Improvements in Foot Presses.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Aug., 1894.
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 3rd Aug., 1.895
Improvements in Foot Presses.
I JOHN BATES of 186 Spring Hill in the City of Birmingham and County of
Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My invention relates to an addition to the foot press patented by me op
January 4th 1893 No. 167 and is fully described in my Specifications relating
thereto. It consists of a revolving plate worked by suitable wheels acted upon by.
the rocking lever of my said patent foot press. Into the plate is fixed certain tools
which in the course of rotation successively work into corresponding tools fixed in
the base plate of the press. This invention not only renders my press specially
suitable for the manufacturing of buttons but it may also be easily applied to other
The special advantage however. which is obtained by this invention is that it
doubles.the productive power of my press.
uses.
Thin Winhtanuth dow of A 1904
TEST
I JOHN BATES of 186 Spring Hill in the City of Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Engineer 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:-
My invention relates to ap addition to and improvement of the foot press.patented
by me on January 4th 1893, No. 167, and is fully described in my Specification
relating thereto. It consists of a revolving plate pr-tool-holder,worked by suitable
wheels, or levers if preferred, which are actunted by the racking lever of my said
patent foot press. Into the plate are fixed certain tools which in the course of
rotation successively work into corresponding tools fixed in the base plate of the
press. This invention renders my press.not only suitable in an eminent degree for
the manufacturing of buttons, but it may be also easily applied to other uses. The
special advantage however which is obtained by this invention is that it largely
increases the productive power of my press. The addition above referred to
consists of a revolving plate or tool-holder Fig. 1 a the motion to which is given by
the returning action of the rocking lever Fig. 1 6 of my patent press, attached to
which is a connecting rod Fig. 1 c which is made to actuate a catch Fig. 1 d giving
motion to a toothed catch-wheel Fig. 2 e made fast to another toothed wheel Fig. 1f
revolving on a stud Fig. 2 g affixed to a bracket Fig. 1. This wheel runs into
and works a small toothed pinion Fig. 2 keyed on one end of a horizontal spindle
Fig. 23, the other end of such spindle having a toothed mitre wheel Fig. 2 keyed
therean: This spindia works through and is held in position by a bracket Fig; i
and gives motion to another toothed mitre-wheel Fig. 2m working op an upright
spindle Fig. 1 running through the slide bolt Fig. 2 of my patent press and to
the bottom of which is affixed a revolving plate or tool-holder Fig. 1 a such.tagl
holder being set out into 3 or more equal parts according to the number of pairs of

page_text: tools employed one half of which are fixed in the said plate, in properly prepared
holes, and the other half in the base of the press Fig. 1 p the tools in the base of
the press being so placed as to be central to those in the revolving plate and are
held in that position by suitable glands Fig. 7. By the returning action of the
rocking lever Fig. 1b when a blow has been struck the revolving plate is made to
partially rotate carrying round the tools therein together with the partly made
article so as to form a fresh combination with the tools in the base of the press thus
preparing for another blow and further development of the process of manufacture
-the article being finished when it leaves the last pair of tools.
It will thus be seen that the number of articles in process of manufacture are
equal to the number of the pairs of tools in use, and that by means of my press
with the above additions one person can do the work hitherto requiring two persons
and presses to do the same. It being necessary only to continue to keep the press
supplied with fresh material as often as a blow is struck.
That my invention may be more readily understood I have attached hereto
5 sheets of drawings which I now proceed to explain:
Fig. 1 is a view of my complete press patented Jan. 4th 1893, No. 167, with the
additions which form the subject of this present Patent.
Figs. 2 3 and 4 are complete views of the additions above referred to.
Fig. 5 is a side view of my press and additions thereto.
Fig. 6 is a top view of the press including the revolving plate, or tool-holder.
Fig. 7 is a front view of the press and additions, shewing the tools as fixed in
the revolving plate and base.
To enable me the more clearly to explain the use of my altered press I will
assume it to be furnished with three pairs of tools, which for convenience I will
No. 1. 2 and 3. The material for the formation of the button, or other article to
be manufactured having been placed on No. 1 bottom tool the foot of the operator
is applied to the treadle Fig. 17 so as to bring down that end of the rocking
lever Fig. 1b to which it is attached by a joint rod Fig. 1s carrying with it the
slide-bolt Fig. 3o and tool-holder Fig. 1 a placing the top tool No. 1. above its
fellow. By the depression of the lever the necessary blow for the partial formation
of the article is given. The force of the blow struck being determined not by the
pressure of the foot alone, but also, and more especially by the distance from their
centre at which the balls of the lever, which are moveable, are placed, and at the
same time the catch Fig. 1d lays hold of the catch-wheel Fig. 2 e and when the
pressure of the foot on the treadle is removed, the rocking lever resumes its normal
position, which it readily does in consequence of the ball on the left end of the
lever being slightly heavier than that on the right of it the return of the lever
automatically causes the tool-holder Fig. 1 a to partially rotate.
The blow thus given partially forms the article in tools No. 1 and by a further
partial rotation of the tool-holder, the article and the top tool in which it has been
partially formed is carried first to the bottom tool No. 2 and then in like manner to
bottom tool No. 3. At each stage receiving the necessary blow. The third blow-
completing the article and discharging the same. Other articles are formed in
a like manner. Each blow partially forming or completing 3 articles when the
press is in full work.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and the manner in which the same is performed, I declare that what I
claim is
First. An addition to the foot press patented by me on January 4th 1893,
No. 167 consisting of a revolving plate or tool-holder, into which is fixed certain
tools and which by the return motion of the rocking lever automatically acting on
wheels, or levers, if preferred provided for that purpose, causes the said plate and
tools therein to partially rotate bringing the said tools into such positions in
relation to other tools fixed in the base of the press, that when the blow is struck
the article is partially and successively formed in each pair of tools, the last pair in

page_text: the course of such rotation completing the manufacture of the said button, or other
article as is specifically set forth and described in the foregoing Specification and
illustrated in the drawings accompanying the same.
Secondly. An improved foot press fitted with a revolving plate or tool-holder
into which is fixed certain tools which are made to successively pair with other tools
fitted in the base of the said press, so as to perfectly and simultaneously manufac-
ture as many buttons, or other articles as there are pairs of tools in use to do which
has hitherto required the use of two separate presses each worked by a different
person to do the same work substantially as and for the purpose described and set
forth in the preceding Specification and delineated in the drawings attached
thereto.
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JOHN BATES.