IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD SETTING MACHINES AND IN CARDS
Year: 1875

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jonas Haley, of Cleckheaton, in the County of
York, Card Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CARD SETTING MACHINES AND IN CARDS.”
Sealed the 20th December 1875, and dated the 24th June 1875.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jonas Haley at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
24th June 1875.
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I, JONAS HALEY, of Cleckheaton, in the County of York, Card
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
“IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD SETTING MACHINES AND IN CARDS," to be as
follows:-
Heretofore in the manufacture of wire cards for carding cotton, wool,
and other fibres various forms or sections of wire have been employed,
such as ordinary round wire, wire flattened by rollers, as described in
the Specification of Letters Patent granted to George Ashworth and
Elizah Ashworth, No. 2001, A.D. 1870, wire compressed to various

page_text: sections by grooved rollers, as described in the Specification of Letters
Patent granted to James Law and Samuel Law, No. 71, A.D. 1873,
wire flattened at intervals of its length by the squeezing action of
rollers, as described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to
Thomas Edward Yates, Henry Yates, and William Heaton Kellett, 5
No. 1518, A.D. 1878.
The object of this Invention is that by the use of peculiar shaped
dies or pressers connected with and operated from any convenient
going part" of a card setting machine to so press and indent portions
of the wire as fed to the machine that when cut and set the crown of 1
each tooth, and from thence to the bend, will be slightly flattened or
pressed into eliptical, oblong, or any other (than round) form, whilst
the portion of the tooth from the bend to and including the point will
be flattened to a greater degree.
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By the use of other improved dies or pressers (herein-after described) 18
are produced card teeth, the
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crown of each tooth being of round
wire, and from the crown to the "bend" the wire will be slightly
flattened; and from the bend to the "point" the wire will be further
compressed and narrowed in its "working" direction.
The dies or pressers for producing the form of tooth first herein 20
described consist of two small blocks of steel, one attached to the bed
plate of the machine, and having screw adjustment, the other block
being caused to advance to and recede (within slides) from the
stationary block through the agency of a tappet and levers and return
spring. A portion of the face of each presser block from the centre 25
is cut away, forming a recess or groove therein, so that when the
blocks advance, close upon, and press the wire between them, the
portion within the recess or groove will be flattened the least, and
this portion of the wire will, when the tooth is made, form the crown,
and to the bend, whilst the portion of the blocks not cut away approach 80
nearer each other, and so compress to a greater degree that portion
of the wire which will form the part of the tooth from the bend to the
point.
Dies or pressers to be employed for producing the second form of
tooth above described consists of two small blocks of steel. A portion 85
of cach end of the face of the blocks is cut away, forming slight
recesses, and one of the blocks is attached to the bed plate of the

page_text: machine, and is provided with screw adjustment, the other is caused
to advance and recede within slides as and by the means above
described.
As the wire is drawn forwards by the ordinary feed mechanism of the
setting machine intermittently step by step, the moving presser block
(during the wire's period of rest) closes upon and presses it against the
stationary block; the wire is thus between the two blocks, indented and
flattened to the required' shape for cards of the forms described, as one
or other of the pairs of blocks are employed.
The forms of teeth above described secure for the whole of the
"working part" the desideratum a fine point. The portion from the
bend to the crown is narrowed in the direction of its passage through
the fibre.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said' Jonas Haley in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 24th December 1875.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JONAS
HALEY, of Cleckheaton, in the County of York, Oard Manufacturer,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fourth day of June, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, in the thirty-
ninth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give
and grant unto me, the said Jonas Haley, Her special licence that
I, the said Jonas Haley, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Jonas Haley, my 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 Ohannel Islands,
and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CARD SETTING
MACHINES AND IN CARDS FOR CARDING FIBRES," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Jontis Haley, my executors or admi.
nistrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of

page_text: 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 dato
of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jonas Haley, do declare the
nature of my said 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) :-
Heretofore in the manufacture of wire cards for carding cotton, wool,
and other fibres, various forms or sections of wire have been employed,
such as ordinary round wire, wire flattened by rollers, as described in
the Specification of Letters Patent granted to George Ashworth and
Elizah Ashworth, No. 2001, A.D. 1870, wire compressed to various
sections by grooved rollers, as described in the Specification of Letters
Patent granted to James Law and Samuel Law, No. 71, A.D. 1873,
wire flattened at intervals of its length by the squeezing action of
rollers, as described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to
Thomas Edward Yates, Henry Yates, and William Heaton Kellett,
No. 1518, A.D. 1873.
The object of this Invention is that by the use of peculiar shaped
dies or pressers connected with and operated from any convenient
"going part" of a card setting machine, to so press and indent portions
of the wire as fed to the machine that when cut and set the crown of
each tooth, and from thence to the bend, will be slightly flattened or
pressed into eliptical, oblong, or any other (than round) form, whilst
the portion of the tooth from the bend to and including the point will
be flattened to a greater degree.
By the use of other improved dies or pressers (herein-after described)
are produced card teeth, the "crown " of each tooth being of round
wire, and from the crown to the "bend "the wire will be slightly
flattened, and from the bend to the "point" the wire will be further
compressed and narrowed in its "working" direction.
The dies or pressers for producing the form of tooth first herein
described consist of two small blocks of steel, one attached to the bed
plate of the machine, and having screw adjustment, the other block

page_text: being caused to advance to and recede (within slides) from the
stationary block through the agency of a tappet and levers and return
spring. A portion of the face of each presser block from the centre
is cut away, forming a recess or groove therein, so that when the
blocks advance, close upon, and press the wire between them, the
portion within the recess or groove will be flattened the least, and
this portion of the wire will, when the tooth is made, form the crown,
and to the bend, whilst the portion of the blocks not cut away approach
nearer each other, and so compress to a greater degree that portion
of the wire which will form the part of the tooth from the bend to the
point.
The dies or pressers to be employed for producing the second form of
tooth above described consists of two small blocks of steel. A portion
of each end of the face of the blocks is cut away, forming slight
recesses, and one of the blocks is attached to the bed plate of the
machine, and is provided with screw adjustment, the other is caused
to advance and recede within slides as and by the means above
described.
As the wire is drawn forwards by the ordinary feed mechanism of the
setting machine intermittently step by step, the moving presser block
(during the wire's period of rest) closes upon and presses it against the
stationery block; the wire is thus between the two blocks indented and
flattened to the required shape for cards of the form described as one
or other of the pairs of blocks are employed.
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The forms of teeth described secure for the whole of the "working
part
the desideratum a fine point. The portion from the bend to
the crown is narrowed in the direction of its passage through the
fibre.
Such being the nature and object of this, my said Invention I will
now proceed to describe the same in detail, and in order that the same
may be fully understood I have hereunto annexed two Sheets of
Drawings shewing part of a card setting machine having my improved
dies applied thereto.

page_text: in the direction of the arrow c; Fig. 4 is an end elevation of part of the
apparatus in the direction of the arrow at d.
On Sheet 2 the several forms of dies in elevation and plan views, and
also the forms of teeth are shewn, the Figures on this Sheet being drawn
larger than used for the purpose of distinct illustration, the Drawings
on Sheet 1 being about full size.
A and B are the dies or pressers consisting of two small blocks of
steel, the block A being attached to the bed plate C of the machine,
the block B being attached to the slide piece E; the attachment in both
cases consist of the screws F, F, by means of which screws and the
slot holes X, X, accurate relative lateral adjustment of the dies is
readily attained.
The slide piece E receives its to-and-fro motions as follows:-On the
main shaft G of the machine is a tappet H upon which bears one end
of the lever J, so that when the tappet lifts the said lever on its fulcrum
stud K the other and shorter arm J¹ bears upon and against the head
of the screw L, the latter being screwed into the slide piece E; the
latter and the die or block piece B thereon are thus caused to advance
on or towards the stationary die or block A, and so the wire is nipped
and flattened between the two dies A and B, and it will be seen that
by the adjustment of the screw L the amount of forward movement
of the slide E and die B (and consequent degree of flattening of the
wire) may be regulated with nicety. On the tappet or eccentric H
continuing its motion the lever J will descend, and its shorter arm J¹
will retire so as to admit of the die B and slide piece E being drawn
back from the die A in order that the wire operated upon may be
advanced by the ordinary feed mechanism of the machine, and another
portion of the wire be brought into position for being operated upon
in turn. The receeding of the die B and slide E is effected by the
contracting of the spiral spring M, one end of which is attached to
the pin m in the slide piece E, the other end to the pin N of the
bracket P. The rollers R, R, are for the purpose of guiding the wire,
i.e., when slightly flattened wire is being used these rollers ensure its
being held in proper position for being further flattened, and fed to the
setting part of the machine.
The several forms of dies are shewn on Sheet 2, there being a
side and plan view of each die.

page_text: The grooves n, n, Fig. 5, may be of any form so as to give to the wire
compressed, angular, or other form or section.
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It will be understood that the several dies herein referred to and
shewn at Sheet 2 may be applied to the setting machine simply by the
aid of the screws F, F, all the other parts remaining unaltered.
Having thus fully described the nature and object of this my said
Invention, together with the manner in which the same is to be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, I would have it understood that
I lay no claim to any of the parts of the apparatus herein described save
the presser dies, of the peculiar construction and for the specific purpose
herein fully described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jonas Haley, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of December, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
five.
Witness,
WALTER BRIERLEY,
Patent Agent,
Halifax & Blackburn.
JONAS HALEY. (L.S.)