IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAKING OF PICKERS FOR LOOMS
Year: 1886

page_text: THOMAS SHORROCK, JAMES SHORROCK, and GEORGE SHORROCK, of Wheelton,
near Chorley, in the county of Lancaster, Picker Manufacturers do hereby declare
the nature of the said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAKING OF PICKERS
FOR LOOMS to be as follows:-
Our invention consists of an improved application and mechanism in the making
of pickers from Buffalo hide.
Our practice according to Letters patent granted to the above named James
Shorrock and George Shorrock A.D. 1866 number 1241, hitherto has been to
construct pickers from narrow pieces of hide, being cut and folded in parts-The
foot of the picker being built up of separate parts.
The present invention embraces folding in the usual way, special advantage
being claimed in the designing, cutting, and shaping from the hide, whereby from
one outward piece, a complete picker can be formed. The foot of the picker being
constructed out of the two folded ends of the designed piece, thereby doing away
with seperate or loose parts in its usual production.
Such being the nature and object of our invention, we will now proceed to
describe the manner in which the same is carried into practical effect.
A parallel piece of hide is cut near 10 inches long by 31 inches wide, and near
to one end are cut two parallel slot holes 14 inches long by inch wide, the same
being parallel with the material and each other the object being that when the
piece is folded together the two sides will overlap, thereby causing the two parallel
slot holes to come opposite each other, and leave a clear opening from the outside
to the inner fold of the material.
The opposite end of the folding is pressed together, thereby preparing the same
when bent up, to pass through the two parallel slot holes at the previously prepared
end, being by this means retained inside the folding and while being held in this
position the two folded ends are pressed together to form the foot of the picker.
The picker is then pressed for completion, and held together by a wire staple in
the ordinary manner.
To allow for thin hides, thickening pieces are added to the inner folds to make
the picker complete.
The object and claim of this invention is by this means to make the foot of the
picker doubly secure thereby doing away with much of the serious damage, caused
to the cloth or warp, by small pieces breaking away from the picker owing to the
cutting action of the top of the shuttle.
Dated this 4th day of January 1886.
WILLIAM BRACEWELD,
Engineer,
Brinscall, nr Chorley, Lancashire,
(Agent for the aforenamed).

page_text: Improvements in the Making of Pickers for Looms.
We THOMAS SHORROCK, JAMES SHORROCK and GEORGE SHORROCK of Wheelton
near Chorley in the County of Lancashire Picker Makers do hereby declare the
nature of said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAKING OF PICKERS for
LOOMS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, reference being had
to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon that
is to say :-
Our Invention has for its object an improved application and mechanism in the
making of pickers for Loom's from Buffalo hide our practice hitherto according to
Letters Patent AD 1866 No. 1241 has been to construct pickers from narrow
pieces of hide, the same being cut and folded in parts the foot of the picker
having been built of seperate parts.
Now according to our Invention we accomplish our object, by folding in the
usual way, especial advantage being obtained in the designing, cutting and shaping
from the hide, whereby from one outward piece a complete picker can be formed.
The foot of the picker in Fig. 1 is formed out of the tongued end of the folding.
The foot of the picker in Fig. 2 is formed out of the bent and tongued end of the
folding.
A tongued or open slot hole is formed on the outer fold of the material, leaving
a clear opening from the inner fold, the opposite end having been formed to pass
through the said opening thereby doing away with seperate or loose parts as in its
usual production.
And in order that our invention may be fully understood, and readily carried
into effect, we will proceed to describe the same, with reference to the accom-
panying drawings and to the figures and letters marked thereon.
The designed pieces of hide Figs. 1 & 2 being so cut that a tongued slot hole A
and A¹ can be formed at one end of each piece.
Fig. 1 being from the thicker part of the hide and
Fig. 2 being from the thinner part so that little waste is made in the material
when cutting.
The laps are földed together as in Figs. 3 and 4, the tongued slot holes A and A'
coming upon the outer folding, each lap being sufficient to form the picker
complete, with the exception of thickening pieces, the same being placed in the
inner fold when required.
The opposite ends B and B are then pressed to pass into the tongued slot hole A
and A¹, the same having been opened to receive B and B¹.
The side slot hole C Fig. 1, being drawn up, and the fast tongue of slot A.
and A¹ passed under into the inner fold-while being held in this position the
ends B and B are passed into slot hole A and A'-the ends D and D' are then
pressed to make the foot of the picker, and secured by a wire staple in the ordinary
manner.
Figs. 3 and 4 are side views of the two laps, when folded together the tongued
slot hole A and A', coming upon the outer fold, thereby leaving a clear opening
from the outer to the inner fold.

page_text: Figs. 5 and 6 are views showing the complete picker when finished. the end. B
and B being shown in dotted lines, as inserted into the innner folds of the material
through the slot holes A and A¹.
Figs. 7 and 8 are end and sectional views of the finished-picker, showing the
position of A and A¹ when completed.
The object of this invention is by this means to make the picker. more durable.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together
with the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, we wish it to be understood that we claim as our invention,―
1. The combination of a tongued or other slot hole, the same being on the outer
side when folded, but leaving a clear opening to the inner fold of the picker.
2. The combination of one end being made to pass from the outer to the inner
fold, through a tongued or open slot hole.
3. The construction of a slot hole in the making of pickers, as hereinbefore
described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed not binding ourselves to any
given dimensions.
THOMAS SHORROCK.
JAMES SHORROCK.
GEORGE
SHORROCK.
William Bracewell,
Agent for the Petitioners.