Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 4th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
We, JOHN CLAYTON, of 14 Adland Street, Burnley, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, and JOHN PAYNE, of 136 Trafalgar Street, Burnley, aforesaid, Overlooker,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Its objects are, to prevent the shuttle flying out, of the loom, or deviating in an
upward direction from its usual or regular course; and to obviate the possibility of
accidents to weavers, and damage to the warp in the loom.
In order to successfully accomplish these desirable objects, we securely attach (by
means of screws or the like), to the front or near side of the slay cap or hand-rail,
and projecting over the path or race of the shuttle; right angled triangular shaped
"guards"; for the purpose of acting as obstacles and an obstruction to the shuttle,
when it has a tendency to rise or deviate in an upward direction, from its usual or
regular course.
These "guards" are formed or constructed preferably of stout wire, or any other
suitable material, sufficiently strong to resist the force of concussion of the shuttle
against them.
They are provided with an eye or loop at each end, when formed with wire, or with
two or more such eyes, if made of other material.
These eyes are at the top or apex end of the "guard," and which we securely
and rigidly fix thereby by means of screws or the like, to the front of the hand rail,
as previously stated, at any suitable distance apart.
The perpendicular or long leg of the triangular-shaped "guard " is parallel with,
and fits close to the hand rail, the hypothenuse being oblique thereto, and the base
at right angles to the same.
The "guards" are fixed at such a height, that the short or horizontal leg or base
and part of the vertical side, projects below the warp, and between the threads, when
the loom is at its back centre, and clears the cloth when in the opposite position.
They do not interfere in any way with the proper working of the shuttle, but
only act as a fence for the purposes above described.
Dated this 31st day of January 1896.
Improvements in Shuttle Guards of Looms for Weaving.
We, JOHN CLAYTON of 14 Adland Street, Burnley, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, and JOHN PAYNE of 136 Trafalgar Street, Burnley, aforesaid, Overlooker,
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:-
Its objects are to prevent the shuttle flying out of the loom, or deviating in an
upward direction from its usual or regular course; and to obviate the possibility of
accidents to weavers and damage to the warp in the loom.

page_text: In order that our invention may be readily understood, we append hereto a sheet
of drawings, marked with letters of reference, indicating corresponding parts in
each figure.
Fig. 1. is a front view of the appliance in position on a slay-cap, and Fig. 2 is a
side view thereof.
In order to successfully accomplish these desirable objects, we securely attach (by
means of screws, (1) and the plate (2)), to the front or near side of the slay-cap or
hand-rail (3), and projecting over the path or race (4) of the shuttle (5) right-
angled triangular shaped "guards," (6) for the purpose of acting as obstacles and an
obstruction to the shuttle, when it has a tendency to rise or deviate in an upward
direction, from its usual or regular course.
These guards" are formed or constructed of stout wire, sufficiently strong to
resist the force of concussion of the shuttle against them, and fixed in the position
shown in Fig. 1 at any suitable distance apart.
The perpendicular or long leg (7) of the triangular-shaped "guard" is parallel with.
and fits close to the slay-cap or hand-rail (3), the hypothenuse (8) being oblique
thereto, and the base (9) at right angles to the same.
The "guards" are fixed at such a height that the short or horizontal leg or
base (9) and part of the vertical side (7) projects below the warp (10) and between
the threads, when the loom is at its back centre as shewn at A Fig. 1, and clears
the cloth (11) when in the opposite position, as shown by dotted lines at B, or they
may be fixed so as to clear, & stand above, & not penetrate between the warp
threads.
They do not interfere in any way with the proper working of the shuttle, but only
act as a fence for the purposes above described.
That portion of the hypothenuse or inclined side of the "guards," between
C & D Fig. 2. may be dispensed with, the appliance will then have the appearance
in shape of the letter L.
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 when we
claim is,
A shuttle guard, or guards, substantially as, and for the purpose hereinabove
specified and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1896.
JAS. PEARSON,
Agent for the Applicants.