IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RIBBONS AND OTHER FABRICS
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Beesley, of the City of Coventry, in the County
of Warwick, Machinist, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS
USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RIBBONS AND OTHER FABRICS."
Sealed the 2nd August 1861, and dated the 7th February 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Beesley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th February 1861.
I, JOHN BEESLEY, of the City of Coventry, in the County of Warwick,
Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LOOMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RIBBONS AND OTHER FABRICS," to be
as follows:-
Whereas in the construction of the batten of the ribbon loom, where the
shuttles are worked by rack and pinion, it has been the practice to place the
rack so as to work the pinion vertically, that is to say, the pinion has been
placed vertically above the rack, and if more than one rack is used (as is
necessary where several sets or tiers of shuttles are employed), the racks have
been ranged on a horizontal plane one behind the other, usually at the bottom
of the batten, but sometimes at both top and bottom, and where many sets of
shuttles are required much difficulty in providing for and working them has
arisen.
Now, my Invention consists in arranging the racks and pinions horizontally,

page_text: that is to say, at right angles with the face of the batten, and when several
sets of shuttles are used, I place one rack and pinion above the other, and
either at the top or bottom of the batten, or both, whereby a greater number
of sets of shuttles can be conveniently and advantageously used.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Beesley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th August 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
BEESLEY, of the City of Coventry, in the County of Warwick, Machinist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said John Beesley, Her special licence that I, the said John Beesley,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
John Beesley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN LOOMS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF RIBBONS AND OTHER FABRICS,'
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Beesley, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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 I, the said John Beesley, do hereby declare toe
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say :-
Whereas in the construction of the batten of the ribbon loom, where the
sbuttles are worked by rack and pinion, it has been the practice to place the

page_text: rack so as to work the pinion vertically, that is to say, the pinion has been
placed vertically above the rack, and if more than one rack is used (as is
necessary where several sets or tiers of shuttles are employed), the racks have
been ranged on a horizontal plane one behind the other, usually at the bottom
of the batten, but sometimes at both top and bottom, and where many sets of
shuttles are required much difficulty in providing for and working them has
arisen.
Now, my Invention consists in arranging the racks and pinions horizontally,
that is to say, at right angles with the face of the batten, and when several
sets of shuttles are used I place one rack and pinion above the other, and
either at the top or bottom of the batten, or both, whereby a greater number
of sets of shuttles can be conveniently and advantageously used.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings shows in side elevation the racks
and pinions arranged in the manner just described, and as they would be
applied for working three tiers of shuttles in a batten commonly called a
"treble batten." A, B, C, are the pinions working independently the shuttles
D, D, D. These shuttles D, D, D, run upon the planks E, E, E, which are
fixed upon the bosses F, F, F, F, projecting from the G, G, G; H, K, L,
are pinions corresponding and working respectively with the pinions A, B, C.
The pinions H and C are fixed upon the same tube M, M, M; the pinions
B and K are fixed upon the tube N, N, and the pinions A and L upon the
spindle O, O. The tube N, N', revolves upon the spindle O, O, and the tube
M, M, M, upon the tube N, N. The spindle O works in the brackets P, P.
The pinions A, B, C, are driven by racks separated from each other, being
placed between and supported by the projecting plates R, R, R; they work
respectively the pinions H, K, L, videlicit, rack 1 is geared into and works the
pinion H and the pinion C, both being fixed on the same tube M, M, M, and
so on for racks 2 and 3. The racks are kept in position by
removing it either of the racks can be taken out with ease.
a pin S, and by
Figure 2 is a front view of part of a loom constructed according to my
Invention as it appears when fixed to the batten. A, A, A, A, are the planks
similar to those marked E, E, E, E, in Figure 1, upon which the shuttles
run. The shuttles are not shown. B, B, are the frames corresponding to
those marked G, G, G, in Figure 1; C, C, is the bed of the batten; D, D,
is the upper part of the batten cut back to admit the rack shown in
Figure 1.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim, as my improve-
ments in looms used in the manufacture of ribbons and other fabrics, arranging

page_text: the racks and pinions horizontally, videlicit, at right angles with the face
of the batten, substantially as herein-before described and illustrated in the
accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Beesley, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of August, One thousand eight hundred 5
and sixty-one.
JOHN BEESLEY. (L.B.)
JOHN BEESLEY. (L.B.)