IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS."
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Elce, of the City of Manchester, Machinist,
and John Leech, of the same Place, Mechanic, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Elce and John
Leech at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 3rd August 1857.
We, JOHN ELCE, of the City of Manchester, Machinist, and JOHN LEECH,
of the same Place, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS," to be as
follows:-
Our Invention relates to those self-acting temples known as roller temples,
and consists in the application of guide rollers to the caps of such temples, to
prevent the rubbing of the fabric against the edges of the said caps.
Another part of our Invention consists in setting roller temples in a
diagonal position for the purpose of distending the fabric as it is drawn
through the temples.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Elce and John Leech in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 2nd February 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOHN ELCE,
of the City of Manchester, Machinist, and JOHN LEECH, of the same Place,
Mechanic, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Third day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
John Elce and John Leech, Her special licence that we, the said John Elce
and John Leech, our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
we, the said John Elce and John Leech, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that we, the said John Elce and John Leech, our executors or admi-
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under our or their, or one of our or their
hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately-after-the-date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Johu Elce and John Leech, do hereby
declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement (that is to say):-
Our Invention relates to those self-acting temples known as side roller
temples, and consists in the application of guide rollers to the caps of such
temples to prevent the rubbing of the fabric against the edges of the said caps.
Another part of our Invention consists in setting roller temples, or the
rollers of the temples in a diagonal position, for the purpose of distending the
fabric as it is drawn through the temples.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into operation, we will proceed to describe the accompanying Sheet of Draw-
ings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1. is a transverse section of a roller temple, the lower part of which is

page_text: constructed in the manner described in the Specification of Letters Patent
granted to John Elce and John Bond, in One thousand eight hundred and
fifty-two, and the upper part or cap is provided with three guide rollers
according to our improvements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; a repre-
sents a section of the breast beam of the loom, b, a stud for supporting the
cross bar c, on which the temples are fixed by set screws; b' is a shoulder fixed
to the stud b, around which is a coiled spring for pressing the cross bar c
against the shoulder b' in the usual manner, and as shewn in Fig. 6. The
lower part of the temple marked d is provided with two rollers e, e, and the
cap marked f has three rollers, two of which, marked g, g, are plain on the
surface, and the centre one, marked h, is furnished with teeth or pin points.
We wish to remark, that all the rollers in the cap may be plain, or all of
them may have teeth or pin points on their circumferences; the object of these
rollers is to prevent the rubbing of the fabric against the edges of the cap,
consequently they may be arranged in any convenient manner; Fig. 3 is a
section of a modification of our Invention; and Fig. 4 a plan of the same.
In these views only one roller, marked i, is applied in the lower part of the
temple, which is marked k, and the upper part or cap has two guide rollers
jj; the lower part k of the temple is made with a swivel joint, for the
purpose of being able to set the temple in a diagonal position as shewn in
Fig. 6, and as will be explained hereafter; the swivel joint of the piece k fits
in the block m, which is fixed to the cross bar c.
Fig. 5 is a section of another modification of our Invention; in this view,
the lower part of the temple has two rollers e, e, as in Fig. 1, but the cap
has only one central guide roller which is shewn in the Drawing with a plain
surface, but which may be made with teeth or pin points if preferred. The
foregoing Figures will sufficiently illustrate that part of our Invention relating
to the application of guide rollers to the caps of temples to prevent the rubbing
of the fabric against the edges thereof, but we do not limit ourselves to the
modes shewn, as other modifications may be made to effect the same object.
Fig. 6 is a plan of a pair of roller temples set in a diagonal position for the
purpose of distending or widening the fabric as it passes through them; a is
the breast beam, b, b, the fixed studs supporting the cross bar c, to which are
attached by set screws the blocks m, m, above described; to these blocks are
jointed the temples k, k, which are placed in a diagonal position.
The selvages of the fabric are marked n, n. As the fabric is drawn
forward by the taking-up motion in the usual manner, the selvages are drawn
apart by the action of the teeth or pin points on the rollers, and the diagonal
position in which they are placed. The angle at which the temples are set

page_text: can be varied according to the width and nature of the fabric; this part of
our Invention is applicable to all side roller temples as well as to our improved
temples above described. Fig. 7 represents a plan of a modification of the
latter part of our Invention; in this. arrangement the swivel joint above
referred to is dispensed with, and the temples are fixed to the bar c in the
usual manner. The roller nearest the reed marked u, is parallel or nearly
parallel to the reed, but the roller v is placed in. a diagonal position so that
the selvages may be distended as the fabric passes through the temples, as
shewn in Fig. 6.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention, and described the manner
in which the same may be carried into operation, we wish to observe that we
do not limit ourselves to the details given, but that what we do claim is,―
First, the application of guide rollers to the caps of roller temples to prevent
the rubbing of the fabric against the edges thereof.
And secondly, setting roller temples or the rollers of temples in a diagonal
position for the purpose of more effectually distending the fabric passing
through the same.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Elce and John Leech have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this First day of February, One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
JOHN ELCE.
(L.S.)
JOHN LEECH. (L.S.)
JOHN ELCE.
JOHN LEECH.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)