Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 15th Jan., 1889
I JOHN MARSHALL of Hope Street Mill, Todmorden in the County of York, Wire
Reed Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
The object of this invention is to check and arrest the momentum of the shuttle on
its entrance to the shuttle box.
According to this invention I employ a strap which I fold into two unequal lengths
the folded part of the strap is attached to or connected with a collar or boss of india
rubber, the shorter length of strap is at its outer end doubled and punched, the picker
spindle being passed through the holes, its longer end passes behind the shuttle box to
the other end of the picker spindle and it is doubled punched and received on the
picker spindle. The doubled or folded ends of the said strap together with the action
of the tension or strain thereon and also of the indiarubber collar form an elastic
resistance to the picker at its outward stroke, and also when driven to the opposite end
of the spindle by the incoming shuttle and thus is effected a considerable saving of
wear and tear of pickers and other parts.
Dated this 12th dov of January 1888
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Shuttle and Picker Checking Appliances for
Looms.
I, JOHN MARSHALL of Hope Street Mill, Todmorden in the County of York, Wire
Reed 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 :-
The object of this invention is to check and arrest the momentum of the picker after
it has expelled the shuttle from the shuttle box.
According to this my invention I employ a strap which I joint or fold into two
unequal lengths, the folded part of the strap is attached to or connected with a collar
or boss of metal which may be covered with indiarubber, when jointed the shorter
length of strap is at its outer end doubled and punched, the picker spindle being
passed through the holes, its longer end passes behind the shuttle box to the other end
of the picker spindle and it is doubled, punched and received on a buffer or pad of
india rubber. The doubled or folded ends of the said strap together with the action
of the tension or strain thereon and also of the indiarubber collar or buffer form
an elastic resistance to the picker at its outward stroke and thus is effected a
considerable saving of wear and tear of pickers and other parts.
Such being the nature and object of the said Invention the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of picker spindle and improved appliances connected
therewith.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a view through line A B of Fig. 2.
According to this my invention I employ a strap 1 which I fold as at 2 this part of
the strap 1 is connected with a collar boss 3, which may be covered with india rubber,
this doubled or folded end 2 is punched as at 3ª, and the picker spindle 4 passed
through this hole 3* the other and longer end 5 of the strap passes behind the shuttle
box 6 to the other or opposite end of the picker spindle 4 and it is punched, or doubled
and punched, and passed round a buffer or pad 7 of india-rubber and the punched
hole received on a pin or hook 8 which holds the same in position. On the picker
spindle 4 I place a washer 9; or the end of the strap 2 may be doubled and spindle 4
passed through a hole formed in the doubled portion (see fig. 4), which prevents any
possibility of the picker 10 "hanging" between the strap 1 and spindle 4. The strap
can be formed in one or two pieces and held together in the latter case by a nut and
bolt 11 so that when the part 2, (which is most liable to be worn out,) is worn out it
can be replaced without the necessity of an altogether new strap.
The doubled or folded ends of the strap 1 together with the tension or strain on
the indiarubber collar or buffer 7 form an elastic resistance to the picker 10 at its
outward stroke and thus a considerable saving is effected in the wear and tear of

page_text: pickers and picker straps, and other parts. It will be seen by the above description
that I have abandoned that part of the invention relating to shuttle checking as
described in my provisional Specification.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is :-
1. The combination of parts 1, 2, 7, 9, constituting the invention as and for the
purpose herein described and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
2. The combination of parts 1, 3, 7, 9, constituting the invention as and for the
purpose herein described and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 13th day of August 1888.
JOHN MARSHALL.
By his Agent, Walter Brierley,
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax.
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