Improvements in Guides or Guards for the Shuttles of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 29th July, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Apr., 1894-Accepted, 2nd June, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Guides or Guards for the Shuttles of Looms
for Weaving.
We, BEN RHODES of. Bradford in the County of York, Ironfounder, and TOM
DIXON, of Steeton near Keighley in the County of York aforesaid, Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improvements in means for guiding or guarding the shuttles of
looms for weaving whereby said shuttles are prevented from leaving their proper
paths of motion to the injury and detriment of any one who may be near them,
these said means causing said shuttles to fall harmlessly to the floor provided that
at any time or for any cause they should depart from their proper courses.
To attain the object of our invention we mount two grooved guide pieces, one on
each end of the hand-tree or cross bar of the loom's slay-board.
The grooves in these guide pieces are for the reception of a small bar of metal,
which is held in an appropriate position in front of the reed, by its outer ends
loosely entering and resting within these said grooves, by which means a free and-
open passage is allowed for the shuttle provided it follows its proper course while
should it depart from this course then it will strike against this cross bar and so be
deflected to fall beneath or to the ground.
In the upper ends of the grooves notches or recesses are formed for holding the
bar when the weaver has raised it out of the way for any of the well known
purposes, while by these notches being formed of an appropriate shape, provided
the rod is thoughtlessly left by the weaver in this said raised position, immediately
the loom is put into motion on the beat up of the weft said rod will be thrown
therefrom and made to assume its proper normal positions at the bottom of the
grooves.
JUDIT DELE DIBUITICATION.
Improvements in Guides or Guards for the Shuttles of Looms
for Weaving.
We, BEN RHODES of Bradford in the County of York, Ironfounder, and TOM
DIXON late of Steeton but now of Keighley in the County of York, aforesaid,
Engineer, 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, that is to say:-
It relates to improvements in means for guiding or guarding the shuttles of looms
for weaving whereby said shuttles are prevented from leaving their proper paths
of. motion to the injury and detriment of anyone who may be near them these
said means causing said shuttles to fall harmlessly to the floor provided that at
any time or from any cause they should depart from their proper courses.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings;-
Fig. 1 is sectional end elevation of a portion of a loom's slayboard and hand rail,
showing the application of our improved device.

page_text: Fig. 2 is front elevation of these parts.
Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation similar to Fig. 1 but shows a modification
hereinafter described.
Fig. 4 is front view of parts shown by Fig. 3.
Fig. 5 is illustrative of an alternative method of constructing certain of our
improved parts.
To attain the object of our invention we mount two grooved or slotted guide
pieces a a', one on each end of the hand rail or cross-bar b of the loom's slay-
board c.
The grooves or slots in these guide pieces a al are for the reception of a
small bar of metal e, which is held in an appropriate position in front of the
reed by its outer ends passing through the slots d in which case small collars g g¹
rigidly fixed to the rod or bar e, retain it in position, or by its said outer ends
entering said slots or grooves, within which they are retained as shown at d¹
by Fig. 5, by reason of said groove d' being only sunk into and not cut through
the pieces a or a¹. By this arrangement of means a free and open passage is
allowed for the shuttle provided it follows its proper course, while should it
depart from this course then it will strike against this bar e and so be deflected to
fall beneath or to the ground.
In the upper ends of the grooves or slots d, notches or recesses k are formed for
holding the bar e as shown by broken lines Figs. 1 and 2, when the weaver has
raised it out of the way for any of the well known purposes, while by these
notches being formed of an appropriate shape as shown so that they will only
retain the rod in this position when the loom is stationary, provided it is
thoughtlessly left by the weaver in this raised position, immediately the loom is
put into motion on the beat up of the weft said rode will be thrown therefrom
aud made to assume its proper normal position at the bottom of the grooves or
slots d which are shouldered at d² so as to hold it against any upward force that
may be exerted against it by the shuttle striking in this direction.
In order that the bar e may be adjusted in a position nearer to or further
from the slayboard c the pieces a al are fixed to a base plate m by means of a
Bcrew (see Figs. 3 and 4) while a slot o in said pieces a a' allows same to be
raised and lowered for the screw n to hold them in any of these said positions.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is ;-
1. The combination, formation and arrangement of the several parts forming a
shuttle guard substantially as herein set forth and described.
2. The combination of the rod e and guide pieces a a' having grooves or slots d
formed therein as shown substantially as and for the purposes specified.
Dated this 27th day of il 1904
BEN RHODES,
TOM DIXON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.