IMPROVEMENTS JUT ITT CONSTRUCTIO TO NOT T PICALES STOL POWER LUUM'S
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Taylor, of Poolstock, Wigan, in the County
of Lancaster, Picker Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
JUT
ITT
CONSTRUCTIO
TO NOT
T
PICALES
STOL
POWER LUUM'S.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Taylor at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 20th
March 1855.
I, WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Poolstock, Wigan, in the County of Lancaster,
Picker Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMETS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF PICKERS' POR POWER LOOMS" to be as.
follows:-
To construct a picker' according to this Invention, one, two, or more pieces
of hide (which have previously been rolled between cylinders to give it solidity)
are cut into an angle or L shape, and laid sideways one upon another, (that is,
when more than one piece is used.) These L. or angle pieces are wrapped
round by (one or more) other angle pieces. One end of the inside flat piece or
pieces project a little beyond the wrapping piece or pieces, so as to form the
'groove piece," or end which works within the slide groove, and the wrapping
(piece or) pieces are made to project considerably over the reverse end of inner-

page_text: (piece or) pieces, so as to allow of their being bored for the "slide rod " without
coming in contact with the inner pieces. The whole is bound together by stout
wire staples driven through and clenched.
Hereunto is annexed a perspective view of the under side of a "picker"
constructed according to this Invention. This "picker" is drawn about a full
average size, and is made of four pieces of hide, two inner pieces and two
wrapping pieces, (but the number of the pieces to be used will entirely depend
upon the size of the "picker" and the thickness of the hide used.)
A, B, are two angle or L-shaped pieces of bide laid sideways one upon
another; C and D are two pieces of hide wrapped round A and B; E and F
are two stout wire staples, driver through the whole, and clenched on the other
side; G, staple, by which the edges of the two wrapping pieces are firmly held
together.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Taylor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th September 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS- SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
TAYLOR, of Poolstock, Wigan, in the County of Lancaster, Picker Manu-
facturer, send greeting.
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 fifty-five, in the eighteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said William Taylor, Her special license that I, the said William Taylor,
my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William
Taylor, 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF
PICKERS' FOR POWER LOOMS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said William Taylor, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal,
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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Taylor, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say) :-
To construct a "picker" according to my said Invention, I take two or more
pieces of hide, which I first roll between cylinders to give it solidity. I then
cut, say, one or two pieces into the angular or L shape, forming the lower hori-
zontal limb a little broader and shorter than the vertical arm. When I use more
than one of these L-shaped pieces, (which for convenience of description I shall
denominate the edge pieces), I lay one upon the other until I have obtained the
thickness required. I then take another piece of hide, which has also been
previously solidified by being compressed between rollers, or any other convenient
method, from which I cut (say) two other angular or L-shaped pieces, but of
larger dimensions than the "edge pieces," the lower limb being about twice as
broad, and as long as twice the length, and twice the thickness of the lower
limb of the edge pieces when laid together, and the virtical limb is a little
shorter when measured on the inner edge than the corresponding limb of the
edge pieces, and as broad as twice the width and once the thickness thereof.
These pieces, which I call the "wrapping pieces," are folded round the "edge
pieces; "the upper edges of the lower limbs of all the pieces being brought
into a line, and the wrapping pieces being rolled round the edge pieces, and
are brought in contact edge to edge on the lower limb. The upper end of
the "edge pieces" project a little beyond the wrapping pieces, so as to form
the "groove piece," or end which works within the slide groove; and the
"wrapping pieces," extending below the lower edge of the "edge picces,"
allow of their being bored for the "slide rod," and a slot to be cut therein for
the "strap" without coming in contact with the inner edge pieces. The
whole is bound together by stout wire staples, driven through and clenched, or
by means or rooves and pivits.
That my Invention may be more readily seen and understood, I have here-
unto annexed Drawings illustrative of a picker, about a full average size, and
which is made of four pieces of hide, consisting of the two inner edge pieces
and the two "wrapping pieces;" but the number of pieces to be used will
entirely depend upon the size of the picker and the thickness of the hide used.
Like letters used in the Drawings refer to similar parts.
Figure 1 is a side view of one of the "edge pieces;" Figure 2 is a side view
of one of the wrapping pieces previous to being placed round the edge pieces;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a picker formed by two "edge pieces and
two "wrapping pieces," like those shown in Figures 1 and 2.

page_text: A, A, are the angular or L-shaped pieces of hide forming the "edge pieces;"
Bare the wrapping pieces, which are folded round A, A, to which they are
firmly bound by C, C, two stout wire staples, driven through and clenched
on the reverse side; D, staple, by which the edges of the two wrapping pieces
are firmly held together.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same may be performed, what I claim is,
the forming, making, or manufacturing and use of "pickers" for power looms,
as herein-before described; or any mere modification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Taylor, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal, this Nineteenth day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.
Vitness,
WILLIAM WALKER:
LLIAM (L.B.) TAYLOR.