IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR TICKETING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edward Weild of the City of Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Engineer for an Invention of IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR
TICKETING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edward Weild at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th October 1883
EDWARD WEILD of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Engineer
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR TICKETING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS
My Invention consists in certain improvements in Machines for applying printed
tickets to the ends of Bobbins or Spools
The object of this Invention is to substitute Machinery for Manual labor and to
dispense with the injurious process of licking the tickets whereby the health of the
Girls is injured as each Girl has to part with a quantity of Saliva for the purpose
of damping the gum.
In carrying out my Invention I use tickets printed in sheets upon which are
also printed one or more sets of registers. The sheet of printed tickets is applied
to the Machine on one set of registers and the punching and fixing of the tickets
effected by punches acting upon them.
The Bobbins or Spools are placed in a Cellular Box each cell being of the
diameter of the Bobbin or Spool to be acted upon and at the bottom of the cell is
a hole made to receive the Boss or shank of Bobbin or Spool specially made for
Sewing Machines
The Box containing the Bobbins is carried into position underneath the die plate,
by the operator pushing the die plate along parallel slides which at the same time
causes the punch Box to close upon a hinge thereby embracing the printed sheet
of tickets between the die plate and the punches. This double motion of the die
plate and Bobbin box is effected by means of two endless bands working over
pulleys fixed at each end of the slides which carry the Bobbin box and die plate.
When the attendant pulls the die plate towards him the endless band causes the
Bobbin box to run from him and to emerge from under the presser plate at the
opposite end of the Machine

page_text: The Bobbins or Spools are damped on the ends to receive the tickets by damping
pads applied to them after they are placed in the cellular boxes just before the
said Boxes are transferred to the Machine
The die plate punches and Bobbins or Spools are brought between two presser
plates lined with thick sheets of India rubber which pressers are forced together
by cams, eccentrics, Levers screws, or Springs actuated by hand or manual power
The punches after cutting and placing the tickets upon the Bobbins or Spools
are lifted out of the die plate by Springs acting on the collar of the punches or by
eccentrics, cams, Levers, or Screws
The punches are made of the same diameter as the tickets and are recessed the
depth of the boss or shank on the ends of the Bobbins or Spools and have inserted
in them India-rubber pads which yeild to slight unequalities in the heads of the
Bobbins also the said recesses are provided with ventilating holes communicating
with the atmosphere.
To prevent excessive waste of paper owing to the distance between adjacent
tickets, I propose to print a second or even third set of tickets on the same sheet
occupying the blank spaces between the first set of tickets--the second and third
sets to be provided with their own registers having the same relative position to
them that the first set of registers have to the first set of tickets; by this means
double or treble the number of tickets may be obtained out of the same quantity
of paper

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edward Weild in the Patent Office on the 10th April 1884.
EDWARD WEILD of the City of Manchester in the County of Lancaster
IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR TICKETING BOBBINS OR SPOOLS
This invention consists in certain improvements in machines for applying
printed tickets to the ends of bobbins or spools the object being to substitute
machinery for manual labour and to dispense with the present injurious process of
licking the tickets whereby the health of the girls is injured as each girl has to
part with a quantity of saliva for the purpose of damping the gum.
In carrying out the Invention I use tickets printed in sheets on which are also
printed one or more sets of registers. These sheets of printed tickets being
applied to the machine on one set of registers and the punching and fixing of the
tickets effected by punches acting upon them.
On the annexed sheet of drawings Figures 1 and 2 are back and front views
Fig 3 a side elevation and Fig 4 a plan of one arrangement of my improved
Machinery for ticketing bobbins or spools and fig* 5. 6. 7. 8. 9 and 10 are different
views detached of various parts of the Machine and in all the figures similar letters
refer to similar parts and Fig 11 represents the printed sheet of tickets shewing
the registers.
Fig: 9. the bobbins or spools marked a are placed in a cellular box 6 each cell
being a little larger than the diameter of the bobbin or spool and at the bottom of
each cell there is a hole to receive the boss or shank of the bobbin or spool when
specially made for sewing machines, or the cell is made deeper and the extra depth
filled up with an india-rubber cushion d having a central hole to receive the boss
or shank.
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The cellular box b is placed on a travelling table e working on two parallel
slides f fixed to the side frames g of the Machine and both sides of the table are
attached by binding screws h to two bands i each fastened to and passing round two
pulleys k at each end of the slides; another part of the bands being connected to
binding screws fixed to the underside of the travelling die plate m on which is
hinged a punch box n pointed at the back to the die plate m on which are fixed two
handles o and when the operative pulls the die plate to the front of the machine as
shewn at m by the dotted lines Fig 3 the travelling table moves to the back,
On the shafts p. q. between the side frames g there are two pressure plates r. 8.
lined with thick sheets of india-rubber and jointed to rods t. u. moved up and
down by eccentrics v Figs 2 and 3 and cams w shewn detached Fig 5 fixed to the
cross shaft a on which is fastened the long hand lever y.
The cellular box b containing the bobbins or spools is placed on the travelling
table e which is placed at the back of the machine the bobbins or spools are then
damped with gum to receive the tickets by damping pads a¹ Figs 1. 3 and 8
applied to them,
The pads being placed on gum tubes 61 fitted to board c¹ and passing through
trap board c. connected to rods d¹ working in guides e¹ and fastened at the bottom
by screws and nuts to cross bar f' Figs and 3,
The punches g' which are of the same diameter as the tickets are recessed the
depths of the boss or shanks on the ends of the bobbins or spools and have inserted
in them india-rubber pads h¹ which yield to any slight inequalities of the bobbins
or spools and in the body of each punch above the pad there is a ventilating hole k¹
to prevent the compression of the included air as shewn enlarged in Fig 7.
To avoid excessive waste of paper owing to the distance between adjacent
tickets I print a second or even third set of tickets on the same sheet occupying
the blank spaces between the first set of tickets: the second and third sets to be

page_text: provided with their own registers having the same relative position to them that
the first set of registers have to the first set of tickets by this means double or
treble the number of tickets may be obtained out of the same quantity of paper as
shewn in Fig 11.
In the damper and gum box represented full size in Fig 8. the outer tube & has
an external screw thread and held by nuts to the top board c¹ and the inner tube s¹
.is free to move up and down in the tube there being at the top a collar soldered
on which keeps it from falling through the tube z and on the external bottom end
of the tube z is placed an india rubber gumming pad a¹ the bottom surface of
which has perforations in it to allow the gum contained in the inner tube 21 to
pass through to the bobbins or spools ends,
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The dies marked c³ Fig 7 are screwed into the die plate m and are bevelled off
at the top for the purpose of forming a keen cutting edge which is left the thickness
of the ticket paper above the surface of the die plate m,
In the plate d there are screwed bushes e and in the plate f' there are also
screwed bushes g³ which are for the purpose of setting up each punch separately
and allowing the springs h and the collar of the punch to pass through at the
bottom of the punch g¹ the cutting edge is bevelled and the bevel is filled up with
india-rubber h¹ so as to present a flat surface, The springs he lift the punches out
of the dies,
At the commencement of the operation the operative pulls the die plate m
towards him by means of the handles o thereby moving the travelling table e to
the back to receive the cellular box b filled with bobbins or spools the centres of
which coincide with the centres of the dampers a¹ after which the operative by
means of the long hand lever y gives forward motion to the small frame m³: Figs 1
and 6 which in its turn acts on the projecting end n¹ and presses down the long
arm o.' the cross bar f¹ the rods d' and the board c' thereby pressing down the
dampers and damping or gumming the top ends of the bobbins or spools; the
trap board et at the same time falling on the bobbins or spools the springs
the gum tubes enabling the pads a¹ to yield to any inequalities, and after the large
hand lever y is pulled back the springs s' lift up the cross bar fl so as to place the
boards, dampers, and the lever and bracket in their original positions, but the trap
board cremains stationary awhile until the dampers leave the bobbins or spools
which causes the bobbins or spools to be undisturbed by the adhesion of the gum
and at the proper time is lifted by the collars d' on the rods d' and to ensure the
parallel action of the damping pads the guide bar q³ works in the bracket t'.
on
The die plate m is now brought entirely to the front as shewn in dotted
lines Fig 3 and the sheet of tickets. Fig 11. placed in position upon it by the
registers the punch box n rising on its hinges u' out of the way by the action of
the connecting rods vl jointed to the stationary bracket to as shewn by the dotted
lines Fig 3. After which the die plate is pushed back by the handles o and the
punch box lowered upon it by the action of the connecting rods v¹ the cellular
box b with its bobbins or spools coming forward at the same time and when the
punch box n and the cellular box b are in the centre of the machine between the
upper presser r and the lower. presser 8 the operative pulls down the long hand
lever to cause the eccentrics and cams w to lower the presser R and raise the
presser 8 which is kept straight by the guide bar a working in the stationary
bracket 6 thereby causing the punches g¹ to force the printed portions of the sheet
through the cutters and pressing them on the ends of the bobbins or spools, The
india-rubber lining in the presser r causes the punches to yield to any inequalities
and the india-rubber lining in the presser 8 acts as a cushion for the bobbin or
spools thereby providing that each bobbin or spool will be subjected to about the
same amount of pressure irrespective of slight variations in their length. The
above mentioned cushion may be made of any material suitable to produce the
required result. When this is effected the operative pushes back the long hand
lever which relieves the pressure from the punches g¹ then the springs h³ lift the
'punches out of the cutting dies o³,

page_text: The die plate is now brought to the front and the punch box raised on its
hinges u to admit of a fresh supply of tickets, the cellular box with the ticketed
bobbins or spools during that operation is travelling to the back of the machine
and the cellular box with the bobbins or spools ticketed is taken off the travelling
table and another box of bobbins or spools placed upon it,
To present the unticketed ends of the bobbins or spools another cellular box
is placed over them and the bobbins or spools of the first box emptied into the
second box for the purpose of having the unticketed ends of the bobbins or spools
ticketed.
In the above arrangement the steel die plate may be dispensed with by using
the knife edge punches to cut out the tickets by pressure against the ends of the
bobbins or spools,
Having now particularly described the nature of the said invention and the
manner in which the same is to be carried into effect I claim as the Invention
secured to me by the in part recited Letters Patent,
First. The combination and arrangement of mechanism for applying tickets to
both ends of bobbins or spools substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated
by the drawings,
Second. The gumming or damping of the ends of the bobbins or spools
by separate damping pads and tubes substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated,
Third, The cellular bobbin box with india rubber or other spring cushions fixed
in the bottoms of the cells,
Fourth, The arrangement of die plate and punch box made to open like a book
and to move on parallel planed slides substantially as shewn and described.
Fifth, The Ventilating apertures in the punches,
Sixth. The method of working the travelling table and bobbin box on parallel
slides in connection with die plate and punch box substantially as hereinbefore
described and illustrated,
Seventh, The method of supporting the bobbin box by means of a rising table
covered with india-rubber and of actuating the punches by means of a presser
plate also lined with india-rubber which table and presser are caused to approach
one another by means of cams or other mechanical appliances,
In Witness whereof I the said Edward Weild have hereunto set my hand and
seal this fourth day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and eighty four
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WEILD (L.S.)