CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING METALLIC CAPSULES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Betts, of No 1, Wharf Road, City
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention
of CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING
METALLIC CAPSULES."
Sealed the 19th December 1853, and dated the 29th October 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION, left by the said William Betts at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 29th October 1853.
I, WILLIAM BETTS, of No 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Gentleman; do solemnly and sincerely declare the nature
of the Invention for CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS. IN. MACHINERY FOR MANU-
FACTURING METALLIC CAPSULES" to be as follows:-
The first improvement relates to brackets for supporting the die,
which is set in springs, to allow it to assume the desired and necessary
position for receiving the punch when in the act of producing capsules.
The second improvement relates to the sliding bolts pushing the
capsules out of the die, and consists in the facility of fixing it again
when required by dispensing with the ordinary mechanical means

page_text: employed to replace it to its natural position, and in having the said
sliding bolts moving on small wheels or anti-friction rollers.
The third improvement relates to the motion of the carriage holding
the capsules, and consists in upright standards fixed to the body of the
machine, and serving to hold the swinging frame during the alternate
motion it receives from the excentrics set on the main shaft. A. chain
is attached to the swinging frame and gives the motion to the carriage.
The fourth improvement relates to the mode of drawing out the
capsules from the punch by means of the three excentrics set on the
main shaft, and consists in using a moveable spring, which can be with-
drawn or placed again at will.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Drawing 1, Figures 1 and 2. A, A, dogs to hold the springs I, I;
these act upon the die H, to keep it in its place; B, B, keys to fasten
the wedge C, and push the dogs E, E, upon the die H; D, sliding
piece; F, F, boxes for spiral springs G, G, which play on to the die H.;
J, bracket; I, bolt; K, screw to fasten the body of the bolt to the
bracket.
Drawing 2, Figures 3 and 4. L, bolt to remove the capsule off the
die H; N, body of the bolt; M, M, pullies, over which passes a cord
attached at one end to the extremity of the bolt L, and at the other
end to a weight Q; 0, 0, anti-friction rollers; P, P, screws for the
adjustment of bolt in bracket J, Figures 1 and 2.
Drawing 2, Figure 5. A, main shaft; B, excentric; C, swinging
frame; D, upright standard, fixed on the body F of the machine;
E, anti-friction rollers; G, chain.
Figure a spring attached to the carriage
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Betts in the Great Seal. Patent Office
on the 29th April 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM BETTS, of N° 1, Wharf Road, City Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Gentleman, send greeting.
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page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of October, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said William Betts, Her special
license that I, the said William Betts, my executors, administrators,.
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Betts, 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 Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "CERTAIN IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING METALLIC CAPSULES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Betts, by an instru-
ment in writing under my hand and seal, 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 inme-
diately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Betts, do hereby 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 thereof, reference being had to the Drawing here-
unto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is
to say:
The first improvement relates to the brackets for supporting the die,
and consists in setting this latter on springs, to allow it to assume the
desired and necessary position for receiving the punch when in the act
of producing capsules.
The second improvement relates to the sliding bolt, which being
acted upon by a weight pushes the capsule out of the die. By this
arrangement the ordinary mechanical means employed to replace it to
its natural position are dispensed with. To the bolt is fitted a piece of
cloth or any other suitable material, with which is effected the lubrica-
tion of the die. The bolt is propelled by the punch, which forces the

page_text: capsule into the dic, from which it is afterwards detached by the action
of the weight upon the bolt.
The third improvement relates to the motion of the carriage holding
the capsules, and consists in standards fixed to the body of the machine,
and serving to hold the swinging frame during the alternate, motion it
receives from the excentrics set on the main shaft. A connecting rod
is attached to the frame, and gives motion to the carriage by means of
a bent lever.
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The fourth improvement relates to the mode of drawing off the
sules from the punch by means of the three excentrics set on the main
shaft, and consists in using a moveable spring, which can, be withdrawn
and replaced at will.
And in order that my Invention may be more readily understood, I
will proceed to describe the Drawing hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figures 1 and 2. A, A, dog to hold the springs I, I; these act upon
the die F, to keep it in its place; B, B, keys' to fasten the wedge C,
and push the dogs E, E, upon the die HD; sliding piece; F, F
boxes for spiral springs G, G, which play on the die H; J, bracket;
L, bolt K, screw to fasten the body of the bolt to the bracket.
Figures 3 and 4. L, bolt to remove the capsule off. the die H; N,
body of the bolt; M, M, pullies, over which passes a cord attached 'at
one end to the extremity of the bolt. L, and at the other end to a
weight Q; P, P. screws for the adjustment of bolt in bracket J,
Figures 1 and 2.
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Figure 5. A, main shaft; B, excentric; C, swinging frame; D.
standards fixed on the body of the machine; E, anti-friction rollers.
a, Figure 6, spring-attached to the carriage G.
Figure 7, bent lever, in communication with the swinging frame.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I
do not restrict myself to the precise details herein laid down, so long
as the peculiar character of my Invention be retained. But what I
claim is, ---

page_text: First, the improved arrangement of the brackets for supporting the
die, as herein-before described, and referred to in Figures 1 and 2 of
the Drawing.
Secondly, the arrangements of the sliding bolts for facilitating the
manufacturing and the withdrawal of the capsule in the course of its
manufacture, as herein-before described, and referred to in Figures 3
and 4 of the Drawing.
Thirdly, the improved mode of giving motion to the carriage holding
the capsules, as herein-before described, and referred to in Figures 5
and 7 of the Drawing.
Fourthly, the improved mode of drawing off the capsules from the
punch, as herein-before described, and referred to in Figure 6 of the
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Betts, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-eighth day of April, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
L DE FONTAINE MOREAU.
W. BETTS. (L.S.)