Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Pickers for Looms.
Year: 1893

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with the Construction of Pickers
for Looms.
I, SAMUEL JONES, of Glenmount House, Newtownards, in the County of Down,
Ireland, Power Loom Factory Manager do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion aud in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to pickers for power looms of the type known as
pick "looms and has for its object to render such pickers more durable.
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And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will proceed to
explain the same with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in which :-
Figure 1 represents section of my improved double ended picker constructed
according to this invention.
Figure 2 is side elevation, and
Figure 3 plan of same.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.
a is the body of the picker made of two or more thicknesses of leather hide or
other suitable material, 6 is an orifice in the same to receive the picking stick
cc are projecting pieces of leather or other suitable material working against a
slip of wood bolted to the shuttle box to prevent the picker from rising. dd is a
binding of wire or other suitable material wrapped round the ends of the picker to
prevent the same from spreading when in use.
As will be seen from the section Figure 1 the outer layers of the material of
which the picker is composed are somewhat deeper than the inner ones, so as to
prevent the wires or other binding from coming in contact with the bottom of the
shuttle box. To prevent the binding from coming in contact with the sides of the
shuttle box I cover the said binding with the two outside layers of the material
forming the picker and I turn in the ends of the said layer as shewn in Figures 1
and 3, to cause the picker to travel easily in the shuttle box.
Pickers constructed as herein before described are little more expensive in first-
cost than the ordinary single ended picker and are much more economical in use as
when one end is worn out the picker can be turned end for end and used until both
ends are worn out.
Although I have described my invention as applied to double ended pickers it is
obvious that single ended pickers may be constructed in a similar manner.
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
I. Constructing loom pickers of leather or other suitable material in two or more
layers or thicknesses bound together at the ends with wire or other suitable material
substantially as hereinbefore specified.
II. Constructing pickers with two working ends substantially in the manner
hereinbefore described.
III. Constructing loom pickers with the outer layers of leather or other material
deeper than the inner layers at the bottom of the picker and turning inwards the
ends of the said outer layers substantially as hereinbefore specified and for the
purposes stated.
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FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.