Improvements in Looms for Weaving Turkish Towels and other Terry Fabrics.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Nov.,
1895
Complete Sanaification Loft 26th Ave 1806 Accented 3rd Oct.. 1896
Date of Application, 27th Nov., 1895
Complete Specification Loft, 26th Aug 1806-Accepted, 3rd Oct.. 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Looms for Weaving Turkish Towels and other
Terry Fabrics.
We, JOSEPH DUGDALE Junior, of Soho Foundry, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, and RICHARD TALBOT, of the same address, Mechanic,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to improvements in looms for weaving Turkish towels and
other terry fabrics and the object of our invention is to weave such fabrics in a
modified construction of an ordinary loose reed loom.
In applying our invention to an ordinary loose reed loom we secure upon a shaft
a tappet made so that say at every third pick when weaving a terry with three
picks to the round the tappet acts upon and moves a lever secured upon a short
shaft carried by brackets secured to the breast beam or other part of the frame.
On the short shaft is secured a wedge shaped or inclined finger which lies opposite
the ordinary duck bill which is secured to a bracket fastened to the stop rod carried
by the lathe.
In operation at every third or other pick when the tappet moves the lever and
so turns the short shaft and raises the wedge shaped or inclined finger the duck
bill passes beneath the finger and the weft is beaten up by the lathe; at the next
two or other picks the tappet does not move the lever and the duck bill rides over
the inclined finger thus raising the duck bill and moves the reed and prevents it
beating up these two or other picks which form the terry; at the next pick the
tappet moves the lever which turns the shaft and raises the inclined finger so that
the duck bill passes under it and the reed beats up the three or other number
of picks.
In order to throw out of gear the terry motion when weaving the border of a
towel, or for weaving plain goods, we secure upon the short shaft a small lever
which has secured to its free end a hook or equivalent so that by depressing the
lever and hooking it on to the taking up roller or fixed part of the loom, the shaft
is turned sufficiently to allow the duck bill to pass beneath the inclined finger.
As an alternative we dispense with the short shaft and inclined finger and in its
stead employ the ordinary stationary inclined finger attached to the breast beam; a
bracket is attached to the rear portion of the duck bill and this bracket is connected
to one end of a lever pivoted on the loom frame and the other end is connected
say by a spring or other suitable connection to a jack of the dobby which is arranged
to allow the duck bill to ride over the stationary inclined finger twice or other
number of times in order to move the reed back without beating up the weft and
then at the following pick to cause the duck bill to pass under the inclined finger
while the reed and lathe beat up the three or other number of picks.
In the first arrangement in place of a tappet we might employ the dobby to
actuate the movable finger and in the second arrangement we might employ a
tappet instead of the dobby to actuate the duck bill.
Dated this 26th day of November 1895..
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
Agents for Applicants!

page_text: Improvements in Looms for Weaving Turkish Towels and other
Terry Fabrics.
We, JOSEPH DUGDALE Junior, of Soho Foundry, Blackburn, in the County of
Lancaster, Machine Maker, and RICHARD TALBOT, of the same address, Mechanic,
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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in looms for weaving Turkish towels and
other terry fabrics and the object of our invention is to weave such fabrics in a
modified construction of an ordinary loose reed loom.
In applying our invention to an ordinary loose reed loom we secure upon a shaft
a tappet made so that say at every third pick when weaving a terry with three
picks to the round the tappet acts upon and moves a lever secured upon a short
shaft carried by brackets secured to the breast beam or other part of the frame.
On the short shaft is secured a wedge shaped or inclined finger which lies opposite
the ordinary duck bill which is secured to a bracket fastened to the stop rod carried
by the lathe.
In the accompanying drawing-
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation and Fig. 2 a plan of so much of a loose reed loom
as is necessary to illustrate our improvements.
In these views, a designates the ordinary tappet shaft, b the twill tappet shaft
driven therefrom, c the tappet secured on the shaft b, d the lever fixed on the
shafte which is carried in the brackets f secured to the breast beam g; the
wedge or inclined finger on the shaft e on which is also fixed a small lever or
handle i, k the ordinary duck bill secured to the bracket fixed on the stop rod m,
carried by the swords n of the lathe o, p the loose reed and g the loose reed case.
In operation at every third or other pick when the tappet c moves the lever d and
so turns the short shaft e and raises the wedge shaped or inclined finger / the duck
bill passes beneath the finger h and the weft is beaten up by the lathe 0 ; at the
next two or other picks the tappet c does not move the lever d and the duck bill k
rides over the inclined finger thus raising the duck bill k and so withdrawing the
bracket from the back of the loose reed case q thereby preventing the reed p. from
beating up these two or other picks which form the terry; at the next pick the
tappet c moves the lever d which turns the shaft e and raises the inclined finger h
so that the duck bill k passes under it and so locks the bracket and the reed p
beats up the three or other number of picks.
In order to throw out of gear the terry motion when weaving the border of a
towel, or for weaving plain goods, we depress the lever i and hook it on to a catch r
on the taking up rollers or fixed part of the loom so that the shaft e is turned
sufficiently to allow the duck bill k to pass freely beneath the inclined finger h.
In place of the tappet c we might employ the dobby to actuate by suitable
connections the movable finger h in a similar manner to that already described.
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 combination with the loose reed p, bracket and duck bill k, of the
wedge shaped finger and the means herein shown and described or equivalen
means for moving said finger substantially as and for the purposes specified.

page_text: 2. The general arrangement and combination of parts embodying our improve-
ments in looms for weaving Turkish towels and other terry fabrics substantially as
herein set forth.
Dated this 25th day of August 1896.
H. B. BARLOW & GILLETT,
17 St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for Applicants.