IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND PICKERS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Peel, Weaving Manager, and Sidney
Emsley, Agent, both of Bradford, in the County of York, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND PICKERS."
Scaled the 28th July 1874, and dated the 19th February 1874..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Peel and Sidney
Emsley at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their
Petition, on the 19th February 1874.
We, JOHN PEEL, Weaving Manager, and SIDNEY EMSLEY, Agent,
both of Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND PICKERS," to be as
follows, that is to say :-
Our Invention relates to employing grooves formed in the shuttle box
bottom and cover for the purpose of guiding the picker and check, also
in employing pickers whole or made in detached parts, and to the
checking of the shuttle and picker and lubricating the picker spindle.
For this purpose we drive and check the shuttle by means of a picker
made whole, and of sizing or hides, and also a check working in two

page_text: grooves; one of these grooves is formed in the shuttle box bottom, and
the other in a cover fitted on the top of the shuttle box; the bottom
groove receives the foot or steadying heel of the picker, and the top
groove a projecting piece formed of sizing and forming part of the
picker on which is attached the picking strap; the bottom groove being
in a parallel line with the top groove guides the course of the picker and
check and prevents them kicking or lifting, keeping them steady in
their action, by these means dispensing with any lubrication and doing
away with the picker spindle.
Our pickers are made of sizing or hides full and solid, or in detached
parts and in conjunction with each other. The picker full and solid is
made of sizing or hides, and is long to allow of the turning of the picker
when one end is worn out by striking the shuttle. This picker has a
heel which slides in the groove of the bottom shuttle box and also a
projecting piece on the top, through which is attached the picking
strap. The bottom part of this projection slides in the guide or groove
formed in the shuttle box cover; this picker dispenses with the picker
spindle and with lubricators; the check works in the grooves in a similar
manner to the picker. The top part of our picker made in detached
parts is in the shape of a tube working on a spindle or made with parts
of a tube forming end guides for the spindle. These ends are connected
together by means of an arm or rib on which the picking strap is fixed.
The tube or the two ends forming part of a tube has a projecting piece
which enters loosely into a loose long picker made of sizing or of any
other, suitable soft substance. The picker fits into the bottom of the
shuttle box and is made with a flat hole going through one of the ends,
or through or partly through the middle, into which the projecting piece
enters loosely, giving it its impetus for driving the shuttle. The ends.
of the picker are made full and solid, in fact a solid mass to receive and
give the impetus to the shuttle in the box. The picker being made
with two full ends allows of the turning of the picker when the end.
striking the shuttle is worn out. The picker has a projecting or
steadying licel or heels which enter into the groove made in the shuttle
box bottom, keeping the picker steady in its action.
The loose tube and projecting pieces are bushed at each end to reduce
friction, and we use felt in the chamber for lubricating the spindle.
The tube or the tube ends connected by the arm or rib are made of
metal, by preference malleable iron,

page_text: We also employ for checking the shuttle or picker and for lubricating
the picker spindle an apparatus made of metal (malleable cast iron
preferred), in which is formed a chamber. In this chamber is placed
felted wool or any other material capable of imbibing or holding oil or
any other lubricating substance. The picker spindle passes through the
metal chamber and felted wool. On the chamber is cast or formed a
projection to which a check strap is attached, checking the shuttle
picker and lubricator. The spindle is lubricated upon its length by
means of the picker arriving at each passage of the shuttle on the part
lubricated by felted wool contained in the chamber.
By the use of our picker and check we prevent the accumulation of
grease or black oil by the rapid and brunt motion of the picker throwing
the shuttle, which by the present process causes serious damage, spoiling
the work in the loom.
By our system a great saving in power and in the wear and tear of
the niekom is affected
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of tho Letters Patent,
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filed by the said John Peel and Sidney Emsley in the Great Scal
Patent Office on the 18th August 1874.
0 TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN
PEEL, Weaving Manager, and SIDNEY EMSLEY, Agent, both of Bradford,
in the County of York, send greeting.
:
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, in the
5 year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the
thirty-seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said John Peel and Sidney Emsley,
Her special licence that we, the said John Peel and Sidney Emsley, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
0 John Peel and Sidney Emsley, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, oxercise, and vend, within the

page_text: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS AND PICKERS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said John Peel and
Sidney Emsley, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should par-
ticularly describe and ascertain the nature of tho said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said John Peel and Sidney Emsley, do
hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing
hereto annexed and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
I say :-
The said Invention relates to employing grooves formed in the shuttle
box bottom and cover for the purpose of guiding the picker and check,
also in employing pickers whole or made in detached parts, and to the
checking of the shuttle and picker and lubricating the picker spindle.
We drive and check the shuttle by means of a picker made whole, and
of sizing or hides, and also check the working in two grooves; one of
the grooves is formed in the shuttle box bottom and the other in a cover
fitted on the top of the shuttle box; the bottom groove receives the foot
or steadying heel of the picker, and the top groove a projecting pieco
formed of sizing and forming part of the picker on which is attached
the picking strap; the bottom groove being in a parallel line with the
top groove guides the course of the picker and check and prevents them
kicking or lifting, keeping them steady in their action, by these means
dispensing with lubrication and with the picker spindle.
Our pickers are made of sizing or hides full and solid or in detached
parts, and in conjunction with one another. The full and solid picker is
made of sizing or hides, and is long to enable the turning of the picker
when one end is worn out by striking the shuttle. This picker has a heel
which slides in the groove of the bottom shuttle box, and also a pro-
jecting piece on the top through which is attached the picking strap. The
bottom part of this projection slides in the guide or groove formed in the
shuttle box cover. This picker dispenses with the picker spindle and with

page_text: lubricators. The check works in the grooves in a similar manner to the
picker. The top part of our improved picker is made in detached parts
and is in the shape of a tube working on a spindle, or is made with parts
of a tube forming end guides for the spindle. These ends are connected
together by means of an arm or rib on which the picking strap is fixed;
the tube or the two ends forming part of a tube have a projecting picce
which enters loosely into a loose long picker made of sizing or other soft
substance. The picker fits into the bottom of the shuttle box and is
made with a flat hole going through one of the ends, or through or
partly through the middle, into which the projecting piece enters loosely,
giving it its impetus for driving the shuttle. The ends of the picker are
made full and solid, that is, in a solid mass to receive and give the
impetus to the shuttle in the box. The picker being made with two full
ends allows the turning of the picker when the end striking the shuttle
is worn out. The picker has a projecting or steadying heel or heels
which enter the groove made in the shuttle box bottom, keeping the
picker steady in its action.
The loose tube and projecting pieces are bushed at each end to reduce
friction, and we use felt in the chamber for lubricating the spindle.
The tube or the tube ends connected by the arm or rib are made of
metal. We use by preference malleable iron.
We also employ for checking the shuttle or picker and for lubricating
the picker spindle an apparatus made of metal (mallcable cast irou
preferred), in which is formed a chamber; in this chamber is placed
felted wool or other material capable of imbibing or holding oil or other
lubricating substance. The picker spindle passes through the metal
chamber and felted wool. On the chamber is cast or formed a projection
to which a check strap is attached, checking the shuttle, picker, and
lubricator. The spindle is lubricated upon its length by means of the
picker arriving at each passage of the shuttle on the part lubricated by
felted wool contained in the chamber.
By the use of our improved picker and check wo prevent the
accumulation of grease or black oil by the rapid and abrupt motion of
the picker throwing the shuttle, which by the present process causes
serious damage, spoiling the work in the loom.
By our improvements a great saving in power and in the wear and
tear of the picker is effected.

page_text: But in order to enable our improvements to be better understood, we
will proceed to more particularly describe the same by reference to the
accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 represents a front view of a
picker made whole and of sizing; Figure 2, side view of the same.
Figure 3 represents a front view of the going part end of a loom with 5
cover forming the top groove or guide of the picker, also front view of
the check and buffer for the picker; Figure 4, sido view of the same.
Figure 5 represents a front view of a picker made in detached parts;
Figure 6, side view of the same.
Figure 7 represents a front view of another kind of picker made in 1
detached parts.
Figure 8 represents a side view of a check for the picker; and
Figure 9 front view of the same.
Figure 10 represents a side view of another kind of picker check.
Similar letters of reference are used to represent similar parts.
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A, picker made whole and solid and of sizing or hide working in two
grooves in the going part end of a loom; the projecting top part B
slides in a groove formed by the cover D, Figures 3 and 4, fitted on the
top of the side of the going part end; the part B is fitted with metal
studs to prevent wear and tear. The bottom part C forms the foot of 2
the picker and slides in a groove E formed in the going part H; tho
grooves guide the course of the picker and prevent it kicking or lifting,
keeping it steady in its action, doing away with the picker spindle and
with lubrication. F, iron staple to which is attached the picking
strap G.. At the back of the going part H is fitted a bracket I in which
is fixed a rod J; on this rod is placed a check strap K. which is carried in
front of the going part of the loom; a stud or roller L is fitted on the
shuttle box front to reduce the friction of the check strap K. A leather
strap buffer M is fixed to the front of the going part II carried through
the shuttle box and attached to the back of the going part; this buffer M
regulates the throw of the shuttle.
Figures 5 and 6 represent a picker made in detached parts, the top
part N is made of metal and in the shape of a tube working on a
spindle O; the picking strap is fixed on the tubo N, and this tube has a
projecting picce P which enters loosely a loose picker Q made of sizing

page_text: or other soft substance. This picker fits into the bottom of the shuttle
box; the picker has a projecting or steadying heel R which enters the
groove made in the shuttle box bottom, keeping the picker steady in its
action. The tube N is bushed at each end to reduce friction, and has a
chamber S in which is placed felted wool or other material susceptiblo
of imbibing oil or other lubricating substance for the purpose of
lubricating the spindle O; this spindle passes through the metal chamber
and felted wool.
Figure 7 represents another picker made in detached parts; instead of
a tube it is made with parts of a tube T forming end guides for the
spindle O. The ends are connected together by means of the rib U; on
the top rib is fixed a picking strap. A projecting picce V is formed on
the bottom rib U which enters loosely the loose picker Q made of sizing
or other suitable substance. The ends of the picker Q are made full
and solid to give the impetus to the shuttle; this picker can be turned
when the end striking the shuttle is worn out. A projecting or steadying
heel R is formed on the picker which enters the groove of the shuttle.
box bottom. The metal parts of these pickers are made by preference of
malleable cast iron.
Figures 8 and 9 represent a check W for checking the picker or
shuttle, it is made of metal (by preference malleable cast iron); in the
check is formed a chamber Y in which is placed felted wool or other
suitable substance for holding oil; when the lubricating chamber of the
check is used the chamber S of the picker is not required, or when the
picker lubricator is employed the check lubricator is not wanted. On
the check W is formed a projection Z to which the check strap is
attached for the purpose of checking the shuttle, picker, and lubricator.
Figure 10 represents another kind of check in which is formed a
chamber Y, in which is placed felted wool or other substance for holding
oil to lubricate the spindle O. The checking strap is attached to the
curved end A¹.
Having thus described our improvements, and the best means we are
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, what we claim is,-
Firstly. The employing grooves formed in the shuttle box bottom and
cover of looms for guiding the picker, and in employing pickers made
full and solid, thus doing away with the picker spindle and dispensing

page_text: with lubrication, substantially as herein-before described and represented
in the accompanying Drawing..
Secondly. The employing pickers made in detached parts having.
lubricating chambers, substantially as herein-before described and
represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Thirdly. The employing metal and leather checks, also leather buffers,
substantially as herein-before described and represented in the accom-
panying Drawing.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Peel and Sidney Emsley,
have hereto set our hands and seals, this Seventeenth day of
August, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
seventy-four.