An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms.
HENRY GIBBS 26 Glebe Street Stockport Machine Fitter LUKE LISTER No 5
Wellington Road North Stockport Machine Smith do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
On the slay cap of the loom is fixed by means of bolts or screws two or more
brackets which are provided with lugs or projections through which are passed
one of three iron rods which are parralell to each other and traversing throughout
the length of the slay cap. The said rods being secured together by means of
suitable fittings secured by screws or other means near the stationary brackets
fitting on the stay cap thus forming a complete fence covering the shuttle race
which may be raised by the weaver in order to perform any necessary work. The
rod nearest the slay cap forms a hinge upon which the fence may be raised and
remain in that position by its own weight until the loom is set in motion when
it falls down automatically and is held in its working position by means of a
slotted plate attached to one of the aforesaid stationary brackets and forming a
locking piece on the oughtermost of the three rods or other fitting that may be
provided for that purpose.
HENRY GIBBS.
LUKE LISTER.
An Improved Shuttle Guard for Looms.
We, HENRY GIBBS, of 26, Glebe Street, Machine Fitter, and LUKE LISTER, of
5. Wellington Road North, Machine Smith, both of Stockport, in the County of
Chester, 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:―
The object of this invention is to provide a shuttle guard which can be readily
applied to the slay cap of looms, will suit narrow or wide looms and which is
durable and very effective in action.
And in order that our invention may be more fully understood we have caused
to be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.
Fig. 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a cross section of our
improved shuttle guard in its working position. Fig. 4 is a front view, Fig. 5 an
end view and Fig. 6 a cross section of the same when out of use.

page_text: In carrying out our invention and referring to the figures generally, we fix to
the slay cap a of the loom by means of bolts or screws, two or more brackets, in
the present instance two b, b, which brackets are each formed with a lug or pro-
jection through which is passed a metal rod c. Inside of the said brackets are
secured to the rod c by means of set screws, two arms or fittings d, d and in the
same two other rods c¹, c² arranged parallel to the rod c. The said rods extend
across the whole path of the shuttle and thus form a complete fence for the same.
The rod e nearest to the slay cap a forms a hinge, so as to permit of raising the
guard out of use into the position shown in Figs. 4, 5 & 6, when the loom is stopped.
In order to retain the guard in its working position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 & 3,
a slotted arm or plate e is hinged to one of the aforesaid stationary brackets, the
outer end of which arm or plate has a recess e¹ adapted to engage the respective
end of the outer rod or other fitting that may be provided for that purpose and
thus lock the guard in its working position. The inner ends of the arms or
fittings d, d are each formed with a nose adapted to abut against the bracket b, b,
and retain the guard at the required angle.
The bolt f by which the slotted arm or plate e is hinged to the bracket bis
rendered adjustable in a slot 62 so as to permit of compensating for wear which
might occur in the recess of the arm or plate e. For the same purpose the
rods c, c¹, are rendered reversible 'and interchangeable by means of the set
screws g.
In very wide looms the slotted arm or plate e, by means of a bracket, will be
hinged to the middle of the slay cap as will be readily understood in lieu of at the
end of the guard.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said In-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:-
1st. A shuttle guard for looms, consisting of rods connected together by arms
or fittings, the back rod of which is mounted in brackets secured to the slay cap
and forms a hinge to permit of raising and lowering the guard in and out of use
respectively, all substantially as set forth.
2nd. A shuttle guard constructed as specified in the preceding claim, in com-
bination with a slotted arm or plate adapted to lock the guard in its working
position, all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 16th day of August 1897
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicants.