Year: 1888

page_text: We, WILLIAM HARLEY TAYLOR, of Hampton, in the Province of Ontario, in the
Dominion of Canada, Weaver, JOHN MAYNARD, of Bowmanville, in the Province
of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Jeweller, and HARRY BASKERVILLE, of
Bowmanville, aforesaid, Organ Key Manufacturer, 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 :-
Our Invention has for its object to simplify the construction and increase the
efficiency of loom temples and economize labor in attendance.
Our Invention consists of a plate provided with slots for the adjustable attachment
of the temple to the breast beam of a loom by bolts, and having a ridge along which
the selvage of the cloth runs, and a flat spring tongue secured to the plate and having
a sharp inclined point or tooth bearing against the plate laterally of the ridge, to enter
the selvage when the cloth is under lateral strain in weaving, and rise to the surface
of the selvage by the pull of the cloth in winding on the cloth beam, as hereinafter
described.
A, is a plate provided with slots A', near one end, to secure it to the breast beam of
a loom by bolts, the slots allowing the plate to be adjusted so that the opposite end
may be placed nearer to or farther from the reed, in ordinary cases about one half
an inch.
The plate A, has a ridge a, which may be formed by cutting out a portion of the
plate lengthwise and upsetting the edge. This ridge presses into the selvage at about
one eighth of an inch from its outer edge.
B, is a flat spring tongue pivoted at one end to plate A, near the slots, and the other
or free end of the tongue is curved to cross over ridge a, and is provided with a tooth b,
at the extremity, which tooth by tension of the spring is pressed upon plate A. The
tooth inclines diagonally so as to enter the selvage when the cloth is stationary and
resist the lateral strain in weaving, but when the cloth is pulled by the cloth beam,
the free end of the spring tongue is thereby lifted, and the point of the tooth rises
to the surface of the selvage, to allow the cloth to pass and be wound upon the
cloth beam.

page_text: C, is a stop-stud in plate A, to limit the movement of spring B, to cause the tooth b,
to resist the lateral strain of the cloth in weaving.
The temples are made right and left, so as to be applied to the breast beam near
both ends. Should it be necessary to release the cloth from the temple, the free end
of the spring tongue B, is raised by hand to lift tooth b, clear of the ridge, whereby
the spring tongue can be moved pivotally clear of the selvage.
The cloth moves in the course indicated by the arrow and the selvage is shown in
dotted lines.
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,
1. A loom temple, consisting of a plate and spring tongue secured flatwise
together at one end, the plate having a ridge lengthwise of the tongue, and the
tongue having an inclined tooth laterally of the ridge and bearing against the plate,
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The combination with the plate A, having a ridge a, along a recessed edge, and
provided with slots A', and stud C, of the spring tongue B, pivoted at one end to the
plate, the other end crossing the ridge, and provided with an inclined tooth b, bearing
against the plate, laterally of the ridge, as set forth.
Dated this Twenty fifth day of November 1887.