IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Cyrus Brook, of Halifax, in the County of York,
and Lycias Barker, of Baildon, in the County of York, Manu-
facturers, and Moses Thompson, of Halifax, aforesaid, Manager, for
"
Scaled the 17th August 1869, and dated the 18th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias
Barker, and Moses Thompson at the Office of the Commissioners
of Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th February 1869.
We, CYRUS BROOK, of Halifax, in the County of York, and LYCIAS
BARKER, of Baildon, in the County of York, Manufacturers, and MOSES
THOMPSON, of Halifax, aforesaid, Manager, do hereby declare the nature
of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING," to be as
follows:-
This Invention relates to the taking-up motion in looms for weaving,
or the means or apparatus to be employed for effecting the regular
winding on to a beam or roller of the woven fabric as produced, and so

page_text: that when occasion requires either by the breakage of the weft or when
it is used up such taking-up may cease at the proper place, or the beam
turn back to it, and at any time the turning back of the said beam or
roller may readily be effected. For this purpose we apply a short shaft
gearing at one end with either the crank shaft or the tappet shaft, as
most convenient, by suitable gearing to produce the required rotary
motion, and at the other end gearing (by preference) by means of worm
and wheel with the ordinary taking-up gear wheels, or a new arrange-
ment of similar wheels, and so that this end of the said shaft may be
readily removed or lifted out of gear, to effect which it is attached to a
lever fixed on one end of a rod or shaft extending across the loom
under the breast beam, and supported in the loom ends, and on the
other end is fixed another lever projecting up through the breast beam,
and so set that when the weft fork lever is acted upon it will act upon
this said lever, and thus lift the said shaft out of gear with the taking-up
wheels, and an adjustable slip catch is also applied to the ratchet wheel
for holding the take-up constructed with a slot, so that it may be set
by an adjusting screw to let slip or expand to any desirable extent, and
thereby allow the beam to turn back the required distance. The said
shaft also extends beyond the breat beam, so that it may be lifted by
the attendant at any time required.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias Barker, and Moses Thompson
in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, CYRUS 2
BROOK, of Halifax, in the County of York, and LYCIAS BARKER, of
Baildon, in the County of York, Manufacturer, and MOSES THOMPSON,
of Halifax, aforesaid, Manager, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto us, the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias Barker, and
Moses Thompson, Her special licence that we, the said Cyrus Brook,
Lycias Barker, and Moses Thompson, our executors, administrators, and

page_text: assigns, or such others as we, the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias Barker, and
Moses Thompson, our 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 FOR WEAVING," upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias Barker, and
Moses Thompson, our exccutors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under our, or their, or one of our or their hands and scals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was 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 we, the said Cyrus Brook, Lycias Barker, and
Moses Thompson, do hereby declare the nature of our said Invention,.
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accom-
panying Sheet of Drawings (that is to say) :-
This Invention relates to the take-up motion in looms for weaving
or the means or apparatus to be employed for effecting the regular
winding on to a beam or roller of the woven fabric as produced, and
so that when occasion requires either by the breakage of the weft or
when it is used up such taking up may cease at the proper place, or tlic
beam turn back to it, and at any time the turning back of the said beani
or roller may readily be effected. For this purpose we apply a short
shaft gearing at one end with either the crank shaft or the tappet shaft,
as most convenient, by suitable wheels to produce the required rotary
motion, and at the other end gearing (by preference) by means of
worm and wheel with the ordinary taking-up gear wheels, or a new
arrangement of similar wheels, and so that this end of the said shaft
may be readily lifted or removed out of gear, to effect which it is.
attached to a lever fixed on one end of a rod or shaft extending across.
the loom under the breast beam, and supported in the loom ends, and
on the other end is fixed another lever projecting up through the breast
beam, and so set that when the weft fork lever is acted upon it will
act upon this said lever, and thus lift the said shaft out of gear with the
taking-up wheels, and an adjustable slip catch is also applied to the..

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ratchet wheel for holding the take-up constructed with a slott, so that
I may be set by adjusting screw to let slip or expand to any desirable
extent, and thereby allow the beam to turn back the required distance.
The said shaft also extends beyond the breast beam, so that it may be
lifted by the attendant at any time required.
In order that the said Invention may be readily understood we have
herein given reference to an accompanying Sheet of Drawings illustrating
the same as applied to a loom.
- Fig. 1 is a portion of the side elevation of an ordinary loom with our
improvements applied thereto, and Fig. 2 is a plan of the same.
A is the short shaft which supported in bearings provided in a frame B
suitably formed to be hinged at one end on a stud C fixed to the loom
end frame the other end forming a handle B¹. Loose on the stud C is
a spur wheel D gearing with a spur pinion D' fixed on the crank
shaft E, and fast to the side of this wheel is a bevel wheel F in gear
with another bevel wheel F¹ fixed on the shaft A. On the other end of
the shaft A is fixed a worm G in gear with a worm wheel H fixed on
a short shaft I supported in a bracket J attached to the loom end, and
on this shaft is also fixed a spur wheel K gearing by means of a train
of wheels L with the piece beam or taking-up roller. A ratchet
wheel M is also fixed on this shaft, and a catch N is hinged to the
frame B taking into the ratchet. A small thumb lever P is also hinged
on the handle end of the frame B which takes into a slot in the catch.
On the frame B is also a stud pin R entering a slot in the end of a
lever S fixed on one end of a shaft T which extends across the loom,
and on the other end is fixed a lever U projecting up through the breast
beam immediately in front of the weft fork lever V.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Continuous rotary motion
is communicated from the crank shaft to the taking-up roller by means
of the wheels and shafts described so long as all remain in gear, but if
the weft breaks or becomes used up then in that case the weft fork is
brought into action upon the strap guide lever V to stop the loom, the
said lever instantly acts upon the lever U and causes it to lift the
shaft A, and therefore removes the worm G out of gear with the worm
wheel H, consequently the action on the taking-up roller ceases instantly,

page_text: although the crank shaft may continue to rotate, or may be required
to be turned either backward or forward. The catch N taking into the
ratchet wheel M holds the taking-up roller stationary, but if it be re-
quired to let slack the taking-up roller by pressing on the lever P with
the thumb the catch N may be lifted out of gear with the ratchet M.
Also at any time while the loom is in motion if it be desirable to stop
the taking-up motion this may instantly be effected by the attendant
simply lifting at the handle end B₁ of the frame B.
Having thus fully described the nature of our said Invention, and
shewn by Drawings how the same is performed or carried into practice,
we would have it understood that we do not confine ourselves to the
precise means or arrangements shewn and described; but what we claim
as our Invention is, the application of a shaft gearing with either the
crank shaft or the tappet shaft and the ordinary taking up gear (or a
new arrangement) by worm and wheel, or so as to be readily lifted out
of gear, either with levers actuated by the weft fork or by the attendant.
In witness whereof, I, the said Moses Thompson, for and on behalf
of myself and the said Cyrus Brook and Lycias Barker, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
Signed, sealed, and delivered by
the said Moses Thompson
in the presence, of
J. W. TASKER,
Clerk to Wm. Tasker,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Bradford.
MOSES THOMPSON. (L.S.)