Year: 1886

page_text: I JOHN MELTON BLACK of Tabernacle Street Finsbury in the City of London
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
This Invention relates to improvements in that class of machine known as
Nailing Machines employed in the manufacture of packing cases or boxes and is
designed for the purpose of enabling such machines to be employed for nailing or
pinning together in bundles or packets that description of ticket given to passengers
riding on Tram Cars or public vehicles in exchange for their fares and which said
tickets are required to be removed by the conductor from their binding pin or
nail in consecutive order.
The description of nailing machine to which these improvements are adapted is
that in which the binding nails are automatically presented in quantities and in a
line for being driven by pushers into the edges of boxes the sides of which require
nailing together In such. machines the sides of the box to be secured by nails are
placed on a bed plate and are clamped or fixed in position for nailing according to
their size by sliding fences or guides which hold the box firmly against the face
plate whilst the nails are being driven.
When such machine is adapted for nailing together sheets of cardboard having
printed on their surfaces at equal distances apart subject matter and numbers the
said fences and adjustable guides as used for box nailing are dispensed with, and
an arrangement of sliding holder is substituted therefore the construction and
adaptation of which to such nailing machine forms the subject of this Invention,
and in order that the object of such improved adaptation may be well understood
I will first explain the description of printed sheets which require to be nailed
together, for example I will take fifty sheets of cardboard each one having printed
upon its surface subject matter and numbers of one or various denominations
arranged in such a manner that the numbers representing separate tickets on each
sheet will when such sheets are placed one on the other run in consecutive order
from the bottom sheet to the top sheet or vice versa, now suppose the size of each
sheet represents ten tickets long and ten tickets wide it is necessary before the
combined sheets are presented to a knife for being cut into separate bundles or
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page_text: In these Figs. a is the framing of the machine, b the tube down which the nails
are conducted c the nail pushers & the grooved guide plate and e the guard plate
all being well known parts of a Nailing Machine.
In front of the grooved guide plate d which supports the nails and presents
them in position for being driven into the substances they are intended to bind
I form at right angles thereto the face or bearing plate f against which the sheets g
to be nailed are placed, with their bottom edges resting on the surface or base
plate of the sliding rest h. The sheets when so placed are held in position
against the vertical bearing plate f by the upright supports i or their equivalent
which with the bearing plato f form a kind of recess for holding the sheets g. The
uprights are made adjustable for the purpose of enabling a varying quantity or
thicknesses of sheets to be contained in the space between the bearing plates ƒ and
the said upright supports i the width of the sheets being clamped in by the adjust-
able sliding bars actuated by the set screws passing through the uprights h³, h³
projecting from the bed of the slide rest h.
The combined sheets when so placed first present either their upper or lower line
of tickets against the grooved guide plate d in position for receiving the nails.
The example shewn in the drawings represents the top line of tickets as the first
to receive the nails.
The opposite surface of the said line of tickets so presented is covered by the
clenching bar which is also adjustable and is so constructed that when the nails
are forced through the combined sheets by the pushers it not only acts as
a resisting back stop but causes by reason of the angular abutment ¹ the pro-
truding end of each nail to be slightly bent in a horizontal direction across the
ticket, or this bending up of the end of each nail may be accomplished by con-
structing the back stop k of a bar of metal so supported that it will form an
angular abutment for bending in the ends of the nails when the same are being
forced through the sheets, but immediately the nails have been driven home such
bar will be caused to fall flat against the sheets and so force down or bond the
protruding ends of each nail against and across the ticket. At this time a turn of
the stop wheel gives motion through the shaft and gearing m to the screw n the
action of which causes the slide rest h to raise the combined sheets g a distance
which will place the next line of tickets in position for receiving the nails.
During the time the combined sheets are being so raised, the bent protruding ends
of the nails vide Fig. 5 are forced by the fixed clenching plate k flat against the
sheets. The direction or position in which the ends of the nails are thus closed in
or clenched forms no impediment to the free action of the guillotine knife sub-
sequently employed for cutting the combined sheets up into seperate bundles of
consecutively numbered tickets.
With each intermittent movement of the stop wheel 7 the sheets g through the
medium of othe slide rest h are raised a distance equivalent to the width of one
line of tickets, and so presented for receiving the nails which are driven through
them whilst the sheets are at rest.
The extent of rise or fall given to the slide rest supporting the sheets so as to
suit varying widths of tickets is determined by a proportionate turn of the stop
wheel the intermittent rotation of which will cause the slide rest or holder to
dwell in positions which will allow each line of printed subject matter forming
tickets on the sheets to have nails driven through them.
I would here remark that although I have described the slide rest has being
actuated by a screw and nut it is evident that a rack and pinion may be used as
an equivalent therefor also that instead of the stop wheel being actuated by hand
as described the shaft m through which motion is communicated to the screw n
may be connected with the treddle motion (now employed for giving motion to the
pushers driving the nails) in a manner which will automatically give the necessary
motion to the screw or its equivalent transmitting the positive intermittent rise to
the slide rest h each time the nails have been driven through the sheets.

page_text: Consecutively Numbered Tickets together, and in the Means
Employed therefor.
I JOHN MELTON BLACK of Tabernacle Street Finsbury in the City of London
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements in that class of machine known as
Nailing Machines employed in the manufacture of packing cases or boxes and is
designed for the purpose of enabling such machines to be employed for nailing or
pinning together in bundles or packets that description of ticket given to passengers
riding on Tram Cars or public vehicles in exchange for their fares and which said
tickets are required to be removed by the conductor from their binding pin or
nail in consecutive order.
The description of nailing machine to which these improvements are adapted is
that in which the binding nails are automatically presented in quantities and in a
line for being driven by pushers into the edges of boxes the sides of which require
nailing together In such machines the sides of the box to be secured by nails are
placed on a bed plate and aro clamped or fixed in position for nailing according to
their size by sliding fences or guides which hold the box firmly against the face
plate whilst the nails are being driven.
When such machine is adapted for nailing together sheets of cardboard having
printed on their surfaces at equal distances apart subject matter and numbers the
said fences and adjustable guides as used for box nailing are dispensed with, and
an arrangement of sliding holder is substituted therefore the construction and
adaptation of which to such nailing machine forms the subject of this Inventiou,
and in order that the object of such improved adaptation may be well understood
I will first explain the description of printed sheets which require to be nailed
together, for example I will take fifoy sheets of cardboard each one having printed
upon its surface subject matter and numbers of one or various denominations
arranged in such a manner that the numbers representing separate tickets on each
sheet will when such sheets are placed one on the other run in consecutive order
from the bottom sheet to the top sheet or vice versa, now suppose the size of each
sheet represents ten tickets long and ten tickets wide it is necessary before the
combined sheets are presented to a knife for being cut into separate bundles or
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page_text: packets representing one hundred bundles or packets of consecutively numbered
tickets that each one should be secured together by a nail and to do this with
expedition and accuracy is the object of this invention which consists in forming
immediately behind the grooved guide plate of the machine (which supports the
nails in position and presents them for being driven into the substances they are
intended to bind) a recess or bearing placed at right angles to the face of the said
nail guide plate which may be placed vertically diagonally or horizontal. This
recess or bearing contains a sliding rest or holder for the combined sheets of card
board which holds and presents them to the face of the grooved guide plate. This
sliding rest is actuated by screws and gearing to give an intermittant rise or fall
to the cardboard sheets each time the nails have been driven through one line of
tickets, the extent of rise or fall so given being determined by a stop wheel or its
equivalent the intermittant rotation of which will cause the slide rest or holder to
dwell in positions which will allow each line of printed subject matter forming
tickets on the cardboards to have a nail driven through them, each nail so driven
as it passes through the thickness of the cardboards is brought into contact with
an angular abutment which gives the protruding points of each nail a bend in a
horizontal direction across the tickets which said protruding ends are finally closed
in or clenched by a forward or closing sliding action of the said abutting plate
or other equivalent means. The direction or position in which the ends of the
nails are thus closed in or clenched form no impediment to the free action of the
knife when the cardboard is subsequently being cut up into separate bundles of
consecutively numbered tickets.

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Improvements in the Method of Nailing Bundles or Packets of
Consecutively Numbered Tickets together, and in the Means
Employed therefor.
JOHN MELTON BLACK Tabernacle Street Finsbury, City of London, Gentleman
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:-
This Invention relates to Improvements in that class of machine known as
Nailing Machines" employed in the manufacture of packing cases or boxes in
which the nails are automatically placed in position and then forced by pushers
into the edges of the boxes the sides of which are to be nailed together.
The object of this Invention is the adaptation thereto of apparatus which will
enable such machine to be employed for nailing or pinning together in bundles or
packets that description of ticket given to passengers riding on Tram Cars or
public vehicles in exchange for their fares, and which said tickets are required to
be removed by the conductor from their binding pin or nail in consecutive order.
Before entering on the description of these improvements I will first explain the
nature of the printed sheets which require to be nailed together for example take
fifty sheets of paper pulp or cardboard each one having printed upon its surface
subject matter and numbers of one or various denominations arranged in such a
manner that the numbers representing separate tickets on each sheet will when
such sheets are placed one on the other run in consecutive order from the bottom
sheet to the top sheet or vice versa.
Suppose the size of each sheet represents ten tickets long and ten tickets wide it
is necessary before the combined sheets are presented to a knife for being cut up
into separate bundles or packets representing one hundred bundles of consecutively
numbered tickets that each bundle should be secured together by a nail and to do
this with expedition and accuracy is the object of this Invention.
In order that the Invention shall be well understood and explained in detail I
have hereunto annexed a sheet of Drawings on which letters of reference are
marked on corresponding parts on all the Figs. alike.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. represents a side vertical section of a nailing machine having my improve-
ments adapted thereto.
Fig. 2. represents a side elevation of the same.
Fig. 3. represents a front elevation.
Fig. 4. represents a plan, and
Fig. 5. represents an enlarged end section of the slide rest supporting the sheets
to be nailed shewing the manner in which the nails are clenched when driven by

page_text: In these Figs. a is the framing of the machine, b the tube down which the nails
are conducted c the nail pushers d the grooved guide plate and c the guard plate
all being well known parts of a Nailing Machine.
In front of the grooved guide plate d which supports the nails and presents
them in position for being driven into the substances they are intended to bind
I form at right angles thereto the face or bearing plate f against which the sheets g
to be nailed are placed, with their bottom edges resting on the surface or base
plate of the sliding rest h. The sheets when so placed are held in position
against the vertical bearing plate f by the upright supports i or their equivalent
which with the bearing plate f form a kind of recess for holding the sheets g.
uprights are made adjustable for the purpose of enabling a varying quantity or
thicknesses of sheets to be contained in the space between the bearing plates f and
the said upright supports i the width of the sheets being clamped in by the adjust-
able sliding bars actuated by the set screws passing through the uprights h², h²
projecting from the bed of the slide rest .
The
The combined sheets when so placed first present either their upper or lower line
of tickets against the grooved guide plate d in position for receiving the nails.
The example shewn in the drawings represents the top line of tickets as the first
to receive the nails.
The opposite surface of, the said line of tickets so presented is covered by the
clenching bark which is also adjustable and is so constructed that when the nails
are forced through the combined sheets by the pushers cit not only acts as
a resisting back stop but causes by reason of the angular abutment the pro-
truding end of each nail to be slightly bent in a horizontal direction across the
ticket, or this bending up of the end of each nail may be accomplished by con-
structing the back stop k of a bar of metal so supported that it will form an
angular abutment for bending in the ends of the nails when the same are being
forced through the sheets, but immediately the nails have been driven home such
bar will be caused to fall flat against the sheets and so force down or bend the
protruding ends of each nail against and across the ticket. At this time a turn of
the stop wheel 7 gives motion through the shaft and gearing m to the screw n the
action of which causes the slide rest h to raise the combined sheets g a distance
which will place the next line of tickets in position for receiving the nails.
During the time the combined sheets are being so raised, the bent protruding ends
of the nails vide Fig. 5 are forced by the fixed clenching plate k flat against the
sheets. The direction or position in which the ends of the nails are thus closed in
or clenched forms no impediment to the free action of the guillotine knife sub-
sequently employed for cutting the combined sheets up into seperate bundles of
consecutively numbered tickets.
With each intermittent movement of the stop wheel the sheets g through the
medium of othe slide rest h are raised a distance equivalent to the width of one
line of tickets, and so presented for receiving the nails which are driven through
them whilst the sheets are at rest.
The extent of rise or fall given to the slide rest supporting the sheets so as to
suit varying widths of tickets is determined by a proportionate turn of the stop
wheel the intermittent rotation of which will cause the slide rest or holder to
dwell in positions which will allow each line of printed subject matter forming
tickets on the sheets to have nails driven through them.
I would here remark that although I have described the slide rest has being
actuated by a screw and nut it is evident that a rack and pinion may be used as
an equivalent therefor also that instead of the stop wheel being actuated by hand
as described the shaft m through which motion is communicated to the screw n
may be connected with the treddle motion (now employed for giving motion to the
pushers driving the nails) in a manner which will automatically give the necessary
motion to the screw or its equivalent transmitting the positive intermittent rise to
the slide rest h each time the nails have been driven through the sheets,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In that description of machine in which nails are automatically placed in
position and forced into the substance they are intended to bind, the novel combi-
nation and arrangement therewith of a sliding rest or support actuated by suitable
gearing which will hold and intermittently present for being nailed together
printed sheets of paper, pulp or cardboard in the manner and for the purpose as
substantially described herein and shewn in the drawings annexed.
Dated this 15th day of September 1886.
THOMAS WRIGLEY,
Agent to the Applicant.