Year: 1897

page_text: I YOUNG JAMES FIELDEN, of Miller Farin, Walsden, near Todmorden, in the County
of York, Picker Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to make pickers such as are used in looms for
weaving from one piece of buffalo hide in a more simple economical and efficient
manuer than heretofore.
For the purposes of my invention I take a rectangular strip of hide, say, about
nine inches long by about three and a half inches wide for a double faced picker for
an ordinary loom, and I double or fold this strip transversely into three, the inner
end fitting closely into the interior of one fold and the outer end being somewhat
below the odge of the other or outer fold.
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Through this last fold I place a metal manndrel of the size of the spindle, and I then
pinch the central portion (say about one third of the width) between two flat dies or
jaws, and by means of two other movable dies acting endwise against the edges
of the hide I " upset or thicken the portions projecting beyond the flat dies or
jaws, thereby making a broader face at each end (say about one inch) and reducing
the length from face to face to about (say) two and a half inches. At the same time
I press the lower edge upwards at each end by another die or dies thus shortening the
faces and leaving a central "foot" projecting downwards about three quarters of an
inch in the centre.
I then fix the whole firmly together by metal staples or rivets driven through
and clinched or headed near the front and the back, and finally I cut out a slot
through the central portion below the spindle hole for the picker band or “tug” to
pass through.
To lessen friction on the spindle I also sometimes cut out another alot in a line
with the centre of the spindle.
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In making a single faced picker I proceed in a similar manner, but I only "upset
or thicken one edge and pinch all the rest flat, and I form the "foot "preferably at
the rear edge furthest from the face instead of at the centre.
And in some cases, especially for pickers of a larger size (snch for example as those
used in "jute" looms) may make the strip of hide longer and fold it in four, or
I may use a filling piece if required, but for ordinary use such as in "calico" looms
and the like I prefer to make the improved picker from a single strip threefold as
first above described.

page_text: Партогощение
I YOUNG JAMES FIELDEN, of Miller Farm, Walsden, near Todmorden, in the
County of York, Pioker Maker, 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 make pickers, such as are used in looms for
weaving, from one piece of buffalo hide in a more simple, economical and efficient
manner than heretofore.
The nature of my said invention will be readily understood on reference to the two
sheets of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation thereof.
For the purposes of my invention I take a rectangular strip of hide, say, about nine
inches long by about three and half inches wide (for a double-faced picker for an
ordinary loom) and I double or fold this strip transversely into three (as shown at
Fig. 1 on Sheet 1 of the drawings) the inner end a fitting more or less closely into
the interior of one fold, and the outer end b being somewhat below the edge of the
other or outer fold.
Through this last fold I place a metal maundrel b' of the size of the spindle, and
I then pinch the central portion from c to d between two flat dies or jaws e and f (say
about one third of the width as seen in plan view or horizontal section at Fig. 2) the
outer portion of the dies being formed with recesses g and g', and by means of two
other movable dies h and h¹ acting endwise against the edges of the hide, I upset' or
thicken the outer projecting portions into the said recesses (as shown at Fig. 3)
thereby inaking a broader face at each end (say about one inch) and reducing the
length from face to face to about (say) two inches and three quarters, recesses or
holes being made in the faces of the dies and ¹ to receive the ends of the
maundrel bas shown at Fig. 2.
At the same time I press the lower edge upwards at each end by another die or
dies (as shown in front elevation at Fig. 4 and side view at Fig. 5) thus shortoning
the faces and leaving a central "foot" projecting downwards in a curved form (sec
also side view of the finished picker Fig. 6).
This method of folding and pressing the foot forms an important part of my
invention. I prefer to reduce the thickness of the foot by plates or like parts e¹ f¹
on the dies e, f.
I then fix the whole firmly together by metal staples or rivets (Fig. 6) driven
through and clinched or headed, and finally I cut out a slot m through the central
portion below the spindle hole for the picker band or tug to pass through, and to
lessen friction on the spindle I also sometimes cut out another slot n in a line with
the centre of the spindle. This slot n I prefer to cut out immediately after folding
up the buffalo hide.
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In making a single faced picker I proceed in a similar manner, but I only "upset"
or thicken one edge and pinch all the rest flat, and I form the "foot" preferably at
the rear edge furthest from the face, instead of at the centre (as shown in Fig. 9).
In some cases, especially for pickers of a larger size (such for example as those used
in jute looms, see Sheet 2 of the drawings) I may make the strip of hide longer and
fold it in four at the upper part as shown at Fig. 7, or I may use a filling piece (as
shown at o Fig. 8 or otherwise) if required, but for ordinary use, such as in calico
looms and the like, I prefer to make the improved picker from a single strip,
three fold, as first above described, when the hide can be obtained of a sufficiently
uniform thickness,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The improvements in the manufacture of pickers for looms by cutting,
folding, pressing, and wiring or revetting the buffalo hide substantially in the manner
herein before described and illustrated by the drawings annexed; and Secondly I
claim the method described of forming the "foot "ou a folded picker of the class
indicated.
Dated this 3rd day of September 1897.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.