An Improvement in Loom Shuttles.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Loom Shuttles.
We, JOSEPH MINISZEWSKI, Engineer, GABRIEL SEMENOFF, Merchant, and
JACQUES AÏVASS, Merchant, all of 26 Gontchaznaya Street corner of Poltavskaya
Street St. Petersburg, in the Empire of Russia, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
For threading the end of the yarn through the side hole of shuttles as heretofore
constructed it is necessary for the work man to suck the air from said hole which is
very prejudicial from a sanitary point of view as he is obliged to repeat this opera-
tion as often as 700 times in a day and as in drawing in the said air into his mouth
and lungs he also takes in the dust which accumulates in the said shuttle.
The herein described invention enables the workman to attain the same result
by blowing air into the side hole of the shuttle.
The shuttle is provided with an inclined transverse hole in which is arranged a
conical tube or sleeve preferably made of china clay in the middle of this hole
there is another vertical hole, at right angles thereto and also provided with a tube
or sleeve of china clay, the upper end of which is flush with the transverse tube,
the said tubes or sleeves having a smooth inner surface.
The end of the yarn wound on the spool, after being rolled with the fingers to a
small ball, is placed in the inner opening of the vertical hole. It will then be
sufficient to slightly blow air into the transverse hole through the side hole opposite
to the transverse sleeve to force the small ball, that is to say, the end of the yarn
easily through the sleeve out of the shuttle.
It is obvious that the arrangement of the holes and sleeves, and their dimensions
may be varied without departing from the nature of the present invention.
Dated this 20th day of July 1896
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.
An Improvement in Loom Shuttles.
We, JOSEPH MINISZEWSKI, Gentleman, GABRIEL SEMENOFP, Merchant, and
JACQUES AÏVASS, Merchant, all of 26 Gontchaznaya Street corner of Poltavskaya
Street St. Petersburg, in the Empire of Russia, 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:-
For threading the end of the yarn through the side hole of shuttles as heretofore
constructed it is necessary for the workmen to suck the air from said hole which is

page_text: very prejudicial from a sanitary point of view as he may be obliged to repeat this
operation as often as 700 times in a day, and as in drawing in the said air into his
mouth and lungs he also takes in the dust which accumulates in the said shuttle.
The herein described invention enables the workman to attain the same result by
blowing air into the side hole of the shuttle.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure represents a shuttle provided with the improved means for threading
the yarn by blowing air instead of sucking it, through the side hole of the shuttle:
Figure represents a cross section of the shuttle, on the line A-B of Figure 1.
2
Figure 3 represents a plan of a modified arrangement, and
Figure 4 is a section of the same or the line CD of Fig. 3.
As shown in Figures 1 and 2 the shuttle is provided with an inclined transverse
hole in which is arranged a conical the or sleeve a preferably made of china
clay; in the middle of this hole c there is another vertical hole. at right angles
thereto and also provided with a tube or sleeve of china clay, the upper end of
which is flush with the transverse tube a, the said tubes or sleeves having a smooth
inner surface.
The end of the yarn wound on the spool, after being rolled with the fingers into
a small ball is placed in the inner opening of the vertical hole b. It will then be
sufficient to slightly blow air into the transverse hole and through the side hole
in the transverse sleeve a as indicated by the arrows to force the small ball. that
is to say, the end of the yarn easily through the sleeve a out of the shuttle.
In the arrangement shown in Figures 3 and 4 the conical hole in the shuttle is
made in two parts and e separated by a vertical hole b. The inner end of the
parte is tapered or contracted and is in line with the geometrical axis of the part
or sleeve d. Moreover the bore e d is not inclined, but is arranged at right angles
to the shuttle. It is obvious that the action will be the same as with the arrange-
ment shown in Figures 1 and 2.
It is obvious that the arrangement of the holes and sleeves and their dimensions
may be varied without departing from the nature of the present invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
The herein described means for threading the yarn of the shuttle, characterized
by the combination of a conical hole with another hole at right angles thereto,
made in the shuttle and preferably provided with tubes or sleeves having a smooth
inner surface, substantially as and for the purpose described.
Doted this 20th ave of Ancil 1897
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicants.