IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SEWING NEEDLES AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR THAT PURPOSE communicated to him by Henry.
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Raphael Hunter Brandon, of N° 1, Rue L'affitte, Paris,
in the Republic of France, Engineer and Patent Agent for an Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING SEWING NEEDLES AND
IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR THAT PURPOSE communicated to him
by Henry S. Ward, a Citizen of the United States of America
"
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Raphael Hunter Brandon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 9th August 1883.
RAPHAEL HUNTER BRANDON, of N° 1, Ruc Laffitte, Paris, in the. Republic of
France, Engineer and Patent Agent, "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF
MANUFACTURING SEWING NEEDLES, AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR THAT
PURPOSE (A Communication to me by Henry S. Ward, a Citizen of the United
States of America)
"
This Invention relates to certain improvements in the process of and machinery
for manufacturing sowing needlos.
The improved process consists mainly, first, in cutting off from a bobbin of wire
a length sufficient for manufacturing a needle; second, in flattening that end
thereof which is to constitute the eye; third, in punching the eye in the said
flattened end; fourth, in counter-sinking the punched hole on both its; faces;
fifth, in trimming off the greater part of the superfluous material on each side of
the eye; sixth, in pointing the other end of the needle; and seventh; in finishing
off the head by removing all the remaining superfluous metal, and polishing.
The improved machinery employed in carrying out this improved process is
completely self-acting, that is to say, it effects the said successive operations, thus
automatically converting a bobbin of wire into finished needles, without the
intervention of any manual labor beyond that of supplying fresh hobbins of wire
to the machine as soon as they are converted into needles.
For facilitating the description of this machine, it may be said to consist mainly
of three intermittingly rotating tables placed on a horizontal plane and provided
cach with a series of spindles projecting outwards, in the first of which tables the
wires cut off from the spool, are successively flattened, pierced, countersunk, and
roughly trimmed, and then passed to the spindles of the second table, in which
their other extremities are projected outwardly and successively ground to a fine
point, after which they are passed to the spindles of the third table in which they
are polished, after all the remaining superfluous metal has been removed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Raphael Hunter Brandon in the Patent Office on the 26th January
1884.
RAPHAEL HUNTER BRANDON of N° 1 rue Laffitte, Paris, in the Republic of
France Engineer and Patent Agent "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF 5
MANUFACTURING SEWING NEEDLES AND IN THE MACHINERY EMPLOYED FOR THAT
"
PURPOSE (a communication to me by Henry. S. Ward, a citizen of the United
States of America.)
This novel process has reference to converting reels of steel wire, or other
appropriate metal, automatically into sewing needles, by means of a series of 1
operations and although the number of these operations and the order of their
succession may vary under certain conditions they may be enumerated as follows
for an usual manufacture.
First operation. Feeding and cutting from the reel a length of wire sufficient for
being converted into a needle.
Second operation. Striking or flattening that end of the piece of wire which is to
form the head of the needle.
Third operation. Punching or piercing the hole or eye in the flattened end.
Fourth operation. Countersinking the said eye on both sides..
1
Fifth operation. Removing the greater part of the superflous metal existing 2
outside the eye.
Sixth operation. Pointing & polishing the other end of the needle.
Seventh operation. Finishing the head by removing the rest of the superfluous
metal and by polishing.
The machine employed for putting this process in operation is completely self 2
acting, that is to say it performs all the said operations without the assistance of
any manual labor and converts a reel or bobbin of steel wire of any length into a
corresponding number of finished needles.
The above process and manufacture will be clearly understood by means of the
detailed specification and the 45 figures of the 4 accompanying sheets of drawing 3
hereto annexed in which:
Figs 1 to 7 represent a needle in the seven successive stages of its manufacture,
commencing with the length of wire cut off the roel and ending with a finished
needle. Fig: 8 is a plan of the entire machine. Fig: 9 au elevation of the
machine in section through A A fig: 8 as regards the upper part of the machine 3
and at right angles as regards the table 2.
Figure 10 is a plan, tig: 11 a lateral elevation & fig: 12 a front elevation
partially in section through B B figs. 10 & 11 of the apparatus which feeds the
wire to the machine together with the shears that cuts off pieces of the required
length for being converted into needles. Fig: 13 is a plun; fig: 14 a lateral
elevation and fig: 15 a front elevation of the apparatus which flattens that end of
the wire which is to form the head of the needle. Fig: 16 is a front elevation and
tig: 17 a lateral elevation in section through C, C fig: 16 of the tool which punches
the eye in the needle.
Fig 18 is a plan, fig: 19 a lateral elevation and fig: 20 a front elevation of the 4
apparatus which countersinks simultaneously the two faces of the eye punched
through at the previous operation; fig: 21 is an elevation of certain parts detached
from this apparatus. Fig: 22 is a front elevation and fig: 23 a lateral elevation in
section through D D fig: 22, of the apparatus which removes the greater part of
the superfluous metal existing outside the eye. Fig 24 is a plan, fig: 25 a lateral 5

page_text: elevation and fig: 26 a front elevation of an apparatus which sets or adjusts the
needles accurately in position before they are pointed. Fig: 27 is a plan, fig: 28 a
lateral elevation, fig: 29 a lateral elevation in section through E E fig: 30; and
fig: 30 a front elevation of the apparatus for withdrawing or extracting the
finished needles from the machine. Figs: 31 to 40, ten figures representing the
successive positions of different parts of the machine illustrating the transfer of
the needles during their manufacture. Figs: 41 to 45 five different diagrams
representing how motion is imparted to the principal working parts of the machine.
Figs: 1 to 7 inclusively are double the natural size; figs: 8, 9, 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45
one quarter size and figs: 31 to 40 half size.
The machine is composed of two standards 1, 1 on which is fixed a rectangular
table 2 provided with three horizontal arcades 3, 4 & 5 these latter which are
likewise supported by legs 6 and appropriate brackets, act the part of tables on
which are fixed the main working parts of the machine. In this stationary
framing there is mounted the main driving shaft 7 which is driven by a strap
passing over a pulley 8, on this shaft are fixed, in the first place a rope pulley or
riggar 9 round which is passed a cord that drives the apparatus which feeds the
wire to the machine, and cuts therefrom pieces of the required length, in the
second place a bevel pinion 11 which gears into a similar pinion 11* keyed on a
shaft 12 rotating transversely under the table 2 and on which is keyed a set of
cams which impart motion to different little apparatus hereafter described; in the
third place, a bevel pinion 13 which gears in a similar pinion 13* keyed on n
shaft 14 rotating likewise under the tablo 2 and in the fourth place a bevel
pinion 15 similar to the one 13 and which gears in a similar pinion 15* keyed on
a short vertical shaft 16; a loose pulley 18 and a relatively heavy fly wheel 17
which drives by means of a strap a ground shaft 10 on which are fixed a series of
nechanical parts which impart motion to various apparatus hereafter described,
complete the series of parts mounted on the main shaft 7 and by means of which
all the secondary apparatus of the machine are operated. For the purpose of this
manufacture, the pieces of steel wire cut off from the reel are held successively in
three series of clipping spindles mounted on three disks A, B, C to which is
imparted simultaneous and intermitting rotation, in the direction indicated by the
arrows fig: 8, the first operations are effected whilst they are held in the spindles
of the disk A, from which the partly formed needles are transferred to the spindles
of the disk B where the operations are continued and from whence they are lastly
transferred to the spindles of the disk C, where they are completely finished. On
leaving the reel, the wire is straightened in any known or appropriate manner and
passed into the feeding apparatus figs: 10, 11 & 12 which feeds the end of it
forward into the clipping spindle 1 of the disk A' and then cuts off a piece of the
required length, to this end a disk 19 is rotated by a pinion 20 and a toothed wheel 21
by means of a cord passed over the pulley 22 and driven by a pulley keyed on the
shaft 7, a pair of gears 23, 23 rotates in the opposite direction a counter disk 19*
which is mounted on a slide 24 and pushed towards 19 by a spring 25. This feed
motion takes place whilst the disk A is stationary with its said spindle exactly
opposite to the wire and when a sufficient length of the latter has been inserted in the
spindle, the shear 26 operated by the cam 27 on the shaft 12, see fig: 44, is brought
down and cuts the length off from the reel, as it is very important that this bit of
wire shall be perfectly straight and as ordinary shears would bend it more or less
where it is separated from the continuous wire, instead of cutting simply the piece
of wire off, I cut a small piece out between the end of the fragment cut off and
the continuous wire; the exact length of the piece cut off is adjusted by a sliding
pin 67 contained in each spindle, during the feed the rear of this pin comes in
contact with periphery 68 of the stationary pulley 68 which is fitted centrally
with the disk A whilst its front end only allows the required length of wire to
penetrate the spindle; after being thus fed in & cut off the piece of wire is carried
round, by the partial rotation of the disk A, into the position 2ª where it does
not undergo any operation and from thence by another partial rotation of the

page_text: disk A into the position 3. This intermittent rotation of the disk A is effected
by the cam 28, the arm 29 and the link 30, see fig: 43 which impart a to and
fro motion to the table 31 on which is jointed at 32 one end of the arm 33 the
other extremity of which is jointed to the arm 34 which surrounds the hub of the
disk A; the said arm 34 is provided with a click 36 gearing into the teeth of a
ratchet wheel 37 fast with the disk A. Each spindle contains at its outer end a
spring clip 38 which is opened to receive the piece of wire and which closos and
retains it after its insertion within the spindle and opens a second time to admit
of its extraction or withdrawal after it has been submitted to the required
operations; these clips are clearly shown in the figs: 9, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36 & 37,
they consist simply in a small double ended lever pivoted by its center on the
spindle with a small spiral spring which pushes constantly the nose of the clip,
on the needle inserted within the spindle, the opening or liberation of the clip
takes place at the required time in one case by passing under an inclined bridge 39
figs: 31 & 34 and so soon as the spindle rotating with and by its disk has passed
by the said bridge, the clip closes automatically by the action of its spiral spring.
When the disk A has been turned two divisions, the spindle 1ª, which contains the
piece of wire, will have been transported in the position 3 where its outer
extremity is flattened, as in fig: 2, by the apparatus shewn in figs: 13, 14 & 15, in
which a hammer 40 strikes the wire whilst it is resting on an anvil 41, this
percussion is effected by a cam fitted on the shaft 12 which raises the arm 43 of
a lever pivoted at 44, the other arm 45 of which depresses the hammer stock 46,
a spring 47 raises 40 and 46 directly the cam has ceased to act on the lover 43, 45.
As it is indispensable that the wire whilst being struck should no longer be in
contact with the periphery of the pulley 30, the said periphery is slightly excentric
as shewn in fig: 8, that is to say, its diameter is somewhat smaller at such place,
whilst it reassumes its original diameter before the wire is brought round to the
position 7a from whence it is transferred to the spindles of the disk B.
On this second operation being terminated, a third impulsion imparted to the
disk A brings the partly formed needle held in the position at 4 where the eye
is punched through see fig: 3, by the apparatus shewn in fig: 16 and 17 by means
of a punch 48 which is held in a holder 49 secured by a screw 50 in the slide 51,
the lever arm 45 brings down the punch whilst a spiral spring 52 raises it after
the cam has produced its effect.
On this third operation being terminated, the spindle with the partly forined
needle is brought into the position 5ª where the hole punched by the precedent
operation is countersunk on its two faces sec fig: 4 in the apparatus shewn in
fig: 18, 19, 20 and 21. To this end the said apparatus is provided with two small
drills 53 fucing one another, relatively rapid rotary motion is imparted to them by
pullies keyed on the shaft 10 and then, at the required moment, the upper drill is
first brought down on the edge of the hole and then the lower drill is raised in
contact with its other edge by the rotation of the double cam 55 which produces
the required motions by depressing in the first case the lever 56 with its rod 57
and by elevating, in the second case the lever 58 with its rod 59; spiral springs 60
& 61 which surround respectively the rods 57 and 50 bring back the drills in the
original positions after each action of the cam 55.
On this fourth operation being terminated, the spindle containing the partly
finished needle recommences afresh its rotation and stops in the position 6*
where the greater part of the superfluous metal surrounding its eyo and which
had been fattened out at the second operation is removed seo fig: 5, this operation
is performed by the apparatus shewn in fig: 22 and 23 and which consists
in two circular face-cutters 62 mounted on a horizontal shaft 63 to which rapid
rotary motion is imparted by a cord passing round the pulley 64 and a corresponding
pulley fast on the shaft 10. The shaft 63 rotates in the arms 65 of the slide 66.
A cam on the shaft 12 lowers these working parts which remove the superfluous
metal; they are afterwards raised to their original position by a spring or any other
equivalent organ. The four apparatus above-mentioned are mounted on the

page_text: arcade 3 with the usual facilities of adjustment. When this fifth operation has
been completed, the disk A rotates with the spindle containing the partly finished
needle in the position 7ª and its clip having been opened by the contact with an
inclined plano 39, as explained with reference to the feeding mechanism, the
spindle of the disk B which also remains stationary at this moment advances
suddenly and seizing the needle by its head retires rapidly into its original position
towards the center of the table on which the sixth operation is effected, viz:
pointing. The disk B rotates intermittingly and coincidently with the table A,
this motion is imparted to it from the sliding table 31 by means of the link 33b,
the arm 34b, the click 36b and the ratchet wheel 37, but the 16 spindles of this
disk are likewise made to rotate rapidly on their axis, for this purpose each spindle
is provided with a bevel pinion 70 which gear into a common bevel wheel 71 keyed
on the upper end of a vertical shaft 72, the lower end of which is provided with a
bevel pinion 73 gearing into a similar pinion 73* keyed on the end of
the shaft 44 which latter is driven in the manner above-described, on
the other hand as these spindles require to be thrown out in turn from
the center of the disk and as when thus projected, it is preferable, that they
cease to rotate on their axis, the following mode of construction has been adopted:
each pinion 70 is provided with a cylindrical hub terminated by a tooth clutch 74,
the cylindrical hub constitutes one of the bearings and turns in a support 75 fast on
the disk B, the inner end of the spindle rotates in the said piece of which tho
pinion 70 forms a part, whilst its outer extremity rotates in a support 76 made fast
on the disk, for the purpose of projecting forward each spindle, I make use of a
fork 77 which slides in a slot cut in the disk below and which surrounds tho
spindle at a part situated between a collar 78 and 74* which forms the second half of
the clutch 74, the motion of the fork towards the periphery of the disk produces the
separation of two halves of the clutch directly the spindle is partly projected and
consequently the cessation of its rotary motion whilst when it is returned to its
original position, the spindlo recommences immediately to rotate when the two
halves of the clutch 74 & 74* are brought in contact. When the two disks A and B
cease momentarily to rotate, the spindle 7ª about to deliver its partly finished
needle and the spindle 7b which is about to take possession of it occupy the positions
indicated in fig: 31, the clip of 7 being opon at that moment, a cam 79 keyed on the
shaft 12 see fig: 45, acting on a lever 80 advances rapidly the tail of 77 which
projects under the disk B, when it has advanced about half the distance it has to
travel, the clip of the spindle 1b, by coming in contact with one of the arms 82 of
the circular transferring box 84 fast on the table 2, is raised or opened as shown in
fig: 32 and receives the needle and on the spindle continuing its forward motion
the clip descends or closes rapidly and retains fast the needle, see fig: 33, then on
the cam 79 returning rapidly to its original position, the spring 81 located under
the disk brings back the spindle to its original position see fig: 31 and during this
retrograde motion, the shoulder on the clip raises one of the arms 82 jointed on the
box 84 and liberates entirely the spindle with its clip still holding fast the partly
finished needle, a spring 83 situated in the box brings back the said arm 82 against
the face of the box; 85 is a regulating screw which serves to adjust the position of
each arin 82, these latter are grouped on the box and radiate from its center to
the end that one of them will act on the clip at whatever part of the circumference
of the clip it may be in when the spindle is projected into the box. When the
needle has been thus transferred into the spindle 1b, the disk B is partially rotated
in the direction of the arrow by means of the parts 31, 33, 34, 36 and 37° which
brings the said spindle into the position 2b opposite the apparatus shown in the fig:
24, 25 and 26 and which serves to adjust the exact position of the needle that is
the exact amount of its protrusion from its spindle; this apparatus consists in a
piston or pusher 85* fitted opposite and in the same axial line as the spindle 2" and
a little back of the end of the needle, so that this latter can never be struck laterally
by meeting the pusher 85*, whilst the disk B remains temporarily stationary with
its spindle in the position 2º, a cam keyed on the shaft 12 pushes forward the said

page_text: piston which drives the needle through the clip to the required extent that it may
still protrude from the spindle to the desired distance and which will be precisely the
same for each successive needle. A spring 86 brings back the piston after each forward
impulsion imparted by the cam. When this adjustment has been effected, another
partial rotation of the disk B brings the adjusted needle into the position 3b with its
end resting, on a small emery wheel 87 to which a relatively slow rotary motion is
imparted by means of a cord passing over a driving pulley S8 keyed on the
shaft 10, whilst the needle is rotating rapidly with its spindle, as above described,
in contact with the rotating emery wheel, its end is roughly ground to a point, the
same operations being repeated successively 4b, 5b et 6b on the emery disks 89 to 91.
the grain of which being successively finer, on leaving the wheel 91 the needle is
provided with a sharp tapering point, see fig: 0; in the three following positions
7b, 8b et 9b, this point is brought in contact with polishing cloths or leathers 92
passing over the two upper rolls 93, 93 and the under roller 94 on the axis of
which latter there is fixed a driving pulley 95 to which motion is imparted by a
cord 96 passing over a pulley 97 keyed on the shaft 10. The cloths 92 travel
relatively faster than the emery wheels and where the polishing takes place, the
part comprised between the two upper rolls presents a flat surface for the end of
the needle to rest on. In order to be able to adjust with precision in every
direction the position of the wheels and the endless cloths with regard to the
needles, the former are fitted in a first support 98 which can be set horizontally in
__ slots cut in the arcades 4 & 5 and fixed at any required position by the screw 99.
In this piece 98 is fitted a second support 100 which can be raised and lowered by
means of a screw 101 and in the said picce 100 is fitted a third support 102 which
can be set closer to or further from the needle by means of a screw 103; tho
piero 102 is adapted to receive the axis 104; on which the emery wheel is mounted
with its driving pulley 105, whilst the pullies 93, 93 of the polishing apparatus.
rotate in a horizontal frame 106 which is pivoted in the fork of the horizontal
support 100 and set in position by a screw 107; this latter arrangement enables
the upper parts or the working plane of the cloth to be inclined as may be
required.
When this sixth operation, pointing & polishing the needle is completed the
needle is rotated intermittingly into the position 10b, 11b and 12, in which it is not
operated on, although, if required, additional polishing apparatus might be sot up
at the said places, when brought to the latter position 12b the needle is passed
point forwards from this said spindle to the spindle 1° of the disk C, for which
purpose, whilst both disks are momentarily at rest, these two spindles are projected
rapidly and simultaneously forward towards one another, as shewn in fig: 8, the
spindle of the disk B being actuated by a cain 108 and a lever 109 pivoted at 110
which push the spindle 12b in the direction of the spindle 1e, see fig: 45, and the
corresponding motion of the spindle 1c towards 12b is effected by the cam 111 and
thic lever 112 pivoted at 113, see fig: 41; fig: 35, 30 & 37 represent the three
successive positions of the clips of these two spindles in order to effect this transfer
by means of the box 84* which is similar to the one 84 excepting that on its
front face it is provided with a plain projecting circular lip 114 which is sufficient
for opening the clip of 12b merely by contact, as it is shown in the fig: 36 and 37.
A slot 126, fig: 31 to 35, made in the transferring boxes 84 & 84* allows of the
needles passing out during the rotation of the disks. The box 118 fig: 39, 40
& 8 is similarly slotted for the same purpose. The clip of the taking spindle le
works exactly in the manner above-described for the transfer of the needle from
the disk A to the disk B. After the cam 111 has passed by the different working
parts are brought back to their original position by the spring 81 situated under
the disk and then the disk C commences its intermittent rotary motion in the
direction of the arrow, receiving its motion from the sliding table 31 by the aid
of the parts 33, 34°, 30°, & 37 and brings successively the spindle with the
needle into the positions 2°, 3, 4, & 5° where the needle is not operated on &
successively in the positions Ge, Se and 10° where the head is polished by endless

page_text: leathers or belts similar to those described for polishing the points in the disk B,
this last and seventh operation completes the needle, which has finally to be
extracted from the machine, this last operation is effected when the needle has
been transported. intermittingly into the position 12°, in which position, the
spindle is projected forward, as shown in the fig: 8, by means of a cam 115 keyed
on the shaft 12 and the two levers 116, 117, ece fig: 42, and its clip having been
opened by the box 118, as shown in the successive figures 39 & 40, the needle
free from all pressure or control is brought opposite the apparatus represonted in
the figs 27, 28, 29 & 30 which consists in a small frame 119 through which is
passed a shaft 120 provided at one end with a driving pulley 121 and a pinion 122
and with a gripping roller 123 at its other extremity; on this framing there is
pivoted at 124 a piece 125 through which passes a shaft 120* provided at its
outer extremity with a pinion 122* and at its inner end a second gripping
roller 123*, whilst the pressure of a spring 125 pushes constantly the two rolls
123 and 123* together, à cord from a pulley keyed on the shaft 10 passes likewise
round the pulley 121 and thus imparts the requisite rotary motion to the gripping
rolls as shown by the arrows in the fig: 39 & 40. It follows that when the needle
arrives opposite these rolls they seize and cast out promptly the needle from the
same, as it clearly shown in fig: 39 & 40.
In order that the rotary motion imparted_simultaneously to the disks A, B, C, as
it has been described above, be constantly of the same extent stopping dead in each
position without tendency to go beyond the same or to return back, I find
advantageous to bring a slight pressure to bear on their circumferences by moans
of adjustable pad brakes which have not been shown on the drawings. The parts
driven by the cams on the shaft 12 aro brought back to their original position, after
cach action or stroke, by springs as shown in the fig: 41, 42, 43, 44 & 45.
Having thus explained the nature of my invention, as well as the best means I
ain acquainted with for putting the same into practice; I claim :
First. The process above-described for manufacturing sewing needles in which a
coil of wire is converted automatically into needles by means of the seven
oporations above described. Second. The method of detaching a piece of wiro
from the coil, by cutting out a piece of the same by means of the shears 26 operated
by a cam mounted on the shaft 12 conjointly with the feeding rolls 19 & 19*
rotated indirectly by a cord passing over a pulley 22.
Third. The method of
regulating the length of the needles protruding from the clips of the disk A by
means of the pins 67 inserted in the spindles of the clips and of a wheel 69 with
excentric periphery 68. Fourth. The construction and working of the transfor
boxes 84 & 84* provided with jointed arms 82 maintained in the required position
by means of the springs 83 and adjusted by means of the screws 85. Fifth. The
arrangement of parts for driving the disks A B C which impart a partial inter-
mittent rotary motion to the same & which consist in a cam 28 keyed on a
shaft 12, lever 29 & rod 30 which impart a to and fro horizontal motion to tho
table 31 and consequently to the ratchets 36, 30b and 360 which gear respectively in
the ratchet wheels 37, 37b, 37, made fast to or forming part of their respectivo
disks A. B. C.-Sixth. The arrangement of the radial clipping spindles on the
disks B & C provided with clutches 74 & 74* and pinions 70 gearing in the
wheels 71 cominon to both series of spindles, each wheel 71 being keyed on the
shafts 16 & 72 respectively and being driven by pinions 15 & 15* and 73 & 73*.
Seventh. The arrangement of mechanisin designed for imparting rotary motion
to the cupping spindles on the disks B & C and for suspending the said rotary
motion, which mechanisin consists in the clutch 74 turning constantly with the
pinion 70 and the clutch 74* made fast on the spindle and brought in contact
with 74 by a spring 81 to cause the rotation and in the separation of the
parts 74 & 74 to suspend the rotation of the spindle. Eighth. The mechanism
serving to transfer the needles from the disk A to the disk B and which consists in
the cam 79 and the bell crank lever 80, fig: 45.
Ninth. The mechanism serving to transfer the needles from the disk B to the

page_text: disk C and which consists, for imparting successively the motion to the spindles of
the disk B, in the cam 108, the lever 109 fig: 45, and for the spindles of the
disk C in the cam 111 and the lever 112 fig: 41.-Tenth. The mechanism serving
to transfer the needles from the disk C to the ejector and which consists in the
cam 115 and the levers 116 & 117, fig: 42
Eleventh. The apparatus employed to eject the finished needles from the spindles
of the disk C as represented in the figs: 27, 28, 29 & 30 and
Twelth. The mechanical and automatical manufacture of needles by means of the
Successive series of operations above described and operated conjointly with the
three disks A, B and C around which they are fixed.
In witness whereof, I the said Raphael Hunter Brandon have hereunto set my
hand and Seal this twenty second day of January in the year of our Lord 1884