Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1887
Complete Left, 5th Mar., 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th Apr., 1888
We EDWARD YATES WALSH, Grey Cloth Agent 37° Spring Gardens, Manchester
and JOSEPH GABRIEL of 30 Dickenson Street, Manchester, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The body or frame of picker can be made of Brass, Iron, Wood, pressed paper,
Vulcanite or any substance that can be hardened, to stand the wear & strain, it will
be subject to, and that as each part of picker is broken or worn away that part can be
replaced seperatly, without destroying the whole picker, a description of same as
follows:-
(1) The wings or arms of the picker that work on the spindle can be made
seperate from the body of the picker, so that they can be replaced if broken or worn
away.
(2) The body of the picker to be made hollow, with holes at each end for the
shuttle to strike the packing, which is purposed to be in the body of the picker.
(3) The bar to which the picking band is attached can be replaced if broken or
worn out.
(4) That one side of the picker to have a slide or door, which can be easily opened
when the packing is worn away to enable it to be refilled.
(5) The foot can be made loose if required and replaced if broken or worn out.
(6) The body of picker can be packed with any substance such as Bufflo hide,
pressed paper, vulcanite, asbestoes or any substance to resist the action of the shuttle
and such packing of whatever kind forms part of my invention.
EDWARD YATES WALSH,
37, Spring Gardens, Manchester.

page_text: We, EDWARD YATES WALSH of 37A, Spring Gardens Manchester Grey Cloth
Agent and JOSEPH GABRIEL of 30 Dickenson Street Manchester, Merchant, 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:-
The object of this Invention is to enable that part or those parts of the Picker
which is or are more liable to wear and tear, fracture or other damage while in use, to
be repaired or renewed with facility, and more particularly to enable that part of the
picker which comes in contact with the tip of the shuttle to be replaced or renewed
readily when worn out.
For the purposes of our Invention the picker is cast or otherwise formed with a
hollow body within which is secured a renewable portion in such a manner that the
renewable portion or some part of it forms that part of the picker which drives
the shuttle by contact therewith.
The Picker may be made with other portions such as the wings or arms and the
guide separable from the body.
The appended drawings illustrate in what manner our Improvements may be
carried into practical effect.
Fig. 1, is a perspective view; Fig. 2, is a longitudinal vertical section; and Fig. 3
is a cross section.
As represented in the Drawings the picker is constructed of cast iron with a hollow
body in which is secured a plug of Buffalo hide, vulcanized fibre, leather, indiarubber,
wood, compressed paper or similar and suitable material.
In each of the drawings A is the eye of the picker, B is the hollow body; C is the
plug of which the face D is arranged to give the impact to the shuttle. The plug
may be secured within the hollow body by means of a pin or cotter passing through
the body and the plug, or by means of a pin or cotter E passing through a portion of
the plug which projects from the back of the picker.
It will be evident that the mode of construction may be varied within very wide
limits, as for example, the plug may be alike at both ends of the picker so as to make
it reversible; the body may have any desired configuration and may be made of any
suitable material; the plug may be inserted from the side instead of from one or both
ends, and the plug may be secured by enclosure within a partly enclosed hollow body
by a door or slide or it may be secured in the hollow body by screws cement or other
known means.
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 :
(1) In Pickers for looms; a plug or packing of buffalo hide, leather, compressed

page_text: paper or other similar and suitable substance by which the impact is given to the
shuttle; substantially as and for the purpose described and as illustrated by the
accompanying drawings.
(2) As a picker for looms; the combination and arrangement of a hollow body
with a plug or packing therein of buffalo hide, leather, indiarubber, compressed paper
or other similar and suitable material; substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
WILLIAM E. HEYS,
Agent for Applicants.