A Self Acting Loom for Weaving Honeycomb and Turkish Towels or other Goods with Fringe.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1886.
Complete Left, 22nd Nov., 1885.
Complete Accepted, 22nd Feb., 1887.
A Self Acting Loom for Weaving Honeycomb and Turkish Towels
or other Goods with Fringe.
THOMAS HIRST 21 Paddock Street, Ardwick, in the city of Manchester, smallware
manufacturer, and JOHN MIDDLETON, joiner Lyme View, Poynton in the county of
Chester we do hereby declare the nature of our invention for WEAVING HONEYCOMB
AND TURKISH TOWELS, OR FOR OTHER GOODS WITH FRINGE to be as follows:-
:-
This self acting Loom will dispense with the hand labour which is required in the
ordinary loom for inserting the headings into the woven fabric, and also for making
the fringe. By this process the heading and fringe of any length is made by this
self-acting Loom without the aid of the weaver.
This Loom has a card for every pick of weft, and it is so arranged that the boxes
will rise and fall, placing the coloured yarn in the exact places where it is required.
At the end of the towel, in order to make the fringe, the fourth and bottom shuttle
box will rise up to the shuttle board without a shuttle. The Loom will keep on
working until the length of fringe required is made, and will then drop down to let
the first shuttle box start re-making another towel. One weaver will mind four of
these self acting Looms easier than two of the ordinary looms, so that double the
quantity of work will be turned out.
THOMAS HIRST.
JOHN MIDDLETON.

page_text: A Self Acting Loom for Weaving Honeycomb and Turkish Towels
or other Goods with Fringe.
We THOMAS HIRST 21 Paddock Street, Ardwick Manchester and JOHN MIDDLETON
St. Peterrs Terrace Levenshulme Manchester Manufactuers, do hereby declare the
nature of our invention for WEAVING HONEY COMB & TURKISH TOWELS & GOODS WITH
FRINGE and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described.
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
:-
We can weave
We claim for making the Fringe, self acting without the aid of the Weaver, it will
weave any length of Fringe from of an inch to 12 inches or more
any length of Towels, Put the colours in were wanted, in making the Fringe, we have
a lever, fixed on the Top of the Loom one end of the Lever as a cord attched to the
weft Fork, the other end of the Lever as a cord attched to the Revolving Boxes of
the Loom so that when the Towel is finished, the length of fringe is made by
regulating the Cards H which causes the Shuttle Box E to revolve and bring up an
empty shuttle Box to the picker or an empty shuttle in the Box will answer the
samic purpose, at the same time the Box is revolving it pulls the Cord d. at the end of
lever. A. at the point. D. down the other end of lever. A. at the point F. is lifted up
which raises the Cord fixed to the weft Fork G and lifts it up so that it will not stop
the Loom, which goes on making the length of Fringe that is required, when this is
done the shuttle Box E then revolves back to its former position by this means it
allows the Cord fixed to the shuttle Box E. and at the end of lever. A. at. D. to change
the position as shown in the dotted lines, and it then allows the Cord at the end of
lever. A. at F fixed to the weft Fork at. G. to drop down, and then the Loom goes on
weaving the Towels in the ordinary way.
This invention, is applicable to drop Boxes as well as Circular Boxes the advantage
of our Invention is that one person can look after 4 looms better than 2 looms on the
ordinary principle, so that twice the quantity of work can be done. Our Invention
also draws the fringe one pick at once, by this means it does not put too much stress
on the yarn, as in the ordinary Loom the weaver has to turn an handle to make the
fringe 4 or 5 inches at once, and that puts too much stress on the yarn which breaks
out the yarn, and then it causes a loss of time to picce it besides damaging the goods.
Our Invention is a labour saving Machine as well as making the goods more perfect
than the ordinary Loom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is
A Lever. A. fixed to head of Loom with brackets B & C. and with Cords attached
to ends of. Lever. A. and attached to shuttle Box E and the weft Fork. G. for making
self-acting Loom for weaving Honey Comb and Turkish Towels, or other goods with
Fringe.