An Improvement in Shuttle Guards for Looms for Weaving
Year: 1898

page_text: An Improvement in Shuttle Guards for Looms for Weaving,
ELI HOLDING, Grocer and Draper, 28, School Lane, Brinscall, near Chorley,
Lancashire, JAMES HOLDING, Overlooker of Power Looms, Black Lion Brow,
Heapey, near Chorley, Lancashire, we do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
:-
Our improvement consists of a screw or nail with a hole through the centra up
to the shoulder or head of the nail or screw through the hole is put a loop or
link of wire or metal hanging down from the nail or screw over the nail or
screw part up to the loop or link is loosley sliped on a coil spring to keep the
loop or link in position against the head of the nail or screw the spring allowing
the loop or link to work in an upward direction towards the reed when anything
tuches it that is in its way on the cloth or temples of the loom thereby preventing
the fingers from being hurt or the shuttle being knocked off the cloth the nail
or scew is diven in front of slaigh cap evey six inches or 80.
Tthis lot day of August 1808
ELI HOLDING.
JAMES HOLDING.
An Improvement in Shuttle Guards for Looms for Weaving.
ELI HOLDING, Grocer and Draper, 28, School Lane, Brinscall, near Chorley,
Lancashire, JAMES HOLDING, Overlooker of Power Looms, Black Lion Brow,
Heapey near Chorley, Lancashire, 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, that is to say; -
our
invention, is to provide
a
series
The object of
of metallic
guards so placed along the slay cap of a loom, as to prevent the shuttle from
leaving its ordinary course when weaving, and also to minimise the danger
attending to the weaver, should the shuttle fly from its course.
Our invention consists of a metallic screw, so constructed and arranged with
its chased and pointed thread, that it can easily be inserted & secured within the
wood slay cap of the loom, the said screws being placed in a line within the
slay cap, at equal distances apart, over the course of the shuttle. The head of
the screw is formed with a cup head, having a square shoulder, and near and
close to the square shoulder of the cup head, a hole is pierced through the screw,
in which is suspended a link of wire, so placed that when the screw is inserted

page_text: in the slay cap, the loose link will hang in a vertical position in front of the reed
of the loom. A small coil spring is placed on the screw between the link and
the slay cap, to keep the link in a vertical position, and allow the link to be
pressed back, and move towards the reed, should the link come in contact with
anything upon the cloth.
The link can be pressed back by the weaver when desired, to make any altera-
tion with the yarn and when released the spring brings it back to a vertical
position, thereby hanging over the course of the shuttle as a guard to protect
the weaver from the danger, and keep the shuttle from flying away.
That our
invention may be better understood, and more readily carried into practical effect
we append drawings to explain the same..
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of the slay cap A, showing the metallic screws B,
placed in their respective positions over the course of the shuttle, the link C is
shown inserted, to the screw B, and suspended in a vertical line, the spring D
being shown as placed upon the screw B and inserted betwixt the slay cap A
and the link C to keep the link C vertical.
Fig. 2 is a section of the screw B and link C when not attached to the slay
cap, A, the coil spring D being shown as placed upon the screw B.
Having now fully described the nature of our invention and the manner in
which the same can be carried into practical effect, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. The peculiar construction and arrangement of parts for attaching to the slay
cap of a loom, a metallic screw having a link of wire suspended from the screw,
and held in position by a coil spring, pressing the link against the square shoulder
of the screw.
2. The placing of vertical links. of wire, suspended from screws attached in
series to the slay cap of a loom, to act as a guard upon the shuttle.
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ELI HOLDING.
JAMES HOLDING.