IMPROVEMENTS TANDARAMING BAD COME WIDES AULT OF TERRY FARRICS
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Wood, of Monkhill, near Pontefract, in the
County of York, Gentleman, and Matthew Smith, of Heywood, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
TANDARAMING BAD COME WIDES AULT OF TERRY FARRICS"
Sealed the 7th October 1856, and dated the 1st August 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Wood and Matthew
Smith at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 1st August 1856.
We, WILLIAM WOOD, of Monkhill, near Pontefract, in the County of
York, Gentleman, and MATTHEW SMITH, of Heywood, in the County of
Lancaster, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR CUTTING THE WIRES OUT OF TERRY FABRICS,"
to be as follows:-
Our Invention consists in an improved arrangement of mechanism for
cutting the wires out of the terries to form cut pile fabrics.
In previous Patents granted to the said William Wood, lie claimed the use
of a knife set in a frame traversing over and across the fabric for the purpose
of cutting the wires out of the terrics to form cut pile fabrics, and our Inven-
tion consists of an improved apparatus for that purpose.
In this apparatus the cutter is attached to a small lever working loosely or

page_text: jointed on its centre. When this cutter is about to have its point placed in
the groove of the wire, it is pushed against a plate or guide piece fixed on the
wire by a curved piece, the lever to which the knife is attached is then pressed
down so as to keep the point of the knife in the groove of the wire which
guides it. The frame containing the lever, cutter, &c. is then drawn across the
fabric and the terry loops cut, thereby liberating the wire from the terries.
When fully across, the lever and cutter are raised up out of the groove of the
wire and again pushed across to cut out another wire. There is under the
loose lever a stop piece, which prevents it going lower down than is desired.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Wood and Matthew Smith in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 31st January 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, WILLIAM
Wood, of Monkhill, near Pontefract, in the County of York, Gentleman, and
MATTHEW SMITH; of Heywood, in the County of Lancaster, Manufacturer, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the First day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the twentieth year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
William Wood and Matthew Smith, Her special license, that we, the said
William Wood and Matthew Smith, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the said William Wood and Matthew Smith, our
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all-times thereafter- during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully. might make, use, exercise, and vend.
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
CUTTING THE WIRES OUT OF TERRY FABRICS," upon the condition (amongst.
others) that we, the said William Wood and Matthew Smith, our executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our, or their, or one of
or their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of; the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,.
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within
six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent
our

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said William Wood and Matthew Smit!
do hereby declare. the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement (that is to say):-
.
5. The nature of our Invention consists in an improved arrangement of mechan
ism for cutting the wires out of the terries of looped fabrics to formi cut pile
fabrics, the present Invention being improvements upon the apparatus for
cutting the wires out of terry fabrics, for which former Letters Patent have
been granted to the within-named William Wood.
And in order that our Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, we will proceed to describe the means pursued by us, reference
being had to the accompanying Drawing, and to the figures and letters
marked thereon.
Figure 1 is an end elevation of parts of a loom for weaving terry fabrics,
with our improved apparatus for cutting the wires out of the terries applied
thereto. Figure 2 is a front elevation, and Figure 3 a plan of the same.
Figures 4, 5, and 6 are detached views of parts of our improved apparatus,
drawn half size. a is the crank shaft; b, the frame sides; c, the tappet shaft;
d, the reed, which is attached to the lay in the usual manner; c, is the breast-
beam; and the roller by which the woven fabric is taken forward and delivered
to the cloth beam; f' and fare parts of the levers for moving the wires n, n,
into the shed and for drawing them out. The foregoing and the other parts
requisite to complete the loom are made in any approved. manner.
To the breast beam e is attached the plate g, and to this plate are bolted the
brackets g' supporting the guide rods h, h. The carriage i for the cutting-
tool j.is made to travel to and fro along the guide rods h, h, in the following:
manner: To the tappet shaft c is fixed the tappet c; this tappet in revolving.
gives motion to the lever k, to which is jointed the upper end of the link ³,.
the lower end thereof being jointed to the lever l fixed to the shaft A, to which
is also fixed the long lever ; to the upper end of this lever is jointed one end
of the link m, the other end thereof being jointed to the stud m³ projecting
rom the carriage i, as shewn best in Figure 4. The cutting tool j is fixed.
y a set screw in the tool-holder o, which is jointed to the stud o³, screwed
nto the carriage i; this tool-holder is held by the stop piece, the object of
which is to prevent the tool cutting the fabric if the point or cutting edge:
hereof should fail to enter or remain in the groove in the wire. To the
arriage i is jointed the spring piece p, from which projects the stud p¹; this.
pring piece presses upon the upper side of the tool-holder o, which is made
ith an inclined plane at o³, see Figure 5; the object of this incline will be.

page_text: explained hereafter. The other end of the tool-holder is acted upon by the
spring 9. To the right-hand bracket g¹ is fixed the stop piece r and the spring?",
the object of which is to guide the cutting tool into the groove in the wire,
and to the left-hand bracket g' is fixed the stop pieces. The niode of opera-
tion is as follows:-The Figures 1, 2, and 3 represent the various parts in 5
the positions they occupy when the cutting tool has been drawn across the
fabric, and in its progress has cut the terries formed on the wire nearest the
breast beam; the lever is now to be moved into the position indicated by
the dotted line in Fig. 2 by the action of the tappet c', as before described, the
point of the cutting tool being held above the wires n by the spring 9 acting
on the end of the tool-holder, the spring piece p having been pushed beyond
the incline by the stud p' coming against the stop pieco s. During the
time the carriage is moving across the fabric, the wire from which the terries
have been cut is withdrawn by one of the levers for f, or other suitable means.
When the carriage i has nearly completed its traverse across the fabric in the
direction of the arrow in Fig. 2, the stud p¹ comes against the stop piece r;
this stop piece arrests the motion of the stud p', but the carriage i continues
to move until it is stopped by the bush on the front rod h; by this means
the spring piece p is brought into the position shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 3
and in Fig. 6, thereby depressing the point of the cutting tool by the spring
piece pacting on the incline of. The point of the cutting tool is guided into
the groove in the wire by the spring 2, and by the guide piece n¹ fixed to the
wire; the tool-holder o is made to work loosely on its centre or stud to allow
the point of the cutting tool to be guided into the groove of the wire, as
described, and to adjust itself to any deviation from the straight line that might
occur in the wire. As soon as the point of the cutting tool has entered the
groove in the wire the carriage i is moved across the fabric in the direction
of the arrow in Fig. 3, and in its progress cuts the terries on the wire.
When the carriage arrives near the left-hand side of the loom the stud p
comes against the stop piece s, thereby arresting the motion of the stud pl, but
the carriage continues to move until the lever la regains its vertical position
the spring piece p is thus pushed beyond the incline o³, and the spring q acting
on the tool-holder o, lifts the cutting tool out of the recess in the wire, or into
the position shewn by dotted lines in Fig. 5. These operations are repeated
as long as the loom continues at work, the wires being introduced into the
shed, then woven into and drawn out of the fabric, and the fabric drawn
forward by the taking-up motion, in the usual manner.
Fig. 7 represents the cutting tool and the tool-holder o, to which is fixed
plate os, having a roller o* mounted on a stud fixed to the plate o³. The objec

page_text: of this plate and roller is to prevent the cutting tool injuring the fabric if the
point thereof fails to enter or should come out of the groove in the wire.
When this roller o' is employed the stop piece ¹ may be dispensed with.
Having thus particularly described the nature of our Invention, and the
manner of performing the same, we declare that we claim as of our Invention
the improvements in apparatus as shewn and described for cutting the wires
out of terry fabrics, and especially the arrangement whereby the point of the
cutting tool is guided by the groove in the wire.
In witness whereof, we, the said William Wood and Matthew Smith,
have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Thirtieth day of January,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
Witness,
H. B. BARLOW,
Manchester.
WILLIAM WOOD.
MATTHEW SMITH.
(L.S.)
(L.S.)