Improvements in Wire Healds and Jacquard Mails.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Healds and Jacquard Mails.
I, ARTHUR BERnoulli Barlow, of Cornbrook Heald Works, Chester Road,
Cornbrook, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Heald Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvements in wire healds and Jacquard mails relate to those healds and
mails which are formed from lengths of two pieces of wire soldered together from
end to end; when such healds are made with a hook at one or both ends to fit on
to the heald shaft such hooks are weak and liable to open out so as to interfere
with the free working of the healds; to remedy this I solder a suitably shaped
piece of metal at the end of the heald either inside or outside the hook.
In making the warp eyes or end loops in healds and Jacquard mails of the wire
specified I dispense with twisting the wires over one another and in place of such
twist I form the eye or loop in any convenient mannor and employ a small oyelet
or a short strip of metal and solder it in position over the wires to complete the eye
or loop, this oyelot or equivalent may be used at the connection of a Jacquard mail
to its lingos so as to avoid twisting the wire mail.
Dated this 1st day of February 1893
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Wire Healds and Jacquard Mails.
I, ARTHUR Bernoulli Barlow, of Cornbrook Heald Works, Chester Road,
Cornbrook, Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Heald 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:
My improvements in wire healds and Jacquard mails relate to those healds and
mails which are formed from longths of two pieces of wire soldered together from
end to end; when such healds are made with a hook at one or both ends to fit on to
the heald shaft such hooks are weak and liable to open out so as to interfere with
the free working of the healds; to remedy this I solder a suitably shaped piece of
metal at the end of the heald either inside or outside the hook.
In making the warp eyes or end loops in healds and Jacquard mails of the wire
specified I dispense with twisting the wires over one another and in place of such
|twist I form the eye or loop in any convenient manner and employ a small eyelet
or a short strip of metal and solder it in position over the wires to complete the
eye or loop, this eyelet or equivalent may be used at the connection of a Jacquard
mail to its lingoe so as to avoid twisting the wire mail.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying sheet of drawings reference being had to
the figures and lotters marked thereon.
Figs. 1 and 2 represent two views of a wire heald with a hook at each end, and
a twisted eye near the middle for the warp thread, the heald being made from a
length of two pieces of wire soldered together from end to end.
Figs. 3 and 4 aro two views of a similar heald to which my improvements are
annlied

page_text: Figs. 5 and 6 are two viows of a wire heald made from the wire described, these
heald's have a loop at each end and an eye near the centre for the warp tbread,
made according to my invention.
Fig. 7 is a wire Jacquard mail attached to a lingoe according to my invention.
In the drawings,-A represents the complete wire heald or Jacquard mail; in
Figs. 1 and 2, b is the hooked ends of the heald and c the middle or warp eye
which is formed by twisting the wires together, the twisted wires may be
subsequently soldered or not, as desired.
In Figs. 3 and 4 the hooked ends bare strengthened by hooked pieces of metal
or wire which are soldered over the hooks b and prevent such hooks opening or
getting damaged when in work, the warp eye c is made by opening the wires and
forming an eye in any convenient manner and then binding the wires at the
extremities of the eye by eyelets or metal clips c' which are soldered in position.
When oyalats are employed they are passed over the ends of the heald before the
hooks bare formed. In place of soldering the hooked pieces b' outside the hooks b
they might equally well be soldered ou the inside.
Figs. 5 and 6 represent a wire beuld with a loop d at each end and a middle or
warp eye c, the wires being connected together at the ends by cyclets or metal
clips and at the warp oye by similar clips c'.
Fig. 7 represents a Jacquard mail with a small eye e at the top to receive the
cord from the Jacquard machine and a warp eye c near the centre the bottom of
the mail being secured to a lingoe; in this mail the wires are secured together at
the top by an eyelet or clip e', soldered in position and a similar fastening clip is
employed to secure the mail to the lingoc.
The wire healds and Jacquard mails can have some of the loops or eyes made with
cyclets and others twisted but by the use of eyelets as described all twisting of the
wires can be avoided and consequently the wire is not weakened.
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 :-
In a wire heald or Jacquard mail formed from lengths of two pieces of wire
soldered together from end to end->-
1. A wire heald or Jacquard mail with a hook at one or both ends the hooks being
strengthened by an additional piece of wire or metal soldered in position,
substantially as illustrated and as described in the accompanying Specification.
2. The application of eyelets or metal clips for securing the wires together at
the loops or oyes substantially as and for the purposes described.
3. The application of an eyelet or metal clip for securing a Jacquard mail to a
lingoe substantially as described.
Dated this 1st day of November 1893.
H.. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchestor, Agents for Applicants.