Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Sept., 1887
Complete Left, 18th June, 1888
Complete Accepted, 20th July, 1888
We, ISAAC GAUNT, Cloth Manufacturer, of Westfield Mill, Bramley, near Leeds,
and MATTHEW STANSFIELD, Overlooker, of Westfield Mill, Bramley near Leeds, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object, the arrangement and construction of healds for
looms in such a manner that, more healds may be placed in the same space, and the
tension on the warp threads reduced, by making it unnecessary for to open the "warp
shed" to such an extent, as when the healds are arranged and constructed in the usual
imanner.
We accomplish our object by securing the mails through which the warp threads
pass, at some distance from the centre of the healds between the heald shafts, so that
the mails are further from one shaft than the other; and on mounting the healds in
the loom, we arrange one series of healds with the long space at the top, and the other
series alternately with the long space at the bottom, so that when the mails of the two
series are brought together, every alternate shaft is a considerable vertical distance
from the other, so much so that, when the healds are operated by tappets or other
known means, the shafts of one series of healds keep clear of the other; by which
means any number of bealds occupy only about one half the space taken up by ordinary
healds, and by being enabled to bring the healds close together, they are not required
to be lifted so much to give the necessary space for the shuttle to pass through the
"shed" as when so far apart and constructed in the ordinary manner.
Dated this 15th day of September 1887
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.

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We, ISAAC GAUNT, Cloth Manufacturer of Westfield Mill, Bramley, near Leeds, and
MATTHEW STANSFIELD, Overlooker, of Westfield Mill, Bramley, near Leeds, 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 has for its object, the arrangement and construction of healds for
looms in such a manner that, more healds may be placed in the same space, and the
tension of the warp threads reduced; and consists in securing the mails at some
distance from the centre of the healds between the heald shafts, so that they are
further from one shaft than the other, and when mounted in the loom are arranged
alternately one series having the long space at the bottom, and the other series the
long space at the top; so that when the mails-of--both series are in a line, every
alternate shaft is a considerable vertical distance from the one on either side.
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In order that this invention may be better understood, we will further describe the
same by aid of the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1. represents a front view
of a series of healds arranged according to our improved method; Fig. 2. is an end
view of the same, the mails A through which the warp threads pass, are secured at
some distance from the centre between the heald shafts B, B, and B B₁; so that the
said mails in each series are further from one shaft than the other; and on mounting
them in the loom, we arrange one series C, with the long space at the bottom
alternately with the other series having the long space at the top, so that when the
mails in both series are brought together; every shaft is a considerable vertical
distance from the one next to it, so much so, that when the healds are operated by
tappets, or other known means, the shafts of one series do not come in contact with
the shafts of the other series; thus enabling us to bring them closer together; and
thereby to occupy only about one half the space taken up by healds of the ordinary
construction by which means they are not required to be lifted so much to give the
necessary space for the shuttle to pass through the "shed," and thereby reducing the
tension on the warp threads, much below that when the same are operated by healds
constructed in the ordinary manner.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is.
The herein before described method of constructing and mounting healds, the
essential novelty in such consisting in placing the mails at some distance from the
centre between the respective heald shafts, and mounting the healds in the loom with
one series having the long spaces at the top and the alternate series with the long
spaces at the bottom; substantially in the manner shown and described.
* Dated this 15th day of June 1888