Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Mar., 1886.
Complete Left, 6th Dec., 1886.
Complete Accepted, 7th Jan., 1887.
I JAMES HALLIWELL, of 25, Sand Street, Ordsal Lane, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My said Invention has reference to apparatus employed in cutting off, perforating
and bending metallic blanks for application to laces made of mohair, leather, cotton
silk or other fibre or material. The machine constituting my invention consists of a
frame or preferably of two or more frames arranged in line and carrying the slides
which operate the cutting-off, punching, bending and feeding arrangements the said
slides being reciprocated by an excentric, cam or crank working in the intermediate
space between the said frames. The said excentric, cam or crank is fixed on a driving
shaft and operates a vertical cross head or bar secured at the top to a sliding rod
which extends along the top of the frames and at the bottom to a similar rod which is
reciprocated beneath the frames. The aforesaid slides are situated at or about the
centre of the frames each slide being connected to the top and bottom bar so that as
the bars are reciprocated backward and forward the slides are similarly moved. Each
slide is double acting in its effect that is to say it forms a tag blank at each stroke.
The strip of metal from which the blanks are cut is presented to the knife by a recipro-
cating feeder which is at right angles to the slide. The said feeder is actuated from
one of the aforesaid sliding rods and carries the strip of metal forward against a stop
so as to present to the knife a measured portion which when cut off will be sufficient to
form a tag blank. The knife is secured to one side of the slide, and is brought forward
thereby so as to sever the blank from the strip. The severed blank is then bent over
a cress into a vee shape with a rounded bottom, and the continued advance of the slide
brings forward a blade, formed with a series of pricker points which make a series of
perforations in the said rounded bottom of the blank. At the side of the cutting-off
knife is a spring presser which holds the end of the metal strip whilst the feeder
retreats and takes a fresh grip so as to again advance the strip. The slide now returns,
the blank being prevented from adhering to the pricker points by a finger or fingers

page_text: which remove the blank and allow it to fall upon the table or into a suitable receptacle.
In the meantime the feeder again advances and presents a fresh length of the metal
strip in readiness for the next return of the cutting-off knife. It will be understood
that the foregoing operation is being carried on at each end of each slide in the
machine and at each stroke of the slides. The various tools such as the cutting-off
knives, the folding plates, the cresses, the prickers and other parts are made of suitably
hardened and tempered steel, and are, bolted, screwed, clamped or otherwise suitably
secured to the slides or other parts, of the machine so as to be easily removable or
adjustable. When worn out or broken any or all of the said tools can be separately
renewed at a comparatively small cost. Instead of having only one tag blank forming
arrangement at each end of each slide I may employ two, three or any greater number,
arranged one above another and operated simultaneously from the same slide, or I
might arrange for a series or rank of slides to be operated from a common driving
shaft. By means of the arrangements comprising my invention I am enabled to
produce a machine which is not expensive in prime cost and which can be economically
kopt in efficient working order. The machine may be driven by hand or by power as
desired.
DUTTON & FULTON,.
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus Employed in the Formation of Metallic
Tags for Laces.
I JAMES HALLIWELL of 25 Sand Street Ordsal Lane, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Mechanic, 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 and accompanying drawings :-
My said Invention has reference to apparatus employed in cutting-off, perforating,
and bending metallic blanks for application to laces made of mohair, leather, cotton
silk or other fibre or material.
And in order that my said invention.may be properly understood I will now, proceed
more particularly to describe the system mode or manner of carrying the same into
practical effect reference being had to the annexed three sheets of drawings and to. the
letters and figures marked thereon to be as follows:-
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is an end elevation of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a cross section at
about the line marked * (Fig. 3 on sheet 2) the latter view being an elevation of, the
machine at the feeding side. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 on sheet 3 are detail views of parts of
the machine drawn about double the size of the foregoing views.
As shown generally by the view on sheet 2 the machine I have selected for illus-
tration consists of a double frame A. A¹ secured to a suitable table or base. B the said
frames A A¹ containing and supporting the operating mechanism. In the drawings
part of the mechanism is removed from the frame A¹ (Fig. 3) to render the construction
more clear. A cross head c. is situated at about the centre of the frame in a space
between the divisions A. A¹ and is secured at the top to the upper rod D, which slides
in bosses formed on the top of the frames, and at the bottom to a similar lower rod D!
which also slides in the lower part of the frames. The cutting-off, perforating and.
bending arrangements are all brought into action by the reciprocation of these sliding
rods and the required to and fro motion is imparted to the cross head C. by a crank
pin E. which extends from the shaft F. and engages with a part G. which slides in-a
slot formed in the cross head so that as the shaft F. is rotated by a belt, through the
fast and loose pullies H, or by other means, the cross head and sliding rods are worked
to and fro. The shaft F is supported in bearings in brackets M. N. fixed to the table B.
Bars I extend in each division between the upper and lower sliding rods D, D, and are
fixed thereto. The frames A. A' are formed with slide gaps which admit sliding blocks
J. the said blocks J. being secured by screwed studs K. to the aforesaid bars I. The
blocks J. are thus slid backwards and forwards in their respective gaps. In front of
the slide I arrange the feeding mechanism shown to an enlarged scale at Fig. 4 of the
drawings whereby the strip of thin sheet metal L is fed to the knives or shears. The
said feeder consists in each instance of a plate O. formed with snugs which are bored
to receive rods P. which project from the frames A. A¹ so that the plate O. is capable
of sliding on the rods P. The sliding motion is given to the plate O by a. finger Q..
extending from an upright R. carried in bearings from the frame. The lower end of.
the upright R has a lever S..upon which is fixed an adjustable stud T. which enters a

page_text: slot in a lever U projecting from the lower sliding rod D¹ so that as the rod D¹ slides
backward and forward the upright R. is correspondingly vibrated and the plate O. is
slid toward and from the knives, feeding forward the strip to be cut into blanks. By
adjusting the position of the stud T in the slot in the lever U. the feed can be regulated
to any desired degree or a stop might be provided against which the end of the strip is
fed. The strip is held in clips V. which are pivotted at W. to the side of the plate O.
the said clips being caused to approach each other so as to hold the strip lightly and
yieldingly by means of a spring which may consist of an india rubber band or ring
stretched between studs X, projecting from the clips through a slot in the plate O. as
shown more clearly at Fig. 4. sheet 3. At each side of each slide gap in the frames
A. A¹ I fix a knife Y shown in position in the sectional view Fig. 6. and separately
in conjunction with the moving knives Z at Fig. 5. In Figs. 5 and 6 the slide J. and
attached knives Z are shown as having concluded their traverse to the right hand, the
completed tag blank being shown in section at a; to the left hand the strip L has been
moved forward by the feeder O. so as to present a sufficient length to the action of the
knives on the return stroke of the slide J. Prickers b. are fixed to the back of the
moving knives Z and advance with them so as to meet corresponding pricker plates c.
which are bolted to the fixed knives, the object of these prickers b. being to perforate
the blanks while they are being, or after they have been bent or folded over the edge
of the pricker plates c. The moving knives Z are clamped to the slide J by means of
clamps d. It will be observed in reference to the right hand side of Fig. 6 that while
the portion of the strip L to form the tag blank is being severed by the knives Y. Z,
the strip becomes nipped and held between the yielding ram e. and the fixed and
adjustable stop f. so that when the clips carried by the feeder plate O. are slid back,
they cannot take the strip back with them but allow it to slide until a sufficient
length of strip to form a fresh blank has been drawn through. On the return stroke
of the feeder the ram e has retired with the slide J leaving the strip free to be
again advanced by the feeder. The ram e. works against a spring at the bottom of
the recess in which it slides so that the slide J and Knives can continue their advance
and complete their operations after the ram e. has come against and nipped the strip
Lagainst the stop f. The continued advance of the moving knives Z is utilised to
fold over the tag blank on one side of the pricker plate, and folders g. moving
parallel with the knives Z are provided to fold over the blank on the other side.
These folders in the present instance take the form of brackets secured to a bar h.
which is carried by the bar I and reciprocates therewith. The operation of the
machine is as follows-Supposing the feeder and clips to have advanced the strip
L sufficiently to present the required length for cutting off to form a blank as is
shown for example to the left hand at Fig. 6 the slide is traversed to the left until
the cutting edges of the knives Y, Z, sever the portion of the strip presented to them.
By the continued advance of the slide the severed portion is carried forward and
bent over the edge of the fixed pricker plate c. the knife Z, effecting the bending
on one side and the folder g. on the other side. At the same time the pricker g. has
advanced sufficiently to perforate the tag blank at the point where it is bent over as
shown to the right hand at Fig. 6. The tag blank is now complete and when the
slide recedes the pricker g. usually takes the blank with it. To remove the blank
from the pricker a fixed finger k. is provided as indicated in dotted lines at Fig. 5.
The pricker in retiring carries the blank against this finger whereby the blank is
pushed off and falls through a gap in the table into a suitable receptacle. In Fig. 7
. is a perspective view of the completed tag blank and a section showing more
clearly the perforations made by the pricker g. When the strip L. has been entirely
used up a fresh strip may be inserted within the clips and a shank 7. projects from the
upper member of the clip as shown so as to open the clips for the insertion
of the fresh strip. It will be observed that the framing A, A' of the machine
is set at an angle so as to lean towards the delivery side, so that all tag blanks dis-
engaged from the pricker will fall clear of the machine toward the receptacle. A
moving pusher-off might also be worked from the slide or other moving part of the
machine so as to detach any blanks which might accidentally adhere to the pricker

page_text: plate e instead of to the pricker g. While the aforesaid operations of cutting-off
bending, and perforating are proceeding, the strip L has been nipped and held by
the rame and stop until the slide again recedes so as to permit a fresh portion of
the strip to be fed forward. As cutting-off bending and perforating arrangements
are provided at each end of each slide, two blanks are thus formed at each stroke of
the machine illustrated and four at each revolution of the driving shaft. It will of
course be evident that by extending the frame and multiplying the slides a greater
number of blanks could be turned out simultaneously. The various tools such as the
cutting-off knives, the folders, the prickers and pricker plates, stops and other parts
are made of suitably hardened and tempered steel and are bolied, clamped screwed or
secured to the slides and framing of the machine in the manner shown or in a suitable
manner so as to render them easily and separately adjustable and removable for repair
or renewal. The machine may be driven by hand or by power as desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
(1) The general arrangement, construction, and combination of parts comprising
the apparatus for forming metallic tags for laces, substantially as hereinbefore described
and shown.
(2) The arrangement for feeding the strip from which the blanks are cut, consisting
of the sliding plate O. operated from the sliding rod D' in combination with the spring
clips for holding and advancing the strip, substantially as described and shown.
(3) The sliding block J. with its attached or accompanying knives, prickers, folders,
and nipping rams, in combination with the fixed knives, fingers, stops, and pricker
plates all arranged and operating substantially as described and shown.
DUTTON & FULTON,
1, St. James Square, Manchester,
Agents.