Improvements in Looms.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 5th Apr., 1898-Accepted, 18th June, 1898
Improvements in Looms.
I, DANIEL MUNSON SEATON, of 24, Montgomery Street, City and County of San
Francisco, California, United States of America, Lawyer, 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 invention relates to improvements in the class of looms in which weft threads
are laid in the warp in definite lengths, and the object of the invention is more
particularly to produce the fabric in which the weft threads are laid in the web in the
form of a series of independent loops or loop lengths; each loop binding with its
bight one edge of the web, the independent loops being so disposed as to bind the
web first at one side of the fabric and then at the other.
The invention comprises improved means for feeding the weft threads, means for
carrying them across the shed, means for measuring off and cutting definite lengths
of the weft threads, means for releasing the weft threads after they are carried across
the shed, and for taking hold of new threads, and means for arresting the flight of.
the shuttle and thereupon advancing it to the weft thread feeders. And in connection
therewith, I have provided an improved tension device for the weft threads to act
upon them during their passage to the feeding devices, and also improved means for
stopping the loom if the shuttle does not reach its destination.
The devices above mentioned are so combined together that the measuring and
cutting devices will measure off and cut proper lengths of weft thread, that the ends
of weft threads will be fed to a thread carrier or shuttle, that the shuttle will grasp
the threads and carry them across the shed, that the shuttle will be arrested in its
flight and then moved to the adjacent feeding devices at one side of the loom, that
the movement of the lay will be arrested if the shuttle does not reach its final posi-
tion when thrown across the shed, and that the tension device will regulate the
freedom of movement of the weft thread as it is being drawn, either by the shuttle
in the first instance, or by the measuring device in the second.
I have aimed to arrange the several devices and mechanisms upon the loom so that
the same can be very quickly adjusted for different widths of webs, said devices and
mechanisms at each end of the beam being mounted upon an attachment in the
form of a sleeve adapted to be slid over the end of the working beam or lay where
it is held adjustably so that by simply sliding the attachment on the end of the
beam all the said devices at that end will be changed in location for a different width
of fabric.
The invention also embraces the novel details of improvement and the combina-
tions of parts that will be more fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in
the claims.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof,
wherein,
Figure 1 is a front view of the working beam with its attachments and the
operating mechanisms in connection therewith.
Figure 1A, is a side elevation of a loom looking from the left in Figure 1.
Figure 1B, is a plan view of the loom.

page_text: is a vertical cross section of the loom.
Figure
Figure 2 is a rear view of the lay, showing the attachments carried thereby and the
means for operating them.
Figure 3 is an end view of the upper part of Figure 2, looking from the left in
Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a plan view of Figure 2.
Figure 5 is a front view of the right-hand end of the lay with its attachments
enlarged.
Figure 6 is a plan view of Figure 5.
Figure 7 is an enlarged rear view of the left-hand end of the lay with its
attachments.
Figure 7A, is a vertical cross section on the line 7, 7%, in Figure 7, through the
lay and the adjustable housing carried thereby.
Figure 8 is a front view of the weft tension, weft measuring, and weft feeding
devices at the left-hand end of the lay or working beam.
Figure 9 is a vertical section on the line 9, 9 looking from the right.
Figure 10 is a rear view of Figure 8.
Figure 11 is a detail view of the cam for operating the measurer.
Figure 12 is a detail view of the feed and cutting mechanisms,
Figure 13 is a sectional view on line 13, 13 of Figure 12.
Figure 14 is a view similar to Figure 13 with the parts in a different position.
Figure 15 is a sectional view on line 15, 15 of Figure 12.
Figure 16 is a sectional view on line 16, 16 of Figure 12.
Figure 17 is a detail sectional view of the tension device.
Figure 18 is a detail view of the cam for operating the feed head or slide.
Figure 19 is an end view of Figure 5.
Figures 20 and 21 are detail views relating to the stopping device for the loom,
the former being a front view of part of the lay or working beam, and the
latter, a sectional view thereof, showing also in section a portion of the breast
beam.
Figure 22 is a plan view of the shuttle partly in section.
Figure 23 is a front view of the same, partly in section.
Figure 24 is a detail sectional view, enlarged, of one end of the shuttle.
Figure 25 is a sectional view on line 25-25 of Figure 23.
Figure 26 is a sectional detail view through the lay and the shuttle box showing
the shuttle opener.
Figure 27 is a detail plan view of part of the shuttle with the shuttle opener in its
depressed position.
Figures 28 and 29 are views similar to Figures 26 and 27 with the parts in a
different position.
Figure 30 shows the cam for operating the shuttle openers.
Figure 31 is a detail view of the shuttle-push and picker-stick-stop, parts being in
section.
Figure 32 is a similar view with the parts in a different position.
Figure 33 is a plan view, partly in section, of the parts shown in Figure 32.
Figure 34 is a detail view of a cam.
Figure 35 is a plan view of the lay or working beam and the breast beam, showing
automatic stop connections for stopping the loom in case of failure of the shuttle to
operate properly. The shuttle race is shown in section.
Figures 36 and 37 are enlarged details of parts of Figure 31, and,
Figure 38 is a detail end view, looking from the left in Figure 1, of part of the
frame and lay, showing the relation of the parts that act to stop the loom if the
shuttle is not thrown sufficiently far across the loom.
"In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters and numerals of reference
indicate corresponding parts in the several views, 1ª, indicates generally the frame of
the loom, 1 is à crank shaft, and 2 the harness operating shaft, all of which parts may
be of usual or suitable construction, it being understood that the improvements
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page_text: hereinafter described are applicable to almost any form of loom now in use. At 3 is
a rotative cam shaft, which replaces the ordinary rocking shaft, said cam shaft carrying
cams that operate the various devices comprising the improvements as hereinafter
explained. Motion is communicated from the crank shaft 1 to the shaft 3, through
sprocket chains 4, 5, the sprocket chains passing over suitable sprocket wheels 4", 5",
which are journaled on the shaft 2, and are connected together. The chain, 4, passes
over a sprocket 4b, carried by shaft 1, and the chain 5, passes over a sprocket 5b,
carried by shaft 3, (see Figure 1º), the arrangement being such that shafts 1, 2, and 3,
rotate in the same direction. But it is evident that shaft 3, may be otherwise rotated
if desired. A, indicates the lay or working beam of the loom which is supported by
the rocker arms a¹, and a² is the reed, all of which parts may be generally of usual
construction, the lay being connected with the crank shaft 1, by links t, as usual.
At each end of the lay or working beam A, are mounted weft thread feeding
devices F, which are shown in detail in Figures 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 19, 31, 32, and 33. These feeding devices are arranged to present the severed
ends of the weft thread to a weft-carrier or shuttle that travels on the lay. My
improved feeding devices are arranged as follows: F4, is a reciprocative head or plate
which is carried by guides or rods F2, F3, that pass through suitable apertures in
enlargements F12, on said head (see Figures 12, 13, 14, 15). The guides F2, F3, are
carried by a frame or bracket F, that is supported by the lay A, the frame F¹ being
open to allow the feeding head F, to reciprocate. The head F, carries a thread-
guiding tube through which the weft threads a pass from bobbins B, located at the
side of the loom. This guiding tube t' directs the thread a horizontally to the
feeding, measuring and cutting devices. The feeding head Ft, has recesses or open
mouths f, f, on one side, one beneath the other (see Figure 8), and the thread from
the delivery end of tube t¹ depends across one or both of said mouths. f;f, f, f³, are
springs or spring fingers carried by the head F, and they are adapted to hold the
depending part of the thread x, against the contiguous portion of the head F4,
across the mouths A, 5, to be in the path of the shuttle. These springs are shown
connected by a pin or rod f, that is adapted, when moved outwardly, to corre-
spondingly move said springs and thus relieve the holding tension on the thread to
enable it to be freely drawn by the measuring device hereinafter described.
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and
S is a thread-carrier or shuttle adapted to travel along the lay through the shed
and having nippers or jaws 8, 81, at its ends adapted to grasp the thread e as it depends
across the open mouths, f, of the feeder F4, as will be more fully explained herein-
after. As the threads are to be measured and cut in proper lengths to reach across
the shed, suitable cutting devices are provided which are located between the
mouths f, f, so as to sever the thread at that point, and means are provided for
reciprocating the feeder so as to first present one mouth to the nippers of the shuttle,
and then the other mouth, so that the shuttle will draw a length of thread from the
mouth, directly from the bobbin B, and will then draw the measured and cut
portion of the thread from the mouth, thus forming the loops of weft thread before
mentioned.
The thread cutting devices I have shown are as follows: F5 is a cutting blade
secured to the head or plate F4, and located between the mouths f, and F, is a
movable cutting blade to co-act with the blade F5, the blade F being pivotally carried
by head F4, on pivot Fy, carried by said head (see Figures 12, 13, 14, 15). It is
designed that the movement of blade F6, outwardly, after having cut a thread, shall
act to move the springs f, f¹, f, f³, away from the thread x, to release the latter, so
that the thread may be drawn between said springs and the head F4, while it is being
measured, the springs serving to hold the thread while it is being cut by the blades.
For this purpose I have so located one end of blade Fe, that it will act upon the rod f³,
and thereby push the latter outwardly, which in turn will carry the springs f,ƒª¹‚ƒ²‚ƒ³
away from head F, as shown in Figure 13, the blade Fe being shown provided with a
notch to engage rod fo. It is also designed that during and by the reciprocative
movements of the head F4, the blade Fo will be operated. For this purpose, I have
shown the blade F6 provided at one end with a pin or roller F7, that is adapted to

page_text: engage a cam piece F8, fixed on the frame or bracket F¹, said cam piece having a plain
surface on one side, and on the opposite side a reduced portion F1, a shoulder Fx, and an
extended portion F11 (see Figure 16). A spring F, carried by the frame F", has a curved
lower end which lies in front of the surface F19, of cam plate Fs, and a spring F1, carried
by frame F1, has a curved end which lies in front of the extended surface F1, of
cam plate F8. The position of pin or roller F7, of blade F, relatively to cam plate F³,
is such that, as the feeding head F4, rises from its lowest position the pin or roller F7
will strike the beveled end F³, of cam plate F8, to cause the pin F7, to ride along the
flat face of said cam, whereupon the blade F, will be turned to open the shears, and
it will, at the same time, press rod fo, outwardly, and thus move the springs f,f,f,f³,
away from head F'. As said head reaches the top of its stroke, the pin or roller F,
will pass from the cam plate, and said springs will move the blade F, back, until the
pin F, encounters the spring Fº, and as the feeding-head descends, said pin will first pass
along the face F19, of cam F, will then encounter shoulder Fx, which moves the blade
to cut the thread, and to let the holders or springs ƒ, f¹, f², ƒ³, fall back to clamp the
cut ends of the thread, and then, as the pin F7 passes beneath the cam plate the
spring F10 will move the pin F7 sideways, as shown in Figure 16. At the time that
the head F is rising and the blade Fo holds the springs f, f, f2, 3, away from the
head F, a thread a that is being measured is enabled to pass between said head and
said springs to be held by said springs, while the blades are cutting the thread. The
open position of the blade F and of the springs f, f, f, f, is shown in Figure 13;
the cutting position of the blade is shown in Figure 14, and the intermediate position
of the blade while the springs are pressing against the head F4, and the blade is idle
is shown in Figure 15.
It will be understood that a set of thread feeding and cutting devices are located
at each end of the lay. Also, that any suitable means may be provided for operating
said feeding and cutting devices, the means I have shown being as follows:
Upon the shaft 3 are mounted cams 8, 11, from which extend rods 13, 14, that are
connected with bell crank levers, 15, 16, pivotally carried by the lay, and from the
levers 15, 16, extend rods 17, 18, preferably made adjustable lengthwise, the
rods 17, 18, being connected with bell crank levers 19, 20, pivotally carried by
the lay, and the levers 19, 20, are connected with links 21, 22, that are pivotally
connected with the head or plate F*.
By preference, the threads a from the bobbins B, pass through tension devices T, T.
The tension devices I have shown consist of hollow or tubular holders which are
supported at the ends of the lay outside of the feeding devices, the holders T being
located about in line with the receiving ends of the thread guiding tubes t¹. Within
the holder T is placed fabric T2, which serves to retard the passage of the thread or
yarn through the holder and thus places a tension upon it.
The fabric I use for the
purpose has a long nap, and I preferably provide plush which serves as a lining for
the holder T. This fabric retards the passage of the yarn, by reason of the frictional
contact between the latter and the nap, and, at the same time, while the necessary
tension is given the thread or yarn, a yielding surface is presented, rendering it
unlikely that the yarn will be broken in its passage through the holder. As shown in
Figures 8 and 17, I secure the holder T to a slotted arın t, extending outwardly
from the lower part of frame F¹, and the holder T is adjustable laterally on this arm
by means of the slot t2, and a bolt or screw t³, extending from the holder and passing
through said slot as shown in Figure 10. By this means the holder T may be
adjusted laterally with relation to the tube t¹, so as to cause more or less friction to
be applied to the yarn or thread x, as it is drawn through the holder T.
By preference, the fabric lining T2, of the holder T, extends slightly above and
below the ends of the holder T, to prevent the thread or yarn from being broken by
contact with the edges of said holder.
It will be understood that the devices so far described operate as follows: In the
lower position of the feeding head F, the mouth f is in line with the nippers of the
thread carrier or shuttle S upon the lay A, so that when the shuttle is presented to
-the feeder, its nippers or jaws may grasp the thread x at the mouth ft. When the

page_text: shuttle grasps a thread and is thrown across the shed, it draws a supply of thread
through the tube t, and lays it in the shed. Before the shuttle releases the end of
the thread, an additional quantity of said thread is measured and cut off from
the supply at the feed device F, at the side of the loom from which the thread was
drawn, sufficient in amount to reach across the web a second time, in order to lay a
length of weft in the form of a loop and the feeder is moved up to bring its mouth,
in line with the shuttle.
For this purpose I have provided a measuring device that is arranged to measure
the proper quantity of thread and to place it in position to be cut to a proper length
by the blades F5, F6.
The measurer I have shown is arranged as follows:
M is a reciprocative head shown provided with a tubular sleeve m³, that is mounted
on a vertical guide rod m², carried by the bracket or frame parts f", ml, Figure 10
carried at the end of the lay.
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The measuring head M Figure 9 has a tumbler or finger mt, which is shown of
right-angular form, pivoted in a bifurcation on the head M. The tumbler m has
a notch m*, and said tumbler is adapted to travel across the line of the thread x, as
passes from the tube to the warp, and the notch mx of tumbler m², is adapted to
engage said thread. (See Figures 8 and 9.) The head M is provided with a
spring m³, which bears against tumbler m², and is adapted to hold it in either
position shown by dotted lines in Figure 9. The tumbler m² is adapted to travel in
a slot or space between two guides m, m³, which are internally grooved to receive
the thread, or this guide may be in the form of a tube having a slot to receive the
tumbler m². The guides m, m³, are supported by the frame part or bracket m", or
otherwise held at the end of the lay. In "the path of the tumbler, at a suitable
distance below the feeder, is a stop mo, that is adapted to engage the arms of the
tumbler, so that the tumbler in its descent will be tipped back by said stop into the
position shown by dotted lines at the lower part of Figure 9, and as the tumbler
rises, said stop will tip it again to its normal operating position, as shown by dotted
lines at about the centre of Figure 9.
The stop m³ is preferably made adjustable so as to regulate the distance that the
ineasurer may move downwards before the tumbler m is tipped, and thus regulate
the amount of thread to be measured.
For this purpose, I have shown the stop m³ as carried by a threaded rod mo, which
is held adjustably on the bracket m11, by the wing and set nuts ms, m.
The arrangement is such, that in the normal position of the measurer M, the
tumbler mt will extend across the path of the thread x, as it passes from the tube t¹
to the shed as indicated in Figures 8 and 9, and when the measurer descends it
will draw down said thread, thereby drawing a supply from the bobbin B,
and carrying the thread down in the form of a loop, until the tumbler m²
engages the stop m³, which will tilt the tumbler backwards and thus release the
thread.
The feeder rises as the measurer descends, and the feeder completes its upward
stroke as the measurer completes its downward stroke. The part of the thread
that has been previously carried across the shed will be held in the shed
by the nippers of the shuttle while the measurer is measuring off a new length of
thread.
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As the thread is thus measured, one part of it will pass between the head. F4, and
the springs of the holders f, f¹, f2, ƒ³, and between the blades F5, F, which are
opened at this time.
After the thread is thus measured, the feeder is moved so as to bring its mouth f
in line with the path of the shuttle, and the thread will meanwhile be cut by the
blades, so that when the shuttle is next thrown back to the feeder, it will be enabled
to grasp the severed end of the part of the thread that has been measured off to draw
that part of the thread through the shed.
It will be understood that a measuring device will be located at both ends of the
lay, and that any suitable means may be provided for operating the measurers.

page_text: The means I have shown for this purpose are as follows:
Upon the shaft 3, are mounted cams 7 and 12, which are adapted to reciprocate
rods 23, 24, that are connected with bell-crank levers 25, 26, pivotally carried by the
lay, and froin these levers extend rods 27, 28, that are connected with bell-crank
levers 29, 30, also pivotally carried by the lay and which are in turn pivotally
connected with links 31, 32, the latter being pivoted to the measuring heads M, or to
their sleeves m³.
From the foregoing it will be understood that the thread-feeder first presents one
end of the thread x, to the nippers of the shuttle; that the shuttle draws the thread
through the shed; that thereafter the measurer measures off a proper quantity of
thread to extend across the shed, and the blades cut the same to the required length;
that the feeder moves to present the severed end of the thread in line with the path
of the shuttle, and that the shuttle next comes back, carrying a length of thread x¹
with it, and grasps said presented end of the thread so as to carry same through the
shed, thereupon laying in the shed a double-length thread in the form of a loop, and
upon the next return of the shuttle, it brings the severed length of thread x¹,
likewise laying the second loop in the shed." These actions cause the thread to
assume the form of a loop, with its bight at the selvage nearest the feed end of the
lay, while the free ends of the loop are laid by the shuttle in the opposite edge of
the web.
The shuttle or thread carrier I have shown, is arranged as follows: The main
body of the shuttle consists of a hollow box, preferably made of sheet metal, having
one side open. The shuttle may, however, be made of any suitable material, and
may be pressed into shape if made of metal, or put together in any desired manner.
The body portion of the shuttle is substantially rectangular, and is adapted to travel
back and forth on the lay or working beam in well-known manner. At opposite ends
the shuttle has nippers or gripping jaws 8, 81, the parts being fixed and the part s¹
being movable. The movable part of the nippers is shown in the form of an arm or
lever pivoted between its ends, as at 82, one end thereof passing within the shuttle,
and being so arranged that its inner end will normally project through the longitudinal
opening in the side of the shuttle. At the inner end of the arm 3, of the movable
jaw, is preferably located a roller 84 (see Figures 22 and 24) adapted to ride against a
shuttle opener to be explained. The movable jaw is held normally closed, and in
contact with the fixed jaw s, by means of a spring. I have shown a spring 85,
connected with the jaw s¹, in front of its pivot, and at the other end it is connected
with the main body of the shuttle, being shown connected to a projection so, which
may be pressed in from the metal of the shuttle, or otherwise secured thereto. This
projection 8 may have a series of holes to permit adjustment of the spring s to
vary its tension. The fixed jaws 8 of the shuttle may be made in one piece with the
body of the shuttle, or in separate pieces attached thereto. At opposite ends of the
shuttle are shoulders S¹, to abut against picker sticks as hereinafter shown. The
shuttle or thread carrier above described forins the subject of an independent
application of even date herewith.
As the yarn or thread is fed to the shuttle, the jaws or nippers grip it a little above
its end and the thread is held between the jaws in substantially hooked form, and in
order to straighten this end out, when the shuttle reaches the limit of its movement,
I have provided the movable jaw s¹, with a pin or projection s', adapted to enter an
aperture s8, in the fixed jaw of the shuttle. The shuttle is to be so inoved toward the
thread that the pin 87 will pass beyond the thread, and when the jaws are opened to
release the thread, the pin s7 will act upon the hooked end of the thread to straighten
out the thread.
As the inner end of the movable jaw of the nippers projects partially through the
longitudinal opening S*, in the front wall of the shuttle, the said end of the jaw might
encounter an obstruction as the shuttle travels, which would open the nippers before
the proper time. To prevent such a contingency, I provide the shuttle with a pro-
tector for the movable jaw, and for this purpose I have shown the edge of the upper
wall of the shuttle as projecting outwardly beyond the lower wall, as shown

page_text: at all in Figure 25. The edges of both walls along the opening Sx are shown bent
inwardly. Thus it will be seen that the roller s projects outwardly beyond the lower
wall 8, but lies within the edges". This enables what I term shuttle-openers to be thrown
up into the path of the rollers st without engaging the wall 812, as hereinafter explained.
It is designed that, as the shuttle is picked across the loom, it will stop before it
reaches the end of its path and will then be moved by suitable means to its final.
position, to enable its grippers to grasp the end of the weft thread.
In this position
of rest of the shuttle, before it is given its final movement, it still holds the end of
the weft thread which it has just carried through the web, until the warp threads
close together and partially hold the thread which has just been laid; and, during the
time, while the shuttle holds the thread at one end of the loom, the thread at the
opposite side of the loom is being measured off, to form the second strand of the loop
length, or else the shuttle has drawn such second length of the loop through the web.
In either case, the shuttle is to be given a final movement so as to finally draw the
thread completely through the warp, and to present the nippers at the forward end of
the shuttle in position to grasp a new thread end, after which the shuttle is again
picked across the loom. In the final movement of the shuttle, its jaws are opened by
the shuttle openers, as hereinafter described, to release the thread drawn through the
warp and to grasp a new thread end, and the shuttle is next released from its stop
and pusher and free to be returned across the shed by the picker stick.
The means I have shown for checking the flight of the shuttle, for moving it to its
final position, and, for opening the shuttle nippers, to release one thread and to grasp
another thread, are as follows: R is a shuttle race or receiver at each end of the lay.
It is in the form of a housing having open ends, the shuttle receiving end R¹ being
preferably flared so as to readily receive the shuttle, the interior of the race being of a
suitable area to receive the shuttle S (see Figures 5, 6, 7, 7", 31, 32, 33 and 35). On
the upper side of the race R is secured a casing P3, preferably having open ends, and
within this casing is a slide P5, one side of which is provided with a recess P+, or is in
casing form, open on the bottom, the slide P5 being properly guided within the
casing Ps. The outer end of the slide P5 projects from the casing and carries a stop
Po, shown in the form of an angle piece, having a depending arm and secured to the
slide P5. The picker stick P7 is adapted to abut against this stop P, as shown in
dotted lines in Figure 1, and the shoulder S₁ of the shuttle S is alapted to abut against
the picker stick when within the race R, whereby the upper end of the picker stick will
be confined between the stop Po, and shoulder S₁, as shown in Figure 31. The stop po
is removably secured to the siide P³, to enable it to be replaced when worn. This
stop Po serves to limit the movement of the picker stick towards the feeding device F,
until the slide P5 is positively moved towards said feeding device. Suitable ineans
are provided for positively moving the slide P5 back and forth, to carry the shuttle to
its final position and to also place the slide in position to arrest the flight of the shuttle
before it reaches its final position. For this purpose I have provided an arm P2,
adjustably carried by a sliding rod P¹, mounted in bearings on the side of the lay
(preferably its inner side), and from the arın P2, extends a pin or projection Ps, that
passes through a slot Px, in one wall of the housing P³ (see Figure 33). The pin P
engages the slide P5 and thereby, as the rod P is reciprocated, the slide P5
will be correspondingly moved. The action of the parts is positive, so that,
until the slide is positively moved, neither the shuttle nor the picker stick
can complete their movements towards the weft thread feeding devices. The
slide P is adapted, when moved toward the feeding device F, to carry the shuttle with
it, and for this purpose said slide carries a stop or pawl P which is located within the
opening P of said slide and is adapted to pass through an opening 1, in the race R
(see Figures 31 and 33). A spring p', interposed between the stop P and the slide P³
tends to depress said stop. The stop P is adapted to engage the shuttle S when the
latter comes to rest in the race R, to check the rebound of said shuttle, while also
serving to carry the shuttle along with the slide P5 when the latter is positively moved.
For this purpose, I have shown the top of the wall of the shuttle S, provided with
openings 8, 80, that are adapted to register with the opening in the race R into

page_text: which openings &", 810 the corresponding stops P at the ends of the lay are adapted to
pass (see Figure 31). Thus, when the shuttle enters the race R, the slide P5 and the
stop P will be in the position shown in Figure 32. When the shuttle enters the race,
its shoulder S¹, will encounter the picker stick, thereby arresting the flight of the
shuttle, and the stop P will pass through the slot r in the race and enter the corres- 5
ponding slot 8 or 10 in the shuttle, thereby checking the rebound of the shuttle, and
the shuttle is held between the stop P and the picker stick, and the parts remain in
this position until the lay is within about an inch of the end of its beat, and until the
threads of the web close together and partially hold the thread that has just been laid
in the web. While the slide P³, is being carried forward to present the nippers of the 1
shuttle to the feeding device, the stop or paw! P, that pushes the shuttle, is to be
moved from engagement with the shuttle, and for this purpose I have shown a pin or
projection p, carried by the stop P and projecting through a suitable slot in the wall
of the slide P5, and in the path of a cam plate p², carried by the housing P³ in such
position that the pin p may ride upon the cam to move the stop P away from the
shuttle S (see Figure 32).
Any suitable means may be provided for positively moving the slide P5, or, in other
words, for reciprocating the rod P¹. For this purpose, I have shown a cam 9
arranged upon shaft 3, and adapted to operate a rod 40 that is pivotally connected
with a bell-crank lever 41, pivotally carried by the lay A, the crank 41 being
connected with rod P¹ (see Figure 2), and thus, as the latter is reciprocated, the
slides P5, at opposite ends of the lay, will be moved simultaneously. By preference,
the upper end of the picker stick is provided with buffers P, P10 of leather, rubber or
other suitable material, to deaden the blows as the shuttle strikes the picker stick,
and as the picker stick strikes the stop Po, these buffers also reduce wear on the
parts.
It will be understood that, as the shuttle enters the race R, it will strike the picker
stick, and will be locked to slides P5 by the stop or pawl P; that thereupon one
slide P5 will be moved toward the feeding device at one end of the lay and the other
slide away from the feeding device at the opposite end of the lay; that just before
the slide P5 has reached the end of its final movement, the stop or pawl P will be
operated to release the shuttle; that the picker stick will thereupon be released,
and, also, that the nippers at both ends of the shuttle will be opened as the shuttle
is carried forward by the slide P³, the nippers at one end releasing the thread carried
through the shed, and the nippers at the other end of the shuttle opening to
grasp a thread end at either mouth f, f, of feeder F4, and then closing upon the
thread.
Any suitable means may he provided for operating the nippers or jaws of the
shuttle to release one thread, and grasp a new thread. The means I have shown
being arranged as follows:
In one side wall, the race R has openings R2, through which project shuttle openers
or arms V, VI, which are adapted to be moved up and down or into or out of alignment
with the rollers 84 of the shuttle S (see Figure 26). The openers V, V₁ are shown
adjustably secured upon a rock shaft by set screws, so that the movement of the
openers or arms may be properly adjusted. The shaft vis journaled in bearings or
brackets v, carried at the end of the lay, and there are two such openers at
each end of the lay, one being to open the nippers or jaws at the thread-
releasing end of the shuttle, and the other to open the nippers at the thread-
receiving end thereof. The opener at the entrance to race R will operate one
nipper to release a thread from the shuttle and the other opener will operate the
thread-grasping nippers. By preference the working ends of the openers V, V₁ are
provided with shoes or wearing pieces Vo, Figures 6, 27 and 29 which are preferably
made of hardened steel, and locked in position to engage the rollers 84. By preference,
also, the shoes Vo are adjustable toward and from the race R, and for this purpose, I
have shown them provided with slots V, that receive screws V³, that are threaded in
the openers V, V₁. As shown in Figures 27, 29, the shoes Ve are placed in recesses
in the face of the openers. These adjustable shoes V6 enable accurate adjustment

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to be made, so that the movable jaws of the nippers will open properly, and also
serve to take up wear at the ends of the openers. The shaft is to be rocked at the
proper time and for this purpose I have shown a rock shaft V3 journaled in bearing V4,
carried by the lay, the shaft V3 being connected with the shafts v by links v¹. There
is a shaft and openers V, V₁ at each end of the lay. The shaft V3 is rocked by means
of a cam 10, carried by shaft 3, operating a pitman 33 that is connected with an
arm 34, secured to a shaft V3. The parts are so timed that the openers V, VI are
moved into line with the movable jaws 8¹, or the rollers & of the nippers just before
the pushers or pawls P and the slides P5 give the shuttle its final movement.
the relation of the parts is such that, when the shuttle enters the race and is locked
to the pusher P, P³, it comes to rest with the rollers 84 at one side of the
openers V, VI, that is to say, the side nearest the shed (see Figure 27), so that, when
the openers are moved into line with the rollers st, and the shuttle is carried forward
by the pusher P, P5, said openers will act to open the nippers to cause them to
release a thread carried through the shed, and to straddle a new thread, the openers
releasing the movable jaws of the nippers to allow them to close, so that the nippers
adjacent to the thread feeder F may grasp a thread. The projecting wall 11 of the
shuttle has bevelled ends 13 to engage the openers V, V1 (see Figure 23).
The feeding, cutting and measuring devices, the tension, the race, the shuttle
pushers and the shuttle openers may all be connected with the lay in any suitable
manner; but, in order that a loom may produce fabric of different widths, I provide
means for adjustably mounting the said devices upon the lay so that they may be
adjusted laterally, relatively to the shed, the arrangement being such that different
lengths of weft thread may be measured off and carried through the shed, in
accordance with a determined width of shed. For this purpose, I have shown a
housing or sleeve A², mounted upon the lay, to which the feeding and measuring
devices, the tension device, the shuttle pusher and the shuttle openers are
attached.
The housing or sleeve A², as shown in Figure 7A, is open on the bottom and
straddles the lay, and it also has a longitudinal slot A3, which aligns with the slot A4
in the lay for the passage of the picker stick P7, which projects into the race R.
The top wall of the housing or sleeve A2 has a slot or recess w, that extends
parallel with the picker stick slot A³, and the lay A may have a slot w¹ in line with
slot w (see Figure 7). The slot w opens at the end of the housing A2 nearest the
feeding devices. The purpose of the slot is to receive the thread as it is drawn
from the feeder F, so as to keep it from becoming entangled with the picker, and
the slot w allows the thread to pass well below the working surface within the race R.
The race R is shown attached to the housing A2, and the brackets m¹, F1, the
supports for the levers 20, 30, 19 and 29, and the bearings for the shafts V, V³ and
rod PI are also attached to said housing. The link connections 17, 18 and 27, 28
are made extensible, so that they may be adjusted as to length to suit the adjustment
of the housings or sleeves A2, with the various devices supported thereby, along
the lay. It will be understood that there is a housing A² with the attached
feeding, measuring, cutting, tension and shuttle-pushing device and their operative
connections at each end of the lay. A¹ are bolts for holding the housings or
sleeves A2 upon the lay A and, in addition thereto, I have shown said housings or
sleeves provided with longitudinal slots at, adapted to receive screws that enter
the lay (see Figure 1).
The means I have shown, to stop the movement of the lay, if the shuttle does not
travel the full extent, are as follows:
At either end of the loom, at a point near the outer end of the shuttle race, which
is slotted to permit of its passage, is pivoted a plate J. This plate is pivoted at its
outer end, and so that the edge of its inner end may project through the slot 3 in
the side of the shuttle race R, into the path of the shuttle S, so that the shuttle will
strike the plate as it comes home after being picked across the lay. The plate J has
an arm j, which projects outwardly away from the shuttle race R, and engages with a
finger J, which is vertically mounted upon the end of a shaft J², secured to and
B

page_text: running horizontally across the front of the lay or work beam A of the loom. At the
center of the lay, an L-shaped lever J³ is mounted upon the shaft J2, and directly
thereunder a dagger J is loosely mounted upon the shaft V3 in such manner that it
is free to turn thereon. A friction roller is carried by the bifurcated end of the
lever J³, adapted to engage or impinge against the dagger J A flat, curved
spring j2, fastened to the bottom of the lay or work beam, presses against the lower
side of the dagger J', and presses same upwardly. It will be observed that, when
the shuttle S comes home into the race R, it strikes against the plate J, throwing
said plate outwardly, the arm j striking the finger J₁ and causing it to rock the
shaft J2 and, consequently, to depress the lever J³, the friction roller of which then
rides upon and depresses the dagger J', whilst, if the shuttle S does not come fully
home to grasp the thread end properly, it will not strike the plate J at all, or if it
should strike the plate, then not with strength enough to throw the plate outwardly
with sufficient force to cause the lever J³ to be depressed against the dagger J4,
and, in consequence thereof, the said dagger will remain in an elevated position.
To the underside of the breast beam K, I pivot a long lever K¹, one end of which
(the end opposite the dagger J4) is enlarged so that its edge K projects beyond the
side face of the beam K, and directly in the path of the dagger J4, as the latter is
carried forward and backward during the beat of the lay. If the shuttle S comes
fairly home and strikes the plate J so as to depress the dagger J4, the latter will be
depressed so that it will not strike the lever K¹, but if the shuttle S does not come
home properly to take the next thread and it will not strike the plate J so that the
dagger J4 will not be depressed, consequently the dagger J' will strike the lever K¹
during the beat of the lay, and operate the same. The lever K¹ has a long arm
reaching out to a little beyond the side of the loom. A slotted bracket K¹¹ is attached
to the side of the loom. A second lever K2 is pivoted to the outer end of the
bracket K". The slot of the bracket K¹ is L-shaped and is adapted to receive and
retain the vertical hand lever K³, pivoted to the side of the frame. A horizontal
lever K is keyed to the hand lever K³, and is also pivoted at about half its length to
the side of the loom (not shown) and at its other end is connected with a friction
clutch, controlling the operation of the loom (Figure 1). When the loom is
operating, the hand lever K³ is retained in the part K³ of the slot in the bracket K"
and the two parts of the friction clutch on the operating shaft of the loom are thereby
brought into engagement, and motion is communicated to all the operating parts of
the loom and will continue to be so communicated so long as the hand lever K³ is
held in the part K* of the slot. When, however, the shuttle S does not come fairly
home so as to take the next thread end, the plate J is not thrown outwardly so that
its arm will not strike the finger J¹ and, consequently, the dagger J4 will not be
depressed, but will strike the projection edge of the lever K¹, thereby causing the
long arm of the lever K¹ to strike the lever K2, which, in turn, will force the hand
lever K³ out of the part K' of the L-shaped slot in the bracket piece K", thereby
bringing the two parts of the friction clutch of the loom out of engagement, by
means of the lever K and stopping the loom. The shuttle has inclined ends S¹ to
engage the plates J.
The complete operation of a loom equipped with the devices described, may be ex-
plained as follows:
The weft threads are drawn from the bobbins B, passed through the tension
devices T and through the tubes t¹, and pass between the spring f, f, f, f³ and the
feeding head F4, so as to depend across the open mouths f, fo thereof, and the
shuttle is placed upon the lay, to be picked across the same by the picker sticks in
well-known manner. The shuttle, when properly moved by the pusher at one end of
the lay, say at the right in Figure 1, grasps the free end of a thread x, and when
thrown by the picker carries the thread through the shed and is brought to rest by
the stop and pusher P, P5, at the opposite end of the lay, the shuttle holding the end
of the thread about one-half inch inside the shed, so that upon the closing of the
shed the warp threads will engage and hold the weft thread. When the warp threads
have closed upon the weft threads just drawn the lay is within about an inch of the

page_text: end of its beat, and the shuttle is then pushed outside of the shed by its pusher, thus
leaving the end of the thread within the web. Just before the shuttle releases the
end of said thread, an additional quantity of said thread is measured and cut off
from the supply at the feed devices F, at the right of the loom sufficient in amount
to reach across the web a second time, in order to form a length of weft in the shape
of a loop. This measuring and cutting of the thread is accomplished by the
measurer and feeder, and as the measurer moves downwardly the feeding plate or
head F4, is raised vertically, during which time the blades F5, F6, are opened and the
springs f, f, f, f, are moved away from the head F4, by the cam plate F³. When
the tumbler m of the measurer reaches the stop mo, it will be tilted back to release.
the thread drawn down in the form of a loop. The feed plate reaches its uppermost
position at the same time the measurer completes its downward stroke. The feed
plate immediately descends, and when the pin F7 of the blade F rides behind
cam F, the shears partly close, and are completely closed when said pin reaches the
shoulder Fx of cam F8, causing the shears to cut the thread and let the springs f, ƒ³,
f2, f³, fall back to clamp the cut ends of the thread when the feeding head F* reaches
such a point in its descent as will present the open mouth f³ in line with the nippers
on the shuttle.
When this point is reached the feed plate stops. At the opposite or left hand end
of the lay, where the shuttle was first thrown as stated, just before it was moved by
the pusher toward the feeding devices, the openers V, V1, were moved up into the
path of the movable jaws of the shuttle and as the shuttle was pushed past said
openers, its nippers were opened, one end releasing the thread drawn through the
shed, the other end straddling the thread at the feeding devices F4, the openers then
being moved down to release the nippers, to enable them to grasp the thread end a¹.
The shuttle is thereupon thrown back to the right hand end of the lay, carrying the
thread through the shed, is caught by the stop and push thereat, the shuttle openers
rise into the path of the movable jaws of the nippers, and the shuttle is pushed for-
ward to receive the thread at the mouth of the feeding head F*, the shuttle thereby.
releasing the thread just drawn across and grasping the new thread end in manner before
explained. At this time the measuring and feeding devices at the left hand end of
the lay are measuring off a length of thread, and presenting it in the path of the
shuttle. The shuttle is now thrown back to the left-hand side of the lay and there-
upon draws the measured length of thread from the right hand end of the lay, thus
forming a loop of weft thread in the shed, the bight of this loop enclosing the thread
at the edge of the shed, owing to the up and down movement of the warp threads'
effected by the harness, it being understood that each time the shuttle passes out.
from the shed the warp threads are operated in well known manner. As the shuttle
now again reaches the left hand end of the lay, the feeder F will hold the end of the
measured thread in position to be grasped, in manner before explained, and as the
shuttle is thrown back to the right hand side of the lay, it will draw that measured
thread and also form it in the shape of a loop in the shed, enclosing the end of the:
last thread drawn across to the left. Thus it will be seen that in every four picks of
the shuttle the latter lays off two loops in the shed, one length of thread being
enclosed in the bight of another weft loop. It will be understood that the shuttle
takes the second end of the loop while the measurer is still in its lowest position, and
before the shuttle returns for the supply end of the new thread, the measurer has
risen to its highest position, the tumbler m being returned by this movement to the
norinal position by contact with the stop'm®.
It will be understood that while the tension, measuring, feeding and cutting devices,
shuttle stop and push, shuttle openers and the automatic stopping devices are so
organized as to be used in conjunction as set forth, they are also capable of being
manufactured and supplied independently for application to looms of the character
described and I do not limit my invention to the precise details of construction shown'
and described as they may be varied without departing from the spirit of my inven-
tion.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head, thread holders or springs
carried thereby, cutters also carried by said head, and means for operating said cutters
during the movement of said head, substantially as described.
2. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head having mouths, thread holders
or springs adjacent to said mouths, cutters carried by said head and adapted to act
upon said holders or springs to operate them, and means for operating said cutters,
substantially as described.
3. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head having mouths, thread holders
or springs adjacent to said mouths, a thread guiding tube carried by said head adapted
to direct the thread across said mouths between the head and the holders, and thread
cutters carried by said head, substantially as described.
4. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head having mouths, thread holders
or springs adjacent to said mouths, a thread guiding tube carried by said head
adapted to direct a thread across said mouths between the head and the holders,
thread cutters carried by said head, and means for operating said cutters by and
during the movement of said head, substantially as described.
5. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head having mouths, holders or
springs carried by said head on the exterior thereof and adjacent to said mouths,
cutters carried by said head and having a movable member adapted to operate on said
holders to open them, and means for operating said cutters, substantially as de-
scribed.
6. A thread feeder comprising a reciprocative head having mouths, holders or
springs carried by said head adjacent to said mouths and normally pressing against
said feeder, cutters carried by said head between said mouths adapted to act on said
holders, and means for operating said cutters, substantially as described.
7. A thread feeder comprising a head having mouths, holders or springs carried
by said head adjacent to said mouths, a pin or rod connecting said holders or springs,
cutters carried by said head having a movable member adapted to operate on said rod
to move said holders or springs and means for operating the movable member of said
cutters, substantially as described.
8. In combination, the shuttle with its race, and the feed mechanisin comprising
the plate or carrier with means for moving it, the holding means thereon for the weft
thread, the cutting device and means for operating the cutter as the plate or carrier
moves, substantially as described.
9. In combination, the shuttle with its race, the feed device comprising the movable
carrier, the holding means for the thread thereon, the cutter also on the carrier, and
the cam on the fixed frame for operating the cutter as the carrier moves, substantially
as described.
10. In combination, the shuttle with its race, the feed device comprising the
movable plate or carrier, the movable holding means for the weft thread on the
carrier, the cutter and means for moving the same, said cutter controlling the action
of the holding device, substantially as described.
11. In combination, the shuttle, the feed device, comprising the plate F4, having the
open mouths, the spring holders for the weft thread adjacent to the said mouths,
the cutter arranged between the holders, the rod fo connecting the spring holders, and
the cam for operating the cutter, said cutter being arranged to operate the spring
holders, substantially as described.
12. In combination, the shuttle and its race, a feed device comprising the vertically
movable plate having the open mouths f4, f5, the springs ƒ, ƒ¹, ƒ², ƒ³, adjacent thereto,
the cutters, the frame F, the guide rods F2, F3, in said frame, and the cam on the
said frame, one of the cutting knives having a projection to act on the cam substan-
tially as described.
13. In combination with the shuttle and its race, the feed plate having the holders

page_text: one above the other, with the cutter between, and means for giving the plate an.
upward movement after the first end of the thread has been taken from the upper or
first holder and for giving the plate a step by step downward movement, to present
the second, and then the first holder to the shuttle in succession, with a cutter
operating on the movement of the plate, substantially as described.
14. The combination of a reciprocative head, thread holders carried thereby, a
frame having means to guide said head, thread cutters carried by said head having a
movable member, a cam carried by said frame to act with said movable member, said
cam having one face arranged to open the cutters, the other face of said cam being
arranged to close the cutters, and springs to act on said movable member, sub-
stantially as described.
15. The combination of a reciprocative head, thread holders or springs carried
thereby, a pin or rod connecting said holders, cutters carried by said head having a
movable member, the movable member being arranged to act on said pin or rod to
operate said holders, a frame having means for guiding said head, a cam to act on the
movable cutter, said cam having one face adapted to open said cutters and move the
holders outwardly, the other side of the cam being arranged to close the cutters and
permit the holders to close against the feeder, substantially as described.
16. In combination, the shuttle, with its race, and feeding means for the weft
thread, comprising movable holders for the end of the weft threads, a cutter device
for severing the thread, means for moving the holders to present, first one end of
the weft thread to. the shuttle and then the other, and means for operating
the cutter devices during the movement of the feeding means, substan-
tially as described.
17. In combination in a loom, the shuttle and its race, and a feed mechanism for
the weft threads comprising the clamps or holders for the opposite ends of the weft
threads, and the cutter for severing the thread, with means for raising and lowering
the said holders to present first one end of the thread and then the other to, the
shuttle, and means for operating the cutter during the movement of the feed,
substantially as described.
18. In combination, the shuttle with its race and the feeding mechanism for the
weft thread, comprising the pair of holders, one for each end of the weft, the
means for moving the holders to present, first one end of the weft, and then
the other to the shuttle, a cutting device moving with the holders, and means for
operating the cutting devices during the movement of the feed, substantially as
described.
19. In combination, the shuttle with its race and the feeding mechanism for
the weft thread, comprising the holders for the ends of the thread, the movable
carrier for said holders, and the cutter device on said carrier and between the holders,
and means for operating the cutter during the movement of the feed, substantially as
described.
20. In combination, the shuttle with its race, and the feed mechanism, comprising
the plate or carrier, having the open mouths f, f, the spring holders, the cutter or
knife between the holders and on the plate, and means for operating the cutter or knife
during the movement of the feeder, substantially as described.
21. In combination, with the shuttle and its race, the feed device, comprising the
hoklers and cutters for the weft thread, means for keeping the holders and cutters
open while the thread is being drawn through, and means for operating the cutter
during the movement of the feeder, substantially as described.
22. In combination, in a loom, the lay, the shuttle, with means for projecting the
same through the shed, and a tension device between the shuttle and the source of
weft supply, the said source of supply being outside of and independent of the shuttle,
substantially as described.
23. In combination, the lay, the shuttle, the source of supply for the weft threads
at each side of the loom and a tension device at each side of the loom between the
shuttle and the supply of thread, substantially as described.
24. In combination, the lay, the shuttle carried thereby, a tension device.

page_text: between the shuttle and an outside supply of weft thread, and a measuring
device between the tension and shuttle, substantially as described.
25. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon, the outside source of supply
for the weft thread, a measuring, feeding and cutting device for the weft threads,
and a tension device between the same and the outside source of supply, substantially
as described.
26. A tension device comprising a hollow holder and a lining or fabric therefor,
substantially as described.
27. A tension device comprising a hollow holder and a lining of plush within the
same, substantially as described.
28. A tension device comprising a hollow holder and a fabric lining projecting
beyond the upper end of the same, substantially as described.
29. A tension device comprising a hollow holder and a fabric lining projecting
below the lower end of the same, substantially as described.
30. A tension device comprising a hollow holder having a fabric lining combined
with a guiding tube adapted to receive thread from the tension devices, substantially
as described.
31. A tension device comprising a hollow tube, having a fabric lining combined with
a guiding tube arranged above the tension devices, and adapted to direct thread to the
feeding device, substantially as described.
32. A tension device comprising an adjustable hollow holder, having a fabric lining,
combined with a stationary guide tube, substantially as described.
33. A measurer comprising a reciprocative head having a tumbler pivoted thereto,
and a stop to engage the tumbler, substantially as described.
34. A measurer comprising a reciprocative head, a tumbler pivotally carried thereby,
a stop for engaging and operating the tumbler on either stroke, and means for
adjustably holding the stop, substantially as described.
35. A measurer comprising a reciprocative head, a tumbler pivotally carried thereby,
a stop for engaging and operating the tumbler on either stroke of the head, and an
adjustable support for the stop, substantially as described.
36. In combination, the shuttle, the race, the measurer, and adjustable means to
release the thread therefrom when the requisite quantity of thread has been drawn,
substantially as described.
37. In combination with the shuttle and its race, a measurer comprising a movable
part having a tumbler to engage the thread, and means for operating the tumbler
when the desired amount of thread is drawn, substantially as described.
38. The combination of a reciprocative measurer with a slotted or hollow guide to
receive a thread as drawn by the measurer from a supply, substantially as described.
39. The combination of a reciprocative measurer with slotted guides m, ml; to
receive a thread between them as drawn from a supply, substantially as described.
40. In combination, the shuttle, the race, the measurer operating transversely of
the thread, to draw the same laterally in the form of a loop, and the guides between
which the measurer moves, substantially as described.
41. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon, an outside supply for the weft
thread, means for guiding the thread to the shuttle from said supply and a measuring
device operating transversely of the course of the weft thread, substantially as
described.
42. In combination, the shuttle, the lay, the feed mechanism, comprising the
holders for the ends of the weft thread, the movable carrier for the holders, a cutting
device and a reciprocative measure with means for operating the same, and means for
operating the cutting device during the movement of the feeder, substantially as
described.
43. In combination, the shuttle, the lay, the feed plate F4, carrying the guide t',
the holders for the weft ends, the measurer, the cutter and means for reciprocating the
feed plate and measurer in opposite directions, substantially as described.
44. In combination, the shuttle, the lay, the reciprocative carrier having the
holders for the weft end, the cutter on the carrier, the movable measurer and means
£

page_text: for holding the cutter and holders open while the measurer is drawing the thread,
and means for operating the cutter during the movement of the reciprocative carrier,
substantially as described.
:
45. In combination, the shuttle, the lay, the reciprocative carrier having the
holders for the weft ends and the cutters for the thread, the measurer with operating
means therefore and the cam Fs, for controlling the cutter and holders having one
part to hold the same open while the measurer is drawing the thread, substantially
as described.
46. In combination, the lay, the shuttle, the outside supply for the weft thread,
a measuring device and a cutting and feeding device adapted to disengage the thread
with means for operating said parts during the movement of the feeding device
whereby the thread will be disengaged when the measurer. is drawing the same,
substantially as described.
47. In combination, the lay, the shuttle, an outside supply for the weft threads
means for measuring and cutting the loop lengths, and feeding means for presenting
first one end of the loop length to the shuttle and then the other, aud means for
operating the cutting devices during the movement of the feeding devices, substantially
as described.
48. In combination the shuttle having nippers to engage and release the weft
thread, an outside supply for the weft thread, means for measuring the lengths of
weft thread while the end of said weft is held by the shuttle within the web
and means for opening the nippers to release the weft thread, substantially as
described.
49. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having nippers, means for feeding
the weft thread from an outside source of supply to the shuttle, means for stopping
the shuttle before it reaches the end of its course and ineans for giving the shuttle
an additional movement to complete its course, with means for opening the nippers,
substantially as described..
50. In combination, the lay, the shuttle, the picker-stick for arresting the shuttle,
the stop arresting the picker-stick, means for feeding the weft thread to the nippers
of the shuttle, means for operating the nippers and means for giving the shuttle with
the picker-stick and stop an additional movement to complete the full course of the
shuttle, substantially as described.
51. In combination, the lay, the shuttle having nippers at each end and feed
devices for the weft thread at each end of the lay to feed the weft to the shuttle,
means for arresting the shuttle to hold the weft thread within the web, means for
measuring the weft thread at the opposite edge of the web and means for opening the
nippers and pushing the shuttle to the end of its course to release the weft just laid
in and to engage a new weft thread, substantially as described.
.
52. In combination, the lay, the shuttle having nippers at each end, a feed device
for feeding the weft from an outside source to the shuttle and a pair of shuttle
openers to operate the nippers as the shuttle completes its course, substantially
as described.
53. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having the nippers at each end, a
pair of shuttle openers to open the nippers approximately simultaneously, a feed
device at the end of the lay for the weft thread and a pusher for giving the shuttle its
final movement, substantially as described.
54. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having nippers at each end, a
supply of weft thread at each end of the beam, a measuring and cutting device
at each end of the lay to measure off independent loop lengths and cut them, a
feed device adapted to present first one end of the loop length to the shuttle and
then the other on successive reciprocations of the shuttle, a pair of shuttle openers
at each end of the lay adapted to open the nippers, a picker-stick and a pusher
at each end of the lay with means for operating the saine to give the shuttle its
final movement, substantially as described.
55. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having nippers at each end, means
for measuring, cutting and feeding independent lengths at each end of the lay, the

page_text: shuttle openers at each end of the lay, a pusher at each end of the lay, a cam shaft 3
with connections therefrom to the measurer, cutting and feeding mechanism, and
connections from the cam shaft to the shuttle opener and pushers, substantially as
described.
56. In combination with the lay and its shuttle, the measuring, cutting and
feeding device for the weft thread, the shuttle opening device and the pusher
device, and means for supporting the same on the end of the lay, substantially as
described.
57. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide, means carried thereby to push a
shuttle, and means for operating said slide to carry the shuttle to the end of its
course, substantially as described.
58. In combination with a shuttle, a picker-stick and a stop for the shuttle adapted
to engage the same and hold it in place against the picker-stick to prevent its
rebound, substantially as described.
59. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide, means carried thereby for engaging
a shuttle, a picker-stick located in the path of the shuttle, and means for positively
moving said slide to move the shuttle to the end of its course, substantially as
described.
60. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide carrying a movable stop to engage
a shuttle, means for moving the slide, and means for moving said stop out of engage-
ment with the shuttle, substantially as described.
61. In combination with a shuttle, a stop adapted to engage the same to prevent
its rebound, and means for lifting the stop out of engagement with the shuttle, sub-
stantially as described.
62. In combination, a shuttle, a stop to engage the shuttle, a picker-stick, a stop
therefor and operative connections adapted to move the parts positively, substantially
as described.
63. In combination, a picker-stick, a stop therefor and a pawl carried by the picker-
stick adapted to engage a shuttle and means for moving the parts, substantially as
described.
64. In combination, a picker-stick, a stop therefor, a shuttle adapted to come in
contact with the picker-stick, a stop to prevent the rebound of the shuttle, means
for moving the stop to push the shuttle to the limit of its movement, and means for
releasing the shuttle from its stop, substantially as described.
65. In combination with the picker-stick, a slide P³, having a stop to limit the
movement of the stick, a stop for a shuttle carried by said slide, and means for
operating said slide, substantially as described.
66. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide, a stop carried thereby to engage a
picker-stick, a movable stop carried by said slide to engage and push a shuttle, and
means for operating said slide after a shuttle has engaged it, substantially as
described.
67. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide having an opening, a pivoted stop
located therein, means for moving said stop as the slide travels, and means for
positively moving said slide, substantially as described.
68. A shuttle stop and push comprising a slide, a movable stop carried thereby
and having a projection or pin p, a cam p², to engage the latter, and means for
positively moving said slide, substantially as described.
69. The combination of a lay, a race, a housing thereon, a slide in said housing, said
slide having a movable stop to engage a shuttle, and means for positively
moving said slide when a shuttle is in engagement therewith, substantially as
described.
70. The combination of a lay, a race having an opening in one wall, a housing
in line with said opening, a slide in said housing having a stop to engage a
picker-stick, a movable stop carried by said slide and adapted to pass through
the opening in the race to engage a shuttle, means for positively moving
said slide, and means for releasing said stop from the shuttle, substantially as
described,

page_text: 71. The combination of a lay, a race having an opening in one wall,, a housing
over said opening, a slide in said housing, a movable stop carried by said slide,
said stop being adapted to engage a shuttle, means for releasing the stop from
the shuttle, and means for positively moving said slide, substantially as
.described.
72. The combination of a lay, a race having an opening in one wall, a housing,
a slide having a stop to pass through the opening in the race to engage a shuttle,
said housing having an opening in one wall, a pin passing therethrough to
engage the slide, an arm to operate said pin, and means for reciprocating said arm,
substantially as described.
73. The combination of a lay, a shuttle stop and push at each end thereof, and
connections between said stops and pushes, and means for operating said connections
to operate said stops and pushes simultaneously, substantially as described.
74. The combination of a lay, a shuttle stop and push at each end thereof, a
reciprocative rod extending along said lay, devices connecting said rod with
said stops and pushes and means for reciprocating said rod, substantially as
described.
75. The combination of a lay, shuttle stop and push, means for operating the
same, and a stop carried by said push adapted to engage a picker-stick, substantially
as described.
76. The combination of a lay, a picker-stick, a slide carried by said lay having a
stop to engage the picker-stick, a movable stop carried by said slide to engage
a shuttle, a shuttle having a shoulder to engage the picker-stick and also
having means to engage the stop carried by the slide, means for releasing said
movable stop from the shuttle, and means for positively moving the slide, substantially
as described.
77. In combination, the lay, the shuttle having the nippers, a'measuring, cutting
and feeding mechanism for the weft threads, the shuttle openers and the
pusher with means for supporting said parts on the ends of the lay, said
means consisting of a sleeve or box having the shuttle box therein, substantially as
described..
78. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon. having nippers and having also a
pair of openings 82, 810, means for feeding the weft threads to the nippers, means for
operating the nippers and a pusher at each end of the lay to engage the said openings,
substantially as described..
79. The combination of a lay, thread feeding and cutting devices carried thereby,
and a shuttle stop and push also carried by the lay adapted to check the flight of a
shuttle and to move it to the feeding devices, substantially as described.
80. The combination of a lay, feeding and cutting devices carried thereby,
thread measuring devices, means for moving the feeding devices to present first one
end and then the other end of a measured loop in line with the shuttle, a shuttle stop
and push carried by said lay and means for operating the same for positively moving
the shuttle to the feeding devices, substantially as described.
81. The combination of a lay, thread feeding and cutting devices carried thereby,
means for moving said feeding devices to present first one end and then the other
end. to. a thread in the path of the shuttle, means for stopping and positively
moving a shuttle to the feeding tension, and shuttle openers adapted to operate
nippers on the shuttle to release one thread and to engage another, substantially as
described.
82. The combination of a lay, thread feeding devices, a shuttle stop and push and
shuttle openers located in such position relatively to the stop and push that when
said push is moved, said openers will act on the nippers of a shuttle, and means for
positively moving said stop and push, substantially as described.
83. A shuttle opener. comprising a rocking arm and means for moving it into
and out of line with the shuttle to operate the nippers thereof,, substantially as
described..
84. In combination with a casing, a shuttle opener comprising a rocking arm

page_text: extending through a slot in said casing and means for operating said arm, substan-
tially as described.
85. In combination with a shuttle having a movable jaw, a casing at the end of the
race way adapted to receive said shuttle and an opener for actuating the movable
jaw, said opener projecting through the casing, substantially as described.
86. In combination with a shuttle having jaws, an opener for said jaws comprising
a rocking arm, a rock shaft carrying said arm, a cam and connections between the
rock shaft and cam, substantially as described.
87. In combination with a shuttle having jaws at each end and devices for opening
said jaws to release the yarn at one end to prepare for the reception of the yarn at
the other end, comprising a rock shaft at each side of the loom, two openers carried
by the said shaft and located a distance apart a third rock shaft extending across the
machine and having connection with the rock shafts at each side, a cam and
connections between the cam and main rock shaft for operating the openers
simultaneously, substantially as described.
88. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having nippers, the weft
measuring, cutting and feeding devices at the ends of the lay, the shuttle openers,
the shuttle pushing devices, the cam shaft 3 having cams thereon, the rods or
shafts extending along the lay for operating the parts at the ends thereof and the
upwardly extending rods between the same and the cams, substantially as de-
scribed.
89. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon having the nippers, the weft
thread measuring, cutting and feeding devices, the openers, for the nippers, a pusher,
an attaching sleeve carrying said parts and adjustably secured to the lay, a cam
shaft 3, and adjustable connections between the same and the operating parts
carried by the sleeve, substantially as described.
90. In combination, the lay, the shuttle, the pivoted plates J at the ends of the
shuttle race, the rock shaft extending along the front of the lay and having fingers
at the ends thereof to be operated thereby, the dagger or plate carried by the lay
and adapted to be moved into and out of its normal position through the said
rock shaft, and connections in the path of said dagger when in its normal
position, said connections controlling the driving means of the loom, substantially
as described.
91. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon, the pivoted plates at the end of
the lay, the rock shaft extending along the front of the lay, and fingers thereon to
be engaged by the pivoted plates, the arm J³, of the rock shaft, the dagger or plate
pivoted on the lay and operated by the said arm, the lever K pivoted on the breast
beam and lying in the path of the dagger when the same is in normal position,
and connections from the said lever K to the driving means of the loom, substantially
as described.
92. In combination in a loom, the lay, the shuttle thereon, the pivoted plates J
at the ends of the lay, the rock shaft extending along the lay, the fingers thereon to
be engaged by the said plates, the dagger pivoted on the lay and controlled through
said rock shaft, the lever K pivoted on the breast beam, the slotted plate K¹ secured
on the loom frame, the hand lever working in said slot and adapted to be held by the
right angular portion, and a lever K², engaging the lever K and the lever, substan-
tially as described.
93. In combination, the lay, the shuttle thereon, the shuttle boxes, the plate J
extending into the path of the shuttle, the weft feeding devices at the ends of the
lay, the shuttle openers, the shaft V³, for operating the same, the dagger J4,
supported on said shaft, the connections from the plate J to the said dagger and
the stop connection arranged to be operated by the said dagger, substantially as
described.
94. In combination, the lay, the shuttle carried thereby, the weft measuring,
cutting and feeding devices, the opener devices, the pusher devices, the automatic
stop device comprising the plates J and the sleeve at the end of the lay for supporting
said devices, substantially as described.

page_text: 95. The combination of a lay with a housing or sleeve having a longitudinal
slot w, opening at one end thereof, a race receiving a shuttle over said slot, and
thread feeding devices located beyond the end of said slot, substantially as
described.
96. The combination of a lay having a slot for a picker-stick, with a housing or
sleeve carried by the lay and having a slot to receive the picker-stick, the top
wall of said housing or sleeve having another slot that opens at one end thereof,
a race over said slot to receive a shuttle, and thread feeding devices, substantially as
described.
97. The combination of a lay, having a slot to receive a picker-stick, and a slot w
to receive a thread, with a housing or sleeve mounted upon said lay, and having
a slot to receive a picker-stick and a slot w aligned with the slot w¹, and opening at
the end of said housing, a race over said slots, and thread feeding devices, substan-
tially as described.
98. The combination of a lay, a race to receive a shuttle and shuttle openers
comprising arms having adjustable shoes at their operating ends, substantially as
described.
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.