Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers of Looms for Weaving.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 1st June, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1896-Accepted, 28th Mar., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers of Looms for
Weaving.
I, SAMUEL MOODY, Foreman, Leather Department, Falls Foundry, Belfast,
Ireland, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates more particularly to the class of pickers employed in under
pick looms, such pickers being made from a series of rectangular strips or layers of
leather or hide, stacked so as to constitute the required thickness of the completed
picker, and the invention consists of improved means of securing the several layers
together by means of rivets and staples, so that the folded or clenched ends of the
staples are concealed, and the outer face of the picker is smooth and even, and not
indented as was inseparable from the application and clenching of the staples as
heretofore.
In the manufacture of pickers according to this invention, a series of layers,
within one or more of the required number to complete the required thickness or
depth of picker, are secured together by means of a staple applied near each end of
the picker, and folded on or clenched firmly on the outer layer, the completing
layer or layers are then applied, and secured in position by rivets passed through
all the layers, so that the folded or clenched ends of the staples are covered and
concealed by the upper layer or layers, and a smooth exterior, and highly improved
finish and appearance is ensured.
Dated this 20th day of Mar 1895
BRIERLEY & HOWARD,
Penny Bank Chambers, Halifax, Agents for the Applicant. -
Improvements in the Manufacture of Pickers of Looms for
Weaving.
I, SAMUEL MOODY, Foreman, Leather Department, Falls Foundry, Belfast,
Ireland, 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 relates more particularly to the class of pickers employed in under
pick looms, such pickers being made from a series of rectangular strips or layers of
leather or hide, stacked so as to constitute the required thickness of the completed
picker; and the invention consists of improved means of securing the several layers
together by means of rivets and staples, so that the folded or clenched ends of the
staples are concealed, and the outer face of the picker is smooth and even, and not
indented as was inseparable from the application and clenching of the staples as
heretofore.
In the manufacture of pickers, according to this invention, a series of layers
within one or more of the required number to complete the required thickness or
depth of picker, are secured together by means of a staple applied near each end of

page_text: the picker, and folded on or clenched firmly on the outer layer: the completing
layer or layers are then applied, and secured in position by rivets passed through all
the layers, so that the folded or clenched ends of the staples are covered and
concealed by the upper layer or layers, and a smooth exterior and highly improved
finish and appearance is ensured.
Such being the nature and object of my said invention, the following is a
complete description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,
in which
Fig. 1 is a plan view of picker, the finishing layer not applied.
Fig. 2 is a side view in section, shewing the finishing layer applied.
Fig. 3 is, in section a similar view to Fig. 2, but the finishing layer pegged on.
Fig. 4 is a plan view of completed picker, shewing finishing layer end.
Fig. 5 is a plan view shewing the opposite face to Fig. 4.
The series of layers 1 to 7 are secured together by means of the staples A. B,
the head end C of which is pressed into the upper layer, so as to be flush and even
with, or slightly below the face of the layer 1; the other and free ends D. E of the
said staple are passed through the several layers, and folded upon and embedded
on and in layer 7, so as to be flush with the outer face of said layer.
The several rivets F. F may be passed through all the eight layers and finish
flush with the face of layer 8 as shewn at Fig. 2. Or the rivets may be passed
through and securing together seven layers only as shewn at Fig. 3, and the com-
pleting layer be secured in position by means of wooden pegs g such as used in
pegging boot and shoe soles.
Whether the rivets are passed through all the layers, or the completing layer is
secured in position by the pegs g as shewn, the folded and clenched ends D. E of
the staples are enclosed and covered by a completing layer or layers 8, and a smooth
exterior working surface is ensured, whereby less wear arises, and a highly improved
finish and appearance is given to the picker.
In the example illustrated by the drawings, eight layers comprise the completed
picker, but it will be understood that the number and size of layers vary according
to the size of picker required.
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 :-
In a picker, the major layers secured together by staples and rivets, the clenched
ends of the staples being embedded in one layer and enclosed by a completing layer
or layers attached to the major layers adapted and applied so as to cover and enclose
the clenched ends of the staples and ensure a smooth and even exterior as described
and illustrated by annexed drawings.
Dated this 19th day of February 1896