A New or Improved Automatic Stop Motion for Wire Netting and other Wire Working Machines.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 15th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 15th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 13th Apr., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Automatic Stop Motion for Wire Netting and
other Wire Working Machines.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL BOND, of Crown Machine Works, Booth Street,
Smethwick, in the County of Warwick, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a new or improved automatic stop motion for
wire netting and other wire working machinery and is an improved upon my
Patent No. 18,380 A.D. 1891 and is for the purpose of stopping the machine
immediately before the coil has run out thus enabling a fresh coil to be inserted
before the end of the old coil enters the mesh by which means the mesh has no
break prior to the machine being stopped.
I will describe my improvement as applied to an ordinary wire netting machine
such as shown and described in my beforementioned Specification.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount a dropper in the lower end of each
top pinion through which the wire passes and this dropper is held suspended by
the pull of the wire coil until the whole of the coil is exhausted, when the dropper
falls sufficiently for a projecting stud which is formed upon it to come in contact
with a tilting plate so that as the pinion turns the stud presses against the said
tilting plate which is in turn connected with the top turn table or direct with any
suitable stopping mechanism such as described in my beforementioned Specification.
In some cases where the mesh is very close I may thread a loose dropper or weight
upon the wire above the coil inside the tube, the said dropper or weight being of
sufficient length to cover any desired length of wire so that when the coil is
completely unwound the weight falls through the tube upon a vertical pin which
is mounted within one half of the bottom pinion. This vertical pin is provided
with a projecting stud or arm which acts upon a tilted turning plate as before
described with regard to the top pinion, only that the pin and arm is normally kept
up by a small coiled spring which is depressed when the weight has fallen on the
pin. may obtain the same result by means of an electric current through the
wire and machine which would be broken as soon as the end of the coil passed
certain point and of course I may vary the details without departing from the
nature of my said improvements which is to automatically stop the machine before
the end of the wire has passed too far through the pinions to be connected with the
next coil.
Dad thin 14th day of Lune 1901
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page_text: A New or Improved Automatic Stop Motion for Wire Netting and.
other Wire Working Machines.
I, EDWARD SAMUEL BOND, of Crown Machine Works, Booth Street,
Smethwick, in the County of Warwick, Engineer, 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 :-
My invention has for its object a new or improved automatic stop-motion for
wire netting and other wire working machinery and in an improvement upon my
Patent No. 18,380 A.D. 1891 and is for the purpose of stopping the machine
immediately before the coil has run out thus enabling a fresh coil to be inserted
before the end of the old coil enters the mesh by which means the mesh has no
break prior to the machine being stopped.
I will describe my improvement as applied to an ordinary wire netting machine
such as shown and described in my before-mentioned Specification.
In carrying my invention into effect I mount a dropper in the lower end of each
top pinion through which the wire passes and this dropper is held suspended by
the pull of the wire coil until the whole of the coil is exhausted when the dropper
falls sufficiently for a projecting stud which is formed upon it to come in contact
with a tilting plate so that as the pinion turns the stud presses against the said
tilting plate which is in turn connected with the top turn table or direct with any
suitable stopping mechanism such as described in my before mentioned Specification.
In some cases where the mesh is very close I may thread a loose dropper or weight
upon the wire above the coil inside the tube the said dropper or weight being of
sufficient length to cover any desired length of wire so that when the coil is com-
pletely unwound the weight falls through the tube upon a vertical pin which is
mounted within one half of the bottom pinion. This vertical pin is provided with
a projecting stud or arm which acts upon a tilted turning plate as before described
with regard to the top pinion, only that the pin and arm is normally kept up by a
small coiled spring which is depressed when the weight has fallen on the pin.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practice I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have shown my improvements applied to an ordinary wire netting machine
such as shown and described in my Patent No. 18,380 A.D. 1891 and from
which their application to other forms of wire working machinery will be readily
understood.
Figure 1., is a vertical sectional elevation of the pinions E in the top-plates with
the dropper out of action.
Figure 2., is a similar sectional elevation to Figure 1 but showing the dropper M
in action.
Figure 3., is a sectional plan of two of the pinions the top one being taken
through the dropper and the bottom one through the pinions.
Figure 4., is a vertical section through the pinion of the bottom plates showing
modification in the mode of and means for actuating the table B and in position
when not in operation.
Figure 5., is a similar section to Figure 4 but showing the device in position
when in operation for stopping the machine.
Figure 6., is a plan of two of the pinions in the lower plates of the machine the
top section being taken through the tube H and the bottom through the pinion.
I will proceed to describe my invention as applied to a wire netting machine in
which half pinions E and E' are mounted in the reciprocating plates and C¹ and
actuated by the racks R, my invention consisting of a dropper M which is mounted

page_text: in the lower end of each of the top pinions E through which the wire A passes
from the coil within the tube H the dropper being retained in the position_shown
by Figure 1 by the pull of the wire as it is drawn up through the pinion E from
the coil a is exhausted the dropper M falls into the position shown by Figure 2
when the projecting nose or stud m¹ comes in contact with the edge of the tilting
table B which is in turn connected with the top turntable or any suitable stopping
device such as described in my beforementioned Patent. It will be seen that the
nose m¹ or n' can only drop when clear of the plate B as shown by m³ and n' and
when down actuates the tilting plate B as the pinions revolve by which means the
full force of the revolving action of the pinions is brought to bear upon the tilting
plate B for the operation of the same.
In some cases where the mesh is very close I may thread a loose dropper or
weight M¹ upon the wire above the coil inside the tube in the same way as the
dropper M the said dropper or weight being of sufficient depth to cover any desired
length of wire so that when the coil is completely unwound the weight falls as in the
case before described through the whole length of the tube upon the vertical pin N
which is mounted within the oue half of the bottom pinion E Figures 4 and 5.
This vertical pin is provided with a projecting stud or arm n' which acts upon a
tilted turning plate as before described with regard to the top pinion only that the
pin and arm is normally kept up by the coiled spring P which is depressed when
the weight has fallen on the pin as shown by Figure 5 thus causing the nose N¹ to
operate the tilting table B with the same effect as before described.
I may obtain the same result by means of an electric current through the wire
and machine which would be broken as soon as the end of the coil passed a certain
point and of course I may vary the details without departing from the nature of
my said invention which is to automatically stop the machine before the end of the
wire has passed too far through the pinions to be connected with the next coil.
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 :-
1st. In wire netting and other wire working machines the mode of and means for
automatically stopping the machine before the end of the wire has passed through
the pinions substantially as herein set forth and shown upon the accompanying
drawings.
2nd. For automatically stopping wire netting and other wire-working machines
dropper M or M' mounted to act in combination with any suitable stopping device
substantially as herein set forth and shown.
3rd. For automatically stopping wire netting and other wire working machinery
the combination of parts shown and described with regard to Figures 1, 2, and 3.
4th. For automatically stopping wire netting and other wire working machinery.
the combination of parts shown and described with regard to Figures 4, 5, and 6.
Dated this 14th day of March 1895.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.