Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Loom Shuttles.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 31st Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28'h Oct., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Loom
Shuttles.
I JOHN THOMAS BADGER of 35 Shakespere Crescent Patricroft in the County
of Lancashire Winding Overlooker do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :—
My invention in the arrangement and construction of shuttles refers to all
shuttles used for weaving other fabrics than smallwares in cotton, wool, or other
materials and relates chiefly to those with one peg, or tongue, in which the yarn
passes away from the shuttle at the opposite end to the fulcrum pin, on which the
shuttle peg works.
My improvement consists in passing the yarn from the peg or tongue on which it
is fixed through an eye placed near the forward end of the shuttle and then leading
it back towards the fulcrum of the peg or tongue for such a distance as may be
found most suitable to another eye placed considerably ucarer the rear end of the
shuttle or fulcrum of the shuttle peg.
With the present arrangement tension is brought to bear first on the back part,
and then on the foro part, of the shuttle, as it is passing to, and fro, in the loom,
and a very unsteady movement is given to the shuttle, which causes it to fly out of
its usual course, especially when the tension is on the fore part, (namely) when the
shuttle is passing from the setting on side in single box looms, and from the double
box side, in two or more shuttle looms, because the tension is always on the light
end of the shuttle, (or that end which as the cop, bobbin, or pirn, diminishes in
size becomes lighter) it follows, that the movement of the shuttle cannot be
satisfactory.
My object is to put the tension on the shuttle in such a manner that the before
mentioned tension will to a certain extent be neutralised.
The result will be a steadier motion of the shuttle, and thus the friction will be
lessened, all liabilities, diminished, and the shuttle made moro durable, and therefore
more economical throughout.
Dated this Thirtieth day of January 1893.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Arrangement and Construction of Loom
Shuttles.
1, JOHN THOMAS BADGER of Lorne Villa, Old Mill Lane, Formby, in the
County of Lancashire, lato of 35 Shakespere Crescent Patricroft Lancashire
Insurance Agent do hereby declaro 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 :—
My invention relates to all shuttles for weaving fabrics other than smallwares, in
cotton, wool, or other materials, and chiefly to those with one peg, or tongue in
which the yarn passes away from the shuttle, at the opposite end to the fulorum
pin, on which the shuttle peg works.
With the present arrangement tension is brought to bear first on the back part,
and then on the fore part of the shuttle, as it is passing to and fro, in the loom, and
a very unsteady movement is given to the shuttle, which causes it to fly out of ita
usnal course especially when the tension is on the fore part, namely, when the
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page_text: shuttle is passing from the setting on side in single box looms, and from the double
box side in two or more shuttle looms, because the tension is always on the light
end of the shuttle (or that end which as the cop, bobbin, or pirn diminishes in size
becomes lighter) it follows that the movement cannot be satisfactory.
The object of my invention is to neutralise as much as possible the tension on
the shuttle, and thereby give a atendier to and fro movement which will have the
effect of reducing the friction of the same, to diminish all liabilities, to work more
economically, and to equalise as far as possible the tension on the yarn, and
therefore produce a better fabric.
To effect these improvements I pass the yarn from the peg, or tongue, (on which 1
it is placed) through an eye near the forward end of the shuttle in the usual way,
and then lend it back towards the opposite end of the shuttle, passing it through
another eye, which is placed at such a distance as may be best determined for the
different sizes of shuttles.
.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood annexed hereto is a 1
sheet of drawing :-
A is the body of the shuttle, B the shuttle peg, or tongue, to receive the cop,
bobbin, or pirn, from which the yarn passes through the shuttle eye C or D, and
then through the eye E, which is placed towards the opposite end of the said
shuttle, and which forms the part of my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the samo is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
I. In weaving shuttles with one peg, or tongue, to carry the yarn along the face
of the shuttle from the eyo C or D.
11. To pass it through an eye E placed towards the rear end of the shuttle
(or fulcrum of peg or tongue) for the purpose herein described and set forth.
Dated this Twenty-eighth day of October 1893.
JOHN THOMAS BADGER,
Applicant.