A Loom Shuttle Guard.
Year: 1896

page_text: A Loom Shuttle Guard.
I, JOHN HOLT of 185 Saint George's Road, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
Designer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a loom shuttle guard and has for its object that of
preventing the shuttle rising out of the "shed" during the process of weaving.
This I accomplish by employing cast or malleable iron fixings of any convenient
shape secured to the lathe cap by screws or their equivalents.
The said metallic fixings are disposed at distances apart about one-half the
length of the shuttle, and should any obstruction occur causing the shuttle tip to
rise to a height sufficient to fly out it is arrested or prevented by the rear guide it
has just passed, causing, it to lock or wedge between the two fixings.
The fixings are permanent, cannot be tampered with by bending and therefore
are not liable to get out of order. This arrangement dispenses with or minimises
the obstruction to the weaver when using the reed hook, also the usual obstruction
caused by having a fixing or rod the full width of the cloth is avoided.
Dated the 15th July 1896.
EDMUND CHADWICK, F.I.C.P.A.,
Agent.
I, JOHN HOLT of 185 Saint George's Road, Bolton in the County of Lancaster,
Designer, 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:-
This invention relates to a loom shuttle guard and has for its object that of
preventing the shuttle rising out of the "shed" during the process of weaving.
This I accomplish by employing cast or malleable iron fixings of any convenient
shape secured to the lathe cap by screws or their equivalents.
The said metallic fixings are disposed at distances apart about one-half the
length of the shuttle, and should any obstruction occur causing the shuttle tip to
rise to a height sufficient to fly out it is arrested or prevented by the rear guide it
has just passed, causing it to lock or wedge between the two fixings.
The fixings are permanent, cannot be tampered with by bending and therefore
are not liable to get out of order. This arrangement dispenses with or minimises
the obstruction to the weaver when using the reed hook, also the usual obstruction
caused by having a fixing or rod the full width of the cloth is avoided.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a part longitudinal elevation of the lathe cap of a loom with my
improvements applied showing the shuttle in position when weaving.
Fig. 2 an end view of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 a part longitudinal elevation of a lathe cap of a loom with my improve-
ments applied showing the position of the shuttle when arrested if the same
attempts to fly out.
Fig. 4 is a full size front elevation of my invention.
Fig. 5 a side view of Fig. 4, and
Fig. 6 a perspective front view of the lathe cap of a loom with my improvements
applied.
In all the figures the same letters are employed to indicate corresponding parts.
A is the lathe cap; B the reed, and C the shuttle. To the lathe cap A are
attached the metallic fixings S consisting of either cast iron, wrought iron,
malleable iron, brass, steel, or other metallic materials and of the form shown in
the drawings which is the most convenient shape. The fixings S are secured to
the lathe cap A by means of screws or their equivalents which pass through the
holes E countersunk to receive the heads of the screws or their equivalents. The
metallic fixings S are disposed at distances from each other equal to about one-half
the length of the shuttle C, and should any obstruction occur causing the shuttle
tip to rise to a height sufficient to fly out the shuttle C is arrested or prevented by
the rear guide or metallic fixing S it has just passed, by which it is locked or
wedged between the metallic fixings S as shown in Fig. 3. The metallic fixings S
are permanently fixed and cannot be tampered with by bending, therefore are not
liable to get out of order or broken. The metallic fixings S are so disposed and
constructed that they dispense with or minimise the obstruction to the weaver when
using the reed hook, and also removes or dispenses with the obstruction caused by
having a fixing or rod the full width of the cloth.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The metal bracket S so shaped .as to lie parallel with the "shed" when fully
formed and presenting a solid resistance to the shuttle when passing through the
"shed," substantially as described and as shown in the drawings.
Dated the 6th April 1897.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent.