Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 14th Nov., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 14th Dec.. 1888
1, JAMES PICKLES, of Victoria Works, Laurel Street Bradford in the County of
York Temple Maker do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to what is known as the Segment Temple & consists of rings
of metal with pins projecting radially therefrom running between fixed segments which
are strung alternately with them on a central stud the segments & rings being so
formed that they lie at an angle (other than a right angle) to the central stud or axis.
In this class of. Temple as hitherto made the rings & Segments all lie in the same
direction, that is towards the outer edge of the cloth.
My improvement consists in so forming the rings & Segments that part of them
lie at an angle or angles towards the outer edge of the cloth while the remainder lie at
an angle or angles towards the centre of the cloth. By these means the rings nearest
the centre of the cloth allow the cloth to shrink slightly & gradually distribute the
work over the rings leaning towards the outer edge of the cloth thereby prevent-
ing the marking hitherto caused by not allowing the cloth to shrink in passing over
the Temple.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in Segment Temples Used in Looms for Weaving.
I, JAMES PICKLES, Victoria Works, Laurel Street, Bradford in the County of York,
Temple Maker 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 segment temples employed in looms for
weaving consisting of pinned rings revolving upon.fixed segments mounted. upon a
central pin. And the object of said improvements is to prevent such temples
"marking" the fabrics operated upon.
Hitherto the pinned rings of such temples have been inclined in the same direction
to their axes but not necessarily at the same angle, that is to say: The top of each
ring in a segment temple has been heretofore more or less inclined away from the
centre of the loom or the fabric operated upon..
My said improvements consist in inclining the inner ring or rings of each temple
in the opposite direction or with the top inclining more or less towards the centre of
the loom, thereby distributing the stretching strain of the fabric more uniformly over
the temple rings than hitherto, as well as allowing the fabrics to slightly shrink with
the inner rings, thus preventing the unsightly "marking" or the marked displace-
ment of the component fibres of the fabric which commonly occurs when ordinary
temples are used.
In order to fully describe my invention reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawing forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
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Figure 1, represents a longitudinal elevation of a temple constructed in accordance
with my invention. Figure 2, is a longitudinal section and Figure 3 is a similar view
to figure 1 representing a tapor or conical form of temple.
It has not been deemed necessary to show the temple
fixing" or support as the
temple is mounted in the ordinary manner and secured to such "fixing" by the end
of the central pin B. The segments C carrying the pinned rings D are of ordinary
construction but the inner segments and are so formed and arranged that the
rings D1 and D2 carried thereby are inclined in an opposite direction to the remainder
of such rings and the ring D³ is preferably arranged to revolve at right angles to the
central pin B, upon the segment C³.
The taper temple represented by figure 3 is of similar construction to that above
described and illustrated the application of my improvements to the taper form of
temple.

page_text: 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 what I claim is:
1. A loom temple having the top of the inner ring or rings inclined towards the
centre of the loom and the remainder inclined in the opposite direction, substantially
as herein shown and described and for the purpose specified.
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2. A loom temple having one or more inner rings inclined in the opposite direction
to the outer rings and one or more intermediate rings at right angles to the temple
axis substantially as herein described and shown in the accompanying drawing.
Dated thin 19th dan ad
1000