Improvements in Temples employed in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Aug., 1898--Accepted, 17th Sept., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Temples employed in Looms for Weaving.
I, EDWARD HOLLINGWORTH, of Dobcross Loom Works, Dobcross, in the County
of York, l'ower Loom Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(which has been communicated to me by George Frank Hutchins, of 311, Main
Street, Worcester, in the County of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, United
States of America, Power Loom Maker), and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention relates to loom temples, and more particularly to a loom temple
to be used on looms for weaving Turkish towel goods, or other similar fabrics, in
which a certain number of filling threads are put in by the fly shuttles, and
then the fabric and. warp threads are drawn back towards the rear of the loom
and the beating up of the lay causes the warp threads to form the raised loops,
which extend out on both sides of the Turkish towel goods, or other similar
fabrics.
Heretofore in weaving this class of fabrics, loom temples of ordinary construc-
tion have been used, having the supporting plate or stand rigidly attached to the
breast beam, so that when the fabric is drawn back to allow the warp threads to
be beaten up to form the loops, and then drawn forward after the loops are
formed, the fabric is drawn through the temple, and the teeth thereon will tear
and abrade the fabric, and injure the appearance thereof.
The object of my invention is to make a loom temple with a movable plate or
support with a connection to some operative part of the loom to cause said
movable plate or support and the temple to be moved at the proper time and at
regular intervals, so that when the fabric is moved back to form the loops, the
plate or support will move, and the temple will move with it, and when the
fabric is moved forward after the loops are formed, the plate or support and the
temple will move with the fabric, thus preventing the fabric from being drawn
through the temple in the operation of forming the loops above referred to.
My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of my loom
temple mechanism, as will be hereinafter fully described.
I have only shown in the drawings detached portions of a loom of the class
referred to, sufficient to illustrate the construction and operation of my loom
temple attachment applied thereto.
Referring to the drawings;
Fig. 1 is a plan view, looking in the direction of arrow a, Fig. 2, of my looni
temple attachment, and of the operative parts of the loom connected therewith.
Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of .
arrow b, same figure.
In the accompanying drawings, 1 is a detached portion of the right hand end
or side of a loom, 2 is the breast beam, 3 is a rocking shaft extending in front of
the breast beam, and mounted to turn in bearings on the arms or stands 4 bolted

page_text: to the loom frame. An arm or lever 5 is fast at its upper end on the rock
shaft 3, and is pivotally attached at its lower end to one end of a connecting
rod 6. The rear end of the connecting rod 6 is pivotally attached to the upper
end of the lever i centrally pivoted at 8, and positively operated at regular inter-
vals by a cam 9 on a driven shaft 10. A spring 11 acts to keep the bowl 12 on
the lever in engagement with the cam 9.
A second connecting rod 13 is also pivotally attached at one end to the upper
end of the lever 7, and at its other end to a vertical lever or arm 14 fast on the
back rocking shaft 15 mounted in bearings 16 in the upper end of a vertically
moving bar 17, which is adjustably supported in the bar 18 of the loom frame.
The back rocking shaft 15 carries the back roll 19 over which passes the warp
threads 20 from the lower warp beam, (not shown) and also over the bar 22
attached to the short arms 21 fast on the back rocking shaft 15. The back
rod 23 under which the warp threads 24 pass from the upper warp beam (not
shown) is supported on arms 25 fast on the back roll 19. The woven fabric 26
passes over a bar 27 in front of the breast beam 2, which is connected to the
arms 28 fast on the front rocking shaft 3.
All the above parts are of the ordinary construction and operation in the class
of looms referred to and form no part of my invention.
On the breast beam 2 is secured the stationary plate or stand 29 of the temple
attachment, and on said plate is mounted to slide in ways or grooves thereon
formed in the direction of the length of the fabric, a plate 30 having upright
stands or bearings 31 and 32 thereon, in which is supported to slide the longitu-
dinally moving spring-actuated-rod 33 of the temple 34, which may be of ordi-
nary construction.
The rear stands 32 of the temple plate 30 are connected in this instance by a
link or bent arm 35 to the upper end of a vertical arm 36 fastened on the rock
shaft 3.
The warp threads 20 and 24 are separated at the rear part of the loom by the
lease rods 37 and 38 in the usual way, and the edge of the woven fabric 26 in
front of the beat up point passes through the temple 34 in the ordinary way, and
over the oscillating bar 27 in front of the breast beam to the cloth take-up beam
or roller not shown.
From the above description in connection with the drawings, the operation of
my loom temple attachment will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.
In practice two picks of weft are put in, and then the woven fabric is moved
slightly towards the rear of the loom, to allow the warp threads to be beaten up,
and form the sets of loops extending transversely of the fabric.
As stated above, when the woven fabric is moved back in the ordinary con-
struction of temple, the edges thereof are drawn through the temples, causing the
edges of the fabric to be abraded and injured.
In my improved construction and arrangement of parts, after the weft has been
sent across the loom, the lever through the action of cam 9 is moved to the left
in the direction of arrow d, Fig. 2 so as to slacken or move back the woven fabric
and warp threads through the medium of the connecting rods 6 and 13, arms 5
and 14, shafts 3 and 15, and bars 22 and 27 in the ordinary way, to allow the
warp threads to be beaten up to form the loop, the plate 30 carrying the temple
mechanism through link or bent arm 35, connected by the arm 36 with the rock
shaft 3 are also moved back in the direction of the length of the fabric.
After the loops are formed, the reverse movement of the lever 7, will through
the intervening mechanism, as above described, cause the temple device to move
from its rear position to its forward position taking with it the woven fabric as
the same is moved forward preparatory to putting in additional weft threads and
forming a new set of loops. That is as the woven fabric is moved back towards
the rear of the loom, and forward towards the front of the loom in forming the
loops, the temple plate 30 is moved with it instead of remaining stationary, as is
customary and damaging the cloth.

page_text: It will be understood that the details of construction of my loom temple attach-
ment and the manner of operating the same may be varied if desired.
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:-
In a temple attachment of a loom, the combination with a stationary plate or
stand 29 and a movable plate 30 carrying the temple 34, of a connection working
intermediate of said movable plate and rock shaft 3, in combination with means
for actuating the same, to automatically move the plate 30 carrying the temple, at
regular intervals in the direction of the length of the fabric, substantially in the
manner and by the means herein shown and described.
This 21 Javaf Anost 1808
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Patent Agents, Agents for Applicant.