AN IMPROVED WIRE AND METHOD OF AND APPLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME”
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Westgarth of Warrington in the County of
Lancaster for an invention of "AN IMPROVED WIRE AND METHOD OF AND
APPLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Westgarth at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th April 1882.
JOHN WESTGARTH, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster "AN IMPROVED
WIRE AND METHOD OF AND APPLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME.
My Invention has for its object the manufacture of a wire particularly suitable
for fencing purposes and I preferably manufacture the wire of steel, but other
metals may be used and the wire may be applied to other purposes than fencing.
The main feature of my Invention is the production of a wire which while
consisting of a light section of metal at the same time contains the more useful
elements of a wire of larger B.W.G. than a plain wire of equal weight.
Wire according to my Invention is thus formed I draw, or roll a wire of two
headed rail, or equivalent section and I then twist the wire so as to form a doublo
thread. The heads, or bulbs of the wire come on the periphery and form the
double thread there round, the web of the wire forming the coir. By this
formation the wire has a sight circumference of a round wire equal to the depth
of the rail section, and at the same time the wire produced is of a form most
conducive to strength.
In the carrying out of my Invention I prefer to first draw, or roll a wire into a
double headed rail or equivalent section. I then wind such wire on a suitable.
reel placed in a frame. The end of the wire is then passed through a fixed guide,
or holder of section corresponding to the section of the wire. In front of the guide
I use a flyer, or revolving frame having a threaded matrix corresponding to the
double thread which has to be formed by twisting the double heads of the wire
round the web thereof. During the rotation of this threaded matrix the wire is
drawn through the matrix and formed into a twisted wire of rail or equivalent
section. From the matrix the wire is led round a pulley and to a swift, or coiler.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Westgarth in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
13th October 1882.
JOHN WESTGARTI, of Warrington, in the County of Lancaster "AN IMPROVED
WIRE AND METHOD OF AND APPLIANCE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME."
My Invention has for its object the manufacture of a wire particularly suitable
for fencing purposes and I preferably manufacture the wire of steel, but other
metals may be used and the wire may be applied to other purposes than fencing.
The main feature of my Invention is the production of a wire which, while
consisting-of-a-light section of metal, at the same time contains the more useful
elements of 'n wire-of-larger BW.G-than-a-plain-wire_of_equal weight.
Wire according to my Invention is thus formed -I-.draw, or roll-a-wire-of-two
headed rail section and I then twist the wire so as to form a double thread: The
heads, or bulbs of the wire come on the periphery and form the double thread
thereround, the web of the wire forming the core. By this formation the wire has
a sight circumference-of-a-round wire equal to the depth of the rail section, and at
the same time the wire provided is of a form most-conducive to strength.
In the carrying out of my Invention I prefer to first cold-roll a wire of flat-
section-into-a double headed rail section. I then wind such wire on a suitable
bobbin placed in a frame. The end-of-the-wire is then passed through a die, or
holder of section corresponding to the section of the wire, which die, or-holder grips
the wire. The frame which holds the bobbin and die forms a flyer and from this
Byer the wire is led several times round a pulley and to a swift or coiler. The
rotation of the flyer puts the twist in the wire between the die and the pulley.
The beforegoing being the nature, object and purposes of my Invention, I will
now proceed to more particularly describe how the same may be put into practical
operation and for that purpose I have hereunto attached a sheet of Drawings
sufficient to enable any one skilled in the art to which my Invention belongs to
put the same into practical operation. The Drawings are marked with letters and
figures of reference corresponding with those in the following explanation, like
letters and figures being used to denoto the same, or corresponding parts throughout
the various views.

page_text: the following appliances as shown at Figures 3 and 4 namely the flyer frame O
which carries the bobbin D around which bobbin D, I wind a wire A of double
headed rail, or equivalent section. The flyer frame C is mounted in suitable
bearings E El and is rotated by the toothed wheels F G receiving motion from the
pulleys H as shown. The end of the wire A is led from the bobbin D and passed
through the die, or holder J for détails see Figures 5. 6. 7. 8 and 9. such bobbin
being kept taut by friction and revolving with the frame C so taking out any
back turn, or twist that may occur on the inside of the die J. This die, or holder J
is in two parts which are held together by set screw K. The die, or holder J at
the end which the wire enters is of the section shown at Figure 8 and at the other
end is of the section shown at Figure 9. From the die, or holder J, the wire A is
passed several times round the pulley L which serves to feel or draw the wire
from off the bobbin D. The pulley L is driven by the worm wheel gear M which
receives notion from the shaft N. From the pulley L, the wire A is led to the
swift, or coiler P, mounted on the shaft P and receiving motion by the belt R
from the shaft L. The twist is put into the wire A at that part of the apparatus
between the die, or holder J which grips the wire and the pulley L and the twist
of the wire is regulated by the difference in speed between the rotation of the
flyer C over the feed of the pulley L.
Having now described my Invention and shown how the same may be put into
practical operation, I would have it understood although I have shown the
apparatus arranged horizontally, it will be evident that the several parts can also
be arranged vertically to give the same result. What I claim as my Invention
and secured to me by Letters Patent as aforesaid is:
First A wire of double headed, or rail section, twisted so that such double heads
form a double thread, or worm round the web which forms the core of the wiro
substantially as herein described and shown at Figures 1 and 2 of the Drawings
hereto annexed.
Second As a means of manufacturing the twisted wire herein described, the
apparatus constructed and arranged as herein set forth and shown at Figures 3
to 9 inclusive of the Drawings hereto annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Westgarth have hereunto set my hand
and seal this Tenth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty two.
JOHN WESTGARTH (LS.)