IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD OF SECURING LOOMS AND OTHER MACHINES TO THE FLOORS OF ROOMS OR SHEDS OF MILLS AND OTHER BUILDINGS."
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Bentley, Manufacturer, and Charles Ackroyd,
Gentleman, both of Bradford, in the County of York, for the Invention of
IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD OF SECURING LOOMS AND OTHER MACHINES
TO THE FLOORS OF ROOMS OR SHEDS OF MILLS AND OTHER BUILDINGS."
"
Sealed the 13th June 1879, and dated the 11th January 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Bentley and Charles
Ackroyd at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 11th January
1879.
JOHN BENTLEY, Manufacturer, and CHARLES ACKROYD, Gentleman, both of
Bradford, in the County of York. "IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD OF SECURING
LOOMS AND OTHER MACHINES TO THE FLOORS OF ROOMS OR SHEDS OF MILLS AND
OTHER BUILDINGS."
Our Invention relates to means of securing looms and other machines requiring
to be secured to the floors of rooms, or mills, sheds, or other buildings, and more
especially to the floors where room and power are let out, the machinery in which
is found by the tenant, whereby the looms or machinery can be removed although
secured without being considered fixtures to be surrendered to the landlord, by
which means we remove an evil in which thousands of pounds of property are at
present at stake, and which is of great importance to the manufacturing districts,.
and more especially of the North of England.
For this purpose we construct shoes made by preference of cast iron; the soles
of these shoes have lugs through which are passed pins or screws to screw the shoes
to the floor of the room. The tops of the sole plates are made with toes in which
are passed the feet of the loom or the feet of other machines requiring securing.
When the loom or machine is fitted to the required position pins or screws are
passed through the holes of the lugs and secured in the floor; or we construct the
sole plates with side plates having small flanges; these flanges partly cover the tops
of the feet of the loom or machine.
To remove the loom or machine the toes of the shoes or the flanges have to be
broken and the loom or machine is free to be lifted up and removed.
By these means we secure looms or machines to the floors without being pinned
or screwed down to them, and prevent the surrender of such machinery to the land-
lord, as they are not fixtures.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Bentley and Charles Ackroyd in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 10th July 1879.
JOHN BENTLEY, Manufacturer, and CHARLES ACKROYD, Gentleman, both of
Bradford, in the County of York. "IMPROVED MEANS OR METHOD OF SECURING
LOOMS AND OTHER MACHINES TO THE FLOORS OF ROOMS OR SHEDS OF MILLS AND
OTHER BUILDINGS."
The said Invention relates to means of securing looms and other machines
requiring securing to the floors of rooms of mills, sheds, or other buildings, and more
especially to floors where room and power are let out to bo used in a room the
machinery in which has to be found by the tenant, the object of the improvements
being to allow of such looms or machinery being removed although secured without
being considered fixtures to bo surrendered to the landlord, by which means we
remove an evil in which thousands of pounds sterling of property are at present at
stake, and which is of great importance to the manufacturing districts, and more
especially in the North of England.
For this purpose we construct shoes made by preference of cast iron; the soles of
these shoes have lugs through which are passed pins or screws to secure the shoes
to the floor of the room; the feet of the loom or the feet of other machines requiring
Becuring are passed in the openings of the soles, and when the loom or machine is
fitted to the required position pins or screws are passed through the holes of tho
lugs and secured in the floor. Or we construct the solo plates with side plates
having small flanges on which are fitted caps which rest on the top of the feet of the
loom or of other machines; the caps are secured in position by screws.
To remove the loom or machine the caps are removed and the loom or machine is
free to be lifted up and removed, the shoes being left fixed to the floor.
By these means wo secure looms or machines to the floors without being pinned
or screwed down to them, and prevent the surrender of such looms or machinery
to the landlord, as they are not fixtures.
But in order to enable our improvements to be better understood we will proceed
to describe the same by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1
represents a sectional elevation of a shoe and part of a foot of a loom; Figure 2, side
elevation, and Figure 3 plan of the same.
Figure 4 represents a side elevation of a shoe having a back plate, and Figure 5,
plan of the same; Figure 6 represents a sectional elevation of a flat shoe and section
of a loom foot; Figure 7, side elevation, and Figure 8, plan of the same.
letters of reference are used to represent similar parts.
Similar
Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent a shoe having an open end. A is the framework or
sole of the shoe having a lug B cast on the front through which is drilled or cast a
hole C; the front plate D is made projecting, and on the sides of the framework are
cast lugs E on which is fitted a cap F which is secured in position by screws G.
When a loom or machine is fitted to the required position the open end H is passed
over the sides of the foot I of the loom or machine and a pin or screw is passed
through the hole C and secured in the floor, the cap F is then put on and secured in
position by screws G, and a pin J is passed in the hole of the cap and through a
hole in the foot I.
Figures 4 and 5 represent a shoe with a closed end K; in this case the shoes are
first placed in position on the floor, and the loom or machine lifted up and the feet
passed in the openings L; the caps are then placed on the lugs and secured in
position as herein before described. In Figures 6, 7, and 8 the shoe is made with a
fat metal plate M having an opening N made to fit the foot of the loom or
machine; a projecting lug B is cast in front of the shoe in which is cast or
drilled a hole to pass in a pin or screw to secure the shoe to the floor. The

page_text: size and shape of the shoes vary according to the different size and shape of
the feet of the looms or machines.
To remove a loom or machine the caps F are removed and the loom or machine
lifted until clear of the framework of the shoes, and in the flat shoes until clear of
the plate; the shoes are left secured to the floor and are surrendered to the landlord,
being fixtures, by which means we remove an evil in which thousands of pounds
sterling of property are at present at stake.
Having thus described our improvements, and the best means we are acquainted
with for carrying the same into effect, we would have it understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the precise details shewn and described, as they may be varied
without departing from the peculiar character of the Invention, but what we do
claim is,-
The construction and employment of shoes for securing looms or other machines
requiring securing to the floors of rooms of mills, sheds, or other buildings, and more
especially to floors where room and power are let out to be used in a room the
machinery in which room has to be found by the tenant, whereby the looms or
machines can be removed without being fixtures, substantially as and for the pur-
pose hereinbefore described, and represented by the accompanying Drawing.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Bentley and Charles Ackroyd, have
hereunto sot our hands and seals, this Eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy ninc.
Witness,
WALTER JAS. TURNER, C.E.,
Patent Agent,
Bradford.
JOHN BENTLEY.
(L.S.)
CHARLES ACKROYD. (L.S.)