IMPROVEMENTS IN TEMPLES FOR LOOMS
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM LUPTON, HENRY EDWARD LUPTON and JOHN CLEGG LUPTON
all of Grange Iron Works, Accrington in the County of Lancaster Roller and
Temple Makers do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN TEMPLES FOR LOOMS" to be as follows :-
In order to improve the grip upon the cloth in those descriptions of temples in
which a roller and trough are employed, we apply an adjustable bar at the back of
the trough which is formed shallower for the purpose and we secure this bar in
position nearer to or further from the roller by means of slots and set-screws-so
that the cloth after passing beneath the roller and in passing round the front edge
of such bar is compelled to envelope the roller more or less according to the grip
desired. This trough (and roller) is supported upon brackets and springs affixed to
the breast bean instead of employing the upright iron or steel springs hitherto in
vogue whereby a more direct action and greater firmness and rigidity are secured
and access to the under part of the loom is facilitated.
A modification of this invention consists of an application of a steel or iron bar
above and forming a partial cover to the chased and fluted or pointed rollers of
such temples as have hitherto been used with a square and flat bar at the back of
such rollers by which means we confine the cloth to the rollera more perfectly and
thus secure a better grip or tension upon such cloth.

page_text: We, WILLIAM LUPTON, HENRY EDWARD LUPTON, and JOHN CLEGG LUPTON,
all of Grange Ironworks, Accrington in the County of Lancaster, Roller and
Temple Makers do hereby declare the nature of our Invention for IMPROVEMENTS
IN TEMPLES FOR LOOMS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
These improvements refer to those descriptions of temples in which a roller and
trough are employed and consists in an adjustable bar capable of being fixed nearer
to or further from the roller by means of slots and set screws so that the cloth in
passing round the front edge of such bar is compelled to envelope the roller more
or less according to the grip desired.
.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 represents a plan view and Fig. 2 an end
view of a temple having my improvements applied thereto.
In both views a is the roller and b the trough which is by preference formed
shallower than heretofore to permit the adjustable bar c to be affixed at the back.
This bar c is secured in position nearer to or further from the roller a by means of
slots and set screws d-or the additional thumb set screws e may be employed to
regulate the tension in different parts of the width of cloth.
In this manner the cloth after passing beneath the roller a and in passing round
the front edge of the bar c is compelled to envelope the roller more or less according
to the position of such bar and according to the grip desired.
It will be obvious that once adjusted in position this bar c can be affixed
permanently to the trough b. This trough b is supported upon brackets f capable
of sliding in slotted fixed brackets g affixed to the breast beam h as illustrated and
springs i also affixed by preference to the breast beam are arranged to press
against the bracket f instead of employing the upright iron or steel springs
hitherto in vogue whereby a more direct action and greater firmness and rigidity
are secured and access to the under part of the loom is facilitated.
A modification of this invention is illustrated by plan view Fig. 3, by side view
Fig. 4 and by side sectional view Fig. 5. It consists of an application of a (by
preference) steel, iron or brass segmental bar i above and forming a partial cover
to each extremity of the chased and fluted rollers j as illustrated or which bar or
segmental cover may be applied to the raised or pin-pointed rollers sometimes used
at the extremities of temple rollers.
These segmental bars i are shewn affixed in position to the back flat bar k by the
metallic straps and set-screws m but it will be obvious that they might be affixed
to the front or square bar n and might cover the temple rollers j more or less than
at the extremities only as illustrated in the drawing.
The same mode of fixing to the breast beam as in Figs 1 and 2 is applicable to
this modification and hence the same letters of reference are marked upon the
corresponding parts.
By means of this bar or segmental cover i we confine the cloth more perfectly
to the temple roller and besides forming a protection to such rollers we secure a
better grip or tension upon the cloth.

page_text: Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st The application to troughs and roller temples of a bar by preference made
adjustable whereby the grip upon the cloth is improved substantially as herein
before described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
2nd The mode of mounting temples upon spring brackets instead of upon
upright springs substantially as and for the purpose herein before described.
3rd The employment of a segmental bar or cover for protecting temple rollers
and whereby the cloth is more perfectly confined to the roller and a better grip
secured substantially as and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated
on the accompanying drawing.