IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS OR SLAYS USED IN WEAVING
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Jowett, Stuff Manufacturer, of Welling-
ton Mills, Laister Dyke, near Bradford, in the County of York, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS OR SLAYS USED IN WEAVING."
Sealed the 25th July 1873, and dated the 24th May 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Jowett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th May 1873.
I, JOSEPH JOWETT, Stuff Manufacturer, of Wellington Mills, Laister
Dyke, near Bradford, in the County of York, do hereby declare the
I nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS OR SLAYS USED
IN WEAVING," to be as follows, that is to say :-
My Invention relates to an arrangement whereby the wires of the reed
or slay are bent or curved, allowing the warps to pass through them to
produce waves on the fabrics. For this purpose the wires of the reed or
slay are bent or curved and project in the centre; these bends or curves
are equal to about one-fourth of the width of the reed or slay; the warps,
after travelling through the straight parts of the wires, come in contact with

page_text: the bends or curves, and are forced through by means of a rod placed
under the warps; this rod is actuated by the cards bringing the warps
for waving exactly to the required place on the fabrics; a greater number
of cards are used than those at present in use.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Jowett in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 21st November 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
JOWETT, Stuff Manufacturer, of Wellington Mills, Laister Dyke, near
Bradford, in the County of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of May, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in
the thirty-sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Joseph Jowett, Her
special licence that I, the said Joseph Jowett, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph Jowett, my
executors, administrators, 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
REEDS OR SLAYS USED IN WEAVING," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Joseph Jowett, my executors or administrators, by
an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands
and seals, 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 I, the said Joseph Jowett, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and

page_text: by the following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereto
annexed and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to
say:
This Invention relates to a peculiar arrangement or construction of
reeds or slays whereby the wires of the reed or slay are bent or curved,
allowing the warps to pass through them to produce waves on the
fabrics. For this purpose the wires of the reed or slay are bent or
curved and project in the centre; these bends or curves are equal to
about one-fourth of the width of the reed or slay; the warps, after
travelling through the straight parts of the wires, come in contact with
the bends or curves and are forced through by means of a rod placed
under the warps; this rod is actuated by the cards bringing the warps
for waving exactly to the required place on the fabrics; a greater number
of cards is used than those at present in use.
But in order that my improvements may be better understood I will
proceed to describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing,
in which Figure 1 represents a front view of the reed or slay, shewing
straight and bent wires; Figure 2, side view of the same; Figure 3,
represents a front view of the reed or slay with all the wires bent or
curved; Figure 4, side view of the same. Similar letters of reference
are used in all the Figures to represent similar parts.
A, laths in which are fixed the wires C, forming the reed or slay; B,
iron plates forming the extremities of the reed; C, wires of the reed or
slay curved and projecting in the centre at D. The warps, after
travelling through parts C, are forced by means of a rod placed under
the warps through the bends or curves D, then through the straight
parts E, producing waves on the fabrics; these waves may be varied in
shape by changing the cards.
Having thus described my Invention and the best means I am
acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details shewn and
described, as these may be varied without departing from the peculiar
character of the Invention.

page_text: on the fabrics substantially as herein-before described and represented in
the accompanying Drawing. !
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In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Jowett, have hereto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of November, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
Witness,
WALTER JAMES TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
JOSEPH JOWETT. (L.8.)

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