Improvements in Means for Securing the Loose Ends of Ropes, the same being Especially Applicable for Beam-ropes Used in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 13th May, 1889-Accepted, 22nd June, 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing the Loose Ends of Ropes, the
same being Especially Applicable for Beam-ropes Used in Looms
for Weaving.
I, JOSEPH DEWHIRST of Dunkirk Mill Oxenhope near Keighley in the County of
York, Rope Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
That is to say it relates to improvements in means for securing the loose ends of
ropes, the same being especially applicable for use in connection with the beam-ropes
of looms for weaving, whereby said ropes are securely held without necessitating the
formation of a loop on their said outer ends for this purpose, with the consequent
saving in said ropes as will be well understood.
This I attain by forming holes or openings in a suitable metal bracket through
which I make to pass the loose end of each of said ropes, and between each opening
and its neighbouring opening on said bracket, as also on the outer end thereof, I form
projecting pieces which are placed in such relative positions that a somewhat ✓ shaped
notch is formed between thein so that the rope in extending to pass from one opening
to the other is made to pass through or over each of these notches by which means
any tension on said rope tends to press it further into the notch, with the desired
result.
When the above described bracket is used in connection with the beam-ropes of
looms for weaving an extra opening is made in the outer end of same in order to allow
the well known kind of hook to pass therethrough; and of course when said bracket is
used for joining ropes to any other well known articles the usual and common
openings or other parts may be made therein or formed thereon for securing same
as will be well understood.
111
1000
JOSEPH
DEWHIRST,
Per Samuel Hey, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Securing the Loose Ends of Ropes, the
same being Especially Applicable for Beam-ropes Used in Looms
for Weaving.
I, JOSEPH DEWHIRST, of Dunkirk Mill, Oxenhope near Keighley in the County of
York, Rope Manufacturer, 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 :-
That is to say it relates to improvements in means forsecuring the loose ends of ropes,
the same being especially applicable for use in connection with the beam-ropes of looms
for weaving, whereby said ropes are securely held without necessitating the formation
of a loop on their said outer ends for this purpose, with the consequent saving in
said ropes as will be seen, however in order that my said invention may be more
readily understood, I have hereunto appended a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof
to which by figures and letters reference is made in the following description:
Figs. 1 and 2 are front and side views respectively of my improved means, a piece of
rope being shewn by fig. 2 as being in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is top view of
fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation reduced scale, shewing the application of my
improved means to the beam rope of a loom. Fig. 5 shews a modification in the
formation of the article shewn by figs. 1 and 2,

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The object of this invention is attained by forming holes or openings a bin a metal
bracket c, through which openings a and b is made to pass the loose end of the rope
which is desired to be secured. Between these openings a and b I form projecting
pieces e e¹, the same being placed in such relative positions that a somewhat V shaped
notch is formed between them so that the rope d, in extending to pass from one to the
other of the openings, a and b, is made to pass through or over this notch, as also
through or over a similar other notch formed between the projections ff1 by which
means any tension on said rope d tends to press it further into these notches and so
the rope is securely held.
When the bracket c is to be used in connection with the beam-ropes of looms for
weaving as is illustrated by fig. 4, an extra opening 9 is made in the outer end of same
in order to allow the hook to pass therethrough, or in place of the hook being
made use of the bracket e may be made to terminate in a hook as shewn at k fig. 5,
said hook being to lay hold of any suitable part of the loom or if used in connection
with anything of like nature or purpose, then of any suitable part as the framework
or other fixed object, or in place of this opening 9 or hook kany usual and common
means may be employed for securing same as will be well understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
1. A bracket or rope holder formed by having openings made therein and projec-
tions formed thereon in such a manner and position that a rope in passing through said
openings will be made to pass between the said projections, and be thereby held
substantially as and for the purposes specified.
2. The bracket c having openings a 6 formed therein and the projections e e¹ and ff¹
formed thereon in the positions shewn (each of said projections being so placed
relatively with the other in proximity therewith that a somewhat V shaped notch is
formed between the pair), and the opening g, or the hook k formed at its outer
end substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Doted this 11th
LM
1000
J. DEWHIRST, .
Per Samuel Hey, Agent.