of which Boxes are made.
Year: 1885

page_text: of which Boxes are made.
I, JAMES HUNTER YOUNG of Priory Park, Castlehead, Paisley, in the County
of Renfrew, North Britain, Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of the
said invention for A MACHINE FOR PERFORATING HOLES FOR WIRE HINGES IN
THE WOOD OF WHICH BOXES ARE MADE to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of a machine for perforating holes, for wire hinges, in
the wood of which boxes are made, and in carrying the said Invention into practice
I secure a horizontal sole plate to standards or gables at the required height from
the floor. This sole plate is formed with a longitudinal slot in which two blocks
are capable of sliding horizontally in opposite directions in answer to the rotation
of a right-and-left-handed screw which engages with two projections formed on the
said blocks. This horizontal motion may however be imparted to the said blocks
by any convenient form of apparatus other than the screw herein last referred to,
and it is to be understood that the said blocks receive only a horizontal motion,
and that, when it is desired to adjust the distance apart at which the holes are to
be perforated, vertical holes are formed completely through the before mentioned
blocks and in these holes are secured, by set screws or their equivalents, the awls or
piercers by which the holes are formed in the wood. The horizontally-adjustable
blocks constitute the guides upon which the brackets, now to be described are
capable of sliding vertically. These brackets are formed with their upper supporting
surfaces at the angle necessary for the wood resting thereon, to be pierced in the
requisite direction by the awls, for the passage of which through the said bracket,
vertical holes are formed of a size affording to the said awls the necessary guidance
and support during their backward and forward strokes. In arms formed at the
front of the brackets there are pivoted the jaws by which the wood is forced and
held securely down upon the brackets when the said wood is being drawn over the
awls. These jaws are formed with holes or recesses into which the awls pass after
having been forced through the wood and if found necessary, any suitable arrange-
ment may be applied for the lubricating of the awls so as to facilitate their return
passage through the wood. The jaws are drawn down upon the wood by means of
a horizontal rod passing through transverse holes formed therein, the said rod being
operated by links the lower extremities of which are pivoted to a counterpoised
treadle

page_text: In place of operating the jaws in the manner hereinlast described, they may be
operated by levers so as to admit of a box being placed on the brackets and have
its sides pierced as required.
An adjustable gauge is mounted in the arms of the bracket so that the edges of
the pieces of wood may be placed against it, and ensure their being perforated in
the required position.
The machine is operated from the counterpoised treadle hereinbefore referred to
and upon pressure being applied, the jaws are drawn down upon the wood previously
laid on the brackets. The brackets themselves with the wood are then drawn
downwards, the stationary awls having thus been forced through the wood. The
brackets and the other vertically-operating parts are then forced upwards by the
action of a spring or springs together with the assistance derived from the counter-
poise weight upon the treadle. The bracket then ceases its vertical motion being
checked at the required distance by stops, the remainder of the vertical motion
being imparted to the jaws which thereupon release the wood and leave the process
open for repetition.
The machine may further be provided with mechanism for throwing or lifting
out of the brackets, the pieces of wood after they have been perforated, thereby
rendering necessary, only the placing of such pieces upon the brackets.

page_text: of which Boxes are made,
I, JAMES HUNTER YOUNG of Priory Park, Castlehead, Paisley, in the County
of Renfrew, North Britain, Timber Merchant do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention for A MACHINE FOR PERFORATING HOLES FOR WIRE HINGES IN
THE WOOD OF WHICH BOXES ARE MADE and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement :-
My Invention consists of a machine for perforating holes, for wire hinges in the
wood of which boxes are made, and in carrying the said Invention into practice I
secure a horizontal sole plate to standards or gables at the required height from the
floor. This sole plate is formed with a longitudinal slot in which two blocks are
capable of sliding horizontally in opposite directions in answer to the rotation of a
right-and-left-handed screw which engages with two projections formed on the said
blocks. This horizontal motion may however be imparted to the said blocks by any
convenient form of apparatus other than the screw hereinlast referred to, and it is to
be understood that the said blocks receive only a horizontal motion, and that, when
it is desired to adjust the distance apart at which the holes are to be perforated,
vertical holes are formed completely through the before mentioned blocks and in
these holes are secured by set screws or their equivalents, the awls or piercers by
which the holes are formed in the wood. The horizontally-adjustable blocks con-
stitute the guides upon which the brackets now to be described are capable of
sliding vertically. These brackets are formed with their upper supporting surfaces
at the angle necessary for the wood resting thereon, to be pierced in the requisite
direction by the awls, for the passage of which through the said brackets, vertical
holes are formed of a size affording to the said awls the necessary guidance and
support during their backward and forward strokes. In arms formed at the front
of the brackets there are pivoted the jaws by which the wood is forced and held
securely down upon the brackets when the said wood is being drawn over the awls.
These jaws are formed with holes or recesses into which the awls pass after having
been forced through the wood and if found necessary, any suitable arrangement may
be applied for the lubricating of the awls so as to facilitate their return passage
through the wood. The jaws are drawn down upon the wood by means of a
horizontal rod passing through transverse holes formed therein, the said rod being
operated by links the lower extremities of which are pivoted to a counterpoised
treadle.
In place of operating the jaws in the manner hereinlast described, they may be
operated by levers so as to admit of a box being placed on the brackets and have
its sides pierced as required.
An adjustable gauge is mounted in the arms of the bracket so that the edges of
the pieces of wood may be placed against it, and ensure their being perforated in
the required position.
The machine is operated from the counterpoised treadle herein before referred to,
and upon pressure being applied, the jaws are drawn down upon the wood
previously laid on the brackets. The brackets themselves with the wood are then

page_text: drawn downwards, the stationary awls having thus been forced through the wood.
The brackets and the other vertically-operating parts are then forced upwards by
the action of a spring or springs together with the assistance derived from the
counterpoise weight upon the treadle. The bracket then ceases its vertical motion
being checked at the required distance by stops, the remainder of the vertical
motion being imparted to the jaws which thereupon release the wood and leave the
process open for repetition.
The machine may further be provided with mechanism for throwing or lifting
out of the brackets, the pieces of wood after they have been perforated, thereby
rendering necessary, only the placing of such pieces upon the brackets.
In order that my said Invention may be properly understood and readily carried
into effect, I will now proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a front elevation, a side elevation and a plan
of a machine constructed according to and constituting my present Invention.
Figure 4 is a part transverse section of the same drawn to an enlarged scale, and
taken on the line A. B. Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a part longitudinal section of the same also drawn to an enlarged
scale, and taken on the line C. D. Figure 4.
In constructing a machine in accordance with my present Invention I support
the horizontal sole-plate a, upon standards or gables, or as shewn at Figures 1, 2
and 3 of the annexed drawings, form the said standards or gables in one piece with
the sole plate. This sole plate a, is formed with the longitudinal slot b, in which
the two blocks c, are capable of sliding horizontally in opposite directions in answer
to the rotation of the right-and-left-handed screwed shaft d, which may be turned
by means of the milled head or wheel c. The screwed portions of this said shaft d,
engage with the projections f, formed on the back of the blocks c, and the shaft d,
is supported at its ends in the bearings g, which are secured to or formed upon the
sole plate a The blocks c, are capable of being secured within the slot b, in any
position to which they have been adjusted, by means of the screwed bolts or studs h,
which are screwed into the lower ends thereof and which pass through the plates
or washers i, bearing against the underside of the sole plate a. Vertical holes are
formed through the screwed bolts or studs h, and through the blocks c, for the
accommodation and securing therein of the steel wire j, of which the awls or piercers
are constructed. The wires j, are secured in position in the blocks c, by means of
the pinching screws k, and the said wires are thereby capable of being adjusted
within, or removed from the blocks e, when found necessary for sharpening or for
other purposes. The brackets l, upon which the wood, to be perforated, is placed,
are guided and are free to slide vertically upon the blocks c, and to the forward arm
of the said brackets the jaws m, are pivoted. Through the brackets 7, there are
formed vertical holes in which the awls or piercers j, are guided, and horizontal
holes for the reception of the parallel bars n, and the gauge bar o.
The parallel
bars n, which are united at their ends by the plates p, admit of the brackets 7, being
slid thereon, and the gauge bar o, may be also slid through the said brackets and
secured in any desired position so arrived at, by means of the pinching screws q.
The pivoted jaws m, are perforated horizontally and vertically, the horizontal holes
allowing of a sliding motion upon and along the bar r, which is hereinafter
described, and the vertical holes 8, admitting the awls or piercers after they have
been forced through the wood. The vertical holes 8, are preferably recessed so
that small portions of oily sponge or cotton waste as shewn at t (Figures 4 and 5)
may be retained therein in such position that at the termination of each forward
or perforating stroke of the machine, the awls or piercers j, are slightly lubricated
so as to facilitate their return passage through the wood. The plates p, that is to
say the united terminals of the parallel bars n, are secured by the screwed nuts u,
or their equivalents to the vertical guide rods v, which at their lower ends are
provided with the heads w, which prevent their passage upwards through the sole
. plate a.
The spiral springs x, are provided around the guide rods v, and tend
always to lift the brackets, and their attachments to their uppermost or normal

page_text: position. The bar r, hereinbefore referred to, is engaged with, at or near its ends
by the links y, which pass down through the sole-plate a and the lower extremities
of which are pivoted at z, to the counterpoised pivoted treadle a¹. The counter-
poise 6, of this treadle a¹, is so proportioned and situated thereon that, at the
termination of each stroke of the machine, it falls and rests upon the floor or other
solid block or support and so prevents any of the parts of such machine becoming
unduly strained.
It is to be understood, in place of using two brackets l, as hereinbefore described
and shewn at Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the annexed drawings, that I may construct a
machine with one, three or more such brackets so that the finished boxes or the
wood of such boxes may be perforated in one, three or more places, and I desire it
to be further understood that the said brackets may be moved longitudinally by
means other than the right-and-left-handed screw d.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. The general construction and combination of parts constituting the
machine for perforating holes for wire hinges in boxes or in the wood of which
such boxes are made all substantially as and operating in the manner hereinbefore
set forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
Second. The jaws m, which are drawn down upon and secure the wood on the
brackets, and with the said wood are drawn down until the awls or piercers j,
are forced therethrough and in their upward stroke the said jaws release the wood
by the action of the counterpoise 61, all substantially as and operating in the
manner hereinbefore set forth with reference to the annexed drawings.
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