An Improvement for Fixing Pegs or Skewers in Loom Shuttles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th-Mar., 1892
Complete. Specification Left, 17th Dec.,. 1892-Accepted, 21st Jan., 1893.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
An Improvement for Fixing Pegs or Skewers in Loom Shuttles.
THOMAS HENRY Southworth, Clifton Arms, 32 Queen Street Blackburn
out of employment, does hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Is an arrangement for doing away with two pin holes in the weaving shuttle, viz.
the hole for centre pin & the hole for holding spring pin & for the better securing
in a horizontal position of the skewer or peg.
A is a mallable iron case made to fit inside the shuttle as shewn in Fig. 3, being
secured by a pin E which also keeps the peg in a horizontal position.
B is the centre pin or axle upon which the peg F works.
C & D are rivetted pins to hold the spring G in position.
Hissthe shuttle
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement for Fixing Pegs or Skewers in Loom Shuttles.
I, THOMAS HENRY SOUTHWORTH Clifton Arms, 32 Queen Street, Blackburn
in the County of Lancaster, Barman 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 :-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means employed for
fixing pegs or skewers in the shuttles of looms for weaving, the object being to
dispense with two of the pin holes in the shuttles, viz. the hole for the centre pin and
the hole for holding spring pin and also for the better securing in a horizontal
position of the skewer or peg.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention the following is a complete
description of same reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary shuttle shewing the peg or skewer secured
therein, according to the improved method.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the case for carrying the skewer or peg drawn
detached from the shuttle in order to more clearly shew its construction.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a similar view to Fig. 2 but the peg or skewer is shewn as moved into
a vertical position.
According to this my said invention I employ a case or frame 1 preferably formed
of malleable iron. The two sides 1. 1 of this case or frame are held together by
means of the stays 2.2 which are cast with and form part of the said case or
frame. A pin or stud 3 passes through each side of the case or frame 1 and also
through the hole formed in the boss of the skewer or peg 4 and serves as the axis
of the latter. The case or frame 1 is cast with a conoidal stud 5 which (when the
case or frame 1 is in position in the shuttle see Fig. 1)- fits in a corresponding
hole or recess 6 in the shuttle. The shuttle is recessed or cut out as at 7 so as to
receive the frame or case 1 the stud 5 being tightly wedged into the hole 6 and a
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page_text: pin 8 is knocked through the wooden part of the shuttle and through the hole 9 in
the case or frame 1, and the latter and the skewer or peg 4 are held firmly and
securely in position by means of this one pin 8, which is the only one passed through
the wood part of the shuttle.
The stays 2. 2 serve both to hold the frame or case 1 together, and also the
holding spring 10, which is of the ordinary construction.
When the peg or skewer 4 is in the longitudinal position the boss rests on
the pin 8 which thus serves to steady and maintain the peg or skewer in such
position.
The stud 5 and hole 6 being inclined or conoidal, the stud can be tightly wedged
or knocked into the hole 6 before the pin 8 is inserted.
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. In combination with shuttles the frame or case 1 for carrying the peg or
skewer 4 such frame or case being held in position in the shuttle by means of a stud
such as 5 and one pin such as 8.
2. The frame or case 1, stays 2. 2, stud 5 and pin 8 as and for the purpose herein
described and as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 16th day of December 1892.