IMPROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD MACHINERY
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Aaron Mosley, of Old Radford, in the County of
Nottingham, Mechanic, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
JACQUARD MACHINERY."
Scaled the 2nd September 1870, and dated the 9th April 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Aaron Mosley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
9th April 1870.
I, AARON MOSLEY, of Old Radford, in the County of Nottingham,
Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "Im.
PROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD MACHINERY," to be as follows:-
My improvements refer to the employment at pleasure of either the
cards which produce the repeat portion of a design or the cards which
produce the bottom border, and so doing away with the usual tying on
and off of the different packs of cards.
Secondly. To the employment of two cylinders in the jacquard, which
has the power within itself of stopping one cylinder and starting the
other.

page_text: Thirdly. To the employment of two jacquards acting mutually the one
upon the other.
And, fourthly. To the employment of the power of racking back by
the operation of the jacquard the cards on one cylinder without allowing
them to operate on the needles at the same time that the other cylinder
is operating upon them.
The object is to employ at pleasure either the cards which produce
the repeat portion of the design or the cards which produce the bottom
border of any article where the border differs in design from the other
portion thereof. My methods enable me to work the repeat portion of
the design any number of times, and to follow on with the bottom
border without the necessity of tying, as is now done, the pack of cards
which makes the border to the pack which makes the repeat. In one
method I employ two cylinders on one jacquard, and to enable me to lift
the needles I employ either a single set of needles having two hooks
placed on opposite sides of the wires or a double set of needles with
single hooks. When I employ a single set of needles I make use of a
spring, which works in a bend made in the selecting needle, which
spring causes the needle to revert to its original position after it has been
pressed by either of the two cylinders. The selecting needle acts upon
the upright needle in the usual way. To make the design I employ
perforated cards, which being pressed upon the needles by the cylinder
select the upright needles; these are lifted in the usual way by what is
known as the lift of the jacquard, and causes them to actuate upon the
threads. On each of two shafts I fix an arm, which has a to-and-fro
motion given to it by a crank, eccentric, or cam. On the same shafts
I fix other arms, which receive the same motion, and which have pins
fixed upon them towards the upper ends thereof. On the slides of the
cylinder is attached an axle, on which is placed an elbow lever, and
towards one end of this lever is a notch which fits upon the pin on the
upright arm. The to-and-fro motion given to the upright arm gives by
means of the elbow lever the necessary backwards and forwards move-
ment to one of the cylinders. A similar appliance of parts gives a
similar movement to the other cylinder, and the means employed to use
either of them at pleasure are as follows:-On one end of a shaft which
runs through the jacquard is fixed a double-ended lever, having a pin
towards the end, and on the other end of the shaft is a one-ended lever.
On another shaft I fix an elbow lever, the upper end of which acts as a

page_text: prop to hold up one end of the double-ended lever. To the other end of
the elbow lever is attached one end of a link, the other end of which is
attached to one end of another double-ended lever which works upon a
shaft having at its other end a one-ended lever, and which has a pin
fixed in it near its other end. The shaft upon which the elbow lever is
fixed runs through the jacquard, and upon this end thereof is fixed a
double-ended lever, towards one end of which there is a pin, and this pin
is acted upon by a stop or catch, which moves on a pin fixed on the
jacquard. The shaft upon which the first-named double-ended lever is
fixed also runs through the jacquard, and near this end thereof is placed
a one-ended lever, which is connected by a link to an elbow lever fixed
upon the jacquard by a pin, and the other end of which is attached to a
needle of the jacquard. To bring the catches and levers home I employ
springs. I also employ a ratchet wheel with any number of teeth upon
its edge as may be required. On the axis of the ratchet wheel is placed
a one-ended lever, and on this same one-ended lever is a pin upon which
is placed a pawl or "clawker." I attach the loose end of this one-ended
lever to one of the needles of the jacquard, and I am thus enabled to
operate upon this ratchet wheel by the movement of the jacquard.
Having described most of the appliances used by me in this method I
will now show how I am enabled to employ at pleasure either the cards
which produce the repeat portion of the design or the cards necessary to
produce the bottom border. It will be better illustrated by supposing
that for the production of an article with a bottom border I require to
use the repeat portion of the design three times, as compared with the
cards needful to make the bottom border of the design once. The last
card needful to produce the border selects two needles in the jacquard,
and these needles being lifted by the lift of the jacquard raise two levers.
One of the levers so raised is the elbow lever, and to the other end of
this lever the one-ended lever is attached by a link, thereby giving the
same motion to the levers on the shaft. The other lever raised is a
double-ended lever, and has a pin at one end, and one end of this lever
being raised causes an opposite motion to the other end. In consequence
of the two levers being raised the catch or stop being acted upon by a
spring gets home on to the pin and holds the double-ended lever in the
position in which the needle has lifted it. At the same time that the
double-ended lever is raised, it causes the elbow lever at the other end
of the shaft to move into position to prop up one end of the double-

page_text: ended lever, and at the same time gives motion to another double-ended
lever, which is connected by a link to the elbow lever. The crank cam
or excentric having given a to-and-fro motion to the arms which are
connected by the elbow lever to the slides by pins gives the necessary
backwards and forwards movement to the cylinder. When the cylinder
goes out it causes the bottom end of the elbow lever to press against the
pin fixed upon one end of the double-ended lever, which causes the other
end of the elbow lever to lift off the pin fixed on the upright arm, the
pin which is fixed near the end of the other double-ended lever has now
moved away from the bottom end of the elbow lever, which elbow lever
connects the other cylinder to the other upright arm, the other end of this
elbow lever drops on to the pin which is fixed near the end of the other
upright arm which brings one cylinder into work, the other at the same
time being stopped. The border cards have now ceased working, having
worked round once and the repeat cards have commenced, and I will
now describe how I work these round three times before the border cards
begin again; the last card of the repeat selects a needle, to which is
attached one end of a lever, the other end of which works on the axis of
the ratchet wheel. The ratchet wheel has 36 teeth on its edge, which
are divided into 3 equal parts, each one of which is marked by a pro-
jecting pin. The needle selected when lifted lifts the lever, which
has a pawl or clawker placed upon it, and causes the lever to move the
ratchet wheel four teeth. The second time the repeat comes round the
ratchet wheel is moved four more teeth, and at the third time another
four teeth, thereby completing twelve, or one of the three equal parts
marked by a projecting pin. At the last motion this pin pushes the
catch or stop off the pin, and lets the double-ended lever go home. The
double-ended lever communicates its motion to the parts connected to
it, and through their actions stops one cylinder working the repeat
portion of the design, and starts the other cylinder working the border
portion of the design, after having worked the border once and the repeat
3 times, an operation that may go on continuously. For the sake of
illustration I have explained my principle by reference to a design which
repeats itself three times, as compared with the border once, but I would
have it understood that either by lifting more or less teeth in the ratchet
wheel, or by substituting a ratchet wheel having the requisite number
of teeth and stops I can employ at pleasure either the cards which
produce the repeat portion of the design, or the cards necessary to
produce the border portion thereof. When I employ a double set of

page_text: needles with single hooks, as in method 2, I make use of the usual
springs to send back the needles, but in other respects my appliances are
the same as herein-before described, excepting that the jacks which
operate upon the threads have a string attached to them from a needle
in each of the sets, making two strings to each jack instead of one, in
consequence of the double set of needles being employed.
In a third method I employ two ordinary jacquards having only one
cylinder as is usual, and the appliances by which I work either of the
cylinders at pleasure are as follows:-To a shaft I fix an arm which has
a to-and-fro motion given to it by a crank, eccentric, or cam. On the
same shaft I fix other arms which receive the same motion, and which
have pins fixed upon them towards the upper ends thereof. On the
slides of the cylinder is attached an axle on which is placed an elbow
lever, and towards one end of this lever is a notch which fits upon the
pin on the upright arm. The to-and-fro motion given to the upright
arm gives by means of the elbow lever the necessary backwards and
forwards movement to one of the cylinders. A similar appliance of parts
gives a similar movement to the other cylinder. On a shaft is fixed a
double ended lever, towards the end of which is fixed a pin. On another
shaft I fix an elbow lever, the upper end of which acts as a prop to hold
up one end of the double-ended lever. Near the other end of this elbow
lever is fixed a pin, and this pin is acted upon by a stop or catch. This
elbow lever moves on a shaft which goes through both jacquards.
The shaft upon which the first-named double-ended lever is fixed runs
through both the jacquards, and upon the shaft in suitable places are
fixed one-ended levers, one of which is connected to an elbow lever
fixed upon one of the jacquards, and the other end of which is attached
to a needle of the jacquard. To bring the catches and levers home I
employ springs; I also employ a ratchet wheel with any number of
teeth upon its edge as may be required. On the axis of the ratchet
wheel is placed a one-ended lever, and on the same one-ended lever is a
pin upon which is placed a pawl or clawker. I attach the loose end of
this one-ended lever to one of the needles of the jacquard, and I am thus
enabled to operate upon this ratchet wheel by the movement of the
jacquard. The last card needful to produce the border selects two
needles in the jacquard, and these needles being lifted by the lift of the
jacquard raise two levers. One of the levers so raised is the elbow lever,
and to the other end of this lever the one-ended lever placed upon the

page_text: shaft is attached by a link, thereby giving the same motion to the levers
fixed on the shaft. The other lever raised is a one-ended lever fixed on
the shaft of the elbow lever, which elbow lever has a pin at one end, and
on the one-ended lever being raised it lets the catch or stop get home,
and this holds the elbow lever in the position in which the needle has
lifted it. At the same time that the one-ended lever is raised it causes
the elbow lever at the other end of the shaft to move into position to
prop up one end of the double-ended lever, and at the same time gives
motion to the levers placed on the shaft. The crank, cam, or eccentrie
having given a to-and-fro motion to the arms, which are connected by
the elbow levers to the slides by pins, gives the necessary backwards and
forwards movement to the cylinder. When the cylinder goes out it
causes the bottom ends of the elbow levers to press against the pins of
the levers placed upon the shaft, which causes the other ends of the
elbow levers to lift off the pins fixed on the upright arms.
The one-
ended levers on the shaft have now moved away from the bottom ends
of the elbow levers, which elbow levers connect the other cylinder to
the other upright arms. The other ends of these elbow levers drop on
to the pins which are fixed near the ends of the other upright arms,
which brings one cylinder on one jacquard into work, the cylinder of
the other jacquard at the same time being stopped. The border cards
have now ceased working, having worked round once, and the repeat
cards have commenced; and the methods adopted for working these
round three times, as compared with the border cards once, are the same
as described in my first method, excepting that at the last motion of the
ratchet wheel the projecting pin pushes off the catch or stop, and lets
the elbow lever away from the pin upon the double-ended lever.
In a fourth method I simplify the last described mode by leaving out
the elbow lever and the one-ended lever and the shaft upon which they
work. In place thereof I obtain my end by letting the catch or stop act
on the pin which is placed near the end of the double-ended lever. The
projecting pin on the ratchet wheel pushes off the catch or stop, and lets
one end of the double-ended lever fall, which communicates the motion
to the parts connected to it. To raise it I connect a needle of the
jacquard to the double-ended lever as before described.
In a 5th method I run a shaft through the jacquard or through both of
the jacquards when I employ two. place double-ended levers in suitable
places on the shaft, each of which has a pin fixed near the end. On one

page_text: of the double-ended levers is fixed another pin, upon which a stop or
catch acts, and this catch is acted upon by the ratched wheel. On the
jacquard I place another double-ended lever which works upon a pin,
and one end of which is attached by a link to the double-ended lever.
The last card needful to produce the border selects a needle, which being
lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the double-ended lever,
which being connected by a link to the double-ended lever pulls it down.
The stop or catch being acted upon by a spring then gets home, and
holds the double-ended lever in the position that the needle has pulled
it. The border cards have now ceased working, and the repeat cards
have commenced, and the methods adopted for working these round
three times as compared with the border once are the same as described
in my first method, excepting that at the last motion of the ratchet
wheel the projecting pin pushes off the catch or stop and lets one end of
the double-ended lever fall,
Where I employ two jacquards it is necessary to stop the lift of the
jacquard at the same time that I stop the cylinder, and the means I
adopt to do so are as follows:-The link connecting the jacquard to the
machine is in two parts, and towards the end of one of these parts is
fixed a pin which is acted upon by an elbow-shaped catch moving upon
a pin placed near the end of the other part of the link. Near the end of
this elbow-shaped catch is a pin which is acted upon by one end of an
elbow lever moving on a pin, the other end of which is connected to a
needle of the jacquard. Near this end of the elbow lever is another pin
which is acted upon by another elbow-shaped catch, the opposite end
being attached to a needle of the jacquard. The two parts of the link
connecting the jacquard to the machine are held together by two screws
which work in two slots of the other part, which allows the bottom part
of the link an upwards and downwards movement. When I wish to stop
the lift of one of the cylinders one of the cards in the pack is arranged
to select a needle, and this being lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts
one end of an elbow lever and allows the catch which is acted upon by
a spring to get home, and the catch then holds the elbow lever in the
position in which the needle has lifted it. The upward motion given to
the link which connects the jacquard to the machine causes one end of
the elbow-shaped catch to press against the end of the elbow lever,
which causes the catch at the other end to move away from the pin on
the link, thereby setting free the upper portion of the link and allowing

page_text: the bottom end to work up and down without communicating any motion
to the lift of the jacquard, which is therefore still. When I wish to
bring it again into work one of the cards in the pack is arranged to select
a needle, and this being lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of
the second named elbow catch, which causes the other end to move
away from the pin near the end of the elbow lever; the elbow lever
being acted upon by the spring moves away from the pin placed at one
end of the first named elbow-shaped catch, and at one of the upward
movements of the link the catch is pulled by a spring upon the pin
placed on the link; and at the next downward movement the pin acting
upon the catch takes it into motion and again works the lift of the jac-
quard which had previously been standing still. It may perhaps be well
to state that in some of my methods it will be necessary to reverse the
usual system of punching the cards by leaving the cards blank when
I wish to operate on the thread instead of punching a hole for the
purpose.
I have illustrated my methods by showing how I am enabled to work
the border once and the repeat three times, always understood that the
three times is only an illustrative number, and that I can work the
repeat any number of times at pleasure.
In the production of some articles it will be useful to be able to make
any number of repeats, and part of a repeat, and then to follow with the
bottom border, and this I effect by the following means and in the
following way:-Upon the upper end of the arm named in my first
method, which has a to-and-fro motion given to it by a crank, eccentric,
or cam, I attach a clawker which is connected by a link to the usual
clawker employed to pull over the cylinder. I attach one end of another
link to this last-named clawker, and by means of a slot allow the clawker
to move up and down; the other end of the link is connected to one end
of a double-ended lever moving on a pin, and to the other end of this
double-ended lever I attach a needle of the jacquard; this double-ended
lever has a pin fixed near one end, which pin is acted upon by one end
of an elbow lever moving upon a pin, and to the other end of this elbow
lever I also attach a needle of the jacquard. When I require to make a
part of a repeat I use the following method of bringing back again the
proper card to follow on to the border-One of the cards in the pack is
arranged to select the needle attached to the elbow lever, and this being
lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the elbow lever, which

page_text: causes the other end to move away from the pin fixed near the end of
the double-ended lever. The double-ended lever being acted upon by a
spring gets home, and being connected by a link to the top clawker lifts
it out of work. The bottom clawker being connected to the top clawker
by a link is lifted at the same time into work. The bottom clawker
receives the to-and-fro motion of the upright arm, to which it is con-
necied, and pulls back the cylinder. This enables me to bring back the
number of cards which had previously made the part of the repeat to
take this clawker out of work and to bring the top one again into work.
Another card in the pack is arranged to select the needle attached to
the end of the double-ended lever, and this needle being lifted by the
lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the double-ended lever and allows
one end of the elbow lever being acted upon by a spring to get home,
the double-ended lever being held in the position in which the needle
has lifted it. This double-ended lever being connected at its other end
by a link to the top clawker lets it down and so brings it again into
work, and at the same time throws out the bottom one. Of course it
will be understood that these operations take place whilst the other
cylinder is in work. To prevent the clawker from drawing in the
cylinder when it turns back the cards I use a stop which moves on a pin
fixed on the jacquard. When the elbow lever is lifted up by one end
pressing against the pin of the double-ended lever it lets the stop fall
home and prevents the cylinder from drawing in. When the pin moves
away from the bottom end of the elbow lever the elbow lever falls away
from the stop on to the pin of the upright arm and allows the cylinder
its usual action.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Aaron Mosley in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the Sth October 1870.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, AARON
MOSLEY, of Old Radford, in the County of Nottingham, Mechanic, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of April, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-third year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Ler heirs and successors, give and grant

page_text: unto me, the said Aaron Mosley, Her special licence that I, the said
Aaron Mosley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Aaron Mosley, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle
of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN JACQUARD MACHINERY," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Aaron Mosley, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or
their, or one of their hands and scals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Aaron Mosley, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings liere-
unto annexed, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to certain improvements in jacquard machinery
or apparatus whereby I am enabled to employ at pleasure either the
cards which produce the repeat portion of the design or the cards which
produce the bottom border of any article where the border differs in
design from the other portion thercof.
My methods enable me to work the repeat portion of the design any
number of times, and to follow on with the bottom border without the
necessity of tying, as is now done, the pack of cards which makes the
border to the pack which makes the repeat.
According to one method I propose to employ two cylinders on one
jacquard, and to enable me to lift the needles I use either a single set of
needles having two hooks placed on opposite sides of the wires or a
double set of needles with single hooks. When I employ a single set of
needles I make use of a spring which works in a bend made in the
selecting needle, which spring causes the needle to revert to its original
position after it has been pressed by either of the two cylinders. The
selecting needle acts upon the upright needle in the usual way. To
make the design I employ perforated cards, which being pressed upon or

page_text: against the needles by the cylinder select the upright needles; these are
lifted in the usual way by what is known as the lift of the jacquard
which causes them to actuate upon the threads.
The Invention will be well understood by referring to the accom-
panying Drawings, of which Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved
jacquard.
On a shaft AI fix an arm B, which has a to-and-fro or up-and-down
motion given to it by a crank, eccentric, or cam; the shaft also carries
another arm C, which receives a similar motion, and which has a pin or
pins D fixed upon it toward the upper end thereof. On the slides of
the cylinder is attached an axle E, on which is placed an elbow lever ;
and towards one end of this lever is a notch G, which fits upon the pin D
just referred to on the upright arm C. The to-and-fro motion given to
the upright arm C gives by means of the elbow lever F the necessary
backwards and forwards movement to the cylinder II. A similar set of
levers, arms, and other appliances gives a similar movement to the other
of the two cylinders II', which will be understood. The means employed
to use either of them at pleasure are as follows:-On one end of a
shaft I, which runs through the jacquard is fixed a double-ended lever K,
having a pin L towards the end, and on the other end of the shaft I is a
one-ended lever M. On another shaft N I fix an elbow lever O, the
upper end of which acts as a prop to hold up one end of the double-
ended lever K. To the other end of the elbow lever O is attached one
end of a link P, the other end of which is attached to one end of another
double-ended lever Q, which works upon a shaft R, having at its other
end a one-ended lever S, and which has a pin T fixed in it near its other
end. The shaft N, upon which the elbow lever O is fixed runs through
the jacquard, and upon this end thereof is fixed a double-ended lever U,
towards one end of which there is a pin V, and this pin V is acted upon
by a stop or catech W, which moves on a pin X fixed on the jacquard.
The shaft I, upon which the first named double-ended lever K is fixed,
also runs through the jacquard, and near this end thereof is placed a
one-ended lever M, which is connected by a link Z to an elbow lever Y
fixed upon the jacquard by a pin Z, and the other end of which is
attached to a needle of the jacquard. In order to bring the catches and
levers home I employ springs. I also employ a ratchet wheel 1 with
any number of teeth upon its edge as may be required. On the axis 2
of the ratchet wheel 1 is placed a one-ended lever 3, and on this same

page_text: one-ended lever 3 is a pin 4, upon which is placed a paul or clawker 5.
I attach the loose end of this one-ended lever 3 to one of the necales of
the jacquard, and I am thus enabled to operate upon this ratchet
wheel 1 by the movement of the jacquard.
Having referred to most of the appliances used by me in this my first
described method, I will now show how I am enabled to employ at
pleasure either the cards which produce the repeat portion of the design
or the cards necessary to produce the bottom border. It will be better
illustrated by supposing that for the production of an article with a
bottom border I require to use the repeat portion of the design three
times as compared with the cards needful to make the bottom border of
the design once. The last card needful to produce the border selects two
needles in the jacquard, and these needles being lifted by the lift of the
jacquard 6 raise two levers Y and U. One of the levers so raised is the
elbow lever Y, and to the other end of this lever Y the one-ended lever
M is attached by a link Z, thereby giving the same motion to the
levers on the shaft I. The other lever raised is a double-ended lever U,
and has a pin V at one end, and on one end of this lever U being raised
causes an opposite motion to the other end.
In consequence of the two
levers and U being raised the catch or stop W being acted upon by a
spring No. 7 gets home on to the pin V, and holds the double-ended
lever U in the position in which the needle has lifted it.
At the same
time that the double-ended lever U is raised it causes the elbow lever O
at the other end of the shaft N to move into position to prop up one end
of the double ended lever K, and at the same time gives motion to another
double-ended lever Q, which is connected by a link to the elbow
lever O. The crank cam or eccentric having given a to-and-fro motion
to the arms C and C', which are connected by the elbow lever F to the
slides by pins E and D, gives the necessary backwards and forwards
movement to the cylinder II. When the cylinder II goes out it causes
the bottom end of the elbow lever I to press against the pin T fixed
upon one end of the double ended lever R, which causes the other end
of the elbow lever F to lift off the pin D fixed on the upright arm C².
The pin L, which is fixed near the end of the other double-ended lever K,
has now moved away from the bottom end of the elbow lever I', which
bow lever F connects the other cylinder II to the other upright arm C;
the other end of this elbow lever I drops on to the pin D, which is fixed
near the end of the other upright arm C, which brings one cylinder II

page_text: into work, the other II' at the same time being stopped. The border
cards have now ceased working, having worked round once, and the
repeat cards have commenced; and I will now describe how I work
these round three times before the border cards begin again:―The last
card of the repeat selects a needle, to which is attached one end of a
lever 3, the other end of which works on the axis 2 of the ratchet wheel 1.
The ratchet wheel 1 has, say, about 36 teeth on its edge, which are
divided into three equal parts, each one of which is marked by a pro-
jecting pin S. The needle selected when lifted lifts the lever 3, which
has a paul or clawker 5 placed upon it and causes the lever 3 to move
the ratchet wheel 1 four teeth. The second time the repeat comes
round the ratchet wheel 1 is moved four more teeth, and at the third
time another four teeth, thereby completing twelve or one of the three
equal parts marked by a projecting pin S. At the last motion this pin S
pushes the catch or stop W off the pin V, and lets the double-ended
lever Ugo home. The double-ended lever U communicates its motion
to the parts connected to it, and through their actions stops one
cylinder 1 working the repeat portion of the design, and starts the other
cylinder I working the border portion of the design after having worked
the border once and the repeat three times, an operation that may go on
continuously.
For the sake of illustration I have explained my Invention by
reference to a design which repeats itself three times as compared with
the border once, but I would have it understood that, either by lifting
more or less teeth in the ratchet wheel, or by substituting a ratchet wheel
having the requisite number of teeth and stops, I can employ at pleasure
either the cards which produce the repeat portion of the design or the
cards necessary to produce the border portion thereof.
When I employ a double set of needles with single hooks, as in my
second method, I make use of the usual springs to send back the needles,
but in other respects my appliances are the same as herein-before
described, excepting that the jacks which operate on the threads have
a string attached to them from a needle in each of the sets, making
two strings to each jack instead of one, in consequence of the double set
of needles being employed.
In a third method shown in Figure 2 I employ two ordinary jacquards
having only one cylinder If as is usual, and the appliances by which I
work either of the cylinders at pleasure, are as follows:-To a shaft A

page_text: I fix an arm B, which has a to-and-fro motion given to it by a crank,
eccentric, or cam.
On the shaft I fix other arms C which receive
the same motion and which have pins D fixed upon them towards
the upper ends thereof. On the slides of the cylinder is attached an
axle E on which is placed an elbow lever F, and towards one end of this
lever is a notch G which fits upon the pin D on the upright arm C.
The to-and-fro motion given to the upright arm C gives by means of the
elbow lever F the necessary backwards and forwards movement to onc
of the cylinders II. A similar appliance of parts gives a similar move-
ment to the other cylinder. On a shaft I is fixed a double-ended
lever K, towards the end of which is fixed a pin L. On another shaft N
I fix an elbow lever O, the upper end of which acts as a prop to hold
up one end of the double-ended lever K. Near the other end of this
elbow lever O is fixed a pin V, and this pin V is acted upon by a stop
or catch W; this elbow lever O moves on a shaft N which goes through
both jacquards. The shaft I upon which the first-named double-ended
lever K is fixed runs through both the jacquards, and upon the shaft I in
suitable places are fixed one-ended levers K, K, one of which is con-
nected to an elbow lever Y fixed upon one of the jacquards, and the
other end of which is attached to a needle of the jacquard. To bring
the catches and levers home I employ springs. I also employ a
ratchet wheel No. 1, with any number of teeth upon its edge, as may
be required. On the axis No. 2 of the ratchet wheel No. 1 is placed a
one-ended lever No. 3, and on this same one-ended lever No. 3 is a pin
No. 1, upon which is placed a paul or "clawker" 5. I attach the loose
end of this one-ended lever to one of the needles of the jacquard, and
I am thus enabled to operate upon this ratchet wheel No. 1 by the
movement of the jacquard. The last card needful to produce the border
selects two needles in the jacquard, and these needles being lifted by
the lift of the jacquard raise two levers Y and U. One of the levers
so raised is the elbow lever Y, and to the other end of this lever X the
one-ended lever M placed upon the shaft I is attached by a link Z,
thereby giving the same motion to the levers K fixed on the shaft I.
The other lever U raised is a one-ended lever fixed on the shaft N of
the elbow lever O, which elbow lever O has a pin V at one end, and on
the one-ended lever U being raised it lets the catch or stop piece W
get home, and this holds the elbow lever O in the position in which
the needle has lifted it. At the same time that the one-ended lever U
is raised it causes the elbow lover O at the other end of the shaft N to

page_text: move into position to prop up one end of the double-ended lever K, and
at the same time gives motion to the levers K, K, placed on the shaft.
The crank, cam, or eccentric having given a to-and-fro motion to the
arms C, which are connected by the elbow levers F to the slides by
pins E and D, gives the necessary backwards and forwards movement
to the cylinder II. When the cylinder II goes out it causes the bottom
ends of the elbow levers F to press against the pins L of the levers K
placed upon the shaft I, which causes the other ends of the elbow
levers F to lift off the pins D fixed on the upright arms C. The onc-
ended levers K', K, on the shaft I have now moved away from the
bottom ends of the elbow levers F, which elbow levers F' connect the
other cylinder II' to the other upright arms C. The other ends of
these elbow levers I drop on to the pins D' which are fixed near the
ends of the other upright arms C which brings one cylinder Il' on one
jacquard into work, the cylinder II of the other jacquard at the same
time being stopped. The border cards have now ceased working, having
worked round once, and the repeat cards have commenced, and the
methods adapted for working these round three times, as compared with
the border cards once, are the same as described in my first method
excepting that at the last motion of the ratchet wheel No. 1 the pro-
jecting pin S pushes off the catch or stop W and lets the elbow lever O
away from the pin I upon the double-ended lever K.
In a fourth method I simplify the last-described mode by leaving out
the elbow lever O and the one-ended lever U and also the shaft N upon
which they work, and in place thereof I let the catch or stop W act
on the pin L' which is placed near the end of the double-ended lever K.
The projecting pin No. S on the ratchet wheel No. 1 pushes off the
catch or stop W, and lets one end of the double-ended lever K fall
which communicates the motion to the parts connected to it.
raise it I connect a needle of the jacquard to the double-ended lever K
as before described.
To
In a fifth method, as represented in Figure 3, I run a shaft No. 9
through the jacquard or through both of the jacquards where I
employ two of them. I place double-ended levers No. 10 in suitable
places on the shaft No. 9, each of which has a pin No. 11 fixed near
the end. On one of the double-ended levers No. 10 is fixed another
pin 12 upon which a stop or catch 13 acts, and this catch 13 is acted
upon by the ratchet wheel No. 1. On the jacquard I place another

page_text: double-ended lever No. 14, which works upon a pin No. 15, and one end
of which is attached by a link No. 16 to the double-ended lever No. 10.
The last card needful to produce the border selects a needle, which being
lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the double-ended
lever 1, which being connected by a link 16 to the double-ended
lever 10 pulls it, 10, down. The stop or catch 13 being acted upon by
a spring 17 then gets home and holds the double-ended lever 10 in the
position that the needle has pulled it. The border cards have now
ceased working and the repeat cards have commenced and the methods
adopted for working these round three times, as compared with the
border once, are the same as described in my first method, excepting
that at the last motion of the ratchet wheel No. 1 the projecting
pin No. S pushes off the catch or stop 13 and lets one end of the double-
ended lever 10 fall.
Where I employ two jacquards it is necessary to stop the lift of the ]
jacquard at the same time that I stop the cylinder, and the means I
adopt to do so are as follows, and as will be understood by referring to
Figure 4 of the Drawings -The link 18 connecting the jacquard to the
machine is in two parts 19 and 20, and towards the end of one 19 of
these parts is fixed a pin 21 which is acted upon by an elbow-shaped
catch 22 moving upon a pin 23 placed near the end of the other part of
the link 20. Near the end of this elbow-shaped catch 22 is a pin 21
which is acted upon by one end of an elbow lever 25 moving on a pin 26,
the other end of which is connected to a needle of the jacquard.
Near this end of the elbow lever 25 is another pin 27 which is acted
upon by another elbow-shaped catch 28, the opposite end being attached
to a needle of the jacquard. The two parts 19 and 20 of the link
connecting the jacquard to the machine are held together by two
screws 29 and 30, which work in two slots 31 and 32 of the other part,
which allows the bottom part 19 of the link an upwards and downwards
movement. When I wish to stop the lift of one of the cylinders, one
of the cards in the pack is arranged to select a needle, and this being
lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of an elbow lever 25 and
allows the catch 28, which is acted upon by a spring 33, to get home,
and the catch 28 then holds the elbow lever 25 in the position in which 3
the needle has lifted it. The upward motion given to the link 18
which connects the jacquard to the machine causes one end of the
elbow-shaped catch 22 to press against the end of the elbow lever 25,

page_text: which causes the catch 22 at the other end to move away from the
pin 21 on the link 19, thereby setting free the upper portion 20 of
the link 18, and allowing the bottom end 19 to work up and down
without communicating any motion to the lift of the jacquard, which is
therefore still. When I wish to bring it again into work one of the
cards in the pack is arranged to select a needle, and this being lifted by
the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the second-named elbow catch 25,
which causes the other end to move away from the pin 27 near the end
of the elbow lever 25. The elbow lever 25 being acted upon by the
spring 31 moves away from the pin 21 placed at one end of the first-
named elbow-shaped catch 22, and at one of the upward movements of the
link 19 the catch 22 is pulled by a spring 35 upon the pin 21 placed on
the link 19, and at the next downward movement the pin 21 acting
upon the catch 22 takes it into motion, and again works the lift of the
jacquard which had previously been standing still.
It may perhaps be well to state that in some of my methods it will
be necessary to reverse the usual system of punching the cards by
leaving the cards blank where I wish to operate upon the thread, instead
of punching a hole for the purpose.
I have illustrated my methods by showing how I am enabled to work
the border once and the repeat three times, always understood that the
three times is only an illustrative number, and that I can work the
repeat any number of times at pleasure.
In the production of some articles it will be useful to be able to make
any number of repeats and part of a repeat, and then to follow with the
bottom border, and this I effect by the following means and in the
following way:-Upon the upper end of the arm C, named in my first
method, which has a to-and-fro motion given to it by a crank, eccentric,
or cam, I attach a clauker 36, Figure 5, which is connected by a link 37
to the usual clauker 38 employed to pull over the cylinder. I attach
one end of another link 39 to this last-named clauker 38, and by means
of a slot 40 allow the clauker 38 to move up and down, the other end of
the link 39 is connected to one end of a double-ended lever 41 moving
on a pin 42, and to the other end of this double-ended lever 41 I attach
a needle of the jacquard. This double-ended lever 41 has a pin 43
fixed near one end, which pin 43 is acted upon by one end of an elbow
moving upon a pin 45, and to the other end of this elbow
I also attach a needle of the jacquard.
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When I require to make a part of a repeat I use the following method
of bringing back again the proper card to follow on to the border:
One of the cards in the pack is arranged to select the needle attached to
the elbow lever 44, and this being lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts
one end of the elbow lever 44, which causes the other end to move
away from the pin 43 fixed near the end of the double-ended lever 41.
The double-ended lever 41 being acted upon by a spring 45' gets home,
and being connected by a link 39 to the top clauker 38 lifts it out of
work. The bottom clauker 36 being connected to the top clauker 38 by
a link 37 is lifted at the same time into work. The bottom clauker 36
receives the to-and-fro motion of the upright arm C to which it is
connected, and pulls back the cylinder H. This enables me to bring
back the number of cards which had previously made the part of the
repeat. To take this clauker 36 out of work and to bring the top one 38
again into work another card in the pack is arranged to select the
needle attached to one end of the double-ended lever 41, and this needle
being lifted by the lift of the jacquard lifts one end of the double-ended
lever 41, and allows one end of the elbow lever 41 being acted upon by
a spring 45 to get home, the double-ended lever 41 being held in the
position in which the needle has lifted it. This double-ended lever 41
being connected at its other end by a link 39 to the top clauker 38 lets
it down and so brings it again into work, and at the same time throws
out the bottom one 30. Of course it will be understood that these
operations take place whilst the other cylinder is in work. To prevent
the clanker 36 from drawing in the cylinder H when it turns back the
cards I use a stop 46, which moves on a pin 47 fixed on the jacquard.
When the elbow lever F is lifted up by one end pressing against the
pin L of the double-ended lever K it lets the stop 46 fall home, and
prevents the cylinder H from drawing in. When the pin L moves away
from the bottom end of the elbow lever F the elbow lever F falls away
from the stop 46 on to the pin D of the upright arm C, and allows the
cylinder Hits usual action.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, I would have it understood that I do
not confine myself to the precise details herein-before described and
shown so long as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained,
but what I do claim is,-
T
The Covasning
GEMINARants of mechanism or annaratus for

page_text: employing at pleasure either the cards which produce the repeat portion
of a design or the cards which produce the bottom border, whereby the
usual tying on and off of the different packs of cards is dispensed with,
substantially as described and shown in the accompanying Drawings.
Secondly. I claim the employment of a jacquard with two cylinders,
which in the jacquard has the power within itself of stopping one
cylinder and starting the other, substantially as herein-before described
and represented in the Drawings annexed.
Thirdly. The employment of 2 jacquards acting mutually the one
upon the other, substantially as described and shown.
Fourthly. The power of racking back by the operation of the jacquard
the cards on one cylinder without allowing them to operate on the
needles at the same time that the other cylinder is operating upon them
in the manner herein-before described and shown.
In witness whereof, I, the said Aaron Mosley, have hereunto sct
my hand and scal, this Seventh day of October One thousand
eight hundred and seventy.