Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 7th Jan., 1887.
I JAMES HALLIWELL of 25 Sand Street, Ordsal Lane, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:
My said Invention relates to apparatus for securing metallic tags to laces made from
mohair, cotton, silk, leather or other fibre or material. In the apparatus constituting
my invention all of the parts can be cheaply produced and the hardened steel tools for
clenching and closing the tag on the lace can be made and renewed easily and at small
cost. My improved apparatus consists of a disc or circular block which may be of
cast iron and is turned on its periphery. The said turned disc is supported in fixed
bearings on a sole plate or table or bench and is fitted at a point in its circumference
with a hardened and tempered steel closing tool or matrix-half which is secured by
screws in a recess cut for its reception in the turned periphery of the disc. The face
of the said tool or matrix-half is of the ordinary construction and a corresponding tool
or matrix-half is fixed to a holder situated in front of the disc and in such a position
that when the disc is rotated in its bearings toward the fixed tool or matrix-half the
two will come accurately together so as to compose a complete matrix which clenches,
laps and gives the desired form to the tag while securing it to the lace. The construc-
tion of this matrix and its action on the tag is however not novel and forms no part
of my invention. The turned disc which carries one of the matrix halves
as described is weighted by a counter balance weight or is acted upon by a
spring so that when not in action the halves of the matrix remain apart.
In operating the apparatus the bent and perforated metallic tag blank is laid on the
turned periphery of the disc and in contact with the fixed half of the matrix. The
end of the face is then placed in the tag blank and a treadle or lever is operated so as
to rotate the turned disc in its bearings and bring the other half of the matrix against
the fixed portion. The first contact of the matrix halves clenches the tag on the lace
and an additional blow laps the edges and finishes the operation. If that portion of
the turned periphery of the disc which is in contact with the tag blank should become
worn or untrue the matrix half on the disc can be removed and fixed to another part
of the circumference thus presenting a fresh portion of the periphery to the blank.
This alteration in the position of the matrix-half can be made three or four times
before the disc is finally worn out.

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I JAMES HALLIWELL of 25 Sand Street, Ordsal Lane, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Mechanic, 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 and accompanying drawings
:-
My said Invention relates to apparatus for securing metallic tags to laces made
from mohair, cotton, silk, leather or other fibre or material the said tags: being
produced either by the ordinary means or by the apparatus for which I have made
application for Letters Patent, No. 3677 of the current year.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I will now proceed
more particularly to describe the mode of carrying the same into practical effect,
reference being made to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 of the said drawings is a side elevation of the apparatus shown open to receive
a tag as illustrated on an enlarged scale at Fig. 4. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the
apparatus in its closed position that is to say when it has clenched or partly clenched
a tag on a lace as also more clearly shown by the enlarged view Fig. 5. Fig. 3 is a
plan view of Fig. 2. The apparatus consists of a disc or circular block a which may
be of cast iron and is turned on its periphery. The axis of the said disc a is supported
in bearings in a frame or bracket c. which is or may be secured to a bench or table d
and is fitted at a point in its circumference with a hardened and tempered steel closing
tool or matrix-half e. which is secured by a screw fin a recess formed for its reception
in the turned periphery of the disc a. The face of the tool or matrix-half e is of the
ordinary concave construction and a corresponding tool or matrix-half g. is fixed by a
screw, to the top of the frame e and in such a position that when the disc is rotated
in its bearings in the direction of the arrow Fig. 1 and towards the. fixed matrix-half
the two halves e and will come accurately together so as to compose, a complete
matrix. The construction of this matrix and its action on the tag is however not novel
and forms no part of my invention apart from the combination with the rest of the
apparatus. The turned disc a which carries the matrix-half e has a counter balance
weight or otherwise may be acted upon by a spring so that except at the times when
they are forced together the halves of the matrix remain apart as in Fig. 1. I might
however so connect the disc to a pivotted treadle as to make both the opening and the
closing of the disc due to a positive application of force. In the machine shown in
the drawings the matrix is closed by the pull of a wire or cord which is connected to
a stud fixed on the periphery of the disc a all as shown in dotted lines at Figs. 1 and 2.
As shown at Fig. 1 a ledge is provided in the frame c against which the head of the
stud bears at the times when the matrix is open so as to limit the backward rotation
of the disc. The lower end of the cord or wire j is connected to a treadle upon which
the operator's foot is pressed so as to pull on the wire or cord j and close the matrix
at the required times."
I
In operating, the apparatus the tag blank which consists of a piece of thin sheet
metal bent to an angle and perforated at the bend as shown by the detached view
Fig. S is laid between the halves of the inatrix in the position shown at Fig. 4 and the

page_text: end of the lace is laid in the bend as indicated at Fig. 7. The treadle is then
operated so as to rotate the disc a and close the matrix which laps over one half of the
tag on the lace as shown at Fig. 5 and as indicated at m Fig. 7. The matrix is then
allowed to open and the partly clenched tag is turned into the position shown at Fig. 6.
The matrix is again closed and the tag is completely clenched and secured upon the
lace as shown at n Fig. 7. Should that portion of the turned periphery of the disc a
which is in contact with the tag blank become worn or untrue, the matrix-half or
tool e on the disc can be removed and fixed to another unworn part. of the
circumference, thus presenting a fresh portion of the disc periphery to the tag blank.
This alteration of the position of the matrix-half e can be made three or four times
before the disc is finally worn out. The counter balance weight i and stud k would of
course be shifted at the same time. The disc a being turned, ensures absolute truth of
contact between the periphery of the disc and the lip or edge of the fixed matrix half,
during the rotation of the disc. The matrix halves e and can be easily removed and
repaired or renewed at a slight cost.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
(1) The general arrangement construction and combination of parts comprising the
apparatus for securing metallic tags to laces substantially as described and shown."
(2) In apparatus for securing metallic tags to laces, the turned disc a fitted
with a matrix halfe and operating substantially as described and shown.
(3) In apparatus for securing metallic tags to laces the turned disc a fitted with a
removable matrix half e counter balance weight and stud for connecting the disc to
a treadle, in combination with a removable matrix half fixed to the frame e which
supports the disc « all arranged and acting substantially as described and shown.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Mancliester,
Agents.