Improvements in the Lags and Pegs used as Pattern Chains in Looms.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1897
1898
Complete Specification Left, 5th Sept., 1898-Accepted, 8th Oct.,
PROVISIONAL DI MULTI
Improvements in the Lags and Pegs used as Pattern Chains in Looms.
I, JOIEN MASSKY BURNETT, of 2, Queens Road, Fulwood, Preston, in the County
of Lancaster, Lattice Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
My said invention relates to improvements in the lags and pegs used as pattern
chains in looms, and has for its object to more firmly secure the pegs in position
and facilitate the changing of the pegs when desired
In carrying my invention into effect I provide the face of the lag with a central
longitudinal groove. The holes for the acception of the pegs are countersunk
at the face of the lag. The peg is formed with a disc or shoulder at or about
the centre of its length. This disc or shoulder is so proportioned as that when the
peg is placed in position in the hole formed in the lag, it is embedded within the
countersink of the hole and lies flush with the bottom of the groove formed in
the lag.
A wire fitting into and along the groove in the lag passes over the disc or
shoulder formed on the peg and thus securely holds the peg in position. The
wite is secured to the lags by staples or other suitable means.
By these means the pegs are prevented from falling out and when required may
be easily removed and altered according to the desired change of pattern.
Improvements in the Lags and Pegs used as Pattern Chains in Looms.
I, JOHN MASSEY BURNETT, of 10, but late of 2, Queens Road, Fulwood, Preston,
in the County of Lancaster, Lattice Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention and in what menuer the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and accompanying
drawings:-
My said invention relates to improvements in the lags and pegs of pattern
chains of looms and has for its object to more firmly secure the pegs in position
and facilitate the changing of them when desired.

page_text: Fig. 1 shows to an enlarged scale the improved lag broken in length for want
of space, partially in section and carrying a number of pegs.
Fig. 2 is a plan of same.
Fig. 3 an end view.
Fig. 4 a cross section.
Figs. 5 and 6 show modified forms of
pegs.
In carrying my invention into effect I provide the face of the lag A with a
central longitudinal groove a. The holes for the pegs c are countersunk or
enlarged at the face of the lag. The pegs c are formed with a disc or shoulder d
at about the centre of their length, and the shanks fit tightly within the holes
of the lag.
The disc or shoulder d is so proportioned as that when the peg is placed in
position in the hole formed in the lag A it is embedded within the countersunk
or enlarged portion of the hole and lies flush with the bottom of the groove a
formed in the lag.
The face of the lags A is provided at intervals with staples e spanning the
groove a. When the pegs have been placed in position in the lags a wire f is
run along the groove a and beneath the staples e The wire beds upon the
discs or shoulders d of the pegs c thus securely holding the pegs in position. The
end of the wire f is turned up as shown in Fig. 1 so as to afford meaus for its
withdrawal without interfering with the lag bedding in the barrel.
In Fig. 2 the confining wire f is shown as being withdrawn to allow of the
changing of the pegs c.
An important advantage of my invention lies in the fact that the pegs c are
placed in the legs from the front and not from the back as is frequently the case.
Thus the operator can always see at a glance whether the pegs are being placed
in the lags in accordance with the pattern.
The pegs moreover are securely held in position and are prevented from falling
out and when required may be readily removed and altered according to the
desired change of pattern.
The discs or shoulders d of the pegs e are shown circular with correspondingly
shaped recesses in Figs. 1 to 4 and I prefer this formation as being the simplest
and easiest to manufacture.
I do not however confine myself to this shape as the requisite shoulder or pro-
juetion on the peg may be other than round. For instance in Fig. 5 I show the
peg with a shoulder d of oval shape and in Fig. 6 the shoulder is square, in
which case correspondingly shaped recesses would be formed in the face of the lag.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
The lag A formed on the face with a longitudinal groove and countersunk or
enlarged recesses, in combination with pegs carrying shoulders or projections
bedding within the countersunk recesses and maintained in position by means
of a confining wire substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this ørd day of September 1898.
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Dated this 3rd day of September 1898.
For the Applicant,
E. K. DUTTON & Co.,
Chartered Patent Agents, 5, John Dalton Street, Manchester.