Model of power loom with improvements, patentee W. E. Taylor, 1860, and as exhibited at the International Exhibition, London, 1862.
This loom is a good example of the ordinary power loom for weaving calico, but has Mr. Taylor's improved mode of driving the lay and shuttle race. By using a very short connecting rod, the lay moves very slowly when back, but quickly when beating up the weft. One half of the lay is fitted with a connecting rod of the usual length, so as to show the different action of the very short one. There is the usual self- acting temple to keep the cloth out to the proper width, and self-acting arrange- ments for stopping the loom in case the shuttle does not run fully home into its box, or if the weft should break.
