IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTENS FOR WEAVING
Year: 1864

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Thomas Cook, at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th October 1864.
I, JOHN THOMAS COOK, of Napier Street, Haylestone Road, Leicester, in the
Borough of Leicester, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTENS FOR WEAVING," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in adapting to the shuttle races of looms employed
for plain and figure weaving, and for the manufacture of elastic web, certain
novel and improved mechanism for driving the shuttle.
The following is an example of the means by which these improvements
may be effected. At the back of each shuttle race I adapt a long cylinder
having a helical groove of quick pitch formed around same; I also fix"
pins in the back of the shuttle at each end thereof; these pins are intended

page_text: to take into the helical grooves in the before-mentioned cylinders, so that as
said cylinders are caused to rotate on their axes the shuttle will be quickly
moved across the loom, reversing gearing being employed to produce alternate
_rotatory motion of said cylinders, and reciprocating motion of the shuttle to
throw it backwards-and-forwards-as desired.
I propose to fix face boards upon the lathe or slay of the loom, and to form
long slots therein for holding and guiding the shuttle; and I would here observe
that the pins in the shuttle should be so arranged, that as the shuttle passes
through the shed of the work one of said pins shall take into the grooved
helix in one cylinder before the other pin has left the grooved helix of the
opposite cylinder.
SPECIFICATION filed in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
and of an Order of the Lord Chancellor, by the said John Thomas Cook in
the Great Seal Patent Office on the 29th April 1865.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, 'JOHN
THOMAS COOK, of Napier Street, Haylestone Road, Leicester, in the Borough
of Leicester, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by. Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of October, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-eighth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said John Thomas Cook, Her special licence that I, the said John
Thomas Cook, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said John Thomas Cook; my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great.
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BATTENS. FOR WEAVING," upon. the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John. Thomas Cook, my executors or administrators,
by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Inven-
tion, and in what manner the same. was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Thomas Cook,, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, that is to say:
This Invention consists in adapting to the shuttle races of looms employed
for plain and figure weaving, and for the manufacture of elastic web, certain
novel and improved mechanism for driving the shuttle..
The following is an example of the means by which these improvements
may be effected:At the back of each shuttle race I adapt a long cylinder
having a helical' groove of quick pitch formed around same; I also fix pins in
tlio-back of the shuttle at each end thereof; these pins are intended to take into
the helical grooves in the before-mentioned cylinders, so that as said cylinders
are caused to rotate on their axes the shuttle will be quickly moved across the
loom, reversing gearing being employed to produce alternate rotatory motion
of said cylinders, and reciprocating motion of the shuttle to throw it back-
wards and forwards as desired..
I propose to fix face boards upon the lathe or slay of the loom, and to form
long slots therein for holding and guiding the shuttle; and I would here observe
that the pins in the shuttle should be so arranged that as the shuttle passes
through the shed of the work, one of said pins shall take into the grooved
helix'in one cylinder before the other pin has left the grooved helix of the
opposite cylinders.
"And in order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows:
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of the back of the batten and shuttle race
of a loom suitable for weaving narrow goods, such as clastic web, shewing my
improvements adapted thereto; Figure 2 represents an elevation of the front
or face of the batten and shuttle race; Figure 3, a top plan view of the
shuttle and batten and portions of the shuttle race, shewing the method of
connecting the shuttle with my improved mechanism for throwing the shuttle
across the loom and through the shed of the work; Figures 4 and 5 respec-
tively. exhibit transverse and vertical sections taken through the lines A, B, and
C: D. at Figures 1, 2, 3. At each of the foregoing Figures 1 emuloy similar

page_text: letters of reference to denote corresponding parts in so far as sucb parts appear
or can be seen at each of such said Figures respectively.
A, A, are boards forming by the spaces at a, a, the shuttle race of the
loom; B, B, are brackets for holding the boards. A in proper position; C.is
that part of the batten which beats up the work at each shed of the warps;
-the-upper-part-of-C-takes into a slot formed in the tube D, and the lower
part rests in a recess formed in the piece E, to which piece the brackets Bare
securely fixed; G is a long spindle supported by and working in bearings
formed in the brackets B; H, H', are cylinders having helical grooves or
quick threaded screws *, *, formed around same; these cylinders have a hole
formed through the centre of each in the direction of their length, so that
when said cylinders are passed on the spindle G, and tightened thereon by the
screws c, c, the aforesaid spindle and cylinders will revolve together upon
rutatory motion being imparted thereto either by an endless strap or band
passed over the pulley I or by other convenient and suitable means; K is the
shuttle carrying the cop containing the weft in the usual way. For the
purposes of this Invention I affix. studs or pins d, e, into the back of the
shuttle near each end thereof, the studs or pins d, e, each take into the grooved
helices formed around the cylinders H, H', care being taken to so arrange
and adjust the pins d, e, aforesaid with respect to the helical grooves in the
cylinders H, H', as that when the shuttle is thrown across the loom and
through the shed of the work in the act of weaving, one of said pins shall
not leave its respective grooved cylinder until the other pin has entered into
the helical groove of the other cylinder. And I would here observe that, in
order to obtain great velocity of the shuttle I propose to make the grooved
helices of such a pitch that. one revolution of the loom, shall produce two
revolutions of the cylinders H, H, during which time the shuttle will be
thrown twice across the loom.
I would further remark that although I have only shewn and described
the use of a single shuttle, I do not intend to limit or confine myself to the
use of one only, but propose when necessary to use one or more tiers of
shuttles worked in the usual way in combination with my said improvements.
propose also to employ the ordinary well-known reversing gear for throwing
the shuttle backwards and forwards, and the ordinary appliances for shedding
the warp and performing the other functions of looms employed for plain and
figure weaving.
I
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention for "Improvements in Battens for Weaving," together with the best

page_text: means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into practical effect, I
would remark in conclusion that I hereby declare my Invention to consist in,
and I claim, the general combination and arrangement of the parts above
described with reference to the accompanying Drawing, and especially I claim
the helical grooved cylinders H, H', and studs or pins d, e, for the purposes of
my said Invention, as constituting improvements in battens for weaving.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Thomas Cook, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
JOHN THOMAS COOK. (L.S.)