An Improved Fast and Loose Reed Motion employed in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Nov., 1893
⚫omplete Specification Left, 27th July, 1894-Accepted, 1st Sept., 1394
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fast and Loose Reed Motion employed in Looms
for Weaving.
We, WILLIAM TURNER of 30 Bolton Road, Farnworth, Weaving Manager,
and LAZARUS CROMPTON of 30 Grosvenor Street, Moses Gate, Overlooker,
both in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved fast and loose reed motion employed in
looms for weaving and consists in simple and efficient means whereby the reed is
locked when the shuttle is in the box, and released when passing through the
"shed."
The stop-rod is fitted with fingers of any convenient or suitable
description. The "slay" carrying the reed is constructed with semi-circular or
angular beds or bearings to facilitate the reed slipping away immediately it is
operated upon by the shuttle in its passage through the "shed." When the reed iş
struck by the shuttle in its passage through the "shed" it will slip out onto
the yarn which affords ready replacement and reduces smashes to a miniinum. The
stop-rod controlling the bottom end of the "slay" is held in position by a spring or
springs, weights, or other equivalents, which may be adjustable to regulate
the pressure required to hold the reed in position. This invention is equally
applicable to existing looms by providing the bottom bed of the "slay" with the
semi-circular or angular bearings above described.
Dated the 3rd November 1893
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,;
Agent.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Fast and Loose Reed Motion employed in Looms
for Weaving.
We, WILLIAM TURNER of 30 Bolton Road, Farnworth, Weaving Manager,
and LAZARUS CROMPTON of 30 Grosvenor Street, Moses Gate, Overlooker, both
in the County of Lancaster, 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 :-
This invention relates to an improved fast and loose reed motion employed in
looms for weaving and consists in simple and efficient means whereby the reed is
locked when the shuttle is in the box, and released when passing through the
"shed." The stop rod is fitted with fingers of any convenient or suitable
description. The "slay" carrying the reed is constructed with semi-circular or
angular beds or bearings to facilitate the reed slipping away immediately it
is operated upon by the shuttle in its passage through the "shed." When the reed
is struck by the shuttle in its passage through the "shed" it will slip out onto the
yarn which affords ready replacement and reduces smashes to a minimum. The
stop-rod controlling the bottom end of the "slay" is held in position by a spring or
springs, weights, or other equivalents, which may be adjustable to regulate
the pressure required to hold the reed in position. This invention is equally
applicable to existing looms by providing the bottom bed of the "slay" with the
semi-circular or angular bearings above described.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a part front elevation of so much of a loom as is necessary to illustrate
our invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation through line A B showing reed in a locked
position in "slay," and
Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation showing position of reed on warp yarn when
displaced by being struck with the shuttle.
C is the loom side; D the "slay"; E the slay-sword; F shuttle-box;
G stop-rod, and H the reed. The stop-rod G is fitted with the fingers I to lock
the reed H in position when the shuttle is in the shuttle-box F. The stop-rod G is
locked, when the shuttle is in the shuttle-box and released when passing through
the "shed" by any of the well known mechanical means at present in use and to
which we lay no claim. The stop-rod G is carried in the bearings R attached to
the slay-swords E. The "stay "D carrying the reed H is provided with the
semi-circular or angular beds or bearings J to facilitate the reed H slipping away
onto the yarn K immediately it is struck by the shuttle in its passage through the
shed," from which position the reed H may be readily replaced. By allowing
the reed H to fall away bodily on the yarn K "smashes" are reduced to a
minimum. When the shuttle is passing through the "shed" the reed H is held in
position by the fingers 1, of which any number may be employed according to the
length of reed. The fingers I are held in position against the bottom of the
reed H by means of the spring L secured to the lever M_on the stop-rod G and
the plate N on the "slay"D. The tension of the spring L may be adjusted to a
nicety, to regulate the pressure requisite to hold the reed H in position, by means
of the nut O screwed on the threaded end P on the outside of the plate N.
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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 :-
In combination with the "slay" of a loom the use of semi-circular or angular
beds J to allow of the reed falling out bodily onto the yarn when struck by
the shuttle in its passage through the "shed," substantially as described and
as illustrated in the drawings.
Dated the 20th July 1894.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.