Improvements in the Construction of Loom Pickers.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 17th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 13th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Loom Pickers.
I HERBERT HIND, of Holme Top Mills, Little Horton Bradford, in the
County of Yorks, Manufacturer of Loom Pickers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to loom pickers, which are made of bufflo hide or sizine,
and has for its object the construction of pickers, in such a manner that the cap,
and in some cases the leg also, are made like the whitestile or rolled picker, and
that the lower part is held together, without useing rivits or any other means than
the outside bufflo hide cutting.
I accomplish my object in the following manner, the bufflo hide or sizine cutting,
is cut near the middle in the shape of a T, it is then placed into a mould or press,
the dies of which are made in such a manner, that on operation of the press, each
side and top and the opening made by cut T, are bent near together, so that
they form the cap and in some cases also the leg, as befor mentioned, the picker is
then finished in the usual manner.
Dated 16th day of October 1893
HERBERT HIND.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Loom Pickers.
I, HERBERT HIND, of Holme Top Mills, Little Horton, Bradford, in the
County of York, Picker Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and 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 improvements in the construction of buffalo hide or
"sizing" loom pickers and in the form of dies for making them, and its object is to
facilitate the construction of this class of pickers and provide a picker with a
"whiteside" cap without rivets or similar metallic fastenings in the leg or portion
engaging the shuttle.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part of
this Specification, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts in each of
the figures.
Figure 1, represents an elevation of the face of the female die employed.
Figure 2, represents a similar view of the male die.
Figures 3 and 4 respectively represent sections of Figures 1 and 2 on the broken
lines a, b.
Figure 5, represents a similar section of the two dies with a longitudinal section
of a picker pressed between them.
Figure 6, represents a similar section of the picker alone.
Figure 7, represents a view showing the shape of the hide "cutting" before it
is bent.
Figure 8, represents a view showing approximately the form to which the
cutting is bent by hand with the hide "filling" inserted, before it is put into
the dies.
Figure 9, represents the same after it leaves the dies.
Figure 10, represents a view of the picker after it has been pressed once.

page_text: Figure 11, represents a view of the finished picker.
Figure 12, represents a longitudinal section of the same.
The female die A. may be fixed in any suitable frame, and is provided with a
projection A approximately the size and shape of the opening B through the cap D
of the picker. The male die C is hollow or has a recess C in its face. It may
be arranged in the said frame to slide towards or away from the female die
and it may be operated by a screw or a lever in a similar manner to any ordinary
picker press.
The cutting" E and "filling" F, arranged as shown in Figure 8, are placed
against the female die, and the male die is then brought against it to form them to
the shape shown in Figures 5, 6 and 9. The picker may then be finished in the
ordinary way in presses, a slot D2 being cut through the centre of the cap and the
edges d of said slot are pressed outward and are trimmed or cut away flush with
the face of the picker, as shown in Figure 12, to form what is known as the
"whiteside" cap, that is to say the raw edges of the hide surrounding the opening B
through the cap are brought approximately to the outer face of the picker leaving
the interior of the opening smooth and without joint or part likely to be severed,
or nearly severed, when the spindle hole H is cut.
As stated in my Provisional Specification the slot D2 may be cut, in the form of
a T. prior to it being put into the dies A and C, but as I have found a difficulty
in placing the cut over the centre of the projection A
afterwards.
prefer to cut it
The leg G and the foot J of the picker are folded and pressed more or less to
the same form as the leg and foot of what is well known as a "scoop" picker,
and the "staple rivet" R is employed in the same way as in that well known form
of picker.
A slot S (Figures 11 and 12) is made in the crown of the cap for the attachment
of the picking strap in the ordinary way, or it is obvious the crown may be pressed
inwards from each side and more or less rounded to receive the end of the picking
strap around it.
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 :
1. A loom picker having a " whiteside" cap, and a leg and foot the form of
which is retained without metallic rivets or other fastenings in the part adapted to
engage the shuttle, substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated in
the accompanying drawings.
2. The improved form of dies for manufacturing the class of picker herein
specified, said dies having a projection on the female die, and a recess in the face
of the male die, substantially as herein shown and described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 14th day of August 1894.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Agents.