IMPROVE- MENTS IN SELE-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS." PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Stewart, of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Pawnbroker, and Richard Bond, of Newton Heath, near
Manchester, aforesaid, Machinist, for the Invention of “IMPROVE-
MENTS IN SELE-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Stewart and
Richard Bond at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with
their Petition, on the 6th March 1871.
WC, CHARLES STEWART, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster,
Pawnbroker, and RICHARD BOND, of Newton Heath, near Manchester,
aforesaid, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven-
tion for "IMPROVEMENTS IN SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR LOOMS," to be as
follows:-
In hand temples of the usual construction it is customary to use two
pieces of wood united together by cords, and provided at their outer ends
with needle points which take into the selvages of the fabric. Now in
making our improved self-acting temples we employ two pieces of wood
or other material united by cords or straps, and at the outer end of each

page_text: piccc is a plate set at an angle to the fabric, to which one, two, or more
spiked crown temples are hinged, these angle plates rest upon adjustable
brackets fixed to a cross rail, which is supported on springs attached to
the breast beam or other fixed part of the loom. The selvages of the
fabric are caught by the spikes of the crown temples and distended by
the two pieces of wood or other material like in hand temples.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Charles Stewart and Richard Bond in the Great
Scal Patent Oflice on the 1st September 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, WC, CHARLES
STEWART, of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, Pawnbroker, and
RICHARD BOND, of Newton Heath, near Manchester, aforesaid, Machinist,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, hearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year of 1
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 us, the said Charles Stewart and Richard Bond,
Her special licence that we, the said Charles Stewart and Richard Bond,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said Oharles Stewart and Richard Bond, our 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 SELF-ACTING TEMPLES FOR
Looms," upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Charles
Stewart and Richard Bond, our executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under our, or their, or one of our or their hands and
scals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said a
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.
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page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Charles Stewart and Richard Bond,
do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement (that is to say) :-
The nature of our Invention consists in the use of one or more spiked
crown wheel temples which are set at an angle to the fabric, and and
connected to brackets or plates fixed to the usual cross bar, or to the
ordinary pieces of wood united by cords.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily
carried into operation, we will proceed to describe the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, reference being had to the figures and letters marked
thereon.
Fig. 1 is a plan of a pair of self-acting temples constructed according
to our improvements; Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 a
section through the line A, B, on Fig. 1.
a is the breast beam of the loom to which are bolted the brackets
with the studs and springs c, these studs support the usual cross bar d.
At each end of this bar is secured by set screw a bracket e, the distance
between which can be regulated according to the width of fabric in the
loom. Each bracket e is provided with two studs for the spiked crown
wheel temples and g to turn upon freely; these crown temples arc set
at an angle to the fabric, and the distance between the temples f,f, is
rather greater than that of the temples g, g, by which means the fabric
when caught by the spikes of the temples ff, is distended to its greatest
extent, and as the fabric is carried forward by the taking up roller
the selvages are gradually released by the spikes of the temples f, and
caught by those of the temples g, which are set at a different angle to
that of the temples f, and in their turn release them as the fabric
advances. The temples are provided with guards h, one of which is
shown in its place in Fig. 1, and the other is removed in order that the
temples may be better seen, the guards are hinged to the brackets e, and
held down by swivel buttons of the ordinary construction. For some
fabrics one pair of spiked crown wheel temples may be used, and for
very strong fabrics more than two pairs may be required.
Figs. 4 and 5 represent two views of a modification of our Invention,
in this arrangement the toothed spiked rollers and 9 are mounted on
studs projecting from the under side of the angle plate e, the said studs
pass through slots in the said plate so that the relative position of the

page_text: spiked crown wheel temples may be varied; the plates e are secured to
the saddles e' which fit upon the cross rail i, and the distance between
the temples is varied by the regulating set screws e. To the under side
of each plate e is fixed the guard h, and the open space between the
under side of the plate e and the guard & fits upon the guide &, which is
bolted to the cross bar d, the plate is placed between the bar d and
the guide d³ to allow the said guide to be moved up or down and to and
fro so as to be able to vary the level of the temples. The cross bar dis
connected to the breast beam of the loom by the usual spring studs c.
We wish to observe that the plates e may be connected to the ends of
the ordinary wood stretching bars.
Tho Drawings represent the particular angles which we have found
the most advantageous for the spiked crown wheel temples, but the
angles may be varied.
Having thus stated the nature of our Invention and described two
modes of performing the same, we wish it to be understood that we do
not intend to limit ourselves to the details given, as they may be modified
and that what we claim is, setting spiked crown wheel temples at an
angle to the fabric in the loom in the manner described or any modifi-
cation thereof.
In witness whereof, we, the said Charles Stewart and Richard
Bond, have hereto set our hands and seals, this Thirtieth day
of August One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
CHARLES STEWART. (L.S.)