MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD EYES
Year: 1884

page_text: I WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS of Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD EYES to be as follows:-
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My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in manu-
facturing stair rod eyes each from a single blank of sheet metal.
I cut out from sheet brass or other hard sheet metal or alloy a lozenge shaped
blank and perforate it with a hole near each angle of the blank. Two of these
holes which are opposite one another are large plain holes and the other two
opposite holes are small countersunk screw holes. Those parts of the blank in
which the large holes are made are bent at right angles to the other or middle part
of the blank. The bent parts have a V shape and constitute the sides of the stair
rod eye and the unbent part the front of the said eye. The edges of the sides thus
made are at right angles to one another one edge when the stair rod eye is fixed
resting on the horizontal part of the stair and the other edge bearing against the
vertical part of the stair the stair rod being engaged with the coincident or
opposite holes in the said sides. The ends of the front part of the stair rod eye in
which the countersunk holes are made being bent at an obtuse angle with the
said front part constitute the fixing ears by which the stair rod eye is fixed at top
and bottom by screws to the stairs or one of these fixing ears may be replaced by
a spike or tooth which is driven into the stair. The fixing ears may have various
shapes given to them, and when a long stair rod eye is required to be made the
fixing ears are situated by preference at the middle of the longer edges of the front
of the stair rod eye.
For making a cheap stair rod eye an oblong blank is taken. This blank is bent
at its middle at right angles these bent parts having fixing ears or a fixing ear and
a spike or tooth. This stair rod eye is without sides but stair rod eyes of this
kind may be furnished with sides.by. using a blank having perforated side pieces
which are bent at right angles to the parts carrying the fixing ears or fixing ear
and spike.
Dated this thirtieth dow of Tonunu 1001.

page_text: I, WILLIAM HENRY RICHARDS, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick,
Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STAIR ROD EYES" and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consists of the improvements hereinafter described in manu-
facturing stair rod eyes, each from a single blank of sheet metal.
I cut out from sheet brass or other hard sheet metal or alloy, a lozenge shaped
blank and perforate it with a hole near each angle of the blank-Two of these
holes, which are opposite one another, are large plain holes and the other two
opposite holes are small countersunk screw holes. Those parts of the blank in
which the large holes are made are bent at right angles to the other or middle part
of the blank -The bent parts have a V shape and constitute the sides of the stair
rod eye and the unbent part of the front of the said eye. The edges of the sides
thus made are at right angles to one another, one edge when the stair rod eye is
.fixed, resting on the horizontal part of the stair and the other edge bearing against
the vertical part of. the stair, the stair rod being engaged with the coincident or
opposite holes in the said sides-The ends of the front part of the stair rod eye in
which the countersunk holes are made being. bent at an obtuse angle with the said
front part and constitute the fixing ears by which the stair rod eye is fixed at top
and bottom by screws to the stairs; or one of these fixing ears may be replaced by
a spike or tooth which is driven into the stair. The fixing ears may have various
shapes given to them and when a long stair rod eye is required to be made, the
fixing ears are situated by preference at the middle of the longer edges of the front
of the stair rod eye.
For making a cheap stair rod eye an oblong blank is taken-This blank is bent
at its middle at right angles, these bent parts having fixed ears or a fixing ear and
a spike or tooth-This stair rod eye is without sides, but stair rod eyes of this
kind may be furnished with sides by using a blank having perforated sides pieces
which are bent at right angles to the parts carrying the fixing ears or fixing ear
and spike.
Having now described the nature of my invention, I will proceed to describe
with reference to the accompanying Drawings the manner in which my invention
is to be performed.
Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a stair rod eye constructed according
to my invention, which is fashioned or produced from the sheet metal blank
figure 2, by the process or combination of processes hereinafter described and
represented in the other figures of sheet 1 of the Drawings-The other figures on
.sheet 2 represent modifications of my invention and the processes and blanks for
the formation of stair rod eyes as hereinafter described.
In making the stair rod eye figure 1, I proceed as follows
I take a sheet metal disc or blank a of brass or other suitable metal or alloy
with a raised centre a' as seen in the section below it figure 2, and cut therefrom
the partially formed lozenge shaped blank figure 3 having cut out nail or screw
holes b. b for the attachment of the eye-The slides or flaps c, c are then folded or
bent back at right angles and parallel to each other as represented in figures 4 and 5,
the parts c, c which have a V shape constitute the sides of the said stair rod eye-
The fixing flaps d, d in which the countersunk holes b, b are made, are then bent

page_text: to the proper angle as represented in figure 6--Figure 7 is a section of figure 6
and figure 8 is an elevation, of the said stair rod eye with the eyes or holes e, e cut
out Figure 9 is a back perspective view of figure 1-The hole e through which
the stair rod passes may be cut out at the process figure 3 instead of as described,
as represented at figure 94-The ornamentation of the stair rod eyes before described
may be effected at the early stage or process of raising the metal or blank or after
the stair rod eye has been produced or fashioned.
Figure 10 represents a stair rod eye constructed according to my invention
which is of a box form having angular sides and produced from the blank
figure 11 cut from sheet metal-In this modification the stair rod eye is secured
when in use by a spike f and the ear d at its front end-The said blank figure 11
has the stair rod openings e, e and the screw or nail countersunks b, b framed
therein, the blank is then bent or doubled up into the form figure 10 and 12-
Figure 13 is a side view of figure and figure 14 is a section through the stair rod
holes.
For making a cheap stair rod eye, a blank, figure 15 is bent into the form
figure 16 shewn in perspective-This form of eye embraces angular rods which lie
within its inside angles-Figure 18 represents another form bent up from the
blank figure 17, and figure 19 represents also another form in which fixing ears.h, h
are bent out of the plane of the front of the stair eyes, while the ends are folded or
bent at right angles to the inclined front of the stair eye rod as represented.
Having now particularly described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is-
First The improvements in the manufacture or production of stair rod eyes
herein before described and illustrated in figures 1 to 10 both inclusive of the
accompanying Drawings; that is to say, making stair rod eyes from one piece of
metal by the process or combination of processes hereinbefore described and set
forth.
Secondly Constructing stair rod eyes as represented in figure 10 of the
accompanying Drawings by the process or combination of processes as described
and set forth in figures 10 to 14 both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings.
Thirdly Stair rod eyes constructed and produced as described in figures 15 to 19
both inclusive of the accompanying Drawings.