Improvements relating to Looms for Domestic Purposes.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 4th Mar., 1899
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Improvements relating to Looms for Domestic Purposes.
We, RICHARD LONGDEN HATTERSLEY, of North Brook Works, Keighley, in the
County of York, Machine Maker, and SIMEON JACKSON, of the same address,
Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention consists of the application to this class of loom, as described in
our Specification No. 11774-1896, of an arrangement of mechanism suitable for
weaving looped or Turkish towels; also of the arrangement of a circular box, and
motion for same, for this class of loom.
Regarding the first part of our invention; it is arranged so that when making
the looped portion of towel, the reed is held in position or allowed to fall back as
required, and at the same time the warp, from which the loops are formed, is slack,
but when weaving the plain or border portion of the towel friction is applied to
the warp beam in the ordinary manner. Our method of regulating the motion of
the reed is as follows:-We connect the reed by means of rod, lever, tappit,
wheels &c. to any convenient motor part of the loom, and in this manner its
motion can be regulated to suit any pre-determined pattern.
For the regulation of the loop warp, we apply a weight lever with finger attached
so that the operator can readily, by changing the position of the finger, apply the
friction as required.
With reference to the second part of our invention; we attach a circular box
to the slayboard same as in the ordinary power loom, and its motion backwards:
or forwards is operated by a sliding tappit, which is mounted on the lowshaft of
the loom, and is controlled by the weaver. In this manner the box remains
stationary, or is moved backwards or forwards, as required.
Dated this 27th day of April 1898.
RICH. L. HATTERSLEY,
SIMEON JACKSON,
Applicants.
improvements relating to Looms for Domestic Purposes.
We, RICHARD LONGDEN HATTERSLEY, of North Brook Works, Keighley, in the
County of York, Machine Maker, and SIMEON JACKSON, of the same address,
Manager, 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 consists of the application to this class of loom, as described in.
Specification No. 11774 of 1890, of an arrangement of mechanism suitable for

page_text: weaving looped or Turkish towels, also of the arrangement of a circular box, and
motion for same, for this class of loom.
With reference to the first part of our invention it is necessary for the manufac
ture of looped or Turkish towels that the reed has two positions, that is, it is held
vertically in position, or allowed to fall back, as required. Also when making the
looped portion of the towel the warp must be slack and when making the plain
portion it must be at its ordinary tension.
Regarding the second part of our invention, we attach a circular box to the
slayboard, same as in the ordinary power loom, its motion backwards or forwards
is operated as hereafter explained by a sliding tappit which is mounted on the
lowshaft of the loom and controlled by the weaver.
In order to make clear our invention we append hereto two sheets of drawings
marked with letters of reference in which like figures denote like parts.
Figure I represents an end view of loom showing the mechanism for weaving
looped or Turkish towels, Figure II is a front view of same. Figure III is an
end view of loom with circular box and motion attached and Figure IV is a front
view of same.
In our present arrangement, as shown in Figures I and II, the reed is held at its
forward position for one pick and allowed to fall back for two picks. The motion is
imparted from the lowshaft 1 by wheels 2 and 3 to the shaft 4, on the latter is
mounted the tappit 5 which transmits the movement by means of the bowl 6 to the
lever 7. The fever 7 is loosely mounted on the stud 8 and the stop rod 9 is con-
nected to one of its arms by the finger 10 and rods 11 and 12 as shown in Figures I
and II.
The finger 13, of which there are two or more, is rigidly mounted on the stop rod 9
and is in contact with the reed 14. A spring 15, of sufficient strength to hold the
reed in position, is applied to the finger 13. By adapting the wheels 2 and 3 and
tappit 5 the two positions of the reed can be made for any desired effect in the
weave.
Our method of applying friction to the warp beam is as follows;-A chain 16
is passed round the warp beam 17 and secured to the lever 18 as also a rope 19 to
which the weight 20 is attached. The lever 18, carrying the, weight 21, is
fulcrumed on the stud 22 and a finger 23 is attached to same as shown in Figure I.
When the finger 23 is at the position shown in Figure I it rests on the top of
the loom-end 24 and thus the weight is taken off the beam 17, when it is as shown
in dotted lines on Figure I the lever 18 is then suspended from the chain 16 and
the weight applied to the beam 17. The weight 20 and rope 19 imparts a slight
friction to the beam as shown in Figure I.
We employ the ordinary take up motion suitable for this loom consisting of
lever 25, rod 26, lever 27, and catches 28, but this forms no part of our present
claim.
Our arrangement of the circular box and motion is as follows. We attach a
frame 29, box 30, stand 31, and peg wheel 32 to the slayboard 54, same as in the ordi-
nary power loom as is well understood. The peg wheel 32 with which the circular
box 30 is connected, is operated, backwards and forwards, by the draw rods 33
and 34 and these receive their motion from the two levers 35 and 36. The lever 35
has two arms 37 and 38, to the arm 37 the draw rod 33 is connected and to the
other arm 38 is jointed the piece 39, and the latter is operated upon by the sliding
tappit 40. The lever 36 has likewise two arms 41 and 42, the draw rod 34 is con-
nected to the arm 41 and to the other arm 42 is connected the piece 43, which is
operated upon by the tappit 40. The tappit 40 is mounted on the lowshaft 1 and
is moveable on same, sliding on the key 44, it is controlled from the rod 45 by the
operator, being connected with same by the bowl 46, arm 47 shaft 48, arm 49.
Thus when the box 30 has not to be operated the tappit 40 is placed at its mid-
way position, see Figure IV, and it operates neither of the two levers 35 and 36.
When the box 30 has to turn forward it is placed at its outer position, the lever 35,
and the draw rod 33 being thus operated. When the box 30 has to turn back-

page_text: wards it is placed at its inner position and thus the lever 36 and draw rod 34 are
operated.
It will be seen that in case the box 30, by accident, is not free to revolve the
pieces 39 and 43 can turn on their fulcrums 50 and 51 and the springs 52 and 53
yield and thus there is no breakage.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare what
we claim is:-
1st. The manner of regulating the position of the reed and the let off motion
suitable for towel weaving in looms for domestic purposes as shown and described.
2nd. Our method of applying a circular box and motion for same to this class
of loom in the manner described.
Dated this 27th day of Jan 180Q
RICH. L. HATTERSLEY,
SIMEON JACKSON,
Applicants.