Year: 1892

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thought necessary to describe the same at length in this Specification.
F represents the carriage which is mounted to slide in the usual manner on the
frame, and which may be operated by any of the usual mechanisms.
This carriage carries at the end thereof the usual hook 20 which is adapted to
engage, and withdraw in the usual manner the wires G,. and any of the usual means,
not necessary here to show, may be used to insert the wires again.
H represents the usual take-up roll, around which the finished product is carried.
Fastened on the inside of the front framing, or at any suitable point is the
frame I which has the projecting arm J. The top of the frame is cut away so as
to form a hinge-pivot, and fitting the same is the bifurcated end of the swinging
arm K which is hinged to the frame I by pin L.
Fastened or tapped into the extending arm J is the screw M, the head of which
rests on the top of the arm K and surrounding the screw M, and bearing on arm .J
and swinging arm K is a spring N, which tends to normally keep arm K raised to
its highest position as determined by the adjustment of the screw M.
Adjustably fastened to the arm K by the screw O is the piece P which carries
the oiling or wiping device hereafter described, and adjustably fastened to the
projecting arm J by means of screw S is the oil-cup R having the removable.
cover T, which constitutes the oil supply, as hereafter described.
Fastened to the carriage, and passing under the hook 20 is an arm or cam W
which is adapted to strike on the swinging arm K, and which has the incline w
which will act to depress the said arm K so that the wiping or oiling device
carried by the piece P will clear the hook 20, as the hook 20 passes over the same.
Referring now especially to the oiling device shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, it will be
seen that to the end of the piece P is attached a wick-tube Q, and through this
wick-tube Q, a wick U is led to the oil-cup R.
The wick is held in adjustment by means of a pin, as a safety-pin V which is
inserted through small holes drilled in the tube, as shown, and by adjusting the
wick up or down, more or less oil may be deposited on the wires, as desired.
The operation of this first form of my device, which is intended to act principally
as an oiler, is as follows:
As the loom is operated in the usual manner, the wires will be caught by
the hook, and withdrawn from the fabric, and then. inserted again, as is well
understood..
As the wires are withdrawn, the same will be drawn over the projecting end of
the wicking, which may be spread out as shown, so as to oil any desired part
of the surface of the wires, and thus the latter will be oiled evenly, and for their
entire length.
The cam W will depress the wick, as before described, so that the hook will
clear the same, and thus no oil will be deposited on the hook.
The use of wicking is very advantageous as the same acts to practically oil all
the wires alike, and very evenly and finely for their entire length, and it will be
also noted that the operation of the same is entirely automatic, and, after being
once set, does not have to be noticed by the operator.
Referring now to Figs. 5, 6 and 7, which show another form of my device
which is also used as a wiping device to keep the wires clean, it will be seen that
the mechanism is entirely the same down to the part P, and that the part P
carries a peculiar double arrangement, preferably of wicking, that is designed to
wipe the sides of the wires, and at the same time, if desired, oil the same.
This device is intended preferably to be used both as an oiling and wiping
device, but it is evident, that by omitting the oil-supplying device, that
the improvement can be made to act simply as a wiper to wipe the wires and
keep them clean.
On the piece P are fastened jaws 21 and 22, the jaw 21 being rigidly held or
fastened to the piece P by screw 23 and nut 230 in any desired position with said
screw as a centre, and the jaw 22 being loosely pivoted by screw 24 so that the
aame will easily turn around screw 24 as a pivot.

page_text: The said jaws 21 and 22 have extended lugs 25 between which is placed the
spring 26 which acts as an expansion spring, and tends to force the outer or longer
end of the jaw 22 against the jaw 21.
The ends of the jaws are bent up as at 27, and fastened to these bent up portions.
are the pieces 30.
These pieces 30 have three holes 31, 32 and 33 formed in the same, as shown
in Fig. 8, and suitable wicks U and U are pulled first through the holes 33, then
up over the top of the pieces 30, and then down through holes 32 and 33, as shown.
in Fig. 6.
use the term "wicks" because, as further described I preferably use the
wiping device also as an oiling device, but I wish to be understood as contemplating
the application and use of any material of any desired shape that will act as a
wiper for the wires.
The manner in which the wicks are drawn through the pieces 30 will bring a
large surface for two wicks in opposition to each other, as shown.
The jaws are so placed, that as the wires are withdrawn from the finished product,.
they will be pulled between the two wicks and cleaned at every withdrawal and
insertion of the same.
Thus, the wires will be kept from rusting by reason of the moisture of the
fabric and atmosphere, and will always be kept clean and bright.
This wiping device by itself forms a great improvement in looms, and may be
used simply as a wiper, but I prefer to make this device also act as an oiler, and
thus perform the double function of both wiping and oiling the wires, and it will
be seen that I do this, by simply leading the wicks to the oil-cup R.
This combined wiping and oiling device will be raised and fowered to clear the
hook 20 as in the previous device.
If these wicks, therefore, are dipped into the oil-cup, the wiper will act also as an.
oiler, and will have the advantages of the device described and claimed in Figs. 1, 2
and 3, but I wish it distinctly understood that I contemplate using the device
simply as a wiper, omitting the means for supplying the oil, and that such use is in
the scope of my invention.
I wish again to state that either device may be used in connection with the
wires used in weaving either Wilton or Brussels carpets, or similar, or any fabrics.
where wires are used, whether the same carry knives or not.
The details and arrangements of parts herein shown and described may be
greatly varied by a skilled mechanic without departing from the scope of my
invention as expressed in the claims.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
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1. The combination in a loom of the character described of the wires, means for
withdrawing and inserting the same, and a device consisting of wicking arranged so
as to rub on said wires as they are moved, substantially as described.
2. The combination in a loom of the character described, of the wires, means for
withdrawing and inserting the same, and an oiling device consisting of wicking
arranged so as to rub on said wires, and means for supplying oil to said wicking,.
substantially as described.
3. The combination in a loom of the wires, the hook for catching and withdrawing
the same, a wicking interposed in the path travelled by the wires, and means for
moving the wicking out of its normal position so that the same will clear said hook,.
substantially as described.
4. In a loom of the character described, the combination of the wires, means
for withdrawing and inserting the same, and two opposed wicks arranged in the.
path travelled by the wires, and between which said wires are moved, substantially
as described.

page_text: 5. The combination in a loom of the wires, the hook for catching and with-
drawing the same, the arm K carrying at one end thereof the wicking, and
normally holding the wicking in the path travelled by the wires so as to oil the
same, and the cam moving with the hook, and adapted to strike the arm K, and
to move the wicking so that the same will clear said hook, substantially as
described.
6. The combination in a loom of the wires, the hook for catching the same, and
withdrawing the wires out of the fabric, of the pivoted arm K, the screw M, the head
of which limits the upward movement of the arm K, the spring N holding
the arm in its raised position, of wicking carried by the end of said arm, and
interposed in the path travelled by the wires, and a cam adapted to strike the
arm K, and depress the wicking, so that the same will clear said hook, substantially
as described.
7. In a loom of the character described, the combination of the wires, means for
withdrawing and inserting the same, of the two jaws, the spring acting to force the
jaws together, each jaw holding or having a facing, of suitable material between
which the wires are drawn, substantially as described.
Dated this 29th day of August 1892.
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70, Wellington Street, Glasgow: