Improvements in Pickers or in Pickers and Picker Connectors Used in Looms for Weaving and in Apparatus or Apparatuses for Making the said Pickers.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1887.
Complete Left, 16th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 15th July, 1887.
Improvements in Pickers or in Pickers and Picker Connectors Used
in Looms for Weaving and in Apparatus or Apparatuses for
Making the said Pickers.
We JAMES DAWSON of 14 Wilson Street and HENRY ARMISTEAD of 61 Duckworth
Street both of Blackburn in the County of Lancaster Overlookers do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
1st. This invention consists of an improved construction of that class of Picker
known as the direct action Picker or in the connectors to the said Picker also in
connectors to the indirect action Picker to make it answer as a direct action Picker.
2nd. We wish it to be understood that we do not bind ourselves to use one kind of
material only for the making of any part of these our improvements as we may use
Buffalo hide, Leather, Wood, Metal or any other suitable material in order to
accomplish the objects of this our invention.
3rd. The novelty utility and the way in which we propose to accomplish the objects
of this our invention are as follows:-
4th. That we propose to make a Picker or Pickers with an angled, demi, or semi-
circular shaped top or equivalent with a suitable hole or holes to allow the Picking-
band, Strap or equivalent to pass through.
5th. The Picker end of the said Band, Strap, or equivalent is connected or secured
to the Picker by means of a Pin, Stud or equivalent.
6th. The said Pin, Stud or equivalent is connected or secured to the said Picker or
to the said Picking-band, Strap or equivalent or may form part of the said Picker
or Pickers.
7th. The underside of the top portion of the said Picker between the suitable
shaped holes or equivalents can be made in an angler, demi or cemicircular or any
other shape to decrease the friction and liability of the aforesaid connecting or Picking-
band, Strap, or other equivalent being cut.

page_text: 8th. Now in order to make an indirect action Picker into a direct action Picker we
propose to connect or secure an angled shaped clip or equivalent, to the Picker in such
a manner as to form a transverse Bridge, Clip, or equivalent over the Picker with
sufficient space to allow the Picking-band, Strap, or equivalent to pass between the
under side of the said Bridge, Clip, or equivalent and the top side of the Picker to be
secured or connected broadside in a line and parallel to the length of the said Picker.
9th. That in order to permit the Picking band, Strap, or equivalent now in common
use to pass through the aforesaid suitable shaped hole or holes it requires the said
Picker or Pickers to be made wider at the top than those now in use. Therefore in
order to get the desired form of Picker we require a differant form of Die and Top
plate or equivalent to give the outward form also a different shaped wedge or equivalent
to give the inner form as described in paragraph 7.
Dated this Fifteenth day of March 1887.

page_text: Improvements in Pickers or in Pickers and Picker Connectors Used
in Looms for Weaving and in Apparatus or Apparatuses for
Making the said Pickers.
We, JAMES DAWSON, of 14 Wilson Street, and HENRY ARMISTEAD, of 61 Duckworth
Street, both of Blackburn, in the County of Lancaster, Overlookers 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 consists of an improved construction of vertical pickers employed in
looms, and in the apparatus employed for making the said pickers, also in the mode of
attaching the picking band to the picker, and also of an attachment to an ordinary
picker, by the use of which attachment the picking band can be secured to the picker
without twisting the said band.
Where it is not particularly specified otherwise the materials employed are those in
ordinary use.
Our improved picker is made with a broader top than is usual, which top is pierced
with two slots large enough to allow the picking band to pass through flat. The part
of the top between the slots is in preference curved on its under surface. The picking
band is secured to the picker by any of the methods now in use, or it is attached to a
pin, or stud, or hook fixed in the picker.
The picking band is passed through both slots and is in contact with the under
surface of the top of the picker between the slots.
By the use of this method of connecting picking bands to pickers the picking band
is not twisted, and an even pull is communicated from the picking stick to the picker.
The curved under surface aids in distributing the strain both on the picker and on the
picking band.
To effect the same object with an ordinary picker we attach to the picker a bridge-
shaped clip furnished with a tongue so that the tongue lies flat on the top of the picker
and is secured to it by a pin, and the bridge end is rivetted through to the picker, so
that space is left for the picking band to pass through flat between the bridge and the
upper surface of the top of the picker. The picking band is secured to the pin used
for fastening the tongue to the picker, or it may be fastened to the end of the tongue
by any other effective method. The bridge-shaped clip and tongue can be made of
wood, metal, or any other material that can be secured to the picker in the manner
described.
The pickers are made in the usual way out of the materials usually employed,
but the desired shape is given by the use of a special cap die, side dies, wedge, and
top plate.
To show more clearly how our invention is carried out we furnish drawings in which
the same letters represent corresponding parts throughout.
Fig. 1 is a front view of our improved picker showing the under surface of the top
curved between the slots.
Fig. 2 is a plan of top of picker.
Fig. 3 is a view of our improved picker with picking band attached at one end to it
in one of the usual ways, and at the other end to the picking stick.
We do not claim

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is :
1st. An improved vertically working picker for use in looms as described in the
foregoing specification.
2nd. The method of connecting picking bands to our improved pickers, substantially
as described and shown in the drawings.
3rd. An attachment to an ordinary picker substantially as described and shown
in Fig. 5.
4th. The method of attaching a picking band to an ordinary picker substantially as
described and shown in Fig. 5.
5th. The top plate, cap die, side dies, and wedge, parts of the shaping apparatus
employed for making our improved picker, substantially as described and shown in
Figs. 6-11.
6th. The method of shaping our improved picker by the use of special shaping
apparatus substantially as described.
Dated this 16th day of June 1887.
· W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for the Applicants.