IMPROVEMENT IN LOOM TEMPLES
Year: 1888

page_text: I, WILLIAM HARLEY TAYLOR, of Hampton, in the County of Durham, in the
Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Weaver, do hereby declare the
nature of my Invention for IMPROVEMENT IN LOOM TEMPLES and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:—
My Invention has for its object to construct a loom temple which shall not interfere
with the shuttle; work on all kinds of cloth; be effective in operation; simple in
construction and not costly to manufacture.
My Luvention consists of a tilting bar pivoted to an inverted T-shaped frame
attachable to the breast beam of a loom, said bar pivoted at one end to one end of a
flat spring provided with teeth at the opposite end, to hook at intervals into the
selvage of the cloth when the bar is tilted in one direction, to stretch the cloth when
the reed beats the weft up to the web, and be released to take a new grip by tilting the
bar in the opposite direction when struck by the race bar of the loom, as hereinafter
set forth.
Figure 1; is a top view of my improved loom temple, and
Figure 2, is a side elevation of the same.
The main frame of the temple is an inverted T-shape, and consists of a flat bar A,
provided with longitudinal slots a, a, to secure it longitudinally to the breast beam of
a loom by screws b, b, whereby the temple may be adjusted to suit the width of the
cloth.
To the middle of bar A, at right angles thereto, is rigidly secured one end of a flat
bar B, which extends in the direction towards the lay, and the other end is provided
with one or more transverso slots c, c. The selvage of the cloth runs lengthwise upon
the inner half of bar B, longitudinally, and partly covers the slots c, c, the outer edge
of the selvage being shown by dotted line X, X, Fig. 1.
D, is a flat tilting bar transversely pivoted by pin D¹, to bar B, at or about mid-
length of both bars."
E, is a flat spring secured at one end to one end of bar D, and diagonally
thereto; the free end of the spring is provided with teeth e, which enter the selvage

page_text: by the downward tension of the spring, to pull the cloth when bar D, is tilted by
a gravitating weight attached to a cord G, which is secured to one end of bar D, and
passes around a pulley H, on bar A, or other arrangement; or a spiral spring or
other suitable means may be employed to tilt bar D, in the direction to stretch the
cloth before being wound on the cloth beam of a loom.
The opposite end of tilting bar D, is provided with a striker plate K, which is
provided with a longitudinal slot K³, and is secured to bar D, by a bolt M, whereby
the striker plate can be adjusted to project more or less in advance of the bar, to
eceive the stroke of the race bar of the loom, and thereby tilt said bar D, in the
opposite direction to that pulled by the gravitating weight. The underside of spring E,
is provided with an inclined plane L, which rises on bar B, when bar D, is tilted by
the race bar, and lifts the free end of spring E, whereby the teeth will be removed
from the selvage, to allow the cloth to be wound on the cloth beam. When the race
bar of the loom is clear of striker K, bar D, is reacted by the gravitation of the
weight attached to cord G, and the downward tension of the spring will force the
teeth into the selvage simultaneously with the descent of the weight, thus tightening
or stretching the cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. The combination with the T-shaped frame composed of bars A, and B, of the
tilting bar D, and spring E, having teeth e, and inclined plane L, as set forth.
2. A loom temple, consisting of a bar A, having longitudinal slots a, a,; bar B,
secured at one end to the middle of bar A, transversely, and provided with slots c, c,
near the opposite end; tilting har D, pivoted to bar B, and provided with an
adjustable striker plate K, at one end, and spring E, at the other end, said spring
provided with teeth e, and inclined plane L, and means for the attachment of a cord G,
and a weight, for the purpose set forth.
Dated this First day of February 1888.