Improvements in Means for Fastening the Picking Bands of Looms for Weaving to the Pickers used in such Looms.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, oth red., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 6th Nov. 1895-Accepted. 7th Dec. 1845
Date of Application, oth Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left. 6th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 7th Dec., 1845
Improvements in Means for Fastening the Picking Bands of Looms
for Weaving to the Pickers used in such Looms.
We, WILLIAM HENRY EASTWOOD of 14 Market Place, Manchester in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist and THOMAS AMEY of 159 Waterloo
Street, Oldham in the County of Lancaster, Agent, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to means for fastening the picking bands of looms for
weaving to the pickers used in such looms and consists in improvements by the
employment of which we are enabled to provide durable, reliable and convenient
means for connecting loom picking bands to pickers and to secure a more economical
use of picking bands than has hitherto been obtained.
The appliances constructed according to our invention enable loom picking bands
to be securely fastened to the pickers used therewith and readily unfastened there-
from whenever it may be necessary or desirable and also enable the picking bands
to be readily adjusted in relation to the pickers and also enable breakage and
waste of picking bands to be largely avoided. The appliances constructed
according to our invention may be so made that the pull exerted upon a picker
by the picking band connected to it shall be exerted at or near the central part of
such picker.
In one mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we provide
a plate which may be flat or curved or of any suitable form and provide such plate
in any suitable manner with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed
with teeth like those of a file or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any other
suitable manner and mount such plate upon or connect it by means of a link or links
or in any other suitable manner to a stud secured in any suitable manner in a plate
or frame adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or in a suitable part of the
picker to which the appliance is to be applied or mount or form such plate upon or
connect it in any suitable manner to a link or links engaging with or bearing upon
a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or in a suitable part of
the picker to which the appliance is to be applied.
The said stud or the part or parts with or upon which engages or bears or engage
or bear the link or links mounted or formed upon or connected to the plate provided
with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth like those of a
file or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any suitable manner is or are so
placed in relation to such plate that when the appliance is in position upon a picker
and a picking band is placed between the picker and the plate provided with spikes
or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth or grooved corrugated or
roughened and such plate is put in such a position that one or more of the spikes or
teeth or a part or parts of the toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surface
or surfaces on such plate shall be engaged with the picking band, any pull exerted
upon such picking band in the direction of the pull exerted upon such picking band
by the picking stick of the loom in which it is used shall press such plate and the
spikes or teeth or toothed or grooved, corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces
thereon more closely and firmly upon or into such picking band so as to secure it in
position upon the picker while if the said plate be moved or turned in a direction
contrary to that in which it is moved or turned by a pull exerted in the said manner

page_text: upon the said picking band the picking band may be released from the picker so as
to be readily removed therefrom or adjusted in position in relation thereto. The
said plate provided with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces toothed or
grooved corrugated or roughened may be provided with a part or parts or spike or
tooth or spikes or teeth which will require to be pressed more closely upon or into
the picking band before releasing it while the said plate is being moved or turned
to release such picking band so that the picking band may be prevented from
becoming accidentally released.
In another mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
provide a plate which may be flat or curved or of any suitable form and is provided
with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth like those of a
file or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner and form
such plate with ears or lugs adapted to embrace or fit upon or around or in a
suitable part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied and employ in
conjunction with such plate a link or links which is or are connected by a stud or
studs or any other suitable means to such plate or caused to bear upon or against a
suitable part or parts thereof and is or are also connected by a stud or studs or any
other suitable means to or caused to bear upon a plate or part placed, fitted or
secured upon or in the said picker or is or are connected to or caused to bear upon
a part of such picker. The said link or links is or are provided with a cam or
crank or cams or cranks. The parts to which the said link or links is or are
connected or upon which it or they is or are caused to bear are so disposed that
when the appliance is in position upon a picker and a picking band is placed between
the picker and the plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces
toothed or grooved, corrugated or roughened the said link or links may be turned
so as to press the said plate and the spikes or teeth or the toothed or grooved
corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces thereon more closely and firmly upon
or into such picking band so as to secure it in position upon the picker. A pin or
stud may be employed in any suitable manner to keep the said link or links in
position to secure the picking band in position upon the picker.
In aether mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
mount a plate which may be flat or curved or of any other suitable form and is
provided with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth like
those of a file or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner
upon or connect it by links or any other suitable means to a stud or connect such
plate to employ in conjunction with it a link or links connected to or bearing upon
a stud or plate or upon a suitable part of the picker, and place the stud or other
part to or upon which the said plate or the link or links employed in conjunction
therewith is or are connected or caused to bear in position in relation to the said
plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces toothed or grooved
corrugated or roughened in a manner similar to that above described and connect
to such plate provided with teeth or spikes or a surface or surfaces toothed or
grooved corrugated or roughened or employ in conjunction therewith a plate or
lever so formed and arranged that when the appliance is applied to a picker and the
picking band to be used with such picker is inserted between the plate provided
with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated or
roughened and one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part or parts of the toothed
or grooved corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces of the said plate is or are
placed in engagement with the said picking band any pull exerted upon such
picking band in the direction of the pull exerted upon such picking band by the
picking stick of the loom in which it is used will cause the said plate or lever to
act in conjunction with the stud or other part or parts above mentioned to or upon
which the said plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces toothed
or grooved corrugated or roughened or the link or links employed in conjunction
with it, is or are connected or caused to bear and press the spikes or teeth or the
toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces of the plate
provided with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated

page_text: it in position upon the picker.
wy po picking and so as to secure
In another mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
provide a plate which may be flat or curved or of any suitable form and is
provided with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth
like those of a file or grooved corrugated or roughened in any other suitable
manner, and mount such plate upon or connect it by means of a link or links or
in any other suitable manner to a stud secured in any suitable manner in a plate or
frame adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or in a suitable part of the
picker to which the appliance is to be applied or mount or form such plate upon or
connect in any suitable manner to it or employ in conjunction with it a link or links
engaging with or bearing upon a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit around
or upon or in a suitable part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied
or bearing upon a suitable part of the said picker but so place the said stud or the
part or parts with or upon which engages or bears or engage or bear the link or
links mounted or formed upon or connected to or employed in conjunction with the
plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface or surfaces toothed or grooved
corrugated or roughened, in relation to the said plate in a manner somewhat
different from that above described. According to this mode of constructing an
appliance we so place the said stud or part or parts with or upon which engages or
bears or engage or bear the link or links mounted or formed upon or connected to
or employed in conjunction with the plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface
or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened in relation to such plate
that although when the appliance is in position upon a picker and a picking band is
placed between the picker and the plate provided with spikes or teeth or a surface
or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened and such plate is put in
such a position that one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part or parts of the
toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces on such plate shall
be engaged with the picking band a pull exerted upon such picking band in the
direction of the pull exerted upon such picking band by the picking stick of
the loom in which it is employed will press such plate and the spikes or teeth or the
toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces thereon more
closely and firmly upon or into such picking band so as to secure it in position; a
too severe pull upon such picking band in such direction will cause the said plate
to be so moved that the spikes or teeth or the toothed or grooved corrugated or
roughened surface or surfaces thereon will be removed from and release the said
picking band. In a modification of this mode of constructing an appliance
according to our invention we mount the plate provided with spikes or teeth or a
surface or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened in a manner
similar to that which we have just described but provide a stop by means of
which the said plate may be prevented from being moved to release the picking
band by a pull exerted upon such picking band in the direction of the pull exerted
upon such picking band by the picking stick of the loom in which it is employed.
In another mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
mount spikes or teeth upon studs or pins secured in any suitable manner in a
frame or plate adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or in a suitable part
of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied and so arrange such spikes
or teeth that when the appliance is placed in position upon a picker and a
picking band is placed between the said picker and the said spikes or teeth and
the said spikes or teeth are placed in engagement with the said picking band
a pull exerted upon the said picking band in the direction of the pull exerted
upon such picking band by the picking stick of the loom in which it is used
shall press such spikes or teeth more closely and firmly upon or into such picking
band so as to secure it in position. We may provide the said spikes or teeth
with spurs or barbs.
We may arrange appliances constructed according to the above described modes
of carrying our invention into effect so that the pull exerted upon the picking

page_text: bands secured to pickers by means of such appliances will be applied at the
central parts of the tops of such pickers and in order to ensure that a picker
to which an appliance constructed according to any of the above described
modes of carrying our invention into effect is applied shall be properly moved
in both directions by the picking band connected to it we provide a part for
the said picking band to bear against while the picker is being drawn back in
a direction contrary to that in which it is moved to drive a shuttle and such part
may be the stud or one of the studs above mentioned as being employed in an
appliance constructed according to our invention or may be a stud provided for
the purpose or may be a part formed or secured upon the frame or plate employed
in such appliance.
In another mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
provide a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit upon or around or in a suitable
part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied and connect by means of
a stud or in any other suitable manner to such plate or frame an arm or link or
armis or links upon or in which are mounted two or more plates each provided with
spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth like those of a file
or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner and made of a
curved or flat or other suitable form and so disposed in relation to the studs or other
parts upon which they are mounted than when a picking band has been inserted
between such plates provided with spikes or teeth or with surfaces toothed or
grooved corrugated or roughened and one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part
or parts of the toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces of
each of such plates is or are caused to be engaged with such picking band any pull
exerted upon such picking band in the direction of the pull exerted upon it by the
picking stick with which it is used shall press the said plates and the spikes or
teeth or the toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened surfaces thereon more
closely and firmly upon or into such picking band so as to secure it to the picker
while if the said plates be moved or turned in directions contrary to those in which
they are moved or turned by a pull exerted in the said manner upon the picking
band the picking band may be released from the picker so as to be readily removed
therefrom. The said arm or link or arms or links is or are preferably so connected
to the plate or fiame above mentioned as to be capable of turning with the picking
hand in relation to such plate or frame in order that the pull exerted upon the
picker by the picking band shall always be exerted along a line passing through
the central part of the picker so that the picker may be properly moved in both
directions and in order that unnecessary bending and straining and consequent
unnecessary breakage of the picking band may be avoided.
Dated this Fifth day of February 1895
HOWARD
CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.
Improvements in Means for Fastening the Picking Bands of Looms
for Weaving to the Pickers used in such Looms.
We, WILLIAM HENRY EASTWOOD, of 14 Market Place, Manchester, in the
County of Lancaster, Manufacturing Chemist, and THOMAS AMEY of
159 Waterloo Street, Oldham in the County of Lancaster, Agent 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 :-
Our invention relates to means for fasteuing the picking bands of looms for

page_text: weaving to the pickers used in such looms and consists in improvements by the
employment of which we are enabled to provide durable, reliable and convenient
means for connecting loom picking bands to pickers and to secure a more economical
use of picking bands than has hitherto been obtained.
The appliances constructed according to our invention enable loom picking bands
to be securely fastened to the pickers used therewith and readily unfastened
therefrom whenever it may be necessary or desirable and also enable the picking
bands to be readily adjusted in relation to the pickers and also enable breakage and
waste of picking bands to be largely avoided. The appliances constructed according
to our invention may be so made that the pull exerted upon a picker by the
picking band connected to it shall be exerted at or near the central part of
such picker.
In one mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we provide
a plate which may be flat or curved or of any suitable form and provide such plate
in any suitable manner with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with
teeth like those of a rasp or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any other
suitable manner and mount such plate upon or connect it by means of a link or
links or in any other suitable manner to a stud secured in any suitable manner
in a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or in a suitable
part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied or mount or form
such plate upon or connect it in any suitable manner to a link or links engaging
with or bearing upon a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit around or upon or
in a suitable part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied.
The said stud or the part or parts with or upon which engages or bears or engage
or bear the link or links mounted or formed upon cr connected to the plate
provided with spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth like
those of a rasp or grooved or corrugated or roughened in any suitable manner is or
are so placed in relation to such plate that when the appliance is in position upon a
picker and a picking band is placed between the picker and the plate provided with
spikes or teeth or with a surface or surfaces formed with teeth or grooved,
corrugated or roughened and such plate is put in such a position that one or more
of the spikes or teeth or a part or parts of the toothed or grooved, corrugated or
roughened surface or surfaces on such plate shall be engaged with the picking band,
any pull exerted upon such picking band in the direction of the pull exerted upon
such picking band when a pick is being made by the picking stick of the loom in
which it is used, shall press such plate and the spikes or teeth or toothed or grooved
corrugated or roughened surface or surfaces thereon more closely and firmly upon
or into such picking band so as to secure it in position upon the picker, while if the
said plate be moved or turned in a direction contrary to that in which it is moved
or turned by a pull exerted in the said manner upon the said picking band the
picking band may be released from the picker so as to be readily removed therefrom
or adjusted in position in relation thereto. The said plate provided with spikes or
teeth or with a surface or surfaces toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened
may be provided with a part or parts or spike or tooth or spikes or teeth which will
require to be pressed more closely upon or into the picking band before releasing it
while the said plate is being moved or turned to release such picking band so that
the picking band may be prevented from becoming accidentally released.
We may arrange appliances constructed according to the above described mode
of carrying our invention into effect so that the pull exerted upon the picking bands
secured to pickers by means of such appliances will be applied at the central parts
of the tops of such pickers and in order to ensure that a picker to which an
appliance constructed according to the above described mode of carrying our inven-
tion into effect is applied shall be properly moved in both directions by the picking
band connected to it we provide a part for the said picking band to bear against
while the picker is being drawn back in a direction contrary to that in which it is
moved to drive a shuttle, and such part may be the stud or one of the studs above
mentioned as being employed in an appliance constructed according to our invention

page_text: or may ne a stud provided for the purpose or may be a part formed or secured upon
the frame or plate employed in such appliance.
In the accompanying drawings, Figs. 1, 2, and 3 illustrate one form of appliance
made according to this mode of constructing an appliance according to our
invention, Fig. 1 being a front elevation and Fig. 2 a side elevation showing such
appliance applied to a picker, and Fig. 3 a vertical section taken on the plane
indicated by the line (A) (A) of Fig. 2 and serving to illustrate more clearly the
form of some parts of the appliance shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
In the appliance illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 the plate (a) which we provide is
curved and formed with spikes or teeth (a¹) (a 2) and mounted upon a stud (6)
secured by means of a split pin () in a plate or frame (c) adapted to embrace or
fit around or upon a part (d) of the picker (d) to which the appliance is applied.
The plate or frame (c) which embraces the part (d) of the picker (d) is formed
with a part or flange (c) which when the appliance is applied to the picker bears
against the side (d2) of such picker (d) in order that the pull exerted through the
picking band (e) employed in conjunction with the said picker (d) in moving the
picker may not cause the plate or frame (c) to enter or injure the side (d2)
of the said picker (d). The plate or flame (c) is also formed with a part or
flange (c 3) in order that the side (d4) of the picker (d) may not be entered or
injured by the said plate or frame (c). The parts or flanges (e) (c3) are so formed
as is indicated in Figs. 2 and 3 that they will not interfere with the placing of the
picker (d) upon the spindle upon which it requires to be placed or bear upon such
spindle when the picker (d) is placed thereon. The picking band (e) to be employed
iu conjunction with the said picker (d) and to be fastened thereto by means of the
appliance illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is placed between the plate (a) and
the picker (d). The stud (b) is so placed in relation to the curved part of
the plate (a) on which the spikes or teeth (a) are formed that when the appliance
is applied to a picker and the picking band (e) has been placed between the
picker (d) and the plate (a) and one or more of the spikes or teeth (a) is or are
put in engagement with the said picking band (e) any pull exerted upon such
picking band (e) in the direction indicated by the arrow (B) that is to say in the
direction of the pull exerted upon such picking band (e) when a pick is being made
by the picking stick to which such picking band (e) is connected shall tend to turn
the plate (a) upon the stud (b) in the direction indicated by the arrow (C) and
press such plate (a) and the spikes or teeth (a¹) thereon more closely and firmly
upon or into such picking band (e) so as to secure it in position upon the picker (d)
while if the said plate (a) be turned upon the stud (6) in a direction opposite to
that indicated by the arrow (C) the picking band (e) may be released from
the picker (d) so as to be readily removed therefrom or adjusted in position
in relation thereto. The plate (a) is provided with spikes or teeth (a 2) which will
be pressed more closely upon or into the picking band before releasing it when the
said plate (a) is being turned in the direction opposite to that indicated by
the arrow (C) in order to release such picking band. The spikes or teeth (a2)
serve to prevent the picking band from becoming accidentally released and the part
of the plate (a) upon which the spikes or teeth (a 2) are formed forms a part upon
which the picking band may bear when drawing back the picker (d) after it has
been caused to act upon the shuttle with which it is used. In the application of
the appliance illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 to a picker (d) the plate or frame (c)
is made to embrace or fit upon the part (d) of the picker (d) and the plate (a) is
connected to such plate or frame (c) by means of the stud (b) which is then secured
in the plate or frame (c) by means of the spli: pin (61) and then the picking band (e)
is inserted between the picker (d) and the plate (a) and the plate (a) is turned so
that the spikes or teeth (a') thereof are caused to enter or become engaged with
the said picking band (e) and when the said spikes or teeth (a) have become
engaged with the said picking band any pull exerted upon such picking band in the
direction indicated by the arrow (13) will cause the plate (a) to be pressed more
firmly upon the picking band (e) and cause such plate (a) and the teeth or spikes (a¹)

page_text: picker (d).
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Figs. 4, 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings illustrate another form of appliance
made according to this mode of constructing an appliance according to our
invention, Fig. 4 being a front elevation, and Fig. 5 a side elevation showing
such appliance applied to a picker and Fig. 6 a section taken on the plane indicated
by the line (A) (A) of Fig. 5 and serving to illustrate more clearly the form of
some parts of the appliance illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.
In the appliance illustrated in Figs. 4. 5 and 6, the plate (a) which we provide.
is flat and formed with spikes or teeth (a) and is connected by means of links (f)
to a stud (1) secured by means of a split pin (2) in a plate or frame (c) adapted
to embrace or fit around or upon a part (d') of the picker (d) to which the appliance
is applied. The plate (a) is provided with ears through which passes a stud (b) by
means of which the plate (a) is connected to the links (f). The stud (4) is secured
in position in the plate (a) and links (ƒ) by means of a split pin (1). The plate
or frame (c) which embraces the part (d) of the picker () is formed with a part
or flange (c) which when the appliance is applied to the picker (d) bears against
the side (d2) of such picker (d) in order that the pull exerted through the picking
band (e) employed in conjunction with the said picker may not cause the plate or
frame to enter or injure the side (d2) of the said picker (d). The part or
flange (c) is so formed as is indicated in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 that it will not interfere
with the placing of the picker (d) upon the spindle upon which it requires to be
placed or bear upon such spindle when the picker (d) is placed thereon. The
part (4) of the plate (c) through which the stud (f) passes serves also to prevent
such plate (c) from entering or injuring the side (d 4) of the picker (d). The
picking band (e) to be employed in conjunction with the said picker (d) and to be
fastened thereto by means of the appliance illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 is placed.
between the plate (a) and the picker (d). The stud (f) is placed in such position
in the plate or frame (c) that when a picking band (e) has been placed between the
plate (a) and the picker (d) and the teeth or spikes (a) of the plate (a) are caused
to bear upon or be engaged with the said picking band the links (f) shall be in
such position that any pull exerted upon such picking band (e) in the direction.
indicated by the arrow (B) that is to say in the direction of the pull exerted upon
such picking band when a pick is being made by the picking stick to which such
picking band is connected shall in tending to turn the links () about the stud (f).
in the direction indicated by the arrow (D) tend to press the plate (a) and the
spikes or teeth (a¹) thereon more closely and firmly upon or into such picking
band (e) so as to secure it in position upon the picker (d) while if the said links (/)
be turned in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow (D) the plate (a)
will be moved away from the picker (d) so as to release the picking band (e) which
may then be readily removed from the picker (d) or adjusted in position in relation
thereto. In order that the movement of the picking stick to which is connected
the picking band (e) in conjunction with which the appliance illustrated in
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 is employed in the direction opposite to that in which it moves
when causing a pick to be made may not cause the plate (a) and links (f) to be
moved so as release the picking band (e) from the picker (d) we provide the plate
or frame (c) with a stud (g) secured therein by means of a split pin (g) and serving
to ensure that any pull exerted upon the picking band (e) by the picking stick to
which it is connected shall tend to cause the plate (a) to so move as to turn the
links () in the direction indicated by the arrow (D), and thus we prevent the
picking band (e) from being accidentally released from the picker (d).
In the application of the appliance illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 to a picker the
plate or frame (c) is made to embrace or fit upon the part (d) of the picker (d) and
the plate (a) is connected to such plate or frame (c) by means of the links (f) the
connection between the links (f) and the frame or plate (c) or between the
links () and the plate (a) having been previously made and the stud (g) is secured
in position in the plate or frame (c) and then the picking band (e) is inserted

page_text: between the picker (d) and the stud (g) and between the picker (d) and the
plate (a) and then the plate (a) and links (f) are moved so that the spikes or
teeth (a) of the plate (a) are caused to enter or become engaged with the said
picking band (e) and when the spikes or teeth (a¹) have become engaged with the
said picking band (e) any pull exerted upon such picking band in the direction
indicated by the arrow (B) will cause the plate (a) to be pressed more firmly upon
the said picking band (e) and cause such plate (a) and the teeth or spikes (a)
thereon to press and hold the picking band (e) more closely and firmly upon the
picker (d).
In another mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention we
provide a plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit upon or around or in a suitable
part of the picker to which the appliance is to be applied and connect by means of
a stud or in any other suitable manner to such plate or frame an arm or link or
arms or links upon or in which is mounted a plate provided with spikes or teeth or
with a surface formed with teeth like those of a rasp or grooved or corrugated
or roughened in any other suitable manner and made of a curved or flat or other
suitable form and so disposed in relation to the studs or other parts upon which it
is mounted that when a picking band has been inserted between such plate provided
with spikes or teeth or with a surface toothed or grooved corrugated or roughened
and a flat or other plate connected to or formed upon the said arm or link or arms
or links, and one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part or parts of the toothed or
grooved corrugated or roughened surface of such plate is or are caused to be
engaged with such picking band any pull exerted upon such picking band in the
direction of the pull exerted upon it by the picking stick with which it is used
shall press the said plate and the spikes or teeth or the toothed or grooved
corrugated or roughened surface thereon more closely and firmly upon or into such
picking band so as to secure it to the picker while if the said plate be moved or
turned in a direction contrary to that in which it is moved or turned by a pull
exerted in the said manner upon the picking band the picking band may be released
from the picker so as to be readily removed therefrom. The said arm or link or
arms or links is or are preferably so connected to the plate or frame above
mentioned as to be capable of turning with the picking band in relation to such
plate or frame in order that the pull exerted upon the picker by the picking band
shall always be exerted along a line passing through the central part of the picker
so that the picker may be properly moved in both directions and in order that
unnecessary bending and straining and consequent unnecessary breakage of the
picking band may be avoided.
of
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the accompanying drawings illustrate one form of appliance
made according to this mode of constructing an appliance according to our invention,
Fig. 7 being a front elevation and Fig. 8 a side elevation showing such appliance
applied to a picker and Fig. 9 a section taken on the plane indicated by the
line (A) (A) of Fig. 8, and serving to illustrate more clearly the form of some parts
the appliance illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8. In the appliance illustrated in Figs. 7,8
and 9, (c) is the plate or frame adapted to embrace or fit upon or around a suitable
part (d) of the picker (d) to which the appliance is to be applied. To the plate or
frame (c) there are connected by means of a stud (1) secured in position in the
plate or frame (c) by means of a split pin (7) arms or links (¹) forming part of a
plate (i). The stud (1) being made to engage with a groove or channel (d 3) formed
in the picker (d) to which the appliance is to be applied serves to hold the plate or
frame (c) in position upon the said picker (d). In the links (i) is mounted by
means of a stud (1) secured in position in the links (22) by means of a split pin (¹)
a plate (a) provided with spikes or teeth (a') (a 2). The plate (a) is curved and the
stud (b) is so placed in relation to the curved part of the plate (a) on which the
spikes or teeth (a) are formed that when the appliance is applied to a picker and
the picking band (e) to be used with the said picker (d) has been placed between
the plate (a) and the plate (i) and one or more of the spikes or teeth (a) is or are
put in engagement with the said picking band (e) a pull exerted upon such picking

page_text: band (e) in the direction indicated by the arrow (B) that is to say in the direction
of the pull exerted upon such picking band (e) when a pick is being made by the
picking stick to which such picking band (e) is connected shall tend to turn the
plate (a) upon the stud (6) in the direction indicated by the arrow (C) and press
such plate (a) and the spikes or teeth (a) thereon more closely and firmly upon or
into such picking band (e) so as to secure it to the picker (d) while if the said
plate (a) be turned upon the stud (6) in a direction opposite to that indicated by
the arrow (C) the picking band (e) may be released from the frame or plate (i) so as
to be readily removed therefrom or adjusted in position in relation thereto. The
plate (a) is provided with spikes or teeth (a 2) which will be pressed more closely
upon or into the picking band (e) before releasing it when the said plate (a) is
being turned in the direction opposite to that indicated by the arrow (C) in order
to release such picking band (e). The spikes or teeth (a 2) serve to prevent the
picking band (e) from becoming accidentally released. In the application of the
appliance illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 to a picker (d) the plate or frame (c) is
made to embrace or fit upon the part (d) of the picker (d) and the plate (i) is
connected to such plate or frame (e) by means of the stud (h) which is caused
to enter the notch (3) formed in the picker (d) to receive it so that such stud (h)
will also serve to secure the plate or frame (c) in position on the picker (d) and
then the picking band (e) is inserted between the plate (i) and the plate (a)
previously secured by means of the stud (b) to the plate (i) and then the plate (a)
is turned so that the spikes or teeth (a') thereof are caused to enter or become
engaged with the said picking band (e) and when the said spikes or teeth have
become engaged with the said picking band any pull exerted upon such picking
band (e) in the direction indicated by the arrow (B) will cause the plate (a) to be
pressed more firmly upon the said picking band (e) and cause such plate (a) and
the spikes or teeth (a) thereon to press and hold the picking band more closely
and firmly upon the plate (i).
Instead of the plate or frame (c) illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 there may be
employed a plate or frame (c) made substantially of the form of the plates or
frames (c) illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and provided with
flanges similar to the flanges (c¹) (e 3) above described and serving to prevent the
picker (d) from being cut when in use by the plate or frame (c) applied to it.
The appliances constructed according to our invention are applicable to pickers
of all kinds in which there are openings available for the passage of the par's (c2)
of the frames or plates (c) employed in such appliances but it is obvious that such
appliances will require to be made of sizes corresponding to the sizes of the pickers
to which they are to be applied.
The appliances constructed according to our invention are made of steel or other
suitable material and the studs or the bearing parts of the studs and plates
employed in such appliances may be case-hardeneil or otherwise treated so as to be
rendered still more durable than they would be without such treatment.
The appliances illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and Figs. 7, 8 and 9 of the
accompanying drawings are so formed that the pull exerted upon the pickers (d) to
which such appliances are applied is exerted at or very near the central parts of
the tops of the pickers (d) so that such pickers are moved more easily and subject
to less wear and tear than would be the case were the pull exerted upon them in
other positions but it is obvious that as in the case of the appliance illustrated in
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 appliances constructed according to our invention may be made to
have the pull of the picking bands with which they are to be employed exerted at
any desired parts of the tops of such pickers.
The plates (a) illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 and Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are
provided with parts (a 3) to enable them to be readily turned by hand about the
studs (6) on which they are respectively mounted whenever it may be necessary or
desirable to so turn them, while the plate (a) illustrated in Figs. 4, 5 and 6 does
not require to be provided with any part specially intended to facilitate its
movement by hand.

page_text: The parts (a 3) of the plates (a) of the appliances illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3
and Figs. 7, 8 and 9 also serve to cause the pull exerted through the picking
bands when such picking bands are being employed to move the pickers in the
directions opposite to those in which they are moved when striking a shuttle to
tend to press more firmly upon such picking bands the parts of the plates (a) upon
which the spikes or teeth (a') are formed.
In the appliance illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the plate (a) serves to prevent
the picking band (e) from being bent sharply around the part by which it is
secured to the picker (d) and in the appliance illustrated by Figs. 4, 5 and 6 the
stud (g) in like manner serves to prevent the picking band (e) from being bent
sharply around the part by which it is secured to the picker and thus in the case
of the picking band used with each of such appliances the part of the picking
band (e) which is adjacent to the part by which such picking band is secured to
the picker (d) is prevented from being sharply bent and from being worn out with
undue rapidity by being so bent.
The plate (i) of the appliance illustrated in Figs. 7, 8 and 9 being capable of
being oscillated upon the stud (h) turns upon such stud (h) as the picking band (e)
is caused to move the picker (d) in one direction or the other and thus serves to
relieve the said picking band (e) of much of the twisting and strain to which it
would be subjected were the end of such picking band (e) rigidly connected to the
picker (d).
If it be considered desirable the spikes or teeth (a 2) and the parts (a 3) with
which the plates. (a) of the appliances illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. and
Figs. 7, 8 and 9. are provided may be dispensed with.
Instead of being provided with spikes or teeth (a') in the manner illustrated in
the accompanying drawings the plates (a) of appliances constructed according to
our invention may be roughened like rasps or be corrugated or roughened in any
other suitable manner, and in those appliances made according to our invention
which are provided with links to connect to the frames or plates applied to the
pickers the plates employed to bear upon the picking bands with which such
appliances are used, the links employed may be connected to or caused to bear in
any other suitable manner upon the parts with which they are employed instead
of being connected thereto by studs in the manner illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
We are aware that there have heretofore been provided appliances in which
wedge-like bodies provided with spikes or teeth have been employed and also
appliances in which spiked or toothed or other rollers mounted in inclined slots and
excentrics provided with teeth or spikes have been employed but such appliances
hitherto provided have been defective and inconvenient in that they have either
failed to securely hold the picking bands to the pickers to which such appliances
bave been applied or there having been provided no sufficient means by which the
excessive closing of such appliances upon the picking bauds with which they have
been used or the excessive relative movement of the parts of such appliances while
in use could be resisted and thus such appliances have often become difficult or
impossible to unfasten or remove unbroken from the pickers and picking-bands to
which they have been applied and have often become broken while in use and have
caused an excessive pressure to be exerted upon the parts of the picking-bands
held therein and so caused such picking bands to be rapidly worn out and cut
through at such parts. In the appliances constructed according to our invention
the plates (a) are of such form that each of such plates presents a large area to
exert pressure upon the picking band with which it is employed..and thus there.is
an equally large area of picking band which can. exert upon such plate a reaction
resisting to an adequate extent the tendency of the said plate to be pressed
closely upon and into engagement with the said picking band. The appliances
constructed according to our invention therefore do not become unduly tightened
upon the picking bands with which they are employed and therefore can always be
easily unfastened and removed uninjured from the pickers to which they have been
more

page_text: applied and also cause little or no injury to the picking bands in conjunction with
which they are employed. The appliances constructed according to our invention
are thus convenient in application to and removal from pickers; reliable and
durable and tend to promote economy in the use of picking bands.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. In an appliance for fastening a picking band of a loom to the picker used
therewith a plate (a) which is mounted upon a stud secured in a plate or frame
mounted upon the picker and is caused to bear when the appliance is in use upon
the picking band to be fastened thereby to the picker and is provided with
spikes or teeth or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner at
the part intended to bear upon the picking band and is for the purposes and
substantially in the manner hereinbefore described in reference to the accom-
panying drawings, so formed and disposed in relation to the stud upon which it
is mounted that while when one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part of the
roughened or corrugated portion of the said plate has or have been brought into
engagement with the picking-band a pull.exerted upon such picking band in the
direction of the movement made by the picker in driving a shuttle across the
loom in which it is employed will tend to cause the said plate to more firmly
secure the picking band, the resistance offered by the picking band to the turning
of the said plate shall suffice to prevent such plate from being unduly pressed upon
the picking band.
2. In an appliance for fastening a picking band of a loom to the picker used
therewith a plate (a) which is mounted upon a stud secured in a plate or frame
mounted upon the picker and is caused to bear when the appliance is in use upou
the picking band to be fastened thereby to the picker and is provided with spikes
or teeth or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner at the part
intended to bear upon the picking band and is provided with a part by means
of which it may be readily turned to release the picking hand and is provided with
a part or parts or spike or tooth or spikes or teeth which being pressed more firmly
upon or into the picking band during the earlier part of the turning of such plate
in the direction for releasing such picking band will prevent such picking band
from being accidentally released and is for the purposes and substantially in the
manner bereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings so
formed and disposed in relation to the stud upon which it is mounted that while
when one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part of the roughened or corrugated
portion of the said plate has or have been brought into engagement with the
picking band a pull upon such picking band in the direction of the movement
made by the picker in driving a shuttle across the loom in which it is employed
will tend to cause the said plate to more firmly secure the picking band, the
resistance offered by the picking band to the turning of the said plate shall
suffice to prevent such plate from being unduly pressed upon the picking band.
3. In an appliance for fastening a picking band of a loom to the picker used
therewith a plate (a) which is connected to or formed upon a link or links
connected to a plate or frame mounted upon the picker and is caused to bear
when the appliance is in use upon the picking band to be fastened thereby to
the picker and is provided with spikes or teeth or corrugated or roughened in
any other suitable manner at the part intended to bear upon the picking band
and is for the purposes and substantially in the manner hereinbefore described
in reference to the accompanying drawings so disposed in relation to the part
about which the said link or links may turn that while when one or more of the
spikes or teeth or a part of the roughened or corrugated portion of the said
plate bas or have been brought into engagement with the picking band a pull
upon such picking band in the direction of the movement made by the picker in
driving a shuttle across the loom in which it is employed will tend to cause the

page_text: said plate to more firmly secure the picking band, the resistance offered by the
picking band to the movement of the said plate shall suffice to prevent such
plate from being unduly pressed upon the said picking band.
4. In an appliance for fastening a picking band of a loom to the picker used
therewith a plate (a) which is mounted upon a stud secured in an arm or link or
arms or links connected by means of a stud or other suitable means to a plate or
frame mounted upon the picker and is caused to bear when the appliance is in use
upon the picking band to be fastened thereby to the picker and is provided with
spikes or teeth or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner at the
part intended to bear upon the picking band and is for the purposes and
substantially in the manner hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings so formed and disposed in relation to the stud upon which it is
mounted that while when one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part of the
roughened or corrugated portion of the said plate has or have been brought into
engagement with the picking band a pull exerted upon such picking band in the
direction of the pull which is exerted upon such picking band while the picker is
driving a shuttle across the loom in which it is employed will tend to cause the said
plate to more firmly press and secure the picking band against a plate mounted
upon the said arm or link or arms or links the resistance offered by the picking
band to the turning of the said plate shall suffice to prevent such plate from being
unduly pressed upon the said picking band.
5. In an appliance for fastening a picking band of a loom to the picker used
therewith a plate (a) which is mounted upon a stud secured in an arm or link or
arms or links connected by means of a stud or other suitable means to a plate or
frame mounted upon the picker and is caused to bear when the appliance is in use
upon the picking band to be fastened thereby to the picker and is provided with
spikes or teeth or corrugated or roughened in any other suitable manner at the
part intended to bear upon the picking band and is provided with a part by means
of which it may be readily turned to release the picking band and is provided with
a part or parts or spike or tooth or spikes or teeth which being pressed more
firmly upon or into the picking band during the earlier part of the turning of such
plate in the direction for releasing such picking band will prevent such picking
band from being accidentally released and is for the purposes and substantially in
the manner herein before described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings
so formed and disposed in relation to the stud upon which it is mounted that while
when one or more of the spikes or teeth or a part of the roughened or corrugated
portion of the said plate has or bave been brought into engagement with the
picking band a pull upon such picking band in the direction of the pull which is
exerted upon such picking band while the picker is driving a shuttle across the loom
in which it is employed will tend to cause the said plate to more firmnly press and
secure the picking band against a plate mounted upon the said arm or link or arms
or links, the resistance offered by the picking band to the turning of the said plate
shall suffice to prevent such plate from being unduly pressed upon the said picking
band.
Dated this Fifth day of November 1895.
HOWARD CHEETHAM,
Manchester, Agent to the Applicants.