A NEW AND IMPROVED Graduated WHEEL TONGUER OR MACHINE FOR Manufacturing WHEELS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Singleton, of 1, Upper Road, Plaistow,
in the County of Essex, for the Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED
Graduated WHEEL TONGUER OR MACHINE FOR Manufacturing WHEELS,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Singleton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 14th May 1875.
I, HENRY SINGLETON, of 1, Upper Road, Plaistow, in the County
of Essex, do hereby declare the nature of tho said Invention for "A
NEW AND IMPROVED GRADUATED WHEEL TONGUER OR MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING
WHEELS," to be as follows:-
The object of this Invention is the construction and arrangement of
a machine for the more accurate and expeditious manufacture of wheels.
It may be constructed of metal, either of brass, iron, or steel, and
actuated by hand or otherwise.

page_text: reference is made to the accompanying Drawing and the letters of
reference shewn thereon, that is to say :-
M shews the main body or frame of the machine; D, D, block cramps
for holding Y in required position; E, cramp for securing Y while being
operated upon; O, cram phandle; F, guage rod for regulating the length
of Y; Y, the material to be operated upon; X, tongue; C, rings of
metals of various sizes to fit in B for the purpose of graduating the size
of tongue X; B, nose of cutting cylinder; H, set screws for securing
C, S, and F; N, lever; U, slot and pin to N; L, spindle; K, pivot
joint; A, cutting cylinder; S, cutter; R, mouth of cylinder and rings;
P, handle of machine.
The mode of operation is as follows:-The machine is set by screwing
the cramps D, D, to the required position of tongue X, and guaging the
rod F to the required length of Y, and is then properly secured by the
cramp E. The handle P is then turned and the lever N moved for:
cutting fast or slow, as may be required, and for drawing the cylinder A
back ready for the next operation.
For obtaining the required sizes of tongues X the graduated ring C is
placed in B or nose of cutting cylinder, and the cutter S is set to the
graduated ring. These rings are composed of metal of the same external
diameter, but varying in internal dimensions for obtaining the required
sizes of tongues.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Henry Singleton in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 13th November 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, Henry
SINGLETON, of 1, Upper Road, Plaistow, in the County of Essex, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
eighth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto the said Henry Singleton, Her special licence

page_text: that I, the said Henry Singleton, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry Singleton, 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, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "A NEW AND IN-
PROVED GRADUATED WHEEL TONGUER OR MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING WHEELS,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry Singleton,
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 imme.
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Singleton, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, 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 and arrangement of
a machine for the more accurate and expeditious manufacture of wheels.
It may be constructed of metal, either of brass, iron, or steel, and
actuated by hand or otherwise.
And in order that this my Invention may be readily understood and
5 carried into effect, reference is made to the accompanying Drawings and
the letters of reference shewn thereon.
M shews the main body or frame of the machine; D, D, block cramps
for holding the spoke Y while being operated upon; O is the cramp
handle; F, guage rod for regulating the length of the spoke; Y, the
› material to be operated upon; X, the tongue; C, are rings of metal of
various sizes to fit in the nose of cutting cylinder B for the purpose
of graduating the size of tongue ✗; B, shews the nose of cutting
cylinder; H, set screws for securing rings O, cutter S, and guage rod F;
N, lever; U, slot and pin to N; L, spindle; K, pivot joint; A, cutting
5 cylinder; 8, cutter; R, mouth of cylinder and rings; P, handle of
machine.

page_text: Having given a description of the machine I will now proceed to
describe its mode of operation.
I first place the wheel to be operated upon in a vertical position in a
stool or pit, such as are used for the purpose of manufacturing wheels
I then place the ring C corresponding to the size of the tongue to be
produced in the nose of cylinder B of the machine, and secure it with
the set screw H; I then slip the cutter S along the groove to the inner
edge of the ring C and secure that also by means of the scred H. To
give the length of the tongue I set the gauge rod F by the nave of the
wheel, and fasten it with the screw H.
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The machine now being ready for use I place it on the front of the
spoke Y, and by means of the cramps D, D, set the machine to the dish
of the wheel and fasten it to the spoke by means of the cramp E; I
then turn the handle P with the right hand and raise the lever N with
the left hand; I then obtain a perfectly round tongue on the end of the 1
spoke in a very short time.
Having thus described the nature and object of my said Invention,
I declare that what I claim and desire to be secured to me by the herein-
before in part recited Letters Patent is, the construction and arrange-
ment of a new and improved graduated wheel tongue or machine to be 2
used in the manufacture of wheels, substantially as herein-before
described and shewn on the Drawings, or any mere modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Singleton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of November, in the 2
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-