A New or Improved Method of Attaching Loom Pickers to Picking Bands, or for Securing Leather or any other Flexible or Pliable Material Passing through a Hole or Slot.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
A New or Improved Method of Attaching Loom Pickers to Picking
Bands, or for Securing Leather or any other Flexible or Pliable
Material Passing through a Hole or Slot.
I, JOHN KIPPAX, of 13, Chorley New Road, Bolton, in the County of Lancas-
ter, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved method of attaching pickers to
picking bands and other analogous purposes and consists of an easy, efficient,
and economical manner of effecting the same. This I carry into effect by means
of a wedged shaped plate of cast or malleable iron or other suitable materials
provided with spikes on one side or otherwise to penetrate the picking band,
by which the wedge shaped plate is held in position. To the end of the picking
band or in close proximity to the same is attached the wedge shaped metallic
plate with spikes to attach the same thereto. The opposite end of the picking
band is drawn or passed through the slot in the side of the picker. The wedge
or other shaped plate is of sufficient thickness at the bottom or thin edge to
fit into the slot or opening in the top side of the picker, therefore the greater
the pressure on the picking band the tighter and more firmly the end of the
picking band adapts itself in the slot. The wedge may be of any other suitable
material and may be attached in any other equivalent manner, or the picking
band may be placed in position and tightened in the slot by a wedge without
other attachment. If desired the metallic plate may be made or provided with
a projection or projections to catch on one or both sides or on each end of the
slot at the top end of the picker. The before mentioned plate may be provided
on its top side or edge with a clip for gripping the outsides of the slot in the
top end of the picker to prevent the same bulging and the like thus making
the attachment more secure, firmer, and efficient. The plate may be attached
to the picking band by means of tacks, or in any other convenient manner.
metallic plate may be substituted by leather, india-rubber, and the like, being
secured by tacks, nails, 'and the like. The before mentioned method is also
applicable for attaching leather or any other flexible or pliable material passing
through a hole or slot.
Dated the 14th day of Tune 1000
The

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION,
A New or Improved Method of Attaching Loom Pickers to Picking
Bands, or for Securing Leather or any other Flexible or Pliable
Material Passing through a Hole or Slot.
I, JOHN KIPPAX, of 13, Chorley New Road, Bolton, in the County of Lancas-
ter, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said 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 a new or improved method of attaching pickers to
picking bands and other analogous purposes and consists of an easy, efficient,
and economical manner of effecting the same. This I carry into effect by means
of a wedged shaped plate of cast or malleable iron or other suitable materials
provided with spikes on one side or otherwise to penetrate the picking band,
by which the wedge shaped plate is held in position. To the end of the picking
band or in close proximity to the same is attached the wedge shaped metallic
plate with spikes to attach the same thereto. The opposite end of the picking
band is drawn or passed through the slot in the side of the picker. The wedge
or other shaped plate is of sufficient thickness at the bottom or thin edge to
fit into the slot or opening in the top side of the picker, therefore the greater
the pressure on the picking band the tighter and more firmly the end of the
picking band adapts itself in the slot. The wedge may be of any other suitable
inaterial and may be attached in any other equivalent manner, or the picking
band may be placed in position and tightened in the slot by a wedge without
other attachment. If desired the metallic plate may be made or provided with
a projection or projections to catch on one or both sides or on each end of the
slot at the top end of the picker. The before mentioned plate may be provided
on its top side or edge with a clip for gripping the outsides of the slot in the
top end of the picker to prevent the same bulging and the like thus making
the attachment more secure, firmer, and efficient. The plate may be attached
to the picking band by means of tacks, or in any other convenient manner.
metallic plato may be substituted by leather, india-rubber, and the like, being
secured by tacks, nails, and the like. The before mentioned method is alsa
applicable for attaching leather or any other flexible or pliable material passing
through a hole or slot.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
The
Fig. 1 Sheet 1-is a side elevation of a picker showing a modification of
my invention for attaching the same to the picking band-Fig. 2 a plan of top
side of Fig. 1-Fig. 3 a sectional end elevation through line A¹ B' in Fig. 1-
Fig. 4 a side elevation of a picker showing a modification of attaching the
same to the picking band-Fig. 5 a plan of top side of 'Fig. 4-Fig. 6 a sec-
tional end elevation through line CD in Fig. 4-Fig. 7 a side elevation of
a picker showing a modification of attaching the same to the picking band-
Fig. 8 a plan of top side of Fig. 7-Fig. 9 a side elevation of a picker
showing a modification of attaching picking-band-Fig. 10 a sectional end
elevation through line E¹ G¹ in Fig. 9-Fig. 11 a part side elevation of a picker
showing a modification of attaching the same to the picking band-Fig. 12
a part sectional elevation through line I K¹ in Fig. 11-Fig. 13 a part sec-
tional elevation showing another modification of attaching the picking band
to the picker Fig. 14 a side elevation of attaching the picking band to the
picking stick employed in "under-picked" looms Fig. 15 a plan through
line MN in Fig. 14 Fig. 16-Sheet 2-a side elevation of a picker showing

page_text: a modification of attaching the same to the picking band-Fig. 17 a sectional
end elevation through line O¹ P¹ in Fig. 16-Fig. 18 a side elevation of a picker
showing a modification of attaching the picking band-Fig. 19 a sectional
elevation through line R¹ S¹ in Fig. 18, and Fig. 20 a sectional plan through
line V X in Fig. 18.
In all the figures the same letters and numerals are employed to indicate
corresponding parts.
A represents a picker; B picking band, and C the picker spindle. The
picking band B is secured to the picker A by means of the wedged shaped
plate D, which may be of cast or malleable iron or other suitable materials,
provided with the spikes E disposed on one side to penetrate the picking
band B, by which the wedged shaped plate D is held in position as shown in
the drawings. The wedged shaped plate D is attached to the end of the pick-
ing band B by means of the spikes E which may be of varying numbers as
desired and as shown in the drawings. The picking band B passes through the
slot H in the side of the picker A. The wedge or other shaped plate I) is of
sufficient thickness at the bottom or thin edge to fit into the slot or opening I
in the top side of the picker A, therefore the greater the pressure or stretch
on the picking band B the tighter and more firmly the end of the latter adapts
itself in the slot or opening I. The metallic or other wedged shaped plate D
may be provided with the projections 0 to catch on each end of the slot or
opening I on the top end of the picker A, and the projections S to prevent
the picker bulging and the like, thus making the attachment of the picking
band B more secure, firmer, and efficient. The projections S may extend the
full width of the wedged shaped plate D or of two or more projections of a
diminished width as shown in Figs. 9, 16 and 18 in the drawings. If desired
the picking band B may be secured to the wedged shaped plate 1) when placed
in the slot I of the picker A by means of the pin T, the lower part of the latter
sitting or fitting into the concaved recess on the upper side of the wedged
shaped plate D as shown in Figs. 9 and 10. For strengthening the slot or
hole I in the top side of the picker the same is provided with the metallic bush V,
the hole or passage through the same being straight as in Fig. 12 or tapered as
in Fig. 13, the bush V being held in position by the upper flange X and the
projection or projections S on the plate D. For attaching the picking band B
to the picking stick Y as employed in " under-picked" looms, the metallic
bracket Z is secured thereto by the screws (a), the picking bands B being secured
in the jaws (6) by the bolt (c), the picking bands B being jointed together by
the bolt () as shown in Figs. 14 and 15. If desired the plate D may be secured
to the picking band B by means of tacks, nails, and the like, which after being
driven through the same the points of the tacks, nails, and the like may be
clenched by a hammer so as to bed themselves into the picking band B.
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:
In combination with pickers employed in looms for weaving the new or im-
proved method of attaching the same to picking bands and other analogous
purposes, such as, the attaching of picking bands in "under-picked" looms
to the picking stick, substantially as described and as illustrated in the annexed
drawings.
Dadal 11. 1111
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1000
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.