A New or Improved Pirn Tube or Bobbin for Loom Shuttles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1900-Accepted, 18th Aug., 1900
A New or Improved Pirn Tube or Bobbin for Loom Shuttles.
I, JOHN PAGE, of 13, Victoria Terrace, Hooley Bridge, Heywood, in the County
of Lancaster, Weaver, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to the pirn or bobbin on which weft is wound prior to its
use in shuttles for weaving purposes and has for its object improvements in the
form and material of which the pirns are made whereby they last longer and
save time and waste of weft owing to the less liability to breakage of the latter.
The essential features of my invention consist in the form of its construction
which is that of a somewhat tapered tube made from sheet metals of suitable
character, having for the greater part of its length a portion of the side of the
tube removed so as to form a slot through which the spring of the ordinary
shuttle peg protrudes when the pirn is pushed over it. By this means the pirn
is kept in position and the weft is likewise securely held by the outward pres-
sure of the spring within it. Likewise when the cop of weft is being wound in
the usual way it is drawn flat across the opening of the slot and thus slipping
endwise on the pirn is prevented and the withdrawal of the weft from the
shuttle is facilitated during the process of weaving. I do not confine myself. to
any particular kind of material of which the piru may be constructed, as any-
thing of a suitable character will do, but preferably when weaving wet goods
I use zinc, and for use with dry goods pirns made from tin I find most suitable.
Dated this 13th day of October 1899
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Stephen's Buildings, 62, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.
A New or Improved Pirn Tube or Bobbin for Loom Shuttles.
I, JOHN PAGE, of 13, Victoria Terrace, Hooley Bridge, Heywood, in the County
of Lancaster, Weaver, 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 relates to the pirn or bobbin on which weft is wound prior
to its use in shuttles for weaving purposes and has for its object improvements in
the form in which the pirns are made whereby they last longer and save time
and waste of weft owing to the less liability to breakage of the latter.
The invention will be fully described with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which,

page_text: Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a shuttle, partly in section, showing my improved
pirn or bobbin in place in a shuttle and
Fig. 2 is a plan of the pirn.
The essential features of my invention consist in the form of construction of
the tube a which is somewhat tapered and made from sheet metal of a suitable
character preferably non-corrodible, having for the greater part of its length a
portion of the side of the tube removed as at 6 so as to form a slot c through
which the spring d of the ordinary shuttle peg e protrudes when the pirn is
pushed over it. By this means the pirn a is kept in position and the weft is
likewise securely held by the outward pressure of the spring within it. Like-
wise when yarn is being wound into cop form on tubes such as described in the
usual way it is drawn flat across the opening of the slot and thus slipping end-
wise on the pirn is prevented and the withdrawal of the weft from the shuttle
is facilitated during the process of weaving. I do not confine myself to any
particular kind of material of which the pirn may be constructed, as anything of
à suitable character will do, but preferably when weaving wet goods or for
conditioning purposes I use zinc, and for use with dry goods pirns made from
tin I find most suitable.
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:
A pirn
or bobbin with one side cut away substantially as and for the purposes
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR,
Stephen's Buildings, 62, Market Street, Manchester,
Agent for the Applicant.