US1873791A - Rocker-shaft bearing for looms - Google Patents

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Aug. 23, 1932. C, C, SHAW 1,873,791

HOOKER SHAFT BEARING FOR LOOMS Filed Feb. 5. 1931 Patented Aug. 23, i932 Y I t Y j .y i 1,873,791

UNITED STATESv PATENT OFFICE oLAUnE o. SHAW, or oAivmnN, soU'rH CAROLINA Boonen-SHAFT BEARING Fon Looivis Application led February 5, 1931. Serial No. 513,709.

The object of this invention is to provide and provide the saine with a set bolt 21 which a simple and inexpensive rocker-shaft bearis locked in its adjusted position by a locking for looms that may be substituted for the nut 22, the'lower end of the set screw bearold, original bearings when the saine become ing against the top face of the plate 6. In this 5 so worn as to require renewal, as more fully construction'it will be observed that this subhereinaftei set forth. Referring to the drawstitute rocker-shaft bearing may be readily ing annexed; attached to the regularA cross-beam loom at Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one of my any point in its length and that it may be l bearings; used in pairs to provide proper journals for lo Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view thereof; the opposite ends of the rockereshaft, which 60 and Y shaft may be shortened in view of the fact that F ig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken these bearings need not be affixed to the through the supporting beam or girt of the side frame in the loom. In view of the ease loom. with which these bearings may be substituted 16 Referring to the drawing by reference charfor the old bearings, very little loss of pro- 65 acters, 5 designates the usual beam or girt duction of the'loom is suffered by their subof the loom, and 6 a top pocket plate adstitution for the old bearings. They in fact 'ustably secured to the upper face of the giri; lalso aford a more substantial bearing for the y means of one or more bolts 7 which pass rocker-shaft in view of the fact that they may 3o through transverse slots 8 in plate 6 and lon' be plaCd 0105er t0 the lay. Y They also have 7e gitudinal slots 9 in the girt, these bolts and the advantage that they hold the lay in proper slots permitting the plate 6 t0 be adjustable position and thus help other parts of the looin longitudinally and transversely on the girt. to functionbetter, thus greatly reducing pos- The front edge of the plate 6 ie provided sibilities of mis-picks, thin places and 25 with an integral depending front plate 10 smashe's, which ofcourse are very detri- 7 which is braced to the plate 6 by side flanges mental in the woven product. In my im- 11 and is provided with a pair of vertical slots JPIOVB- bealtllgS, blOkeIl WOIdS Carl be read- 12 open at their lower ende, This plete 6 ie ilyreplaced in much less time than has heretoalso provided with a` depending plate 13 OIG 106.911 POSSllOlG. :so whose lower edge is turned backwardly so as I Olalm' 8o to engage under the front edge of the girt 5 Io 2 boalllg for 100m rocker-ShaftS, a Supto thereby assist in locking the hanger struc- Port/111g Stluottlle embodyllg a top plate With ture 6-10 t0 the gift, means for adjustably but rigidly attaching Secured by a pair of bolts 15 to the front it t0 a 100m gift 0r beam and a depending plate 16 which is provided at its lower end oPoIl Slots; a hanger-plate having IOCkGI-, with a closed cylindrical bearing 17 for the Shaft bolllg'ploleotng IOHI tS fI'OIlt faCe rocker-shaft (not shown), this bearing 17 be- Yvl'h a 111g pfowotllg IedTWlIdly and fitting ing aligned with e bushing 18a preferably 1n one of the aforesaid slots in the face plate, mede of Wood, The belts 15 page through and boltsextending through the hanger plate au holes in the plate 16 and through the aforeand the Slots 111 ,the fao@ Plato at o Point said vertical slots 12 in the hanger-plate 10, flboV@ tho afoleSald 111gto thereby enable the bearing-plate 16 to be In 178513111101157 whereof I hereunto @mx my vertically adjusted. The bearing-plate is Slglltlll'oi5 provided with a rearwardly extending rib 19 CLAUDE' C- SHW- 95 which lits in one of the slots 12 to thereby prevent lateral vibration or movement of the bearing-plate 16. To nicely adjust the bearing-plate 16 up and down, I provide itsupfece of the depending plate 10 is e bearingface plate provided with a pair of vertical 5:,

5 per end with a rearwardly extending flange 20 'Y 100

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