Improvements in or relating to the Reed Holders of Carpet Looms and in the Manufacture of the same.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1900-Accepted, 7th Apr., 1900
Improvements in or relating to the Reed Holders of Carpet Looms
and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, EDWARD ARTHUR BALDWIN, of The Mount, Stourport, in the County of
Worcester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be
as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in or relating to carpet looms
and in the manufacture of the same and having particular reference to the
reed holders or backs to which these reeds are attached and which are used
in the manufacture of Axminster or pile carpets.
These backs have hitherto generally been made from timber and the reeds
and end carriers attached thereto. Reed holders of such construction are very
liable to become untrue and to give trouble and my invention is intended to
remedy this difficulty.
According to my invention I make the back or reed holder from sheet metal
or from a tube of metal or of a hollow section so as to use the metal as a basis
to which the reeds are soldered a more or less flat portion being formed along
the hollow back or tube for that purpose. A weldless tube may be formed
into the necessary section which may remain more or less tubular for strength
and finish but other hollow sections may be formed such for instance as oblong,
oval, hexagon, and even triangular, but I prefer for cheapness to make the
backs from a strip of metal with the edges soldered together. The tube or
holder is recessed and a small bead left at the root of the reeds at the shoulder
of the recess which recess is somewhat inclined. The end carriers are inserted
into the ends of the tube or back and then soldered so that any movement is
impossible. To mount the reeds to the hollow metal back or tube I lay all
the reeds accurately in a mould frame or holder and then apply the portion
to be united to the recess in the back and solder them thereto so that they
are accurately spaced and set firmly in the necessary position and protected
by the bead or shoulder. By these means I secure great truth and accuracy
which remains and I avoid the liability to shrinkage and twisting inherent to
wood backs.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to the Reed Holders of Carpet Looms
and in the Manufacture of the same.
I, EDWARD ARTHUR BALDWIN, of The Mount, Stourport, in the County of
Worcester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
My invention has for its object improvements in or relating to the reed
holders of carpet looms and in the manufacture of the same and having parti-
cular reference to the reed holders or backs to which these reeds are attached
and which are used in the manufacture of "Axminster" or pile carpets.
These backs have hitherto generally been made from timber and the reeds
and end carriers attached thereto. Reed holders of such construction are very
liable to become untrue and to give trouble and my invention is intended to
remedy this difficulty.
According to my invention I make the back or reed holder from sheet metal
or from a tube of metal or of a hollow section so as to use the metal as a basis
to which the reeds are soldered a more or less flat portion being formed along
the hollow back or tube for that purpose. A weldless tube may be formed
into the necessary section which may remain more or less tubular for strength
and finish but other hollow sections may be formed such for instance as oblong,
oval, hexagon, and even triangular, but I prefer for cheapness to make the
backs from a strip of metal with the edges soldered together. The tube or
holder is recessed and a small head left at the root of the reeds at the shoulder
of the recess which recess is somewhat inclined. The end carriers are inserted
into the ends of the tube or back and then soldered so that any movement is
impossible. To mount the reeds to the hollow metal back or tube I lay all
the reeds accurately in a mould frame or holder and then apply the portion
to be united to the recess in the back and solder them thereto so that they
are accurately spaced and set firmly in the necessary position and protected
by the head or shoulder.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated examples of my reed holders.
Figure 1 is a full length view of a reed holder made according to my inven-
tion.
Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of a weldless or solid drawn tube from
which I form the back of my reed holder.
Figure 3 is a full sized front view of one of the ends of the reed holders as
shewn at Figure 1.
Figure 4 is an end elevation of Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a cross sectional view of Figure 3 taken on the line .r-y.
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 4 shewing the back of the reed holder of
a different shape in cross section.
Figure is a cross sectional view of a reed holder the back being the same
shape in cross section as shewn at Figure 6.
Figures 8 & 9 shew another method of joining the lap of the back.
In carrying my invention into practice I make the back of my reed holder
either froin a weldless or solid drawn tube T of steel iron copper brass or other
metal such as is shewn at Figure 2 which is then drawn or made to the required
shape in cross section or it may be made from welded or soldered tubing. Or

page_text: I may make the back of my reed holder from sheet tin or other metal formed
into the required tubular section as shewn at T' Figures 134 and 5, the over-
lapping part being united or soldered together with the lap joint or other-
wise united. Whether the back of the reed holder is made from weldless tube
or with a lap or other joint as for instance as seen at Figures 8 and 9 it may
be round in cross section or oblong oval, hexagon and even triangular or other
sections such as shewn at Figures 6 and 7, but in each case this tube or holder
or back portion is made more or less flat at so as to form a base for the reeds
and when desired with the shoulder t the recess or flattened portion being some-
what inclined and forming the basis to which the reeds R are fixed. The end
carriers B are inserted into the ends of the tube or back and then soldered so
that any movement is impossible.
To mount or fix the reeds R to the hollow metal back or tube T or T¹ I
lay the reeds accurately in a mould frame or holder and then apply the portion
to be united to the recess or flatted part in the back and solder them thereto
so that they are accurately spaced and set firmly in the necessary position and
protected by the head or shoulder as clearly shewn on the drawings, but
this shoulder may be greater or less than shewn or even dispensed with alto-
gether sometimes.
By these means I secure great truth and accuracy which remains and I avoid
the liability to shrinkage and twisting inherent to reed holders having wood
backs or having partly wood and partly metal backs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
CLAIM.
The improvements in or relating to the reed holders of carpet looms and in
the manufacture of the same consisting essentially in forming the back portion
tubular in cross section either from solid drawn or weldless or welded or
soldered or locked tube or from sheet metal bent into the desired shape in the
manner and for the purpose substantially as herein set forth and as shewn
upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
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EDWARD ARTHUR BALDWIN.
By George Barker,
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents,
Agent for Applicant, 77, Colmore Row, Birmingham.