11 IN PICKERS USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING.
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Frederick Haigh, of Halifax, in the
County of York, Picker Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
11
IN PICKERS USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Frederick Haigh
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 20th March 1871.
I, JAMES FREDERICK HAIGH, of Halifax, in the County of York,
Picker Maker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN PICKERS USED
IN LOOMS
FOR WEAVING," (to be
follows):-
as
The improvement consists in constructing pickers with a loop on the
side, or so that the picking strap or other means of connection with the
picking apparatus may be attached to the side of the picker at a position
about equidistant between the spindle hole & the point of contact
with the shuttle tip,. whereby the action is. more equal and the wear and
tear of the picker is greatly diminished.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Frederick Haigh in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 20th September 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, JAMES
FREDERICK HAIGH, of Halifax, in the County of York, Picker Maker,
send greeting.
2.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of March, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fourth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said James Frederick Haigh, Her special
licence that I, the said James Frederick Haigh, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said James Frederick
Haigh, my 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. "I-
PROVEMENTS IN PICKERS USED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Frederick Haigh, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of 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 I, the said James Frederick Haigh, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same.
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement and accompanying Sheet of Drawings. (that
is to say) :—
The improvements consist in constructing pickers with a loop on the
side, or so that the picking strap or other means of connection with the
picking apparatus may be attached to the side of the picker at a position
about equidistant between the spindle hole and the point of contact
with the shuttle tip, whereby the action is more equal and the wear and
tear of the picker is greatly diminished..

page_text: Such being the nature of the said Invention, the manner in which it
is to be performed or put into practice will be readily understood
by reference to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, where Fig. 1 is
an end elevation, Fig. 2 is a side elevation, and Fig. 3, is a plan or
underneath view of the said improved picker.
A is the loop projecting out from the side thereof sufficient to secure
the picking strap to it; and it will be observed that this loop is placed
between or intermediate of the spindle hole B and the point or place C
where the picker comes into contact with the shuttle tip. By this
improvement the action is equalized or that there is less friction or
tendency of the picker binding on the spindle than when the picking
strap is fixed on the top of the picker as heretofore, consequently there
is more freedom of action, and therefore less wear and tear of the
pickers..
Having thus described the nature and shown the manner in which
this Invention is to be performed or put into practice, I would have
it understood that I do not confine myself to the precise form of con-
struction here shewn and described, but what I claim as my Invention
is, the constructing pickers with a loop, or so that the picking strap or
other means of connection with the picking apparatus can be attached
to the side or intermediate of the spindle hole and the point of contact.
with the shuttle tip in manner substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Frederick Haigh, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of September, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.
JAMES
FREDERICK HAIGH. (L.S.)
Signed, sealed, and delivered by the
within-named James Frederick Haigh,
in the presence of
J. W. TASKER,
Clerk to W. Tasker,
Halifax.