Improvements in and appertaining to Loom-shuttles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Loom-shuttles.
We, HERBERT MERRALL of Haworth near Keighley in the County of York,
Manufacturer, and JOSEPH WADSWORTH of the same place, Overlooker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :—
In accordance with our invention we form or construct the pegs or spindles of
loom shuttles over which the bobbins are to take, as also that part of the shuttles
in which they are mounted, in such a manner that these said bobbins are securely
held when in position and that without being unduly worn or damaged while when
said pegs or spindles are raised or turned upon their axial pins the displacement of
these bobbins is freely allowed.
To attain this object we make use of any of the well known forms of shuttle
peg so far as regards that part of same upon which the bobbin has to fit, but
preferably we employ those that are split centrally to form a kind of spring in
opposite directions.
Upon or in connection with the heel or pivotal part of the peg we form two
springs, one on each side, the same being arranged so that their resilience will act
in a lateral direction. The outer or loose ends of these springs are bent to form
holding or clamping pieces to take over the flange at the end of the bobbin without
interfering with any of the yarn wound thereon.
That part of the shuttle in which this formation of peg is mounted is made to
slightly taper or otherwise so that when the peg is being turned or moved down into
its proper horizontal position within the body of the shuttle the resilience of the
springs is overcome and they are laterally moved so that their outer ends approach
each other and the peg, by which meaus when a bobbin is mounted on said peg,
their bent or clamping ends take over its flange and so retain it in proper
position.
It will readily be seen that without departing from the nature of our invention
the peg may have only one spring attached to one side of its pivotal part and
arranged to act in the manner above described but on only part of the bobbins
flange, while a simple spring for keeping the peg straight within the shuttle may
be arranged on the other side, however we preferably make use of the formation
first before described.
لبصر.
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CM 1901
HERBERT MERRALL,
JOSEPH WADSWORTH,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to Loom-shuttles.
We, HERBERT MERRALL of Haworth near Keighley in the County of York,
0 Manufacturer, and JOSEPH WADSWORTH of the same place, Overlooker, 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, that is to say :-
In accordance with our invention we form or construct the pegs or spindles of

page_text: loom shuttles over which the bobbins are to take as also that part of the shuttles
in which they are mounted, in such a manner that these said bobbins are securely
held when in position and that without being unduly worn or damaged while when
said pegs or spindles are raised or turned upon their axial pins the displacement
of the bobbins is freely allowed.
In order that our said invention may be more readily understood we hereunto
append a sheet of drawings illustrative thereof to which, by figures and letters,
reference is made in the following description.
Fig. 1 is a top view of a shutile and parts constructed according to our
invention.
Fig. 2 represents a sectional side elevation of said shuttle and parts, but shows
the spindle in the position as when the bobbin is required to be removed.
Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line A B of part shown by Fig. 2 and as seen in
the direction of arrow y.
Fig. 4 represents (on an enlarged scale) a sectional elevation on line C D of
parts shown by Fig. 1, and as seen in the direction of arrow x.
Fig. 5 is a sectional view, on line E F same scale as Fig. 4, of parts shown by
Fig. but as seen in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow 2.
Similar letters and figures indicate similar parts throughout the several views.
To attain the object of this invention we make use of any of the well known
form of shuttle peg so far as regards that part of same upon which the bobbin
has to fit, but preferably we employ those that are split centrally so that their
bifurcations may form springs the resilience of which act in opposite directions.
Upon or in connection with the heel or pivotal part of the peg a we form two
springs c d one on each side, the same being arranged so that their resilience will
act in a lateral direction. The outer or loose ends of these springs c d are bent to
form holding or clamping pieces c¹ d¹ to take over the flange fat the end of the
bobbin g without interfering with any of the yarn wound thereon.
That part of the shuttle k in which this formation of peg is mounted is made to
slightly taper or to be inclined otherwise as at h h so that when the peg a is being
turned or moved down into its proper horizontal position (see Figs. 1 and 4) within
the body of the shuttle the resilience of the springs c d is overcome and they are
laterally moved so that their outer ends c¹ d' approach each other and the peg a by
which means when a bobbing is mounted on said peg a their bent or clamping
ends c d take over this flange and so retain it in proper position.
It will readily be seen that without departing from the nature of our invention
the peg a may have only one spring c attached to one side of its pivotal part band
arranged to act in the manner above described but on only one part of the bobbin's
flange while a simple spring m (shown by Fig. 6) for keeping the peg a straight
within the shuttle / may be arranged on the other side of said part 6 however we
preferably make use of the formation first before described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is;-
1. The improvements in loom shuttles substantially as herein shown aud
described.
2. In a loom-shuttle, the combination of a peg and springs attached thereto the
latter being arranged to hold or release the bobbin on said peg, by being acted
upon by the walls of said shuttle substantially as herein specified.
Dated this 20th day of December 1894
H. MEKKALL,
J. WADSWORTH,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
H. MEKKALL,
J. WADSWORTH,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.