Improvements in Swells of Shuttle Boxes of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 6th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Swells of Shuttle Boxes of Looms for Weaving.
We EгHкAIM HINDLE and GEORGE HINDLE, Manufacturers and WILLIAM
ISHERWOOD, Manager all of Bastfield Mills, Blackburn in the County of
Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the swells of shuttle boxes of looms
for weaving, the object being to construct the hinge of the swell, so that it shall
be more durable and the wear and tear of the hinge be automatically compensated
for by a spring bracket which forms the hinge.
According to this invention a swell is made as ordinary but the hinge end has
A bracket made from a
two projecting pins or a projecting round boss cast to it.
piece of sheet steel of such form that one end encloses the projecting boss or pins
of the swell and forms a hinge therewith, the other part of the spring bracket is by
screws secured to the back of the shuttle box as ordinary.
A swell is operated and operates in the ordinary and well known manner, but
the hinge being made after the manner of a spring the wear on the pins is
compensated for by the spring bracket.
Dated this 2nd day of June 1894.
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Swells of Shuttle Boxes of Looms for Weaving.
We EPHRAIM HINDLE, and GEORGE HINDLE, Manufacturers, and WILLIAM
ISHERWOOD, Manager, all of Bastfield Mills, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in the swells of shuttle boxes of looms
for weaving, the object being to construct the hinge of the swell so that it shall be
more durable and the wear and tear of the hinge be automatically compensated for
by a spring bracket which forms the hinge.
Such being the, nature and object of our said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a view in elevation of the back of part of a shuttle box shewing the

page_text: pins 2. 2 are received in a recessed bracket 3 screwed to the back 4 of the shuttle
box. A spring bracket 5 made from a piece of sheet steel, and of such form that
one end encloses the projecting boss or pins 2. 2 of the swell 1, and together with
the bracket forms a hinge or bearing for the swell 1; the other part of the
spring bracket 5 is by screws 7. 7ª secured to the back 4 of the shuttle box as
ordinary. By simply tightening the screw 7, any wear or tear of the recessed
bracket 3, spring bracket. 5, and boss or pins 2. 2 is at once compensated for.
A swell is operated and operates in the ordinary and well known manner, but
the hinge being made after the manner of a spring, the wear on the boss or pins 2. 2
is less, and is readily compensated for by the spring bracket 5.
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 is:-
(1.) The swell 1, having boss or pins 2. 2, the recessed bracket 3, and spring
bracket 5, all in combination, as and for the purpose herein described and
substantially as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2 of the annexed drawings.
(2.) A shuttle box, the swell of which is hinged or carried in a bracket, and
held therein by means of a spring bracket, as and for the purpose herein described,
and substantially as illustrated.
Dated this 4th day of March 1895.
EPHRAIM HINDLE,
GEORGE HINDLE,
WILLIAM ISHERWOOD,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.
EPHRAIM HINDLE,
GEORGE HINDLE,
WILLIAM ISHERWOOD,
gents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.