Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 11th Jan., 1887.
I, JOHN SEED, of 7 Mill Street, Farington, near Preston, in the County of Lan-
caster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
This Invention relates to improved arrangements in connexion with the "flighter"
rod and the reed case of loose reed looms whereby the reed case may be brought up to
the reed during the locking action more firmly and uniformly than heretofore; my
improvements being designed to enable a loose reed to attain to the firmness of a fust
reed.
"
I employ, in lieu of the ordinary flighter rod, a plain bar or shaft of round iron or
steel of suitable diameter (preferably about three quarters of an inch) mounted in end
bearings and also in two or more intermediate bearings of greater width or bearing
surface than usual, the bearings being fastened to the slay in the ordinary manner.
The flighter rod as usually constructed has fingers welded to it at opposite sides, one
set of fingers carrying the reed case above and the other set carrying curved projec-
ting pieces or duck bills" below which pass under the locking brackets or "heaters
-the effect of this arrangement being in practice that the flighter rod is subjected to
considerable torsional strain and the reed case cannot therefore be brought up to the
reed at a uniform pressure throughout its entire length. To overcome this defect I
make each pair of the upper and lower fingers in one piece with a central boss which
is bored out and fitted on to the bar or shaft (preferably three or more being employed
according to the length of the reed) a key pin or set screws whose points enter
countersink holes in the bar being employed for fastening the finger pieces in the
required positions. Each of the upper fingers is suitably formed to receive the reed
case (which is fastened thereto by screws in the usual manner) whilst the lower finger
is arranged to carry the duck-bill which, according to this invention, is made in a
double form, that is to say, with two curved projecting pieces or duck-bills which
pass under a double heater in such manner that the strain upon the finger piece is
received centrally instead of on one side thereof as in arrangements of such apparatus
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page_text: heretofore known to me. The elongated bearings above referred to, in addition to the
two end bearings, are arranged in the intervals or spaces between the finger pieces.
It will be obvious that by the above described arrangements the torsional strain is
removed from the flighter rod which by this invention is made to answer the purpose
merely of a carrier or pivot for the finger pieces. The fingers duck-bills, and heaters
are provided with the usual slots and fastened with screw bolts and nuts so as to be
capable of adjustment as required.
I make the reed case of increased strength, whilst still retaining its ordinary
dimensions, by constructing it of angle, 'tec, trough, or other suitable rectangular
section of iron or steel and filling up or lining the hollow space or spaces with hard
wood (preferably birch), the reed case constructed as described being secured to the
upper end of the finger pieces by screws or bolts in the usual way.
W. LLOYD WISE,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: I, JOHN SEED, of 7, Mill Street, Farington, near Preston, in the County of Lancaster,
Mechanical Engineer, 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 improved arrangements in connexion with the "flighter"
or "stop" rod and the reed case of loose reed looms whereby the reed case may be
brought up to the reed during the locking action more firmly and uniformly than
heretofore; my improvements being designed to enable a loose reed to attain to the
firmness of a fast reed.
The accompanying drawings of which Fig. 1 is a cross section; Fig. 2 a back view;
Fig. 3 a front view; and Fig. 4 a plan view illustrate so much of the loose reed and
flighter or stop rod mechanism of a loose reed loom as is necessary to show the nature.
of my said invention.
I employ in lieu of the ordinary flighter or stop rod, a plain bar or shaft A of
round iron or steel of suitable diameter (preferably about three quarters of an inch)
mounted in end bearings BB and also in two or more intermediate bearings CC of
greater width or bearing surface than usual, the bearings being fastened to the slay D
in the ordinary manner. (The dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 indicate the position of
the slay, part of which is omitted from the drawings in order that a clearer view may
be had of my improved flighter or stop rod arrangements.) In addition to the inter-
mediate bearings CCI provide crutch bearings JJ fastened one to the front of each
of the slay swords as shown in Fig. 3.
The flighter or stop rod as usually constructed has fingers welded to it at opposite
sides, one set of fingers carrying the reed case above and the other set carrying
curved projecting pieces or "duck-bills" below which pass under the locking brackets
or
heaters "the effect of this arrangement being in practice that the Highter or
stop rod is subjected to considerable torsional strain and the reed case cannot there-
fore be brought up to the reed at a uniform pressure throughout its entire length. To
overcome this defect I make the upper and lower fingers (E and E' respectively) in
the same vertical line in one piece with a central boss m which is bored out and fitted
on to the bar or shaft A (preferably three or more being employed according to the
length of the reed) a key pin, or set screws FF whose points enter countersunk holes
in the bar, being employed for fastening the finger pieces in the required positions.
Each of the upper fingers E is suitably formed to receive the reed case G (which is
fastened thereto by screws in the usual manner) whilst the lower finger E' is arranged
to carry the duck-bill H which, according to this invention, is made in a double form,
that is to say, with two curved projecting pieces or duck-bills which pass under a
double heater I in such manner that the strain upon the vertical finger piece E E' is
received centrally instead of on one side thereof as in arrangements of such apparatus
heretofore known to ine. The elongated bearings CC above referred to, in addition to
the two end bearings B B and the two crutch bearings J.J are arranged (as shown) in

page_text: the intervals or spaces between the finger pieces. It will be obvious that by the above
.described arrangements the torsional strain is removed from the flighter or stop rod A
which by this invention is made to answer the purposo merely of a carrier or pivot for
the finger pieces. The finger pieces, duck-bills, and heaters are provided with slots
and fastened with screw bolts and nuts so as to be capable of adjustment as required.
I prefer to make the reed case of increased strength, whilst still retaining its
ordinary dimensions, by constructing it of angle, tee, trough, or other suitable
rectangular section of iron or steel and filling up or lining the hollow space or spaces
with hard wood (such as birch); the reed case constructed as described being secured
to the upper end of the finger picces by screws or bolts in the ordinary way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner it is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In flighter or stop rod mechanism of loose reed looms the use or employment of
a duck-bill in a double form in conjunction with a double heater constructed and
arranged substantially as described and shown in the drawings for the purpose
specified.
2. The general arrangement and combination of the parts A, CC, E E¹, HH, II,
and G of the drawings constructed substantially as described and shown.
W. LLOYD WISE.
Per F. J. Brougham,
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.