US390599A

US390599A - Tool for weaver s use

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Publication number: US390599A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-10-02
Anticipated expiration: 1905-10-02

Description

(No Model.)

N. PETERS, Fholu-Lhhogmphur. Washington, \x t:v

J, P. HILLARD.

. TOOL FOR WEAVERS USE.

No. 390,599. Patented Oct. 2, 1888..

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UNITED STATE JAMES P. HILLARD, OF FALL RIVER,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE DRAPER 81 SONS, OE HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS.

TOOL FOR WEAVERS USE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,599, dated @ctcber 2, 1888.

Application tiled December 9], 1887 Serial No. 258,575. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JoHN P. HILLARD, of Fall River, county of Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Tool for Weavers Use, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like letters on the drawing representing like parts.

In the manufacture of cloth on looms it-fre- [O quently happens that a thread is broken or gets out of place in either the weft or warp, and so,also, it is necessary at times to pick out a thread or remove a bad place or knot.

To enable these faults to be corrected, the

weaver is provided with a sort of co1nb,consisting of needle-like teeth, held side by side in a back composed of a piece of sheet-brass bent into U form, and with a pair ofscissors.

The comb referred to is used by the weaver to scratch the surface of the cloth where a thread is omitted, or where the threads are improperly spaced so as to leave a thin place, the operator by such scratching moving the threads to place them at substantially equal distances apart.

The use of the comb referred to with its detaehed needle like teeth held separably in a back is very objectionable, for the reason that, as the comb wears, the strain upon the teeth loosens them and they become detached, one here and one there, and enter the cloth,where they remainbeing overlooked by the operator-while the cloth is subj ectcd to subsequent dyeing or finishing operations.

5 A needle-point so left in the cloth, especially when passing through the dyeing or drying operations, invariably causes a slit or tear in the cloth, greatly damaging the same and de stroying its value in the market.

0 This breaking out of the cloth by the presence in it of a combtooth is a very serious evil, and results yearly in a very considerable loss. To overcome this trouble [have devised a comb the teeth of which cannot be detached one from the other,and at the same timeto do away with otherinstrumentsI have provided the comb with a picking-out point.

The drawing represents a tool embodying my invention.

In the manufacture of my improved tool I take, preferably, a piece of sheet-steel about two and a half inches long and aboutone and a quarter inch wide, more or less, and provide the same at one edge, by cutting or filing,with a series of teeth, as a, by which to scratch the faceof the cloth where necessary, the said teeth being integral with the body of thetool.

At one end the body d of the tool has a picking-out'point or prong, b, and at its other end a pair of pinchers, c, composed of two like jaws,to be mani pulated as tweezers, the pinchers enabling the operator to pull or cut off any knot or bu nch.

My improved tool may be made cheaply, and by its use all liability of leaving teeth in the cloth to itsinjury, and to the injury of the machinery through which the cloth is passing, is completely obviated.

I claim- The body (I of the tool toothed along one edge, as at a, and provided at or near one end with the point I), substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES P. H ILLA RD.

WVitnesses:

WM. B. M. CHASE, J. O. BLAISDELL.