IMPROVEMENTS IN PICKERS FOR LOOMS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Louis Beru and Jules Cor, junior, both of 16, Rue Borgne,
Tourcoing, in the Republic of France, at present residing at 18, Leicester
Square, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PICKERS FOR LOOMS."
Sealed the 08th Naumhon 1070 and dated, the 70th Cantambas 0170
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Louis Beru and Jules Cor
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th September 1878.
LOUIS BERU and JULES COR, junior, both of 16, Rue Borgne, Tourcoing, in the'
Republic of France, at present residing at 18, Leicester Square. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PICKERS FOR LOOMS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in pickers for looms.
The improved picker is of metal, the lower part is a square box closed at the
bottom but open at the top; this box is filled with leather or other elastic material,
and a hole is made in one side so that the nose of the shuttle can enter and strike.
against the elastic packing; the packing is held by a pin passing from side to side
of the box.
At the bottom of the box there is a tongue, which, as usual, runs in the bottom
of the shuttle box.
The top of the picker consists of two arms connected by a cross bar. The arms
have holes bored in their upper ends to receive a guide spindle on which they
work. The picker band is attached to the cross bar
This picker has great advantages over the wooden and leather ones commonly
used which quickly wear out, and also being saturated with oil are apt to soil the
work.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Louis Beru and Jules Cor in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th March 1879.
LOUIS BERU and JULES COR, junior, both of 16, Rue Borgne, Tourcoing, in the
Republic of France, at present residing at 18, Leicester Square. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN PICKERS FOR LOOMS."
This Invention has for its object improvements in pickers for looms.
The improved picker is of metal'; the lower part is a box open at one or both
ends; this box is filled with leather or other elastic material, and a hole is made
in one side, so that the nose of the shuttle can enter and strike against the elastic
packing; the packing is held by a pin passing from side to side of the box.
At the bottom of the box there is a tongue, which, as usual, runs in the bottom
of the shuttle box.
The top of the picker consists of two arms connected by a cross bar.
The arms
have holes bored in their upper ends to receive a guide spindle on which they
work; the picker band is attached to the cross bar.
This picker has great advantages over the wooden and leather ones commonly
used, which quickly wear out, and also being saturated with oil are apt to soil the
work.
The Drawings hereunto annexed shew a picker constructed in the manner we
prefer for carrying out our Invention.
Figure 1 is a front view, Figure 2, an end view, and Figure 3, an under side
view of the picker.
A is a rectangular box of metal with two arms standing up from it at the top;
B, B, is a tubular cross bar between the arms. Through each arm is a hole con-
centric with the ends of the tube. A tubular bushing C of brass is secured in each
hole, and extends a distance into the tubular cross bar. The guide rod upon which
the wicker is to work to and fro passes through the tubular cross bar, and the brass
bushings fit this guide rod. The picker strap is connected to the exterior of the
cross bar. D, D, are strips of buffalo hide, or it might be other suitable elastic
material packed closely into the interior of the rectangular box.
Each strip of hide projects, as shewn, beyond the end of the box, and is suitably
shaped to form a tongue to run in a slot in the shuttle box in the same way as the
tongue of an ordinary picker. A face view of one of the strips of hide is shewn
separately at Figure 4.
E is a wire pin passed through holes in the sides of the box, and through the
strips D to secure them in place. F is an opening formed through one side of the
rectangular box, to allow the nose of the shuttle to be struck by the side face of the
strip of hide next to the opening.
By constructing metal pickers in the manner above described with a rectangular
metallic case, into which strips of buffalo hide or other similar material can be
inserted, and with an opening through the foremost side of the case to allow of the
nose of the shuttle being struck by the side face of the strip of hide or elastic
material next to the opening; the strips of hide or material can very readily be
retained in the metal box and will last for a great length of time, whilst at the
same time they can quickly be replaced if required.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention, and the manner of per-
forming the same, we would have it understood that we claim,―
First. The construction of pickers for looms, substantially as herein-before
described, and shewn in the Drawings annexed.

page_text: Second. Forming pickers for looms with a metallic casing or box open at its end
or ends to allow of strips of buffalo hide or other suitable elastic packing material
being inserted into it, and with an opening through the foremost side of the casing
or box to allow of the pointed end of the shuttle being struck by the side face of
the packing, substantially as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, we, the said Louis Beru and Jules Cor, have hereunto set
our hands and seals, this Eighth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight bundred and seventy-nine.
L. BERU.
(L.S.)
JULES COR. (L.S.).