AN IMPROVED TAKING TAKING-UP MOTION, APPLICABLE TO LOOMS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES
Year: 1852

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Brown, of Salford, in the County of
Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED TAKING-
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Brown,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 5th October 1852.
I, ROBERT BROWN, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVED
TAKING-UP MOTION, APPLICABLE TO LOOMS AND OTHER SIMILAR PURPOSES,"
to be as follows, and relates to the mechanical arrangement and con-
struction of machinery or apparatus by which I obtain a direct and
positive action from the tappet shaft or other moving power. It is
simple in construction, and instead of encreasing the cost of a loom or
other machine to which it is applied, will positively decrease it. The
principle of this Invention will be easily understood by reference
to the accompanying outline sketch or drawing, in which the same
letters of reference are used to represent similar parts in both views:
Fig. 1, is an end view of a loom showing my improved arrangement

page_text: for taking up the cloth as it is woven; and Fig. 2, a front view of part
of a loom showing the same. a, is the frame of the loom; b, the sand
roller; c, the tappet shaft on which I fix the worm d; e, is a shaft
extending from the front of the loom to the tappet shaft. This shaft
is driven by the worm d, and worm wheel f; 9, is a worm on the end
of the shaft e; a worm wheel which is driven by the worm g; i, is the
carrier wheel, and k, the change pinion.1, and m, gearing to drive the
sand roller. This motion will be easily understood by practical me-
chanics, and can be regulated to any required speed by altering the
size of the said wheels.
I wish it to be distinctly understood that this is only an outline de-
scription of my Invention, which I shall more fully and clearly explain
in my Complete Specification.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Robert Brown in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 5th April 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, 1,
ROBERT BROWN,, of Salford, in the County of Lancaster, Manager,
send greeting.
"
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and in the
sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Robert Brown, Her especial licence
that I, the said Robert Brown, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as 1, the said Robert Brown, my 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, ex-
ercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, my Invention of
"AN IMPROVED TAKING-UP MOTION, APPLICABLE TO LOOMS AND OTHER

page_text: SIMILAR PURPOSES." upon the condition (amongst others) that I.
the said Robert Brown, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be per-
formed, 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, as reference being thereunto had will more
fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert Brown, 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 (that is to say):
My Invention relates particularly to that part of looms for weaving
generally known as the taking-up motion, and consists of a rod or shaft
extending from the tappet shaft to the front of the loom. On the
tappet shaft I fix a worm, which works into a worm wheel on the end
of the said rod or shaft; on the opposite end of this rod or shaft I fix
a worm, which works into another worm' wheel on a counter shaft, and
by the aid of simple gearing, as shewn in the accompanying Drawings,
communicates a positive and direct motion to the taking-up beam.
It is also simple and economical in construction, and instead of in-
creasing the cost of a loom or other machine to which it is applied,
will positively decrease it. I throw the said motion out of gear by a
simple lever and catch, for the purpose of slackening or tightening the
warp threads when necessary for adjusting the amount of letting-off
motion. The principle and details of this Invention will be easily un-
derstood by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which
the same letters of reference are used to represent similar parts where
different views or diagrams are shewn. Fig. 1, represents a front
elevation of a loom with my improved taking-up motion attached;
Figs. 2, and 3, are end views of the same; and Fig. 4, a plan thereof.
A, represents the tappet shaft on which is fixed the worm B, which
works into the worm wheel C, fixed on the rod or shaft D; at the other
end of this rod or shaft D, is fixed the worm E, which turns the worm
wheel F, on the shaft G, and small spur wheel H, which again drives

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spur wheel I, on the shaft K, and spur wheel L, which turns the
spur wheel M, made fast to the spindle of the taking-up beam N, by
which it obtains the direct and positive action. 0; is the lever for
lifting the said taking-up beam out of gear when necessary to slacken
or tighten the warp threads, as before stated..
Having now fully described the nature and particulars of my said
Invention, I desire it to be distinctly understood that I do not confine
myself to the exact details herein described, as such may be varied
without departing from the principle of this my Invention; but I claim
substantially the method herein described of communicating motion to
the taking-up beam of looms, or for other similar purposes.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Brown, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Second day of April, One thousand
eight hundred and fifty-three.
Signed, scaled, and delivered
by the within-named Robert
Brown in the presence of
E. J. HUGHES.
ROBERT BROWN. (L.S.)
Patent Agent,
Manchester.