A MACHINE FOR FLATTENING AND TURNING IRON LINKS FOR FLAT WOOD STUB CHAINS
Year: 1847

page_text: THES
BAYLISS, of Bilston, Stafford, Chain Maker, send greeting.
ILLIAM
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of
February, One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, in the tenth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said William Bayliss, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said William
Bayliss, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Bayliss, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term
of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise,
and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my
Invention of "A MACHINE FOR FLATTENING AND TURNING IRON LINKS FOR
FLAT WOOD STUB CHAINS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said William Bayliss, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in
Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more
fully and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
William Bayliss, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention,
and the manner in which the same is to be performed and carried into effect,
are fully described and ascertained in and by the following description thereof,
reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and
letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
In forming the links of what are commonly called flat wood or stub chains
the sides thereof are flattened, while the ends or parts where the connection
of the adjoining links (in the length of the chain) takes place are of a cylin-
drical form. And such formation of the separate links of this description of
chain has, to the best of my belief, hitherto been accomplished by hand
forging; and as, in order to the well working of such chains, it is necessary
that considerable uniformity should exist between the separate links, much
skill has been required, and consequent expence in their manufacture. Now
the object of my Invention is, to produce the required flattening to parts of
lengths of iron, and partial bending of the same by mechanical means, so as
to facilitate the formation of the links of flat wood stub or pit chains, and
thereby lessen the cost of the manufacture. But in order that the Invention
may be fully understood and readily carried into effect, I will proceed to
describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a side view, Figure 2 a plan, Figure 3 an end view of a
machine according to my Invention. a, a, is the framing of the machine.
b is the main or driving axis, to which motion is to be given in any suitable
manner by means of a steam engine or other suitable power. On this axis b
is affixed a pinion c, which takes into and drives the cog wheel d on the crank
axis e, which turns in suitable bearings in the framing a, and gives motion to
the arm by means of the link g, as shewn, such arm having axes turning in
bearings f', and carrying the upper face plate h, as shewn. i is the lower face
plate, upon which a length of iron A, suitable to the intended link, and heated
to a moderate heat, is to be held, so as that by the descent of the arm fa
flattened part A may be produced, and then the length of metal A is to be
turned end to end, so as to produce another flattened part A', as shewn at
Figure 4, which represents two views of a length of metal A, after the
flattened parts A¹, to form the sides of the intended link, have been produced
by the coming together of the two face plates hand t, which are capable of
being removed, to be replaced by others, according to the size of chain to be
produced. The lengths thus formed are then to be placed against the rollers

page_text: k, k, when, by the coming forward of the forcer l, they will be bent into the
shape shewn at Figure 5. Motion is given to the forcer in the following
manner-m, m, are arms, which at the upper ends are connected to the
connecting rods n, n, which receive a to and fro motion from the shaft c, as
shewn. The lower ends of the arms m, m, are affixed to the shaft o, to which
is also affixed the arm p, which, by means of the link q, gives motion to the
forcer . The links, produced as shewn at Figure 5, are afterwards to be
welded together at the parts B, B, in the ordinary way.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I would have it
understood that I do not confine myself to the various details shewn and
described, so long as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained;
but what I claim is, the arranging mechanical parts into a machine, by which
the iron to form links of flat wood stub chains may be flattened and bent as
above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Baylis, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Seventeenth day of August, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.
WILLIAM (L.B.) BAYLISS.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Seventeenth day of August,
in the year of our Lord 1847, the aforesaid William Bayliss came
before our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the
Specification aforesaid, and all and everything therein contained and specified,
in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped
according to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.