The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-26

IN tumDl1nS Darrel, WHICH lS Sill
ply revolving cylinder, half filled
with sawdust, and rolled until they are
cleaned of grease and dirt. Then they
are passed through blower, which re-
moves the sawdust and leaves the pins
bright and shining. Next they. are
placed in large square sieves and low
cred into vats filed with peculiar
green fluid. These are the nickeling
vats, and after remaining in them an
hour or more the pins come out changed
from brass color to the familiar nickel
hue. They are again rolled in saw
dust until dry, and then pass upstairs
to the sticking room.
Sorting the Pins.
Thus far the pins from each of the
machines have been kept in separate
boxes, as the least variation in size
would injure their appearance and sell
ing qualities when placed in the papers.
Now, however. if there is any doubt as
to the exact uniformity of all the pins
in each consignment, if any of them
have been bent or imperfectly formed,
they are run through "sorter." This
curious machine has hopper at the
top from which the pins feed down
through narrow groove to an aper,
ture graduated to any desired size,
where every imperfect pin is thrown
out, while the others drop out re.
ceiver. 1t is impossible to get the bet.
ter of this machine. Bend pin ever
so slightly, mar the point or head the
least bit and the machine will instantly
reject it.
Next comes the sticking room,
where the pins are mounted on papers,
as they are to be seen on the shelves
of dry goods stores. 1t is not so very
long since that this process was per-
formed by hand, but now it is all done
by most ingenious machine. From
the hopper into which the pins are
poured, as wheat is in q -four mill,
they pass down into a narrow slit,
which holds the pins upright. In In
dian file they move down this narrow
line and at the bottom fall upon G
grooved screw. which rejects all that
are imperfectly formed. The others il
neatly turns upside down, and leaves
them standing point upward, thirty ii
a line, in q narrow frame.
As the pins enter the sticking ma
chine from one side, the paper, which
has previously been cut into proper
widths, and gilded on the edges, is fec
into it on the opposite side from a a>bie
roll. There are raised lines along tht
roller over which the paper passes
and press descends upon it making {
double "crimp" in the paper. At the
same time the narrow frame which
holds the line of the pins is automat
ically raised and the pins are neatl.
thrust through the paper, being re
leased and left in exact and orderly ar
ray as soon as they have pierced it.
The long strips of mounted pins ar
cut into proper lengths as they emerg'
from the sticking, machines and pas
on to the inspectors. The inspectors
from the court of last resort, where al
deformed or injured pins that may b,
any possibility have escaped the ma
chine, are discarded and thrown out
This work requires the greatest skill
and only experienced hands are EN-
ployed. 1t may be said in passing tina
all the inspectors and most of tn
workers employed in the sticking de
partment are women. Men do tn
work in the whitening room and oper
ate the pinmaking machines.
Inspecting the Product.
The inspectors have the lightest an
pleasantest room in the factory, fo
plenty of light and keen vision go to
gether to make their work effective