Improvements in or Connected with Brakes, Stop Rod, Bracket for Spring Handle, Heater, Guide Bracket, Loose Reed Fastener Arrangement, and Strap Fork for Looms.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Dec., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 23rd Feb., 1889
Improvements in or Connected with Brakes, Stop Rod, Bracket for
Spring Handle, Heater, Guide Bracket, Loose Reed Fastener
Arrangement, and Strap Fork for Looms.
I THOMAS SINGLETON of Bank Top Works, Darwen in the county of Lancaster,
Machine Maker, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as follows:-
My improved brake wheel, I make the braking surface of a V form, and the brake
shoes to correspond.
My improved brake, I employ an ordinary lever pivotted below the brake wheel;
on the part projecting beyond the pivot, I hinge or pivot a clip shoe, which when put
on, clips or engages with the brake wheel at its two outer points: the clip has a
tension spring attached to keep it clear of the wheel, and has a swivel joint. This
clip can be applied to any system of brake wheel, either flat, surfaced, grooved, or
of V form, the bracket carrying the brake lever is made so that the lever can be
dropped into its bearings, and dispense with studs and boring.
Improved stop rod, I construct my stop or wing rod of cast malleable iron or steel,
and so dispense with welding; strengthening necks or bosses are formed at intervals
on the rods to strengthen it, the duck bill being altered in form to suit the positions
of the wings; the wings or holders for reed case being bolted on to the stop rod wings
so as to be easily regulated.
Also the finger for operating upon the spring handle of the loom is bolted on to
one of the wings of the stop rod in a similar manner; for regulating same, I attach
a new form of bracket to the spring handle without notches or grooves with an incline
on its underside in the heater form so that when working, the finger runs on the
underside of the incline of the heater bracket, when the shuttle fails to box, the reed
case is given motion to, so as to raise the finger above the point of the heater, and
rides on the top incline of the heater and cannot escape without knocking off the
spring handle; or a bracket is brought from the slay sword, to which is pivotted an
inclined lever, passing towards the stop rod wing, a fixed finger is attached to the
loom side or breast beam, so that as the slay comes forwards the incline of the lever
comes in contact with the fixed finger or bracket and raises it, bringing it in contact
with the wing of the stop rod, and so puts the pick in firm and secure.

page_text: Improved guide bracket, I construct my guide bracket for carrying the strap fork
lever shank, of two semicircular clips bolted together on the spring handle, the semi-
circular part carrying a bush through which is an eye for the strap fork lever shank,
the other end of the clips are secured together by a projection and recess, or by
a bolt.
New loose reed fastener arrangement, I attach a bracket to the slay, having a spring
and pivotted lever passing down towards the duck-bill bracket, on the breast beam is
an adjustable screw, on beating up, the lever comes in contact with the adjustable
screw attached to a spring from the breast beam, which pushes the lever on to the
duck bill, and retains the position until the pick is put in. Should the shuttle fail to
box, the duck bill is at liberty to rise clear of the lever, instead of the lever being
held forwards by the spring, it may be weighted.
Also my improved strap fork joint or pivot, I construct my pivot of cast malleable
iron or steel with a recess or hollow for an ordinary bolt, the pivot is turned down
like an ordinary stud, and a straight corresponding hole bored through the boss of the
strap fork, the underside of the stud rests upon a circular plate, the bolt securing them
together forms a cheap strap fork joint.
Dated this Twenty third day of March 1888
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
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page_text: igement.
Fig. 2. is a front elevation of loose reed fastener arrangement slightly modified.
Figs. 3 and 3" are end elevations in section of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4. is a front elevation of my improved brake applied to a brake wheel.
Fig. 5. is a plan of Fig. 4.
Figs. 4 and 5ª, are detached details of spring and lock nut.
Fig. 6. shows my improved stop rod.
Figs. 6ª and 6 are views of my improved form of duck bill and wings to be attached
to stop rod.
Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 are sections of stop rod and modified arrangement for
securing wings or duck bill thereto.
Figs. 12 and 13, show my improved stop rod bracket for facilitating the oiling
thereof.
Figs. 14 and 15 show my improved guide brackets and Figs. 16 and 17 show my
improved strap fork joint.
Fig. 18. shows new form of bracket for spring handle.
Figs. 1. 2. 3 and 3ª New loose reed fastener arrangement, I attach a bracket A to
the slay B having a spring C and pivotted lever D passing down towards the duck
bill H; on the breast beam E is an adjustable screw F, carrying a spring G ; on
beating up, the lever comes in contact with the spring G, of the adjustable screw F,
the spring being carried by the screw from the breast beam E which pushes the lever
onto the duck bill H, and retains this position until the pick is put in ; should the
shuttle fail to box, the duck bill is at liberty to rise clear of the lever.
Figs. 2, 3 and 3ª I attach to underside of slay B two or more fixed or dead
brackets A, to which I fix a rod or shaft N, to work in the above brackets A, and to
which I apply two or more levers D; D₁ is an inclined lever upon the said rod which
comes in contact with a tumbler K pivotted to a bracket L which is bolted to the
breast beam E, and has a regulating stud and bowl G², fixed in the same to rest the
tumbler K.
The slay coming forward, the inclined lever D¹ acts upon the tumbler K, relieves
the lever D on the rod from the duck bills H, in case a shuttle should be caught in

page_text: the shed, to allow the reed case to fall back, and the reed to be at liberty. When the
loom is working alright the inclined lever D₁ coming in contact with the tumbler K,
allows the lever D to fall back upon the duck bills H, and so puts the pick in firm and
secure, and retains their position by the tumbler giving way when the slay recedes,
so as to allow the reed to be firm all the way round, until it comes in contact again
with the tumbler thus dispensing with organ handle and bow spring.
I attach a stud N¹ to one part of the slay-board, to which I fix a small lever P, to
which I attach the connecting rod R from the lever D to one end of the aforesaid
lever P; to the other end of the lever is a spring S connected with the reed case (by
means of the lever L, duck bill H, which is attached to wing of stop rod) so as to form
a tension on the reed case, and the lever L or stop rod and shaft N, one spring serving
both purposes.
At the other end of the lever L is a stud or projection L' which when the reed is
pushed back, the stud or projection L' is lowered and comes in contact with a
projection on the spring handle and knocks off the loom.
Figs. 4. 4, 5 and 54, My improved brake which consists of an ordinary lever A,
pivotted at B, below the brake wheel on the part projecting beyond the pivot.
I hinge or pivot a clip shoe E which when put on clips or engages with the brake
wheel at its two outer points F, F, the clip has a tension spring G and lock nut D,
attached to keep it clear of the wheel; the clip has a swivel joint and can be applied
to any brake wheel either flat, surfaced, or grooved, the bracket carrying the brake
lever is made so that the lever can be dropped into its bearing, and dispense with
studs and boring.
Figs. 6, 6 and 6º, Improved stop rod, I construct my stop or wing rod A of cast
malleable iron or steel, and so dispense with welding strengthening; necks or bosses B
are formed at intervals on the rods to strengthen it, the duck bill being altered in
form to suit the positions of the wings C, the wings or holders D for the reed case
being bolted on to the stop rod wings, so as to be easily regulated. Also the finger
for operating upon the spring handle is bolted on to one of the wings of the stop rod,
in a similar manner for regulating same.
Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, are details of clips S for securing wings to stop
rod A.
Figs. 12 and 13 show new form of bracket for stop rod joint to facilitate oiling,
A is a groove for the reception of the oil, holes being bored from it to the neck or
joint of the stop rod.
Figs. 14 and 15, Improved guide bracket, I construct my guide bracket for carrying
the strap fork lever shank, of two semicircular clips A, bolted together on the spring
handle B, the semicircular part carrying a parallel bush C, through which is an eye
for the strap fork lever-shank E, the other ends of the clips are secured together by
a projection and recess or by a bolt F, to the spring handle B.
Figs. 16 and 17, also show my improved strap fork joint or pivot, I construct my
pivot G of cast iron with a recess or hollow for an ordinary bolt H, the pivot is
turned down like an ordinary stud and a straight corresponding hole bored through
the boss K of the strap fork, the underside of the stud rests upon a circular plate L,
the bolt securing them together forms a cheap strap fork joint.
Fig. 18. shows a new form of bracket M attached to the spring handle B without
notches or grooves in the heater form, so that when working the finger runs on the
underside of the incline of the heater bracket, when the shuttle fails to box the reed
case is given motion so as to raise the finger above the point of the heater and rides
on the top incline of the heater and cannot escape without knocking off the spring
handle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed i declare that
what I claim is
1. My improved loose reed fastener arrangements substantially as shown and
decaih

page_text: 2. Improved brake rod with clip operating upon the brake wheel substantially as
shown and described.
3. Improved stop or wing rod with wings or holders for reed case, as shown and
described.
4. The methods of securing duck bill and wings to the stop rod, as shown and
described.
5. The combination of the guide bracket for strap fork lever and strap fork lever
joint, substantially as shown and described.
6. Improved means for facilitating the oiling of the stop rod bracket in combina-
tion with improved stop rod and loose reed arrangement substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 21st day of December 1000.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicant.