US737073A - Beadwork-loom. - Google Patents

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110,737,073. 7 PATENTED AUG. 25, 1903. 5.1T. BUSH.

BEADWORK LOOM. APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1903.

HQ MODEL.

UNITED STATES.

Patented August 25, 1903.

EDWINJ. BUSH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BEADWORK-LOQM.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 737,073, dated August 25, 1903.

Application filed May 2, 1903. Serial Ne, 55, 2il6. (lilo model.) d

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ED IN J. BUSH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of New York, in the county'of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Bimdwork- Looms,1of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to a hand-loom adapted for use in weaving beadwork; and in such connection it relates to the construction and arrangement of such a loom.

The principal object of my'invention is to provide a loom of simple, inexpensive, and. strong construction wherein the warp-threads to which the beads are to be secured are properly supported in position, so as to be readily accessible, and inwhich the beaded work may be readily taken up during the progress of the"work.- 1'

The nature and scopeof my invention will be more readily understood from the follow ing description, taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, in which i Figure 1 is a side 'elevational view, partly sectioned, of a loom embodying main features of my invention. Fig. 2is a top or plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating one of the reeds in elevation, and Fig. 4 is a cross-sectionalview illustrating the take-up mechanism for the work.

Referring to the drawings, arepresents the base of the loom. At either end of the base a are arranged bearings b and d, in which turn, respectively, the drums or rollers b and d. Immediately in front of eachdrum or roller b or d is arranged a reed e and e",

consisting, as shown, of a serrated bar e supported upon uprights e projecting from the base a. a

Parallel with the base "0t and clamped down thereon is a transverse barf. The preferred clamping meansfor holding the bar f is an elastic'band f, engaging the ends of the bar f and extending beneath the base a, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

The base a is provided at one end with a series. of holes or perforations g, into which are fitted the pegs 9. Into these holes 9 are passed the Warp-threads m prior to passing the same over the drum or roller 1) and the reed e. The pegs g serve to clamp .the threads m in the holes g.

The operation of the loom :is' as follows: The warp-threads-min required number are drawn through one or more holes g and over the drum b. The threads are then separated by entering the 'properserrations Ofthebar e of the reed e andthe bar 6 of the ree'd e The threads on then pass over the drumd' and under the take-up barf and are clamped by said bar to .the base a of the loom, the band f furnishing the necessary clamping force for the bar f. After the threads m have been properly assembled in the loom the beads p are united to these threads m according to the patternrequired, byrpassingthe sewing or weft threads 19' through .the beads 19, so as to unite the beads to the threads. The manner of souniting the beads is 'Well known to thosewho make beadwork and needs no spe'oialdescription here. ,One

way of uniting the beads to the warp-threads m is illustrated in the drawings, and it consists in first threading a needle with a suh'i 'cient length of thread p, then placing the heads 1) for one row of the pattern upon the needle. The needle, with the heads, is then passed under the warp-threads m-and the beads arranged between saidwarp-threads. The thread '19 is then drawn through the beads 19 and underthe warp-threads m, the end of the thread 19'' having first been tied to a warp-thread m first in series. The thread 19 is then passed around awarp-thread m,l

last in series, and then through the beads 19, passing over all the warp-threads in series. For the succeeding rows of beads 19 in the pattern the same manipulation of the needle and thread 1) is requiredtha t is to say,

each row of beads 10 is united to the warpthreads m'by-th'e' weft-thread p; which first passes under thewarps and through the beads and then over the'warps and through the beads. After the work has progressed sufliciently the beaded portion is drawn over the drum d and under the take-upbar f, the threads m having been first loosened in the 'hole or holes g by removing the peg or pegs.

9'. After so taking up the work-the Warpthreads m are tightened by pulling them over the drum 1) through the hole or holes g, and the peg or pegs g are again used to bind the threads to the base a. The warp-threads in the loom are thus held under proper tension in a position to be readily accessible, and the work may be properly and easily taken up without disturbing the loom.

Having thus described the nature and object of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a loom of the character described, a base, two drums supported above the base respectively at either end of said base, and two reedsinterposed between the two drums, each reed consisting of a bar having a serrated In a loom of the character described, a base, two drums supported above the base respectively at either end of said base, two reeds interposed between the two drums, each reed consisting of a serrated bar supported above the base of the loom adjacent to the drum, and a take-up for the work, comprising a transverse bar and an endless elastic band passed over the ends of the bar and under the base of the loom.

4. In a loom of the character described, a

base having a drum supported above the same, reeds located between the respective ends of said loom and each consisting of a serrated bar, and pegs adapted to enter suitable perforations in the base of said 100111 to confine the threads of the loom to said base.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWIN J. BUSH.

Witnesses:

J. W. BENHAM, C. E. IRISH.

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