 for the purpose set forth.
2. The modification represented in Figs. 3 and 4 consisting of several metal
plates C, secured to the sley cap of a loom and provided with bent wire fingers
or projections D, substantially as shewn and described.

page_text: 3. Providing the said bent fingers or projections with loose bowls or bosses H,
substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7.
Dated this 20th day of April 1896.
F.
RICHMOND,
12, Standish Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.