Improvements in the Manufacture of Stair Rod Eyes.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Stair Rod Eyes.
We, HENRY MEE, and JAMES DOBBS STONE, of 41 Frederick Street, Birmingham
in the County of Warwick, General Die Sinkers, do hereby declare the nature of this,
invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to the manufacture of the "eye" of Stair rod eyes, i.e., the
part which receives the rod; and holds it in position for securing the carpet.
The object of this invention is to produce an article of the same solid appearance
as the cast eye; but of superior shape and cleaner finish than the cast; also to
decrease the cost of manufacture and carriage.
In the accompanying drawings the processes of manufacture are illustrated, viz.:-
Fig. 1 represents the first process; i.e. the metal is cut out in outline and
represents a flat blank..
Fig. 2 represents the metal properly shaped for slitting and bending.
Fig. 3 represents the slit part turned up for forming the back of the eye.
Fig. 4 represents the metal shaped to fit the rise and tread of the stairs and also
to formn the front part of the eye.
Fig. 5 represents the slit part turned round to form the complete circle which is
the last process,, and leaves the eye complete; the ends of the slit portions, may be
turned up as shewn at dotted lines A if desired.
The saine principle also applies to eyes to suit triangular and other shaped rods.
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Improvements in the Manufacture of Stair Rod Eyes.
We, HENRY MEE and JAMES DOBBS STONE of 41 Frederick Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, General Die Sinkers, 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 and illustrated by
the accompanying drawings:-
This invention refers to the manufacture of the "eye" of Stair Rod eyes; i.e., the
part which receives the rod; and holds it in position for securing the carpet.
The object of this invention is to produce an article of the same solid appearance

page_text: but of superior shape & cleaner finish than the cast eye, also to decrease the cost
of manufacture and carriage.
In the accompanying drawings the processes of manufacture are illustrated, viz.:―
Fig. 1 represents the first process, i.e., the metal is cut out in outline and
represents a flat blank.
Fig. 2 represents the metal properly shaped for slitting and bending.
Fig. 3 represents the slit part turned up for forming the back of the eye.
Fig. 4 represents the metal shaped to fit the rise and tread of the stairs, and also
to form the front part of the eye.
Fig. 5 represents the slit part turned round, to form the complete circle, which is
the last process, & leaves the eye complete: the ends of the slit portions may be
turned up as shewn at dotted lines A if desired.
The same principle also applies to eyes to suit triangular & other shaped rods.
Thus it will be perceived by referring to the drawings, that the eye is made by
presswork, instead of by casting, and that due regard is paid to the shape of the
outline in order to economize the metal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is :-
1. A Stair Rod eye in which the eye or loop is stamped out of one piece of metal
a portion of it being slit and bent to form the back of the eye, as shewn at B
Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5.
2. The manufacture of stair rod eyes as set forth in this Specification and
illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
HENRY MEE,
JAMES DOBBS STONE,
Per J. J. Raggett,
Agent.