AN IMPROVEMENT IN POWER LOOMS
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Charlesworth, of Cross Pipes, Denby Dale,
near Huddersfield, in the County of York, Power Loom Tuner, for
the Invention of "AN IMPROVEMENT IN POWER LOOMS."
Sealed the 3rd June 1873, and dated the 11th January 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Charlesworth at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th January 1873.
I, GEORGE CHARLESWORTH, of Cross Pipes, Denby Dale, near
5 Huddersfield, in the County of York, Power Loom Tuner, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN POWER
Looms," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to a very simple and effective improvement in
power looms, the object being to cause the loom to work with more
steadiness and precision than heretofore, and by its adoption cheapness
combined with more durability will be attained.

page_text: The Invention consists in the substitution of a movable iron or steel
bar or picking rod for driving the shuttles in power looms (or in hand
looms, which are fast going out of usė), in lieu of the leather picking
strap or rod now used, and in the adition of an iron or steel hook to that
part to which the leather rod hitherto in use is bolted, on which the
movable iron or steel rod is hung by an eye therein at one end to enable
it to work with more ease, and further in connecting the said movable
rod to the usual wooden arm or rod which conveys the motive power to
the rods (of which there is one at each end of the loom) which propel
the shuttles backwards and forwards so as to provide and act as a guard
in case of accident.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said George Charlesworth in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 11th July 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
CHARLESWORTH, of Cross Pipes, Denby Dale, near Huddersfield, in the
County of York, Power Loom Tuner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of January, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said George Charlesworth, Her special licence
that I, the said George Charlesworth, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said George Charlesworth, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
thorcin expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT
IN POWER LOOMS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said George Charlesworth, my executors or administrators, by an in-
strument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said In-
vention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and

page_text: Thirdly. The connection of the rod 1 to the usual wooden rod 7.
And lastly. The combination thereof, all as and for the purposes above
described, and as shewn on the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Charlesworth, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
And lastly. The combination thereof, all as and for the purposes w
described, and as shewn on the accompanying Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Charlesworth, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Eighth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.
GEORGE CHARLESWORTH. (L.S.)