IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES' USED IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Bond, of Burnley, in the County of
Lancaster, "Temple" and "Roller" Maker, and William Hayhurst, of
the same Place, Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVED MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN
DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES' USED IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Sealed the 29th May 1860, and dated the 3rd December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Bond and
William Hayhurst at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 3rd December 1859.
We, RICHARD BOND, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, "Temple"
and "Roller" Maker, and WILLIAM HAYHURST, of the same Place, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVED MACHINERY
OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF
TEMPLES' USED IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of "temples" by self-acting
machinery, and more particularly to a certain description thereof well known
as "Elce and Bond's Patent Roller Temples." The improved machinery
consists in a suitable bed or frame, upon which two supports or carriers are
placed to hold the piece of metal or "blank roller" of which the "temple" is
formed whilst the surface is under the operation of being rough cut. This
cutting is effected by a pointed punching tool fixed in a sliding tool box or
holder capable of adjustment to various angles of inclination; upon this tool
box a hammer is caused to descend, striking the tool into the roller, and
raising a metallic point which is termed "rasp cutting," or instead of the tool

page_text: being fixed in a sliding holder, it may be attached to the hammer, which may
act directly upon the roller. The roller supports or carriers are provided
with suitable mechanism and gearing to cause the blank roller or "temple"
to rotate and travel forward, as by the simultaneous double motion the
points are formed in a spiral course from end to end of the "temple," the
hammer and tool boxes being actuated by cams and eccentrics on the main
driving shaft. After the temple has thus been roughly or "rasp cut," another
tool is employed, having a countersunk die which forms the roughly formed
projections or points into perfectly shaped pins, and a more regular and perfect
"temple" is produced than is hitherto done by hand.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Bond and William Hayhurst in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 31st May 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, RICHARD
BOND, of Burnley, in the County of Lancaster, "Temple and Roller"
Maker, and WILLIAM HAYHURST, of the same Place, Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto us, the said Richard Bond and William Hayhurst, Her special
license that we, the said Richard Bond and William Hayhurst, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we; the said Richard
Bond and William Hayhurst, 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, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY OR APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF A CERTAIN DESCRIPTION OF "TEMPLES" USED IN POWER LOOMS FOR WEAVING,"
upon the condition, amongst others, that we, the said Richard Bond and
William Hayhurst, by an instrument in writing under our hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Richard Bond and William
Hayhurst, 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 and accompanying
Drawings (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to the manufacture of "temples" by self-acting
machinery, and more particularly to a certain description thereof known as
"Elce & Bond's" patent roller "temples." The improved machinery consists
in a suitable bed or frame, upon which two supports or carriers are placed to
hold the piece of metal or "blank roller," of which the temple is formed whilst
the surface is under the operation of being roughened or cut. This cutting is
effected by a pointed punching tool fixed in a sliding tool box or holder
capable of adjustment to various angles of inclination; upon this tool box or
hammer is caused to descend striking the tool into the roller, and raising a
metallic point, which is termed "rasp cutting." Or, instead of the tool being
inserted in a sliding holder, it may be attached to the hammer, which may act
directly upon the roller. The roller supports or carriers are provided with
suitable mechanism and gearing to cause the blank roller or "temple" to
rotate and travel forward, so as by the simultaneous double motion the points
are formed in a spiral course from end to end of the "temple," the hammers
and tool boxes being actuated by cams and eccentrics on the main driving
shaft. After the "temple" has thus been roughly or "rasp cut" another tool
is employed, having a countersunk die, which forms the roughly formed
projections or points into perfectly shaped pins, and a more regular and perfect
"temple is produced than hitherto done by hand.
In order that the Invention may be better understood and explained in
detail, I have hereunto attached a Sheet of Drawings made upon a scale of
about four inches to a foot, and having similar letters of reference marked
upon corresponding parts of the apparatus.
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, shewing the hammer raised in
the act of striking the sliding tool box containing the tool which rests upon
the "blank roller," from which the temple is to be formed; Fig. 2 is a
plan view of the same; and Fig. 3 is an end view, shewing the mechanism for
actuating the hammers and screws for turning and propelling the "temples." In
Fig. 1 a, a, is the bed and framing of the machine, in which the bearings b, b,
carrying the "temple blanks" c, c, slide in, and grooves being propelled by the
screws d, d, such screws being turned by the paul and ratchet wheel e, e, (Fig. 3),
which receives motion from the cam f, and thereby a progressive motion is given
to the "temple blanks" c, c, a second motion round their own axis being

page_text: imparted thereto by means of the toothed geering 9, 9, 9', 9¹, the toothed
wheels g, g, being secured upon the ends of the screwed shafts d, d, and
gearing with the pinions g¹, g', upon the slotted shafts b, b', which hold or bear
the "temple blanks," by which combined means a spiral motion is imparted to
the "blanks." The hammers h, h, are raised to their full extent, which is
limited by the springs i, i, by means of the cams k, k, and fall upon the tool
boxes l, l, containing the tools m, m, and force the tools into the "temple
blanks," and by so punching up the metal at a certain angle from the required
projections or points in a spiral line or course around the "blanks," which,
when completed, constitutes a pair of "temple rollers," the points requiring
finishing by a countersunk tool, either placed in the tool box and actuated in
a similar manner to the cutting tool, or they may be finished by hand, as
preferred, so that each roughly raised point is formed into a round point or
pin. The tools are prevented from dragging upon the surface of the blanks
as they progress and rotate after the blow is struck by means of the eccentric
n, which forces forward the rod o terminating in an inclined plane, whereby
the T-formed piece beneath the tool box is raised, and thus the tool is lifted
from the surface of the "temple" immediately after each blow is struck.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, together with the
manner of carrying the same into practical effect, we wish it to be distinctly
understood that we claim the novel employment and application of self-acting
machinery or apparatus to the manufacture of "temples" employed in power
looms for weaving, whereby the points or "pins are raised by mechanical
means, in contradistinction to it being effected by hand.
And, secondly, we claim rounding the projections by means of a counter-
sunk tool, and forming them into conical pins, as herein-before described, set
forth, and fully illustrated in the Drawings attached.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Bond, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
RICHARD BOND. (L.S.)