Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supplying Weft in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd June, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th Mar., 1892-Accepted, 23 d Apr., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supplying Weft in Looms
for Weaving.
A communication by WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER, of Hopedale, County of
Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of
America, Manufacturer of Machinery.
| ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
This invention has for its object a novel construction of shuttle and weft-case
especially adapted for use in that class of loom in which the shuttle remains in the
loom and is automatically supplied with weft, while the loom is in motion, by or
through the action of a suitable transferring device, which, upon the breaking or
running out of the weft, or other usual causes which would ordinarily stop a loom,
pushes or transfers a weft-case from a suitable receptacle, guide, or hopper, into a
shuttle.
Prior to this invention, attempts have been made to provide loom shuttles with
weft-cases, but such attempts have not resulted in the production of a practicable
loom, for the reason that the weft-cases have not been so constructed as to enable
the weft to be properly taken off from the cop or bobbin on the spindle holding
them.
cop
In experiments having for their object to improve this class of loom, it has been
found to render the use of a weft-case practicable, the weft must pass from the
or bobbin through a suitable eye substantially or nearly in line with the centre of
the cop or bobbin on the spindle, so that the weft yarn as it is unwound may have
a chance to travel about and around the point of the spindle without catching
thereon, and beyond this eye the weft must be led through a suitable guide-eye
which enables it to be delivered from the side of the shuttle.
My invention presents the following novel features a weft-case having journals
or trummions at its ends, one of which is hollow for the delivery of the weft,
combined with a shuttle having holders shaped to permit the weft-case to be
inserted at one open side or top of the shuttle and to be discharged from between
the said holders at the other side or bottom of the shuttle.
A weft-case having heads provided with journals or trunnions, one of the said
heads receiving and holding a spindle or bobbin the journal of the other head
being provided with an opening or passage to permit the weft yarn to be drawn off
from the spindle or bobbin in the weft-case, substantially in line with the said
spindle or bobbin.
A weft-case having at one end a substantially central delivery eye, combined with
an auxiliary eye through which the weft-case passes at an angle to its line of
movement in the substantially central eye.
A weft-case having a detachable head or end, combined with a spindle or bobbin
attached to the said head or end.
A weft-case, a spindle or bobbin supported at one end by a head or end of the
weft-case, the opposite head or end of the weft-case having an opening sub-
stantially in line with the delivery eye of the spindle or bobbin and slotted to
permit the weft yarn to be readily led into said eye substantially as will be
described.
A weft-case to contain a cop of yarn, one end of the weft-case having a yarn
delivery eye substantially in line with the end of said cop, combined with a
shuttle having a slotted eye in its side, to thereby permit the threading of the

page_text: shuttle yarn into the eye when the weft-case is applied to the shuttle, substantially
as will be described.
The invention may be embodied in a shuttle, the body of which may be com-
posed of wood or any other usual material having proper tips at its ends, and this
shuttle may be of any usual shape and size, but it will be understood that at
least two sides of the said shuttle will be cut away so as to enable the weft-case to
be passed into the body of the shuttle at one side, which may be the top side, and
to be discharged therefrom at the other side, which may be the bottom side.
The shuttle body has applied to it in the space near each end, holders for the
journals of the weft-case, these holders, being substantially alike at both ends, say
as levers pivoted respectively on pins rising from a suitable plate, the said levers
having upright portions at their inner ends which are notched and beveled at one
or both sides of the said notches so that the journal of the weft-case by acting
upon the beveled portions of the uprights will act to spread them apart and enable
the journals to enter the notches, where the journals may be temporarily held by
or through the action of suitable springs placed between the outer ends of the
levers, or those ends of the levers nearest the tips of the shuttles.
One wall of the shuttle has a slot leading from one edge thereof to substantially
the centre line of the shuttle, said slot serving to guide and deliver the weft yarn
between the warp as the shuttle is passed through the shed.
This delivery eye is preferably slotted so that the yarn extended from the
weft-case when the latter is applied to the shuttle, may be readily passed without
aid of the hand, into the bottom of the said delivery eye.
The weft-case is preferably cylindrical, as that form is considered the more
convenient for practical use.
The weft-case has at each end a suitable head, each head performing however
other functions than simply closing the ends of the weft-case.
of
The head has preferably a journal made hollow for the reception of the spindle
upon which is placed and retained any usual cop or bobbin of weft, the cop
weft containing or not as desired a cop-tube.
This spindle may be of any usual shape or construction.
The head is provided with an annular projection of suitable size to enter one
end of the weft-case for a little distance so as to enable the head to be held firmly
in that end of the weft-case, and to prevent the rotation of the head in the weft-
case, the head is provided with a pin or projection which enters a notch in the end
of the weft-case, and to enable the head to be readily engaged to withdraw it and
the attached spindle from the weft-case, the weft-case is formed to leave a little
lip to be acted on by the finger.
The head has also connected to it a stop, which lying between the uprights
above the notch prevents the rotation of the weft-case in the shuttle, and also it
will be noticed that when the weft-case is pushed down into position between the
uprights of the jaws, the pin acting upon one or the other upright, ensures for the
weft-case its normal position.
The opposite end of the weft case has fixed to it a head it being also preferably
flanged to enter the weft-case and thus aid in holding the head in position.
The head has a hollow journal which besides constituting a journal also constitutes
the main delivery eye of the weft-case, the said weft-case having however an
auxiliary delivery eye.
The head is provided with a slot which communicates with the hollow centre of
the journal or yarn delivery eye, the said slot coinciding, or substantially so, with
a slot made in the weft-case, out through which slot at the hole, may be, and is
led the weft-yarn, it being led from the slot through a slot into the hollow delivery
eye, and from thence the said yarn is led into the slot in the auxiliary delivery eye.
The end of the weft-yarn coming from the cop upon the spindle described, at a
point beyond the slotted auxiliary delivery eye will in practice be connected with
a suitable pin, catch or projection, the said weft-cases being placed, a number of
them, in a suitable hopper or guide so that at the proper times, as when the weft

page_text: breaks or from any reason fails, a transferring device will act to take a weft-case
from the hopper and transfer it into the shuttle, it at such time being in the
shuttle box at one end of the lay, the incoming weft-case striking against the
weft-case then in the shuttle but from which the weft has been exhausted or broken
causing the said exhausted weft-case to be pushed out from the bottom or opposite
side of the shuttle into a proper receptacle placed to receive it, this operation
being performed almost instantly and without stopping the speed of the loom.
As the weft-case is being supplied to the shuttle the latter occupies such a
position in the shuttle-box that the weft-yarn, between the delivery eye and the
stud, pin, or catch holding the end of the weft yarn before the weft-case is trans-
ferred into the shuttle, will be automatically entered into the eye of the body of
the shuttle so that in the movement of the shuttle the weft will be properly trailed
behind it and delivered out from the side of the shuttle into proper position in the
shed, the weft in the practice not being broken off from the stud, catch or pin,
holding it at the hopper, until after the shuttle which has just received the weft-
case has been shot once across the warps.
It will be noticed that the main delivery guide is substantially in line with the
spindle so that the weft-yarn drawn off through the said eye has perfect freedom
to travel about the point of the spindle without dragging thereon, or being sub-
jected to a pull or strain in such direction as would tend to break the delicate
weft-yarn, which, yarn is usually slack twisted, and beyond the main delivery eye, the
weft-yarn is turned substantially at right angles, led through an auxiliary delivery
eye, and there brought to the edge of the shuttle, so that the yarn way be delivered
from the side of the shuttle into the shed.
By beveling the lower ends of the uprights below the notches therein, which
embrace and hold frictionally the journals of the weft case, it is possible to enable
the springs acting upon the levers there being like levers at each end of the
shuttle, to quickly close upon the journals of an incoming weft case, and that
without any interruption or detention from the journals of the outgoing weft-
case, the direction of movement of the incoming and outgoing weft-cases being
the same.
To transfer the weft-cases into the shuttles any well known or suitable devices
commonly used in looms for such purposes may be employed.
So also it is not intended to limit the invention herein-contained to the exact
shape of the levers which constitute the holding devices for the ends of the weft-
case as instead any other suitable or well known shaped arms or levers may be
used so long as they are so shaped as to permit the journals or ends of the
weft-case to pass into holding position centrally in the shuttle, and permit the weft
case to be removed from the shuttle body at the opposite side thereof from whence
it entered.
It is essential in the employment of a weft-case in a shuttle, that the weft be
free to run off the end of the cop, bobbin or spindle very rapidly, and to do this the
main delivery eye through which the weft-yarn passes must be located sub-
stantially in line with the point of the spindle, and that thereafter the weft pass
through an auxiliary eye located at or near one side of the shuttle.
The yarn delivery eye in the side of the shuttle is useful when the weft-case is
to be inserted into the top of the shuttle and discharged from the bottom of the
shuttle, but it is not intended to limit this invention to that form of shuttle in
which the weft-case is supplied to the shuttle at the top and discharged at the
bottom, for it is obvious that the weft-case may be applied to the front side of the
shuttle, and be removed from the rear side of the shuttle, and prior to this
invention Patents have been taken in which means have been shewn for applying
a weft-case to the shuttle at one side and discharging it from the shuttle at its
rear side.
A modified form of this invention is included in which the weft-case is adapted
to be inserted at the front side of the shuttle and discharged from the rear side
thereof.

page_text: The weft case in this modified form of this invention, and its heads and journals,
together with the spindle contained therein, and the holders for holding the journals
at the ends of the weft-case, are substantially the same as already described but
instead of providing the shuttle wall with an eye at its side to thus render the
shuttle self-threading, the weft case has been provided with a delivery guide
which is located in a small notch or space cut out from the weft-case and
the head, the said eye being located at or near the front side of the shuttle,
and being so located that the weft-yarn may be delivered from the shuttle
at its front side and gain the same advantages as though the eye were used.
This eye is it will be observed, located at right angles or substantially so
to the main delivery eye in or forming part of the journal connected with
the head.
The gist of this invention lies in such construction of the weft-case and its
yarn delivery eyes, and the shuttle, that the weft-yarn led from the spindle in the
weft-case through a delivery eye substantially in line with the center of the cop,
bobbin, or spindle and then through a delivery eye having its opening at a proper
angle thereto, may be held in a position outside the shuttle, and when inserted
in the shuttle will leave the end of its yarn trailing behind the shuttle in its
passage through the shed, the shuttle yarn continuing, so long as perfect, to be
delivered from the cop or bobbin upon the spindle without catching on the point
⚫of the spindle.
Inasmuch as the shuttle body is open at the top and bottom or at both sides, or
in other words, has but two walls, it is denominated as a skeleton shuttle.
Dated the 20th day of June 1891.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Apparatus for Supplying Weft in Looms
for Weaving.
A communication by WILLIAM FRANKLIN DRAPER, of Hopedale, County of
Worcester, in the State of Massachusetts, one of the United States of
America, Manufacturer of Machinery.
I, ALFRED GEORGE BROOKES of 55 & 56 Chancery Lane in the County of
Middlesex, Patent Agent 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 has for its object a novel construction of shuttle and weft-case
especially adapted for use in that class of loom in which the shuttle remains in the
loom and is automatically supplied with weft, while the loom is in motion, by or
through the action of a suitable transferring device, which, upon the breaking or
running out of the weft, or other usual causes which would ordinarily stop a loom,
pushes or transfers-a weft-case from a suitable receptacle, guide, or hopper, into a
shuttle.
Prior to this invention, attempts have been made to provide loom shuttles with
weft-cases, but such attempts have not resulted in the production of a practicable
loom, for the reason that the weft-cases have not been so constructed as to
enable the weft to be, properly taken off from the cop or bobbin on the spindle
holding them.
In experiments having for their object to improve this class of loom, it has been
found that to render the use of a weft-case practicable, the weft must pass from the
cop or bobbin through a suitable eye substantially or nearly in line with the center
of the cop or bobbin on the spindle, so that the weft yarn as it is unwound may have
a chance to travel about and around the point of the spinäle without catching

page_text: thereon, and beyond this eye the weft must be led through a suitable guide-eye
which enables it to be delivered from the side of the shuttle.
My invention therefore consists in a weft-case having journals or trunnions at its
ends, one of which is hollow for the delivery of the weft, combined with a shuttle
having holders shaped to permit the weft-case to be inserted at one open side or
top of the shuttle and to be discharged from between the said holders at the other
side or bottom of the shuttle, substantially as will be described.
Also in a weft-case having heads provided with journals or trunnions, one of the
said heads receiving and holding a spindle or bobbin the journal of the other head
being provided with an opening or passage to permit the weft yarn to be drawn off
from the spindle or bobbin in the weft-case, substantially in line with the said
spindle or bobbin, substantially as will be described.
Also in a weft-case having at one end a substantially central delivery eye,.
combined with an auxiliary eye through which the weft-case passes at an angle to
its line of movement in the substantially central eye, substantially as will be
described.
Also in a weft-case having a detachable head or end, combined with a spindle or
bobbin attached to the said head or end, substantially as described.
Also in a weft-case, a spindle or bobbin supported at one end by a head or end of
the weft-case, the opposite head or end of the weft-case having an opening
substantially in line with the delivery eye of the spindle or bobbin and slotted to
permit the 'weft yarn to be readily led into said eye substantially as will be.
described.
Also in a weft,case to contain a cop of yarn, one end of the weft-case having a.
yarn delivery eye substantially in line with the end of said cop, combined with a
shuttle having
a slotted eye in its side, to thereby permit the threading of the
shuttle yarn into the eye when the weft-case is applied to the shuttle, substantially
as will be described.
Fig. 1, is a top or upper side view of a shuttle having a weft-case embodying:
this invention.
Fig. 2, a longitudinal section thereof.
Fig. 3, is a partial side elevation of the shuttle shown in Fig. 1, chiefly to
illustrate the yarn delivery eye therein.
Fig. 4, is a section in the line X Fig. 2, looking to the right.
Fig. 5, shews the weft-case.
Fig. 6, shews one end of the spindle holding head which is inserted in the left.
hand end, see Fig. 5, of the weft-case, the said head having a journal and a stop.
Fig. 7, is a right hand end view of the weft-case shewn in Fig. 5, the head at.
that end of the weft-case being shewn as slotted to aid in threading the main.
delivery eye of the weft-case.
Fig. 8, is a top or plan view of a modified form of my invention.
Fig. 9, a longitudinal section thereof.
Fig. 10, a section of Fig. 9 in the dotted line X!
Fig. 11, shews the weft-case removed from the shuttle Fig. 8.
Figs. 12 and 13 are respectively end views of the weft-case shewn in Fig. 11, the
head or end shewn in Fig. 12 being slotted to aid in threading the weft-case, while
the cud shewn in Fig. 13 is that to which the spindle carrying the cop is attached.
Referring to the drawing, A represents a shuttle, the body of which may be
composed of wood or any other usual material having proper tips at its ends, and
this shuttle may be of any usual shape and size, but it will be understood that at
least two sides of the said shuttle will be cut away so as to enable the weft-case B,
to be described, to be passed into the body of the shuttle at one side, which may be
the top side, and to be discharged therefrom at the other side, which may be the
bottom side.
The shuttle body shown in Figs. 1 and 2, has applied to it in the space near each
end, holders for the journals of the weft case, these holders, as herein shewn, being
substantially alike at both ends, and herein they are shewn as levers a, b, pivotted

page_text: respectively on pins a, b, rising from a suitable plate 2, the said levers having
upright portions a² 2, at their inner ends which are notched as at 3 and beveled
at one or both sides of the said notches so that the journal of the weft-case by
acting upon the beveled portions of the uprights will act to spread them apart and
enable the journals to enter the notches, where the journals may be temporarily held
by or through the action of suitable springs 4 placed between the outer ends of the
levers, as represented best in Fig. 1, or those ends of the levers nearest the tips of
the shuttles.
One wall of the shuttle, shewn in Fig. 1, has a slot leading from one edge thereof
to substantially the center line of the shuttle, said slot being marked 5 and serving
to guide and deliver the weft yarn between the warp as the shuttle is passed
through the shed.
This delivery eye is shewn as slotted so that the yarn extended from the weft-
case when the latter is applied to the shuttle, may be readily passed, without aid of
the hand, into the bottom of the said delivery eye.
Referring now to the weft-case B, it is herein shewn as cylindrical, as that form
is considered the more convenient for practical use.
The weft-case has at each end a suitable head, each head performing however
other functions than simply closing the ends of the weft-case.
The head c is represented as having a journal ¹ made hollow for the reception of
the spindle cupon which is placed and retained any usual cop or bobbin of weft,
shewn by dotted lines, the said cop of weft containing or not as desired a cop-
tube.
This spindle may be of any usual shape or construction.
The head is provided, as represented, with an annular projection, as c³, of
suitable size to enter one end of the weft-case for a little distance so as to enable
the head to be held firmly in that end of the weft-case, and to prevent the rotation
of the head in the weft-case, the head is provided with a pin or projection 6,
shewn best in Fig. 5, which enters a notch in the end of the weft-case, and to
enable the head to be readily engaged to withdraw it and the attached spindle from
the weft-case, the weft-case is shewn as notched, as at 7, to leave a little lip to be
acted on by the finger.
The head has also connected to it a stop, which lying between the
uprights a², 2, above the notch 3, prevents the rotation of the weft-case in the
sluitle, and also it will be noticed that when the weft case is pushed down into
position between the uprights of the jaws, the pin acting upon one or the other
upright, ensures for the weft-case its normal position.
The opposite end of the weft-case has fixed to it a head d, it being also
preferably flanged to enter the weft-case and thus aid in holding the head in
position.
The head d, shewn separately in Fig. 7, has a hollow journal d¹ which besides
constituting a journal also constitutes the main delivery eye of the weft-case, the
said weft-case having however an auxiliary delivery eye d² which as represented in
Figs. 1, 5 and 7, is shewn as attached to the head d.
The head is provided with a slot 12 which communicates with the hollow
center 13 of the journal or yarn delivery eye d³, the said slot coinciding, or sub-
stantially so, with a slot 14 made in the weft-case, out through which slot at the
hole 15, may be, and is led the weft-yarn, it being led from the slot 14 through
the slot 12 into the hollow delivery eye 13, and from thence the said yarn is led
into the slot 16 in the auxiliary delivery eye d².
The end of the weft-yarn coming from the cop upon the spindle described, at a
point beyond the slotted auxiliary delivery eye d, will in practice be connected
with a suitable pin, catch or projection, the said weft-cases being placed, a number
of them, in a suitable hopper or guide so that at the proper times, as when the weft.
breaks or for any reason fails, a transferring device will act to take a weft-case
from the hopper and transfer it into the shuttle, it at such time being in the shuttle
box at one end of the lay, the incoming weft-case striking against the weft-case

page_text: then in the shuttle but from which the weft has been exhausted or broken causing
the said exhausted weft-case to be pushed out from the bottom or opposite side of.
the shuttle into a proper receptacle placed to receive it, this operation being performed
almost instantly and without stopping the speed of the loom.
As the weft-case is being supplied to the shuttle, the latter occupies such a
position in the shuttle-box that the weft-yarn, between the delivery eye d² and the
stud, pin or catch holding the end of the weft-yarn before the weft-case is trans-
ferred into the shuttle, will be automatically entered into the eye 5 of the body of
the shuttle so that in the movement of the shuttle the weft will be properly trailed
behind it and delivered out from the side of the shuttle into proper position in the
shed, the weft in the practice not being broken off from the stud, catch, or pin
holding it at the hopper, until after the shuttle which has just received a weft-case
has been shot once across the warps.
It will be noticed that the main delivery guide d' is substantially in line with the
spindle, so that the weft-yarn drawn off through the said eye has perfect freedom
to travel about the point of the spindle without dragging thereon, or being subjected
to a pull or strain in such direction as would tend to break the delicate weft-yarn,
which yarn is usually slack twisted, and beyond the main delivery eye, the weft-
yarn is turned substantially at right angles, led through an auxiliary delivery eye,
and there brought to the edge of the shuttle, so that the yarn may be delivered
from the side of the shuttle into the shed.
By beveling the lower ends of the uprights a², 2, below the notches 3 therein,
which embrace and hold frictionally the journals of the weft-case, it is possible to
enable the springs 4 acting on the levers a, b, there being like levers at each end of
the shuttle, to quickly close upon the journals of an incoming weft-case, and that
without any interruption or detention from the journals of the outgoing weft-
case, the direction of movement of the incoming and outgoing weft-cases being
the same.
To transfer the weft-cases into the shuttles any well known or suitable devices
commonly used in looms for such purposes may be employed.
So also it is not intended to limit the invention herein contained to the exact
shape of the levers shewn which constitute the holding devices for the ends of the
weft-case, as instead any other suitable or well known shaped arms or levers may
be used so long as they are so shaped as to permit the journals or ends of the weft-
case to pass into holding position centrally in the shuttle, and permit the weft-case
to be removed from the shuttle body at the opposite side thereof from whence it
entered.
It is essential in the employment of a weft-case in a shuttle, that the weft be
free to run off the end of the cop, bobbin or spindle very rapidly, and to do this the
main delivery eye through which the weft-yarn passes must be located substantially in
line with the point of the spindle, and that thereafter the weft pass through an
auxiliary eye located at or near one side of the shuttle.
The yarn delivery eye 5, in the side of the shuttle is useful when the weft-case is
to be inserted into the top of the shuttle and discharged from the bottom of the
shuttle, but it is not intended to limit this invention to that form of shuttle in which
the weft-case is supplied to the shuttle at the top and discharged at the bottom, for
it is obvious that the weft-case may be applied to the front side of the shuttle, and
be removed, from the rear side of the shuttle, and prior to this invention Patents
have been taken in which means have been shewn for applying a weft-case to the
shuttle at one side and discharging it from the shuttle at its rear side.
The drawings Figs. 8 to 13 shew a modified form of this invention in which the
weft-case is adapted to be inserted at the front side of the shuttle and discharged
from the rear side thereof.
The weft-case B in this modified form of this invention, and its heads and journals,
together with the spindle contained therein, and the holders for holding the journals
at the ends of the weft-case, are substantially the same as in the plan shewn in Figs. I
to 7, but instead of providing the shuttle wall with an eye 5 at its side to thus render

page_text: the shuttle self-threading, the weft-case has been provided, see Fig. 7, with a
delivery guide marked ; see Figs. 8, 9, and 12, which is located as shewn, in a
small notch or space cut out from the weft-case and the head ', the said eye f
being located at or near the front side of the shuttle, and being so located that the
weft-yarn may be delivered from the shuttle at its front side and gain the same
advantages as though the eye 5 were used.
This eye, is, it will be observed, located at right angles or substantially so to
the main delivery eye 13 in or forming part of the journal d' connected to the
head d.
The gist of this invention lies in such construction of the weft-case and its yarn
delivery eyes, and the shuttle, that the weft-yarn led from the spindle in the weft-
case through a delivery eye substantially in line with the center of the cop, bobbin
or spindle and then through a delivery eye having its opening at a proper angle
thereto, may be held in a position outside the shuttle, and when inserted in the
shuttle will leave the end of its yarn trailing behind the shuttle in its passage
through the shed, the shuttle yaru continuing, so long as perfect, to be delivered
from the cop or bobbin upon the spindle without catching on the point of the
spindle.
Inasmuch as the shuttle body is open at the top and bottom or at both sides, or in
other words, has but two walls it is denominated as a skeleton shuttle.
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
A weft-case having journals or trunnions at its ends, one of which is hollow
for the delivery of the weft, combined with a shuttle having bolders shaped to
permit the weft-case to be inserted at one open side or top of the shuttle and to be
discharged from between the said holders at the other side or bottom of the shuttle,
substantially as described.
2: A weft-case having heads provided with journals or trunnions, one of the
said heads receiving and holding a spindle or bobbin, the journal of the other head
being provided with an opening or passage to permit the weft yarn to be drawn off
from the spindle or bobbin in the weft-case substantially in line with the said spindle
or bobbin, substantially as described.
:-A weft-case having at one end a substantially central delivery eye, combined
with an auxiliary eye through which the weft passes at an angle to its line of move-
ment in the substantially central eye, substantially as described.
4A weft-case having a detachable head or end, combined with a spindle or
bobbin attached to the said head or end, substantially as described.
5: A weft-case, a spindle or bobbin supported at one end by a head or end of
the weft-case, the opposite head or end of the weft-case having an opening substan-
tially in line with the delivery end of the spindle or bobbin and slotted to permit
the weft yarn to be readily led into the said eye, substantially as described.
6-A weft-case to contain a cop of yarn, one end of the weft-case having a yarn
delivery eye substantially in line with the end of the said cop, combined with a
shuttle. having a slotted eye in its side, to thereby permit the threading of the
shuttle yarn into the eye when the weft-case is applied to the shuttle, substantially
as described.
Dated this 18th day of March 1892.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.