Improvements in Nailing Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nailing Machines.
I, HENRY OAKES, of Elworth Street, Sandbach, Boot and Shoe Machine
Operator, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention is intended to be made use of in machines which cut their own
nails, slugs, sprigs, &c., from coils of metal in the form of ribbons or wire of
various widths, sizes, and forms of cross-section; many varieties of which
machines are made use of, for instance, in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
In using such nailing machines it is often necessary to change from one size
or section of wire or ribbon to another and it is advantageous to be able to do so
as rapidly as possible and without removing the coils from their carriers.
To accomplish this object, I mount a number of coils, of the different sections
of wire, &c., in use, upon a frame in such a manner that the coil in use can be
easily withdrawn from its position and any other desired coil substituted without
removing any of the coils from the frame.
The frame is preferably mounted upon a pivot and provided with a spring
catch to retain it in any position in which it may be placed. Each coil of wire,
&c., is mounted in its own suitable carrier upon the frame and the carrier is
constructed so that it can be taken apart for the purpose of placing a coil within
it. The sides of the carriers remain stationary and the centres are free to revolve
as the ribbon uncoils to feed the machine. Small rolls are mounted around the
outside of the coils to prevent them opening when their outer ends are freed
from the feeding mechanism of the nailing machine.
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Improvements in Nailing Machines.
I, HENRY OAKES, of Elworth Street, Sandbach, Boot and Shoe Machine
Operator, 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:-
This invention is intended to be made use of in machines which cut their own
nails, slugs, sprigs, &c., from coils of metal in the form of ribbons or wire of
various widths, sizes, and forms of cross section; many varieties of which
machines are made use of, for instance, in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
In using such nailing machines it is often necessary to change from one size
or section of wire or ribbon to another and it is advantageous to be able to do so
as rapidly as possible and without removing the coils from their carriers.
To accomplish this object I mount a number of coils, of the different sections

page_text: of wire &c. in use, upon a frame in such a manner that the coil in use can be
easily withdrawn from the feeding position and any other desired coil substituted
without removing any of the coils from the frame.
The frame is preferably mounted upon a pivot and provided with a spring
catch to retain it in any position in which it may be placed. Each coil of wire
&c. is mounted in its own suitable carrier upon the frame and the carrier is
constructed so that it can be taken apart for the purpose of placing a coil within
it. The sides of the carrier remain stationary and the centres are free to revolve
as the ribbon uncoils to feed the machine. Small rolls are mounted around the
outside of the coils to prevent them opening when their outer ends are freed
from the feeding mechanism of the nailing machine.
My invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a side view of a nailing machine with my invention applied to it.
Fig. 2 is a front view of my invention partly in section.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of one of the carriers,
Figs. 4 and 5 are views of the carrier plate.
The coils a of wire or flat ribbon, as the case may be, are mounted upon the
frame bon carriers c.
The frame is carried-by an arm d from the machine frame e-upon a
pivot on which it may be revolved so as to bring any desired coil into the
feeding position. The frame is prevented from revolving by a spring catch
pin which is carried in the arm & and enters either one of the four holes h
formed for its reception in the frame b.
The carriers consist of the plates with their handles j and stems which are
retained in the frame 6 by spring catch pins / the vee end of which m (see Fig. 3)
enters the vec groove n being there held by the spring o until withdrawn by the
operator by means of the handle 2 when it is desired to change or renew the
ribbon a.
The centre pieces are free to revolve. but the plates are prevented
from revolving by their arms which come in contact with the rolls carried on
the pins in the frame b. These rolls prevent the ribbons a from uncoiling or
opening when their outer ends u are set free from the feeding mechanism, of
the nailing machine.
In the drawings four carriers c are shewn but more or fewer may be employed
if desired.
The centre pieces 9 are made of different thicknesses and the shoulders k¹ of
different lengths to suit the same according to the width of ribbon used on the
respective carriers.
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
In a nailing machine:
1. Mounting two or more of the coils of metal strip upon a frame in such a
manner that, by revolving the frame, any desired coil can be brought into
position for supplying the machine and retained there at will, substantially as
described.
2. The use of the frame mounted freely on a central pivot and having means
to retain it in the position desired and furnished with means for attaching the
metal strip carriers, substantially as described.
3. Constructing the carriers with centres free to revolve, substantially as
described.