Improvements in Apparatus for use in Leno or Cross-weaving.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 4th June, 1898-Accepted, 16th July, 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in Leno or Cross-weaving.
We, WILLIAM BIRTWISTLE, of Stanley Street Mill, Blackburn, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and JOHN JAMES HAWORTH, of Stanley Street Mill
aforesaid, Mill Manager, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in doup combs employed when leno
or cross weaving the object being to so construct the doup combs or staves that
as the doup loops become worn out or damaged they can be replaced with new ones
with ease and rapidity and without the necessity of getting beneath the loom or
slay as heretofore. Heretofore when a doup loop has been worn out, it has been an
expensive and tedious operation to replace it, and the worn out loop had to remain
on the stave so that in a short time the stave carried a confused and tangled mass
of worn out loops.
According to this invention the stave or doup comb is made of metal and con-
sists of a backbone or bar in which is carried a comb or series of pins or projections,
and over each prong or projection a doup loop is placed and as one loop becomes
worn through it can readily be removed altogether and the operative can at once
replace it with a new loop simply placed over one of the prongs or projections,
and the whole appliance is practically renewed.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1897
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicants.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in Leno or Cross-weaving.
We, WILLIAM BIRTWISTLE, of Stanley Street Mill, Blackburn, in the County
of Lancaster, Manufacturer, and JOHN JAMES HAWORTH, of Stanley Street Mill,
aforesaid, Mill 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 relates to improvements in doup cembs employed when leno
or cross weaving, the object being to so construct the doup combs or staves that as
the doup loops become worn out or damaged they can be replaced with new ones
with ease and rapidity and without the necessity of getting beneath the loom or
slay as heretofore. Heretofore when a doup loop had been worn out, it has been
an expensive and tedious operation to replace it, and the worn out loop had to
remain on the stave so that in a short time the stave carried a confused and
tangled mass of worn out loops.

page_text: Such being the nature and object of our said invention, the following is a com-
plete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in
which;-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved doup comb.
Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. I.
According to this invention the stave or doup comb is made of metal and con-
sists of a backbone or bar 1 in which is carried a comb) or series of pins or pro-
jections 2-2 and over each prong or projection 2 a doup loop 3 is placed, and as
one loop becomes worn through it falls off or can readily be removed altogether
and the operative can at once replace it with a new loop 3 simply placed over one
of the prongs or projections 2 and the whole appliance is practically renewed.
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: -
The improved doup comb and loops as and for the purpose herein described and
substantially as illustrated by the annexed drawings.
Dated this 3rd day of June 1898
WILLIAM BIRTWISTLE,
JOHN JAMES HAWORTH,
By their Agents, Brierley & Howard,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax,