A MACHINE FOR THE CUTTING OF LEATHER FOR EVERY PURPOSE
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Moss, of 62, Brill Row, Somers Town, in the
County of Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, and Thomas West,
of 5, Jewin Street, in the City of London, Machinist, for the Invention
of "A MACHINE FOR THE CUTTING OF LEATHER FOR EVERY PURPOSE, AND
Sealed the 22nd September 1859, and dated the 29th March 1859..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Moss and Thomas
West at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with their Petition,
on the 29th March 1859.
We, HENRY Moss, of 62, Brill Row, Somers Town, in the County of
Middlesex, Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, and THOMAS WEST, of 5, Jewin
Strect, in the City of London, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "A MACHINE FOR THE CUTTING OF LEATHER FOR EVERY PURPOSE,
AND CUTTING CLOTHS, LINEN, AND OTHER FABRICS AND MATERIALS," to be as
follows:-
A table is made which is self-acting, obtained by a cam motion, which table
is shewn by the Plan
the Plan accompanying this Specification, and such table is
marked in the said Plan with the letter "A." The knife which is shewn in

page_text: the said Plan, and therein marked with the letter I, which is on a new
and improved principle, is worked by an eccentric motion, and is constructed
so that by the application of springs, which are shewn in the said Plan, and
marked with the letter J, will leave the fabric or material which is being cut
quite clear of the knife. By this construction, the machine which in its
component parts is described on the said Plan, and which component parts
are respectively described and distinguished by the several letters A, B, C, D,
E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, regulates its own feeding to the greatest
accuracy by the formation of the regulating levers shewn in the said Plan, and
marked with the letter G, and by the construction of this machine any of the
above-mentioned fabrics or materials can be cut to any shape that may be
required.
The Invention which we seek to ensure by Letters Patent is, the manu-
facture of the said machine in all and every its component parts, as shewn in
the said Plan, with the references thereon.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Moss and Thomas West in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 27th September 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, HENRY
Moss, of 62, Brill Row, Somers Town, in the County of Middlesex, Boot and
Shoe Manufacturer, and THOMAS WEST, of 5, Jewin Street, in the City of
London, Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us,
the said Henry Moss and Thomas West, Her special licence that we, the
said Henry Moss and Thomas West, our executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as wc, the said Henry Moss and Thomas West,
our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with,
and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "THE CUTTING OF LEATHER FOR
EVERY PURPOSE, AND CUTTING CLOTH, LINEN, AND OTHER FABRICS AND MATERIALS,"

page_text: upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Henry Moss and
Thomas West, our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in
the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said Henry Moss and Thomas West, do
hereby declare the nature of our said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
Our Invention consists in certain novel arrangements of machinery, whereby
leather and fabrics of various textures may be cut with the greatest precision.
The principal novelty of the Invention is, that by the application of various
motions combined, (berein-after more fully described), it can regulate its own
feed to the greatest accuracy. A table is made which is self-acting, obtained
by a cam motion, on which is worked a knife, constructed so as to cut a
square edge. The machine may be worked with or without a self-acting feed,
the knife is so constructed from its being larger at the top than the bottom,
so that when applied without the self-acting feed, it may be discharged from
the top, so that it gives a facility for cutting some six or seven shapes before
it requires emptying, it is also so constructed, that when the self-acting feed
is applied by the application of springs, it leaves the material which is being
cut quite clear of the knife or stamp.
Having thus given a general idea of the formation of the machine, we will
proceed to describe the various parts of it in detail, reference being had to the
accompanying Drawing.
Figure 1 is a front elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a side 'elevation of
the same; Fig. 3 shews plan of table for carrying fabrics of any kind to bo
cut or stampt to pattern as shewn in Drawing; Fig. 4 is plan of cross head,
with knife or stamp to be attached to, if worked with the self-acting feed;
Fig. 5, longitudinal section of stamp or knife, shewing spring for clearing itself
of the material; Fig. 6, cam lever or motion with an index connected for
regulating or adjusting the sizes or patterns required; this part of the machine
admits of adjustment to suit the self-acting feed to the size or pattern required
to be cut. A, A, is the main framing of the machine; B, eccentric shaft, on
which the cams are fixed, and by which the self-acting feed is obtained; C,
driving shaft provided with winch handle to set machine in action, but instead

page_text: thercof it may be driven by a band and pulley in connection with any first
mover; D, pinion for working into and giving motion to eccentric shaft; E
lower bed over which table passes; F, F, eccentric rods attached to cross
heads, which carry knife or stamp when working with the self-acting feed;
G, G, G, Fig. 2, rollers on which table moves; H, the table upon which the
material is placed and propelled by wheel P, working in the rack shewn in
Fig. 8; J is the steel spring which is attached to knife or stamp when
worked with the self-acting feed, which clears it of the material as shewn in
Fig. 5; M is the knife or stamp as in Fig. 1, a plan and section of which are
shown at Figs. 4 and 5; N, shaft, upon which the regulating motion is
attached in Fig. 1; O, small wheel connected with lever for regulating tho
distance, and the mode of effecting such adjustment will be seen by reference
to Fig. 6; P, wheel for propelling the table fixed on the same shaft as
regulating lever; Q, Q, slides for giving parrallel motion to cross head, (see
also side elevation); R, cross head, to which knife or stamp is to be fitted or
fixed as in Fig. 1, when worked by the self-acting feed, a plan of which is
shewn in Fig. 4; S, S, nuts to raise or fall the cross head to regulate the fall
of knife or stamp in accordance with the heighth of table or depth of knife or
stamp; T, T, screws and nuts for fixing knives or stamps to cross head, Fig. 1 ;
X, connecting rod from cam to regulating lever; Z is a roller which works in
groove of cam is shewn in Fig. 6. a, a, a, a, in Fig. 3 are friction rollers
for conducting the table in its traversing position. b, b, is a rack in
which wheel marked P, in Figs. 1 and 2, works to propel table under the
cross head, to which knife or stamp is attached, and at the completion of every
cut or stamp carries forward the table with the fabric or material just so
far as will allow of the knife or stamp again to perform the same opera-
tion without making waste of material; c, c, in Fig. 3, spindles carrying
guides; d, in Fig. 8, is a spring to act as guide to any material that is
traversing to the knife or stamp; 9, 9, in Fig. 4, centres to hold stamp or
knife in position by means of screws and moving in grooves as shewn.
Having thus described the nature of our Invention and the manner of
performing the same, we would wish it to be understood that we do not
confine ourselves to the preciso arrangements therein shewn, as various
alterations of minor importance might be effected without departing from the
nature of the Invention; for instance, in some cases it may be deemed
advisable to apply the knife or stamp without the self-acting feed, and in this
case the table with the rack would not be required; we therefore claim as our
Invention the general arrangement of the machinery above described and

page_text: shewn in the Drawing, whereby we are enabled to cut leather fabrics or other
materials with the greatest precision, and much more speedily and economically
than by any other means.
In witness whereof, we, the said Henry Moss and Thomas West, have
hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-seventh day of Sep-
tember, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
Witness,
Wч. MATON.
HENRY MOSS.
(L.S.)
THOMAS WEST. (L.B.)