Improvements in and Machinery for the Manufacture of Diamond Shaped Wire Net or Trellis Work suitable for Fencing or Protective Purposes, and for Spring Mattresses and other analogous Purposes. WORK SUITABLE FOR FENCING OR PROTECTIVE PURPOSES AND FOR SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES
Year: 1884

page_text: Improvements in and Machinery for the Manufacture of Diamond
Shaped Wire Net or Trellis Work suitable for Fencing or
Protective Purposes, and for Spring Mattresses and other
analogous Purposes.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
We JAMES RIGG COLLIER of 27 Bradshaw Street Shudchill Manchester in the
County of Lancaster Metal Merchant and DYER STEAD MUSGRAVE of 23 Port
Street Piccadilly Manchester in the County of Lancaster Wire Worker, do hereby
declare the nature of our Invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MACHINERY FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF DIAMOND SHAPED WIRE NET OR TRELLIS WORK SUITABLE
FOR FENCING OR PROTECTIVE PURPOSES AND FOR SPRING MATTRESSES AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS PURPOSES and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
The object of this Invention is the construction of a diamond shaped wire net
work or mesh capable of folding up into small compass and thus easy of transport
from place to place, which shall also be easily bent round any corner or angle-
which is useful and strong enough for all purposes hereinbefore mentioned and
which is inexpensive in first cost. We construct this mesh by employing a series
of single wires bent into flat zigzag form which when threaded or interlaced into
each other constitute the diamond shaped net work, and the improvements also
relate to the machinery for the production and putting together of the zig zag wires
forming our improved net work.
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents our improved net work
consisting of a series of single flat coils or zigzag wires a which are simply
threaded through or interlaced into each other as illustrated and thus when
distended constitute the improved net work. The lower part of the Drawing
Fig. 1 represents the coils or zigzag wires "a" close together showing into what a
small compass the network can be packed whilst it will be equally apparent that
by the peculiar linking together of the wires facility is afforded for rolling it up or
bending it round the smallest corner or angle.
The machinery we employ in the construction of the flat coils or zigzag wires is
represented by a front or perspective view in Fig. 2 and the construction and
operation of this machinery may be described as follows:-We take a creel or roll
of wire H and after passing the end of the same through a guide or tube L wo
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page_text: secure such end to the front extremity of a flat metallic plate D with parallel edges
and of suitable breadth to constitute the zigzag formation or coil required and
which plate is by preference of about the same thickness as the wire as shown
separately by plan view in Fig. 3.
This plate D is arranged by being connected to the spindle C of the lathe head-
stock B to revolve within a hollow cylindrical sleeve piece F (shewn with the
upper half hinged and partially open) and round the inside of which is fixed a
stationary spiral coil E-This coil serving to guide the wire in lapping itself
tightly around the revolving plate D so as to form the flat coils of the desired
pitch or at tho required distance apart whilst such plate being of the same
thickness as the wire not only gives a peculiar twist to the zigzag wires at the
angles but also provides room or space at those points for the adjoining wires to
link close together or fit neatly into each other at the angles when the wire-work
is interlaced and distended.
In this manner the required fat zigzag shape as seen in Fig. 1 is imparted to
the wire and the same continues to emerge in that form from the mouth of the
sleeve so long as there remains any wire to be drawn off the creel. In practise
however we find it advantageous to cut off the zigzag wires of the desired length
and to allow each wiro as formed and as it emerges from the mouth of the sleeve
to interlace itself or thread itself successively through the angles of the immediately
preceding zigzag wire.
To facilitate this operation we employ an adjustable table I and roller provided
with pegs i on its surface as illustrated, this table being designed to support the
wire work as formed and interlaced together whilst the pegs upon the roller hold
the last wire in a suitable position or angle to receive the succeeding zigzag wiro
proceeding from the mouth of the sleeve-piece-The roller is provided with a
hand wheel or may be provided with a ratchet wheel and pawl K. by means of
which the required fraction of a revolution may be imparted to it as each wiro is
completed and threaded into position whilst the weighted rope j passing round the
pulley serves to impart sufficient friction to prevent the roller turning except
under the control of the hand wheel-Instead of a pegged roller it will be apparent
that the wire work can be received upon a table and can be interlaced together by
the angles of the last formed length of wire being caused to project slightly beyond
the edge of the table to facilitate the threading in of the next succeeding coil or
length of zigzag wire.
This improved network is suitable in the construction of sheep and other fencing
poultry and game or vermin proof netting and for wire or trellice work for
horticultural and other training purposes also for ships poop netting, for torpedo
nets and for netting for other analogous purposes. It is also suitable in the
construction of folding or rolling window guards or shutters and of an elastic
surface for bed bottoms spring mattresses, seats of chairs, sofas and other similar
purposes.
Although we have described the bost arrangement of mechanism with which we
are acquainted for the construction of our improved net work we wish it to be
understood that our improved zig zag wires can be produced with the angles obtuse
or at right angles or more or less acute than as shewn upon the Drawing and by
other means than as herein before described for instance by lapping the wire round
a stationary plate or pegs but these we should consider to be modifications of our
Invention.
In conclusion we would remark that we are aware that wire coils have hitherto
been twisted round a cylindrical surface or mandril or caused to emerge in a
cylindrically spiral form from a similarly formed orifice and used for spring
mattresses seating and other similar purposes and therefore we make no clain to
such cylindrical coils or to the net work formed thereof but what we consider novel
and therefore desire to secure by Letters Patent is :—
1 The improved construction of wire net work composed of flat coils or zigzag
shaped wires substantially as and for the purposes herein before described.

page_text: 2nd The construction and arrangement of mechanism for forming flat coils or
zig zag wires substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and
illustrated on the accompanying Drawing.
3rd The use and application of a stationary sleeve piece and internal coil in
conjunction with a revolving plate or its equivalent for forming flat coils or zigzag
wires substantially as and for the purposes herein before described and illustrated
on the accompanying Drawing.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for Applicants.