Year: 1888

page_text: ARTHUR DOWDEN of Spring Field House Baildon in the County of York,
Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to the pegs employed in the lags and barrels of pattern
weaving mechanism and consists of an improved construction of such pegs, the object
being to thoroughly secure such pegs in the lags or barrels and thereby prevent the
loss and injury by production of imperfect weaving occasioned by a peg or pegs
falling out of the lag, lags, or barrel.
In the construction of pegs according to this my said invention I form that part
of the peg which projects from the lag or barrel, preferably in the form of a doll's
head, so as to secure a sufficient area or bearing with lightness. The part of the peg
which is secured in the lag or in the barrel is cylindrical and has one two or more
spiral vanes or projections extending a part of its length and also partly around its
diameter so that when this part of the peg is driven into the lag or barrel the spiral
projection or projections cut or form a way in the wood of the lag or barrel and form
an efficient locking device which prevents the peg turning round or becoming loose.
The pegs may be of cast iron or other metal, cast, forged or pressed, and the
projecting part of the peg may have one or more flat places forming a grip or hold for
a key or for pliers or pincers in withdrawing the peg from the lag or barrel.
Dated this 24th day of March 1000
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

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1 ARTHUR SOWDEN of Spring Field House, Baildon in the County of York,
Machine Maker, 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 ;-
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This invention relates to the pattern pegs employed in lags of looms for weaving
and consists of an improved means or appliances for securing the pegs to or in the
lags and also affording facilities for removal of such pegs from the lags as may be
necessary according to the change of pattern.
Such being the nature and object of this my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which, Figs. 1. 2 & 2ª are elevations and plan of an improved peg shewing the form
of holding device or feather thereon for securing the peg in the lag.
In the provisional specification which I caused to be filed I described as a means of
securing the pegs in the lags the use of spiral veins or projections but I have found in
pegs has
practice that the use of the curved veins on removal and reinsertion of the
the effect of cutting away the wood and enlarging the hole in the lag and rendering
the pegs loose and insecure, I therefore construct the veins 1 paralled with the stem 2
of the peg 3 and I may employ one two or more of such veins.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
The pattern pegs having a vane or vanes parallel with the holding stem, as herein
fully described and illustrated by annexed drawings.