Improvements in or applicable to the Shuttle Swells of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 10th Aug., 1895-Accepted, 14th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or applicable to the Shuttle Swells of Looms for
Weaving.
I ROBERT WILKINSON of 237 Mottram Road Stalybridge in the County of Chester,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
This invention relates to that kind of shuttle swell, recently introduced, which
is mounted on a pivot at or near the entrance of the shuttle box, instead of near
the outer end thereof, the object of my invention being to facilitate and cheapen
the application of such a shuttle swell to the loom.
For this purpose, instead of making the end of the swell act directly on the
stop rod finger, I mount on the outside of the shuttle box back a second lever
on a pivot at or near the outer end of the shuttle box, this last named lever
lying alongside of the shuttle swell on the outside of the shuttle box back; and
I provide or form on the shuttle swell a projection bearing against this second
lever, or I provide equivalent means of connecting the swell to the said lever,
the end of which in its turn bears against the stop rod finger.
By this means the stop rod finger may be in the usual position, and the stop
rod may be of the usual length; whereas in order to apply swells of the kind
above named, the stop rods have to be lengthened to bring the finger against
the end of the shuttle swell; and therefore, it is less costly to apply my improved
swell than those at present made.
I prefer to cast the brackets for carrying the swell and the second lever in
one piece, and to form a slot therein for the passage of the aforesaid projection
on the swell, or other connection between the said swell and lever.
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Improvements in or applicable to the Shuttle Swells of Looms for
Weaving.
1, ROBERT WILKINSON of 237 Mottram Road Stalybridge in the County of
Chester, Mechanic, 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 that kind of shuttle swell recently introduced which is
mounted on a pivot at or near the entrance of the shuttle box instead of near the
outer end thereof, the object of my invention being to facilitate and cheapen the
application of such a shuttle swell to the loom.
My invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 shews a view of the back of the shuttle box of a loom. Fig. 2 is a plan
view thereof partly in section.
Fig. 3 is a detached view of the bracket hereafter more particularly referred to.
On the Figs. 1 and 2, a is the shuttle box back, the swell pivotted at b+ to the
bracket c, fixed to the shuttle box back, d is the usual stop rod finger.

page_text: For this purpose, instead of making the end of the swell to act directly on the
stop-rod finger d I mount on the outside of the shuttle box back a a second lever e
on a pivot et at or near the outer end of the shuttle box, this last named lever e
lying alongside of the shuttle swell ō on the outside of the shuttle box back a as
shewn; and I provide or form on the shuttle swell a projection 6' bearing against
this second lever e, or I provide equivalent means of connecting the swell to the
said lever, the end of which in its turn bears against the stop rod finger d.
By these means the stop rod finger d may be in the usual position and the stop
rod d may be of the usual length, whereas in order to apply swells of the kind
above named the stop rods have to be lengthened to bring the finger against the
end of the shuttle swell; and therefore it is less costly to apply my improved swell
than those at present made.
I prefer to cast the brackets c for carrying the swell and the second lever in one
piece and to form a slot c¹ therein as shewn by the detached view Fig. 3 for the
passage of the aforesaid projection on the swell b or other connection between
the said swell and lever e.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The combination with the shuttle swell b of a lever e arranged and operating
substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated by
the annexed drawings.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.