An Improvement applicable to Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 11th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Looms for Weaving.
I RICHARD ARUNDEL RAWSTRON of No. 6 Osborne Terrace Rawtenstall in⚫
the County of Lancaster, General Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention is applicable to the back rest, breast beam, yarn roller and other
working parts of a loom with which the yarn and cloth come in contact, and the
object of the invention is to prevent the damage to the yarn and cloth by the
rusting, oxidation, or incrustation of those bright metal parts of the loom over or in
contact with which the yarn and cloth pass, and which are specially liable to rusting
in cases where steam is used in the weaving sheds.
For this purpose I cover the working surface of the back rest, breast beam, yarn
roller and other metal parts of the loom with which the yarn and cloth come into
contact (and which are usually ground and polished bright) with a casing made of
thin sheet iron, or sheet steel and coated with a vitric or metallic enamel, whereby
not only is all rusting of the metal and consequent injury to the yarn and cloth
effectually prevented, but also the time and labor usually spent in grinding and
polishing such metal surfaces is saved, as the enamelled casing imparts the requisite
glaze or polish to the surfaces over, or in contact with, which the yarn and cloth
pass in the process of weaving, and hence the grinding and polishing of such parts
in new looms becomes unnecessary.
It will be evident that these enamelled casings can be readily applied to existing
looms in a weaving shed without sending them back to the machine shop and
without stopping any of the looms for more than a few minutes, the enamelled
casings being made to fit the usual patterns and sizes of loom, and supplied all
ready for application.
I propose also to make lease-rods of thin iron or steel tubing similarly enamelled
and to use them in place of the wooden or other lease-rods usually employed.
Dated this 13th day of February 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement applicable to Looms for Weaving.
I RICHARD ARUNDEL RAWSTRON of 6 Osborne Terrace Rawtenstall in the
County of Lancaster, General Dealer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention is applicable to the back rest, breast beam, yarn roller and other
working parts of a loom with which the yarn and cloth come in contact, and the
object of the invention is to prevent the damage to the yarn and cloth by the
rusting, oxidation, or incrustation of those bright metal parts of the loom over or
in contact with which the yarn and cloth pass, and which are specially liable to
rusting in cases where steam is used in weaving sheds.
For this purpose I cover the working surface of the back rest, breast beam, yarn
roller warp beam flanges and other metal parts of the loom with which the yarn
and cloth come into contact (and most of which are usually ground and polished
bright) with a casing made of sheet iron, or sheet steel and coated with a vitric or
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page_text: metallic enamel, whereby not only is all rusting of the metal and consequent injury
to the yarn and cloth effectually prevented, but also the time and labor usually
spent in grinding and polishing such metal surfaces is saved, as the enamelled
casing imparts the requisite glaze or polish to the surfaces over, or in contact with,
which the yarn and cloth pass in the process of weaving, and hence the grinding
.and polishing of such parts in new looms becomes unnecessary.
It will be evident that these enamelled casings can be readily applied to existing
looms in a weaving shed without sending them back to the machine shop and
without stopping any of the looms for more than a few minutes, the enamelled
casings being made to fit the usual patterns and sizes of loom, and supplied all
ready for application.
I propose also to make lease-rods of thin iron or steel tubing similarly enamelled
and to use them in place of the wooden or other lease-rods usually employed.
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 :-
A covering or casing of sheet iron or sheet steel coated with a vitric or metallic
enamel to be applied to the working surface of the metal parts of a loom with
which the yarn and cloth come in contact substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described.
Dated this 10th day of November 1893.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.