Improvements in Mechanism for Straightening, Measuring, and, Cutting Wire.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 20th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 1st 'Feb., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in Mechanism for Straightening, Measuring, and,
Cutting Wire.
1, WILLIAM TAYLOR of Brighouse in the County of York, Iron. Merchant, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates firstly to mechanism whereby several pieces of wire may be simul-
taneously measured and straightened and consists of forming and arranging the
gripping devices therein so that each and all of the several pieces is and are laid
hold of with a firm and unyielding grip thus they areracted upon equally at all
times, while when said gripping devices are employed in connection with machines.
for cutting the pieces of wire into predetermined lengths, this is performed with
accuracy and precision.
The second part of.my invention relates to an arrangement of means whereby
the cutting mechanism may be put into operation as desired to cut the pieces of
wire into lengths of from one inch.or a fractional part thereof to ten, twenty or
more feet or into any length or size between these extremes..
And the third part of my invention relates to the class of mechanism known as
rotary straighteners and consists of arranging same and parts in connection with
them so that when they are applied to the gripping and cutting mechanisms above
referred to for acting upon wire of a considerable size (say of No. 10 gauge or
stronger than this) three of such pieces of wire may be acted upon simultaneously,
while for wire of a small size I employ a modification in the formation and con-
struction of the rotary parts and the "dies" they carry so that six or more of
these parts may be carried and operated by one belt or band when used either in
connection with the mechanism for measuring or cutting as above described or
separately from said mechanism as when used for the well known purpose of
finishing the wire.
To attain the object of the first part of my invention I arrange the gripping
lever, which is operated by cam mechanism in the well known manner, so that it
acts in a direction (preferably horizontal) to cause loose jaws or spacing pieces to
press upon the pieces of wire passing between them thus the pressure on the wire
nearest the gripping lever is exerted through the loose jaw in contiguity with it.on
one side and against the loose jaw on the other side, which in turn is pressed
against the other piece of wire in contact with it on the other side and so on until
the last loose jaw or piece of wire is pressed against the bearings carrying, the
gripping lever, by which means the gripping power acts upon all the pieces of wire
equally whether two or more of these are in position. To cause the gripping lever.
to act in the right direction it may be of bell crank form or it may have its outer
end of a suitable wedge shape or inclined form, the jaw in contact with it being
made of a shape to correspond. Or the gripping lever may be in two or more
parts forming a toggle joint.
As to the second part of my invention, instead of using as heretofore an awkward
arrangement of change wheels, I employ worm and peg wheel mechanism which I
mount in such a manner that by inserting a peg in the peg wheel which is graduated.
and is driven at a properly regulated rate of speed so that said peg is brought
at the desired time into contact with a lever device, this latter is thus moved into
position or into the path of motion of a rotary cam by which means the lever

page_text: device is operated as also is the cutter lever on which it is mounted. The peg
wheel is formed and graduated to carry pegs in such positions as may be desired
for bringing the cutting lever into operation for cutting any required length of
wire.
Respecting the third part of my invention I arrange three rotary straighteners
in their bearings so that they may occupy one and the same plane in one direction
while in the other direction the middle or central straightener is straight in line
with the direction in which the gripping jaws, herein before described, act, and the
other two are at such an angle to said direction as will enable the pieces of wire
passing through them to be brought and guided into a suitable position relatively
therewith so that the said jaws are thus maintained within a comparatively small
space, and the driving pulleys by which these straighteners are rotated are brought
into such relative positions that only one driving belt is required.
The usual formation of dies and parts forming the rotary straighteners may be
employed in those arranged as above described, however when six or more of these
rotary parts are to be carried in comparatively little space, I construct the revolving
parts so that I may mount dies having cylindrical shanks or necks in bearings
having screwed threads formed on their outer surfaces, by which means I am
enabled to cause these bearings to advance or recede into or out of the central path
through which the wire passes, and yet the dies are allowed to keep their notched
or grooved guiding surfaces in proper position for laying hold of the wire and
allowing same to move along.
The bearings in which the series of rotary straighteners are mounted, are formed
to enable these latter to carry driving pulleys in such relative positions that all of
them may be rotated by one driving belt or band.
Dated this 19th day of March 1895.
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.
COMT DEI DI MUIFICATION.
Improvements in Mechanism for Straightening, Measuring, and
Cutting Wire.
I, WILLIAM TAYLOR of Brighouse in the County of York, Iron Merchant, 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, that is to say :-
It relates firstly to mechanism whereby several pieces of wire may be simul-
taneously measured and straightened and consists of forming and arranging the
gripping devices therein so that each and all of the several pieces is and are laid
hold of with a strong and firm grip thus they are acted upon equally at all times,
while when said gripping devices are employed in connection with machines for
cutting the pieces of wire into predetermined lengths, this is performed with
accuracy and precision.
The second part of my invention relates to an arrangement of means whereby
the cutting mechanism may be put into operation as desired to cut the pieces
of wire into lengths of from one inch or a fractional part thereof to ten, twenty
or more feet or into any length or size between these extremes.
And the third part of my invention relates to the class of mechanism known as
rotary straighteners and consists of arranging same and parts in connection with
them so that when they are applied to the gripping and cutting mechanisms above
referred to for acting upon wire of a considerable size (say of No. 10 gauge or
stronger than this) three of such pieces of wire may be acted upon simultaneously,
while for wire of a small size a larger number of these rotary straighteners are

page_text: used and arranged as hereinafter described, so that they may be operated by one
belt or band when used either in connection with the mechanism for measuring or
cutting as above referred to or separately from said mechanism as when used for
the well known purpose of finishing the wire.
In the accompanying sheets of drawings which are illustrative of my
invention;-
Fig. 1 is a view of my improved machine as seen from above.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation enlarged scale showing the gripping mechanism
and parts in connection therewith.
Fig. 3 is a section on line A B of a portion of the mechanism shown by Fig. 1
and as seen in the direction of the arrow C.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of a portion of the machine to show the cutting
mechanism.
Figs. 5 and 6 are drawings in detail more clearly illustrating certain of the parts
of said cutting mechanism.
Similar letters and figures indicate similar parts throughout the several
views.
To attain the object of the first part of my invention I arrange the gripping
levers a a', which are operated by the cams bb in the well known manner, so
that they will act in a direction (preferably horizontal, hence this is the one shown
by the drawings) to cause the loose jaws c c c and c3 c c to press upon the pieces
of wire d d passing between them thus the pressure on the wire d which is
nearest the said levers a a', is exerted through the loose jaws c c³ in contiguity
with it on one side and against the loose jaws c c on the other side, which in
turn are pressed against the other piece of wire d' in contact with them on the
other side and so on until the last loose jaws c² co and piece of wire d² are pressed
against the carriages e e¹ upon which the gripping levers a a' are mounted, by which
means the gripping power acts upon all the pieces of wire did and d² equally
whether two or three (as is illustrated) or more of these are in position.
To cause the levers a a¹ to act in the direction described they may be of bell
crank form or they may be of the shape shown in the drawings in which the
outer ends are of an inclined or wedge shape to act in connection with the corre-
spondingly shaped jaws c c. Or other forms of gripping levers than those described
may be employed.
As to the second part of my invention, instead of using as heretofore an awkward
arrangement of change wheels, I employ a worm and peg-wheel f¹ (operated
thereby) which I mount as shown so that by inserting a vegg in said peg-wheel '¹,
which is graduated and driven at a properly regulated rate of speed according to
its number of teeth f' and holes g¹ for the pegs g so that this said pegg is brought
at the desired time into contact with the projection on the spring lever / in
order that this latter may force or move the lever k in the direction indicated by
the arrow w (this lever k by its spring k¹ being moved when free in the opposite
direction to this described) so that the projection 2 on its outer end is thus brought
into the path of motion of a rotary cam m one or other of the projections m² m² of
which will depress the arm n¹ of the lever n the other arm n³ of which causes the
cutters p p p to rise and so the wires d d¹ d² are cut as desired. The holes y' in
the peg-wheel fare arranged in such graduated positions so that any desired
number of pegs g may be placed therein to cause the cutters to act as required.
Respecting the third part of my invention I arrange three straighteners s s³ ³ in
their bearings, which may be of any suitable form and which for the sake of
clearness are omitted from the drawings, so that they may occupy one and the
same plane in one direction (as in the horizontal plane shown by the drawings)
while in the other direction the middle straightener s', is straight in line with the
central path between the jaws in which the wire d¹ travels and in which the
said jaws c c c act or move, and the other two straighteners s and are at such
an angle to said direction as will enable their pieces of wire d d to be brought and
guided into a suitable position relatively therewith by which means said jaws c³ c* c

page_text: (see Fig. 1) are thus maintained within a comparatively small space and the driving
pulleyst by which these straighteners &³ s² are rotated, are brought into such
relative positions that only one driving belt u (Fig. 3) is required.
It will be seen that where a finer and smaller class of wire has to be acted upon
the number of such as acted upon by one and the same machine may be
considerably increased by increasing the number of gripping jaws and other parts
and making the gripping levers to suit, and further that when such is the case
the desired number of straighteners may be employed by arranging them in
positions corresponding with those shown, and that notwithstanding such increase
in the number of straighteners one driving belt alone may be made to impart
rotary motion to all of them.
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 ;-
1. The combination and arrangement of parts forming the gripping device for
acting upon two or more wires substantially as herein specified.
2. In a wire straightening and measuring machine the combination of gripping
jaws with means for operating same so as to grip or lay hold of two or more wires
with equal force substantially as specified.
3. In a wire straightening and measuring machine the combination of .loosely
held gripping jaws with lever or other mechanism for operating same substantially
as set forth..
4. In a wire cutting machine the combination of worm and peg-wheel mechanism
with other parts for enabling same to put the cutters into operation substantially,
as set forth..
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5. The combination and arrangement of rotary, straighteners with a driving
belt for imparting such rotary motion to them substantially as described.
Dated this 19th day of December 1895.
WILLIAM TAYLOR,
Per Samuel Hey,
Keighley, Agent.