IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING SMALL ARTICLES IN WIBE
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Riviere, of 63, Westbourne Park Villas,
Bayswater, in the County of Middlesex, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING SMALL ARTICLES IN
WIBE,"
Sealed the 1st May 1874, and dated the 7th November 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Riviere at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
7th November 1878.
I, HENRY RIVIERE, of 63, Westbourne Park Villas, Bayswater, in the
5 County of Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING SMALL ARTICLES IN
WIRE," to be as follows:-

page_text: machine.
up.
Fourth. For stamping or pressing wire previous to its being worked
Fifth. For clamping and bending for curtain hooks and articles com-
posed of two or more parts.
Although the above are described separately they are mostly for use
consecutively, the articles being transfered from one to the other, and
any number may be made together.
The machinery for pointing is formed of two plates, either strait to :
oscillate, or curved to revolve or oscillate, placed facing each other with
two ribs pressing together to form the points and divide each wire into
two pins, the wire being straitened and cut into lengths previously.
The machinery for bending consists of a trough divided lengthwise to
hold the wires, which are pushed therefrom into the machine, one set at
a time, by sliding bars, and there held by clamps which also mark them,
while the ends are turned, first, downwards by a lever, next laterally by
a slide with hubs or wipers on it, and both attached to an oscillating
frame, afterwards pressed back by a lever, and the ends finished by a
plate moving backwards on it. They are then slidden forward by the
bits on which the ends rest, and are taken off by a series of holders or
nippers worked by one lever.
The above arrangements may be modified according to the articles to
be made, and the ends flattened previous to being turned by dies pressing
or striking them.
The machine for twisting is for such articles as springs, nursery pins,
ticket suspenders, and the like, which are placed in it by the holders
before mentioned, and turned round short mandrills by the ends of levers
working on an eccentric which finishes them.
When required for curtain hooks they are transfered to a frame with
cover, and are ready for the clamping machine.described below.
The machine for stamping or pressing the wire previous to its being
worked up consists of an eccentric connected to a die by rods or bars,
causing it to reciprocate while the wire is drawn over it at each backward
stroke by a lever and clutch connected to a crank attached to the
eccentric, the whole being driven by a winch or pully..

page_text: The clamping machine consists of a series of upright clamps worked
by a cam and lever, above which is placed a series of plates fixed to an
axle worked by a lever, and descending into the gaps between the clamps,
with wires that have parts flattened at equal distances for the purpose
by the machine last described, and which are fed in by a rack with slide
and cutters to cut them off at regular distances. The pins in the frame
previously mentioned are now inserted and the clamps closed; the ends
of the wires held by the clamps are then turned to form hooks by arms
placed at the back of the plates, and when released they are drawn out
by a plate between the clamps underneath.
This machine is principally for curtain hooks with pins, and when
they are placed crosswise the upright clamps are dispensed with,
the plates and lever sufficing for the purpose, the wire being clamped
with a curved die to hold it firm, and the frame holding the pins having
its parts hinged to turn laterally.
The arrangements of all these machines may be modified according to
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Henry Riviere in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 6th May 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
RIVIERE, of 68, Westbourne Park Villas, Bayswater, in the County of
Middlesex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Henry Riviere, Her special licence that I, the
said Henry Riviere, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Henry Riviere, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time
and at all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should
and lawfully might make, usc, exercise, and vend, within the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and

page_text: Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANU-
FACTURING SMALL ARTICLES IN WIRE," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Henry Riviere, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Riviere, do hereby declare the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawings annexed, that
is to say:

page_text: Fig. 7 is the machine for twisting where a spring is required. w
denotes the holders before mentioned, which hold the wires while they
are twisted round the short mandrils by the ends of levers a working by
an excentric; this finishes them.
When required for curtain hooks they are transferred to a frame with 5
cover, Fig. 8, in which they stand upright, and are ready for the
clamping machine.
Fig. 9, the machine for stamping or pressing the wire previous to its
being worked up consists of an excentric y connected with a die a by
rods or bars z, causing it to reciprocate while the wire is drawn over it 1
at each backward stroke by a lever b and forked clutch c connected to a
crank attached to the excentric, the whole being driven by a winch or
pulley; d represents a ratchet wheel to coil the wire or cut it at each
revolution; e, the cone or drum for feeding.
Fig. 10, the clamping machine, consists of a series of upright clamps f 1
worked by a cam and lever g, above which is placed a series of plates h
fixed to an axle i worked by a lever, and descending into the gaps
between the clamps with the wires that have parts flattened at equal
distances for the purpose by the machine last described, and which are
fed in by a rack, Fig. 11, with slide j and cutters k descending into slots
to cut them off at regular distances. The wires may be in straight
lengths, or in coils on reels or drums. The pins in the frame previously
mentioned are now inserted and the clamps closed; the ends of the wires
are then turned back by the arms / placed at the back of the plates, and
when released they are drawn out by a plate between the clamps a
underneath.
This machine is principally for curtain hooks with pins, and when
they are placed crosswise the upright clamps are dispensed with, the
plates and lever sufficing for the purpose; it is then made wider, and
the wires are clamped by curved dies, like the one shewn at Fig. 12. and
the frame holding the pins having its parts hinged to turn laterally.
The arrangements of these machines may be modified according to the
nature of the work required, and the general construction and movements
will be understood by the Drawings.
Having now described my said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, I would remark in conclusion that I claim as

page_text: my Invention, the several novel arrangements and improvements in the
machinery for manufacturing small articles in wire, herein described and
represented in the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Riviere, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.