IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan, F.C.S.,
of 54, Ohancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING."―A
communication from abroad by Edward Pike Chapin, of Providence,
Rhode Island, in the United States of America.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Primerose
Howard Vaughan at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with his Petition, on the 14th May 1873.
I, EDWARD PRIMEROSE HOWARD VAUGHAN, F.C.S., of 54, Chancery
Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOKS FOR
WEAVING," a communication to me from abroad by Edward Pike Chapin,
of Providence, Rhode Island, in the United States of America, to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of
looms used in the manufacture of ribbons, hat bands, tapes, and other
narrow fabrics.

page_text: In looms for weaving such goods as ordinarily constructed the warps
are placed in a creel and passed through a back sley under a roller to
the harnesses and reeds of the loom. In order to secure simplicity and
economy in the construction of the loom the warp creel, top castle,
and warp roller, under which the warp runs are dispensed with by the
present Invention, whilst the facility of weaving is increased by placing
the warps on a beam which is so constructed as to secure the easy
arrangement of the former. The desired number of warps having been
in the first instance prepared, as well understood, they are taken and
beamed in the same manner as for weaving broad goods, the warps being
respectively separated by counting biers or half biers, and then drawn
from the beam through lease rods and the reed on to a small beam
which has slots in the holes through the centre thereof, and which fit
on to an iron feather on a shaft, by the turning of which the warps are
drawn down, the operation of "picking" being, if necessary, performed
whilst the warps are being drawn down. Each warp bobbin is then
placed on an iron rod or shaft, which is supported by suitable iron
standards attached to the back rail of the loom, and weighted in any
suitable manner, as will be well understood, the warps being passed
through lease rods directly from the back rail to the harnesses and
reed of the loom.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 14th November 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD 2
PRIMEROSE HOWARD VAUGHAN, F.C.S., of 54, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the a
thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan,
Her special licence that I, the said Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan, my executors, administrators, and 3

page_text: 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 LOOMS FOR WEAVING,"
being a communication to me from Edward Pike Chapin, of Providence,
Rhode Island, in the United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan,
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
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Primerose Howard
Vaughan, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly de-
scribed and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is
to say :-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the construction of
looms used in the manufacture of ribbons, hat bands, tapes, and other
narrow fabrics, and in which more than one length or piece is woven at
a time.
'In looms for weaving such goods as ordinarily constructed the warps
are placed in a creel, and passed through a back sley under a roller to
the harnesses and reeds of the loom. In order to secure simplicity and
economy in the construction of the loom, the warp creel, top castle,
and back slay are dispensed with by the present Invention, whilst the
facility of weaving is increased by placing the warps on a beam, which
is so constructed as to secure the easy arrangement of the former. The
desired number of warps having been in the first instance prepared, as
well understood, they are taken and beamed in the same manner as for
weaving broad goods, the warps being respectively separated by
"counting "biers" or "half biers," and then drawn from the beam
through lease rods and a reed (for the purpose of giving each single,
double, or triple thread its proper place separate from the others on
to a small beam which has slots in the holes through the centre thereof,
and which fit on to an iron feather on a shaft, by the turning of which

page_text: the warps are drawn down, the operation of "picking" being, if neces-
sary, performed whilst the warps are being drawn down. Each warp
bobbin is then placed on an iron rod or shaft, which is supported by
suitable standards attached to the back rail of the loom, and weighted
in any suitable manner, as will be well understood, the warps being
passed through lease rods, directly from the back rail to the harnesses
and reed of the looms, the lease rods being used to give each single,
double, or triple thread its own proper place separate from the others.
Having thus declared and ascertained the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I would observe in
conclusion, that what I consider novel and original, and therefore claim
as constituting the Invention secured by the said herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent.
The combination of parts and mechanism for the preparation and
arrangement of warps to be employed in the manufacture of ribbons
and other narrow fabrics which are woven more than one piece at a
time, including the warp bobbins on which such warps are wound, the
feathered shaft, the use of lease rods in the loom, and of lease rods or
reed in the preparation of the warps, and also the means whereby the
warp creel, "top castle," and back reed are dispensed with, substantially
as and for the purposes herein-before set forth.
"
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Primerose Howard Vaughan,
have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of
November, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-three.