IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STRAIGHTENING, MEASURING, AND CUTTING WIRE AND RODS OF METAL
Year: 1873

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Rylands, of Warrington, in the County of
Lancaster, Wire Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR STRAIGHTENING, MEASURING, AND CUTTING WIRE AND
RODS OF METAL."
Scaled the 1st July 1878, and dated the 6th March 1873.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Rylands at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
6th March 1878.
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I, JOHN RYLANDS, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Wire
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR STRAIGHTENING, MEASURING, AND CUTTING
WIRE AND RODS OF METAL," to be as follows:-
My improved machinery consists of a pair of rollers between which
the wire or rod of metal passes; the lower roller is driven by steam or
other power, and the top roller is held in contact with the lower roller
by a weighted lever. To the lower roller or upon a shaft in communi-

page_text: cation with it is fixed an adjustable cam or tappet which can be set so
as to act on the weighted lever at any time, and the same or anothor
cam or tappet is connected by a lever and rod or otherwise to a cutter
by which the wire or rod is cut off. When the machine is at work the
two rollers draw the the wire or rod between or over a set of straightening
bars or rollers, or in case of soft wire it is taken over a pulley retarded
by friction or otherwise; and when a certain length has been drawn
forward the cam or tappet raises the top roller to stop the advance of
the wire or rod, which is then cut off to the required length by the
cutter; the top roller is then allowed to drop and a fresh portion of the
wire or rod is again drawn forward and cut off as before; or the cutter
may be worked direct from the bottom roller without the necessity of
stopping the top roller.
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Lettors Patent,
filed by the said John Rylands in the Great Seal 'Patent Office on 1
the 23rd July 1878.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Jo´n
RYLANDS, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster, Wire Manu-
facturer, send grecting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of March, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, in the thirty-
sixth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said John Rylands, Her special licence that I,
the said John Rylands, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said John Rylands, 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, use, oxerciso, and vend, within the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
STRAIGHTENING, MEASURING, AND CUTTING WIRE AND RODS OF METAL," upon
the condition (amongst others) that I, the said John Rylands, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my,
or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe

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The requisito motion is communicated to the various parts of the
machine by the pulloy m² on the driving shaft m, on which is fixed the
pinion gearing into the wheel n' on the shaft n; on this shaft is
fixed the tappet n for actuating the cutter lever and the bevel
wheel n³ gearing into the pinion g' on the shaft of the lower measuring t
roller. The shaft supports the adjustable double tappet * by which
the top roller g is lifted out of contact with the bottom roller / when
the required length of wire has been drawn forward. The tappet n' is
made in two parts connected by a set screw, and each part is provided
with a segmental slot; the smaller part is keyed on the shaft n, and the 1
other part is loose thereon; by this means the dwell on the circumference
of the double tappet can be increased or reduced according to the
length of wire that may be required. The double tappet acts on a
bowl in the lever o, the outer, end of which is jointed to the link p,
and the upper end of this link is jointed to the longer arm of the 1
lever q, the shorter arm of which is connected by links to the
plator in which are the bearings of the axle of the top measuring
roller h.
The mode of operation is as follows:-When the machine is started
the wire is pressed between the measuring rollers and h, and so long 2
as these rollers remain in contact the wire is drawn by them off the
reel a, through the straightening rollers b, between the guide rollers o,
and clip e, and it is pushed through the die j. As soon as the desired
length has passed forward, the tappet 18' depresses the end of the lever o
and raises the top roller h, thus stopping the advance of the wire; 2
the tappet then lifts the end of the cutter lever and causes the
cuttor / to cut off the wire projecting through the die j, the top roller
is then instantly lowered, and as soon as it presses on the wire a fresh
portion is drawn forward and again cut off, and these operations are
repeated uninterruptedly.
I wish to remark that straightening bars may be used instead of
the rollers 6, shown, and rods of metal may be acted upon in the
same manner as wire.
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My Invention may be modified by making the circumferences of the
rollers and & equal to the length of wire to be cut off, in which case 3
the cutter may be worked direct from the bottom roller without the

page_text: In some cases it may be desirable to pass the wire one or more times
round a roller placed between the straightening rollers & and the recl a
which should be retarded by friction; the object of this additional roller
is to straighten the wire and to remove kinks.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and described a
convenient mode of performing the same, I wish it to bo understood
that I do not limit myself to the details given, as they may be varied or
modified; I claim the improved machinery shewn and described for
straightening, measuring, and cutting wire and rods of metal.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Rylands, have hereto sot
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my hand and seal, this Eighteenth day of July, Ono thousand
eight hundred and soventy-three.
TATY