IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS USED IN LOOMS
Year: 1883

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LETTERS PATENT to Charles Anthony Burghardt of Manchester in the County
"
of Lancaster Doctor of Philosophy and Analytical Chemist for an Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS USED IN LOOMS"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Anthony Burghardt
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th October 1883.
CHARLES ANTHONY BURGHARDT of Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Doctor of Philosophy and Analytical Chemist, "IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS USED
IN LOOMS"
My Invention relates to the reeds used in the weaving of fabrics in looms. The
said reeds consist of flat wires or metal strips which are set closely together in a
frame or held in position by means of bars the warp threads passing through the
spaces between the wires. Previously to my Invention the so termed dents of
reeds have been made of iron or steel wire. The warps contain more or less of
moisture and are prepared with size which usually contains chemicals which act
upon iron or steel and as a consequence the reeds become rusty and the cloth or
warp becomes marked with iron stains. To obviate this defect I make the dents
of a metal or alloy which will not rust and will better withstand the action of
moisture and of the chemicals in the size or I electro plate the reeds or the reed
dents or the material to form such dents with such metal or alloy. The metals I
consider most suitable for my purpose are nickel and cobalt as these metals are
hard and durable. When electro-coating the reeds I prefer to deposit a coating of
nickel or cobalt upon the dents after the reeds have been made.. To effect this it
is necessary to obtain an electric connection throughout the whole of the dents. I
obtain this connection by soldering together the extreme projecting ends of the
dents or by employing wire instead of yarn in the building up of the reed or by
other suitable means. I do not confine myself. to the electro depositing of nickel.
or cobalt. Zinc, tin, copper, aluminum, silver, gold, platinum and other metals'
may be used for the purpose but some of these metals are much softer than nickel
and cobalt and others more costly.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Anthony Burghardt in the Patent Office on the 19th
April 1884.
CHARLES ANTHONY BURGHARDT of Manchester in the County of Lancaster,
Doctor of Philosophy and Analytical Chemist "IMPROVEMENTS IN REEDS USED
IN LOOMS
My invention relates to the reeds used in the weaving of fabrics in looms. The
said reeds consist of flat wires or metal strips which are set closely together in a
frame or held in position by means of bars the warp threads passing through the
spaces between the bars. Previously to my invention the so termed dents of reeds
have been usually made of iron or steel wire. The warps contain more or less of
moisture and are prepared with size which usually contains chemicals which act
upon the iron or steel and as a consequence the reeds become rusty and the cloth
or warp becomes marked with iron stains. To obviate this defect I make the
dents of a metal or alloy which will not rust and will better withstand the action
of moisture and of the chemicals in the size or I electro plate the reeds or the reed
dents or the material to form such dents with such metal or alloy. The metals I
consider most suitable for my purpose are nickel and cobalt as these metals are
hard and durable. When electro-coating the reeds I prefer to deposit a coating of
nickel or cobalt upon the dents after the reeds have been made. To effect this it
is necessary to obtain an electric connection throughout the whole of the dents. I
obtain this connection by soldering together the extreme projecting ends of the
dents or by employing wire instead of yarn in the building up of the reed or by
the employment of a longitudinal metallic connection or by other suitable means.
When employing a longitudinal connector I take a length of copper wire or a
narrow riband of copper or a wire or riband of suitable metal and interpose
it between the wood bar and the reeds on one side or on each side of the reeds
or let half way into a groove in the flat side of the bar so that when
the reed is completed the connector is pressed into contact with every dent in
the reed or the connecting wire or wires may run along the edge or edges of
the wood bars and be bound in with the binding yarn. I do not confine myself
to the electro depositing of nickel or cobalt. Zinc, tin, copper, aluminum, silver,
gold, platinum and other metals may be used for the purpose but some of these
metals are much softer than nickel and cobalt and others are costly and therefore
not so suitable.
Having now fully set forth and indicated the nature of my said invention and
the manner in which I carry the same into practical effect I would have it to be
understood that I claim:-
First. The employment in the making of reeds for use in looms of wire which has
been coated or electro-plated with nickel or cobalt.
Secondly. Coating or electro plating reeds with a preservative metal or alloy for
the purposes set forth.
Thirdly. Establishing a metallic connection between the dents of a reed in order
that the said dents may be coated with an electro deposit of nickel or cobalt_or

page_text: other suitable metal or alloy substantially as and for the purpose set forth and
indicated.
And lastly. Covering or coating the dents of reeds with an electro deposit of
nickel or cobalt.
In witness whereof I the said Charles Anthony Burghardt have hereunto set my
hand and seal this sixteenth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-four
CHARLES A. BURGHARDT (L.S.)