Improvements in Pickers for Looms.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 12th June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 16th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 18th May, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Pickers for Looms.
I, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BENEY, of the Firm of White, Child and Beney
of 62 and 63 Queen Street Cheapside, in the City of London, Merchants, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention which has been communicated to me by
Joseph Seddon of Oberlichtenau, Chemnitz in the Kingdom of Saxony Factory
Manager to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to pickers for looms and relates to a new and improved
method of forming pickers in two respects; firstly at that part where the spindle
hole is made, and, secondly in the entire closing of both sides of the picker where
the shuttle strikes, whereby a much stronger resistance is offered to the heavy
As to the first
impact of the shuttle than in the pickers heretofore in general use.
part of my invention, the improvement at the spindle hole. In the old style of pickers
the spindle hole is made by boring two holes in the sides of the picker whereby the
little strength which the picker would otherwise have in that part is objectionably
reduced.
According to my improvement I make the spindle hole continuous through the
whole breadth of the picker and instead of boring out the spindle hole as heretofore
I press the portion of hide which forms the spindle hole outwards so as to retain
the full substance and strength of the material where it is most required, thus
enabling the picker to run on the spindle of the loom with the least possible
friction, and thus making a picker which will wear out at its spindle hole instead
of breaking.
According to this improvement the picker, examples of which are illustrated in
the accompanying drawings, is formed from two pieces of buffalo hide or other
suitable material; the inner piece forms the spindle hole a and body of the picker
and is pressed or shaped into the form shown at A. The outer portion B is formed
into a covering and is pressed over the piece A forming the finished picker C the
advantages of which are that the spindle hole is practically unbreakable and this
is obtained without increased friction on the loom spindle, also complete separation
is obtained of the picking band from the loom spindle.
The second portion of my invention relates to the entire closing of both sides of
the picker where the shuttle strikes (where in the old form of picker the sides were
left open) and by this means I obtain a very much stronger resistance to the heavy
impact of the shuttle.
The picker may be made of three pieces of buffalo hide or other suitable
materials. The first and second pieces which are represented at D and E form the
inside body of the picker as well as the spindle hole of the same.
The outside
piece F is pressed over the inside pieces and forms a substantial covering for the
whole of the picker, the same being pressed in the usual way forms the finished
picker with closed sides as shown in G.
This construction gives a great increase of strength at the part where the
shuttle strikes.
Dhis 10th
CT1001
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BENEY, of the Firm of White, Child and Beney.
of 62 and 63 Queen Street, Cheapside, in the City of London, Merchants, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed which has been communicated to me by Joseph Seddon, of Oberlichtenau,
Chemnitz, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Factory Manager, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has reference to pickers for looms and relates to a new and
improved method of forming pickers in two respects: firstly at that part where
the spindle-hole is made, and, secondly in the entire closing of both sides of the
picker where the shuttle strikes, whereby a much stronger resistance is offered to
the heavy impact of the shuttle than in the pickers heretofore in general use.
As to the first part of this invention viz. the improvement at the spindle hole.
In the old style of pickers the spindle hole is made by boring two holes in the sides
of the picker whereby the little strength which the picker would otherwise have
in that part is objectionably reduced.
According to this improvement I make the spindle hole continuous through the
whole breadth of the picker and instead of boring out the spindle hole as heretofore
I form it by pressing the portion of hide which forms the spindle hole outwards by
means of a model, or mandrel, over and on which I mould or form it so as to retain
the full substance and strength of the material where it is most required, thus
enabling the picker to run on the spindle of the loom with the least possible
friction, and thus making a picker which will wear out at its spindle hole instead
of breaking.
In the accompanying sheet of drawings are shown examples of the application
of the two parts of my invention to two forms of pickers.
Fig. 1, represents one form of picker. Figs. 2 and 3, are parts thereof.
Fig. 4, is another form of picker and Figs. 5 and 6 are parts thereof.
According to this invention one form of picker represented in Fig. 1 is formed
from two pieces of buffalo hide, or other suitable material. The inner piece forms
the spindle hole a and body of the picker and is pressed, or shaped into the form
shown at A, Fig. 2. The outer portion B is formed into a covering and is pressed
over the piece A forming the finished picker C, the advantage of which is that the
spindle hole is practically unbreakable, and this is obtained without increased
friction on the loom spindle, also complete separation is obtained of the picking
band from the loom spindle.
The second portion of my invention relates to the entire closing of both sides of
the picker where the shuttle strikes, that is to say at d in Figs. and 4, (where in
the old form of picker the sides were left open) and by this means I obtain a
very much stronger resistance to the heavy impact of the shuttle.
The picker represented in Fig. 4 may be made of three pieces of buffalo hide or
other suitable materials. The first and second pieces, which are represented in
Fig. 5 D and E form the inside body of the picker as well as the spindle hole of
the same.
The outside piece F, Fig. 6, is pressed over the inside pieces and forms
a substantial covering for the whole of the picker, the same being pressed in the
usual way forms the finished picker with closed sides as shewn in Fig. 4 G.
The preparation of the material, its treatment, the moulding of its external
form and the insertion of the metallic rivets and clamps f, shown in Figs. 1 and 4,
are all performed in the manner usually employed in the manufacture of this class
of pickers.

page_text: This construction gives greatly increased strength at the part where the shuttle
strikes.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondent I declare that what I claim is :
1. The improvements in pickers for looms substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. In pickers for looms, the formation of the spindle hole by moulding the
material over a mandrel, or model, substantially as herein before described.
3. In pickers for looms the use of the covering-piece folded over the sides of the
picker, substantially as described, where the shuttle strikes it, for the purpose of
enabling the picker to offer a stronger resistance to the impact of the shuttle.
Dated the 16th day of April 1895.
NEWNHAM BROWNE,
Agent for the Applicant.