Year: 1897

page_text: I, IGNACY MACIEJOWSKI, of Zawiercie, Government Petrikau, Poland, Russia,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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The object of the present invention is a new kind of weaver's shuttle, character-
ized by the pirn being placed, not from above, but at the side which is turned
towards the weaver, and by the opening through which the thread is drawn being
substituted by two spring hooks, placed in a proper way, in which the thread is
easily and simply fixed with the hand and not as with the ordinary shuttles where
it is necessary to use the mouth.
The pirn, as usual, is placed on a spring axle but this latter opens at the side of
the front side of the shuttle, the weaver put his finger into a slot at the back part
of the shuttle and presses upon the free extremity of the axle. When the pirn is
fixed, he draw out a little thread and turns it easily and quickly around two
spring hooks; now he has but to place, with the left hand, the end of the thread
on the outside hook and when he has placed, with the thumb of the right hand the
thread in the hole under the interior hook, he has but to draw the extremity of
the thread; the thread then slips of its own accord; lowering the spring hooks and
the shuttle is thus ready for use.
The upper side, as well as the lower side of the shuttle is not provided with
openings; on the surface of the upper side are two grooves which serve to avoid
the slipping of the fingers when the shuttle is moved with the hand, The hooks
are covered, on the side of the pirn, with a small piece of wood stuck to the inside
of the shuttle, which prevents the thread from getting entwined at the ends of
the hooks. A piece of sheet-iron or a wire properly bent may answer the same
purpose..
Such a construction of the shuttle relieves the spinner from drawing the thread
with the mouth and at the same time from inhaling the dust which gathers in
the side opening, morcover the threading of the shuttle is more easily operated' with
the system described above.
Besides, such a shuttle, being furnished with three full sides, is much more
durable than the ordinary shuttles and in the same point of view, it offers this
advantage that the lower side, which is made of one piece, may be repaired by
laths as it wears away and may even be entirely substituted by a new board which
is quite impossible with the ordinary kind of shuttles.
... owl 1 Tano 1907
L. DUVINAGE,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: I, IGNACY MACIEJOWSKI, of Zawiercie, Government Petrikau, Poland, Russia,
Manufacturer, 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 present invention relates to shuttles and its object consists essentially to
provide means whereby the thread of the weft can be threaded without making
a slit or eyelet-hole in the front, or upper face of the shuttle, because the peg can
be turned down laterally.
The result of it is that the thread of the weft can be easily threaded through an
eyelet-hole (spring hooks) without it being necessary to draw the thread with the
mouth as it was the case hitlierto.
The annexed drawing shows a practical form of construction of the invention:
Fig. 1 is a front view of the shuttle.
Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same.
As shown in Fig. 3 an inner spring hook a and an outer one b are employed as
oyelet-hole to pass the thread through.
The spool is placed as usual on an elastic peg C which however is arranged to be
turned down to the front side of the shuttle. To remove the peg out of the
cavity of the shuttle, the weaver places the fingers in the slit A of the rear wall of
the shuttle and pushes on the free end of the peg. The spool being placed in
position, the weaver winds off a small end of thread and passes it very easily
through the hooks a and b which are provided with spring-shutters; for this effect,
he only needs to place the thread-end in the outer hook a with the right hand
and, after introducing the thread with the left hand thumb into the cavity of the
shuttle under the inner hook b, he has simply to draw the end of the thread. The
thread then slips by itself, while loosening the springs of the hooks in these hooks
and the shuttle is ready for use.
The hooks a and b (Fig. 3) are covered towards the spool with a small piece of
wood e fixed on the inner wall of the shuttle in order to prevent the thread to
entangle suddenly with the ends of the hooks. With the same view we may use
a band of sheet-iron or iron wire bent correspondingly.
With this arrangement of the shuttle the weaver is no longer obliged to draw
the thread with the mouth, inhaling at the same time all the dust, gathered
during the work, in the side opening and the shuttle, as described above, may be
threaded much more easily than hitherto. Moreover the shuttle, having on three
sides quite plain walls, is more solid than ordinary shuttles.
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:
:-
A weaver's shuttle provided with a threading-arrangement to allow the thread
to pass into said shuttle without making a slit or an eyelethole in the front or
upper face of this shuttle because the peg can be turned down laterally, thus
allowing the thread to be passed into an eyelethole formed by spring hooks, with-
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page_text: out it being necessary to draw the thread in by the mouth, substantially as and for
the purpose set forth.
DL: 00- 1000
L. DUVINAGE,
Patent Agent, 8, Rue des Princes, Brussels, Belgium.