IMPROVEMENTS IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING WIRE;
Year: 1884

page_text: I, WILLIAM BEGG, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, Wire-cloth Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING WIRE;" to be as follows:-
In looms for weaving wire, the swords of the lathe are usually hung upon pins
which bear in notches formed on a plate fixed to the upper end of the loom frames.
The bearing pins which are formed with V-like points, do not permit of a fine
vertical adjustment, and the notches in which they bear being necessarily separated
by intervening ridges, the the adjustment horizontally does not admit of exactitude.
The very narrow bearing afforded by the V-points of the pins is also objectionable,
being subject to rapid wear and breakage.
By my Invention, I provide for the finest degree of vertical and horizontal
adjustment, while also giving the carriers of the swords, a more extended bearing.
At the upper end of the sword at each end of the lathe, I fit a sliding bracket piece
free to move vertically in guides formed on the sword, and this sliding piece is
formed with a projecting arm extending over the loom side frame or an adjustable
plate or bracket secured thereto. In this projecting arm is formed a dovetailed
groove into which is fitted a triangular or knife-edged bar of hardened steel or
similar material. The knife-edge of, this bar rests in a V-like groove or channel
formed in a piece of steel or similar hard material secured in a sliding block which
is carried in dove-tailed guides on the top of the side frame or top plate of the loom.
This sliding block has a fixed out or screw sleeve on it, through which is passed a
screw spindle provided with a hand crank or handle by which it may be turned to
slide the block and adjust its position horizontally, a locking device being provided
to prevent it shifting. The top end of each sword is bent out over the sliding
bracket piece fitted on it, and in this bent or projecting part is fitted a screw whose
lower end presses on the sliding bracket. By turning the screw slightly the sword
and lathe can be adjusted vertically to any extent desired, to bring the reed in line
with the fabric being woven.

page_text: I, WILLIAM BEGG, of Glasgow, in the County of Lanark, Wire-cloth Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN LOOMS FOR WEAVING WIRE;" and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
In looms for weaving wire the swords of the lathe are usually hung upon pins
which bear in notches formed on a plate fixed to the upper end of the loom frames.
The bearing pins which are formed with V-like points, do not permit of a fine
vertical adjustment, and the notches in which they bear being necessarily separated
by intervening ridges, the adjustment horizontally does not admit of exactitude.
The very narrow bearing afforded by the V points of the pins is also objectionable,
being subject to rapid wear and breakage.
By my Invention, which is illustrated in side and end elevation and plan, in
figures 1, 2, and 3, of the accompanying Drawings, I provide for the finest degree of
vertical and horizontal adjustment, while also giving the carriers of the swords, a
more extended bearing. At the upper end of the sword A at each end of the lathe,
fit a sliding bracket piece B free to move vertically in guides A¹ formed on the
sword, and this sliding piece B is formed with a projecting arm B₁ extending over
.the loom side frame or over an adjustable plate or bracket C secured thereto. In this
projecting arm B₁ is formed a dovetailed groove, into which is fitted a triangular or
knife-edged barb of hardened steel or similar material. The knife edge of this bar b
rests in a V-like groove or channel formed in a piece of steel or similar hard
material d secured in a sliding block D which is carried in dovetailed guides c¹ on
the top of the side frame C or top plate of the loom. This sliding block D has a
fixed nut or screw sleeve D¹ on it, through which is passed a screw spindle e
provided with a hand crank, handle, or wheel E by which it may be turned to slide
the block D and adjust its position horizontally, a locking device F being provided
to prevent it shifting. The end of each sword A is bent out at A over the sliding
bracket piece fitted on it, and in this bent or projecting part A' is fitted a screw G
whose lower end presses on the sliding bracket. By slightly turning the screw G,
the sword A and the lathe can be adjusted vertically to any extent desired to bring
the reed in line with the fabric being woven.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is,
In looms for weaving wire, the arrangement and combination of parts pro-
viding for vertical and horizontal adjustment of the swords and lathe of the loom,
substantially as herein described and illustrated.
Dated this Thirtieth day of Decemhau 1001