AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING THE WEAR OF REEDS EMPLOYED IN LOOMS
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Holding, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, for the Invention of "AN IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING
THE WEAR OF REEDS EMPLOYED IN LOOMS."
Scaled the 23rd September 1870, and dated the 5th April 1876
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Holding at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th April 1876.
JOSEPH HOLDING, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer. "AN
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING THE WEAR OF REEDS EMPLOYED IN LOOMS."
My Invention relates to the reeds employed in looms for weaving. When in
action the dents of the reeds are worn by the friction of the yaru.
In a former Invention, for which Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second
day of April, in the year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, have been
granted to me, I caused the reed to be slowly raised by self-acting means as the
weaving proceeded.
The object of my present Invention is to obtain a corresponding result in a simpler
and less expensive manner. To this end I arrange the reed to be raised or lowered
at intervals by means of a screw or of screws, which is or are turned by the attendant.
In one arrangement the reed is pressed upwards by means of two springs, which act
upon short rods, the upper ends of which, or tee heads formed thereon, bear against
the lower reed shaft. Two screws formed to be turned by hand pass through the
sley "cap," and are or may be fitted at their lower ends with heads or washers,
which bear against the upper reed shaft. By turning the said screws at intervals
the reed is raised or lowered in the reed case.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by the
said Joseph Holding in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 4th October 1876.
JOSEPH HOLDING, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer. 'AN.
IMPROVED ARRANGEMENT FOR REDUCING THE WEAR OF REEDS EMPLOYED IN LOOMS."
My Invention relates to the reeds employed in looms for weaving. When in
action the dents of the reeds are worn by the friction of the yarn.
In a former Invention, for which Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second
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page_text: day of April, in the year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, have been
granted to me, I caused the reed to be slowly raised by self-acting means as the
weaving proceeded.
The object of my Invention is to obtain a corresponding result in a simpler and
less expensive manner. To this end I arrange the reed to be raised or lowered at
intervals by means of a screw or of screws, which is or are turned at intervals by the
attendant, whereby the reed is raised or lowered in the reed case.
And in order that my said Invention may be fully understood, I have appended
hereunto a Sheet of Drawings marked with letters of reference and illustrating the
application of my Invention to the "sley" of a loom.
Referring in this place to the said Drawings, Fig. 1 represents a cross section, and
Fig. 2 a front elevation of part of a "loom sley," and reed case, or "
In the said Figures, A represents the said sley, and B the said cap bar. The
cap bar."
reed a is mounted in grooves in the sley and the cap bar as is usual, these grooves
being comparatively deep in order that the reed inay be moved up and down
without leaving the grooves. A nut bis screwed to the top of the cap bar, and in
this nut a screw c is fitted to work. The lower end of the said screw is connected
with a metal clip, which is somewhat in the form of a hollow cylinder, having a
slot in one side. When the upper rod or bar of the reed is slid into the said clip the
reed becomes securely connected with the screw. The connection of the said clip
with the end of the screw is such as that the said screw can be revolved. A corre-
sponding screw nut and clip are fitted to the said cap bar at another part of its length,
so that the said reed is held in suspension by means of the two screws.
cases it may be desirable to employ more than two screws, especially in wide looms.
Supposing the reed to be in its lower position the two screws are turned at intervals
in the direction which will raise the reed to a suitable extent, as for example, the
said screws may be turned once or twice in each day. When by repeated turnings
the reed has been raised to its highest position the screws may be turned at
intervals in the direction to gradually lower it. Fig. 3 illustrates a modification in
the arrangement. In this example the reed is pressed upwards by means of rods,
one of which
seen at e, each rod being acted upon by means of a spring f. The
screw c is provided with a metal block which bears upon the reed. The screws are
turned at intervals as in the case of the example previously described.
In some
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said Invention, and
the inanner in which I carry the same into practical effect, I would have it to be
understood in conclusion that I claim―
First. The method of raising and lowering the reeds of looms, substantially as and
for the purpose set forth and indicated herein-before, and by the accompanying
Drawings.
And secondly. The employment of screws acting upon the reeds to effect the
raising and lowering of the same at intervals, substantially as and for the purpose
herein-before set forth and indicated.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Holding, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this
day of October, in the year of our Lord One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-six.
Signed and sealed by the said Joseph
Holding, in the presence of
EDWARD K. DUTTON,
Agent to the Patentee,
3, Princess Street,
Manchester.
JOSEPH HOLDING. (L.S.)