US2229188A - Loom - Google Patents

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Jan- 21, 1941- s. P. c. PORTER 2,229,188

Jan. 21., 194i. s. P. c. PORTER 2,229,188

LOOM

Filed Aug. 14, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Jan. 21, 1941 UNITED STATES LOOM Sarah P. C. Porter,

Salt Lake City, Utah Application August 14, 1939, Serial N0. 289,944

3 Claims.

My invention relates to weaving looms and has for its object to provide a new and highly efcient loom which will be adjustable as to size, and which has new features incorporated therein which enable the user to more quickly string the loom and provide quicker weaving thereon.

A further object is to provide a loom which has the fingers of the comb bent back so that the base threads will knot slip therefrom and on which loom I use an improved needle and shuttle, with a new method of securing the weaving fabrics together into a single strand.

A still further object is to provide a comb for looms which being formed in my particular design provides a loom which when used in hand rug weaving eliminates the extra web around the perimeter. f f

A still further object is to provide a new method of attaching strands of fabric into one con- .tinuous strand without the bulging knots now commonly used.

A still furthe-r object is to provide a newly formed linger for weaving combs which if desired may be made in single fingers and attached 25, to a common base. f

'Ihese and other objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals and letters of referenceiindicate like parts throughout the several 303 views and as described in the specification forming a part of this application land pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings in which I have shown the various modifications and details of my loom 35 and its cooperative parts.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the loom parts cut away to show that the length is variable.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a plan view of a section ofthe loom showing means for extending the length of the sides.

Figure 5 is a side view of Figure 4,

Figure 6 is a plan View of a simplified type of the device made preferably stamped from metal without any reinforcing of wood.

Figure '7 is an edge elevation of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a plan View of a weaving stick used with the loom.

Figure 9 is an edge View of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a plan view of a modiiied weaving stick and string fastener.

Figure 11 is a plan View of a shuttle for use with my loom.

Figure 12 is an enlarged view of the shuttle with the weaving stick formed as a part thereof.

Figure 13 is a corner brace for the loom to be used when necessary.

Figure 14 is a T-connection for some types of looms.

Figure 15 is. a channel connection to reinforce the sides and joints in the sides of the loom.

Figure 16 is a Niew showing the use of the weaving stick and string or fabric-joining-method employed to make the string into lengths.

Figure 17 is a modifiedtype of loom shown in perspective.

In the drawings, I have shown the loom as A, made of two like sides 5 and 6, and twov like ends 'I and 8, each of which side pieces is se- 15.

cured to the ends by thumb screws and bolts 9 and I0. The side pieces are made of a strip of metal II formed with the inner edges formed of spaced apart .fingers I2 bent vertical at I3 in relation to the metal II and then bent back 2n parallel at I4 to form U-shaped hooks on each linger. The strip of metal is then set in a rabitted wooden strip I5.

The end pieces are made of a fiat strip of metal IIa identical in form to that of the side pieces but having only a reinforcing strip of wood lr6 secured along one side. Spaced apart holes a and b are bored through the ends and sides respectively to provide for various adjustments of the ends and sides to make other forms than the square loom as shown in Figure 1.

In Figures 4 and 5, I have shown a tongue and groove adjustment for ends of abutting side or end pieces to permit for additional length when needed and these joints are made o-f a female grooved strip I8 and a male tongue I9 fitted therein and held in place by a thumb screw 20.

Figures 6 and 7 show the metal strips II and IIa removed from the wood and provided with more closely spaced holes in the event that two thumb screws 2| and 22 are desired or are required.

Figures 8 and 9 show a weaving stick B to be used in weaving upon the loom and the stick is made of a strip 23 having a hole 24 near the pointed end 25 and with two holes 26 and 21 in the body of the strip or weaving stick. The string or fabric which is being used for Weaving is shown threaded through the lower hole 21, then through the end hole 24, and back through the hole 26, with the end of the string through the hole and held in place by the loop of the fabric passing through the other two holes. The stick is then woven through the web of the loom.

In Figures 10, 11 and 12, I have shown different modincatons of weaving sticks, shuttle combinations, and string or fabric knotting or fastening means, and

In Figure 10 I have shown the weaving stick and string fastener as made of a long rod or body 3B having an elongated slot 3l therein, said slot having one edge cut away at 32 to provide an easy threading slot- The end 33 of the body is sharpened to permit it being thrust through a strip of fabric from which the string for weaving is made or for threading between the threads of the web of the loom. I

Figure 11 shows a short bodied stick 30a having each end pointed at 33a and with spaced apart opposed slots 3io and 3Ib formed therein. This type of stick or shuttle may be used for weaving, tying strings, or otherwise as desired.

In Figure 12 the only modification which I have made from that shown in Figure 11 is making the entire body larger and longer and providing additional spaced apart pairs of holes 34 at each end thereof to make a device which may be used as that one shown as a weaving stick, shown in Figures 8 and 9. Thus, the entire combination of weavingstick, shuttle, string fastener, and shuttle may be made in one combination.

Figure 13 shows a right angled brace 31 perforated at 38 for securing bolts and this brace may be utilized to brace the corners of the loom shown in Figures 1 or 6.

Figure 14 shows a T-shaped brace member 39, perforated at til, said brace to be used on a loom having a dividing partition.

Figure 15 shows a channel brace 4I perforated at 52 to be used to brace continuation or straight joints in the sides of extra long looms.

Figure 16 shows the method employed for tying the knot C shown in the weaving string or material D, for adding strength and also for fastening the additional lengths. This is done by passing the sharpened end 33 through the end of the fabric to be tied on the string, then passing the end 33 through the end of the fabric already on the string. Then by looping the end of the new piece of fabric through the slot 3l, then the entire form of fabric is withdrawn from the stick which results in the knot shown as C.

In Figure 17 I have shown a modied type of loom which consists of flat plates or strips of metal 35 to be secured together at the ends by an angled brace 3S and held in place by spaced apart bolts or rivets and the edges of the two strips 35 are formed into extended iingers 31 for placing the web on, and these fingers as shown, are bent back upon themselves making it impossible for the web to come off from the fingers. However, if that causes too much loss of time when taking down the nished product, the fingers may be bent only once, as shown at 38, making a single finger bend. It will be obvious that double or single lingers may be used and attached to a long board or metal frame so that a purchaser may buy as many ngers as they wish and attach them to any frame o-r loom base, and such modifications and changes: are considered a part of this invention and within the scope of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. A weaving loom comprising opposed like sides secured spaced apart by opposed like ends with the sides and ends carrying metal strips secured thereto, said strips having their inner edges formed as extended iingers bent upwardly and back parallel forming U-shaped thread retaining members and with the sides having similar metal strips, the strips being inserted in slotted recesses in the sides and secured onto the under surfaces of the ends to place the fingers in substantial alignment.

2. A Weaving loom comprising metal strips of like form each being provided with ngers formed along the inner edges, each linger being bent back parallel with the body of the strip; a body for each strip made of wood with the end bodies made with recesses therein in which the metal strips are secured and with the sides secured onto the underside of their complementary wooden bodies; and means to secure the four corners together forming a four sided loom.

3. A loom comprising four flat elongated strips of metal having one edge of each formed with extended ngers bent upwardly and back parallel with the metal strips; wooden frame pieces secured onto the top side of two of such strips to form the ends of the loom; wooden frame pieces having a recess cut therein with the top side of the recess shorter than the base side and with the two strips for the sides secured in said slits to place the four metal strips in close alignment with each other; spaced holes in the Wooden frame pieces; and securing screws passed through said holes to hold the four members in rectangular relationship.

SARAH P. C. PORTER.

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