US1912890A - Axminster loom - Google Patents

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June 6, 1933.

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AXMINI STER LOOM NVENTR J 4 BYY/7 ATTORNEY J.A. coYLE AXMINIISTER LOOM June 6, 1933.

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Filed July 3l, 1931 '7 Sheets-Sheet 6 INVENTOR ATTORNEY j June 6, 1933. l J. A.v COYLE 1,912,890

AXMINI STER LOOM Filed July 31, 1931 7 Sheets-Sheet 7 Q 'n4 N 1 I W In@ m .1 SQ Q N- 1 0 R Q s. s

Patented June 6, y19331.

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'Iheupresent invention relates to Xrnin-` sterloonisand an objeotthereorfisto protube r 10?- ofthe ltremsporting'carrier inoperative dur-fl .ing one Aor moreWiping-in operations Vof each tube frame so that the wiping-in mechanism may ,operate ona ralityv of times.

porting vthe y mediate points; fortherpurpose v inglthe. saggingof snehcarriers. .Astill fur-- ther obj ect offthe invention is "toprovide a 2951 WiperLWhich Will remove `from y depending from the tube frames,v `loose yarn to prevent above vthe present .invention vduring successive wiping-in operations stantiallyv the same space longitudinally.

. called quality7 fabrio." I

l This applicationfis a con ',parts, all of which Will behereinafterde- ,gthe novelfeaturesbeing pointed o`11t I l y f arranged on thev drive shaft/9- andengages scribe' in the appended claims.

'IntliefdraWingsb-r- Y C. Fig.' 1 'is side View. v of a Vmachine with parts-:removed ,to illustrater the operation fof the selecting or limiting mechanism `for the feeding'mechanismv of the transporting car-"jl -Y f l ed', in. this instance,'bysafratchetwheel 14' Fig. 7 2 iseja-g-fragmentaryf .vertical section showing aT tubeiframe about `tobe yretnrned.. '5.' lto Wipingn position by the Awiping-in mech* `ainsin )after the feeding mechanismA 'for theA before being carrie-d V'Another Y' ering the feeding mechanism'` single tnbef frame-a plu# A further vobj ect fof 'the'. to provide anovel means-of siipl-y shearing blade carriers ,atinter-q l d V of prevent. n

the strands the latten being incorporated in j the .completed fabric. In addition .to .the i provides vfor. 2illinodifying tlieaotimo-f` the cloth take-rijp thesame tube franieTthata plurality of rows ofthe same pattern or colorg may occupy subil O .3Q-fthe Vfabric that is ordinarily occnpied bya single row ofV tuftsto thereby `producea vsof l .y 77. *are two rolls'3eontainingtheWarp'tlireadsL tinuationin part' Y of application Serv. No. 298,688,- filed August y Tol thesend other ends,ftheinyention. conf.framefhas agportion 6 .with 'a'forward pro- 1 sists v Vof .certain YVparts and combination, @of v i "AXMINs'rnLooM 1931.1y srfaifnafssena.

transporting carrier has been rendered inefy' ofthe yarnby the shearing mechanism;

4 isan "en1arged"detail View of the?V shearing mechanismshowing the manner in v'v lfhichthe shearing blades are suppor ted. .in'- terme-diately of their ends; v l

transporting chain is rendered keffective Fig. 6 is a fragmentarypl'an vView. of the4 Fig. 7 is a plan ofthe shearing mechf."

the-Wiper j are operated;

take'up .during successive. Wipingfin'jopera# tions of the same tube frame.; and

modifying the take-up operations;v v. Y

1 .Referring .7; to v the illustrated '1 embodiment oftheinventioml indicates thev main frame e of the loomv having aQdriV'e shaftjQ` supportedA Fig; 10 isa front Viewl of the means for` vFig is .a side view shoyi/inig..more the .takelnp `and means Afoninodifyingy 'the thereon. Also supportedon this main frame which lead` 'ffrom the:v rolls overthe two Yten;y

siondevices'fftofthe breastpla'te 5 overlwhichyS-f Q Vwhich* thef'drive shaft 9 .ofk. the-transporting carrier;v orchain- 10 tnrns. sprocket 1l is 9k o f-any suitable construction@. Operation ofw the transporting' chain onca-rrijer 10 iseffeot- Jectinga'rm'provided Withiabearing 8 in:V

arranged on the` drive shaft Qand adapted to be --enga'ged'byv two pawls 15pV andl' Yp'ivoted-gk yF is a detail vlew showingthe man-'2l' 'i ner 1n Whmhthegselecting orA limiting mechanismj for the feeding mechanism ofthe s these swinging arms 17 and 18 are pivoted at 19 two links 2O which have a common piv ot 21 on the Vdouble arm lever 22 pivoted at 23 on an arm 24 supported on the upright 5 of the frame, Fig. 3. To the other end of this lever 22 a link 25 is pivoted, this link 25 vin turn being pivoted at 26 to a lever 27,

j Fig. 1, and the latter being pivoted at 28 to. the frame of the machine and carrying the roller 29 for cooperation with the cam 30 on the drive shaft 2. It is apparent that, with the turning of the drive shaft 2, the lever'22 will be roc red on its pivots 23 and will move the pawls 15and 16 upwardly simultaneously, the pawl 15 acting on one of the teeth of the ratchet wheel 14 and shifting the trans-` porting carrier 10. At the same time, the pawl 16 engages behind one of the teeth on the ratchet wheel 14 so that upon the descent of the lever 22 the pawl 16 will complete the movement'of the transporting carrier 10 and bring another one of the tube frames with its yarn spool to a position where it may `be operated upon by the wiping-in mechanism.

rlhe operation of wiping-in the yarn from the different spools is effected by a wellknown mechanism comprising, in this instance, rocking carrier 31 pivoted at 32 and rocked by means of links 33'which are operated from the drive shaft 2. Each of these rocking frames 31 of which-there are two, one at opposite sides of the loom, carries a vlever 34 pivoted at 35 between its ends on the carrier and having an end portion 36, Fig. `2,

which is adapted to interlock with one end of a'tube frame 13 to pivotally support the tube frame while the latter is detached from the transporting carrier 10. Mechanism notl shown and old in the art is provided for Y swinging the two arms 34 on the pivots 35 in order to impart to the tube frame and its spool a longitudinal movement. For imiarting a rockin()` movement of avtube frame and its spool on the varmsf34, two links37, Fig. 2, are provided each detachably interlocking at one end with a tube frame 13 above the pivotal connectionwith the arms @34, eachV of said linksbeing pivotally connected at 38 to an arm 39 pivoted at 40 to the frame extension and operated by a link 41 from the shaft 2. Thedetails of this wiping-in mechanism are not shown, as the mechanism is well-known and is not changed in' the present invention.- Y

After each pattern'line is wiped-in by a f 4, provided with a cutting blade 43 and a front blade carrier 44 provided with a cuttingjblade These blades are guided at A ltheir ends on 'side pieces'of the main frame 1 at 88 and 89. To eachendof the blade carrier 44 are pivoted links 90, Fig. 8,l each of which is pivoted at 91 to the upper end of one of two levers 92, the lower ends of which are pivoted at 93 to the frame 1. Each lever 92 carries a roller 94 which cooperates with the cani 95 on the drive shaft 2. To the opposite ends of the knife carrier 42 are pivoted links 9G, Fig. 8, which in turn are pivotally connectedto theuppen ends ofdouble` havefconsiderable length, there is a tendency V for the carriers to sag at their middle portions and to prevent this sagging is one of the features of this invention. /This means comprises intermediate supports for both knife carriers 44 and 42' between "the ends of the carriers. The knife carrier 42` has an adjustable bracket arm '46 bolted at 47 to the rea-r sides of the carrier 42 and projectedV upwardly and rearwardly from the carrier at an intermediate portion thereof. vOn the frame portion 6 an armv48 is secured by bolts 49 and projects forwardly and downwardly from the frame, its lower end being provided with an' adjustable guide membery 50 which is pivoted to the arm 48 at 51 and isV heldin its adjusted position by bolt 52, passing through the slotr 53 in the guide member, An adjustable abutment 54 on the arm prevents 'the shifting of the guide member 50 in an upward direction.V A pin- 551on the adjustable arm 46 travels iii the guide groove of the guide member 50 as the knife carrier 42 movesback and forth.

rlhe intermeditae support for the knife cari-ier 44, Fig. 4, embodiesan arm 56projected forwardly and upwardly fromitheknife carr'ier44V and carrying a Vgi'o'oved guide member-57 which is adjustably mount-H ed on the arm 56 preferably by a means of two bolts 58 operating in slots 59 inthe guide member 57 and anchored in 'the arm 56. A djustable abutments 60l cooperate with 'the guide member 57 to hold it in sition. f p u Y On the guide member operates aroller 61 projected laterally from an adjustable bracket 62 depending from the underside of a cross piece 63whieh extends across theY front of the'loom and is supported from, the frame 1 by an upright extension 64, Fig. 7, oiithe side pieces of the main frame of the loom.

Another feature'of this invention is the provision of means whereby the wiping-in operation of each tube frame may be repeated,

its adjusted po- Y that is, may be made to give two or more wip-l ing-in operations successively before another tube frame is wiped-in. This means, in this instance, renders thev feeding mechanism of the transporting carrier 1() inoperative while the lsuccessive wiping-in 'operations' of the tube frame are taking'place so Vthat when the wiping-in mechanism returns the tube frame and its spool to thetransporting carrier it is compelled again to take up the same tube frame and spool andY carry it again to the fabric being woven or to'wiping-in position. This result is accomplished, in this instance,

by limiting the swinging movement of thel operating lever 22 so that the pawls 15 arid 16 move back and forth over 'the vratchet wheel 14 withoutimparting'any movement to such ratchet wheel and consequently not imparting any movement tothe transporting chain 10. The limiting means, in this inl-fr` stance, comprises an endless member or chain 65, Figs. 2 and 3, mounted to travel on two sprockets 66 and 67and having afplurality j of stop projections 68 spaced apart. In this instance, this chain isoperated by a step byl stepV movement, first, to present one o f the stop projections 68'to an adjustable abutvment 69 on the lever 22 and next to presentr a space between twoy stop projections 68ste said abutment 69. If the abutment 69 meets the space, then the lever 22 can make afull movement consequently operating the pawls 15 and 16 and moving 'the transporting carri'er 10 to a distance to present another `tube ssl frame and its spool to the wiping-in mechanism. If, however, a projection 68 -is presented to the abutment 69, then the movement of the lever 22 is limitedor not completed, with the resultthat the pawls 15 and to the carrier 16 ride on'the ratchet wheel 14 without operating the transporting carrier 10so that the wiping-in mechanism nieves f from the transporting chain to wiping-in position back 10 and then takes the same tube frame which it `had operated immediately prior. thereto and repeats the wiping-in oja-,

eration. While, in'this instance, the limitingde'vice limits the movement of the lever 22 every other time, it is apparent Athat the invention is not limited to this arrangement since the size or numberof limiting stops may serve to suspend the feed of the 'transporting carrier forany desired A.number of wiping-in repeats by the same tube frame.

For moving the limiting or selecting` mechanism, a ratchet wheel 70 may be 4arranged A on the shaft of the sprocket wheel 67 and with this ratchetwheel, 1a pawl' 71 may engage, this pawl being pivoted at'72to an larm 73 which swings on the shaft 23 i two arm lever 22 also'turns.

A spring 7 5 connects this pawl 71'with the arm 73 to hold the pawl 71 normally in-contact with vthe ratchet wheel 70. An arm 76 rigidly' secured to the arm 73 has a link 77 pivotally ,con-1v Y tube frames.

nected thereto andr extending downwardly I therefrom to a bell crank lever 78, Fig. 1, pivoted at 79 to the loom lframe 1 and having a roller 8O at its other end cooperating with a cam member 81 adjustably ysecured to a wheel 82 mounted on the drive shaftf2.

Withtherotation of thedriveshaft 2,=the .s

bell crank 78, is periodicallyengaged by the cam 81 and raises and lowers the linkV 77.

Vith the raising of the link the pawl 71 rides upwardly on the ratchet wheelYV 70V without operating the latter, but with the lowering of the link, the pawl 71 advancesY the ratchet wheelone "step thus moving the endless selecting or eliminating device one step. A stop pawl 83 pivoted atl 84 cooperates with the ratchet wheel'70 and holds the latter in the position to which it is moved ."'1`o render thisl limiting mechanism inoperative at will, a rod 71ad Vis connected moved to thetransporting chain and are im-v mediately carried by thelatter.. As' the transportingv chain is of considerable length these short pieces drop off Vbefore a tube frame again wipes-in the yarn carried by it. In this machine, however,where each tube'frame v is successively employed for wipingin two' or more 'pattern' lines, these short vpieces do not have opportunity to detach themselves from the Ydepending portions ofthe yarn on the tube .frames andYV as va consequence will he wiped-in the fabric on .each successive op! erationof the tube frameunless some means is'provided to prevent such,` action. In order to'prevent this actiommeans isprovided for wiping or removing these short pieces of yarn or libre from the depending ends of yarn on each tube fraineafter each wiping-in opera tion of a tube frame'. In thisinstan'ce, this wiping means is in the forni of a comb 85 secured to theV knife carrier 42 and extending ini:Y

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longitudinally of said carrier' above the knife i blade 43, the comb having longitudinally eX- tending slots' 87 through which screws V86 pass in order that the vcomb 85'may be adjustable longitudinally of the-rowof yarn `strands to properly position the comb with'reference to the strands., 'The wipe-olf comb being carried by V the knife carrierv 12 and theqcomb' being directly-beneath the tube, frame as the A I latter moves upwardly,fthe yarn strands projecting from thetube frame are drawn upwardly through the slots of the-comb or wiper and all short pieces are removed from such strands so that, when the tube frame repeats its wiping-in action, the short pieces or yarn are not woven in the completed 75' fabric.

In order that a patterned pile fabric of fine quality and close texture may be produced without pattern distortion, the present inveny tion provides means for modifying the takeup during repeats of wiping-in action by the same tube frame with the result that successive repeats of the pattern line by any tube frame may be closely beaten up and consequently occupy substantially the same space 155 longitudinally of the fabric that is ordinarily occupied by a single pattern line.

The modification of the take-up action may be variously contrived, the essentials in this respect being that such change in the take-up 730s' pattern lines in succession, the take-up shall be modified to cause the plural number of the same pattern lines to be beaten up into closer relation than is ordinarily the case.

Mounted at the front of the loom frame is the take up or spike roll 103 which is mounted for rotative movement in bearings 104. Secured to the take-up or spike'roll 103 is a worm wheel 105 which engages with a Worm 106 on a shaft 107, which is supported i 40"- for rotative movement in bearings 108, Fig. 9.

Secured to the shaft 107 is the toothed member or disk 109, which is engaged by a pawl 110 carried by a sleeve 111 loosely mounted on the shaft 107.

Connected to the sleeve' 111 is the rod 112 having its rear end connected at 113 with the two arm lever 114 pivotally mounted on the loom frame at 115. The lower arm 116 of the lever 114 carries a roll 117 which is adapted to be engaged by the cam projections 118 mounted on the cam disk 119, the construction being such that during normal operations of the loom without repeats of the wiping-in action by a tube frame the lever i114 will be moved to cause the pawl 110 to turn the worm shaft 107 and perforce to turn the take-up or spike roll 103. The spring 120 normally acts to move the roll 117 into engagement with the cam projections.

Connected to the two arm lever 22 at 121 is a take-up controller 122 herein shown as a rod extending downwardly from the lever 22 and pivotallv connected at its lower end 123 with a 'bell crank lever 124 pivotally .mounted at 125 to a cross girth 126. One

be so coordinated with the repeated wipingarm of the bell crank lever 124 is connected at 127 to a take-upV controlling rod 128 mounted for sliding movement in the bearings 129 and carrying at its end remote from the bell crank lever a projection 130.

Rising from the crossgirth 126 is a bracket member 131 into which is threaded an adjustable stop 132 which is shown in the present instance as an adjusting screw, the end of which at 133 extends towards the lever 114.

During normal weaving operations when each tube frame is caused to wipe-in a single row of tufts the two arm lever 22 will partake of its full feeding movement to actuate the transporting carrier 10 and at such times the projection 130 on the rod 138 is withdrawn from between the end of the adj usting screw and the arm of the bell crank lever 114, with the result that the cloth take-up will act to take up the cloth after each wiping-in action. When, however, the selecting or limiting mechanism presents one of the upstanding stops 68 to the end of the pin 69, the two arm lever 22 will be arrested in its movement and the'take-up controller rod 122 will be held in a raised or intermediate position, with the result that the bell crank lever 124, Fig. 10, will cause the projection 130 to be interposed between the limiting stop 122 and the upper arm of the two arm lever 114, so that the roller 117 will not have its full movement towards the cam projections 118 and consequently will be moved a less amount to take-up the cloth. The construction is such that when each tube frame wipes-in only a single row of tufts the takeup will have a normal take-upA movement, but when a tube frame is to wipe-in two or more successive rows of pattern forming tufts, the take-up will be modified or slowed down and it may be in some instances that it will beV stopped altogether during the successive wip- Y ing-in actions by the same tube frame.

The operation of the invention will be understood from the foregoing but it may 'be summarized as follows: The tube frames 13 with the Vspoolsthereon are detachably secured in a known manner to the transporting carrier 10 and are successively brought to the wiping-in mechanism by the carrier through a step by step mechanism operated by the drive shaft 2 and having the pawls 15 and 16 which operate to turn the shaft 9 through the ratchet wheel 14. The wiping-in mechanism removes each tube frame presented to it with the spool thereon from the transportingchain and presents the yarn to the fabric being woven. After the tufts are formed, the shearing mechanism severs the yarn and immediately thereafter the wiping-in mecha-Y nism returns the tube frame and the spool to the transporting carrier. As the shearing blade 43 approaches the yarn, the comb or wiper straddles the different strands of yarn projecting from the tube frame so that, Y as the tube frame moves away fromA the agresse shearing mechanism', the yarn strands are wiped to free them' from the short libres. In this illustrated construction, the feeding mechanism is rendered'inoperative on the transporting chain 10 on every other operation of the wiping mechanism, this Ybeing effected through the limiting stops 68 passing into the path of theabutments 69 on the lever 22, on alternate downward movements of said lever so that the pawls l5 and- 16 1do not turnv the ratchetll- The limiting stops 68 have a' step by step movement efected through the pa-wls A71 which 'are controlled fromthe driving shaft 2. The` carriers for the shearing or cutting fblades i3 and l5 are supported intermediate their ends by means up close in the fabric and occupy space lon- Y gitudinally of the fabric substantially equal 'to the space ordinarily occupied by a single row of tufts. y y

The foregoing mechanism is particularly designed for weaving patterned Axminster fabrics of -high quality or close weave without pattern distortion. Heretofore the substantial maximum of pattern lines possible in a patternedJ-lirminster fabric has been ten vdue to the fact that if more pattern lines were employed, a flattening of the pattern would occur. This is overcome by repeating the pattern lines one or morev times andv beating the pattern lines to a higher degree in order to increase the number of lines per inch to obtain a pattern without distortion. The present application does not show a'beating mechanism but the loom-is equipped with the usual beating mechanism now well known, the increased beating being obtained by slowing down or modifying the action of the takeup mechanism so that the beating action on the wiped-in pattern lines is increased and no pattern distortion results.

What is claimed is i l. In an AXminster loom, the combination with a transporting carrier of a plurality of tube frames thereon, a wiping-in mechanism to which the tube frames are carried successively by the transporting carrier, a pawl and ratchet mechanism for shifting the car-- rier step by step, andmechanism foractuating said pawl and ratchet mechanism, of means for limiting the movement ofthe last named mechanism periodically to prevent the pawl and ratchet mechanism moving the transporting carrier, said means comprising an abutment on the pawl shifting mechanism and an endless limiting device having projections and spaces between the projections,

the projections cooperating with the abutment fon the pawl shifting mechanism to limit 'the movement of the latter, and spaces permitting the abutment to pass between the projections in order that a full movement of 470 the pawl shifting vmechanism may Atake place. 2.- In an Axminster loom, the combination withl a transporting carrier, a tubev frame 'carried thereby, a wiping-in mechanism for n* and from the W5 Vtransporting carrier, and a shearing mechamoving the tube frame tow-ard nism` f-or shearing' Athe wiped-iii yarn from the yarn on a'tube fram-e of a wiping means carried by the* shearing mechanism and en-N` gagingfwith the strands on the tube frame to remove the-short yarn therefrom as the tube frame is" moved away from the shearing mechanism.

' 3; In an Axm'inster loom the combinationw With atransporting carrier, tube frames car- 35 ried thereby, a wiping-in mechanism for moving'the tube frames toward and from the transporting carrier, and a kshearing mechanism embodying twoknife carriers each ofM Awhich .support a cutting-knife, a comb wiper W0 carried byone lof theknife carriers above theyknifefthereof and engaging with the projecting ends lof the strands on the -tube frame asthe latter moves away from the knife carriers. v l

ll. Inan-AXminster loom, the combination with a transporting carrier, aplurality rof tube frames thereon, a wiping-in mechanismV vto which the tube frames are carried succes- F lsively by the. transporting carrier, a ratchet 5x00 wheel connected with the carrier'v for imparting a movement to the carrier through 'the length of the latter, a pivotally mounted member operated continuously during the .loom operation and provided with spaced stops rwhich cooperate with the abutment to 7110 limit the lever movement and prevent travel of the transporting carrier periodically.

5. In an Axminster loom, the combination with a transporting carrier, tube frames carried thereby, 'and wiping-inmechanism for '7J5 moving the tube frames toward and from the transporting carrier, of a wiper engaging with the strands on the tube frame to remove the loose fibres from vthe yarn as the tube W `frame moves, away from the work after .a 1120 Y wiping-.in operation of the wiping-in mechanism. n Y n 6. In an' AXminster loom, the combination with a .transporting carrier, a tube frame carried thereby, and wiping-in mechanism for 3'125 moving Vthe ltube frame toward .and from the transporting carrier, of a comb for engaging with the strands on the tube frame, and

means 'for operating said comb to cause it tov engage .said strands to remove the loose libres 1`30 from the strands while the tube frame is being carried away from the work by the wiping-in mechanism after a wiping-in operation.

7. In an AXminster loom, the combination of a cloth take-up, a transporting carrier, a plurality of tube frames mounted thereon, a wiping-in mechanism, means for feeding the transporting carrier to present a tube 1,10 frame to vthe wiping-in mechanism, means actuated by a going part of the loom for suspending the feeding movement of the transporting carrier at predetermined intervals that the wiping-in mechanism may wipe-in 15 yarns from the same tube frame a plurality of times, and means for modifying the action of the cloth take-up during successive wipingin operations by the same tube frame.

8. In an Axmnster loom, the combination E of means for taking up the cloth as it is woven, a transporting carrier, a plurality of tube frames mounted thereon, a wiping-in mechanism, means for feeding the transporting carrier step by step throughout its length d5 to present a tube frame to the wiping-in mechanism, means actuated by a going part of the loom for suspending the feeding movement of the transporting carrier at predetermined intervals that the wiping-in mechanism may 53.0 wipe-in yarns from the same tube frame a plurality of times, and means for modifying the cloth take-up during successive wiping-in operations by the same tube frame that the plurality of pattern lines may occupy sub- CLH stantially the same space ordinarily occupied by a single pattern line.

9. In an Axminster loom, the combination of cloth take-up mechanism for taking up the cloth as it is woven, a transporting cari) rier having tube frames thereon, a wiping-in mechanism, an actuator for moving the transporting carrier to present a tube frame to the wiping-in mechanism, means for suspending the eective operation of the actuator at f' "4.5 intervals that the wiping-in mechanism may wipe-in successive rows of pile forming tufts from the same tube frame; and means for modifying the effective operation of the cloth take-np mechanism during successive wiping- '50'in operations by the same tube frame that the plurality of pattern lines formed by the same tube frame may be beaten up into close relation to form a quality pile fabric.

l0. In an Axininster loom, the combination of a transporting chain carrying a series of tube frames, a wiping-in mechanism, actuating means for the transporting chain to present a tube frame to the wiping-in mechanism, means for suspending the effective operation of the actuating means for the transporting chain at intervals that the same tube frame may wipe-in successive rows of pile forming tufts, a cloth take-up mechanism and operating means therefor to take-up the cloth 65 as it is woven, and a take-up Vcontroller operated from the actuating means for the transporting chain for modifying the action of the take-up mechanism during successive wiping-in operations of the same tube frame.

11. In a loom for weaving pile fabrics,

0 the combination of means for forming two 7 4or more rows of the same pattern lines in suc- `in succession so that theV said pattern lines may be beaten up into close relation to form a quality fabric without distortion of the pattern.

l2. In a loom for weaving pile fabrics, the combination of means for forming two or more rows of the same pattern lines in succession, a cloth take-up mechanism and means for operating the same to take-up the cloth, controlling means for the take-up mechanism for slowing down the take-up action of the take-up mechanism during the formation of the two or more rows of the same pattern lines in succession that such plurality of successive pattern lines may occupy substantially the same space longitudinally of the fabric that is ordinarily occupied by a single row. x

13. In an AXminster loom, the combination of a transporting carrier having a series of tube frames, a wiping-in mechanism, actuating means for the carrier for presenting tube frames to the wiping-in mecha-nism, '100 selecting or limiting mechanism for determining the eective operation of the actuating means, a take-up mechanism for taking up the cloth as it is woven, take-up controlling means operated from the selectingor limit-ing mechanism for slowing down the take-up when the selecting or limiting mechanism indicates a suspension of movement of the transporting carrier that the same tube frame may wipe-in a plurality of times.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

JOSEPH A. COYLE.

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