Improvements in the Method of and Means employed for Attaching the Picking Strap to the Picking Stick and to the Picker in Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 29th Apr., 1893-Accepted, 2nd June, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means employed for Attaching
the Picking Strap to the Picking Stick and to the Picker in
Looms for Weaving.
We ROBERT CORNALL of 59 Scotland Road, Blackburn in the County of
Lancaster, Weaver, and HUGH MNICHOL of 61 Havelock Street, Oswaldtwistle
in the County aforesaid, Blacksmith, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in the method of and means employed for
attaching, and fixing the picking strap to the picking stick, and also to the picker
in looms for weaving whereby a direct pull on, and even "running" of the picker
is ensured, and there is consequently less wear and tear of the picker, and its
connections, and a shorter picking strap can be employed.
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According to this our said invention we bush the outer end of the picking stick
and fix in the bushed portion, by screw or bolt, a ring or hook of metal.
of the picking strap is secured to the ring or hook, which passes through a hole in
the end of the strap, or in a piece of buffalo hide attached to such strap.
The strap is attached to the picker by a strip of buffalo hide being fixed to the
end of said strap by rivet, or bolt; the strip is placed in an eye or slot in the top
of the picker, and a pin passed through a hole in the top of the picker, a hole in
the strip of hide, and into the picker so that the strap can readily be attached,
or detached from the stick and picker.
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TL 1005
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Means employed for Attaching
the Picking Strap to the Picking Stick and to the Picker in
Looms for Weaving.
We ROBERT CORNALL of 59 Scotland Road, Blackburn in the County of
Lancaster, Weaver, and HUGH MC NICHOL of 61 Havelock Street Oswaldtwistle
in the County aforesaid Blacksmith, 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 the method of and means employed for
attaching and fixing the picking strap to the picking stick, and also to improve-
ments in the picker used in looms for weaving, the object being to ensure a direct
pull on, and even running" of the picker, and there is consequently less wear
and tear of the picker and its connections, and a shorter picking strap can be
employed.
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According to this our said invention we bush the outer end of the picking stick
and fix in the bushed portion, by screw or bolt, a ring or hook of metal preferably
covered with leather or buffalo hide. The picking strap is secured to the ring or
hook, or to a piece of buffalo hide attached to such hook or ring.
The strap is attached to the picker by a strip of buffalo hide being attached to
the picker, the strip being placed in an eye or slot in the top of the picker, and a
pin passed through a hole in the top of the picker, a hole in the strip of hide and

page_text: Picker strap and into the picker so that the strap can readily be attached or
detached from the stick and picker.
Such being the nature and object of the said invention the following is a complete
description of same reference being made to the accompanying drawings in
which :-
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved picker, and an end elevation of the
picking stick, shewing the improved method of attaching the picking strap to the
stick and picker.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of part of picking stick with the hook or ring to which the
picking strap is to be attached.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of picker, and part of picking strap.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of part of picker and picking strap.
According to this invention we preferably bush the outer end 1 of the picking stick
with metal and fix in the preferably bushed portion 1 by screw or bolt 2, a ring, or
hook, or loop of metal 3 preferably covered or partly covered with leather or
buffalo hide 4. The picking strap 5 is secured to the ring or loop 3 by the end of
the strap being passed through said loop or ring 3, and bent as shewn by Fig. 1
and a pin or peg 6 is passed through holes punched in said strap 5 there being a
series of such holes to allow for adjustment. The loop or ring 3 is covered with
hide or leather as described in order to prevent wear of the strap 5 and to allow
free play."
The picker 7 is formed as ordinary but with an eye or slot 8 at the top of same,
and said eye or slot S is slightly "undercut or recessed as at 9 for purpose herein-
after described.
The picking strap 5 is attached to the picker 7 by the end of the strap 5 being
passed through the eye or slot 8 and a pin or peg 10 is then passed through a hole
in the said strap 5. We also insert in the eye or slot 8 and above the strap 5 a
small piece of buffalo hide 11, and through the hole 12 and the strap 5 and into the
picker itself we pass a pin or peg 13.
When in operation a direct pull is obtained on the picker 7 as the strap 5 is free
to swivel or turn on the pins 10, 13 and the buffalo hide 11 prevents friction and
wear between the strap 5 and picker 7, and the recesses 9 allow the strap 5
to swivel or turn without the edges of said strap coming in contact with the
picker 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature and object of the
said invention and in what manner the same is to be employed we declare that
what we claim is :-
1. The improved method of, and means employed for attaching the picking strap
to the picking stick, and for attaching the picking strap to the picker as and for
the purpose herein described and substantially as illustrated by the annexed
drawings.
2. The improved picker having the eye or slot 8. and the recessed portions 9.9 as
herein described and substantially as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 28th day of April 1893.
ROBERT CORNALL,
HUGH MNICHOL,
By their Agent, Walter Brierley,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax.