IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1866

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Buckton, of the Hunslet Linen Works, near
Leeds, in the County of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
LOOMS FOR WEAVING."
Sealed the 26th February 1867, and dated the 28th August 1866.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Buckton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 28th
August 1866.
1, RICHARD BUCKTON, of the Hunslet Linen Works, near Leeds, in the
County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in a novel arrangement of the "up-take" motion,
whereby the combined advantages of the positive and the lever. and weight
"up-take" motions are secured and their respective disadvantages avoided.
The ordinary positive up-take motion consists of a roller driven by gearing
at a fixed speed, this speed, however, being such as to give the necessary
picks per inch required.
inch required. Amongst other disadvantages it has this, that for
some sorts of goods the friction roller upon which the cloth is wound is unable
sometimes to take up what the positive roller delivers, and by thus occasionally
slipping to some extent neutralizes the effect of the positive roller. The lever
and weight up-take is so arranged that the forward motion of the slay striking
against the weft pushes the cloth forward as it is made and pulls off the yarn
from the yarn beam at the same time. The up-take roller is simultaneously

page_text: moved round by a lever and weight, so arranged as to take up all that is given
off; this ensures the-cloth being taken up as fast as it is made, but it has the
disadvantage of giving an uncertain number of picks per inch, as the motion
for the picks does not depend upon any positive gearing.
My improvements consist of a combined motion having a roller driven by
positive gearing to secure the number of picks required, and a cloth beam
moved by
a lever and weight to secure the taking up of the cloth as it is
delivered from the positive roller, the cloth also being put round au inter-
mediate friction roller in such a manner as to prevent any possibility of its
slipping round the positive roller, thereby adding to the power of the positive
roller and preserving the face of the cloth. With this motion either heavy or
light cloth can be woven in the same loom, and as there are no rising or
falling levers as in some motions, or regulating catch wheels as in others, the
cloth beam can be made as large as may be conveniently required, and the
motion is so simple as to add no complication to the loom.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Richard Buckton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th February 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
BUCKTON, of the Hunslet Linen Works, near Leeds, in the County of York,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-eighth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
sajd Richard Buckton, Her special licence that I, the said Richard Buckton,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Richard
Buckton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during.
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS
POR WEAVING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Richard
Buckton, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was

page_text: to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the
said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Richard Buckton, do hereby declare.
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
This Invention consists of a novel arrangement of the up-take motion
whereby the combined advantages of the positive and the lever and weight
up-take motions are secured and their respective disadvantages avoided.
The ordinary positive up-take motion consists of a roller driven by gearing
at a fixed speed, this speed, however, being such as to give the necessary
picks per inch required. Amongst other disadvantages it has this, that for
some sorts of goods the friction roller upon which the cloth is wound is unable
sometimes to take up what the positive roller delivers, and by thus occasionally
slipping to some extent neutralizes the effect of the positive roller. The lever
and weight up-take is so arranged that the forward motion of the slay striking
against the weft pushes the cloth forward as it is made and pulls off the yaru
from the yarn beam at the same time. The up-take roller is simultaneously
moved round by a lever and weight so arranged as to take up all that is given
off; this insures the cloth being taken off as fast as made, but it has the
disadvantage of giving an uncertain number of picks per inch, as the motion
for the picks does not depend upon any positive gearing.
My improvements consist of a combined motion having a roller driven by
positive gearing to secure the number of picks required, and a cloth beam
moved by a lever and weight to secure the taking up of the cloth as it is
delivered from the positive roller, the cloth also being put round an inter-
mediate friction roller in such a manner as to prevent any possibility of its
slipping round the positive roller, thereby adding to the power of the positive
ruller and preserving the face of the cloth. With this motion either heavy or
light cloth can be woven in the same loom, and as there are no rising or
falling levers as in some motions, or regulating catch wheels as in others, the
cloth beam can be made as large as may be conveniently required, and the
motion is so simple as to add no complication to the loo.n.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
The Drawing accompanying this Specification shows the back beam, front
beam, brest beam, yarn beam, positive up-take roller, the intermediate friction
roller, and the cloth beam worked by lever and weight motion. The

page_text: respective words marked on the Drawing will show to those conversant with
the trade the particuliar nature of my Invention..
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I would have it understood that what I claim as
of my Invention is, the combination of the two motions in one loom for the
purpose of taking up cloth as above described, or any mechanical equivalent
thereof for the same purpose.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Buckton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
Witness,
P. H. SHARP,
Patent Agent,
Leeds.
RICHARD BUCKTON. (L.S.)