A NEW AND USEFUL OR IMPROVED LOOM TEMPLE
Year: 1855

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Andrew Henshaw Ward, junior, of the State of
Massachusetts, of the United States of America, for the Invention of "A
NEW AND USEFUL OR IMPROVED LOOM TEMPLE."-A communication from
Jeremiah C. Tilton, of the State of New Hampshire, in the said United
States.
Sealed the 20th April 1855, and dated the 16th February 1855..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Andrew Henshaw Ward
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition on the
16th February 1855.
I, ANDREW HENSHAW WARD, jun, of the State of Massachusetts, of the
United States of America, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"A NEW AND USEFUL OR IMPROVED LOOM TEMPLE" to be as follows:-
Figure 1 denotes a top view of one of my improved temples and its shoe
or holder; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, such two Figures also
being made to exhibit the manner in which the temple is applied to the
selvage of a piece of cloth while the said clooth is being woven by a loom;
Figure 3 is a front end view of the temple; Figure 4, a rear end view of it;
Figure 5, a top view of the shoc or holder; and Figure 6, a vertical and
longitudinal section of the temple.
In the Drawings, A denotes what I term a serrated spring hook, it being
formed of a thin plate of steel or metal, and with its front end bent downward,
in the form of a hook, and serrated, or provided with sharp teeth, somewhat
like a comb, as seen at a, in Figures 2, 3, and 6. Operating in connection with
the said part A is what may be termed the spring cloth bender B, it being
a broad metallic thin steel plate or spring; it is applied to the under side

page_text: of the shank of the spring hook A, and when the loom is in operation the
selvage of the cloth passes between the parts A and B, as exhibited in Figures
1 and 2, wherein C represents the cloth. The cloth bender B bends the
cloth upward in rear of the teeth a, in the manner shown in Figure 2, it
serving to ensure the seizure of the cloth by the teeth. The two parts A, B,
are confined together at their rear ends by means of a set screw D, which
passes through slots [made through both parts A, B, as seen at E], and has
a nut F screwed upon it, as seen in Figures 1, 4, and 6. By means of the said
slots, screw, and nut, the distance of the front end of the cloth bender B from
the points of the teeth can readily be adjusted, as circumstances may require.
The shoe or holder for supporting the temple upon the breast beam of a loom
is shown at G; it is provided with clasps or projections b, b, b, b, which are
turned upwards from it, and are bent, so as to extend over the upper surface of
the part A, as seen in the Drawings. That portion of the temple which is
embraced and held by the clasps is made with parallel edges, as shown at c, d,
and e, f, in Figure 1: From-the points c and e, towards the front end of the
temple, the parts A, B, are reduced in size, as shown at c, g, h, and e, k, i, and
so as to make it so narrow, as that when it is moved backward, so as to bring
its front half directly between and within the clasps of the holder, the temple
or parts A, B, may be readily removed from them or lifted from the holder.
Thus it will be seen that by such a mode of making the holder and forming
the parts A, B, such parts may not only be either removed readily from the
holder, but quickly applied thereto, they also being free to be moved backward,
as occasion may require, during the movement of the lay of the loom towards
the breast beam. This also enables the parts A, B, to be used in either
of the two holders employed on opposite sides of the cloth, and fixed to
the breast beam, an advantage which will be apparent to weavers. The
forward movement of the parts A and B is arrested by the nut of their screw
bringing up against the shoe or holder. The above-described temple has
been found to be very efficient in operation. The simplicity of the construc-
tion, and the manner in which it is applied to the cloth and the breast beam
of a loom, gives it several important advantages over many, if not all, other
kinds of loom temples heretofore used. The part A of the temple may some-
times be employed as a temple without having the bender B applied to it.
It is not, however, under such circumstances so certain to seize the cloth,
particularly when the latter is of a thick or hard texture. With the spring
cloth bender the serrated spring hook A is sure in its hold upon the cloth,
the inclination of its hook causing it to rise out of and slip forward on the
cloth as fast as the latter is moved backward during the weaving process.

page_text: I claim the serrated spring hook as a temple for looms for weaving cloth.
I also claim the combination of the serrated spring hook and the spring
cloth bender, as applied and made to operate together, substantially as
specified.
I also claim the above specified manner of making the temple, and its shoe
or holder, in order that the former may not only be capable of being moved
back within the latter, as explained, but raised out of the clasps of it, as
described, the same enabling the temple to be employed in either of the
holders that may be arranged on the right or left of the cloth when it passes
over the breast beam.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Andrew Henshaw Ward in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th June 1855.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ANDREW
HENSHAW WARD [junior], of the State of Massachusetts, of the United States
of America, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixteenth day of February, A.D. 1855, in the 18th
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant
unto me, the said Andrew Henshaw Ward [jr.], Her special license that I, the
said Andrew Henshaw Ward [jr.], my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Andrew Henshaw Ward [jr.], 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 therein ex-
pressed, 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 of "A NEW AND USEFUL OR IMPROVED LOOM TEMPLE,"
[the same being communicated to me by Jeremiah C. Tilton, of the State of
New Hampshire, of the said United States,] upon the condition [amongst
others] that I, the said Andrew Henshaw Ward [jr], by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office,
or Office of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Patents, within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Andrew Henshaw Ward [jr.], do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be fully described and ascertained in and by the
following Specification, and the accompanying Drawings, letters, figures, and
references thereof.
Of such Drawings, Figure 1 denotes a top view of one of my improved
temples and its shoe or holder; Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, such
two Figures being also made to exhibit the manner in which the temple is
applied to the selvage of a piece of cloth while the said cloth is being woven
by a loom Figure 3 is a front end view of the temple; Figure 4, a rear end
view of it; Figure 5, a top view of the shoe or holder; and Figure 6, a vertical
and longitudinal section of the temple.
:
In these Drawings, A denotes what I term a serrated spring hook, it being
formed of a thin plate of metal or steel, and with its frout.end bent downward
in the form of a hook, and serrated or provided with sharp teeth, somewhat
like a comb, as seen at a in Figures 2, 3, and 6. Operating in connection with
the said part A is what may be termed the spring cloth bender B, it being a
broad thin metallic steel plate or spring; it is applied to the under side of
the shank of the spring hook A, and when the loom is in operation the selvage
of the cloth passes between the two parts A and B, as exhibited in Figures
1 and 2, wherein C represents the cloth. The cloth bender B bends the
cloth upward in rear of the teeth a, in the manner shown in Figure 2,
it serving to ensure the seizure of the cloth by the teeth. The two
parts, A and B, are confined together at their rear ends by means of a
set screw D, which passes through slots [made through both parts A, B, as
seen at E], and has a nut F screwed upon it, as seen in Figures 1, 4, and 6.
By means of the said slots, screw, and nut, the distance of the front end of
the cloth bender B from the points of the teeth can readily be adjusted, as
circumstances may require. The shoe or holder for supporting the temple
upon the breast beam of a loom is seen at G; it is provided with clasps or
projections b, b, b, b, which are turned upwards from it, and are bent, so as to
extend over the upper surface of the part A, as seen in the Drawings. That
portion of the temple which is embraced and held by the clasps is made with
parallel edges, as shown at c, d, and e, f, in Figure 1. From the points c and e,
towards the front end of the temple, the parts A, B, are reduced in size, as
shown at c, g, h, and e, h, i, and so as to make it so narrow, as that when it is
moved backward, so as to bring its front half directly between and within the
clasps of the holder, the temple or parts A, B, may be readily removed from
them or lifted from the holder. Thus it will be seen that by such a mode

page_text: of making the holder and forming the parts A, B, such parts may not only
be removed readily from the holder, but quickly applied thereto, they also
being free to be moved backward, as occasion may require, during the move-
ment of the lay of the loom towards the breast beam. This also enables the
parts A, B, to be used in either of the two holders employed on opposite sides
of the cloth and fixed to the breast beam, an advantage which will be apparent
to weavers. The forward movement of the parts A and B is arrested by the
nut of their screw bringing up against the holder or shoe. The above-
described temple has been found to be very efficient in operation. The sim-
plicity of its construction, and the manner in which it is applied to the cloth
and the breast beam of a loom, gives to it several important advantages over
many, if not all, other kinds of loom temples heretofore used. The part A of
the temple may sometimes be employed as a temple without having the
bender B applied to it. It is not, however, under such circumstances so sure
to seize the cloth, particularly when the latter is of a thick or hard texture.
With the spring cloth bender the serrated spring hook A is sure in its hold
upon the cloth, the inclination of its hook causing it to rise out of and slip
forward on the cloth as fast as the latter is moved backward during the
weaving process.
I claim the serrated spring hook as a temple for looms for weaving cloth.
I also claim the combination of the serrated spring hook and the spring
cloth bender, as applied and made to operate together, substantially in manner
as specified.
I also claim the above specified manner of making the temple and its shoc
or holder, in order that the former may not only be capable of being moved
backward within the latter, as explained, but raised out of the clasps of it, as
described, the same enabling the temple to be employed in either of the
holders that may be arranged either on the right or left of the cloth where
it passes over the breast beam.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my signature and seal, this
Eleventh day of May, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-five.
ANDREW HENSHAW WARD, JR. (L.S.)