Improvements in Battens, Shuttle Boxes, and Shuttles for Looms.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1898-Accepted, 17th Dec., 1898
Improvements in Battens, Shuttle Boxes, and Shuttles for Looms.
I, OTTO WALTER SCHAUM, of Corner Glenwood Avenue and Second Street, in the
City of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, U.S.A.,
Machine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a swivel-shuttle or ribbon loom with a
batten and shuttle boxes, of simple, strong and durable construction, and wherein
the shuttle blocks can be readily and quickly removed from and re-adjusted on the
batten even by the most unexperienced operator; a further object is to provide said
shuttle blocks with grooves or races furnishing increased bearing surfaces for the
shuttles to be operated therein--whereby all further dropping or depressing of the
noses of the shuttles is prevented, and the latter are at all times-in proper align-
ment-yet said grooves or races allow the shuttles a clearance in all directions in
case of any roughness which may occur through the ordinary wear and tear of the
batten; a further object to provide a shuttle with an increased bearing surface,
conforming in shape to the increased bearing surface in the shuttle boxes.
The invention consists in the improved batten and its removable shuttle boxes, in
the peculiar construction of the shuttle adapted to operate in the races thereof, and
in the combination and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as will be
hereinafter inore fully described.
.
Referring to the accompanying drawing; in which like letters of reference indicate
corresponding parts in each of the several fig's. Fig. 1, is a front elevation of my
improved batten, partly broken away-and having two shuttles arranged in the
shuttle-blocks; Fig. 2, a top plan view of Fig. 1-partly in section-the central
shuttle-block and the shuttle arranged therein being removed; Fig. 3, an enlarged
sectional view on the line xx of Fig 1-the shuttle being shown in engagement
with its actuating pinion; Fig's. 4, and 5, a front and end elevation respectively of
one of the shuttle-blocks, showing the same provided with a straight shuttle-race,
and Fig. 6, an enlarged top plan view of one of the shuttles--detached.
In said drawing, a represents the batten, consisting of a series of vertical
strips a¹, a², a³, glued together and also glued to the horizontal top strip at, the
growth (the increasing size in concentric direction) of which latter runs at an angle
to the top surface of the batten, whilst the direction of the respective grain of the
vertical strips preferably run in alternate or opposite direction to each other, by which
arrangement the warping of the batten is reduced to a minimum, and the shrinkage
of the top strip at-if any-will be in a vertical direction.
The top strip at is provided near its rear portion with an elongated groove, into
which is glued a rack-bar 64. Adjacent to said rack-bar-and slidingly arranged in
an elongated groove, is the actuating rack-bar a, adapted to operate a series of
pinions arranged in recesses do of the shuttle-blocks b² and revolubly mounted on
the sleeves or bushings bº, which latter penetrate the holes 15. Screws 67-of smaller
diameter than the internal diameter of said bushings-secure said shuttle boxes to
the vertical braces as,

page_text: Said vertical braces are secured to the rear portion of the batten by screws or in
any desired manner, and are connected at or near their top portions by a horizontal
brace or connecting bar a6..
Each shuttle box is composed of two wooden plates, the growth of the rear one b
being at substantially right-angles to the growth of the front one 60; said plates
are glued together, and thus furnish a shuttle-box of great strength and durability
having its shrinkage and warping reduced to a minimuin.
In the shuttle-box 62 are arranged the curved or straight shuttle-races, each of
which consists of the groove f and the adjoining recesses fl-(on the front portion
of the box) and of the elongated channel or chamber fy, the back f³ of which is
parallel with the back of the shuttle-box and at right-angles to the top f2 of said
channel, and forms with said top a sharp edge or corner; in the lower portion of said
channel is arranged an elongated groove f¹, which latter, together with the lower
recess f¹ forms a bridge or shoulder fx, whilst the top portion of the channel f",
together with the upper recess f¹ forms a bridge or shoulder fo, all as clearly illus-
trated in Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings.
The shuttle-races are adapted to be engaged by the runners e° of the shuttles e,
that of the shuttle-
which runners-for that purpose-conform in shape to
races; each runner is provided in its lower portion with an elongated rack-bar e¹,
adapted to be engaged by the teeth of the pinions d, as will be manifest.
It must be remarked, that each shuttle is constructed of two pieces, that is to say,
of the runner cº and of the nose or front portion e2, which are glued together-the
runner having been previously bent to the proper circle from a piece of straight
grained wood. The nose or front portion of the shuttle is also of straight
grained wood, and thus furnishes together with its runner a shuttle, which is very
durable and strong (as there is no cross grain to it) especially on the points which
are apt to chip off.
It will be manifest that the shuttles may be inachined out of one piece of straight
grained wood, after the same has been bent into the proper shape or curve.
It must also be remarked, that by the peculiar construction of the shuttle boxes,
the greatest bearing surface for the shuttles furnished by the rear plate bx-with
other words the shuttles are run on the end grain of the wood, which knowingly is
the hardest wearing surface in any piece of wood.
Each shuttle-box 62 is provided at its lower rear portion with a rack-bar b³-
preferably glued into a groove in said box-adapted to engage the rack-bar b in the
top of the batten a, whereby the shuttle-boxes are held in proper position, which is
a very important feature, as the grooves or races for the shuttles are then always in
true and proper alignment.
This alignment is made possible by the screws 67 penetrating holes 65 in the
shuttle boxes, which holes are of larger diameter than saivi screws.
From the foregoing it can be seen, that looms, provided with battens, shuttle-
boxes and shuttles of the construction above described are rendered more durable,
stronger and more efficient, and the getting out of order of said parts is almost
entirely obviated.
h: and dow of March 1800
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Battens, Shuttle Boxes, and Shuttles for Looms.
I, OTTO WALTER SCHAUM, of Corner Glenwood Avenue and Second Street, in the
City of Philadelphia, County of Philadelphia and State of Pennysylvania, U.S.A.,

page_text: Iachine Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what-
anner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
and by the following statement :-
The object of this invention is to provide a swivel-shuttle or ribbon loom with a
atten and shuttle boxes, of simple, strong and durable construction, and wherein the
huttle boxes can be readily and quickly removed from and re-adjusted on the batten
even by the most unexperienced operator; a further object is to provide said shuttle
oxes with grooves or races furnishing increased bearing surface for the shuttles to be
perated therein-whereby all further dropping or depressing of the noses of the
huttles is prevented, and the latter are at all times-in proper alignment-yet said
grooves or races allow the shuttles a clearance in all directions in case of any
oughness which may occur through the ordinary wear and tear of the batten; a
urther object is to provide a shuttle with an increased bearing surface, conforming
n shape to the increased bearing surface in the shuttle boxes.
The invention consists in the improved batten and its removable shuttle boxes,
n the peculiar construction of the shuttle adapted to operate in the races thereof,
and in the combination and arrangement of the various parts, substantially as will be
hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in the clauses of the
claims.
Referring to the drawing filed with the Provisional Specification, in which like
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figs. :
.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved batten, partly broken away-and having
two shuttles arranged in the shuttle boxes;
Fig. 2 a top plan view of Fig. 1-partly in section-the central shuttle box and
the shuttle arranged therein being removed;
Fig. 3 an enlarged sectional view on the line x x of Fig. 1-the shuttle being
shown in engagement with its actuating pinion ;
Figs. 4 and 5 a front and end elevation respectively of one of the shuttle boxes
showing the same provided with a straight shuttle race, and
Fig. 6 an enlarged top plan view of one of the shuttles-detached.
In said drawings, a represents the batten, consisting of a series of vertical
strips a, a, a³, glued together and also glued to the horizontal top strip a', the
growth (the increasing size in a concentric direction) of which latter runs in a
different direction to the top surface of the batten, whilst the direction of the
respective grain of the vertical strips preferably run in alternate or opposite
direction to each other, by which arrangement the warping of the batten is
reduced to a minimum, and the shrinkage of the top strip a-if any, will be in a
vertical direction.
The top strip at is provided near its rear portion with an elongated groove, into
which is glued a rack-bar b. Adjacent to said rack-bar-and slidingly arranged in
an elongated groove, if the actuating rack-bar a', adapted to operate a series of
pinions & arranged in recesses do of the shuttle boxes 62 and revolubly mounted on
the lower sleeves of the bushings 66, which latter penetrate the horizontal holes 65.
Screws 6 of smaller diameter than the internal diameter of said bushings-secure
said shuttle boxes to the vertical braces a³.
Said vertical braces are secured to the rear portion of the batten by screws or in
any desired manner, and are connected at or near their top portions by a horizontal
brace or connecting bar a®.
Each shuttle box is composed of two wooden plates, the growth of the rear one b*
being at substantially right-angles to the growth of the front one 60; said plates are
glued together, and thus furnish a shuttle box of great strength and durability having
its shrinkage and warping reduced to a minimum.
In the shuttle boxes 62 are arranged the curved or straight shuttle-races, each of
which consists of the groove f and the adjoining recesses f¹- (on the front portion of
the box) and of the elongated channel or chamber f, the back f3 of which is parallel
with the back of the shuttle box and at right-angles to the top f2 of said channel,
and forms with said top a sharp edge or corner; in the lower portion of said channel

page_text: is arranged an elongated groove f2, which latter, together with the lower recess f
forms a bridge or shoulder f, whilst the top portion of the channel f, together
with the upper recess f¹ forms a bridge or shoulder f°, all as clearly illustrated in
Figs. 3 and 5 of the drawings.
The shuttle-races are adapted to be engaged by the runners e of the shuttles e,
which runners-for that purpose-conform in shape to that of the shuttle-races;
each runner is provided in its lower portion with an elongated rack-bar e¹, adapted to
be engaged by the teeth of the pinions d, as will be manifest.
It must be remarked, that each shuttle is constructed of two pieces, that is to say,
of the runner and of the nose or front portion e², which are glued together-the
runner having been previously bent to the proper circle from a piece of straight
grained wood. The nose or front portion of the shuttle is also of straight grained
wood, and thus furnishes together with its runner a shuttle, which is very durable
and strong (as there is no cross grain to it) especially on the points which are apt
to chip off.
It will be manifest that the shuttles may be machined out of one piece of straight
grained wood, after the same has been bent into the proper shape or curve.
It must also be remarked, that by the peculiar construction of the shuttle boxes,
the greatest bearing surface for the shuttles is furnished by the rear plate bx-with
other words the shuttles are run on the end grain of the wood, which knowingly is
the hardest wearing surface in any piece of wood.
Each shuttle box 62 is provided at its lower rear portion with a rack-bar b³-
preferably glued into a groove in said box-adapted to engage the rack-bar b* in the
top of the batten a, whereby the shuttle boxes are held in proper position, which is a
very important feature, as the grooves or races for the shuttles are then always in
true and proper alignment.
This alignment is made possible by the screws 67 penetrating holes 65 in the
shuttle boxes, which holes are of larger diameter than said screws.
From the foregoing it can be seen, that looms, provided with battens, shuttle boxes
and shuttles of the construction above described are rendered more durable, stronger
and more efficient, and the getting out of order of said parts is almost entirely
obviated.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1-A batten consisting of a series of vertical wooden strips, and of a wooden top
strip glued to said vertical strips and at right-angles thereto and having its growth
running in a different direction to the top surface of the batten substantially as and
for the purposes described.
2-A batten consisting of a series of wooden strips glued together and having
their respective grain in alternate or opposite direction to each other, and of a
wooden top strip glued to said vertical strips and at right-angles thereto and having
its growth at an angle to the top surface of the batten, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
3:-A shuttle box consisting of two wooden plates glued together, the back plate
having its growth at right-angles to the growth of the front plate and its grain sub-
stantially at right-angles to the base of said shuttle box, and having the shuttle race
penetrating the front plate and extending into the said back plate, substantially as
and for the purposes described.
4:-A shuttle box consisting of two wooden plates glued together, the back plate
having its growth at right angles to the growth of the front plate and its grain sub-
stantially at right-angles to the base of said shuttle box and having the shuttle race
penetrating the front plate and extending into the said back plate, the top of said
shuttle race being arranged at right-angles to the back thereof and forms with said
back a sharp edge or corner, substantially as and for the purposes described.
5
The combination with a batten, of a rack-bar secured in said batten, a series

page_text: of shuttle-boxes adjustably arranged on said batten, a toothed rack carried by each
shuttle-box and adapted to engage the rack-bar in the batten, and means for
removably securing said shuttle-boxes to the batten, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
6: The combination with a batten, of a rack-bar secured in the said batten, a
series of vertical braces upwardly projecting from said batten, one or more shuttle-
boxes adjustably secured to said braces, and a toothed rack carried by each shuttle-
box and adapted to engage the rack-bar in the batten, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
7-The combination with a batten, of a rack-bar secured in the top portion of
said batten, a series of braces upwardly projecting from said batten, one or more
shuttle boxes carried by said braces and each provided with one or more horizontal
holes, a screw penetrating its respective hole and engaging its respective brace and
having its body of smaller diameter than the diameter of the hole which it
penetrates, and a toothed rack carried by each shuttle-box and adapted to engage the
rack-bar in the batten, substantially as and for the purposes described.
8: The combination with a batten, of a toothed rack secured in the top portion
of said batten, a rack-bar slidingly arranged in said batten, and adjacent to the
toothed rack, one or more shuttle boxes carried by said batten, a toothed rack on each
of said shuttle boxes and engaging the toothed rack in the batten, the shuttle race
in said batten, one or more pinions in each of said shuttle boxes and extending into
the shuttle-race and in engagement with the sliding rack-bar, and shuttles slidingly
arranged in said shuttle-race and adapted to be operated by said pinions, substantially
as and for the purposes described.
9The combination with a batten, of a series of shuttle-boxes adjustably
arranged on said batten, and means for removably securing the so adjusted shuttle
boxes to the batten, substantially as and for the purposes described.
10: A shuttle consisting of a shuttle nose, and of a runner secured to said shuttle
substantially
nose and having its grain parallel to the longitudinal edges of the runner,
as and for the purposes described.
11-A shuttle consisting of a shuttle nose, and of a runner secured to the base of
the shuttle nose and having its grain parallel to the longitudinal edges of the runner
and provided in its top portion with an elongated rectangular groove and with an
adjoining flattened bearing surface, substantially as and for the purposes described.
12-A shuttle provided in the top portion of its runner with an elongated
rectangular shaped groove adjacent to the base of the shuttle nose, and furnished
with a widened additional flat bearing surface extending from the said rectangular
groove to the outer edge of the runner, substantially as and for the purposes
described.
13 A shuttle consisting of a shuttle nose, and of a curved runner secured to said
nose and having its grain in the direction of the curve, substantially as and for the
purposes described.
14: A shuttle box provided with a race way furnishing in its top portion an
increased bearing surface, in combination with a shuttle provided in the top portion
of the runner with an elongated groove and with an adjoining additional flattened
bearing surface conforming in shape to the bearing surface in the top portion of the
race way, sustantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 19th day of July 1898.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.