An Improved Construction and Manufacture of Shuttle Boxes Employed in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1886

page_text: An Improved Construction and Manufacture of Shuttle Boxes
Employed in Looms for Weaving.
I, JAMES HOLLINGWORTH, Managing Director of the firm of Hutchinson Holling-
worth and Company (Limited) of Dobcross, Yorkshire, Power Loom Makers, 'do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION
AND MANUFACTURE OF SHUTTLE BOXES EMPLOYED IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING and
in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention has special reference to shuttle boxes arranged in tiers, one above
another, which shuttle boxes have hitherto been made by moulding and casting
them of metal.
To. manufacture such shuttle boxes according to the present method is very
expensive, as from their peculiar shape and construction they are bad to mould in
the sand, and when moulded they take a long time to make smooth and fit for
use, in addition to which objections there are many others.
To remove the above objections and overcome the difficulties complained of is
the object of my invention, which I accomplish by a new construction of shuttle
boxes composed of steel or other sheet metal cut out in parts to the required
shape and size, and afterwards placed together and made secure by revitting or
other suitable means.
In order to make my invention clear and shew how it can be carried into
practice, I have annexed the accompanying sheets of drawings illustrative thereof,
wherein Fig. 1 is front elevation of a series of shuttle boxes constructed according
to my invention.
Fig. 2 is plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is part section taken through the line A, B,
in Figures 1 and 2. On sheet 2 I have shewn the several parts composing the
shuttle boxes detached.
The back part of the shuttle box is marked C and is shewn in elevation
at Fig. 4 which it will be seen is composed of a flat steel plate punched or
otherwise formed to the required shape, holes or openings a being formed therein
to receive corresponding projections from the other parts forming the shuttle
boxes as hereinafter explained. D are the shelves or division plates forming the
several boxes for receiving the shuttles, one of such plates being shown in plan

page_text: view Fig. 5 on sheet 2, which shelves are made with projections 6 for being
inserted into the holes a formed in the plates C and are kept in position by
vertical plates E and F which plates are shewn detached at Figures 6 and 7, and
which are also formed with holes a to receive the projections 6 left on the edges of
the shelves.
When the parts are placed together as explained, the projections 6 which are
made long enough for the purpose are revitted so as to hold the parts firmly
together. The plate C is made large enough to form the top and bottom of the
shuttle boxes in addition to the back, and this is done by bending the said plate
at the line marked L. M. and O. P. in Fig. 4, which when done will compose the
top and bottom as seen at c'in Fig. 3.
Suitable brackets G are attached to the front of the shuttle boxes having
eyelets d to receive the vertical pin e on which is hinged the usual shuttle box
"swells" H, the other end of the said "swells" passes through the openings f made
in the plate I also fastened to the front of the boxes as seen in Fig. 3, flat springs J
being employed in the ordinary manner to hold the shuttles in position in the
boxes.
Shuttle boxes made in the manner herein shewn and described are attached to
the ordinary lathe sword or "going part" and they will be found better than those
at present in use, as they combine lightness with strength, are light in construction,
and can be made at a less cost.
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 as my invention is;
The construction of shuttle boxes composed of sheet steel, or other metal, and
fitted together in the manner substantially as shewn and described.