Improvements in and relating to Shuttles for Looms.
Year: 1889

page_text: :te of Application, 11th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 5th July, 1889-Accepted, 10th Aug., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Shuttles for Looms.
I, GEORGE HALSTEAD of 98, Leeds Road, Nelson, in the County of Lancaster
Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to steady and maintain the shuttle peg in a line with
the hole leading to the shuttle-eye, so that the weft whilst being drawn into the
fabric from the shuttle will have the least possible tendency to catch and break at the
point of the peg.
For this purpose the ordinary flat or blade spring may be used to maintain the flats
of the peg shank in position, and may be made to serve as a retaining catch, the
extremity of which is parallel with and acts against a sneck or ledge on the shank at
right angles to the peg. After a cop is broached, the peg, in being lowered in the
shuttle, brings the sneck or ledging against the extremity of the shank spring which
is turned or bent slightly upwards and is of a breadth equal to the shank of the peg.
The pin upon which the peg works is parallel with both the face of the sneck or
ledging and the broad and parallel, face at the extremity of the shank spring.
Dated this 10th day of June 1889.
THOS.
RICHMOND,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Shuttles for Looms.
I, GEORGE HALSTEAD of 98, Leeds Road, Nelson, in the County of Lancaster,
Weaver, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to steady and maintain the shuttle-peg in a line with
the hole leading to the shuttle-eye, so that the weft, whilst being drawn into the
fabric from the shuttle, will have the least possible tendancy to catch and break at the
point of the peg.
For this purpose, the ordinary flat or blade spring may be used to maintain the
flats of the peg shank in position, and may be made to serve as a retaining catch, the
extremity of which is parallel with, and acts against, a sneck or ledge on the shank at
right angles to the peg. After a cop is broached, the peg, in being lowered in the
shuttle, brings the sneck or ledging against the extremity of the shank spring, which
is turned or bent slightly upwards, and is of a breadth equal to the shank of the peg.
The pin, upon which the peg works, is parallel with both the face of the sneck or
ledging and the broad and parallel face at the extremity of the shank springs.
I will now proceed to refer to the accompanying drawings, from which the nature
of my said invention will be more clearly understood. In the drawings the shuttle
is shewn in section.
a is the body of the shuttle; b the shuttle-peg; c the shank of the peg; d the
blade spring, secured to the shuttle in the usual manner.
The shank b is formed with a sneck or ledging e preferably inclined, which, when
the peg is lowered in the shuttle to the position represented in the drawings, is
brought against the extremity of the blade-spring d. The pin f, upon which the peg
works, is parallel with both the face sneck or ledging e and the extremity of the
shank spring d, which is of a width equal to that of the ledging or sneck. The
pressure exerted by the spring d at the heel of the peg forces the incline of the

page_text: ledging against the extremity of the said spring, causing a forward movement of
the peg to take up any slack or wear in the hole of the shank of the peg and pin upon
which it works.
The peg is thus maintained firmly in a line with the hole / leading to the shuttle-eye,
and the weft, whilst being drawn into the fabric from the shuttle, will have the least
possible tendancy to catch or break at the point of the peg.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The application of the ledging e and spring d, substantially as described for the
purpose set forth.
Dated this 4th day of July 1889.