IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING HAIR CLOTH AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FABRICS
Year: 1867

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Webb, of the City of Worcester, in the
County of Worcester, Hair Cloth Manufacturer, for the Invention of
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Sealed the 5th November 1867, and dated the 17th May 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Webb at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
17th May 1867.
I, EDWARD WEBB, of the City of Worcester, in the County of Worcester,
Hair Cloth Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING HAIR CLOTH AND OTHER ANALOGOUS
FABRICS," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a novel mode of giving motion to the shuttle or
hook used in weaving hair cloth, the weft of which consists of horsehair or other
material in short and separate pieces. The motion of the book or shuttle is
derived from the lathe or batten, to one end of which is connected a rod or
lath, which by means of a cord, band, or strap communicates motion to a
horizontal pulley; this pulley is supported by a bracket attached to the
framing of the loom, and as the lathe or batten advances and recedes it is
made to turn horizontally on its axis first in one direction and then in the
other; on this pulley is fixed a rod which vibrates with the pulley, and to the

page_text: end of this rod is attached the hook, shuttle, or instrument whereby the weft
is introduced; as the batten recedes it pulls round the pulley, and by that
means thrusts the book through the shed ready to take up a hair. On the
advance of the batten to beat up, the pulley is pulled round in the opposite
direction, and the hook is drawn out of the shed, and in so doing draws a hair
for the weft into the shed, which is formed by means of treadles acted upon
by the foot of the weaver; the batten may also be actuated by means of a
treadle. Other mechanical arrangements which can be acted on by the batten
as it advances and recedes may be devised. For instance the hook or weft
instrument may be connected with a lazy-tongs arrangement, one of the end
levers of which is attached to the batten and the other end lever to some fixed
part of the frame, while the hook or weft instrument is connected to the other
end of the lazy-tongs arrangement of levers, so as to have a quick in and out
motion.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Edward Webb in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
16th November 1867.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, EDWARD
WEBB, of the City of Worcester, in the County of Worcester, Hair Cloth
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventeenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirtieth year of Her
reign did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Edward Webb, Her special licence that I, the said Edward Webb, my,
exccutors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the said Edward
Webb, 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 LOODS
FOR WEAVING HAIR CLOTH AND OTHER ANALOGOUS FABRICS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Edward Webb, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the

page_text: 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.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Edward Webb, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being bad to the Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the
letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say) :-
:-
This Invention of "Improvements in Looms for. Weaving Hair Cloth and
other analogous Fabrics," relates to a novel mode or modes of giving motion
to the shuttle or book (used in weaving hair cloth) for the purpose of drawing
in or introducing the weft, which consists of horsehair or other material in
short and separate pieces. The motion of the hook or shuttle is derived from
the lathe or batten, and in the accompanying Drawings I have shewn two
arrangements of mechanism, whereby the backward and forward motion of the
lathe or batten is communicated to the hook or shuttle.
Figures 1 and 2 represent plan views of one arrangement, in which the
batten a carries an arm which projects horizontally from one end, and is
connected by a rod or lath c and, a cord, band, or strap d to a horizontal
pulley e. The band or strap d is secured at both ends to the rod ċ, but passes
round the horizontal pulley e, so that as the batten advances or recedes it will
by means of the band & pull the pulley e round first in one direction and then
in the opposite direction; this pulley e is supported by a backet e' attached to
the framing f of the loom; on this pulley e is fixed a rod g which vibrates
with the pulley c, and to the end of this rod is attached the hook, shuttle, or
instrument h, whereby the weft is introduced. As the batten recedes it pulls
round the pulley, and by that means thrusts the hook or shuttle h through the
shed ready to take up a hair, as shewn at Fig. 1. On the advance of the
batten to beat up, the pulley e is pulled round in the opposite direction, and
the hook is drawn out of the shed into the position shewn at Fig. 2, and in so
doing draws a hair for the weft into the shed, which is formed by means of
treadles acted upon by the foot of the weaver in the ordinary manner; the
batten may also be actuated by means of a treadle if desired. Other
mechanical arrangements which can be acted on by the batten as it advances
and recedes may be devised. For instance the hook or weft instrument may
be connected with a lazy-tongs arrangement, as shewn at Figures 3 and 4, one
of the end levers i of which is attached to the batten a, and the other end lever ¹
is jointed or secured to some fixed part of the frame, as at *, while the hook or
weft instrument h is connected to the other end of the lazy-tongs arrange-
ment of levers, as at 2, so as to have a quick in and out motion as the batten

page_text: moves to and fro. This arrangement is shewn at Figures 3 and 4, in which
the batten is represented at Fig. 3 as drawn back, and the hook or shuttle
pushed through the shed to receive a hair from the opposite side; Fig. 4
represents the batten in the act of beating up, and the hook or shuttle h
drawn out of the shed. It will be seen that the hook will describe a curve in
passage through the shed, and if desired it may be kept steady by causing
it to bear slightly against the reed:
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Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in Looms for Weaving
Horsehair Cloth and other analogous Fabrics," and having explained the
manner of carrying the same into effect, I claim as the Invention secured to me
by Letters Patent as aforesaid, communicating motion to the hook, shuttle, or
other instrument for introducing the hair or other weft by connecting such
hook, shuttle, or other instrument to the lathe or batten in any convenient
manner, so that the hook, shuttle, or other instrument may be worked by the
batten.
In witness whereof, I, the said Edward Webb, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, the Sixteenth day of November, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred sixty-seven.
EDWP. WEBB. (L.S.)