Vibration controlling mount

Claim 1

A VIBRATION CONTROLLING MOUNT FOR APPARATUS AND MACHINES SUCH AS LOOMS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO OPERATIONAL VIBRATION IN THE HORIZONTAL PLANE, SAID MOUNT COMPRISING A RIGID BED PLATE HAVING A NON-SMOOTH UNDER FACE FOR GRIPPING A SUB-STRUCTURE ON WHICH IT IS SET, A RIGID PARALLEL SEAT PLATE OF LIKE CONFORMATION AND APPROXIMATELY SIMILAR AREA OVERLYING THE BED PLATE, FLAT WEAR-RESISTANT BEARING MEANS FOR AND BETWEEN THE OPPOSED FACES OF SAID PLATES AND OPERATIVELY AFFORDING FOR THE SEAT PLATE THE CAPACITY FOR LIMITED HORIZONTAL MOVEMENT RELATIVE TO THE BED PLATE IN ALL DIRECTIONS IN THE PLANE OF THE PLATES, SPRING MEANS INSTALLED AT AND OPERATIVELY BETWEEN THE ADJACENT ENDS OF THE PLATES AND HAVING A SHALLOW VERTICAL EXTENT SUCH AS TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE OVERALL VERTICAL HEIGHT OF THE MOUNT AS A WHOLE, SAID SPRING MEANS DISPOSED AT AXIALLY OPPOSITE MARGINAL PORTIONS OF THE BED AND SEAT PALTES AND HAVING MAJOR AXLES PARALLELING THE ADJACENT MARGINS THEREOF, AND MEANS SECURING OPERATIVELY OPPOSITE PORTIONS OF THE SPRING MEANS TO THE BED PLATE AND TO THE SEAT PLATE AT LOCATIONS ABOVE THE BOTTOM SURFACE AND BELOW THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID PLATES RESPECTIVLEY AND IN A MANNER WHEREBY THE INDIVIDUAL SPRING EACH AS A WHOLE IS TILTED FOR MAXIMUM OPERATIVE CONFORMITY WITH THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SAID PLATES AT WHICH THEY ARE SECURED AND THE ENTIRETY OF THE SPRINGS AND SAID SECURING MEANS THEREOF IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE VERTICAL COMPASS BETWEEN THE TOP SURFACE OF THE SEAT PLATE AND THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE BED PLATE WHILE SAID TOP SURFACE OF THE SEAT PLATE PRESENTS AN OVERALL FLAT LOAD-RECEIVING AREA ADAPTING THE MOUNT FOR OPERATIVE RECEPTION OF A MAXIMUM SIZE RANGE OF LAODSUPPORTING ELEMENTS SUCH AS THE STANDARD FEET OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL LOOOM FRAMES.