Improvements in or connected with Spring Punties employed in the Manufacture of Articles of Glass.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 28th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
PROVIDIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or connected with Spring Punties employed in the
Manufacture of Articles of Glass.
I, EDWARD MOORE, of Tyne Flint Glass Works, South Shields, in the County
of Durham, Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with spring punties
employed in the manufacture of articles of glass.
Spring punties as hitherto constructed have only been suitable for the "sticking
up "of glass articles formed with a stem and foot and they have been pro-
vided with a forked or pronged device carrying a lunette or crescent shaped
plate adapted to clamp the foot of the article against a base plate carried by a
tube or sleeve embracing a rod carrying the fork and lunette and normally held
by means of a spring in contact with the lunette.
Now the object of the present- invention is to construct a spring punty in
such manner that it may be employed in the "sticking up" of various articles
of glass other than those constructed with a stem and foot and such for example as
glass dishes, tumblers or the like.
In carrying the invention into effect the fork and lunette carried thereby are
dispensed with, and in lieu thereof a wrought iron or other suitable frame is
employed of a convenient size to contain the article which is required to be
stuck up."
This frame is shaped somewhat like an inverted stirrup iron that is to say the
top rail is horizontal, the side rails extend from the top rail vertically in a
downward direction and the bottom rail of the frame is more or less bow shaped
and at its centre is fixed to the upper end of the punty rod which is embraced by
the tubular post or sleeve.
The frame adjacent to its junction with the punty rod is formed of flattened
section to pass through and work in vertical slots formed in the upper end of the
tubular post or sleeve within which the punty rod works whilst the top rail
of the frame has centrally fixed therewith a stud or bobbin and the upper end
of the tubular post or sleeve carries a co-acting base plate between which parts
the article to be "stuck up" is securely held by the action of the usual spring
which forces the tubular post or sleeve in an upward direction.
By means of the improved spring punty hereinbefore described various articles
of glass without stems and feet may be readily "stuck up" and which has
been impossible when using a spring punty of the kind heretofore employed.
Dated this 2nd day of February 1898.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.

page_text: Improvements in or connected with Spring Punties employed in the
Manufacture of Articles of Glass.
I, EDWARD MOORE, of Tyne Flint Glass Works, South Shields, in the County
of Durham, Glass Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The invention relates to improvements in or connected with spring punties
employed in the manufacture of articles of glass.
Spring punties as hitherto constructed have only been suitable for the "sticking
up" of glass articles formed with a central stem and foot and they have been pro-
vided with a forked or pronged device carrying a lunette or crescent shaped
plate adapted to clamp the foot of the article against a base plate carried by a
tube or sleeve embracing a rod carrying the fork and lunette and normally held
by means of a spring in contact with the lunette.
Now the object of the present invention is to construct a spring punty in
such manner that it may be employed in the "sticking up" of various articles
of glass other than those constructed with a central stem and foot and such for
example as glass dishes tumblers or the like.
In carrying the invention into effect the fork and lunette carried thereby are
dispensed with and in lieu thereof a wrought iron or other suitable frame is
employed of a convenient size to contain the article which is required to be
'stuck up."
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This frame is shaped. somewhat like an inverted stirrup iron that is to say the
top rail is horizontal, the side rails extend from the top rail vertically in a
downward direction and the bottom rail of the frame is more or less bow shaped
and at its centre is fixed to the upper end of the punty rod which is embraced by
the tubular post or sleeve.
The frame adjacent to its junction with the punty rod is formed of flattened
section to pass through and work in vertical slots formed in the upper end of the
tubular post or sleeve within which the punty, rod works whilst the top rail
of the frame has centrally fixed therewith a stud or bobbin and the upper end
of the tubular post or sleeve carries a co-acting base plate between which parts
the article to be
stuck up
is securely held by the action of the usual spring
which forces the tubular post or sleeve in an upward direction.
"
And in order that the said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is an elevation partly in section of a spring punty constructed accord-
ing to the present invention, and showing in dotted lines, a glass dish in position
therein.
Figure 2 is a plan thereof.
Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2, but taken at right angles thereto.
Figure 4 represents the upper part of Figure 1 drawn to an enlarged scale and
with the glass dish removed.
Figure 5 is a horizontal section taken on the line 1-1 of Figure 4 and
Figure 6 is a similar view to Figure 4, but drawn at right angles thereto.
In the several figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a represents the tubular post or sleeve 6 represents the punty rod and c repre-

page_text: sents the usual spring which surrounds the punty rod b and at one end takes an
abutment against a contraction a¹ of the tubular post a and at the other end bears
upon a shoulder b¹ of the punty rod b'with a tendency to force the tubular post a
upward or the punty rod 6 downward.
6 represents the frame which is formed of wrought iron or other suitable
material, and is of a convenient size to contain the article which is required to be
stuck up
" and which in the drawings is represented by the dotted lines to be
an oval glass dish.
The frame is shaped somewhat like an inverted stirrup iron, that is to say
the top rail is horizontal, the side rails extend from the top rail vertically in a
downward direction, and the bottom rail of the frame is more or less bow shaped
and at its centre is formed on or fixed to the upper end of the punty rod 6 which
latter is embraced by the tubular post or sleeve a.
The bottom rail of the frame 62 at the points 62* where it is united with the
punty rod bis formed of a flattened section to pass through and work in corre-
sponding vertical slots a formed in the upper end of the tubular post or sleeve a
within which the punty rod b works.
"
The top rail of the frame 62 has centrally fixed therewith by means of a nut 63*
and washer a stud or bobbin 63 and the upper end of the tubular post or sleeve a
carries a co-acting base plate a³ between which parts the article to be "stuck up
is securely held as represented by the dotted lines in Figures 1 to 3 by the action
of the spring c which forces the tubular post or sleeve a in an upward direction.
In order to place an article of glass in the punty the tubular post or sleeve a
is grasped in the hand and the lower end of the punty rod bis pressed upon the
ground thus compressing the spring c and depressing the base plate a³; the glass
article is then placed with its base or bottom between the stud or bobbin b³ and
the base plate and the pressure of the hand is relaxed when the article will
be firmly held in position in the manner indicated by the dotted lines in
Figures 1, 2 and 3.
It will be obvious that various articles of glass other than dishes and without
central stems and feet can be held in the device herein before described with equal
security.
By means of the improved spring punty herein before described various articles
of glass without central stems and feet can be readily stuck up" and which has
been impossible when using a spring punty of the kind heretofore employed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention. and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
A spring punty comprising a tubular post or sleeve, a base plate carried by the
upper end of the tube or sleeve, a punty rod within the tubular post and at its
lower end projecting beyond the same, a spring for normally holding the rod in a
given position, a frame carried by the upper end of the rod through slots in the
tubular post and a depending bobbin or stud carried by the upper part of the frame
in axial alignment with and meeting the base plate in the normal position
of the parts substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 28th day of October 1898.
WHITE & WOODINGTON,
Rooms 221-225, Birkbeck Bank Chambers,
Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.