AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED WITH SHUTTLE PEGS AND SPOOL BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM TURNER of 13 Cropper Lane Bradford, Yorkshire Mechanician do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED WITH
SHUTTLE PEGS AND SPOOL BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING to be
as follows:-
"
The object of my Invention is to prevent the splitting cracking and breaking of
spool bobbins which at present frequently happens as they are put on and off the
shuttle pegs.
As is well known shuttle pegs are split in two forming thereby a strong spring
having an enlargement or notch at one end to prevent the spool coming off whilst
weaving.
To avoid the cracking of the bobbin I placo within it a metal tube having a
collar at one end, so that when the shuttle peg is inserted within the metal tube,
the said peg has no pressure whatever within the bobbin, whilst the notch on the
end of the said peg will bear on the collar instead of on the end of the bobbin as
at present.
The collar is made smooth and is rather larger in diameter than the outside of
the bobbin, so that as the yarn comes off when weaving it bears upon the smooth
collar instead of the end of the bobbin which is often very rough and ragged and
therefore frequently breaks the yarn.
By the employment of a metal tube and collar, paper tubes may be used to
better advantage than is the case now as they frequently burst and are made rough
by being pushed onto bare spindles, whereas they can now be put onto the metal
tubes, and the tubes placed onto the shuttle peg as explained.
Instead of employing a metal tube and collar, the top of the shuttle peg may be
recessed and a loose collar placed thereon a spiral spring is however necessary to
push the top of the bobbin against the loose collar.
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page_text: I, WILLIAM TURNER of 13 Cropper Lane, Bradford, Yorkshire, Mechanician do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT CONNECTED
WITH SHUTTLE PEGS AND SPOOL BOBBINS EMPLOYED IN SHUTTLES FOR WEAVING "
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The object of my invention is to prevent the splitting cracking, and breaking of
spool bobbins which at present frequently happens as they are put on and off the
shuttle pegs.
As is well known shuttle pegs are split in two, forming thereby a strong spring;
having an enlargement or notch at one end to prevent the spool coming off whilst
weaving.
To avoid the cracking of the bobbin I place within it a metal tube having &
collar at one end, so that when the shuttle peg is inserted within the metal tube,
the said peg has no pressure whatever within the bobbin; whilst the notch on the
end of the said peg will bear on the collar, instead of on the end of the bobbin as
at present.
The collar is made smooth, and is rather larger in diameter than the outside of
the bobbin, so that as the yarn comes off when weaving it bears upon the smooth
collar instead of the end of the bobbin which is often very rough and ragged, and
therefore frequently breaks the yarn.
By the employment of a metal tube and collar, paper tubes may be used to
better advantage than is the case now, as they frequently burst, and are made rough
by being pushed onto bare spindles, whereas they can now be put onto the metal
tubes, and the tubes placed onto the shuttle peg as explained.
In order that my Invention may be better understood I herein give reference to
the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein Fig 1 is elevation of a shuttle
having my improvements applied thereto. A is the shuttle, and B is an ordinary
peg on which the bobbin is usually placed, but according to my improvements
place a tabe C on the said peg and the spool D upon the tube by which means
the spring catch a on the end of the peg cannot injure the bobbin.
The upper end of the said tube is provided with a bevilled collar 6 which is
made smooth and rather larger than the head of the bobbin, so that as the yarn
comes off when weaving it bears upon the smooth collar and prevents breakages
which frequently occur by the yarn locking when bearing upon cracked and rough
bobbin flanges.
In Fig 2 I dispense with tube and the ordinary split shuttle peg, and employ
instead thereof a loose hollow peg E, having a bevilled flanged end c.
This peg enters an opening in the ordinary hinged part F, and each time the
bobbin is changed the peg is withdrawn from the hinged part F and inserted again
when the empty bobbin is put on. In order to keep the peg E in its place when
weaving, the lower end of the peg is cut away at d so that when the peg is placed
in an horizontal position, the opening d fits on the cross bar e and is held secure
thereby.
Fig 3 shews the method I adopt when using paper spools. In this case I employ
the wood tube C and on this tube I place a short metal tube or covering G on
which the paper tube is placed.
By the adoption of these means the splitting of wood or paper spools by the
spring peg is avoided.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is;
Firstly. The employment of the loose tube C having a taper collar b in manner
and for purposes set forth and shewn in Fig 1.
Secondly. The employment of the loose hollow shuttle peg E in manner and for
purposes set forth and shewn in Fig 2.
Thirdly. The employment of the short motal tube G in manner and for purposes
set forth and shown in Fig 3..
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