An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1894

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms for Weaving.
I, JONAS HEY, of Beehive Mills Thornton Road, Bradford, Manufacturer
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:-
The object of this shuttle guard is to prevent the shuttle flying out, or leaving
the loom during the operation of weaving, and so avoid risk of injury to persons in
the neighbourhood of such looms. To accomplish this I make brackets, which I
attach to the handrail of the going part or lay, and projecting outward and down-
ward from such handrail towards the cloth. These brackets I make from flat steel or
other suitable material, form, or substance, so as to partake of the nature of springs.
To these brackets I attach bars at right angles, or running parallel to the handrail
and slay of the loom. These bars I also make of spring steel, charcoal wire,
brass or other suitable substance which will give the necessary amount of strength
and elasticity, and those bars I place at a suitable distance from the handrail and
from each other, to enable me to cover the shuttle race, and so far beyond it as may
be necessary to protect the shuttle, and prevent it flying out; and in length or
parallel with the slay, to such a point as will effectually prevent the shuttle rising
on leaving the shuttle box, and yet permit the ready withdrawal and insertion of
the shuttle by the weaver.
And in order that my invention may be understood I proceed to describe it by
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a section of the handrail, and steel bracket attached to it, A, being
the handrail B, the bracket, and C, the bars lying at right angles to the bracket,
and parallel to the slay and handrail. Figure 2 is a plan of the same, the letters
in both referring to the same parts.
By using thin flat steel, rounded at the edges I prevent as far as possible
risk of injury to the fingers of the weaver, should they come into contact
with the bars, more especially when the loom is running, and I also prevent
risk of injury to the shuttle in case it should rise in passing across the loom. To
assist this rivet the bars C to the brackets B by having the head on the
underside rounded and smooth and the actual rivetting done on the upper side,
which is free and not liable to cause damage or injury to anything. By the
distance apart of the rods, and from the slay, I also prevent any interference with
the view of the weaver of the slay, warp, and shuttle, as the loom is running, and
also with the freedom of passing threads through the reed, or as it is technically
termed "taking up ends." By the combination of spring brackets, and the spring,
or elastic bars, I produce an elastic or spring shuttle guard, which will effectually
prevent the shuttle flying out, and will at the same time prevent injury to the
weaver, or those in proximity to the loom, or to the shuttle, or material being
woven and will not interfere with the ordinary operations of the weaver.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :
1st. A steel or other spring bracket attached to the handrail of the lay of the
loom.

page_text: 2nd. Steel or elastic bars attached to such brackets, and parallel to the lay of
the loom, substantially in the manner, and for the purpose described.
3rd. The arrangement and combination of the parts, the manner in, and for the
purpose herein set forth and described.
Dated this 1st day of February 1894.
THOS. R. ASHENHURST,
Agent.