An Improved Measuring and Stop Motion for Looms.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th July, 1896-Accepted, 12th Sept., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Measuring and Stop Motion for Looms.
We JOHN MAWDSLEY of 52 Rowsley Street, Ashton New Road, Bradford,
Under Manager, and GEORGE BATEMAN of 57 Prussia Street, Oldham Road,
Overlooker, both of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a loom with a simple and effective means
for measuring the length of cloth as it is produced, and for stopping the action of the
loom as soon as any desired definite length has been woven, for the purpose of weaving
cross borders or headings in the cloth.
For this purpose we fix on one end of the axle of the emery or sand covered
taking up roller of the loom, a boss, which is provided with flanges in the form of
a reel, and around which a coil of tape or other suitable material is wound. The
other or loose end of this tape is connected by any suitable means to the weft fork
lever, which actuates and pulls the stop rod, and so stops the loom when required.
To allow for varying lengths between the cross borders, we prefer to mark or
graduate the tape (say in inches).
To the boss or reel is attached a suitable tension device for the tape, which may
consist of a forked clip, provided with rollers or bars, around or through which the
tape passes, so as to give it a certain amount of drag.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
When it is required to weave in (say) a cross border after a certain definite or
predetermined length of the piece of cloth has been woven, the tape is drawn off
from the reel, one end being connected to the weft fork lever, for a further length
equal to the desired distance between two cross borders; this length hangs loosely,
and has to be taken up as the cloth is heing woven.
Thus when the loom is put in action the boss or reel keyed on the end of the sand
roller gradually takes or winds up the loose or slack tape, until all the slack thereof
has been taken up, and the further winding up of the tape immediately acts upon
the weft fork lever, and stops the loom at once.
Dated the 1st day of April 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.
An Improved Measuring and Stop Motion for Looms.
We JOHN MAWDSLEY, of 52 Rowsley Street, Ashton New Road, Bradford,
Under Manager, and GEORGE BATEMAN of 57 Prussia Street. Oldham Road,
Overlooker, both of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, 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 invention is to provide a loom with a simple and effective means

page_text: for measuring the length of cloth as it is produced, and for stopping the action of
the loom as soon as any desired definite length has been woven, for the purpose of
weaving cross borders or headings in the cloth.
The invention will be readily understood from the following description on
reference to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a face view, Fig. 2 a plan and Fig. 3 an elevation partly in section
of so much of a loom as is necessary to illustrate the application of our invention.
Fig. 4 shews a detached part drawn to a larger scale, and Fig. 5 illustrates a
modification hereafter referred to.
a is the taking up roller, b is the cloth roller, c is the breast beam, d the weft
fork lever, e the ordinary spring handle actuating the strap fork e¹, and fis part of
the side frame of an ordinary loom.
In carrying our invention into practice we fix on one end of the axle al of the
emery or sand covered taking up roller a of the loom, a boss a² which is provided
with flanges in the form of a reel, around which a coil of tape or other suitable
material a is wound. The other or loose end of this tape a is connected by any
suitable means to the weft fork lever d, which stops the loom when required by the
spring handle e and strap fork e' as usual. To allow for varying lengths between
the cross borders, we prefer to mark the tape (say in inches) such marks being of
course regulated by the difference in the diameter of the boss a² and roller a and
graduated to allow for the increase in the diameter of the roll of tape as it is wound
on the boss or reel.
The boss or reel a is provided with a suitable tension device for the tape a which
may consist of a forked clip a (see also Fig. 4), mounted loosely on the said reel
and provided with rollers or bars a around or between which the tape a passes, so
as to give it a certain amount of drag.
The free end of the tape as may be provided with a suitable end or loop through
which the set screw d' of the weft fork lever d passes.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
When it is required to weave in (say) a cross border after a certain definite or
predetermined length of the piece of cloth has been woven, the tape a³ is connected
to the weft fork lever d and is drawn off from the reel a² for a further length
equivalent to the desired distance between two cross borders; this length hangs
loosely, and has to be taken up as the cloth is being woven.
Thus when the loom is put in action the boss or reel a keyed at the end of the
sand roller a, gradually takes or winds up the loose or slack tape a³, until all the
slack thereof has been taken up and the tension device has been drawn up into
the dotted position shewn on Fig. 3, and the further winding up of the tape a³
immediately acts upon the weft fork lever d, and stops the loom at once.
Instead of allowing the tape a³ unwound from the boss or reel a² to be slack between
the tension device and the weft fork lever, we propose in some cases to fix the free
end of the tape to a second reel 9 carried in a small bracket gl attached to the weft
fork lever by the set screw d' (see Fig. 5) so that the tape as as it is unwound from
the reel or boss b can be wound upon the reel g and all slackness of the tape a³ will
be avoided.
The boss of the reel a² may be fixed to its shaft a' by a set screw a' which
can be loosened when our measuring and stop motion is not required; or the
said reel a may be provided with one half of a clutch actuated when required
by another half clutch sliding upon and rotated by the shaft a', the said clutch
being moved by a convenient hand lever as will be well understood without
illustration.
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 :-
The combination with the weft fork lever of a tape by preference marked or
graduated for its canin

page_text: boss fixed upon the axis of the taking up roller and revolving with the latter
substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore set forth and illustrated by the
drawings annexed.
Dated this 8th day of July 1896.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicants.