Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Mounting Reeds in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Oct., 1894-Accepted, 10th Nov., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Mounting Reeds in
Looms for Weaving.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SPENCER of Priory Mill Coventry in the County of
Warwick Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:
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My invention has for its object, improvements in the mode of and means for
mounting reeds in looms for weaving by which the dents are placed under sufficient
tension to enable them to be made much finer and narrower than hitherto thereby
reducing the friction in weaving to a minimum and enabling a larger quantity and
better quality of work to be produced with an inferior quality of warps.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a metal or other suitable frame to
one side of which the reed is firmly fixed by means of any suitable arrangement of
clamps wires or holders or the frame itself may be so formed as to hold the one side
of the reed without any other support. At the other side the reeds are attached to
the frames by a series of intermediate screw-pins so arranged that by the turning of
nuts, thumb screws or their equivalent tension is applied to the dents in the reed as
by tightening the screws the dents are drawn taut thus making them very firm
and rigid.
Dated this 8th day of December 1893
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Mode of and Means for Mounting Reeds in
Looms for Weaving.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SPENCER, of Priory Mill, Coventry, in the County of
Warwick, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has for its object improvements in the mode of and means for
mounting reeds in looms for weaving by which the dents are placed under sufficient
tension to enable them to be made much finer and narrower than hitherto thereby
reducing the friction in weaving to a minimum and enabling a larger quantity and
better quality of work to be produced, with an inferior quality of warps.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide a metal or other suitable frame to
one side of which the reed is firmly fixed by means of any suitable arrangement of
clamp wires or holders or the frame itself may be so formed as to hold the one side
of the reed without any other support. At the other side the reeds are attached to
the frames by a series of intermediate screw pins so arranged that by the turning of
nuts, thumb-screws, or their equivalents, tension is applied to the dents in the reed
as by tightening the screws the dents are drawn taut thus making them very firm
and rigid.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon which
I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1., is an elevation of one of my frames with the reeds mounted
therein

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Figure 2., is a cross section through same on the line 1-2.
Figure 3., is an end elevation of same.
Figure 4., is an elevation showing a modification in the frame.
Figure 5., is a section on the line 3-4.
Figure 6., is a sectional elevation.
Figure 7., is a section from the end through the battens of a loom showing the
reeds mounted 'therein in accordance with my invention.
Figure 8., is a similar section to Figure 7 but showing a modification.
My invention consists of a 'nietal or other frame A to the bottom part of which
the reed E is firmly held by means of the clamps or holders C or a grooved metal
tube C¹ can be fixed to bottom of frame into which the bottom rib of the reed
slides. At the top part of the frame the reed E is held by clasps or holders or the
grooved tube or tubes C, into which the top rib e' of the reed E slides and which
are connected to the top of the frame by the screws F. By tightening the nuts f¹
of the screws F the tube or holder C which carries the top rib e' of the reed E is
drawn upward and in consequence the dents of the reed are drawn taut and made
quite firm and rigid. In fast reed looms part of the frame may be dispensed with
and only the holders C and screws F used, as shown by Figure 7, the batten D of
loom, or that part of loom which carries the reed forming the other part of the
frame the bottom rib of the reed being firmly held in the bottom groove of the
batten D or that part of the loom which carries the reed either by a grooved tube
fixed therein into which the reed could slide or a holder or holders H could be
screwed to the back of the batten D and thus with race-board B prevent the reed
from lifting out. The top rib e' of reed E is held in the same manner as before
described in a grooved tube or holder C to which the screws F are fixed. Holes d
are drilled in the top of batten D' through which the screws F pass and the tube
is drawn upward by the nut f' and the dents of the reed drawn tight by nuts f¹ as
before described. Or the top rib e¹ of the reed E can be held firmly in the top part
of the batten D by means of clamps or holders H the same as in the bottom part of
the batten, and the top and bottom parts of the batten D and D' forced upwards and
downwards by means of the nuts ff and screws F at each end of the batten and the
dents of the reeds drawn tight as shown by Figure 8.
In the case of short reeds only a part of the frame need be used viz.
-the top
and bottom grooved tubes C¹ or holders into which the ribs e¹ of the reeds E slide
being held firmly at each side by the metal rod K which is tapped and threaded at
either or each end and fitted with the nuts by tightening which the tubes or
bolders C which carry the ribs of the reed are forced upward and downward and
the dents are drawn taut as before described. By means of this invention reeds
can be made from dents considerably thinner and narrower than hitherto used
consequently reducing the friction in weaving to a minimum, enabling more and
better work to be made with inferior quality of material thus drawing of the dents
of the reed uniformly tight and holding them firm and rigid by tension through
the application of screws tubes &c., as above described or otherwise at my
discretion.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The improvements in the mode of and means for mounting reeds in looms for
weaving by which the reeds are made taut substantially as and for the purpose
herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying drawings.
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GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.