improvements in Weaving Shuttles.
Year: 1897

page_text: improvements in Weaving Shuttles.
I, JAMES WADDINGTON, of Holme Top Mills, Little Horton, Bradford, in the
County of York, Shuttle Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows: —
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This invention relates to improvements in weaving shuttles, and its primary
object is to prevent the yarn "sloughing" off the cop tube or bobbin or its equiva-
lent, that is to say: to prevent the yarn slipping more or less bodily off the end
of the cop or bobbin instead of uncoiling therefrom as required.
For this purpose I make the shuttle pike or tongue upon which the cop, bobbin or
its equivalent is mounted separate from the pike head or part by which the pike is
pivoted to the shuttle. And I form the root or end of the pike of dove-tail or
other suitable shape and I fit it in a dove-tail groove or slot in the pike head in
such a manner that it is free to slide longitudinally therein. To limit this longi-
tudinal movement to what is required to prevent the yarn "sloughing". I provide
a hook or projection on the pike close to the root and another on the head and
I connect these hooks or projections by a suitable spiral or india-rubber spring.
Different kinds of pikes suitable for tubes, bobbins or cops may be fitted in
this way to the same shuttle and be made interchangeable.
Dated the oc
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
improvements in Weaving Shuttles.
I, JAMES WADDINGTON, of Holme Top Mills, Little Horton, Bradford, in the
County of York, Shuttle Maker, 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:—
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This invention relates to improvements in weaving shuttles, and its object is
to provide more efficient, cheaper and simpler means of preventing the yarn
sloughing" off the cop, tube or bobbin or its equivalent, that is to say: to
prevent the yarn slipping more or less bodily off the end of the cop or bobbin
instead of uncoiling therefrom as required.
To fully describe my invention, reference is made to the accompanying sheet
of drawings forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.

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Figure 1, represents a plan view of a shuttle to which my improvements are
applied. Figure 2, is a section of the same on the broken line
Figures 3, to 6, are views of detail hereinafter referred to.
The pike head A is pivoted in the usual way in the shuttle B by the pin C.
The head A is made with a socket A² to receive the round root D.of the pike D
and a slot A³ is made along the underside of the socket A and a shorter slot A
is also made in the top. A pin E is fixed in the root 1) of the pike D³ and projects
through the slot A and a similar pin F is fixed in the top of the head A.
india rubber ring or spring G is stretched over the pins E and F and holds the
pin in the socket but at the same time allows the pike sufficient "spring" that is
to say longitudinal movement in the direction of the arrow Figure 2 to prevent
sloughing." A spiral spring may be used instead of the india rubber one in
which case, one end of the spiral spring is hooked on the pin E and the other on
the pin F.
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Figure 3, is a longitudinal section of the pike head. Figure 4, is a separate
view of the pike head and certain other parts. Figure 5, is a section of the same
on the broken line y, z. And Figure 6, is a separate view of the root of the pike.
Instead of making the root D of the pike D³ dove-tail in cross section as
especially described in my Provisional Specification I prefer to make it round,
and to prevent it turning in its socket I provide the pin H fixed in D and fitting
the slot A3. This pin is preferably made to project below the head A so that
in case the spring G should break, before the pike can fly out of its socket the pin
engages the end J of the slot J2 formed in the shuttle and the pike is thereby
retained in position.
The pins E. F and H may be fixed by driving them tightly into holes formed
to receive them and then more or less riveting them, or they may be screwed in
or secured in any other suitable way.
Different kinds of pikes suitable for cops, tubes, bobbins or the like may be
fitted in this way to the same shuttle and be made interchangeable it being
merely necessary when removing the pike to slip the india rubber ring or spring
off the pin E, then lift the pike and withdraw it from the socket A³.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do
not broadly claim a spring pike to prevent "sloughing" but what I do claim is:
1. A pike head having a socket or guide to receive the root of the pike which
head and pike are each provided with a pin or its equivalent to hold a spring
stretched between them, substantially as herein shown and described.
2. A shuttle pike consisting of a pike head having a round socket A to receive
the round root D of the pike Da, a slot A³ to engage the pin H, and pins E and F
or their equivalent adapted to hold the spring G, substantially as herein shown
and described.
Dated this 24th dox of Tonuar 1808
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.