Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards and Lays.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1891-Accepted, 4th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards and Lays.
1, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Thomas Jefferson Benson, of Augusta, Georgia,
U.S.A. Inventor,) to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to an improved shuttle guard for looms, and which
guard is used in combination with the hand rail of looms.
Heretofore shuttle guards of looms for weaving have ordinarily been constructed
of bent rods formed with eyes at the ends thereof, through which screws have been
passed into the wood of the hand-rails. The constant jarring and vibration
occasioned in working the loom soon shakes the screws loose, rendering it necessary
to withdraw them and drive them into a new portion of the hand-rail. To overcome
this difficulty, and dispose of the necessity for frequently repairing and reapplying
the shuttle-guards they have been combined with the bolts by which the hand-rail
is clamped to the lay-swords. I adopt the latter mode of securing the shuttle-
guard in position as the preferable one, and in practice form the bolts with eyes
outside of the flanges, through which eyes I pass the threaded ends of the guard-rod,
securing the same to the bolts by nuts applied to said threaded ends on opposite
sides of the said eyes.
To protect the ends of the hand-rail I apply thereto shell-washers or protecting
cap-picces, these pieces being shaped to inclose the end portions of the hand-rail.
In order to insure steadiness, I form the guard-rod by bending the same, with
rests near the opposite ends thereof, which, when the guard is applied to the hand-
rail, lie against the front surface thereof. At these points the rod has applied to it
steadying-sockets secured to the hand-rail by screws. Each of these sockets is
formed with a tubular portion extending forward from the base-piece of the socket,
and from the front face of the hand-rail and receiving portions of the guard-rod,
which connect the rests with the front part of the guard. The sockets have lateral
clamping portions which overlie the rests and hold the same to the front face of the
hand-rail.
J. P. BAYLY,
Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards and Lays.
1, JOHN PITT BAYLY, of 18 Fulham Place, Paddington, in the County of
London, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention (a communi-
cation to me from abroad by Thomas Jefferson Benson, of Augusta, Georgia, U.S.A.
Inventor,) and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
Figure 1 is a front view of the hand-rail or reed cap of the lay of a loom with my
invention applied thereto.
Fig. 2 is a top view thereof.
Fig. 3 shows views of the shell-washers hereinafter described.
In the drawings, 5 is the hand-rail or reed-cap of the lay of a loom, slotted
vertically at its ends at 6 6 to permit it to be placed over the upper ends of the
swords of the lay, and 77 are the bolts passing through the ends of the hand-rail
and the lay-sword to hold the hand-rail in place, wing-nuts 8 being applied to the
rear ends of the said bolts to clamp the parts together.

page_text: Heretofore shuttle-guards for looms for weaving have ordinarily been constructed
of bent rods formed with eyes at the ends thereof, through which screws have been
passed into the wood of the hand-rails. The constant jarring and vibration
occasioned in the working of the loom soon shakes the screws loose, rendering it
necessary to withdraw them and drive them into a new portion of the hand-rail.
To overcome this difficulty and dispose of the necessity for frequently repairing
and reapplying the shuttle-guards, they have been combined with the bolts by
which the hand-rail is clamped to the lay-swords. I adopt this latter mode of
securing the shuttle-guard in position as the preferable one, and in practice form
the bolts 7 with eyes 2 outside of the flanges 9, through which eyes I pass the
thrended ends of the guard-rod 10, securing the same to the bolts by nuts 11 11,
applied to said threaded ends on opposite sides of the said eyes.
To protect the ends of the hand-rail, I apply thereto shell-washers or protecting
cap-pieces, suitable forms of which are represented in Fig. 3, these pieces being
shaped to inclose or partially inclose the end portions of the hand-rail.
In Fig. 3 the washers are shown formed with straight portions to fit the flat sides
of the projecting tongues, and with lips or flanges to fit against the inner sides of
the tongues. Before the washers or cap-pieces are applied the tongue portions
preferably are cut away, so that the cap-pieces or shell-washers shall fic flush with
the rest of the surface of the hand-rail.
In order to insure steadiness, I form the guard-rod by bending the same with
rests 12 near the opposite ends thereof, which, when the guard is applied to the
hand-rail, lie against the front surface thereof. At these points the rod has applied
to it steadying sockets 4, secured to the hand-rail by screws 13. Each of these
sockets is formed with a tubular portion 14, extending forward from the bas .ce
of the socket and from the front face of the hand-rail and receiving the portions 16
of the guard-rod, which connect the rests 12 with the front part of the guard. The
sockets have lateral clamping portions 15, which overlie the rests 12 and hi'¹ the
same to the front face of the hand-rail.
1.
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 what I
claim is:
1. The combination, with the hand-rail and the shell-washers applied to opposite
sides of each end thereof, of a shuttle-guard rod. its holding-bolts, and the nuts
applied to the said bolts.
2. The combination, with the hand-rail and the shell-washers applied to opposite
sides of each end thereof, of a shuttle-guard rod, the eyebolts having flanges, as
described, the nuts on the guard-rod on opposite sides of the eyes of the bolts, and
the nuts on the bolts.
3. The combination, with the hand-rail and clamping-bolts, of the guard-rod
formed with rests at the ends thereof, as described, and the steadying-sockets
applied to the said rod at such resis.
4. The combination, with the hand-rail and clamping bolts, of the guard-rod
formed with rests at the ends thereof, as described, and the steadying-sockets formed
with the tubular portions extending out from the face of the hand-rail and with the
lateral clamping portions receiving the said rests.
5. The combination, with the hand-rail and the eye-bolts and their nuts, of the
guard-rod bent to form rests at the ends thereof, as described, the nuts for holding
the said rods to the eyebolts, and the steadying-sockets formed with the tubular
portions extending out from the hand-rail, and with the lateral clamping portions
receiving the said rests.
Dated this 30th day of Max 1881
J. P. BAYLY,
Per P. W.