Improvements in the Construction of Shuttles and Pickers employed in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Aug., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 5th May, 1894-Accepted, 21st July, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Shuttles and Pickers
employed in Looms for Weaving.
I, ABRAHAM WOOD of 55 Bridge Street, Ramsbottom near Bury in the County
of Lancaster, Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to Improvements in the Construction of Shuttles and
Pickers employed in Looms for Weaving and consists in constructing the same of
aluminium or other metal,.cast or otherwise. In constructing shuttles the tips may
be cast therewith or separate and secured thereto by screwing or in any other
convenient manner. The tongue and other parts may be made of aluminium. By
thus constructing shuttles much larger cops can be employed than hitherto, which
will be of considerable advantage to the weaver. In manufacturing pickers from
aluminium or other metal the same may be provided with plugs and linings of
either leather, buffalo hide, or other suitable material secured therein in any
convenient manner.
Dated the 5th August 1893.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.
COMPLETE. SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Shuttles and Pickers
employed in Looms for Weaving.
I, ABRAHAM WOOD of 55 Bridge Street, Ramsbottom near Bury in the County
of Lancaster, Jeweller, 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 Improvements in the Construction of Shuttles and
Pickers employed in Looms for Weaving and consists in constructing the same of
aluminium or other metal, cast or otherwise. In constructing shuttles the tips may
be cast therewith or separate and secured thereto by screwing or in any other
convenient manner. The tongue and other parts may be made of aluminium. By
thus constructing shuttles much larger cops can be employed than hitherto, which
will be of considerable advantage to the weaver. In manufacturing pickers from
aluminium or other metal the same may be provided with plugs and linings of
either leather, buffalo hide, or other suitable material secured therein in any
convenient manner.

page_text: Fig. 10 a side view of plug secured by a spring.
Fig. 11 a side view showing plug secured by a screw, and
Fig. 12 a screw plug.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding
parts.
A is the shuttle; B the tips; C the tongue on which the "weft" cop is placed;
D the metallic picker; E the spindle and F the picking band or strap.
My invention consists in constructing the shuttle A of aluminium or other
similar metal that is light and strong. The ends of the shuttle A are formed
with the cavities G to ensure lightness and strength. The tips B may be screwed
in or cast thereto. The tongue C may be of aluminium if desired. By constructing
shuttles of the usual outside dimensions from aluminium or the like the internal
portion is increased, thus allowing of larger "weft" cops being employed than
hitherto, which will be of considerable advantage to the weaver.
In constructing, by casting or otherwise, the pickers D of aluminium or other
similar metal that is light and strong, I form them with the boss or bosses H to
receive the linings I of either leather, buffalo hide, or other suitable material to
alide on the ordinary spindle E. The picker D is also provided with the boss H
to receive the plugs I for receiving or operating against the tips B of the shuttle A.
The bosses H are constructed internally according to the form of the linings or
plugs I employed, for instance, when of the form shown in Fig. 9 they are tapered
to correspond so that when pressed into position they will become a fixture.
Fig. 10 represents a method of securing the linings or plugs I by means of the
spring L secured thereto by bending the ends into the same at M. The spring L
is of any convenient width and strength according to the diameter of the lining or
plug I, and the ends M are bent and pressed into the lining or plug I to secure the
same into the latter at any point in its length. The linings or plugs I may be
made parallel and secured by the set screw N as shown in Fig. 11, or the linings
or plugs I may be screwed as shown in Fig. 12, the bosses H being threaded to receive
the same.
The bosses H may be split to allow of the linings or plugs I being
gripped firmly, this being effected by means of the set screw O in the flanges or
projections P as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. The picker D is operated by the picking
band or strap F which is secured thereto by the screw or eyelet R, the band or
strap F in this case is actuated as described and shown in my Patent Specification
No. 13575 of 1892. The picking band or strap F may be secured to the side of
the metallic picker D by means of the plate S and screws T as in Figs. 3 and 5;
or the picker may be provided with the projection V baving a slot or opening W
through which the end of the picking band or strap F is passed and bent under as
in Figs. 4 and 6.
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 :-
1. Constructing shuttles, employed in looms for weaving, of aluminium or other
like metal, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. Constructing pickers, employed in looms for weaving, of aluminium or other
like metal with bosses, either solid or split, to receive linings and plugs of either
leather, buffalo hide, or other suitable material, substantially as described and as
illustrated in the drawings.
Dated the 4th May 1894.