IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR PROVISIONAL SPATION APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN WEAVING
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Frederick William Mowbray, of Bradford, in the
County of York, Engineer, and Janics Broadley, of Saltaire, in the same
County, Overlooker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Frederick William
Mowbray and James Broadley at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 8th April 1858.
We, FREDERICK WILLIAM MOWBRAY, of Bradford, in the County of York,
Engineer, and JAMES BROADLEY, of Saltaire, in the same County, Overlooker,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN WEAVING," to be as follows:-
The improvements relate, when weaving carpets and other pile fabrics by
the use of longitudinal pile wires of the character described in the Speci-
fication of Lotters Patent granted to me, the said Frederick William Mowbray,
bearing date on or about the 21st of May 1855, to means for more effectually
insuring the crossing of the pile warps over such wires.
For this purpose I employ, in addition to the short guides or combs into
which the selected pile warps for the next row of loops are raised to be
shogged in the direction desired, other guides or instruments interspaced
between the back parts of the pile wires, and sufficiently long to admit of the

page_text: warps fully rising and falling within them. These additional guides may be
stationary at their lower ends, but their upper ends are capable of being
shogged in the same direction as the short guides, but somewhat later than
them. By these means the selected pile warps lifted into the short guides
will be more effectually laid over the pile wires.
Also the improvements relate to obtaining a tightening to the weft after
each throw of the shuttle in order to obtain better selvages. For this purpose
we apply, in a recess in the lay near each shuttle box, a slide with pins
capable of acting upon to tighten the weft so soon as the shuttle has entered
its box. The slides are each attached to a lever or such like operating means,
which at the times desired are permitted by their weight, or otherwise, to act,
aided by a cam or tappet to draw their respective slides; and the lever arm is
formed in two parts, with spring connections to prevent breakage when back
motions are required.
Another improvement relates, when using two shuttle boxes at the end of
the race, to means for effecting the change from one to the other. For this
purpose a lever or arms carried by the end of the lay is capable, when
operated upon, of effecting the change, and one end of this lever or the
arms are acted upon by a wedge-formed piece, which acts first by one inclined
surface thereof, then the other; and this wedge-formed piece is changed in
position by the jacquard or pattern surface acting upon a lever and parts in
connection therewith to cause a stud or pin in the rotation of one of the shafts
of the loom, aided by connecting rods to act upon or to miss acting upon, to
pull or push a lever arm on a shaft carrying the wedge.
In place of a wedge, other similar acting surfaces may be employed.
Friction rollers to the levers or arms facilitate their easy operation by the
wedge or inclined surfaces. Stops are applied to aid the operation of the
wedge or inclined surfaces. The boxes after each change are held stationary
by a spring or springs, and the wedge or inclined surfaces may be otherwise
operated.
Also the improvements relate to means of effecting changes in the order of
picking. For this purpose we employ two noses or projections revolving with
and by preference turning upon axes carried by a boss affixed to the tappet
shaft, in place of one for operating each picking lever, and either of such
noses or projections is brought into, thrown out of, and held in the position
required by means of a cam course or cam courses brought into position by
the jacquard or other pattern surface, the jacquard or other pattern surface
operating on levers, by which such cams have a step motion given to them at
the times desired; or in place of having two noses or projections, by causing

page_text: the tappet shaft to have double speed, one nose or projection will serve,
similarly operated.
Also, in place of obtaining this selection of picking by moving the noses or
projections, we apply the arms and their pullies or cones on the axes of the
picker levers upon pin joints, so that they may be capable of being moved (by
jacquard or pattern surface) into and out of position for being operated by
noses, which would otherwise operato cach time.
Also, we form the axos of the picking levers in two parts, capable of being
connected and disconnected at the times desired by the jacquard or pattern
surface.
Also, when causing the jacquard cards or surfaces to act upon pins carried
by levers, we connect such pins to the levers by pin joints, and guide their
ends correctly to the cards or pattern surfaces.
Also the improvements relate to, when using two or more shuttle boxes
to the end of the lay capable of being changed to the one desired, in causing
them to turn upon a centro or centres of motion above the box, or so that the
open parts of the boxes are on a curve radiating toward such axes of motion,
in place of such axes of motion being below or behind the box, as has here-
tofore been the case.
Also, when using two shuttle boxes for change of shuttle at the end of the
lay, in placing one at right angles to the other, in place of in a radial line, and
the shuttle for the time out of use will be laying sideways.
Also, to means for carrying back the pickers clear of rotary or other
moving shuttle boxes after each pick. For this purpose we apply a slight
spring or spring lever to the outer end of the picker lever or arm, with a cord
or band attached by one end to the outer end thereof, and the other end to
the picker, with a tendency to keep the picker always clear of the box.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Frederick William Mowbray and James Broadley in the
Great Seal Patent Offico on the 8th October 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, FREDERICK
WILLIAM MOWBRAY, of Bradford, in the County of York, Engineer, and
JAMES BROADLEY, of Saltaire, in the same County, Overlooker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighth day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her

page_text: reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Frederick William Mowbray and James Broadley, Her especial
licence that we, the said Frederick William Mowbray and James Broadley,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the said
Frederick William Mowbray and James Broadley, our executors, adminis-
trators, 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 MEANS OR APPARATUS EMPLOYED IN
WEAVING," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Frederick
William Mowbray and James Broadley, our executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under our or their hands and seals, or under the
hand and seal of one of us or them, 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 we, the said Frederick William Mowbray and
James Broadley do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement thereof, that is to say:-
The improvements relate, first, when weaving carpets and other pile fabrics
by the use of longitudinal pile wires of the character described in the Speci-
fication of Letters Patent granted to me, the said Frederick William Mowbray,
bearing date on or about the 21st of May 1855, to means for more effectually
purpose
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insuring the crossing of the pile warps over such wires. For this
employ, in addition to the short guides or combs into which the selected pile
warps for the next row of loops are raised to be slogged in the direction
desired, other guides or instruments interspaced between the back parts of
the pile wires, and sufficiently long to admit of the warps fully rising and
falling within them. These additional guides may be stationary at their lower
'ends, but their upper ends are capable of being shogged in the same direction
as the short guides, but somewhat later than them.
Also, the improvements relate to obtaining a tightening to the weft after
each throw of the shuttle, in order to obtain better selvages. For this purpose
we apply, in a recess in the lay near each shuttle box, a slide with pins capable
of acting upon to tighten the weft so soon as the shuttle has entered its box.
The slides are each attached to a lever or such like operating means, which at

page_text: the times desired are permitted by their weight, or otherwise, to act, aided by
a cam or tappet to draw their respective slides.
Secondly, the improvements relate, when using two shuttle boxes at the end
of the race, to means for effecting the change from one to the other. For this
purpose a lever or arms carried by the end of the lay is capable, when
operated upon, of effecting the change; and one end of this lever or the arms
are acted upon by a wedge-formed piece, which acts first by one inclined
surface thereof, then the other, and this wedge-formed piece is changed in
position by the jacquard or pattern surface acting upon a lever and parts in
connection therewith to cause a stud or pin in the rotation of one of the shafts
of the loom, aided by connecting rods to act upon or to miss acting upon, to
pull or push a lever arm on a shaft carrying the wedge. The boxes after
each change are held stationary by a spring or springs, and the wedge or
inclined surfaces may be otherwise operated.
Thirdly, the improvements relate to means of effecting changes in the order
of picking. For this purpose we employ two noses or projections revolving
with and by preference turning upon axes carried by a boss affixed to the
tappet shaft, in place of one for operating each picking lever, and either of
such noses or projections is brought into, thrown out of, and held in the
position required by means of a cam course or cam courses brought into
position by the jacquard or other pattern surface, the jacquard or other pattern
surface operating on levers, by which such cams have a step motion given to
them at the times desired; or in place of having two noses or projections, by
causing the tappet shaft to have double speed, one nose or projection will
serve, similarly operated.
Fourthly, the improvements relate to means of effecting changes in the
order of picking. In place of obtaining the selection of picking by moving
the noses or projections, we apply the arms carrying the pulleys or cones and
their pullies or cones on the axes of the picker levers upon pin joints, so that
they may be capable of being moved (by jacquard or pattern surface), into and
out of position for being operated by noses, which would otherwise operate.
each time.
Fifthly, the improvements relate to means for effecting changes in the order
of picking. In carrying out this part of the improvements we form the axes
of the picking levers in two parts, capable of being connected and disconnecte:
at the times desired by the jacquard or pattern surface.
Sixthly, our improvements relate, when causing jacquard cards or surfaces
o act upon pins carried by levers, in connecting such pins to the levers by
in joints, and guiding their ends correctly to the cards or pattern surfaces.

page_text: Seventhly, the improvements relate, when using two or more shuttle boxes,
to the end of the lay capable of being changed to the one desired, in causing
them to turn upon a centre or centres of motion above the box, or so that
the open parts of the boxes are in a curve radiating towards such axis of
motion, in place of such axis of motion being below or behind the box, as has
heretofore been the case.
Eighthly, the improvements relate, when using two shuttle boxes for change
of shuttle at the end of the lay, in placing one at right angles to the other in
place of in a radial line, and the shuttle for the time out of use will be laying
sideways.
Ninthly, improvements relate to means for carrying back the pickers
clear of rotary or other moving shuttle boxes after each pick. For this
purpose we apply a slight spring or spring lever to the outer end of the picker
lever or arm, with a cord or band attached by one end to the outer end
thereof, and the other end to the picker, with a tendency to keep the picker
always clear of the box.
But that the nature of these our improvements may be more fully under-
stood, we will proceed to describe the Drawings annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A,
which show two front views and a sectional view of parts of a loom arranged
according to the Specification of former Patent referred to, but with modi-
fications according to the first part of our improvements.
1, 1, are the short guides or combs into which the selected pile warps for
the row of loops next to be formed are raised to be shogged in the direction
desired; and A, A, are other guides or instruments interspaced between the
back parts of the pile wires; these additional guides A are at their lower ends
set in leads A', which are screwed to the stationary bar B, and they extend
upwards sufficiently high to admit of the warps fully rising and falling within
them; and at their upper ends these guides A are received into and kept
correctly spaced by notches or combs formed in or applied to a bar C, which
is supported by the bar & carrying the short guides l. These additional guides
A are shogged in the same direction as the short guides in either direction,
but somewhat later than them; and this is effected in the following manner :-
In the upper part of the bar C, which rests upon the bar 12, there are formed
slots to receive the screws C¹, which pass into the bar 1, to retain the bar C
correctly in position thereon, yet so as to admit of the bar C having a slight
play endwise; and upon the bar are fixed adjustable stops C2, C, which are
so placed as to admit of the bar & being moved a short distance in either

page_text: direction before the screws C¹ come against the ends of the slots in the bars
C; and in practice we find it desirable to give motion to the bar 12, so that the
instruments may be moved a distance equal to two of the longitudinal wires
and to the bar C, so as to move the upper parts of the guides a distance equal
to from one to the next of such longitudinal wires. By these means the
selected pile warps lifted into the short guides will be more effectually laid
over the pile wires.
The tightening to the weft after each throw of the shuttle is effected by
means of the pins D standing upwards from a slide D', of which there is one
at each selvage of the fabric, in order that whichever box the shuttle has
been thrown into pins D may operate to tighten that portion of weft which is
between the fabric and the shuttle. These sliding bars D₁ rest so as to be
capable of sliding freely and without interfering with the motions of the
shuttle in recesses formed, as shown, across the surface of the lay; and each
slide D' is connected to a levor arm D, by which it is actuated at the times
desired, so that when the shuttle is thrown past either set of pins D, the weft
may be laid at the back thereof, but so soon as the shuttle is properly boxed,
and the lay is coming forward for the beat up, the pin or pins D at that sido
of the loom are drawn backwards, as shown by Figure 4, and by pressing
against produce a tightening effect upon such weft. The lower end of each
lever D turns upon a centre of motion D, and it carries a nib or projection
D', which is actuated by a cam or tappet D', affixed upon the shaft or axis De,
which receives motion from the cam or tappet shaft by suitable gear, as
indicated by red lines. In order to prevent breakage of the parts when back
motion is required to be given to the loom, the levers Ds are each formed in
two parts connected together by springs D', the one part of the lever D² being
capable of sliding within or upon the other between suitable guides.
We will now describe the second part of the improvements, which are
shewn applied in Drawings B, Figure 1 of which represents a right-hand end
view, Figure 2 a left-hand end view, and Figure 8 a front view of so much
of a loom as will serve to illustrate this part of our Invention. A rotary or
revolving series of boxes is shewn applied at the left-hand end of the lay,
whilst the two boxes or shuttle compartments a, a', are applied at the right-
hand end. These boxes a, a', are provided with slides or shoes b, by which
they are supported, with a capability of sliding to and fro in the guides c, c,
carried by the batten d, and they are acted upon by the lever e, the upper
end of which is formed with a slot to receive a pin f projecting from the
boxes, whilst it is capable of turning upon a centre of motion g carried by the
standard g affixed to the back of the batten or lay, and the front end of this

page_text: levere carries a truck or bowl e¹, which, when the batten in its to-and-fro
movement comes forward, comes into a position to be acted upon by one or
the other of the surfaces 1 or 2 of the wedge-formed piece h. If in the
coming forward of the batten the surface 1 is in position to act upon the
truck or bowl e', then the box or compartment a will, if not already so, be
brought into a line with the race or lay to receive or deliver a shuttle, but if
the surface 2 is in position to act on the truck or bowl e', then the box or
compartment a¹ will be placed in a line with the race or lay to receive or
deliver a shuttle. And in order to retain the boxes correctly in position after
each change, the boxes are provided with a truck or bowl 3, which is acted
upon by the curved surface i, affixed to or formed on the end of the spring i
carried by the batten. The wedge-formed piece h is affixed to and so as to
form an arm from the axis or shaft h', which is supported with a capability
of turning in the front of the main framing, and has also affixed to it the
arm, which by a pin joint he is connected to the rod h, and these parts are
so arranged that the tendency of them, unless otherwise acted upon, is for the
upper surface 2 to be in position to act upon the bowl or truck e¹; and when
it is required for the under surface 1 of the wedge h to be in position to act
upon the truck or bowl e', then the jacquard cards or other pattern surface
employed are arranged to operate a stud or projection k from a lever ³,
which turns upon a centre of motion ³, and at its other end carries a link k*,
with a pin to lift the rod into position for the stud k* thereon to be
taken by the notch at the lower end of the lever A, as shown by Figure 4.
The lever turns upon the centre of motion, and at its upper end carries
the jacquard or pattern cylinder 1. When the jacquard or other pattern
surface employed does not act upon to operate the lever ', then the bar h
will not be lifted into position to be taken by the notch 7, and by the bar h
not being drawn backwards, the weight of the parts, or spring, or other
pressure acting with such weight, will cause the upper surface 2 of the wedge
h to act. m, m, are stops applied to regulate the distance of motion of the
wedge h. In place of a wedge, other similar acting surfaces may be
employed.
We will now describe the third part of the Invention, aided by Drawings C,
Figure 1 of which represents a front view, and Figure 2 an cnd view of parts
of a loom with this portion of the Invention applied thereto. a, a, are the
picker arms or levers, each of which is carried so as to have quick motion
given to it by an axis b, from which projects an arm carrying a cone c, to be
operated by a nose or tappet, all which is well understood. But according to
this part of the improvements, to vary the order of picking the nose pieces d, d

page_text: (of which there are two shown at each side of the loom,) in place of being
fixtures, are capable of moving on their bosses d', so as to be in a position to
act upon or to miss a cone c, as may be required. The bosses d¹ are cach
affixed to and so as to revolve with the cam or tappet shaft e, to which motion
is given from the crank axis by tooth gear, as is well understood. We prefer
to connect the respective nose pieces d to their bosses d' by pin joints d', as
shewn, but this may be varied, and the nose pieces d, d, at the left-hand side
of the loom, are connected to those at the right-hand side or end so as to be
simultaneously acted upon by means of the connecting rods f, f, one end of
each of which is by pin joint connected to a nose piece, whilst the other end
thereof is connected to the tube g. Each connecting rod f is also formed in
two parts, with a right and left-hand screw connection, in order to give facility
for correct adjustment in working. The tube g is formed with a groove or
recess e', to receive the point h', projecting from the lever h, which turns
upon a fixed centre of motion, and at its upper end is by pin joint h³ con-
nected to the rod h, the other end of which at h³ is supported with a capability
of sliding in a bearing formed in the main framing; and near this point there
is a stud h, projecting from the rod h into the groove , formed as a cam
course in the boss i; and the cam course is of such form that whilst the
parts are in the position represented by the Drawings, one of cach of the
noses d at each end of the loom are in position to act upon the cones c; and
upon causing the boss i to make a partial rotation, the rod h will be drawn
towards the left-band end of the loom, when the noses d, shown in operation,
will be withdrawn, and the other of them will be brought into a position to
act upon the cones c. The boss i is arranged to effect four changes (two of
which are simply repetitions of tho others), but this may be varied, and the
motions are given thereto in the following manner:-To a projection from one of
the swords of the batten is affixed the stud k, carrying one end of the click or
clawker k', which is formed as shewn to take hold of the studs projecting
from the side of the boss i, to give motion thereto; and supposing the click or
clawker- to be constantly resting on the pins , one of those pins would be
acted upon by the clawker at each forward motion of the batten to impart
to the boss at such times a motion equal to one quarter of a revolution, or one
change of the cam course; and when a repetition of the picking is to take
place, the click or clawker k' is lifted off the studs 3, so that it may in its
movement miss those studs, and this is effected by the rod l, the lower end
of which projects under the click or clawker k', whilst the upper end is by
pin joint connected to the outer end of the lever m, which turns upon a centre
of motion m³, and is capable of being acted upon by one end of a pin n, when

page_text: the other end of that pin is in the movement thereto of the jacquard cylinder
o, acted upon by a blank in the card, brought opposite to such pin n. But
other pattern surface may be employed, and the means of operating therewith
to vary the selection by the cam course may also be varied. p is a spring which,
by pressing uniformly upon two of the pins of the boss i, tends to keep it
square or correctly in position.
We will now describe the fourth part of the improvements, aided by
Drawings D, Figure 1 of which shows a front view, and Figure 2 an end
view of so much of a loom as will serve to illustrate this part of the Invention.
In this case the cams or tappets d, for operating the arms c, are of the ordinary
character; and variations in the order of picking are effected by attaching the
arms e to the shaft or axis 6 by pin joints c¹, so that their outer ends c may
be lifted by the ends of the lever q, which turns upou a centre of motion g',
and has an arm q3 affixed to it, to the outer end of which is connected one
end of the connecting rod h, which is operated by a cam course ¹, such as
already described in respect of Drawings C; and the parts acting therewith being
of a like character are marked with the same letters of reference there used.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS E.
Figure 1 of which shows a front view, Figure 2 an end view of parts of a
loom with improvements applied according to the fifth head of the Invention;
other views of these Drawings show some of the parts more in detail. In this
case the cams or tappets d, for operating the arms c, may as well as those arms
be of the ordinary character, so as to act the one upon the other for every pick,
and the capability of selection is obtained by forming the shaft or axis 6 in
two parts, with clutch box connection between them. The part 6¹ of the
clutch boxes is affixed to the upper part of each axis b, whilst the lower part
62 is capable of sliding on the lower part of the axis b, there being a feather b³
on each of such lower parts of the axis b, which passes into a groove in the
part of each clutch box, by which, as is well understood, when the two
parts of these clutch boxes are together, and motion is given to one part of
their axis b, a like motion will be given to the other, and when they are
separated, although motion may be given to the lower part b, the upper part
thereof will remain stationary without effecting a picking. The lifting of the
part of the clutch box into connection with the part b¹ is effected by the
sliding of the bar r, which is formed with inclined ends r, by which, when it
is slided to the left, it will tend to lift the part 6 into gear with the part b¹ at
the left-hand side of the loom, and at the same time to disconnect those parts
at the right-hand side of the loom; but when the bar is slided to the right

page_text: the parts 6, 6, at the left-hand side of the loom will be disconnected, whilst
those at the right-hand side will bo connected; and this sliding of the bar r
is effected by a cam course i¹, operated by jacquard or other pattern surface,
there being a stud or projection from the bar r, which enters the cam
5 course ¹. This cam course and parts acting therewith are marked with
the same letters of reference employed in illustrating other parts of the
Invention.
We will now describe the sixth part of the Invention. Levers operated by
jacquard cards are ordinarily formed with pins or projections, the ends of
which are suited to pass through perforations in the cards, or to be pushed by
the unperforated parts of such cards; but by such pins being rigidly fixed to
the levers, the ends thereof acted upon by the cards necessarily move in an
are when so operated in the movement of the cylinder, thereby producing
increased friction on such card, or when they pass into one of the perforations
of the card they are very apt to stick therein, both of which evils it is the
object of this part of the Invention to remove.
Figures 1 and 2, Drawing F, shew a part of one of the levers separately,
with a pin applied thereto according to this head of the improvements, and parts
thus arranged are also shown in various of the other Figures of the Drawings.
The lever m turns upon an axis of motion m³, but the pin n, in place of being
rigidly fixed to that lever, is connected thereto by a pin joint n¹, and it is
supported and guided when operated by card or pattern surface, by passing
through a hole in the plate 2 affixed to the stationary support n³.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING G.
Figure 1 of which shows an end view of a batten with the seventh part of
the improvements applied thereto; Figure 2, a front view; and Figure 3, a
section of the same. a shows part of the race or lay; b, b', two shuttle boxes
which are connected together, and are placed radially to their centre of
motion c, which is placed over them in such manner that either of them may
be brought by mechanical means in a line with the race of the batten. Tho.
means which we have found to answer for this purpose consists of a lever d,
turning upon an axis of motion d', and having affixed to one end of it a truck
or bowl d, capable of being acted upon by the inclined surfaces of the instru
ment h, such as referred to in respect of other parts of the improvements;
whilst the other end of the lever d is formed with a slot to receive a pin e,
carried by a projection e' from the under side of the boxes. It will be seen
that when in the coming forward of the batten the surface 1 of the instru-
ment is in position to act on the truck or bowl d, the box will be brought

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING H.
Figure 1 of which shows an end view of a batten with the eighth part of
the improvements applied thereto; Figure 2, a front view, and Figure 3, a
section of the same. In this case the two boxes b, b', are connected together,
and turn upon a centre of motion c, by which either of them may be brought
into a line with the race of the lay; and the means we adopt for this purpose
are such as described in respect to the last part of the Invention, and are
marked with the same letters of reference there used, except that a link f
connects the upper end of the lever d with an arm b², projecting from the
under side of the boxes.
We will now describe the ninth part of the improvements, which is shewn
applied in Drawings B; where s is a spring applied to the outer end of each
of the picker arms, with the outer end thereof attached by a cord or band t to
the picker, by which the picker will after each action of the picker lever be
carried back clear of the series of shuttle boxes.
Having thus described the nature of our said Invention, and the means
which we adopt in carrying the same into effect, we would have it understood
that we do not confine ourselves to the precise details shown and described, as
these may be varied; but what we do claim is,-
First, when weaving carpets or other pile fabrics by the use of longitudinal
wires of the character referred to, the use of guides or instruments A, acting
substantially as explained in respect of Drawings A. Also, we claim the
adaptation and combination of parts forming means for tightening the weft,
substantially as explained in respect of Drawings A.
Secondly, we claim the adaptation and combination of means for effecting a
change of shuttle boxes, substantially as explained in respect of Drawings B.
Thirdly, we claim the adaptation and combination of means for effecting
changes in the order of picking, substantially as explained in respect of
Drawings C.
Fourthly, we claim the adaptation and combination of means for effecting
changes in the order of picking, substantially as explained in respect of
Drawings D.
Fifthly, we claim the adaptation and combination of means for effecting
changes in the order of picking, substantially as explained in respect of
Drawings E.
Sixthly, we claim the mode of applying pins n to levers operated by

page_text: jacquard cards in combination with looms for weaving, substantially as ex-
plained in respect of Drawing F.
Seventhly, we claim the mode of applying and operating combined shuttles
boxes, substantially as explained in respect of Drawing G.
Eighthly, we claim the mode of combining and operating shuttle boxes,
substantially as explained in respect of Drawing H.
Ninthly, we claim the means for carrying back the picker clear of the
shuttle boxes, substantially as explained in respect of Drawings B.
In witness whereof, we, the said Frederick William Mowbray and James
Broadley, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Fourth day of
October, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-eight.
Witness to both signatures,
FRED WM MOWBRAY. (L.S.)
JAMES BROADLEY.
JNO. HENRY WADE, Solicitor,
Bradford.
(L.S.)