An Improved Machine for Producing Wire Loops for Closing Aërated Water Bottles or the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left 9th Oct. 1890-Accepted. 20th Dec 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Producing Wire Loops for Closing Aërated
Water Bottles or the like.
We CARL HERBST and JOHN ORTMANN of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is an improved machine for making wire loops for
closing bottles containing aerated waters or the like.
A rotary shaft carries two discs, the inner sides of which have a suitable number
of horizontal spindles lodged therein near their circumferences. Said spindles are
revolved each about its axis by means of gearings and toothed segments, while the
whole spindle system, following the movement of the discs, rotates with the shaft.
The spindle heads are laterally flattened and provided with pins, round which the
wire to be worked is spun in the axial direction of the shaft from one disc to the
other by means of a suitable contrivance.
The wire thus spun on, is twisted to loops by the revolving spindles, which loops
are separated by rotary shears likewise arranged on the main shaft, as soon as these
shears come in action with a knife provided below the apparatus.
The loops when cut fall off the pins and are collected in suitable boxes.
Dated this 97th day of January 1800
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Producing Wire Loops for Closing Aërated
Water Bottles or the like.
We, CARL HERBST, and JOHN ORTMANN, of Hamburg, in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturers, 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 br
the following statement :—
The object of this invention is a machine for mechanically producing wire loops
serving for closing corked bottles, said machine being adapted to work with unin-
terrupted feed of endless wire.
Reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, in which like letters indicate
like or corresponding parts,
Fig. 1 is a side view
Fig. 2 a top view and
Fig. 3 an end view of the improved machine.
Figs. 5 to
represent details.
The improved machine consists of two casings A A which are screwed on the
base or bed B with their cast-on feet or stands. One of said casings, viz. that one
shown on the left in Fig. 1. of the drawing, is displaceable in a slot of the bed.
Concentrically through the two casings passes the shaft C revoluble in the naves
thereof. On said shaft are secured the discs D D¹, E E' and F. The discs D D¹
differ from each other by the disc D' having teeth on its outer circumference, into
which gears a worm G mounted on a shaft lodged below disc D'. This shaft can be
revolved by means of a crank or handle provided on the Hy-wheel, whereby the
shaft C with the pieces secured thereon is set in rotation.
In the discs D D' are secured as shown, centrically to shaft C, a number of spindles H
(in the drawing 20 spindles in each disc). The construction of these spindles is
illustrated on an enlarged scale by Figs. 5 to 8. On the shaft J are changeably secured
5 Prime 22

page_text: at one end the spindle head K and at the other end a pinion L. These pinions have
between the shaft J and the teeth a cylindric nave-like elongation. On the nave of
the casing A is mounted a piece M which is secured thereto by means of three head
screws N. The outer circumference of said piece M has screwed thereon a ring Y
consisting of single segments and, as shewn in Fig. 4, forming no closed circle. On
this partial ring slide the naves of the pinions, which latter are for this purpose pro-
vided with corresponding cuts, as illustrated in the plan of the pinion of spindle H
shewn by Fig. 8. When therefore the discs D D' rotate by the revolution of shaft C,
the spindles are not revolved as long as they slide on the ring pieces Y. On leaving
the periphery of the ring at O, the pinions gear into a toothed segment provided inside
the casing A. The revolution caused thereby is continued until the pinions discontinue
at 01 gearing with the toothed segment and once more arrive on ring Y. In Fig. 4,
all spindles are shewn in section immediately behind disc D' except the spindle at O
which is shewn in section behind the nave-like elongation through the teeth of the
pinion. The pieces of ring Y as well as also the toothed segments are made
exchangeable in order to allow a revolution of longer duration to be attained by the
insertion of another toothed segment and corresponding omission of a piece Y, and
vice versa.
The worm shaft carries at the end opposite to the fly-wheel a crank P which causes
a piece to slide to and fro on two guide rods Q¹ by means of the lever mechanism
shown in Figs. 1 to 3.
The improved machine operates as follows:
The wire wound on a reel or drum is, when the machine is started, brought by the
slide piece into the opening U₁ of the beak-shaped angle lever Ú Figs. 2 and 3.
This angle lever oscillates about a bolt V secured in the slide piece Q and is normally
pressed by a pin W and a spiral spring X against the slide piece Q. The wire after
having been drawn through the opening U, is slung to the right about the pins c. d
of the spindle head which lies in the same horizontal plane with the opening U. On
the machine being set in rotation, whereby the discs D D move in the direction
indicated by an arrow, the slitle piece, that is to say the beak with the wire is displaced
to the left. Supposing the beak be in the middle of the machine at the commence-
ment of operation, the angle lever U remains pressed by the spiral spring onto the
slide piece, until it arrives at the piece S determined in front by a curve, as shown in
plan by Fig. 2. Subsequently the lower end, provided with roll, of the angle lever
slides along said curve, whereby the beak turns about pivot V and guides the
opening U with the wire over the pins c d to the left, which have meanwhile assumed
by the rotation of shaft C a position precisely opposite the beak. When the end of
the angle lever has passed entirely the piece S, which occurs when the beak has
moved passed the rear pin d, the spiral spring X draws back the lever; at the same
time the crank P is reversed and the wire is now guided below the pins c d parallelly
to the shaft until the lever, having arrived on the right, recommences the operation,
that is to say guides, on coming into contact with the curve on the right, the wire
over the pins c d of the spindle, which has in the meantime arrived opposite the beak.
The pieces with the curves S S turn about pivots or pins ss; the latter carry at the
top a little leaf spring g, which normally presses the top of the piece against a piece K
lined with leather. When the wire is being wound up, those spindles that stand
opposite the beak are not yet rotating about their shaft; this rotation only ensues
when the pinions of the spindles, as mentioned above, arrive at the inner partial tooth
track of the casing, and then the two parallel portions of the wire which intervene
between the pins c d of the spindle and the opposite pin of the contiguous dise E,
twist themselves together in the manner shown in Fig. 6. This twisting increases
corresponding to the number of teeth of the toothed track within the casings. By
this reason the number of teeth is adapted to be at pleasure decreased or increased
by omission or insertion respectively of toothed segments. When an increased
twisting is to be produced, the discs E E¹ must be secured on shaft Cat a greater
distance from the spindles. When the spindles are out of reach with the teeth, the
middle of the wires passes a circular steel cutter secured to the disc F. This cutter

page_text: presses the wires against the counter blade provided below, whereby the wires are cut
while simultaneously the arms to which are downwardly determined by slanted edges,
remove the now finished loops from the pins of the spindle heads. By displaceability
of the casings A on the left the length of the loops can be at will determined. In
accordance therewith, also the disc E F and disc D are displaceable on shaft Cand
likewise the fulcra of the lever mechanism which actuates the slide piece Q in order to
produce a corresponding hub of the slide piece i.e. of the beak. The pins ed of
the spindle heads may be replaced by such having another shape, whereby an altera-
tion of the shape of the eye is rendered possible.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1.) A machine for producing wire loops for closing aërated water bottles or the
like, which is characterised by rotary dises D D' with centrally arranged spindles J,
the pinions of which gear into the teeth of segments provided within the casings A A',
substantially as set forth.
2.) In the machine forming the subject of claim 1, the mechanism moving the
angle lever, i.e. the beak with the wire, alternately above and below the pins c d of
the spindle heads K and consisting of pieces S S and a spring X which draws the
angle lever back against the slide piece, substantially as and for the purpose set
forth.
1
CARL HERBST.
JOHN ORTMANN.
By Huelser & Co.,
Temple Chambers, London, their Agents.
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