IM- PROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Clayton and Dan Clayton, of Thornton Road,
Bradford, in the County of York, Shuttle Makers, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Sealed the 22nd October 1878, and dated the 1st August 1878,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Clayton and Dan
Clayton at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 1st August 1878.
JOHN CLAYTON and DAN CLAYTON, of Thornton Road, Bradford, in the County
of York, Shuttle Makers. "IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING."
Our Invention relates to making shuttles of pieces of what have heretofore been
considered waste boxwood instead of out of solid pieces of boxwood as hitherto,
thus avoiding waste.
In the present plan of making shuttles, the shuttle is turned and cut to the
required size and shape out of a solid piece of boxwood. The wood is generally
well chosen, and should a chip or flaw happen to be on one of the sides of the block
or solid piece of wood after having been cut to the required size, this piece of box-
wood had to be thrown on one side; this, with the present high price and scarcity
of the boxwood, is a very great drawback and loss to the shuttle maker.
Our shuttles are not made out of a solid piece or block of boxwood. We take
two, three, or more small pieces, but of the length of the intended shuttle to be
made, which we face and glue together, and when set we fix in the noses of the
shuttle, then turn, shape, and cut out the shuttle in the usual way; by these means.
we produce strong, cheap, and good. shuttles out of boxwood which is considered
waste wood.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Clayton and Dan Clayton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 30th January 1879.
JOHN CLAYTON and DAN CLAYTON, of Thornton Road, Bradford, in the County
of York, Shuttle Makers. IMPROVEMENTS IN SHUTTLES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR
WEAVING."
"
The said Invention relates to making shuttles of pieces of wood which have
heretofore been considered waste wood in shuttle making, instead of out of solid
blocks of wood large enough to make a shuttle, as hitherto, thus avoiding waste.
In the present plan of making shuttles, the shuttle is turned and cut to the
required size and shape out of a solid piece of wood. The wood is generally well
chosen, and should a chip or flaw happen to be on one of the sides of the block or
solid piece of wood after having been cut to the required size, this piece of wood
had to be thrown on one side as waste and unfit for a shuttle; this, with the
present high price and scarcity of boxwood or other wood suitable for shuttles, is a
very great drawback and loss to the shuttle maker.
Our shuttles are not made out of a solid piece or block of wood, but we take
two, three, or inore small pieces of boxwood or other hard wood, which we face and
glue together or otherwise join, and, when set, we fix in the noses of the shuttle,
then turn, shape, and cut out the shuttle in the usual way.
We also regulate the position of the tongue of the shuttle by means of a screw
which is made to screw in and out of the shoulder of the tongue; the screw is made
with a flat head, and rests on the top sides of ledges made in the shuttle, on the top
side of the tongue; by screwing in or screwing out the screw, the tongue is lifted
or lowered in the opening for the bobbin, and the required position, of the tongue
and bobbin is regulated to a nicety; a spring is fitted under the shoulder of the
tongue.
We also construct shuttles having rest plates instead of screws. On the plate
rests the shoulder of the tongue, preventing the tongue and bobbin falling down
lower in the bobbin opening than required; in the top of the rest is passed a pin,
which acts as a stop to prevent the tongue being lifted more than required when
replacing a fresh bobbin; also, this pin fastens the rest in the shuttle; a spring is
also fitted under the shoulder of the tongue.
By these means we produce strong, cheap, and good shuttles out of boxwood.or
other hard wood, which hitherto has been considered waste wood in the making of
shuttles.
But in order to enable our improvements to be better understood, we will proceed
to describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which,
Figure 1 represents a sectional side view of one of our improved shuttles con-
structed with three pieces of wood, and fitted with a regulating screw; Figure 2 is
a top view; and Figure 3 a section through the line A, B, of the same.
Figure 4 represents a sectional side view of one of our improved shuttles con
structed with two pieces of wood, and fitted with a tongue-resting plate; Figure 5
is a top view; and Figure 6 is a section through the line C, D, of the same.
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Similar letters of reference in all the Figures are used to represent similar parts.
In Figures 1, 2, and 3, A, B, and C, represent pieces of wood which are considered
waste wood, and which have been faced and glued together and set, or otherwise
joined, having also noses D fixed in the boxwood or other hard wood thus prepared;
having been turned, shaped, and cut out in the usual way, as represented in the
accompanying Drawing.
The shuttle is made with ledges E in the sides, on which rests the underside of
a head F of a screw G; this screw can be screwed in and out of the shoulder H of
the shuttle tongue J, which works on a pin J fitted in the shuttle; by screwing in,
the tongue and bobbin, when placed on the tongue, is lifted up, and by unscrewing,

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lowered. The head F, pressing on the top of the ledges E in the sides and the
tongue, is kept in position by a spring K fitted in the opening L cut in the shuttle.
The screw allows of regulating to a nicety the position of the bobbin in the shuttle.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 represent a shuttle constructed with two pieces of wood M
and N, which are represented as having been faced and glued together, and set, or
otherwise joined, the noses D also fitted in, and the shuttle shaped and cut out.
In the opening O is fitted a rest P, which is secured in the shuttle by a pin Q on
the top side of the tongue; the under side of the shoulder H of the tongue beds in
the curved part of the rest when the tongue and bobbin are in the cut out part R
of the shuttle, and the tongue is prevented from being lifted more than required by
the pin Q, the top of the shoulder striking against it. A spring K is also fitted in
the shuttle.
Having thus described our improvements, and the best means we are acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect, we would have it understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the precise details shewn and described, as these may be varied
without departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, but what we do
claim is,-
Firstly. The means or method of making shuttles of pieces of wood which have
heretofore been considered waste wood in shuttle making, instead of out of solid
blocks of wood large enough to make a shuttle as hitherto, thereby avoiding waste,
substantially as herein described and represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. The regulating screw allowing of regulating to a nicety the position of
the tongue and bobbin in the shuttle, and also the rest fastened by a pin, wherein
rests the tongue when in position in the shuttle, the said screw and the rest having
the bearing on the wood of the shuttle on the top side of the tongue, substantially
as herein-before described and represented in the Drawing annexed.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Clayton and Dan Clayton, have here-
unto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-fourth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.
Witness,
WALTER JAS. TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
JOHN CLAYTON,
DAN CLAYTON.
(L.B.)
(L.S.)