IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD EYES OR FASTENERS
Year: 1884

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
I SAMUEL CHARLES EMERY of Chestnut Lodge, Slade Lane, Gravelly Hill,
Erdington, in the County of Warwick, Metal Roller, do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD
EYES OR FASTENERS to be as follows: —
My invention relates to and consists of improvements in the manufacture of
Stair Rod Eyes or Fasteners. By a simple and improved process I stamp these
Eyes or Fasteners out of a piece of metal and the "Eye" I make of any required
shape or form.
First I stamp out blank pieces of metal of an oblong or of any other required
shape or form. The metal I use is either rolled or wrought and is made of Brass
or other material. Screw holes are then pierced at the ends of these blanks. To
form these blanks into Stair Rod Eyes or Fasteners I use two Dies and a Press.
One Die (which I call the bottom Die) is grooved so as to form an angle. In the
centre of this angle there is a projection either half-round, or triangular, or square,
or any other shape or form required, and the sides of this projection have cutting
edges. The other Die or punch (which I call the top Die or punch) is made to fit
in the angle of the bottom Die, and has a hole shaped so as to allow the projection
in the angle of the bottom Die to enter and pierce and raise the "Eye," the flanges
or sides of the Eye are stamped into shape at the same time by the top Die or
punch. The hole in the top Die or punch has cutting edges at its sides.
The Dies are fixed in a Press, the "blanks" are placed upon the bottom Die and
by one blow of the Press the top Die or punch is brought down into the bottom
Die, and the Stair Rod Eye or Fastener is thus stamped into complete and perfect
shape, and is a finished Article.

page_text: I SAMUEL CHARLES EMERY of Chestnut Lodge Slade Lane, Gravelly Hill,
Erdington, in the County of Warwick, Metal Roller do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD
EYES OR FASTENERS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My Invention relates to and consists of Improvements in the Manufacture of
-Stair-Red-Eyes or Fasteners.
By a simple and Improved process I stamp these Eyes-or
-or-Fasteners out of a
piece of Metal and the "Eye" I make of any required shape or form.
First I stamp out Blank Pieces of Metal of an oblong or any other required shape
or form.
The Metal I use is either Rolled or Wrought and is made of Brass or other
material,
Screw holes are pierced at the ends of these Blanks, or one end of the Blanks is
pierced and the other end having a sharp point is bent so as to allow it to enter
the Stair.
To form these Blanks into Stair Rod Eyes or Fasteners I use two Dies and a
Press one Die (which I call the Bottom Die) is grooved so as to form an angle.
In the centre of this angle there is a Projection either half-round, or triangular, or
square or any other shape, or form required, and the sides of this Projection have
cutting edges.
The other Die or Punch (which I call the Top Die or Punch) is made to fit in
the angle of the bottom die and has a hole shaped in it so as to allow the Projection
in the angle of the Bottom Die to enter, and pierce and raise the "Eye" the flange
or sides of the "Eye" are stamped into shape at the same time by the Top Die
or Punch.
The hole in the Top Die or Punch has cutting edges at its sides.
The Dies are fixed in a Press, the "Blanks" are placed upon the bottom die and
by one blow of the Press the Top Die or Punch is brought down into the bottom
die and the Stair Rod Eye or Fastener is thus Stamped into complete and perfect
shape and is a Finished Article.
The Drawings A, A represent Blanks and B, B the finished Stair Rod Eyes or
Fasteners.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
'I claim is
The manufacture of stair rod eyes or fasteners from one blank piece or plate of
metal in such a manner as to separate a strip of metal out of the body of the plate

page_text: by suitable tools the said strip and plate being by the same process so formed as to
be a complete stair rod eye or fastener substantially as herein set forth and as
shewn on the Drawing.