An Improved Device for use in Threading Shuttles of Looms for Textile Fabrics.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., .1893-Accepted, 2nd Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for use in Threading Shuttles of Looms for
Textile Fabrics.
I, DOMINICK McCollum of 28 Woodvale Road, Belfast, Clerk, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A pencil-shaped holder made out of any suitable material, such as tin, copper,
brass, malleable iron &c. as preferred, one end of said holder is flattened and
forked, and the other end having small spiral brush inserted, made out of hog,
wire, cocoa-nut or other suitable bristle or fibre, or, with double ended brush,
made out of any suitable bristle or fibre, such as above, inserted nt right angles to
the holder-or with protected straight brush inserted, made out of any suitable
bristle or fibre, such as above-or with single steel barb inserted-or with double
steel barb inserted-or with curved, steel barb inserted.
The shuttle threader to be used as follows:-
With forked end, push loose yarn down to inner end of shuttle eye, withdraw
fork, and push reverse end, (having brush or barbs,) in nt outer end of shuttle eye,
as far as it will admit, then give threader a turn, either right or left, and at same
time au outward motion, and on being withdrawn will have yarn adhering to it.
What I claim is, thus doing away with the present custom, of threading, by the
suction of the mouth.
Dan L! 1-4
1000
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Device for use in Threading Shuttles of Looms for
Textile Fabrics.
I, DOMINICK MºCOLLUM of 28 Woodvale Road Belfast Clerk do horeby
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:-
A pencil shaped holder made of any suitable material such as tin copper brass
malleable iron &c. as preferred one end of said holder is flattened and forked and
the other end having small spiral brush inserted made out of hog wire cocoa-nut or
other suitable bristle or fibre or with double ended brush made out of any suitable
bristle or fibre such as above inserted at right angles to the holder or with
protected straight brush inserted made out of any suitable bristle or fibre such as
above or with singlo steel barb inserted or with double steel barb inserted or with
curved steel barb inserted.
The shuttle threader to be used as follows :-With forked end push loose yarn
down to inner end of shuttle eye withdraw fork and push reverse end having brush
or barb in at outer end of shuttle eye as far as it will admit then give threader a
turn either right or left and at same time an outward motion and on being
withdrawn will have yarn adhering to it.
What I claim is thus doing away with the present custom of threading by the
suction of the mouth.
That the construction of this improved device for use in threading shuttles may
be clearly understood in the annexed drawing illustrations of different forms of
this device are given.
Fig. 1. shows the flattened and forked end (a) and the double ended brush (6) for
drawing out the yarn.

page_text: and the end (a) sud de spiral brush (9) UE
drawing out the yarn.
Fig. 3. shews the flattened and forked eud (a) and the single barb or hook (6³)
for withdrawing the yarn.
Fig. 4. shews the flattened and forked end (a) and the double barbed or hooked 5
end () for withdrawing the yarn.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Baid
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what
I claim is :--
The device consisting of a holder with one end flattened and forked and the 10
other provided with a brush or barbs for use in threading shuttles of looms as
horein described and illustrated.
Dated this 26th day of October 1893.