Improvements in or relating to the Lathes and Shuttle Boxes of Looms.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Feb., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Nov., 1889-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Lathes and Shuttle Boxes of
Looms.
We THOMAS TAYLOR of the firm of Barlow and Jones Limited of Bolton in the
County of Lancaster Manufacturers and THOMAS DAWSON in the employ of the said
firm Joiner do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in looms for weaving and our improvements
consist chiefly in making the lathes of metal with wood coverings as one piece or part
and in attaching the shuttle boxes to the lathe as separate parts and in such manner
as that when it is desired to change the arrangement of the shuttle boxes it is only
necessary to detach one or both of the boxes and to substitute another box or boxes in
its or their place.
It has hitherto been customary to employ wooden lathes and for looms for weaving
heavy goods these lathes are necessarily very cumbrous and heavy in order to gain the
requisite strength. We are aware that metal lathes with coverings on the top for the
race, and on the back for holding the bottom of the reed have been constructed; but
in this case as also with the wooden lathe above mentioned the shuttle boxes whenever
they reciprocate with the lathe have invariably been permanently and rigidly affixed
to and formed part of the lathe so that to make any change it has been necessary to
lift out the whole lathe with the shuttle boxes and substitute a fresh lathe with its-
fixed shuttle boxes. By employing a metal lathe partially cased with wood and having
the shuttle boxes bolted or otherwise removably secured thereto the said boxes can at
any desired time be removed thus without changing the lathe we can apply a drop box
at each end or a drop box at one end and a single box at the other or a single box at.
each end.
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Lathes and Shuttle Boxes of
Looms.
We THOMAS TAYLOR of the firm of Barlow and Jones Limited of Bolton in the
County of Lancaster Manufacturers and THOMAS DAWSON in the employ of the said
firm Joiner, 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:-
Our invention relates to improvements in looms for weaving and our improvements
consist chiefly in making the lathe of metal with wood coverings as one piece or part
and in attaching the shuttle boxes to the lathe as separate parts and in such manner
as that when it is desired to change the arrangement of the shuttle boxes it is only
necessary to detach one or both of the boxes and to substitute another box or boxes in
its or their place.
It has hitherto been customary to employ wooden lathes and for looms for weaving
heavy goods these lathes are necessarily very cumbrous and heavy in order to gain the
requisite strength. We are aware that metal lathes with coverings on the top for the
race, and on the back for holding the bottom of the reed have been constructed; but
in this case as also with the wooden lathes above mentioned the shuttle boxes whenever
they reciprocate with the lathe have invariably been permanently and rigidly affixed
to and formed part of the lathe so that to make any change it has been necessary to

page_text: lift out the whole lathe with the shuttle boxes and substitute a fresh lathe with its
fixed shuttle boxes. By employing a metal lathe partially cased with wood and
having the shuttle boxes bolted or otherwise removably secured thereto the said boxes
can at any desired time be removed thus 'without changing the lathe we can apply a
drop box at each end or a drop box at one end and a single box at the other or a single
box at each end.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect we will describe the accompanying two Sheets of Drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of a lathe with shuttle boxes attached
according to our invention.
Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views respectively to Figs. 1 and 2 but showing the the
shuttle boxes detached.
Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line A B Fig. 3 and Fig. 6 a
similar view taken on the line (D.
In these views the lathe L is shown as we prefer to make it, so as to obtain the
requisite strength without excessive bulk, namely the rail or bed of metal m with wood
coverings w.
The shuttle boxes B B' are secured to the lathe L as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by
bolts 6 but may be otherwise suitably attached so that by simply removing the bolts b
or equivalent fastenings either or both of the shuttle boxes can be detached and
removed and a fresh shuttle box or boxes substituted without necessitating the removal
of the lathe from the loom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim
In a loom the combination with a lathe made preferably of metal with wood
coverings, of shuttle boxes bolted or otherwise detachably secured to the lathe
substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated this 18th day of November 1889.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicants.