Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 19th July, 1897-Accepted, 2nd Oct, 1897
I, FRANZ LOUIS WACHTLER, of the Firm of, The "Rheinische Webstuhlfabrik," late
Burtscheidt, Ulrici and Company, of Dilken, Germany, do hereby declare the nature
of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
Most of the temple arrangements hitherto used have the great defect that the
parts through which the temple and temple rod are arranged to slide freely are rigidly
connected with the breast beam. Where guiding pins or adjustable iron rods are
used, they all have the defect that as soon as the shuttle happens to be accidentally
jammed in the shed immediately in front of such guiding pins or rods, the shuttle or
the reed is certain to be forthwith destroyed.
Attempts have already been made to remedy these defects by new temple
contrivances, but on account of their faulty construction they have not been generally
adopted. In the temple arrangement constructed according to this invention the
component parts are placed between the batten and the warp beam, are free to slide,
and are so arranged that in case a shuttle was jammed in any part of the shed it can
be readily drawn back throughout the shed or travel of the shuttle, without causing
the temple arrangement to be clamped or held fast. Furthermore the spring power
whereby the temple is forcibly held fast in its normal position, can be conveniently
regulated in my new or improved temple; the temple can be immediately brought in
close proximity to or removed from the reed by means of a suitable set screw and
finally the temple can be rapidly and with the greatest accuracy fixed upon each width
of shed required..
Figure 1 shows inside view the new temple device applied to the loom which is
shown in section on line c d of Figure 2.
Figure 2 is a plan of the loom, the batten being omitted.
Figure 3 illustrates the mode of fixing the flat temple rod, and
Figure 4 illustrates the mode of fixing the round temple rod to the rod.
The adjustable iron guides 1 arranged, at each side of the loom, upon the breast
beam a as shown in Figures 1 and 2 are furnished at the parts marked x with recesses
wherein enter the rods 2 which are thus free to turn therein. The rods are pressed
against the set screws 5 by means of the screws 3 secured to the iron guides 1, and
upon which are coiled spiral springs 4, the rods being thus properly connected with
the said guides. At the upper ends of the rods 2 are fixed the temple holders 7,
provided with the temples 6; cylindrical holders being fixed in position by the screw
hooks or bearings 8 and the adjustable wedges 9 (Figure 4), while flat holders are
attached by the screw hooks or bearings 10 and the adjustable wedges 11 (Figure 3).
Should it occur that a shuttle was jammed between the reed and the temple 6, the
temple is brought into the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 2, the shuttle
is disengaged and the temples are immediately returned by the spring 4 into their
normal position. The removal of the temples 6 from the reed is regulated by the set
screw 5 secured to the guides 1 and the tension of the spring 4 is regulated by the
two nuts mounted on the spring screw 3. It should be mentioned that the mechanism
consisting of the guiding iron 1, the rod 2, the spring 4 with the screw 3, the set
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page_text: screw 5 and the corresponding screw hooks with adjustable wedges need not be placed
at each side of the loom, but it may be placed in the centre of the looms according
to requirements; that further all kinds and constructions of looms can be equipped
with such temples, and that finally in some cases the temple 6 can be slightly
displaced in the direction of the arrow 13 in the foremost position of the batten by
merely fitting a small set screw 15 upon the batten beam 14.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
alaim is
A temple device, wherein the temple holders are fixed by screw threaded hooks or
bearings (8 and 10) and are firmly held and properly connected in the position required
by an adjustable spring 4 and a set screw 5 and released whenever the shuttle is
stuck fast or jammed in order to prevent breakages of any part of the mechanism.
Dated this 17th day of July 1897
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.