IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PICKERS FOR LOOMS AND IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACTUATING THE PICKERS to be as follows:-
Year: 1884

page_text: We FREDERICK EMIL SCHLESINGER and JOSEPH HORROCKS both of Gotha in the
Empire of Germany Picker Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS, IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PICKERS FOR LOOMS
AND IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACTUATING THE PICKERS to be as follows:-
"
Our invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in the manu-
facture of the pickers by which the shuttles in looms are driven and in arrangements
for actuating the pickers.
We form below the acting part of the picker (which part in our arrangement is
uppermost) a foot or enlargement the said foot or enlargement being connected to
the upper part by a web or neck and we mount or arrange the picker in the
shuttle box instead of on a spindle as usual the upper or acting part of the picker
working in the path of motion of the shuttle and the foot or enlarged lower
part working in or on a guide or guides formed in the lower part of or below the
shuttle box the web or neck by which the upper and lower parts of the said picker
are connected passing through and working in a slot in that part of the box on
which the shuttle runs. We prefer to form the picker of hide but it may be
formied of metal or of other suitable material.
We actuate or drive the picker either by means of a slider mounted on a spindle
outside the shuttle box which slider we connect to the picker stick by a strap and
to the picker by a tongue or finger on the said slider which tongue or finger
engages in a slot or recess in the lower part of the picker or by means of an arm
or lever secured to the picking shaft the free end of which arm or lever engages
with the said slot in the lower part of the picker. In the latter case we arrange
the picking shaft outside the frame of the loom.
By our invention pickers which are much more durable than those of the
ordinary kind may be used grease is not thrown on the cloth in the loom and
check straps are dispensed with and where the picker is actuated by a lever on the
picking shaft no picker straps are required.
Dated this twenty-first day of April 1884

page_text: We FREDERICK EMIL SCHLESINGER and JOSEPH HORROCKS both of Gotha in the
Empire of Germany Picker Manufacturers do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PICKERS FOR LOOMS AND
IN THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ACTUATING THE PICKERS" and in what manner the
same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
Our invention consists of the improvements herein after described in the manu-
facture of the pickers by which the shuttles in looms are driven and in arrangements
for actuating the pickers.
We form below the acting part of the picker (which part in our arrangement is
uppermost) a foot or enlargement the said foot or enlargement being connected to
the upper part by a web or neck and we mount or arrange the picker in the
shuttle box instead of on a spindle as usual the upper or acting part of the picker
working in the path of motion of the shuttle and the foot or enlarged lower part
working in or on a guide or guides formed in the lower part of or below the shuttle
box the web or neck by which the upper and lower parts of the said picker arc
connected passing through and working in a slot in that part of the.box on which
the shuttle runs. We prefer to form the picker of hide but it may be formed of
metal or of other suitable material.
We actuate or drive the picker either by means of a slider mounted on a spindle
outside the shuttle box which slider we connect to the picker stick by a strap and
to the picker by a tongue or finger on the said slider which tongue or finger
engages in a slot or recess in the lower part of the picker or by means of an arm or
lever secured to the picking shaft the free end of which arm or lever engages with
the said slot in the lower part of the picker. In. the latter case we arrange the
picking shaft outside the frame. of the loom.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a plan,and Figure.2 is, an elevation, of
a portion, of the shuttle box of a loom in which is mounted a picker constructed' as
herein before described, and to which is applied, the first described arrangement for
actuating the picker. Figure 3 is a section taken on, the line A Figure 1 and
Figures 4 and 5 are elevations showing the picker separately the said elevations
being taken at right angles to each other.. The picker shown in said Figures is
formed of metal.
a al is the picker a being the upper or acting part and a the foot or enlarged
lower part b is the shuttle box (see Figure,3), is the guide formed in or below
the lower part of the said box and 2 is the slot in which the web or neck
connecting the parts a and a¹ of the picker works. In the acting part a of the
picker a socket is formed in which slips of hide ce are placed against the outer
one of which slips the end of the shuttle strikes when it enters the box. The slips
of hide c care secured by a screw a³. d is the slider by which the picker is
actuated c is the spindle on which the slider is mounted f is the strap by which
the said slider is connected to the picker stick which is arranged and worked as
usual is the tongue or finger formed on the said slider and a is the slot formed
in the lower part a' of the said picker with which slot the tongue or finger d¹ of

page_text: the slider is engaged. 63.63 are slots in the sides of the said box in which slots the
said tongue or finger works when the picker is actuated.
The arrangement herein before described acts as follows:-The motion of the
picker stick causes the slider d to travel along the spindle.c and by the engagement.
of the tongue d' with the slot as in the picker the latter is driven along the guide b¹
the upper end of the said picker bearing against the shuttle and projecting it from
the box.
Figures 6 and 7 of the accompanying drawings are elevations taken at right
angles to each other of a picker constructed according to our invention entirely of
hide and Figure 8 is a section of the same taken on the line B Figure 6. The
parts of the said picker are marked with the same letters and Figures of reference
as corresponding parts in Figures 4 and 5.
Figures 9 and 10 are elevations and Figure 11 is a section taken on the line C
Figure 9 showing a picker in the foot a¹ of which a recess a³ is formed (instead of
a slot as in Figures 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8) for the engagement therewith of the tongue or
finger d' on the slider d. When a picker of this form is used it is only necessary
to form a slot in one side of the shuttle box for the passage of the said tongue or
finger.
The arrangement for actuating the picker by means of an arm or lever on the
picking shaft is illustrated in Figure 12 of the accompanying drawings which is an
elevation of a portion of one of the side frames of a loom and of the parts to which
our invention is applied.
g is the frame h is the lathe i is the shuttle box which is formed as hereinbefore
described with reference to Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings and
contains a picker of the kind bereinbefore described ; is the picking shaft which is
mounted outside the frame of the loom and is actuated by mechanism of the
ordinary kind is the arm or lever secured to the picking shaft the free end of
which lever passes through the slots in the sides of the shuttle box and through
the slot in the lower part of the picker as herein before described with reference to
the tongue or finger d' of the slider d. By this arrangement the required motion
is communicated to the picker from the picking shaft by the lever j without the
intervention of straps.
The advantages attending the use of our invention are that the pickers are much
more durable than those of the ordinary kind grease is less liable to be thrown on
the cloth in the loom and check straps are not required and in the case of the
arrangement described with reference to Figure 12 no picker straps are required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed We declare that what
We claim is :-
First A picker the acting part of which is formed at the upper part and the
lower part of which has a slot or a recess formed in it to admit of its connection
with the mechanism by which it is actuated substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated in Figures. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Secondly-A picker the acting part of which is formed at the upper part and
the lower part of which has a foot or enlargement formed on it to admit of its
engagement with a guide or guides in the shuttle box substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated in Figures 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the accompanying
Drawings.
Thirdly The arrangement herein before described with reference to Figures 1, 2
and 3 of the accompanying drawings for actuating pickers formed as herein before
described the said arrangement consisting of a slider working on a spindle outside
the shuttle box and connected to the picker by the engagement of a tongue or
finger on the said slider with the lower part of the said picker the slider being also
connected to the picker stick and actuated thereby..

page_text: Fourthly The arrangement herein before described with reference to Figure 12
of the accompanying Drawings for actuating pickers formed as herein before
described the said arrangement consisting of a lever or arm secured to the picking
shaft and connected to the picker by the engagement of its free end therewith.
Dated this Twentieth day of January 1885.
W. T. WHITEMAN,
Agent for the Applicants.