Improvements in Picking Tappets for Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 26th July, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 25th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 20th July, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Picking Tappets for Looms for Weaving.
We, EDWARD BURTON of 17, Cemetery Road, Four Lane Ends, Bradford, in
the County of York, Mechanic, and JAMES GARFORTH, 8, Cemetery Road, Four
Lane Ends, Bradford, aforesaid, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain improvements in picking tappets for looms for
weaving, and has for its object the construction of same in such a manner that the
tappet may be secured on or removed from the shaft with considerably less labour
and less time than hitherto and without necessitating the removal of other parts of
the loom, as is the case with tappets now in use, the "shell" of the tappet is also
suitable for either right or left hand.
We accomplish our object by forming the "shell" and boss of the tappet in two
parts and place same on the shaft in segments, and secure the segments together in
any convenient manner. We secure the "nose " to the "shell" in any suitable
inanner, but in our invention the nose is adjustable for the purpose of regulation
without necessitating the adjustment of the shell as hitherto.
Dated this 25th day of July 1894.
JOHN WAUGH,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Picking Tappets for Looms for Weaving.
We EDWARD BURTON Mechanic No. 17 Cemetery Road Four Lane Ends
Bradford in the County of York and JAMES GARFORTH Iron Founder
No. 8 Cemetery Road Four Lane Ends Bradford in the County of York 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 improvements in picking tappet for looms consists in forming half of the
boss and half of the shell cast to each other as shown in section ay on Sheet No. 2
which form one half of boss and shell and two coupled together by bolts as shown
in Fig. 1, C form the complete boss and shell which can be bored and key way
put in as shown also in Fig. 1 and we hearby claim that by so doing the tappet
can be fixed and replaced to the loom shaft without removing any other part of
loom also the boss and shell will do for either hand of loom which saves consider-
able amount of time and labour. In the old form of picking tappets all connections
with the shaft are to remove to replace broken ones or fix new ones.
The nose of tappet marked A on Fig. 1 is also made adjustable and can be
regulated backwards or forwards on the shell by means of racks and bolts marked B
on Fig. 1 & 2 to suite the pick.

page_text: Having now particularly described and cascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed,we/declair what we
claim is
1. Half the boss and half the shell combined together and two coupled together
by bolts as shown in Fig. 1 form complete boss and shell of adjustable picking 5
tappet for looms as and for the purpose herein 'fully described and illustrated.
Dated this 23rd day of April 1895.
EDWARD BURTON.
JAMES GARFORTH.