IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SELF-ACTING TEMPLES TO LOOMS
Year: 1877

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Parkinson, of Chester Street, Bradford, in the
County of York, Temple Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING SELF-ACTING TEMPLES TO
LOOMS."
Sealed the 16th April 1878, and dated the 17th October 1877.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Parkinson at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 17th October 1877.
JOSEPH PARKINSON, of Chester Street, Bradford, in the County of York, Temple
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING
SELF-ACTING TEMPLES TO LOOMS."
The object of my Invention is to arrange a temple stand or mounting in such a
manner that the same can be applied to existing looms, and fitted with the ordinary
temple, in such a way that the temple will stretch the piece to the required width,
and have firm hold of the same close to the "shed," and will be capable of accomo-
dating itself to the varying and vibratory movements of the piece whilst the same is
being woven, and also to arrange the stand or mounting so that the temple is capable
of easy and accurate adjustment to the piece, and when the loom picker fails to
deliver and throw the shuttle through the "shed," or from this or any other cause
the temple or cover comes in contact with the shuttle at the "beat up," the stand
will allow the temple and temple slide to receed from the shuttle at right angles to
the reed, the temple still retaining its hold of the piece without damage to the piece,
temple, shuttle, or reed, and by simply sliding the temple and temple slide into
their original position the piece will be stretched to its required width close to the
"shed."
I accomplish my object in the following manner :-I fix the main bracket of the

page_text: temple stand or mounting to the breast beam or other convenient part of the loom
by screws in the ordinary manner; this main bracket has a longitudinal slot hole in
the vertical plane of the bracket for the purpose of regulating the temple to suit
the varying widths of the piece. To the slot hole in the before-said bracket I secure
a small sliding casting, to the top of which is attached an adjustable slide for
regulating the temple to its required height with the piece, and the proper distance
from the "shed." To this last-named slide I attach the temple slide, to one end of
which is secured the temple in any suitable manner. This temple slide has a long
slot hole, which is loosely fitted on projections forming part of the before-named
adjustable slide, which allows the temple to regulate itself to the varying vertical
vibrations of the piece whilst the same is being woven. On the temple slide I
provide two notches, indentations, or inclined planes, transversely to the slot hole,
into which is placed the ends of one or more springs, when the loom picker fails
to deliver the shuttle properly, and in the beat up the shuttle comes in contact with
the temple or cover, the aforesaid spring or springs will allow the temple and plate
to receed from the reed, and thus will not dainage the shuttle, temple, or reed, and
the action of the aforesaid spring or springs upon the surface of the aforesaid
inclined plane will allow of and assist in giving the requisite horizontal variation
or vibration to the temple slide and temple, allowing them to accommodate themselves
to the horizontal variations or vibrations of the piece, so that either separately or in
combination a vertical, horizontal, or radical movement is allowed to the temple to
suit the vibratory travel of the piece.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Parkinson in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 16th April
1878.
JOSEPH PARKINSON, of Chester Street, Bradford, in the County of York, Temple
Manufacturer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING
SELF-ACTING TEMPLES TO LOOMS."
The object of my Invention is to arrange a temple, stand, or mounting in such a
manner that the same can be applied to existing looms, and fitted with the ordinary
temple in such a manner that the temple will stretch the piece to the required
width, and have firm hold of the same close to the "shed," and be capable of accom-
modating itself to the varying and vibratory movements of the piece whilst the
same is being woven. Also to arrange the stand or mounting, so that the temple
is capable of easy and accurate adjustment to the piece, and when the loom picker
fails to deliver and throw the shuttle through the "shed," or from any other cause,
the temple or cover comes in contact with the shuttle at the "beat-up," the stand
or mounting will allow the temple and temple slide to recede from the shuttle at
right angles to the reed, the temple still retaining its hold of the piece without
damage to the piece, temple, shuttle, or reed; and by simply sliding the temple and
temple slide into their original positions the piece will be stretched to its required
width close to the "shed."
I accomplish my object in the following manner:-I fix the main bracket of the
temple stand or mounting to the breast beam, or other convenient part of the
loom; this main bracket has a longitudinal slot hole in the vertical plane of
the bracket for the purpose of regulating the temple to suit the varying widths of
the pieces. To the slot hole in the vertical plane of the said bracket I secure a
small sliding casting, to the top of which is attached an adjustable slide for
regulating the temple to its required height with the piece, and the proper
distance from the "shed." To this last-named adjustable slide I attach the temple
slide, to one end of which secured the temple in any suitable manner; this
temple slide has a long slot hole, which is loosely fitted on projections forming part
of the before-named adjustable slide, which allows the temple to regulate itself to
the varying vertical vibrations of the piece whilst the same is being woven. In the
temple slide I provide one or more notches, indentations, or inclined planes trans-
versly to the slot hole, into which is placed the ends of one or more springs; and
when the shuttle from any cause is not properly delivered, and the shuttle comes in
contact with the temple or cover in the "beat-up," the aforesaid spring or springs
will allow the temple and temple plate to receed from the reed, and thus will not
damage the shuttle, temple, or reed. The action of the aforesaid spring or springs
upon the surface of the aforesaid notches, indentations, or inclined planes will allow
of and assist in giving the requisite horizontal variation or vibration to the temple
and temple slide, so that either separately or in combination a vertical, horizontal,
or radial movement is allowed to the temple to suit the vibratory travel of the
piece.
In order that my Invention may be better understood, I have hereunto appended
one Sheet of Drawings illustrating the same.
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Figure represents a side elevation of my improved temple, stand, or
mounting.
Figure 2 is a front elevation shewing the temple cover.
Figure 3 is another side elevation, shewing the adjustable slide.
Figure 4 is a plan.
Figure 5 is a side elevation of my temple stand or mounting, which is more
adapted to the requirements for weaving light goods.
Figure 6 is a front elevation of my light goods' temple stand or mounting, shewing
the transverse bar by which I am enabled to regulate the temple to suit the width
of the piece.

page_text: Figure 7 18 another side elevation of my light goods' temple stand.
Figure 8 is a detail of my light goods' temple slide.
Figure 9 is a section through line a, b, in Figure 8.
Figure 10 is an enlarged detail of the block or plate that contains the spring and
projections that are fitted in the slot hole of the temple slide.
Figure 11 is a transverse section of Figure 10 through line c, d.
Figure 12 is a front elevation of my modified adjustable slide; Figure 13 is a side
elevation of the same.
In all the Figures the same parts are indicated by the similar letters.
The letter A indicates the main bracket of the temple stand or mounting; this
bracket is secured to the breast beam or other convenient part of the loom.
B is a slot hole through the bracket A, in which is fitted and secured the sliding
casting C. At the top of this casting at C' is bolted the adjustable slide D, which
has a slot hole E through the same; this slot hole is for the purpose of regulating
the distance of the temple from the "shed;" this adjustable slide D is also arranged
with two projections F, which fit loosely into the slot hole G formed in the temple
slide H; this temple slide H is held on the projections F by means of screws
passing through cross bars J into the projections F, and are thereby held secure.
These projections are a little longer than the thickness of the temple slide H, so
that the same can slide freely on the said projections, and between the cross bars
and adjustable slide.
In the temple slide H I form notches or inclined planes at H¹; into these notches
is fitted a spring K, which keeps the temple slide the proper distance from the
"shed," and by the projections F being a little less than the width of the alot hole G,
the temple slide will allow the temple to regulate itself to the varying vertical
vibrations of the piece, and the form of the notches or inclined planes with the
action of the spring thercon will allow the temple plate to give the requisite hori-
zontal variation to suit the piece, so that by the application of a temple stand, as
before described, I am enabled to give to the temple, either separately or in com-
bination, a vertical, horizontal, or radial motion to suit the vibratory travel of the
piece.
It will be easily understood that when the shuttle comes in contact at the beat
up with the temple cover L, the shuttle will be pressed between the reed and temple
cover, and the pressure on the temple cover at the end of the temple slide will
cause the same to recede, and the spring K will mount or rise up the incline on to the
flat surface of the temple slide, so that no damage is done to the temple shuttle or
reed; when thus pressed back, the temple will still retain its hold of the piece, and
by pressing the temple slide back until the spring or springs are in the notches, the
temple slide will be in its original position.
The Figures 5 to 11, both inclusive, represent various views of my improved temple
stand, which is more adapted to the requirements for weaving light goods. This stand
may be fitted to a modified bracket, which answers the purpose of the main bracket A
before described; the brackets N, N, are secured to the breast or other convenient
part of the loom, and in these brackets is mounted a bar O, which may be triangular,
square, round, or any convenient section. On the bar OI place the adjustable
bracket P, which will slide the length of the same, and thus the temple can be
made to act upon pieces of various widths. To the top of adjustable bracket P,
which contains a slot hole, I secure a block or plate R, which has two projections F,
which fit into the slot hole G formed in temple slide H, as before described in the
said plate R. I bore one or more holes R¹, into which I place spiral springs fitted
with a small stud T, which is arranged with a collar, so that the spiral spring
presses the same outward. The end of this stud T is made conical, and when the
plate R is fitted on to the temple slide H, the conical end of the said stud T is in
the small hole R2, and the projections F are in the slot hole G. The plate R is
secured to the temple slide H by means of screws passing through plate S, so that
the temple slide will allow the temple to regulate itself to the vertical variations of
the piece, as before described, and when the shuttle comes in contact at the "beat

page_text: up" with the temple cover L, as before described, the temple slide will press against
the conical end of stud T, and compress the spiral spring, and thus allow the conical
end of stud T to leave the hole R2 and the temple slide to recede without damage
to the temple shuttle or reed, and when pressed back in the manner described,
the temple will retain its hold of the piece.
Figures 12 and 13 represent a modified adjustable bracket P, which I have found
advantageous for certain goods; this bracket is mounted on a small casting U,
which is shewn fitted to a circular bar O, and secured thereon. At the top of the
casting UI secure a plate of steel X, to which is also secured, over the recess Y
formed in top of casting U, the bottom of the adjustable bracket P, an ordinary
joint and spring may be provided, by which the same result is obtained, and thus
by these means I am enabled to obtain a rocking motion to the bracket P, which will
assist in giving the vibratory motions to the temple.
Having thus described my said Invention, and the manner in which the same is
or may be performed, I have to state that I do not restrict myself to the precise
details herein described and delineated, as the same may be considerably modified
without departing from the characteristic features of my Invention, but that which
I believe to be novel and original, and I claim, that the Invention secured to me
by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,―
First. The arrangement and combination of the various parts of the temple stand,
herein-before described, and illustrated in the accompanying Drawings, for allowing
the sliding vibratory motions to the temple in order that the same may accommodate
itself to the vibratory movements of the piece whilst the same is being woven, sub-
stantially as herein-before described and illustrated.
Second. The arrangement and combination of the various parts of the temple
stand for allowing the temple and temple slide to recede or travel back from the
reed at right angles to the same when through any cause the temple, temple
cover, or slide presses the shuttle against the reed, substantially as herein-before
described.
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Third. The arrangement of the temple slide by which, when pressed back, the
temple will still have firm hold of the piece, and keep the same stretched to the
width required.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Parkinson, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the said Joseph Parkinson in
the presence of
JOHN WAUGH,
Engineer and Patent Agent,
- Bradford,
Yorks.
JOSEPH PARKINSON. (L.S.)