Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing Leather or Canvas Hose Piping, Belting, or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Feb., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 9th Dec., 1893—Accepted, 20th Jan., 1894
TROYINIUNAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing
Leather or Canvas Hose Piping, Belting, or the like.
We JOHN WILLIAM LECKENBY of 17 Summergate Street, Parkinson Lane
Halifax, Draughtsman and ERNEST FLEMING of Saville Place, Halifax, Engineer,
both in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:-
Our invention relates firstly to the method of stamping, casting, or forming the
rivets and washers used in the manufacture of hose piping, belting, and the like,
and in the method of feeding the same, and in feeding and rolling the leather or
other strip from which such hose pipes are made.
We employ a suitable frame working upon which is a horizontal shaft and an
eccentric tappet, operating a slide, to which is attached a puuch, which acts also as
a rivetter; upon the said horizontal shaft is a tappet, and upon a second horizontal
shaft is another tappet, and between the two tappets is a pivotted lever
upon
which
is a runner, this lever is operated upon by the two tappets, the two horizontal
shafts being geared together, the tappets revolving give a punching and
withdrawing motion to the said lever, the lever being connected to a horizontal
slide, operated by a second tappet in the second shaft which gives a feed or
forward motion to the slide, while the punch is in the leather, the punch is then
raised clear; the slide is in two pieces so as to facilitate adjustment.
In the body of the machine is a groove for holding the washers preferably
parallel with the first horizontal shaft, the feed motion to which is given by a third
cam on the second horizontal shaft.
The washers and rivets are punched cast or formed, connected together in strips
of any form or shape, the strips of rivets are held in a groove in a cylinder at the
base of the machine preferably at right angles to the horizontal shaft, they being
operated by a finger upon a shaft, and in turn operated by lever and connecting
rods or links from the second tappet, which gives the strip a forward or feed
motion, then on returning by means of a finger and incline, the feeding finger rises
and clears the rivets, and falls again on the forward motion.
Within the cylinder is a shaft or rod operated from a cam by levers and
connections for shearing, raising, and pressing the rivet through the punched hole
in the leather.
To grip and steady the rivet before entering the leather, I employ an annular
dise cut away at two points and held in position by springs.
The operating rod or shaft has projections or shoulders which press upon the
cut portions of the disc so causing them to close upon the rivet; on the rod
withdrawing, the springs return the discs to position and clears the rivets.
The leather is prepared in long lengths or strips, and fed to the machine by a
series of spring fingers, and is rolled by the said fingers into tube form, under the
punch is an anvil which rises and falls to the punch as required.
The machine is preferably driven by fast and loose pulleys, clutch, worm and
worm wheel, or by other suitable gear.
When the said machine is used for rivetting belting, a flat table is supplied.
Dated this Ninth day of February 1893.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Manufacturing
Leather or Canvas Hose Piping, Belting, or the like.
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We, JOHN WILLIAM LECKENBY of 17 Summergate Street, Parkinson Lane
Halifax, Draughtsman, and ERNEST FLEMING of Saville Place, Halifax, Engineer
both in the County of York, 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 :-
Our invention relates firstly to the method of stamping, feeding and guiding the
rivets, and washers used in the manufacture of hose piping, belting, and the like,
and in the method of feeding, and rolling the leather, or other strip, from which
such hose pipes are made.

page_text: punched hole in the leather, suitable spiral springs, return the said die, when the-
rod X is withdrawn.
The rivets may be used singly, or a number may be cast or rolled together in.
lengths.
The leather is prepared in long lengths, or strips, and rolled upon the pulley Z*,
and fed to the machine by a series of spring pulleys Z³, Z°, and Z', and is
rolled by the said pulleys Z, and Z', into tube form, and wrapped upon the
cylinder R.
Under the hammer or rivetter E, is an anvil Y, which rises, and falls to the
punch, as required, such anvil being kept rigid by a suitable wedge or brake Y¹,
operated at suitable intervals, that is, at each operation of the hammer or rivetter E,.
by means of pivotted lever and rods Y', from a cam Y³, upon the shaft B. The
anvil Y, can be depressed as required, by the foot treadle Y*.
The machine is preferably driven by fast, and loose pulleys Z, clutch Z' worm Z',.
and worm wheel Z, or by other suitable gear.
When the machine is used for rivetting belting, a flat table is supplied in place
of the cylinder R..
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In apparatus for manufacturing hose piping, the combination of the shafts B,.
and G, slide D, with hammer or rivetter E, tappet C, pivotted lever J, operated
by tappets F, and H, horizontal slide K, cylinder R, die R¹, and punch M,.
operating in the manner and for the purposes substantially as described.
2. For holding and feeding the washers, the tube N¹, levers N³, connecting
rods N³, sliding plate N', and cam N, operating as, and for the purposes,.
substantially as shown and described.
3. For feeding the rivets, the groove P, in cylinder R, operated by slides S,.
and T, links T', tappet V, finger W, and incline W¹, as and for the purposes, such
as shown and described.
4. Operating the rod X, and incline X, within cylinder R, by cam X', or its.
equivalent, as and for the purposes shown and described.
5. The die R', within the recess R', in the cylinder R, operated by rod X, and
incline X, as and for the purposes shown and described.
6. Feeding the leather to the machine, and rolling it in tube form by spring
pulleys Z, and Z', which present it to the punch M, and anvil Y, with wedge Y¹,.
operated by rods Y', and cam Y' such as shown and described.
Dated this Eighth day of December 1893.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Crossley Street, Halifax, Patent Agent for the Applicants..