The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1872-09-05

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A recent visit 70 the works Of the
Empire Pin Company, situated in
Cohoes, N. Y, afforded US an oppor-
tnnity to witness the entire process of
pin making. The wire for this pur-
pose is received in large coils, and
the FIRST proceeding is to render it
straight and free from kinks and
turns. Entering long room filled
with numberless little machines,
which united to make an almost deaf
ening clatter, our attention was direct
ed to coil Of wire which had Just
been placed on revolving spindle.
The end was passed through an
apparatus containing several small
rollers, and then allowed to wind
around q large wheel some two feet in
diameter. From this wheel the coil
is cut off in sufficient lengths. We
now pass to the pin making appara-
tus proper, that is, the numerous
small machines which spitefully seize
the wire, drag it along under cutters,
bite off small pieces, then supply each
of the several bits with head and
sharp point, and finally throw them
into receptacle rs nearly finished
pins at the rate of hundreds per min
ute. We say s'nearly Finished" be-
cause, to all appearances, handful Of
pins in their present condition appear
to be all ready for use. But they are
rough, they are still of yellow brass,
and their points are far from smooth.
We are now shown two revolving
barrels into which, with quantity Of
sawdust, the pins are thrown. Here
they are rolled until perfectly smooth,
when they are removed and treated
to a boiling for four hours in q solu-
ton of cream Of tartar and water,
from which bath they emerge literally
as "clean as new pin" and, besides,
thoroughly whitened.
Next they must be sorted. Pins of
every size, some short, others long,
must be separated, and each length
placed in distinct boxes. To effect
this, they are thrown on an inclined
tray; down they slide, ranging them
selves side by side. Now they pass
over piece Of steel. in the edges of
which intentions are cut Of varying
depths. Each pin keeps on the Jour-
ney until it reaches point at which
one of the indentations makes pas
sage sufficiently wide for it to pass
through lengthwise when it falls into
its proper box.
The pins being now sorted, the
next process is to place them in their
papers. Being heaped upon hori-
zontal tray, they are sent, by a sweep
Of the attendants hand, travelling
down an inclined plane of steel, in
which slots have been cut. Each slot
is made Of such width as to allow
the body Of the pin to pass through
but not the head There are as many
Of there slots as there are 10 be pins
in row. The pins sliding down
range themselves in an even line at
the foot Of the plane Meanwhile a
roll Of paper has been at
tached to the machine from UNDER
meath. This, as each row Of pins is
ready for insertion, is pressed and
held into die, which forms cross
wise creases in it. The pins are then
orced down through these creases,
he paper leaves the die and is rolled |
llong; another row of pins falls into
place, and the operation is repeated. |
The paper, when filed, is cut off into
proper lengths. and sent to girls to
upply missing pins. As each paper
s completed, it is folded and then
packed in bundles Of i Iozen each,
labeled, and sent to the mar
ret.
There is another machine connected
With this manufacture by which the
,ins which arc crool....l aud which fall
through the last described apparatus
re separsted from the straight pins
which become mixed with them.
This is done by causing the pins to
all on number Of endless leather
,elts. The crooked ones remain
teady, and are carried along the
'elts and dropped into a receptacle at
he end Of the machine. The straight
inns, however, in falling upon the
'e.ts do not rest upon them, but, re-
Giving by this means a yibratory
notion, roll off between the belts and
re caught in a box underneath. The
'reat rapidity of this work can be
judged from the fact that some $50
ackages of pins, each package con.
aiming dozen papers, are daily
nrned out at the works of the En-
ire Company.-Scientyfc inner.