WEAVING PLAIN, OR FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS
Year: 1885

page_text: PORNO FOTOS.
We JOHN SOUTHWORTH of 82 Miles Street, Overlooker, RICHARD RABY
15 Elliot Street, Machanic, and JOHN ROBERT SMITH 83 Brackenbury Road Mill
Manager all of Preston in the County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of
our invention for WEAVING PLAIN, OR FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS, to be as follows:-
Our invention is a machine that stand on the top of a Loom, and is worked by
a crank at the end of the Loom, and regulated by pegged lattices, so as to rise any
stave, shaft, or shafts that may be required to work the patterns, or designs.
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The crank at the end of the Loom is connected to an arm which is keyed unto
a rocking shaft which is placed on the top of the machine in the centre of the
Loom, and the said arm is carried past the rocking shaft so far as to be able to
connect the knife, or bar, to press down the hooks to make the shed (or opening
through which the shuttle passes every pick) at both sides by means of a slot cut
out for that purpose by which means we can make a straight lift as required for
dooty borders, or taper lift as required for stave, or shaft work. The hooks which
hang down free are brought to their work by means of a back weight, which is
part of the hook, and is held back by means of a bell-weight constructed with
hen-leg so as to work one set of hooks direct by every other bell, or hen-leg
weight, and every other bell or hen-leg weight is set with hen-leg backer, and a
face put on which goes against a lance, or needle, which goes through the machine,
and work the reverse side hooks, and the same bell, or hen-leg weight rises, or fall
as the lattices are pegged for; the lattices are pegged double, and answers for both
sides. The hooks are suspended from the outer ends of a rocking beam, and in
the centre of the rocking beam is a hole which is placed on a child stud, on the
centre slide which presses down unto the top of the inner ends of the Jacks,
or treadles, lifts the outer ends of the Jacks, or treadles, which are connected by
heald cord, and thus forms the shed.
Now having described the nature of our invention and the manner in which
it is worked, we beg to say we claim as our invention the above named bell-weight
with hen-leg, also the hooks with back weights attached, also centre slide without
teeth, also Jacks or treadles without teeth.

page_text: Dobby or Shaft Machine for Weaving Fancy Textile Fabrics.
We JOHN SOUTHWORTH of 82 Miles Street, Overlooker, RICHARD RABY
15 Elliot Street Machanic, and JOHN ROBERT SMITH Mill Manager 85 Brackenbury
Road all of Preston in the County of Lancaster do hereby declare the nature of
our invention for WEAVING PLAIN OR FANCY TEXTILE FABRICS to be as follows
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The invention relates to dobbies, or machines for working staves, (or shafts) or
harness for producing all kinds of fancy textile fabrics, spots, checks, Drills,
twills, leno, doots, &c up to 18 staves or shafts which may be increased to
40 staves, or more, if required, and is worked in the following manner.
Fig. 1 in the accompanying drawing shows the machine standing on centre of
Loom. Fig. 2 shows sections for which we claim the sole right to use as our own
position, and invention 1 & la is the hook attached to the horizontal rocking
beam 2, on pivit 3 & 3a which is put in by the open recess 4 & 4a in hook 1 & 1a.
Beam 2 works on slide 5 on pivit 5a. Slide 5 is kept in vertical position by
pins 6 & 6a, and is brought down at point 56 on Jack 7, 7 at points 7a & 7a. The
same 7,7 is held in position by pins 8, 8. N° 9 is lance or needle which works
hook 1, going through lance plate 15 and into grate 16 and is worked by bell, or
hen-leg weight 10.
No 11 bell or hen-leg weight being so constructed as to work book la direct.
The same bell or hen-leg weights are operated upon by pegged lattices working
over barrel 12 and kept in their position by pin 13.
Hooks & la are brought down by the bar, or knife 14 & 14a bringing one end
of the rocking beam 2 down, bringing with it slide 5 on inner ends of Jacks 7, 7
and raising the outer ends to which the healds are attached, thus getting an equal
shed at both sides of the loom. If the staves or shafts are required to stop up
more than one pick the reverse hook takes hold and works the rocking beam, thus
keeping the healds standing on the top.
The Jacks 7, 7 having strings at both ends lifts the healds straight, keeping
them in position, does not let them rub together, nor knock against the slay cap at
one end, or rub against the crank shaft at the other end.
The above machine may be worked by two sets of lattices instead of one by
reversing hook 1 on pivit 3, and knife bar 14, and taking away lance. 9 and
hen-leg weight 10 and substituting hen-leg weight 11 at reverse sides, and another
lattice barrel 12.
Or by taking away bell or hen-leg weight altogether, and hooks 1 & la, and
substituting wire hooks with back self springs hanging down from pivit 3 & 3a,
either of the above-will work in this machine, but we shall only use them when
specially required, and specify them in this our declaration to keep the same unto
ourselves.

page_text: We having now described the nature of our said invention, and the manner
in which it is to be operated upon declare that what we claim is
First. Hooks 1 fig. 2 both as to construction, and position.
Second. Slide 5 fig. 2 without teeth, or gear.
Third. Jacks 7 fig. 2 also without teeth, or gear.
Fourth. Bell or hen-leg weight 10 fig. 2.
Fifth. Bell or hen-leg weight 11 fig. 2.
JOHN SOUTHWORTH.
RICHARD RABY.
JOHN ROBERT SMITH.
Chas. Harvey, Agent.