IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Hindle, Mill Manager, and George Greenwood,
Mechanic, both of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Hindle, and George
Greenwood at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 4th August
1880.
RICHARD HINDLE, Mill Manager, and GEORGE GREENWOOD, Mechanic, both of
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus to be used in combination with the
weighting ropes of looms for weaving.
In connection with the weighting ropes we employ a hook, the shank of which
is enlarged near its end, and serrated or notched; there is also formed in the back
of the shank an open slot, in which is received one end of a link or eyelet.
On the end of a rope being passed through the link, the weight or strain on the
hook causes the serrated portion thereof to bind the rope between the shank and
the inner portion or eye of the link, holding the rope securely and without any
knot or other appliance, that is to say, the rope being passed through the eye
of the link, the required distance will at once bind securely and instantaneously.
The apparatus may be applied to securing ropes other than the weighting ropes
of looms for weaving.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, and
of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, filed by the said Richard Hindle and
George Greenwood in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 26th April 1881.
RICHARD HINDLE, Mill Manager, and GEORGE GREENWOOD, Mechanic, both of
Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster. “IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING."
This Invention relates to improved apparatus for use in combination with the
weighting ropes of looms for weaving.
When using our improved apparatus in connection with the weighting ropes and
levers ordinary used in looms for weaving purposes we employ a hook, the shank
of which is enlarged near its end, and serrated or notched; there is also formed
in the back of the shank an open slot, in which is received one end of a link or
eyelet, to which or through which a working rope is passed.
The end of a rope being passed through the link when it is pulled, the weight or
strain thereby thrown on the hook causes the serrated portion thereof to bind the
rope between the shank and the inner portion or eye of the link, holding the rope
securely into the position into which it is pulled and without the aid of any knot
or other appliance, that is to say, the rope being passed through the eye of the
link, the required distance will at once bind securely and instantaneously.
Such being the nature of our said Invention, we will now describe the same in
detail, and in order that the working of it may be fully understood we have hereunto
annexed a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked the same with
figures and letters of reference, a like letter indicating a like part in the several
views or Figures.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figs. 1 and 2 are elevations shewing our improved apparatus when used in the
form of a hook in connection with a weighting lever and weight in position; Figs.
3 and 4 shew similar apparatus in which the shank of the hook is continued,
forming a ring or loop; Figs. 5 and 6 shew like apparatus having loops or eyes
adapted to support weighting levers having studs or projecting pins; Figs. 7 and 8
shew our improved apparatus designed for use in connection with other kinds of
weighting levers. In all these cases our improved apparatus consists of the
combination of three parts, the detachable link or eyelet, the upper part of the
stem serrated on one side, and having an open slot or notch cut in it on its other
side, and the lower part of the stem forming or connected with a hook, or eyelet,
or equivalent holder, which is readily connected with or detached from the article
which has to be raised, or to which force has to be applied by means of a working
rope, as herein described.
At A is the hook, the shank of which is enlarged as at B, and serrated or
notched on its upper surface at C; at D is an open slot, in which is received one
end of the loose or detachable link or eylet E. When our apparatus is used in a
loom the working rope is passed around the neck or "ruffle" of the warp beam as
usual, and its loose end F is passed through the upper portion of the link or
eyelet E, and upon the serrated or notched surface C, the pressure of the weighting
lever G and weight H serving to nip and bind the rope securely between the
serrated surface Č and the upper part of the loose link or eyelet E, there being no
knot or tyeing necessary, and the height or position of the weighting lever and
weight may be accurately and instantly adjusted by simply pulling at the loose
end of the rope F.

page_text: Figs. 3 and 4 are elevations of like apparatus, the hook A being continued so as
to form a loop or ring; Figs. 5 and 6 shew the suspending part A straight, and
having holes, in one of which one of the pins or studs J of the weighting lever G
is received. At Figs. 7 and 8 the suspender part A is straight, terminating in an
inverted L, the latter being passed longutidinally through the slot K, and turned
as at L is then in position for use, as above described.
The construction of weighting levers having the studs or pins J, as also the
weighting lever having slot R are largely used on looms employed in the production
of cotton goods.
Having thus fully described the nature and particulars of this our said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, we would have it understood that we do not claim any
of the parts considered separately, nor do we claim any Invention per se in the
employment of one surface being caused to nip and bind upon another by or
through the action of the application of a weight, we limit and confine our
Invention to,―
The combination of parts, being the detachable link or eyelet, the stem with one
side curved and serrated and the other notched, and the hook, or its equivalent,
attached to or connected with the lower part of the stem, the whole combined,
forming an improved apparatus, as herein described and illustrated respectively on
Figs. 1, 2, and Figs. 3, 4, and Figs. 5, 6, and Figs. 7, 8, of the accompanying
Drawings.
In witness whereof, we, the said Richard Hindle and George Greenwood,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-first day of April,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.