AN IMPROVEMENT IN SHUTTLE TONGUES
Year: 1884

page_text: We THOMAS FELTON Shuttle Maker of 10 Back George Street Bury and RICHARD
BLEASDALE, Foreman of Wilton Terrace Hollins Vale Lane Bury both in the
County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of the invention for "AN
IMPROVEMENT IN SHUTTLE TONGUES" to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improvement in the spring of the shuttle tongue
which holds the cop of weft thereon and to the means of attaching or applying the
said spring thereto, the object being to apply the spring to the tongue without
brazing or rivetting and so that it can easily be removed and replaced by another
when desired.
The spring is made flat on one side and round on the other, and the shuttle
tongue is also similarly formed excepting at the point; where it is round for about
one inch. In this round part I form by means of a circular cutter two longitudinal
notches or slits at right angles to each other, that is to say one on the face and one
at the side, and in the shoulder at the butt end I drill a hole.
The spring is made narrower at each end and pointed, and of such a length
that when one end is placed in the hole in the shoulder it can be bent into a curved
form and the other end sprung into the notch in the point and on being allowed to
straighten itself partially so as to assume its proper curve it will be held firmly at
both ends and will not present any roughness or sharp points to catch the yarn.

page_text: We THOMAS FELTON, Shuttle Maker of 10 Back George Street Bury, and RICHARD
BLEASDALE foreman, of Wilton Terrace, Hollins Vale Bury, both in the County of
Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN
SHUTTLE TONGUES 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 the shuttles used in looms for weaving and consists of
an improvement in the metal spring of the shuttle tongue which holds the cop of
weft thereon and to the means of attaching or applying the said spring thereto,
the object being to apply the spring to the tongue without brazing or rivetting, and
so that it can be easily removed and replaced by another when desired.
The nature of the invention will be readily understood on reference to the
accompanying drawings and the following explanation thereof.
Fig 1 in the drawing is a longitudinal section and Fig 2 a plan view of a shuttle
tongue with its spring constructed and applied according to our invention and
Figs 3 and 4 are side elevations partly in section of modifications thereof.
The spring a, a is made flat on the side next to the tongue b, b and round on the
other side and the shuttle tongue b, b is also similarly formed excepting at the
point b*, where it is round for about one inch. In this round part we form by
means of a circular cutter (shown by the dotted circles) two longitudinal notches
or slits, at right angles to each other that is to say one on the face, and one at the
side, one being also a little in advance of the other so as to cut into each other and
form a recess in which the outer end of the spring can be placed and in which it is
capable of a certain amount of longitudinal movement, and in the shoulder c, c at
the butt end we drill a hole or form a recess for the reception of the butt end of
the spring.
The spring a, a is made narrower at one or both ends, and pointed, being of
such a length that when one end is placed in the hole in the shoulder.c, c it can be
bent into a more curved form and the other end sprung into the recess in the point
and on being allowed to partially straighten itself so as to assume its proper curve
it will be held firmly at both ends and will not present any roughness or sharp
points to catch the yarn.
Sometimes in order to prevent the spring a, a from being bent sideways at the
end near the point 6x, of the shuttle tongue by being pulled forward in the recess
we bend down the other end of the said spring a, a as shown at a*, Fig. 3.
And sometimes in order to form a straighter passage for the point of the
spring a, a we drill a hole in the point 6x of the tongue instead of making the
notch or slit in the side thereof as shown at Fig. 4.
We also prefer to make a rounded point 6* shorter so that the spring may
commence to hold the cop sooner.

page_text: 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 what
we claim is
A shuttle tongue having a recess formed at or near each end, into which recesses
the two ends of the spring are sprung and thereby held without brazing, rivetting,
or other usual means of fastening substantially as above described and represented
by the drawing annexed.