Improvements in and appertaining to the Manufacture of Binders or Staples, more particularly for Connecting or Fastening the Edges of Boxes, Cases, or the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd July, 1893
"omplete Specification Left, 3rd Apr.. 1894-Accepted, 12th May, 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to the Manufacture of Binders
or Staples, more particularly for Connecting or Fastening the
Edges of Boxes, Cases, or the like.
1, ERNST HEYNEN of 30 Wertherstrasse Barmen in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The well known sheet metal binders or staples for connecting or fastening the
edges of boxes and cases of paste-board, wood, or other material have the
advantage, as against the ordinary wire staples, of completely covering the edges,
and consequently. of strengthening them. Their use however necessitates the
employment of a number of machines as the binders or staples must be stamped
out of the metallic sheets, curved and finally cut to suitable lengths, before they
can be employed in the machine for fastening up the then completed cardboard
boxes. Nothing has been altered or improved in this process, notwithstanding
the numerous recent propositions for the use of sheet metal binders or staples
for effecting the desired purpose. The frequently used sheet metal clamps with
pointed teeth have further the very important drawback, that when cutting out
the clamps or staples to the requisite lengths, small points which cannot. be
fastened easily remain at the ends, which points afterwards project, increase the
difficulty of closing the box, scratch the article on which such boxes or cases
may stand, and cause other damage. Further defects in the handling of such
clamps or staples arise when the same are placed in the fastening machine by
unskilful workmen and consequently they become defectively inserted.
These drawbacks are avoided by this invention, and at the same time the whole
operation is simplified by the binders or staples being used, in a similar manner,
as when wire fastening machines are employed in which a strip of sheet metal
is formed in the fastening machine itself into staples, which are automatically
fed to the machine. The binders or staples are thus formed not of sheet metal,
but of hoop iron or of a strip of other suitable metal, which is coiled up like a roll
of wire, and is unwound during the fastening. The roll of hoop iron may also be
provided previously with suitable interstices or recesses, so that when the binders
or staples are cut out in the machine, the formation of the points serving for
effecting the fastening is dispensed with, or ordinary hard-drawn hoop metal is
employed, and the points are formed in the machine itself immediately before the
fastening up.
In either case however the fastening machine essentially resenibles
in its construction, except as regards its dimensions, the wire fastening machines
hitherto employed, as the hoop metal is inserted and fastened up exactly like
ordinary wire. The cutting of the clamps or staples into lengths and the evils
connected therewith are thus avoided and by the automatic insertion of the band
or strip of binders or staples the skilful fastening is always secured. The width of
the hoop or strip may correspond to the length of the edge of the box, or
otherwise; in the latter case it is necessary in some cases to clamp or staple the
side in several places. The use of such binders, clamps or staples of hoop iron or
other hoop metal allows of very thin and hard drawn metal being used which is
therefore both lighter and cheaper than sheet metal, and can more particularly be
more easily fastened on than sheet metal clamps, the points of which frequently
require to be sharpened, in order to penetrate the material. The fastening itself
is also simpler and more reliable, as all is completed automatically in the machine

page_text: without any special hand work. These binders or staples may be of various forms
or shapes.
If the recesses for forming the points are previously made in a special machine,
the band which is coiled up into a roll has somewhat the form of a strip having
hexagonal perforations forming two rows of opposed points, the points of each row
being connected with one another. The end of the band is cut off before use, and
the band is inserted like ordinary wire in the suitably arranged fastening machine..
In this latter the separation of the two rows of opposed points takes place by
means of cutting knives, and then the points are bent down and the fastening takes
place as in an ordinary wire fastening machine. The bending down of the points
may be done over an adjustable bar projecting into the passage for guiding the
staples vertically to the band feed or in some other suitable manner.
In some cases the binders or staples may have at each edge several points. It
is possible however to select so narrow a band that the binders or staples have only
one point at each side; the number of these points and their shape do not however
affect the essence of the invention. In the same way bands or strips of binders or
staples may also be employed in which the points serving for the fastening are
formed not between the points of the two opposed rows, but within the material
itself by stamping out suitably shaped holes; for instance, the holes are stamped
out in such a way that the points are formed on the under side of the strip,
which then when the fastening up takes place penetrate into the material which
is to be fastened. The guide surfaces of the fastening up machine have channels
where the points of the holes project.
As the binder or clamp is not provided with end points the bending down for
forming the points during the fastening may be omitted, so that the fastening
mechanism corresponds essentially to that of the usual wire fastening machines
for ready prepared clamps.
As already stated the formation of the recesses in the band shaped strips may
take place before their insertion in the fastening up machine, or in such a way
that both operations are performed in one machine, that is to say the recesses
are formed immediately before the fastening up.
In this case it is preferable to so arrange it that the stamping tools in question
are placed outside the passage for the binders, clamps or staples, that is before
the entrance of the band or strip into the same, as otherwise the removal of the
waste pieces is difficult, and causes inconveniences.
In both cases the band may be as long as it can be suitably produced in practice,
which is of considerable advantage for the speed of the operation..
The stamping apparatus for producing the recesses may consist of rising and
falling stamps, or revolving cutting rollers, which will then simultaneously cause
the band to be inserted in the machine.
A machine of this latter kind may have two rollers arranged in a framework
at the side of the knife or fastening-head; one of these rollers having projections
on its circumference corresponding to the recesses which it is desired to form,
and these projections would engage in suitable depressions in the other roller.
On the passage of the band the necessary depressions would be formed, and
simultaneously the band be moved to the cutters, or the bending and fastening
mechanism which may be of the ordinary construction.
Dated this 1st day of July 1893
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SI DUIFICATION.
Improvements in and appertaining to the Manufacture of Binders
or Staples, more particularly for Connecting or Fastening the
Edges of Boxes, Cases, or the like.
I, ERNST HEYNEN of 30 Wertherstrasse, Barmen in the Empire of Germany,
Manufacturer, 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 :-
The well known sheet metal binders or staples for connecting or fastening the
edges of boxes and cases of paste-board, wood, or other material have the
advantage, as against the ordinary wire staples, of completely covering the edges,
and consequently of strengthening them. Their use however necessitates the
employment of a number of machines as the binders or staples must be stamped out
of the metallic sheets, curved and finally cut to suitable lengths, before they can
be employed in the machine for fastening up the then completed cardboard boxes.
Nothing has been altered or improved in this process, notwithstanding the numerous
recent propositions for the use of sheet metal binders or staples for effecting the
desired purpose. The frequently used sheet metal clamps with pointed teeth have
further the very important drawback, that when cutting out the clamps or staples
to the requisite lengths, small points which cannot be fastened easily remain at the
ends, which points afterward project, increase the difficulty of closing the box,
scratch the article on which such boxes or cases may stand, and cause other
damage. Further defects in the handling of such clamps or staples arise when the
same are placed in the fastening machine by unskilful workmen and consequently
they become defectively inserted.
These drawbacks are avoided by this invention and at the same time the whole
operation is simplified by the binders or staples being used, in a similar manner, as
when wire fastening machines are employed in which a strip of sheet metal is
formed in the fastening machine itself into staples which are automatically fed to
the machine. The binders or staples are thus formed not of sheet metal, but of
hoop iron or of a strip of other suitable metal, which is coiled up like a roll of wire,
and is unwound during the fastening. The roll of hoop iron may also be provided
previously with suitable interstices or recesses, so that when the binders or staples
are cut out in the machine, the formation of the points serving for effecting the
fastening is dispensed with, or ordinary hard-drawn hoop metal is employed, and
the points are formed in the machine itself immediately before the fastening up.
In either case however the fastening machine essentially resembles in its construc-
tion, except as regards its dimensions, the wire fastening machines hitherto
employed, as the hoop metal is inserted and fastened up exactly like ordinary wire.
The cutting of the clamps or staples into lengths and the evils connected therewith
are thus avoided and by the automatic insertion of the band or strip of binders or
staples the skilful fastening is always secured. The width of the hoop or strip may
correspond to the length of the edge of the box, or otherwise; in the latter case it
is necessary in some cases to clamp or staple the side in several places. The use of
such binders, clamps or staples of hoop iron or other hoop metal allows of very thin
and hard drawn metal being used which is therefore both lighter and cheaper than
sheet metal and can consequently be more easily fastened on than sheet metal
clamps, the points of which frequently require to be sharpened in order to penetrate
the material. The fastening itself is also simpler and more reliable, as all is
completed automatically in the machine without any special hand work. These
binders or staples may be of various forms or shapes.
In the accompanying drawings various patterns of these improved binders or
staples are shown in Figures 1-10, whilst Figure 11 shows a view of the machine
employed for making them.

page_text: In this
If the recesses for forming the points are previously made in a special machine,
the band which is coiled up into a roll has somewhat the form shown in Figure 1
of a strip having hexagonal perforations forming two rows of opposed points, the
points of each two successive binders a being connected with one another at the
fine of separation xx. The end a¹ of the band is cut off before use, and the band
is inserted like ordinary wire in the suitably arranged fastening machine.
latter, the separation of the two rows of opposed points takes place on the line xx
by means of cutting knives, and then the points are bent down and the fastening
takes place as in an ordinary wire fastening machine. The bending down of the
points may be done over an adjustable bar projecting into the passage for guiding
the staples vertically to the band feed or in some other suitable manner.
In some cases the binders or staples may have at each edge several points see
Figures 2 and 3. It is possible however as shown in Figure 4 to select so narrow
a band that the binders or staples have only one point at each side; the number of
these points and their shape do not however affect the essence of the invention.
Figures 5-7 show other forms of the strips of binders which differ from those
previously described only in the shape and arrangement of the fastening points.
In this case also the clamps are separated on the line of section xx.
In the same
way bands or strips of binders or staples may also be employed in which the points
serving for the fastening are formed not between the points of the two opposed
rows on the line xx but within the material itself by stamping out suitably shaped
holes. Figures 8 and 9 show two examples of such clamp strips, in which for
instance the holes i are stamped out in such a way that the points are formed
on the under side of the strip in the manner shown in Figure 10, which points then
when the fastening up takes place penetrate into the material which is to be
fastened. The guide surfaces of the fastening up machine have channels where the
points of the holes project.
As the binder or clamp is not provided with end points, the bending down for
forming the points during the fastening may be omitted, so that the fastening
mechanism corresponds essentially to that of the usual wire fastening machines for
ready prepared clamps.
As already stated the formation of the recesses in the band shaped strips may
take place before their insertion in the fastening up machine, or in such a way that
both operations are performed in one machine, that is to say the recesses are
formed immediately before the fastening up.
In this case it is preferable to so arrange it that the stamping tools in question
are placed outside the passage for the binders, clamps or staples, that is before the
entrance of the band or strip into the same, as otherwise the removal of the waste
pieces is difficult, and causes inconveniences.
In both cases the band may be as long as it can be suitably produced in practice,
which is of considerable advantage for the speed of the operation.
The stamping apparatus for producing the recesses may consist of rising and
falling stamps, or revolving cutting rollers, which will then simultaneously cause
the band to be inserted in the machine.
A machine of this latter kind is shown in Figure 11. It may have two
rollers B B arranged in a framework at the side of the knife or fastening-head A,
one of these rollers having projections C on its circumference corresponding to the
recesses which it is desired to form, and these projections engage in suitable
depressions C' in the other roller B¹. On the passage of the band the necessary
depressions would be formed, and simultaneously the band be moved to the cutters,
or the bending and fastening mechanism D which may be of the ordinary
construction.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:-
1. Metallic strips in the form of bands provided with recesses or interstices in

page_text: such a way that they form a series of binders, staples or clamps connected together
at their points, which binders staples or clamps may be automatically fastened or
stapled in a fastening or stapling machine by one binder, staple or clamp, corre-
sponding to the width of the band, being separated from the latter at each fastening
or stapling and having its points then bent down and fastened.
2. A modification of the band or strip of binders, staples or clamps described in
Claim 1, consisting in the points which serve for fastening being formed by holes i
being stamped in the strips or bands of binders, staples or clamps, instead of such
fastening points being formed at the line of separation.
3. The method of fastening or stapling binders staples or clamps formed of metal
strips in the form of a band such as described in Claims 1 and 2 consisting in
forming in the machine itself by means of revolving rollers immediately before the
stapling or fastening, the recesses or holes necessary for forming the points.
Dated this 2nd day of April 1894
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.