Improvements in and connected with Loom Lingoes and Sash and other Weights.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
Improvements in and connected with Loom Lingoes and Sash and
other Weights.
I, MALCOLM FRISEN, of 26 Temple Street, Paterson, County of Passaic, and
State of New Jersey, U.S.A., Ribbon Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of
my invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :→
This invention relates to an improvement in lingoes or heddles weights for
Jacquard looms; and also in the method of attaching the same to the beddle. It
consists in fashioning the upper end of the lingo into a head, penetrated by a
conical opening and split in such a manner that the heddle may be readily attached
to or removed from the lingo without tying or uutying the cord. It consists also
in the arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter set. forth and claimed,
In the drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the improved lingo,
attached to a heddle;
Figure 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1 ;
Figure 3 a similar view to Fig. 2 partly sectioned;
Figure 4 a top plan view (enlarged) of Figure 2;
Figure 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of my improved lingo, and
Figure 6 a transverse section of the same.
In the drawings I havo illustrated two forms of lingoes, a cylindrical lingo being
shown in Figures 1 to 4, and a flat lingo in Figures 5 to 6. It is to be understood
that my improvement can be adapted to all forms of lingoes, sash or other weights,
which are to be attached to and be suspended from cords, ropes and the like.
In the drawings a represents the body of the lingo, which in Figures 1 to 4 is
cylindrical. This body a is provided near its upper end with a flattened neck b
and which terminates in a head c.
Extending along a portion of one side of the neck band penetrating the head e
is a conical aporture d, the base or enlarged portion of which is formed in the side
of the neck. The head c is also slit transversely as at e, the slit terminating in the
upper end of the conical aperture d.
In the modified form shown in Figures 5 and 6 the lingo has a flat body a¹ and
this body a' is bent over at the top to form the neck and head c. The bent
over portion or neck 6 is perforated by an enlarged aperture d¹ and has an upwardly
extending slit e', terminating in an aperture at the top of the head
lingo. The said aperture being of smaller size than the aperture d'
of the
In operation the heddle m or other cord is knotted at its lower end, as shown
at g in Fig. 1.
In the form, illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the heddle or cord is slipped
through the elite and the lingo lowered, until the knot g comes in contact with and
binds against the contracted portion of the conical hole d, whereby a strong and
reliable connection is formed between the lingo and the heddle or cord.
When the heddle or cord is to be elevated from the lingo, the latter is slid up on
the cord until the knot g has cleared the slit e, when the cord is slipped out
through said slit.
In the modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the cord or heddle is knotted in a
similar manner, baving the knot of a size to allow its free passage through
aperture d'. The portion above the knot enters through slit e', and the lingo is
then lowered, until said knot rests against the slides of the aperture f¹.
The detaching is performed in a reversed manner.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim, is:
1. A lingo or weight having its upper end perforated approximately in the
direction of the centro line of the lingo, substantially as described..
2. A lingo or weight having its upper end perforated approximately in the
direction of the ceutre line of the lingo, and provided with a slít transverse to the
perforation, substantially as described.
3. A lingo or weight having its head perforated approximately in the direction
of the centre line of the lingo by a conical channel, the base of the conical
channel emerging at the side of the lingo and having the wall of the head split on
that side of the lingo at which the channel emerges, substantially as described.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1893.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.