Improvements in Relief Ornamenting or Patterning of Sheet Metal Terminal, Middle, and like Ornaments or Mounts of Metallic Bedsteads, Fenders, and articles of a like Manufacture, and in Machinery or Appliances to be employed therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 21st Feb., 1893-Accepted, 1st Apr., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Relief Ornamenting or Patterning of Sheet Metal
Terminal, Middle, and like Ornaments or Mounts of Metallic
Bedsteads, Fenders, and articles of a like Manufacture, and in
Machinery or Appliances to be employed therefor.
I, MARK LAWTON of Harford Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
My invention relates to the ornamentation or patterning in high releif of sheet
metal terminal, middle or like cylindrical, globular, or part spherical ornaments,
mounts or parts employed in the construction and ornamentation of metallic bed-
steads, cots, fenders and other articles of a like manufacture, and to machines and
appliances to be used in the said releif ornamenting or patterning.
My said invention consists in producing the said high releif ornamenting or
patterning, by continuous rolling, or in other words, rolling the article to be
ornamented or patterned, between a releif and a sunken one, the one being a
matrix, or the counterpart of the other, and during which rolling, continuous and
gradual pressure is applied, until the releif required is gradual "fetched up."
"
The said ornamenting or patterning comprehends particularly, the "fetching up
of body patterns, such as straight oblique and cross grooving, running patterns,
beadings, or like ornaments, and is applied only to globular, cylindrical or part
spherical shaped objects.
In carrying out my invention in connection with the reed ornamentation of the
middle or body part of a cylindrical mount, I take a releif roll, having the desired
pattern cut upon its periphery, and of a less size than the inside diameter of the
article to be operated upon.
This releif roll is affixed to, or made fast to the end of a spindle of a headstock
or other driving tool, provided with suitable pulleys, gear and supports.
Disposed immediately in front of or under the releif roll, is a second and
sunken roll, turning idle upon a spindle, carried by a bifurcated bracket, which is
adapted to rise and fall by and through the instrumentality of a rack working within
a guide, and operated by a lever, whose inner end is furnished with a toothed wheel
or sector, which gears with the rack teeth as aforesaid.
By bringing the adjustable and sunken peripheried roll, up to the releif
peripheried roll, and rotating the former through the spindle and pulleys, the two
roll together, but in reverse directions, so that by lowering the adjustable roll,
which is the outside one, and placing an article to be ornamented, upon or over the
inside and relief roll, then by rotating the spindle of the last named roll, and
bringing up the adjustable one, the inside and outside of the article is nipped
between them and which article is disposed excentrically to the inside working
roll, so that as the rotation of the spindle proceeds, the article or mount is turned
round, first giving a slight outside and inside imprint of the rolls respec-
tively, then by bringing up the outside and adjustable roll, gradually upon the
article, and nearer to the periphery of the other roll, the releif is gradually
"fetched up," until the metal being operated upon, takes a dead set upon the releifs
of the one roll, and into the interstices of the other.
It is thus understood that as the rolling proceeds, in a continuous manner, the
adjustable roll is gradually pressed up to the periphery of the other roll, and with
the article under. operation between them. Thus the workman gradually applies
his pressure lever, and as the article revolves orbicular, as it were, around the
inside roll, so the releif pattern desired is fetched up.
The flutings, ribbings, reedings or the like, are disposed obliquely or transversely

page_text: to the article under operation, but not annularly, although a running pattern may
be fetched up between the ribbings, or independent of the ribbings annularly.
Although I have described that the adjustable roll is raised and lowered by a
rack and pinion with lever, yet the adjustability may be performed by a lever
alone, or by a screw or other like mechanical device.
The outside working roll, which revolves idle on the spindle, is adjustably con-
nected to the bifurcated bracket, by an adjustable sleeve.
Dated this 20th day of May 1892.
MARK LAWTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Relief Ornamenting or Patterning of Sheet Metal
Terminal, Middle, and like Ornaments or Mounts of Metallic
Bedsteads, Fenders, and articles of a like Manufacture, and in
Machinery or Appliances to be employed therefor.
I, MARK LAWTON, of Harford Street, in the City of Birmingham, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this 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 relates to the ornamentation or patterning in relief or in high
relief, of sheet metal terminals, ornaments and mounts of a cylindrical, spherical,
globular or other shaped articles, or part, or parts of such shaped articles,
employed as terminals, ornaments, middle mounts or sheet metal structural parts of
metallic bedsteads, cots, fenders and other articles of a kindred manufacture, also
in machinery or in an appliance to be used in the said relief patterning or
ornamenting.
My said invention consists in producing the said relief ornamenting or patterning,
by continuous impress-rolling, or in other words, rolling the article to be orna-
mented or patterned between rollers or wheels, whose surfaces are in relief, and
sunken respectively, so that one roller surface is the matrix or counterpart of the
other, and as the rolling, continuous gradual pressure is affixed, until the relief
required is gradually "fetched up."
The said ornamenting or patterning comprehends particularly the fetching up of
body patterns such as straight, oblique and cross flutings groovings, ribbings,
reedings, and running patterns generally.
In carrying out my invention in connection with reed-ornamentation of the
middle, or body part of a cylindrical mount, I take a relief roll, having the desired
pattern cut upon its periphery, and of a less size than the inside diameter of the
article to be operated upon.
This relief roll is affixed to, or made fast on the end of the spindle of a head-
stock or other driving tool, provided with suitable pulleys, gear and supports.
Disposed immediately in front of, (or under) the relief roll, is a second and
sunken roll, running idle upon a spindle, carried by a bifurcated bracket, fitted
within a rack slide, with the rack teeth of which a pinion on the inner end of an
operating lever engages, and by means of which lever the said outside relief roll is
fed forward.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings, represents partly in side elevation, and
partly in vertical section, an ornament or pillar-terminal relief-patterned or
ornamented by means according to my invention.
Figure 2 represents a transverse vertical section of the same on the dotted
lines A B Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents a transverse vertical section of a machine for patterning the

page_text: said pillar terminal or ornament, and which machine is constructed, arranged, fitted,
and provided according to my invention.
The patterning wheels are shown in section, and with an article under relief
ornamenting, coming between them.
Figure 4 shows a full side elevation of the machine, and also the bed upon which
the same is carried, and is adjustable so as to regulate the position of the machine,
for operating upon articles of varying sizes.
Figure 5 shows a top side plan of the said machine Figure 4, but with the
patterning rollers, and also the holding and bringing up means of the article under
operation in section.
In the mount Figures 1 and 2 a is the middle part of the same which is desired
to be ornamented with an oblique reeded pattern a¹; a² is the shank of the mount,
and as the cap or crown, separately attached.
The patterning of the body part of the mount is performed by or through the
instrumentality of patterning rolls disposed within and without the walls of the
part to be ornamented, and with the said patterning rolls gradually brought up to
each other as the impressing of the pattern proceeds.
In the machine Figures 3, 4 and 5, for performing the operation, a² is the bed
of the supporting framing a; b is a bracket saddle or slide, adjustable upon the
said bed, and clamped to it by the dovetail holder c³, of a clamping screw pin c,
passing through the gap a³, of the head, and through the cross head a', coming in
on the underside of the frame, which is adjustable with the said holder and
bottom slide b. The said holding is effected by the he-dovetail c³, taking a bearing
upon the she-dovetail 63, whilst the said bracket b, has a rear extension 63, with
bearings for a pin or axis d, carrying pinion d², rotated or operated by a lever d².
Intergearing with the teeth of the pinion or wheel d³, is a toothed rack e³, of a
slide e, mounted upon the top face of the projecting bracket part 6, of the bottom
slide b, and capable of traversing to and fro on the lever d³, being worked.
This top slide e carries a bracket f, affixed in position by nuts f, and having at
its inner and bifurcated end f³, a loosely mounted and running outside patterning
roller gr which is lignable with an inside patterning roller h, mounted upon the
screwed end i, of a chuck j, on the end of a false chuck *, carried on the nose
end 2, of a spindle or mandril k, having driving pulleys 1, and with the said spindle
working within bearings m², m³ of a fixed upright framing m. n is a bell-shaped
work holder, for bringing the work up to position on the inside patterning roll,
whilst the outside patterning roll is brought up to its proper relative position by
the sleeve screw ³, so that any sized patterning rolls, up to the width of the
bifurcated bracket part, may be employed, and the said patterning rolls may be
brought to bear upon any part of the mount under operation by removing the
attachable axis f, and threading upon it, distance pieces, washers or the like.
The bell-shaped work holder n, is carried by a quadrant working lever n³, jointed
at n³, to a bracket n', carried by the lower slide or saddle b.
It will be seen that the axis of the bell-shaped tool holder n, is excentric to
the inside patterning roll, and that the article a', under operation, moves
excentrically, relative to the inside patterning roller h, and concentrically to the
holder n.
In use, the lever n², is withdrawn, and with it the bell shaped cup n, and with
the slide and outside patterning roll g, removed to a distance from the inside
patterning roll h. The mouth body part is then slipped onto the said patterning
roll h, and brought home into position by the pressing forward of the lever n³.
The outside patterning roll is then brought up to the outside surface of the article
to be patterned by the pressing downwards of the lever d', and as the relief orna-
menting proceeds, so the same is fetched up, or the imprint deepened, by gradual
pressure applied to the said lever d³, which makes the outside roller 9, gradually
approach the inside roller 1, hence the gradual fetching up of the pattern on the
said article.
It is thus seen that the pattern upon the article under operation is fetched up

page_text: gradually, and that the same revolves orbicularly relative to the inside roll upon
which it is passed, and the pattern is deepened until the pattern of the one roll
takes a dead set, and leaving only a space equal to the thickness of the metal
between the surface of one roll and the surface of the other.
Other patternings such as ribbings, flutings and the like, disposed in any
direction, may be produced by changing or arranging the rolls accordingly, also
ruuning and other patterns may be produced in exactly the same way.
The adjustable roll may be brought up to the work by a vertical movement
instead of a horizontal one, and instead of employing a rack and pinion, a screw or
other mechanical device may be employed.
Or instead of the outside patterning wheel g, running loose upon an axis, it may
be fast to an axis, and the axis run loose in bearings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First Patterning or relief ornamenting sheet metal articles such as described,
by combined excentric rolling with gradual pattern impressing, fetching-up or
deepening, substantially as described and set forth.
Secondly-In pattern or relief ornamenting, by means of patterning rolls g
and h, the former carried by a slide, which is operated by a rack and pinion or
their equivalents, as set forth.
:-
Thirdly The combination with patterning rolls as described, of a work
holder n, with lever or its equivalent, as described and set forth.
Fourthly-In the bracket or outside roll carrier f, providing the same with an
adjustable sleeve f, to admit of the said bracket or carrier taking varying sized
patterning rolls, as may be desired, substantially as described and set forth.
:-
Fifthly The general construction, arrangement and combination of the slide
parts of the said tool or appliance, substantially as described and set forth.
Sixthly:-The general construction, arrangement and combination of the whole
of the parts of the machine, as described and set forth.
Dated this 20th day of February 1802
MARK LAWTON,
By Henry Skerrett,
6, Livery Street, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.