USRE144E - Improvement - Google Patents

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'UNITED STATES PATENT "0F Io a// wtmlt it may concern:

Fabrics as may'r be vSuccessfully Produced Thereby; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full. clear, and eitact description of the principle or character which distinguishes them from all .other things vbefore `knowu, and of the manner of"lnaking, constx-acting, and using the same, reference being had vto the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan; Fig. 2, a frontelevation;

Y Fig. `3, ari-elevation ofthelet't side, representf ing-the jacquard-frame as connected with the I loom, andFig. 4 a like elevation ofthe righty side.. .The other figures willlbc referred to i n their appropriate places.

The same letters indicate like partsin all:

the figures.

The character of-the first part of my. invention consists in making the mechanism which weaves the cloth or forms the body ofthe fabric separate, and having a distinct organiza'- y'tioni'rom thermechanism which operates the iguringwires, removes them from ,under the pile or figuring-loops, and introduces them under the open guring-warp, each of these having adistnctand separate organization,

v and being operated separate] y and connected .1 by an intermediate mechanism, whichstarts i 7; one of them as it an'ests rthe -other b'y shifting f what communicates the motvepower from the one to the other. y;

lflheseeond part kofmy invention-consists in;

combining with aloom for -weaving looped 'fabrics ov'erwires abox,troug'horthe equivar lent therc0f,-into.whch the figuring-wires are `toI be deposited preparatory to introducing them under the ig-uringnvai'ps. A,

Y. l The third partei' my invention consists in taking the'guringwires from theapparatns,

which receives them from undert-hc pile or cquivalents, and transferring them to the box*y trough, or the equivalcntthereof, preparatory `with that described'. in` the "Letters P shaft, 0,) that receives motion fronia to their bei ng introduced under-theignring- ,warps The fourth part ol' my invention consistsin- `combining with the mechanism which' v'vithg draws the figuring-wires from under the pile or figuring-loops the mechanismfor transferring the said wires to thetrough ortheegniva- ]en't -thereoffrom which ,or bywhich they are transferred to the open shed .of theffguringwarpe.

f The aan para of my'inv'entinconsisfts in the method of introducing.l theguringfwires u nder the figuring-.warpskand then droppingy them by means ot'a box, kinto.whichthetyj have previously been dropped, which boit,V or the equivalent thereof, is carried'underthe ligur-v ing-warps;` there ldrops thewires and nieves backf; and the last partot" my invention consists in. supporting the 4figuring-wi resbetween the warps while. being .introduced n ndei'the In theaccolnpanying drawings, A.A..ifepre- `sent `the two sides of, a properly adapted` frame, rconnected bysuita'ble cross-ties, B. The lay, with its race-beam I), reedL-Epireedbar F, and swords `Gr G, hntawithoutzshiflttleboxes, .is madeand operated as represented in the drawingsvand in manner vcorresp'ofiding y ,atenta granted to me on the 18th day of August," 1846, for my :improved loom'for- "eaving" ingrain carpeting, or these may be made in anyother appropriate manner, as this makesnofp'art ofV my present invention. The camsthatfoperf ate thelay are on the camshaft-L, voil whichV therefis a. cogged wheehM, thatengagefsiwith anotherv cogged wheel, N, (oau'inte'rni'diate Pink-)n1 fthe P,lo n the drivingshaft Q of Qthisp machina-yx., 0u theintermediateshatt, O,

there is a pinionpp, which'dri the. coggedwheel vzii-the shaft itoirhic ,itis at-` connected" v 'v'thl 'tvby the stra' s yf `w' .`","Th1s same sha tt n carries two other cams, m and si, the one, 85, for the purpose of'fdepressing. a lever, l5, that turns on afulcrum pin k on the lower cross-bar,A B, and this lever is connected at h5 by a rod, g5, with an arm, f", on an upper horizontal shaft, d5, that has its bearings in the boxes e5 e, from which project two other arms, c5 c5, and opposite to the one f 5, and to these two arms are suspended the movable combenboard, u, by the two con necting-rods b5, and the slide-rods zu* c", that slide in bearings y* y* and z* z, the rods ac m* having shoulders to sustain thc combenboard in its lowest position. The cam is so .formed as to depress the lever to elevate the comberboard forthe purpose of elevating the figuringwarps at the required time that the common harness may work the linen or foundation warp without interfering with the iguring-warps.v

VThis method of elevating the iiguring-warp "has been secured to me by Letters Patent granted for improvements in the manner of mounting the loom, lite., and bearing date4 the 30th of May, 1842,'to run for fourteen years from the 1st of May, 1842, inthe speeiticaf tion of which will 'be found a full, clear, and .exact description of the nature and object of the invention and the mode of operation.

There is another lever, i, similar to and by the 'side of the lever l, and operated by the v'cam fm?, which is connected with and operates thefjacqnard. .0n tbe-said intermediate shaft, D, there is another' pinion, om, which engages .with alcogwheel, ni, on a tubular arbor that runs on a stud projecting from the frame, and

to this'are attached the two harness-cams a i and bl, that operate theharness y by the usual connection of .levers ci dw, connecting-rods el g1", and sccondlerers lm. f is 'takennp afterpassingover the breast-b eam "C by passing between two rollers, a? b, the upper .o ne, a?, being usedto make pressure on `the other (to insure the drawing of the fabric) b'y means of two rods that pass through one of the cross-ties B, and provided with helical jspringsd d", and the lower one, b", receives the regular take-up motiontoinsure the regularity of the figures, the apparatus which gives this motion consisting of a cogged wheel. f

" on the roller b', which engages with a pinion,

g,"on the arbor ofcl ratchetwvheehi, oper. ated at each beat o't the lay by a hund, k, on

' the end ci" a lever, l", connected with one sword L of the pawl, -r

lay als p by a jointed connectingrod, a bei :1g-employed to prevent the ratchetic'm turningback. The linen or founda.4

wheelA l `tion warp w a is given out from the warpbeaune* by a connectingrod, o", 011e end of ,4 j whichy is jointed to the sword'of the lay'at the v same ,point'gi to which the take-up motion i's connected, the other end being jointed toone feudpf a lever, u, that tnrnsfreely (as repre- ,Y sented by dotted lines in Fig. 3) on a vertical arbor, s, which has a crown ratchet-wheel,

t, actuated at each beat of the lay by a hand,`

11"-, on the opposite endbf the lever u', and as 'this ratchet-wheel aridjarbor are turned moftion is "given to the warp-beam byan endless The woven fabric screw, r9, on the upper'end of the arbor, the threads of which take into the eogs of aspurwheel, q,`on theshaft of the warp-beam.

For the purpose of regulating the let-off m'otion, the foundation-warps from the warpbeam pass over a whip-roller, bf, thathas its bearings in the ripper end of two levers, c* d,

that vibrate on centers-e, andthe lower end of each of these levers is provided with a seg- 1nent-rack, f, the teeth of which engage with pinions g4 on each end of a shaft, h, and-on this shaft there is a cam,z, against the periphery'of which one arm (represented dotted lines in Fig. 3) of a-lever,w,thatturns on a stud-pin, a?, bears, the other arm of this lever being connectedwith the ratchet-hand v" by a chain, y", and the diameter of this cam is suclpil rt-liasfso long as the end ot' the lever w9 bears Ich its greatest diameterthe ratchet-,hand

.is heldup and does`not act on the ratchet wheel to turn the warpbeam and give out the warp; butso soon as the tension of the warps becomes so great on the roller b* as to overcome the force of a weight, fn, attached to one end of av strap, -l,` that passes over a roller, m, and is attachedv to and extends partly around the periphery of a brakeewheel, o, on the before-mentioned shaft h. turned and brings the reduced diameter of theA cam .to the arm of the lever, which permits the ratchet-hand to act on the ratchet-wheel and give out the warp, so that the giving ont of the warp is entirelyregulated by its tension on the roller b, over which it passes, This mode of giving out the warp l do not claim, and the same end maybe accomplished by other known means'. v

To prevent the lay, when beating up the weft, from causing the warp-beam to give out warp, there is a brake, p, fitted. to theperiphery of the brake-wheel o, with one end jointed at q* tothe frame and the other by a -connecting-rod, r", to the sword G of the lay, s'o that as the lay beats up the brake is drawn u'p to the brake-wheel, and holds fast the let-oft' motion.

I have thus far described the general organization of that part of the mechanism which is employed in formingthe foundation and weavim to ing inthe fabric, in which I make no cl invention,as the several movements of w ich it is composed are well known; `but in thejaiyA 1r,

rangement thelparts are vso located, genera on one side as to leave free space for the location and operation of the second part of the mechanism, or that which is employed in op- I erating the iiguring-wires.

` The shuttle-boxes K K, instead of beingattached to and making part of the lay, arevperjf 1 manehtly attached to the sides of the freine l by means of the plates IfI, the ends of tlieracc#4 board of -the lay being properly. adapted to passunder them when the lay is thrown back, so that""th e shuttle can pass overthe race- `board back and forth from one shuttlLev-bq; to

This shaft is of the foundation-warps courtier-board u* is lifted lby lever, d"A

' As the leverff turns the coggcd vwheel 1:,011 the arbor of which there is a pinion, p, that engages with drivingshaft V ofthe second second part of the mechanism I will simply is arrested.

is applied in with a knot, qi), so that by lifting the comberf board all the figuring-warps are lifted up clear to admit of working theseiwithout interruption from thefiguringwarps.

At the commen cemen t of `each operation the first part of-the mechanism isset in motion to weave the foinidation-web'in the usual manner of weavingordinary cloth, which therefore needs no further description than that given above, as this part of the mechanism makes no part of my present invention, except so far 'as I have given itan organization and arrangement which adapts it to the sec` ond part of the mechanism, so 'that the two shall work in succession.

During the first series of oprations the the cam s5 to raise the jacqnarddiarness, 'and in like'manner the jacquard is operated by the cam m5 to raise that portion of the .guri'ngwarp which is to form the figuring loops or pile at the next operation, these two operations being performed by the first part ofthe mechanism; and at the end-of the weaving-in operations, and before the r'st part of the mechanism is arrested, the eomber-bo'ard is permitted to descend-to let down that. portion ofthe figuring-warp which is not 'to form the surface, is effected the first partof the`n'iechanis`nris arrested, and the second part started by the following arrangement, more particularly represented in Figs. 14, 15, 16, and17, Plate 6.

On the shaft if of the jacquard and comberboard cams there isa which gradually lifts an arm', b, project-ing from an arbor, a, andwhielitheu, by its form, permits it to fall backA to its original position by the force ofa weight, f, on another arnror on the same arbor. The end of this weighted lever is hook-formed, nd in descending catches onto a vpendent-hook, l? z, to a vertically-sliding rack,'h, provided with eogs on two of its faces, those on one face engaging with a cogged "wheel, n, that turns on the stud-pin o, and those on the otherl face engaging the cogs oi' that tnrni on a'stndpin, o

a'sectorraek, if,

draws down the rack h it a sector-rack q", that vibrates on the'stnd-pin r, and to this' is attacheda beltfshifter, .3", so thattlie descent of this rack shifts thedrhIY-` ing-'belts fromv thc pnllcy R on the drivingshaft Q of the first part of the mechanism, and transfers it to the dri'vingpnlley U or the part of the mechanism", which is tlvs'started as the first part and so soonfas this.

cam-formed armL c,

from one driving-pulley tothe other itffiasses over a loose' pulley, T, to prevent lstrain on the mechanism, and atthe same tine itisnecessary to arrestthc momentnmiiof the machinery from which the lfrivilngpowe-r has been removed. `This,is'eiifeetedbyt'th' rack t, to the huh' ofwhich there is hort arm, m", connected bymeans'of 'aiiad stable connecting-rod', v/fwith a brake,

ASeen fthe other sidefor the vpurpose `'of's'liift-iiig,the dri ving-belt back 'from the secondi tojth'e first part of the mechanism, in which gfisf'the4 vcam-l formed arm that actsonthelarmfwof the arbor a, from which lever c6 that-catches on the pendent hook to draw down the double rack i to vibrate the eogged wheel n and sector-rackus that operates the brake a within the' pulley R by the connecting-rod y As the levers d and e" movetogethcr and alternately' act ouA the pendent hooks that oue'fof the lsliding double yracks may be lifted as the other is drawn down, provision is madealternately which is effected in the following manner, viz: As the pendent hook is drawndowh by the lever d, a pin (represen ted by dotted'lines 4in Fig. 17) that projects from the pendent -hook rnns -withinthe flanges of a'plalte, c br ci, and in front of a spring,y e7, attached to the plate by screws f7 gT hi, and at 'the endl of the downward motion forces back the'spring and gets behind it,'so that when the lever is moved down at the next operationzby the lever e, which operation earries'np the'pendent hook', it (thc hook) is carried backj-to avoid catching the end. of' form ot' the spring, and,- so soon asjit `passes above thc'top'of the'spring, itis forced forward to catch the end ot' thelever attire next operation hy a spring,z', attached tothe" rack. The first part ot', the mechanism ha r"fng'been stopped and lthe fignringwarps -plaeei''in a condition to receive the wires over"'\\'h'ich the figuring-loops are to be foriied,andthe'd ing-belt shifted Vto the pulley Uwori thei-iriv: ing-shaft Y of'thcsecond part of?t'he/'l'l'reelranism, the second scricsof operationsfeom' menc'e, vwhich areilor introducing it'wirefunder that portion of the figuring-warp*which `are on llate 5, Fig. 5, being a vcrtimi crossseclion taken in front of the lay, looking from the hack; Fig. 6, a

As the drivingbelt isi-,shifted ich isl thus forced against' the innerp'eripher of the that thereis af like arrangement 'offpaits onl projects the weighted to place, the pendent hooks 'ont ofthevway,

the lever by the' curved.

vertical section taken in thc direction of :Le

-a short distance straightand carried with it.

` warps; Fig. 7, a section'taken through and -in v the length of thc pinch'ers; Fig. 8, a. horizontal section taken just above the lay; Fig. 9, a rex-tical section taken through the 'a1-bers of the fingers i'or transferti ng the tiguring-wires; Fig. 10, a separate viewjof the box for introducing the figuring-wire, to show its connec- ,tion with the carriage to which it is attached;

shaft in the usual manner of making a 4nianglewheelmotion, the other end of the shaft being freetoturn and slide in agi'oove, c, in a braoket, d. attachedtothe side ofl the freine, and to the extremity of this shaftis attached -the mongie-pinion' b, which `acts-on the external mangio-rack, e, to give a reciprocating yrectilinear-movement to ainain carriage,l f, and all the parts attached toit, the said plate sliding l between ways g g, projecting from a plate, h,

attached to the frame just below the breastbeauixC, and projecting sufficiently: beyond the frame on the right to admit ot' carrying the main carriage fand the 4 parts attached to` vit out of the way during thc operation of The mangio-rack at the ends is for vertical, instead of being semicircnlar, as usual, that all .the mechanism which is carried by it may remain in a state ol' rest for a'short time at the end of each motion, while the mangio-pinion is carried up ordown.

From the carriage weaving.

f projectsan arm, h,

l having a slot, g", in whichslidesabolt, c, prof jeeting from 4a secondary carriage,-If, that slides in ways e c in a plate, d, attached to thefrontot' the lay, so that by this connection the second-dryr carriage can more with the lay,

and when the main carriageis moved by the 'mangle motion this secondary carriage is also 'lfothe right-hand end of this secondary carriage is attached at a along box, z*,with one end made in the form of a shuttle, to admit of its free passage between the warps, the said box havinga.l hopper-like opening, i, at the bottom of sutiicient lcngtlnand width to receive'and .discharge through' the bottom thereof a guringwire'; but within' this'hopper, at equal distances apart, there are three curved arms,l P, (two only are shown in the drawings,) piojectingfrom an arbor, z, that runs the whole length of the box, and having itsbe'arings in theendsthereof, one end of lth'efsaid arbor -heing 'provided with another n?, jointed to au arm, o, of a short vervlieg-etniciThe tension pt fthe'hlicnl spring :the figuring fir upward i'romythis carriage, to the up -on the:

y toward the open pin'chers.

vthe front tie-piece, B, of the frame.-

fthe. wire that is to he force up the-wedge by a cam, Y -;1;', thatreeeves motion from the drivingfsha'lt Y by a train of wheels and'fpinions, u '1f-w :ivthe proportions of this train being suchas t "i arbor, p, surrounded by a helical spring, rq', 'ndfprovided with anar-mfr?, et the npalways tends to trrn ti; a cor which it surrounds to keep, the cnrvedar, figuring-wire; t tical arbor jecion, 8" box s is ca' representcdby arms arc throw dropped', the of the helical s withdrawn from th motion.'

The carriage f, w" ich i communicates mot to bythe de cri'eedl connections, es to sapportthc 4rn r3 of the A described above, e box that carries tries the'pair of' 'he Wires z from ujn- ,l stam'ard, -1 projects per end xinted the two pinchers that with der the ignringie ops.

dt' which. at` 'in atv jaws k Z, that con being provided v.

together, The lower inw, Z, "1, when.

the ja' closed ard ot' the carriagi, s a helical spr1nf`; t I wn ward the arm Z' oi the jaws. there being an arm, t, on the same arbor, the end of which runs on the upper edge ot' the plate il.;

\Vhen the carriage is started by the manglepinion at the commencement oi' the second series of operations, 4the jaws are opeu'and are carried towardl the right-hand selvage of the fabric as the box with the lign ring-wiremo'ves under the figuring-warps-,and when these approach the, end of this motion that wire z which isA to be drawn outi'roxu under formed loops must be pushed partly out This is etfectec la mechanism attached to an armfe', that vibrates on an arle, g', in boxesff', attached to At the upper end ot' this arm there 4is a plate, n', which is borne (by a spring o f any'kind or a" weight that acts on the arm) against the first of a series of wires, z, which is to'be-withdrawn, several being retained under the gurf give the shafm/ one revolution' for'the confplete series of motions performed by the ond part of vthe mechanism. f The cam is so formed and Vsituated on its shaft as to elevate V,the wedge Miha Proper timeby retinav en@ lever, vc'iwthat'turns on a fulcx'um-nimu,

c, by the mangio' p i1"s ol" tin gers cnn be made to open c end ov the'nrni p' connected by, 1i itdffrod, h one s acts 0n a bent lever, u s', that turns on a fnl.r cram-pin, t, the said lever being connected by a rod, 1", -With the com k'. So soon as the wedge4 is forced, up the ,snrfnee .ofztheA cern kis thnreon'centric 'to adinitiofit hrtition without'xnoving the wedge, the'obJecL Offgivingiiiilrther vibrationvto the en in'jiwbeing to' move n. lever, m, tlint -vibretes on a. studi pin, o', on the samezirm to force the wir t to;y ward the pihch'rs, that face of the lever which n t, fothis purpose. T lie kanni k 'nets yofnfthis "levente vibrate it 'to` and fro by ineens of two 5 by dotted ,'lines,`) pins being'placed'sojhr `apart as tofridinit c .tibrationof they cam ksuiicientlyfnr to elevate the ,'Wedge before it actsion `the pilshi'nglivei, as one motion should followy `the' other. The'bneratibnsj ust described, ,which ermite pushpnt the ig'uri 1 1gwire,`-to,i ief1i` `ice. Yiisg tiiletpihchers move towrd thewire,l and when wi're isjfintrodnced below the jaws ,of the p hehers 'they 'arek closed by forcin,`f ,r'l down thef i; of the underjziw until caught and held,v b'y' -he'ctch d', which is'efiected by u lever, it,

- that turns on a studpin, i ,ona standard lv, this eixfer'ibei ng. connected by a jointed rod, y', with h lend of a le`ver,s*, that vibrntes on stud4 ,1gzt" the other end of this lever being :ieted pon at the appropriate time to close the pinchershy a can), u?, on the shaft. y'. The moment t'hfit thepiiwh'ersh eve grasped the Wire,whcl1l move the enr-ringe that carries the pinchefrs' and )erinits thesp'ring q to force liberate the wire, which fafllsy ri ngp'pnrn'tus, which will now lhee i`s `nfslidii`1`g stnnlrd e2,

. vertlcfilly in 'brneketsfi j {it-` the frningn'nd tothe top 4 bent down t t @face of another uit l pos'ethe lever, h, on the saune stud-pin, the other being provided with ai roller, g, on which the lowerfA end ofthe standard eE rests, and by which it -is elevated 1nd permittedl `to descend. f '1"' Y Il?l there isjoiqited @pendel cgttch, '01, .which `eo. tcl1es"onto oprojectioi :difni` the v,other.le.ve1-,1, for Vthe pilrpose connecting und'disconnectingthe ,twolev at given periods in thepl'ieration of themzeC-l nnisni. v t,

Duringy the loperation ot'` introdneing,and*` withdrawingthe`wiresthe two, levers are dis.- connected, and the standard?? is"ltep tat thc highest position bythe'rolleron the lever that operates it, being acted yupon by thatpart of? Athe oom-wheel m which is concentric, andthe. I

`vopened, begins to descend 'by the igotzrtioebt, lthe cani' mi, the depression u2 vrvin which passesthe roller L, and permits that end of thef'levcry `h2 to rise by the weightof the standard, &c.,.. resting on the other` end; ond; as i-thefstnn'davrdt, descends th`e=pointsoftheopened'ngerspass below the wire in `the pinchers, and t ]1en-thecaln l? nots on the roller of the lever 1' and,

closes the lingers under the wire,which is'` 4droppedinto them by the opening ofthe pinch( ers, und the wire is there held by connect-ing 'thetwo levers together bytheentc-h zfl'lwf., The..

ports remain in this situation until the d riv ing-belt is Shiftedbnck from thedrivingpul,i;`

fley U of the second part of the' mechanism to the driviiig-pulley,1tv of, the first. part, .which is effected nsdescrib'edabove.. Thissets-in' ln1 otion the wenv v in g-inoperntioii, ,and the first l beat ot'tlielny brihjgsthiell 'hieh thewir'e nnderftho tignringfingers, and at the saine time i projection, t3, l

onk the sword G ot' the lay liberzites the 'v'l w", and permits the lever 'it to deseen open yth'eiingers to drop the wire into 'theebox preparatory 'tirthe next operation ofv in trodnci ing the wire n nder the iignringwnrp., After the driving-power hns ,been shiftedback. lo;` thiewenving in or first pnrt of lthemech a -l 1ism, the je'eqnnrdlfrnnie is operated bythe cnmmr5 and Avits conncctioneto let down thegnringI wlalrpsthnt were thrown up toy fornrth'ey iignrliI iglolofps'that they-)naybewovenin, and when, los been inedeone beat `forthis .prut- ,l

iber-.bozird is e connected,

l ypil'ltehersnpprorleli their drawing; il oiitiniovleirient' the standaird, .with the fingers,-

-shift the belt from one to the other, or clutch and unclutch the parts, the object being to.

start one part of the mechanism as the other is arrested, a brake being used foreach separate organization, so that the moment the driv- -ing power is shifted the brake shall act to 'arrest'the momentum of the movingpalis.v l Again, instead of using ngersthat open and .close to receive and deliver the figuring-wires,

hooked arms may be employed andconneeted A box for receiving,holdingyandintroducingv Y the wircs,`arms such ,as are employedin --the box to close andopen' the bottom` for the de .livery of th wire'4 may be used without the -l vbox by giving them a greater curve, as the -main object is to give the wire ample support as it passes between thewarps; but, notwithstanding all the modifications of which my iuvention is susceptible, the f mode fullyde- 'scribed-andrepresented of applying'the princi ples or characteristicsof my invention, which distinguishes it from'all other things before known, I deem the best,my object in referring to the others being simplyto 'showthat I have contemplated other modes. It will also be obvious 4that any of the parts of my-invention abovev described maybe employed without the vothersnvby= performing thev other required 0perations by other means-as, for instance, the I .iirst-jpart of, my invention, which operates the two-parts of the machinery by a separate or- '.g'anination of 'mechanism so combined togeth- Lthe drivingfpowcr can be shifted from' ,-.til'ene to the other, can be beneficially emof the guring-warps is irrespective of the methods of performing the other operations, so long as vthe guringwires are supplied one by one to this apparatus to be introduced;` and,finally,it will be obvious that giving'support to the figuring-wires while being introdueed'in 'theopen shed of the guringwarps is irrespective of the modes adopted for performing the other operations or/fuuctions, and that the object of giving support to the guring-wires will be attained. to a greater or less extent, whether the said support be employed for the additional purpose of carrying'in the figuring-wires, or the wires be introduced in the open'shed by being moved over the support; and althoughl have statedthat the v'ap .rions parts of my inventionmay be employed each separately from the others by performing the required functions by other` mechanical means or by hand, still it is believedthat the best results will be attained by the combined use of the lwhole.

vvThe box or trough for receiving the figuring- 'wires preparatory to their being introduced ymay be made of any desired `form adapted to their reception and support, so far as it is employed for the Vsole purpose.v y Y,

Having thus declared the nature or char# acter of my invention, specified the construetion and operation.thereof, and pointed out the various modes iniwhich I have contemplated the application of the several principles' 4 i l vWhat I claim as my invention, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent, i s 1. Giving to the two parts of th'e'mecha-n` ism-that which weaves the cloth or forms the body of the fabric andthe one which operates the guring-,wires-a-separate and distinct ori '1 -fployed without reference to themode of rer moving theguring-wires from the woven pile, -vffpf'trausferrng them to the box 'or trough for fitheirf-reception, and of supporting them between the open figuring-warps; for, however these'operationsA or functions are effected,

ganization, Substantially as.describcd, when these are connected andconfined by an intermediate mechanism which shifts the motive or drivin power from one to the other, substantiall ,as described, and in combination with this, the employment of the twobrakes whetherbylmachinery orby hand, all the ad-l A vantages due to the first part of my invention i t A `willbe attained. So ofthe second part of my vention, The advantages derived from tueuse, of a box', troughr onany vequi-valent receptacle so placed as tcgfieceive and vhold't-he figuringwirvin the propel*A plate preparatory to their .heing-ftransferredrto the required place in the 'open ofthe figuringwarps,wi1lbe manithis oanbe employed irrespective of ;,mode of depositing the .guring-wi'res and ncing'them in theopenshed ofthe iigtingfyvaljpq whether these' latter operations 0n .theprinciple 'of the third y'andifmi'rth parte of my'4 invention or by hand.

f -So of the'thir'd part of myinvention, for` the ,figuring-wires can betransferred from any apparatus' which delivers Itht'nnj'rorn v12h15 yfigur@ ingloops to any apparatus which may ,transfl ffrhem between-@h S0- Of the fourth part of`my inv f iomasie -'inet-hadnt mtroducinttheguringwireeinth operi to arrest the momentum of the moving parte, to prevent any conict in the operations of the two parts. of the mechanism.

2. In combination withv a loom for. weaving suehlooped'fabrics, as herein designatedfthe employment of a box, trougln-'or the equivalent thereof for :receiving and holding thejguring-wires 'preparatoryfto their being intan-` l duced under.the-Iiguring-warps, substantiall y as described. A r 2g: l 4

3. The ngers or. their equivalentsf'which receive the figuring-wires from under-th pile which thayfare deposited 4preparatory to the Y introduction of themunder the iigur'ing/-\ i rg.rps,Y .substantially as described.

4. 1n mbiuanon wanen@ meehanismin withdraws the figuring-wires froml eqniralent'for transferring tlesad 'wires te ,o r `iigluing-loops, in combination Awith the/@V trough, box/or the equivalent thereof i'nto open shed of the iguring-\vnrps,Substanbiaily -the open shed of the figuring-wams, when as hereindeseribed. A they are being introduced, as described.

. The method, substantially as h-egen de which or by which theyare trmisferred to the scribed, of supporting the figuring-wires inA scribed, of introducing and dropping fthegl I E B BIGELUW' ating-wires in the open shed of the fgriug- Witnesses; warps, asdescribed. J'. WHITNEY,

' A 6. The method, 'substantinliy as herein de, I. BROWN.

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