IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHUTTLES
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Bennett, of Preston, in the County of.
Lancaster, Manager, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF SHUTTLES."
Sealed the 12th September 1873, and dated the 10th May 1873.
:
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Bennett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
10th May 1873.
I, JAMES BENNETT, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Manager,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SHUTTLES," to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to facilitate the placing of the cop on
the skewer of the shuttle, and to hold it securely when on.
In performing my Invention I apply a wedge for acting on the spring
of the shuttle skewer; this wedge fits in a recess in the skewer, and it is
'provided with a cross head near the fulcrum of the skewer. On each
side of the fulcrum pin is an eccentric shoulder, on which the cross head

page_text: of the wedge acts. When the skewer is up the wedge releases the
spring to allow the cop to be put on without offering resistance, but as
the skewer is brought down to bring the cop within the shuttle the
cross head is forced forward by the eccentric shoulders, and the wedge
is thus forced between the point of the skewer and the spring, thereby i
raising the spring and causing it to hold the cop firmly. By this means
the waste occasioned by the cop coming loose is avoided.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Bennett in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 10th November 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JAMES
BENNETT, of Preston, in the County of Lancaster, Manager, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of May, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said James Bennett, Her special licence that I,
the said James Bennett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said James Bennett, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed,
should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF SHUTTLES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said James
Bennett, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Bennett, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be

page_text: performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say) :-
The object of my Invention is to facilitate the placing of the cop on
the skewer of the shuttle, and to hold it securely when on.
In performing my Invention I apply a wedge for acting on the spring
of the shuttle skewer; this wedge fits in a recess in the skewer, and it is
provided with a cross head near the fulcrum of the skewer. On cach
side of the fulcrum pin is an eccentric shoulder, on which the cross head
of the wedge acts. When the skewer is up the wedge releases the
spring to allow the cop to be put on without offering resistance, but as
the skewer is brought down to bring the cop within the shuttle, the
cross head is forced forward by the eccentric shoulders, and the wedge is
thus forced between the point of the skewer and the spring, thereby
raising the spring, and causing it to hold the cop firmly. By this means
the waste occasioned by the cop coming loose is avoided.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, I will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet
of Drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, Fig. 2 a plan,
and Fig. 3 a transverse section of my improved shuttle.
Figs. 4 and 5 are detached views of part of my improved shuttle.
a is the woodwork; b, the skewer; c, the spring, soldered to the
end of the skewer, and d, the ordinary spring acting on the heel of
the skewer. The upper side of the skewer is recessed to receive the
wedge e, shewn detached in Figs. 4 and 5. The point of the wedge fits
between the skewer 6 and the spring c, and the other end is provided
with a cross head e' which fits in a slot in the head of the skewer, and
projects beyond it on each side, as shewn in Fig. 2. On each side of
the fulcrum pin of the shuttle skewer is an eccentric shoulder f, against
which the cross head c¹ of the wedge e acts.
The mode of operation is as follows, and the dotted lines in Fig. 1
represent the position of the skewer when up, and when the wedge e has
been drawn down to release the spring c, which then offers no resistance
to the cop when it is being placed on the skewer, but as the skewer with
the cop on it is brought down the cross head e' is forced forward by the
eccentric shoulders f, and the wedge e is thus forced between the point
of the skewer and the spring c, thereby raising the end of the spring, and

page_text: 'causing it to hold the cop firmly on the skewer.
waste caused by the cop getting loose is avoided.
By this means the
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention, and described the
manner of performing the same, I declare that I claim the application
of the wedge e fitting in a recess in the skewer 6 for raising the spring c
when the skewer is in the shuttle, and for releasing it when the skewer
as sharm and described