Apparatus Connected therewith.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1887.
Specification Accepted, 5th July, 1887.
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Apparatus Connected therewith.
1, JOHN TAYLOR, of Newchurch, in the county of Lancaster, manufacturer, 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:-
The improvements relate to the weaving in the loom of long pile fabrics, such as
rugs, mats, carpets or other articles manufactured with a long pile, cut or uncut, and
to apparatus connected therewith; and have for object the production of such like
articles of manufacture with greater facility than at present obtains. To accomplish
this and to effect my improvements, I provide a loom with a reed tall enough to enable
the warp threads forming the pile to be raised sufficiently high to allow of the
employment of that part of the apparatus connected with the same.
This consists of two bars or rods, extending across the front of the reed, and suitably
mounted so as to be capable of moving to and fro, both together, with the slay when
required; and also, that one or both of the bars or rods shall have a sliding motion
laterally. One of these bars or rods is fitted with a series of hooks, and the other with
a series of pins or pegs.
When the pile warp threads are lifted for the purpose of forming the pile, these
bars are caused by any suitable mechanism, to move with or follow the slay, when the
pegs and hooks press into and upon the pile threads Motion is then given to the
lateral sliding action when the hooks pass underneath the pile warp threads.
The bars carrying the hooks are then brought forward with the slay, or just in
advance thereof, when the length of the pile is regulated by the distance such hooks
are moved to the front.
At the next pick or motion the ordinary weaving takes place, weaving the pile warp
into the ground, and the pile is again formed at such intervals as is desirable.
To facilitate the drawing off from the pile warp of long lengths of pile, I mount the
same in such a position as will allow of the yarn being carried over the healds or
harness forming the pile, and also provide the same with a special slack or tension
motion to allow of lengths of yarn being drawn forward without undue strain upon
such yarn or the ordinary weighting motion of the beam.
But that the improvements may be better understood, I will by the aid of the
accompanying drawings proceed more fully to describe means employed by me.

page_text: The same letters indicate corresponding parts wherever they occur.
a, a, is the bar carrying the hooks a, a, and b, b, the bar carrying the pins or
pegs b¹, 1
These bars are mounted either in slides, on levers, or otherwise, so as to be capable
of taking motion with the slay at such times as is requisite to form pile.
In Fig. 1, these bars are shewn in the position of having so followed the slay in its
backward stroke, and pressed amongst the pile and other threads forming the
open shed.
c, c, represents a pile warp thread, and d, d, d³, d¹, two ground warp threads opened
for the passage of the shuttle. While in or about the position shewn in Fig. 1, the
hook bar is caused to slide laterally by any suitable mechanism, so that the hooks set
into or pass underneath all the pile threads. The bars then come forward, with or in
advance of the slay, and reach the position as shewn in Fig. 2, where they are left, and
the slay has again receded for the next pick.
It will be seen that the pile warp is first drawn by the hooks as shewn by c², c², and
after being woven in by a pick of weft and raised again for another pick, will take
the position of the dotted line 3, c. Loops of pile yarn will thus be formed upon the
hooks, which are let go again by the hook bar sliding back to its original position;
the pins of the bar b, b, forming the resistance for pushing off the loops.
This pin bar may either be stationary so far as lateral action is concerned, or it
may also slide in the contrary direction to the bar a, a.
The pile yarn after passing through the heald or harness at c', travels upwards either
in front or behind the heald shaft (where used) and over a rod or roller e, e, then
underneath another rod or roller ff, and again over the rod or roller g, g, from
thence to the warp beam h, h, which may be at any convenient point, and suitably
mounted.
The rod or roller ff, is provided with a spring at each end thereof or it may
be
with weights, or levers and weights to enable the same to rise and fall, in or without
a slide, for the purpose of formning the slack tension motion, in addition to the ordinary
weighting motion.
Variations in the form of the apparatus described, and any suitable mechanical
means for actuating, together with the mode of mounting the same, may be made
without departing from the peculiar character of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1. The bar or rod a, a, carrying hooks, and the bar or rod b, b, carrying pins,
actuated for the purpose of forming long pile on fabrics in manner substantially as
herein shewn and described.
2. The arrangement of the rods or rollers e,f,g, with a spring or springs, weight or
weights, combined or in connection with the pile warp yarn and pile harness or healds
for the purpose of weaving long pile fabrics, in manner substantially as herein shewn
and described.
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WILLIAM GADD, C.E.,
64, Barton Arcade, Manchester,
Agent.