Improvements in Lome Guarus,
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 12th June, 1895-Accepted, 13th July, 1895.
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Improvements in Lome Guarus,
We, THOMAS SOWERBUTTS and JOHN WATSON of Cotton Street, Accrington,
in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of this.
invention to be as follows:-—
This invention is designed to provide a simple and effective shuttle guard, which
will answer as an entire preventive of shuttles "flying out," and at the same time
will not obstruct the weaver in his duties.
The shuttle guard consists of a rod extending across the sley cap or hand rail,
and having its ends bent at right angles. The sley cap is bored through with two
inclined holes on each side, into which fit loosely the bent ends of the shuttle
guard, which are prevented from slipping out from the sley cap by two pins or
nuts, fitted on to the ends of the guard, at the back of the sley cap.
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The guard is put in or out of action by hand.
When the weaver is setting on the loom, and he desires the rod to act as a
shuttle guard, he presses it down by hand, or it may fit sufficiently loose as to fall
by gravity, when it will occupy an inclined position over the shed, and prevent the
possibility of the shuttle flying out. To take up ends the weaver simply presses
the shuttle guard or rod up the inclined holes formed in the sley cap.
If desired, a catch arrangement may be provided near the centre of the sley,
having two indents or grooves, into which the guard or rod falls in its extreme
positions.
Dated this 24th day of April 1895.
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F. RICHMOND,
12, Standish Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.
Improvements in Loom Shuttle Guards.
We, THOMAS SOWERBUTTS and JOHN WATSON of Cotton Street, Accrington,
in the County of Lancaster, Machinists, 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 :-
This invention is designed to provide a simple and effective shuttle guard, which
will answer as a preventive of shuttles flying out, and at the same time will not
obstruct the weaver in his duties.
The shuttle guard consists of a rod extending across the slay cap or hand rail,
and having its ends bent at right angles, or held by a split pin at each end. The
slay cap is bored through with an inclined hole on each side, into which fit loosely
the bent ends or pins of the shuttle guard, which are prevented from slipping out.
from the slay cap by two pins or nuts, fitted on to the ends of the guard, at the
back of the slay cap.
The guard is put in or out of action by hand.
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When the weaver is setting on the loom, and he desires the rod to act as a
shuttle guard, he presses it down by hand, or it may fit sufficiently loose as to fall
he gravity when it will occupy an inclined position over the shed, and prevent all

page_text: tendency of the shuttle flying out. To take up ends the weaver simply presses the
shuttle guard or rod up the inclined holes formed in the slay cap.
If desired a catch arrangement may be provided near the centre of the slay,
having two indents or grooves, into which the guard or rod falls in its extreme
positions.
In the accompanying drawings, Fig. I is a front elevation of the slay of a loom
with our improved arrangement of shuttle guard attached.
A is the slay; B the slay cap or handrail, fitted with the shuttle guard or rod C,
constructed in accordance with our invention. Instead of having both ends of
the guard or rod bent at right angles as described in our Provisional Specification,
we find it advantageous to have only one end D of the guard so bent, which is
pushed through a hole in the slay cap B at the required angle, and prevented from
slipping out by a pin or nut. At the opposite side of the slay cap, we fit on the
free extremity of the guard or rod C, a rod E, having an eye or loop, which when
got in position is pushed through another inclined hole in the hand rail and
secured by a pin or nut. This arrangement permits of the ready adjustment of
the shuttle guard in the holes, and it will be a matter of little importance if the
inclined,holes in the slay cap are not made perfectly true. In some cases both
ends D and E may be adjustably arranged as just described. In order to prevent
side movement, the rod E may be held in position by rubber rings or washers
placed on each side of it.
The guard is shewn in dotted lines in this view as having been pushed down the
holes in the slay cap as far as it will go, so as to prevent shuttles flying out, and
it is prevented from coming out altogether by the said pins or nuts at its
extremities.
Figs. 2 and 3 are end elevations of the slay with the rod or guard fixed. In
Fig. 2, the rod E is distinctly shewn with its loop slipped on the end of the
guard C for holding it in position. It is then pushed through the inclined holes in
the slay cap. At the other end, the guard or rod may be bent at right angles.or
held by split pins, and pushed through a similar hole. The rod E may be formed
of doubled half round wire as shewn in Fig. 3, so as to be tightened at any time in
the hole in which it slides.
In some cases the guard or rod or its bent and adjustable extremities may
be curved or otherwise formed, so as to be more serviceable for the purposes
intended.
When in its extreme positions, the guard may be locked by the spring F with
two indentations, into which the guard springs when moved backwards and
forwards.
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. The improved construction and arrangement of shuttle guard, consisting of
the rod C, with its ends bent at right angles held by nuts or pins, and fitting.into
holes bored in the slay cap, substantially as shewn and described for the purpose
set forth,
2. In combination with our improved shuttle guard, the. loose rod E having a
loop at the end, by means of which the guard is adjustable to any degree, or the
modification thereof of split pins or rods to hold the shuttle guard, substantially as
described.
3. Forming holes in the slay cap for the reception of a shuttle guard in an
inclined position, substantially as shewn and described.
Dated this 5th day of June 1895.
F. RICHMOND,
12, Standish Street, Burnley, Agent for the Applicants.