Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 16th June, 1894
Complete Specification Loft 18th Mar 1805 Accepted 20th
Ane 1006
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
I, JOHN WILLIAM BANISTER of 2 Booth Street, Shear Brow Blackburn, in
the County of Lancaster Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in shuttle guards of looms for weaving
the object being to provide a guard which will be automatically applied or put
into the active position as soon and at the same time as the loom is started, and
which will also be automatically taken off, or folded close to the hand rail, or reed
cap, as soon as the loom is knocked off or stopped, and the brake applied to the
brake wheel.
According to this invention the guard consists of a cranked rod of metal hinged
to the front of the hand rail, or reed cap. One end of the cranked rod is extended
and curved, and to this extended end is loosely attached a vertical rod the lower-
end of which is connected to a short lever working on a fulcrum stud fixed to the
frame of the loom. The opposite end of the short lever is by rod connected with
the brake lever, so that when the latter is operated or applied by any of the
ordinary and well known methods the connections operate the shuttle guard and
fold the latter close to the reed cap, and out of the way of the weaver. When
the loom is restarted and consequently the brake removed from the brake wheel the
guard is moved outwards and into active position.
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In order to keep the guard steady when "on or in the active position I fix a
boss on the guard, and said boss having a flat side against which a spring bears and
tends to maintain the guard in the working position.
Dated this 14th day of June 1894.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
1, JOHN WILLIAM BANISTER of 2 Booth Street, Shear Brow, Blackburn, in
the County of Lancaster, Manager, 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 improvements in shuttle guards of looms for weaving,
the object being to provide à guard which will be automatically applied or put
into the active position as soon and at the same time as the loom is started, and
which will also be automatically taken off or folded close to the hand rail or reed
cap, as soon as the loom is knocked off or stopped, and the brake applied to the
brake wheel.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which:
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Fig. 1 is a front elevation of part of a loom and improved shuttle guard.

page_text: Figs. 3 and 4 are details.
According to this invention, the guard consists of a cranked rod of metal 1 hinged
at each end, and if desirable, in the middle, to the front of the hand rail or reed
cap 2. One end of the cranked rod is extended and curved over and to the back
of the hand rail 2, as at 3, and to this extended end 3 is loosely attached a vertical
rod 4, the lower end of which is connected to a short lever 5 working on a fulcrum
stud 6 fixed to the frame 7 of the loom. The opposite end of the short lever is
by rod 8 connected with the brake lever 9. When the brake 9 is operated or
applied by any of the ordinary and well known methods, the connections operate
the shuttle guard 1 and fold the latter close to the reed cap 2 and out of the way
of the weaver.
In order to keep the guard 1 steady when "on," or in the active position, I fix a
boss 10 on the guard 1. The said boss 10 has a flat side 11, against which a
spring 12 bears and tends to maintain the guard 1 in the working position.
It will be seen that when the loom is "knocked off," and the brake applied to the
brake wheel 13, that the weight of the end 14 of the brake lever, will by the
rod 8 depress one end of the short lever 5, and the other end rising the rod 4 acting
on the extended end 3, will fold the guard 1 close to the hand rail or reed cap, and
out of the way of the weaver. As soon as the loom is re-started, the nug 15 on
the spring handle 16 will act on the ordinary inclined piece 17, which by the
rod 18 raises the end 14 of the brake lever 9, and removes the brake from the brake
wheel. The weight of the rod 4 (to which if necessary a spring or weight may be
added) will turn the guard 1 in its hinges, and move it into the active position.
The lower ends of the rods 4 and 8 are provided with flat sided bosses 19 (see
Figs. 3 and 4) received in slots or grooves formed in the lever 5, the ends of the
rods 4 and 8 passing through holes in such lever. The bosses 19 allow the
rods 8-4 a certain amount of play, but prevent their turning round and binding or
Jocking with their connections."
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 :-
(1.) The rod or guard 1 with extended portion 3, rod 4, lever 5, rod 8, and brake
lever 9, all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described and substantially
as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
(2.) The rod or guard 1 with extended portion 3, rod 4, lever 5, rod 8, brake
lever 9, flat sided boss 10, and spring 12, all in combination, as and for the purpose
herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 15th day of March 1895.
JOHN WILLIAM BANISTER,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
JOHN WILLIAM BANISTER,
By his Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.