The daily gazette., 1879-09-13

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Tw0 HORSE SHOES A sEcoND-A NEW
HORSE SHOE MACHINE INVENTED BY
A wILMNorDNfAH THAT Is A DE-
CIDED sUcCEs0. Aa-a
A GAZETTE reporter climbed the. iron
stairwy eading 10 the second. story OF
the axie fact0iy at Seventh and Orange
streets, the other evening, on the hunt of
eyOung man named George Pyle, who
was rumored to have invented a won
derful machine for manufacturing horse
shoes. es...$ ~ &-@
Mr.. Pyle was found in q little 6xlO
apartment, briskly engaged In putting
cost Of paint upon large machine,
composed of numerous cast iron parts
he is very Intelligent young man, not
more than twehty-six years Of age.
After few words of Introduction and
explanation ON part of the reporter, he
readily consented to give all the infor-
nation desired o..,.A
"Tliis IS the machine" )" said Mr.. Pyle,
quitting his work and rising to his feet,
st the same TINA pointing toward the
machine on which he bad been using
The paint brush. ~"You can't tell much
about, IL till II 10 explained, / assure
you" said he smilingly, Is he noticed
the puzzled look on the reporters face
As he walked around the machine and
tried to get an understanding Of It's
principle from a.hasty view. at is
little complicated, all in all, but its
principle ,s very plain when you once
see 1t work." "A f.-..,..p
Mr.. Pyle then took MP MP piece Of
iron about of an inch square and 8
inches long, and explained thst while II
was not horse shoe iron 1t would answer
the purpose Of showing the practical
wrkipss Of the machins very we'll. He
laid this lin q certain place made for
holding the iron before it Is carried into
the machine, which was just above what
he called die. This die 10 shaped like
the inside Of horse shoe. When the
machine is In full running gear 1t has 4
seif-feeding apparatus that carries the
iron in aud cuts 1t off into any required
length. Mr.. Pyle then threw the ap-
paratus into gear and told the reporter
to wa ch closely. Tho short piece Of
iron he had placed near the die was car
ried q few inches back beyond Il by 4
backward motion and dropped down.
On its return motion, the "forming
jaws" caught the piece Of Iron and forc-
ed 1t back against the die, around which
they closed clamp-like bending the iron
shoe was held in this position an instant
while the forging hammer, - 1t is called
fell upon 1t like lightning and forged II
completely. The whole thing was done
In an instant. ,tJ .sl. - .ir-'9
"There,' . said Mr.. Pyle, picking up the
shoe just made aud handing 1t to the
news gatheref for inspection, ssyou have
seen that shoe made at the rate of one
hundred and twenty per minute, and it
Is complete excepting the punching Of
the nail holes. / think you will admit
that this machine has some grest tS&f1l
trE and explain its merits to you."
Mr.. Pyle then proceeded to point out the
good features Of the machine. There
are two different dies for the shaping OF
shoes, one at each end and both OF
these turn off shoes at the same time.
| These dies are removable and differ
ent sized one for different shaped shoe
can be substituted At moments notice.
| If An order comes in for shoes for the
fore and hind feet, one of which IS
| always narrower than the other, the dies
can be arranged accordingly and the
whole order be filed at once. The ad-
yaptages of the arrangement over those
now In general use are very great. The
fastest horse shoe machine can only
turn out about forty shoes an hour and
the services of seven men are necessary
l = Dxylo tn take
four men and turn out one hundred ana
twenty shoes per hour easily. But run
ming slower, say at the rate OF seventy
five shoes per hour, the shoe can pc MADE
much better. But the advantage IN speed
and in the saving in the number Of
hands employed is not the greatest one
of the machine. The increased worSf
of the shoe is the greatest advantage o.
all. This is gained TO great extent pJ
the. forging attachment. In all otnel
machines the shoe has TO be forged be
fore it is bent into shape. With this, Il
is done Afterwards and the shoe can b.
! held around the die and forged for al
hour and not be forced out Of shape
Every idea about the machine Is orig
Mr.. Pyle has also invented an appara
, tus for punching the shoe, that is tn
. only one of.the kind made thst wal
punch the whole shoe at once. By ad
iusting the punches and putting in
a new die any sized shoe can be punched
3 l.Itis provided with an automatic sto
: that prevents the breaking OF th
q punches. s,., q s-.g-- :
The young inventor has been at wor
q upon this machine for the past slx yeal
Il up to the first Of September and has ju'
Got everything completed. he staIte
=. yesterday morning for Chicago and .
u Louis in the interest Of his invention
II He has good chances In Greas Britail
e where influential persons are taking ca
of his rights. Dt. tlnn v ~ =
LADDIEs HOB NOBBINt