IMPROVEMENTS IN SPRINGS
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Buckley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 21st April 1882.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY of Sheffield in the County of York, Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SPRINGS."
This Invention relates to improvements in all classes of springs made from wires
or rods of steel, brass, or other material by bending, coiling or otherwise
manipulating the same.
Hitherto in making springs by bending coiling or otherwise manipulating wires
or rods of steel, brass or other material, single rods or wires only have been used.
This Invention consists in using two, three or more wires or rods and thereby
forming compound springs possessing greater elasticity and durability.
These springs may be made of steel, brass or any other suitable material and
the wires or rods may be of round, oval or any other desired section and may be
formed by bending, coiling or otherwise manipulating the wires or rods so as to
produce either conical, spiral, helical or any other class of springs and being formed
by manipulating two, three or more wires or rods together, are of a double, treble
or compound character which gives them a greater amount of elasticity and
durability than has previously been attained. These springs may be adapted to
all purposes where springs made from single wires or rods of material have
been used.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Buckley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
21st October 1882.
WILLIAM BUCKLEY of Sheffield in the County of York Engineer, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN SPRINGS"
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the manufacture of all classes
and kinds of Springs which are made from wires or rods of steel, brass, or other
suitable metallic material, by bending coiling or otherwise manipulating such
wires or rods, the particular object of the Invention being, the production of
Springs possessing greater clasticity and durability than any other springs already
in use.
In making Springs by bending and coiling round a mandril or bar or by other-
wise manipulating wires or rods of steel brass or other material, single wires or
-rods-only-inve-hitherto-been-used thereby making single or simple springs only ;-
this Invention however specially consists in bending coiling or otherwise manipu
lating or manufacturing by machinery,-two three or more wires or rods of metal
or other suitable metallic material, and so forming or making double treble or
compound springs, that they will possess greater elasticity and durability and will
be far more reliable and exact in their working than single springs are.
In manufacturing the improved Springs I provide manipulate and arrange two
three or more wires or rods of steel brass or other suitable metallic material, so as
to compose and form any kind of spring that may be required and being formed
-(as-mentioned). of two three or more wires or rods, the spring is a compound
instead of being a simple single spring, and it possesses great advantages over the
single or simple spring, and as this Invention is not confined to any particular kind
or class of spring, it will be seen, and must be understood that the form or shape
of the spring the metallic material from which it is made, the section of the
material, the manner of manipulating or manufacturing the same, or the purpose
for which the spring is to be used, is not at all material to this Invention, the
principle, and the main feature thereof being, a compound Spring formed and
made as above stated; and it should also be understood that my improved Spring
may be made of steel brass or other suitable metallic material which may be, of
flat round oval triangular square or of any other desired section and either bent
coiled overlapped or otherwise manipulated and arranged so as to produce any
desired kind or class of spring; and this compound spring is adaptable to and can
bo employed for all purposes for which single or simple metallic springs are used.
On reference to the accompanying explanatory drawings, it will be seen that
various kinds and conformations of Springs are shown as some examples and
illustrative of the peculiar principle of my Invention.
Figures 1, 2, and 3, represent in elevation my single conical double-lapped
springs, being respectively, round or circular, oval, and triangular, in shape or
conformation.
Figures 4, 5, and 6, are plan views of the samo.
Figures 7, 8, and 9, show elevations of my double-conical double-lapped springs;
and Figures 10, 11, and 12, are plan views of the same.
Figure 13, (on Sheet 2,) represents an oval double-lapped spring with an end
elevation of same. Figuro 14, an oval treble-lapped spring with an end elevation
thereof.
Figure 15, shows a flat zig-zag close double-lapped spring in elevation; and
Figure 16, is a section on the line A-B, of Figure 15; and Figures 17, 18, and 19,
show sections of the same spring in different forms,

page_text: Figure 20, represents in elevation my close double overlapped spring; and
Figure 21, is a section on the lino C-D, of Figure 20.
Figure 22, shows a close double-lapped circular spring in elevation (and plan
view) with a spiral ond to which a hook is secured, and another hook may be
attached to the other and similarly formed spiral end (but not shown on the
drawing.) A sectional end elevation is also shown.
At Figures 23, are shown a plan and an elevation of my double circular
spring; and at Figures 24, are a plan and elevation of my treble circular spring.
Figure 25, represents a circular double spring so formed and arranged as to be
capable of expanding; and Figure 26, is a circular double spring so made and
arranged as to be capable of contracting.
Having thus described and illustrated my Invention, and the manner in which it
is or may be carried out in practice, I have to state that what I believe to be new
and original and therefore specially claim as the Invention secured to me by the
aforesaid Letters Patent is :-
The production or manufacture of a compound Spring, composed of two three
or more wires or rods made of metal or suitable metallic material, and its applica-
tion and use for any and overy purpose where metallic springs are or can bo
employed, substantially as herein set forth, and as illustrated on the accompanying
drawings.
In Witness whereof 1 the said William Buckley have hereunto set my hand
and seal this sixteenth day of October in the year of our Lord Jne
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.