Improvements in or connected with Weaving Shuttles.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, Eth Mar., 1898
Complete Specification Left, Sth Dec., 1898-Accepted, 14th Jan., 1899
· PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Weaving Shuttles.
I, EDMUND SLICER, of 37A, Booth Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention has for its object to provide means whereby a loom shuttle
weaving with a single pick may work longer without change than is now possible
whereby a saving of time and a reduction of waste are offected.
According to my invention I make use of a shuttle having two or more pegs
for carrying two or more bobbins and I connect the tail end of the yarn or thread
on the first bobbin to the leading end of the yarn or thread on the second bobbin
and if more than two bobbins are used I connect the tail end of the yarn or
thread on the second bobbin to the leading end of the yarn or thread on the
third bobbin, and SO on, whereby when the yarn of one bobbin is
exhausted the yarn upon the second bobbin will follow on and so on.
With this arrangement I not only effect the saving of time usually occupied
in changing the shuttle as the thread upon each individual bobbin is exhausted
but I ensure that the thread upon the first bobbin shall be completely used up
before the thread upon the next bobbin comes into use.
My invention is very advantageously used in connection with the double pick
shuttle forming the subject of Letters Patent No. 12355 of 1892 as it enables
such shuttle to be used either for single or double pick goods.
A shuttle arranged for the yarn to be used as herein before described is pro-
vided with a special eye, preferably about the centre of the width of the shuttle,
so that the yarn will be drawn off both bobbins with equal facility.
Dated the 011
1000
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
I, EDMUND SLICER, of 37A, Booth Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Merchant, 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:-
My invention has for its object to provide means whereby a loom shuttle
weaving with a single pick may work longer without change than is now possible
whereby a saving of time and a reduction of waste are affected.
According to my invention I make use of a shuttle having two or more pegs
for carrying two or more bobbins and I connect the tail end of the yarn or thread
on the first bobbin to the leading end of the yarn or thread on the second bobbin
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page_text: and if more than two bobbins are used I connect the tail end of the yarn or
thread on the second bobbin to the leading end of the yarn or thread on the
third bobbin, and so on, whereby when the yarn of one bobbin is
exhausted the yarn upon the second bobbin will follow on and so on.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same by
reference to the accompanying drawing, in which:-
Figure 1 is a plan view of a double bobbin shuttle having the yarns upon the
bobbins connected in accordance with my invention; and,
Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating a detail.
a, a¹ are the two bobbins upon which the yarn or thread is wound and b, b are
the pegs carrying the same.
c is an eye arranged at about the centre of the width of the shuttle so that
each bobbin will be in substantially the same position in relation to the eye
thereby permitting of the yarn being drawn off both bobbins with equal facility.
The yarn from the bobbin a is led through the eye c in the usual manner and
the tail end of the yarn (which in winding is left projecting) is attached to the
leading end of the yarn on the bobbin a¹ as indicated by the line so that when
the yarn from the bobbin a is all used up the yarn from the bobbin a¹ will
follow on without it being necessary to stop the machinery in order to replace
the bobbin or the shuttle when the thread is exhausted.
In practice I arrange a kind of hook e adjacent to the tail end of the yarn
on the first shuttle, which hook serves to retain the length of yarn between the
bobbins out of the path of the running yarn, the said hook being so shaped that
when the yarn on the first bobbin is exhausted the yarn is pulled off the hook.
Hitherto in using single bobbin shuttles when the yarn is nearly exhausted
the loom is stopped and the shuttle changed and furthermore it frequently
happens that several yards of yarn remain upon the bobbin and are wasted;
it will be obvious that by doubling the quantity of yarn which can be carried
in a shuttle I effect a saving of time as regards stoppages, as the loom will
only be required to be stopped half as often as is the case with a single bobbin
shuttle, and furthermore it will be obvious that I effect a considerable saving
of material, as before the yarn upon the second bobbin comes into use the yarn
must be completely used up upon the first bobbin.
Although in the drawing I have only represented a shuttle as being provided
with two bobbins it will be obvious that under certain circumstances a larger
shuttle containing three or even more bobbins might be employed.
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. A weaving shuttle adapted to receive two or more bobbins and having the
tail end of the yarn on the first bobbin connected to the leading end of the yarn
on the second bobbin so that when the yarn from one bobbin is exhausted the
yarn upon the next bobbin will be brought into use, the said shuttle having
the eye through which the yarn is led situated in a position in which it bears
substantially the same relation to both or all the bobbins, substantially as
described.
2. The improvements in or connected with weaving shuttles hereinbefore
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated the 8th day of December 1898.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.