Improvements in Loom Pickers.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 15th May, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 15th Feb., 1897-Accepted, 20th Mar., 1897
I, JONAS COOPER CARTWRIGHT, of Lees Close Cottage, Ravensthorpe, near
Dewsbury, in the County of York, Cloth Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in loom pickers particularly metal pickers
for under-pick looms, and its object is to provide simple and efficient means for
keeping the picker horizontal whilst it is moved to and fro.
I may mount the picker on the picker spindle in the usual way and to keep it
horizontal that is to say at right angles to the plane in which the picking stick
vibrates I make the slot in the picker through which the picking stick passes with
a deep side or deep sides fitting closely against the sides of the picking stick. By
this means the picker is held horizontal by the picker spindle and picking stick
and the path of the projecting part striking the shuttle is kept parallel to the
picker spindle.
Flat bow-shaped or other suitable springs are preferably fitted inside the slot
for the edges of the picking stick to bear against and check the concussion.
Dated this 14th day of May 1896.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.
Improvements in Loom Pickers.
I, JONAS COOPER CARTWRIGHT, of Lees Close Cottage, Ravensthorpe, near
Dewsbury, in the County of York, Cloth Manufacturer, 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 relates to improvements in loom pickers (particularly metal
pickers) for under-pick looms, and its object is to provide a simple and efficient
means for keeping the picker horizontal whilst it is moved to and fro.
I mount the picker on the picker spindle in the usual way and to keep it
horizontal that is to say at right angles to the plane in which the picking stick
vibrates I make the slot in the picker through which the picking stick passes with
a deep side or deep sides fitting closely against the sides of the picking stick. By
this means the picker is held horizontal by the picker spindle and picking stick
and the path of the projecting part striking the shuttle is kept parallel to the
picker spindle.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings forming a part
of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding
parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a side view of my improved picker together with the upper
part of the picking stick and also a section of the picker spindle.

page_text: Figure 2, is a plan view and Figure 3, is a back view of the same.
Figure 4, is a section of the picker only on the broken line a, b Figure 2.
The picking stick A and the spindle B are of ordinary construction. The
picker is however modified in form inasmuch as the part D of the picker
through which the stick A is passed is enlarged as shown. By this means a deep
slot E having a broad bearing from top to bottom on the picking stick is obtained
and the picker is thereby kept horizontal as it is passed to and fro on the
spindle B. The upper and lower parts of the front of the slot are preferably cut
away in order to allow the picker to work close against the back of the shuttle.
box or boxes.
The ends F of the slot are rounded or are made convex so as to admit of the
movement of the picking stick within the slot caused by its vibration when
picking. The broken lines A 2 Figure 3 show the position of the stick after a
pick has been made.
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:
The improvement in pickers, substantially as herein shown and described and
for the purpose specified.
Dated this 13th day of February 1897.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Bradford, Patent Agents.