US658341A - Warp-thread and selvage guide for looms. - Google Patents

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. Patented Sept. 25, |900.

N. CARTIER.

No. 658,34l.

WADP THREAD AND SELVAGE GUIDE FOR LDOIIS.

(Application filed June 28, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NOAH CARTIER, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB CARTIER AND ARTHUR GEORGE PELLETIER, OF SAME PLACE.

WARP-THREAD AND SELVAGE GUIDE FOR LOOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 658,341, dated September 2.5, 1900.

Application led June' 28, 1 89 9.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH CARTIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Biddeford, in the county of York and State of Maine, have invented a Warp-Thread and Selvage Guide for Looms, of which the following is a specification.

In the operation of weaving the warpthreads, especially the selvage-threads on each side of the warp, frequently overlie each other and become intermixed, so that in the event of the breakage of one of these threads itis often difficult to find the broken ends in order to tie them together, much loss of time being thereby occasioned, resulting in pecuniary loss to the weaver who works by the cut or piece.

To overcome thisdifficulty is the object of my invention, which consists in a narrow plate or strip adapted to be so fastened to a loom as to extend into the path of the warpthreads and being provided with a series of holes forming guides for said threads,where by they are separated from each other and held apart as they pass to the shuttle-race, thethreads which are admitted to the guideholes through slits extending therefrom to the edge of the strip, being thereby prevented from overlying each other and becoming intermixed, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my warp-thread guide and the adjacent portion of the loom-frame by which it is supported and from which it projects into the path of the warp-threads. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of my warp-thread guide and its holder, the position which it occupies when not required for use being indicated by dotted lines.

In the said drawings, A represents a portion of the framework of a loom; B, the warpbeam; C, the guide-roll, over which the warpthreads a pass to the shuttle-race, and b the leaserod.

D is a narrow plate or strip, preferably composed1 of sole-leather or leather-board, but wh-ich may be made of any other suitable material. Through a hole c at the outer end of this strip is looped a piece of spring-wire d, twisted at e, whereby the two portions are caused to bear with a yielding pressure Serial No. 722,205. KNO model.)

against the opposite sides of the strip D, thereby holding it in a horizontal position in the path of the warp-threads between the guide-roll C and the shuttle-race, as shown in Fig. l, but permitting it to be swung down on the looped end of the wire as a pivot into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 when not required for use. The wire d, which forms a holder for the strip D, is bent 6o at its outer end into the proper shape to fit around the adjacent portion A of the loomframe, over which it is sprung, as shown in Fig. 1, and from which it can be easily re-` moved when desired, the free end 10 being 65 provided with a hook l2, which is caught over the adjacent portion l5, thereby forming a tight clasp. Any other suitable form of holder may, however, be employed which will properly support the strip D and hold it 7o in position for use, the strip being preferably pivoted to the end of the holder, so that it can be swung down into a vertical position when not required for use. The strip D is provided with small holes f, spaced apart, each hole forming a guide for a single warpthread, which passes therethrough. These holes are preferably arranged in two parallel rows, the holes of one row alternating with those of the other row, as shown; but, if de- 8o sired, the strips may be made with a single row of holes only. Extending at an angle from the upper or lower edge of the strip D to one side of each holef is a slit g, through which the warp-thread can be readily slipped into its hole, the inclination of said slit and its tangential arrangement with respect to the hole with which it communicates effectually preventing the warp-thread from slipping out of said hole after having been placed 9o therein. At the point where each slit f reaches the edge of the strip D is formed a notch h, which forms a guide for locating the warpthread in a position to instantly enter the slit g, thereby enabling the weaver to place the warp-threads in the proper holes in the shortest possible time. The arrangement of the holes fin two alternating rows, as shown, with their entrance-slits extending both to the top and bottom edge of the strip, enables me looV to place theholes much nearer together than would be practicable if the holes were placed in a single straight row with their slits e-X- tending to one edge only of the strip, as the slits must be sufficiently far apart to avoid undue weakening of the body of the guidestrip. By the employment of the above-described thread-guiding device it will be seen that the warp-threads which pass through the holes f are separated from each other and held apart as they pass from the roll C to the shuttle-race,` whereby all liability of their riding one over the other and becoming interrnixed, as heretofore, is entirely avoided, and consequently the breakage of a thread will be readily noticed, enabling the broken ends to be easily found and united a great saving of time being thereby effected, and the production of the loom proportionately increased, to the great advantage of the weaver.

In the drawings I have shown the threadguide of such length as to receive the selvagethreads only, as these threads are most liable to be intermixed; but it will be obvious that the guide may be made of greater length, or, if desired, of such length as to extend entirely across the loom to receive the entire series of warp-threads without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I prefer to make my thread-guide of leather or leather-board on account of its softness and consequent freedom from liability to cut the threads as they pass through its holes; but it may be made of any other material that may be found adapted for the purpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A Warp-thread guide consisting of a strip or plate provided with a series of holes for the passage of the threads, whereby they are separated and held apart, and having inclined slits arranged tangentially with respect to said holes, and extending therefrom to the edge of the strip, for the admission of the threads to the holes, substantially as described.

2. Awarp-thread guide consisting of astrip or plate provided with holes for the passage of the threads, and slits leading from its edge to said holes in combination with a supporting device or holder adapted to be attached to the loom, said strip being pivoted to said holder, whereby it may be turned down into a vertical position when not required for use, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a warp-thread guide consisting of a strip or plate provided with holes for the passage of the threads, and slits leading from its edge to said holes, of a support or holder composed of spring-wire, and adapted to be sprung over and clasped around an adjacent portion of the frame of a loom, whereby it is held in the path of the warp-threads, substantially as described.

4. A warp-th read guide consisting of a st rip or plate provided with two parallel rows or series of holes for guiding the threads, the holes of one row alternating with those ofthe other, and entrance-slits for the threads leading from said holes to the upper and lower edges of the strip, substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 17th day of May,

NOAH CARTIER. In presence of EMILE A. FORTIN, MARIE MENARD.

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