IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING WIRE INTO WOVEN FABRICS AND PINE
Year: 1852

page_text: LUSTY'S SPECIFICATION..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
LUSTY, of Birmingham, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent, under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of
June, in the sixteenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and
successors, give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Lusty, my exors, admors,
and assigns, Her special license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Samuel Lusty, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Samuel Lusty, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years
therein expressed, 'should, and lawfully might make, use, exercise," and vend,
within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention
of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING WIRE INTO WOVEN FABRICS AND PINE;" in
which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said Samuel Lusty,
should cause a particular description of the nature of my said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument in writing
under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her said Majesty's High Court™ of
Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of
the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same, reference
being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Samuel Lusty, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say :-
My Invention consists, first, of improvements in the manufacture of wire
into woven fabrics; and, secondly, of improvements in the manufacture of pins.
And in order that my Invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the means pursued by me. The
object of my improvements in weaving wire into fabrics, is to apply. power
looms, wherein the wire is given off from a beam by being resisted by a friction
band or surface, the wire cloth, as it is made, passing between two pressing
rollers, to which a regular and constant motion is given when the loom is at
work.
In carrying out this Invention I employ an ordinary construction of power
loom, preferring that the shuttles should have the wire wound on bobbins
having their axes across the shuttles, and in order to stop the loom when
a warp wire breaks, I cause each warp wire to have a weight suspended
thereto, between the reed and the warp beam, by which means, in case of a
warp wire breaking, its weight will fall; and in order to prevent the weights
going forward with the warps, the eyes or instruments through which the
warp wires pass are stopped by a bar in front, against which the eyes rest, and
from the eyes by wires or yarns the weights are suspended. Below the weights
I place a trough across the machine, which, when the loom is at work and all
the warps unbroken, is supported by a catch at either end, which, on the
falling of a weight will be overcome, and the trough will descend and be the
means either directly of acting on the spring rod (which moves the driving
band to set it free, or else, (which I prefer) to interpose a moveable finger in
front of the batten, which in beating up, coming against the moveable frog, as
is well understood in weaving other fabrics by power, will let off the spring
rod, and the driving strap will be moved from the fast to the loose pulley,
and the loom will thereby be stopped. I would state that power loomis for
such purposes should also be provided with means for stopping when weft is
not thrown across, as are now generally provided in other power looms. I
have not thought it necessary to show any Drawings of this loom, as a
workman will readily understand this part of my Invention from the description
above given.
I will now proceed to describe the second part of my Invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS..
Figure 1. is a section; Figure 2, a plan; Figure 3. a side view; Figure 4,
a front view; Figure 5, a back view; Figure 6, a transverse section through
1, 1, in plan, of a machine constructed according to my Invention. a, a, is the
framing; 6 is the main axis or driving shaft; .c, c, are fast and loose pulleys
to receive a band or strap from a steam engine or other prime mover; d is the
fly wheel having a groove upon its periphery to receive a band, to communi-
cate motion to the pointing apparatus herein-after more fully explained. The
wire is fed into the machine from a swift e, and is passed between pins e³, by
which action it is straightened, then through an opening in the spring f", until
it arrives beneath the end of the slotted lever f; the small cam or projection
9 (see Figures 8 and 1), upon the main axis b, acts upon. the slot f³ of the
lever f, so as to raise and depress the end of the lever falternately, thereby
causing the lever f to vibrate on a fulcrum ; the end of the wire introduced
between the end fand the spring f¹ will be firmly held so long as the cam
or projection 9 continues to act upon the upper side of the slot f³; while the
wire is thus gripped, the cam hon the main shaft or axis 6 operates upon the
truck f the lever fin such a manner as to draw the lever'f, and consequently
the wire held thereby a distance forward into the dies i, i, equal to the length
of wire required to form a pin, leaving a sufficient portion of the wire pro-
truding through in front of the dies ii, to form the head of the pin. The
dies i, i, which are to be according to size of wire to be formed into pins,
are affixed to and carried by the slide j, and are fitted in a pair of loose
sockets which admit of adjustment, so as to be suitable to receive different
sizes and lengths of wire, to be formed into pins; they are held slightly apart
by a small spring, attached to the slide j, see Figure 6, which acts upon a
pin, projecting from one of the loose sockets before referred to:, ;j; are
set screws for retaining the dies i, i, in proper position, the screw being
passed through a slotted hole in the slide j, to admit of its travelling with its
socket: by the action of the spring j, which..keeps the dies i, i; slightly apart
until acted upon by the bell crank k³, herein-after explained, which by its
superior power overcomes the spring and closes them; the cam k also on
the axis: 6 then begins to act on the truck k¹, so as to cause it and the
slide to which it is affixed to travel in its bearings ³ (see plan, Figure 2), and
act upon the bell crank; lever k³, which turns upon an axis'k, affixed to the
framing a; the. other: end of the bell crank lever. passing, into: the
opening (see Figure 6), so as to cause the plate j.to travel transversely,

page_text: by which act the length of wire will be cut off; and in order to suit for
cutting, a piece of hardened steel is let in flush with the face plate of
the slide j, and.be brought into position to be acted on by the punch 7,
the truck and slide ¹ being carried back, again by the spring k; the
bell crank lever is provided with a set screw ko, so as to regulate the
extent of motion given to the plate j. The punch is carried in bearings /^,
and is moved forward. by the cam on the main shaft acting on the truck:
of the slide 1, which is provided with an adjusting screw 1, and with:
the punch is caused to travel back again by the action of the springs, l, as
shewn, see Figure 1; the slide jis then carried back to its original position.
by the action of the spring 1, when the lever f and spring f' will again be.
acted upon as before so as. to feed in another length of wire, which fresh length"
expels the pin which, has been cut off by the motion imparted to the slidej.
and headed by the punch l, and the pin thus expelled drops into the open
mouthed tube m, Figure 1, which conducts and deposits it in the inclined.
groove channel n (see Figure 1) down which it will travel by its own weight.
until arrested by the stop n², which serves to prevent the possibility of the pins
travelling down head foremost or in too quick succession. By the head.
coming against the stop, the shank of the pins must necessarily fall into the
space or channel formed for them between the two parts no, no, composing the.
channel n; lower down the inclined, grooved channel n there is another stop.
which is connected to the stop n' by a lever working on a pin n³ projecting.
from the side of the grooved channel n. Another lever n also attached to
the pin n³, extends down to an incline o* on the upper side of the sliding plate.
o, by the action of which the stops n³, n³, will be alternately opened and closed
to allow of the passage of the pins along the grooved channel n, by which they.
are conducted to the horizontal grooved channel n", see plan to be acted on.
by the rotary files q by which they are pointed. On the main shaft 6 is an,
eccentric o, on the rod of which is formed a slet o, through which a pro-
jection o attached to the framing passes, which gives a vibrating motion to
the eccentric rod, the lower end of which is connected by a link of to the bell
crank o. The bell crank o' is connected by a pin p to the slide p'; the pin p:
which connects the bell crank o* with the slide p³ passes through a hole o' in the
sliding plate o', the hole of being of sufficient dimensions to allow of a pin o³
which connects. the sliding plate o' with the bell crank o' to press the plate o'
against the pins while they are being operated upon by the rotary files 9, the
amount of pressure being regulated by the set screw o; the plate o' is further.
provided with a slot o' into which a strip of wood or other suitable material, is

page_text: placed for the purpose of presenting sufficient friction of contact to cause the
pins to revolvo when being acted upon by the rotary files q, by which means to
produce round smooth points. The slide p', and sliding plate o', it will be
seen, have a to-and-fro motion imparted to them while moving in a forward
direction, the pressure of the edge of the sliding plate o' is upon the pins, as
explained, but during their retrograde movement the pins are relieved of the
pressure of the plate o', and remain for the time being stationary, until the
next forward action of those parts, and, they are similarly acted upon and
carried forward until they have travelled to the extent of the horizontal grooved
channel n formed by the bevilled edged piece o" on the sliding plate o' and the
bevilled edge formed on the side of the box within which the rotary files or
cutters grevolve when they fall out of the groove or channel into the spout,
and from thence in a finished state into any suitable receiver below. The
rotary files 9 are mounted on an axis q', to which they are firmly held by
screwed nuts, as shewn by red lines in section at Figure 1, and work in bear-
ings formed in the ends of the casing in which they revolve and into which
casing the portions of pin blanks protrude to be pointed, see transverse section,
Figure 6. On one end of the axis q₁ of the rotary files q, a pulloy q² is
keyed by which motion is communicated to them as follows:-Upon tho
periphery of the fly wheel a groove is formed to receive a cord or gut, which
passes under the pulley ³ around the pulley q³ on the axis of the rotary files,
and returns under the pulley q' to the fly wheel q³, q', revolve in a V support
attached to the lever g³, supported on a pin projecting from. the framing a; qⓇ is
a weight to give additional pressure to the driving cord or gut.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the manner of per-
forming the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to
the details herein-described so long as the peculiar character of either part of
my Invention be retained; but what I claim is,-
First, the improvements in weaving wire fabrics herein-described.
And secondly, I claim the mode herein-described of combining or arranging
the apparatus herein explained for conducting the portions of wire from the
heading process to be acted on by pointing apparatus.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Lusty, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this. Twenty-first day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
SAMUEL (L.S.) LUSTY.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-first day of December,
in the year of our Lord. 1852, the aforesaid Samuel Lusty came before
our said Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specifica-
tion aforesaid, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form
above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according
to the tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
. Enrolled the Twenty-fourth day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.