IMPROVE MATIO TN MACHINEDY BOD KINI TURING DROOva AND DRITCH PG
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John George Horsey of Copperfield Road, Mile End in
the County of Middlesex Brush Manufacturer for an Invention of " IMPROVE
MATIO TN MACHINEDY BOD KINI TURING DROOva AND DRITCH PG"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John George Horsey at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th March 1882.
JOHN GEORGE HORSEY of Copperfield Road Mile End in the County of Middlesex
Brush Manufacturer IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANUFACTURING BROOMS
AND BRUSHES
My Invention relates first to those portions of the machine which supply the
fibres or other material in the form of knots or tufts ready for insertion in the
stock or block of the brush or broom and whilst being applicable to other kinds
of fibres, are more suitable for that known as "piassava" or bass.
The second part of my invention is an automatic appliance or "finger" which
enables the operator to place the ready bored stock or block of the broom or brush
in such a true position that the tuft or knot shall be received therein exactly in
the centre of the bored hole prepared for its reception.
According to the first part of my said invention I provide the machine with
appliances and mechanism which I will now proceed to describe: On one side
of the machine I place a hopper or holder into which put a loose quantity of
fibres which lie at right angles to the table or frame over which they have to be
carried forward. For the purpose of preventing the fibres from getting compressed
or entangled in the hopper or holder, and so as to keep then loose and free
therein I provide by means of cams or cranks or any other well known contrivances,
that this hopper or holder shall be kept constantly oscillating, tumbling or shaking
up and down, to and fro, and laterally. But for such purpose of keeping the
fibres loose and free from compression I prefer to construct an outer fixed vessel
fitted in the interior with two moveable sides which work upon vertical hinges
at the back part of the said vessel and are connected in front on either side, with
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page_text: a cross bar, which bar being worked to and fro by means of a cam or other
suitable mechanism, give to the said sides a constant shaking motion which has
the effect of pushing to and fro or patting the ends of the fibres contained between
them. I provide in conjunction with such shaking or moving sides a moveable
bottom to the inside of such fixed holder which moveable bottom works upon a
horizontal hinge at the back and rests on a cam or crank or other suitable
appliance placed towards the front part which gives to this bottom an up and down
constant shaking motion. In front of this hopper or holder I provide an arm or
lever fixed upon a cross spindle. This arm or lever I call the "knot or tuft
extractor." This knot or tuft extractor is of such a length that when forward-
that is pointing away from the hopper or holder-it reaches either under or nearly
under the punch or plunger which puts the tuft or knot into the stock of the
broom or brush; and when in an opposite direction-that is pointing into the
shaking hopper or holder and away from the punch-that its end shall penetrate
into and amongst the fibres contained therein. The end of this knot or tuft
extractor is provided with a hollow jaw; which jaw by entering amongst the
fibres in the hopper becomes filled with them. This hollow space or jaw then
closes and the fibres contained in it are, by it, carried out from the bulk and
deposited close to or under the punch. To prevent any fibres except those held in
the hollow jaw of the knot or tuft extractor leaving the hopper I place close to
the front of it a rotary brush over the line described by the end of the knot or
tuft extractor which revolves in an opposite direction to it and thus brushes or
forces back into the hopper or holder any loose fibres that may leave it.
I will now proceed to describe the second part of my Invention which is the
automatic "finger" before referred to. By the machine, portions of which I am
describing, the broom or brush is formed as follows: The tufts or knots of fibre
(piassa va) or other suitable material are by well known mechanical contrivance,
taken from the knot or tuft extractor described in the first part of my invention
and placed across an aperture in a table and then together with a suitable fastener
and by means of a punch or plunger doubled in the centre and carried down into
the ready prepared holes bored in the stock or block which forms the back of the
broom or brush. Directly the hole is filled with the knot or tuft the punch
ascends to bring down another knot or tuft.
To enable the operator to place the hole exactly in position to receive such next
knot or tuft, and when the punch or plunger has ascended, the "finger" which I
am describing is brought forward by means of a cam, crank, or lever or other well
known contrivance so that its centre occupies exactly the position which the centre
of the punch will occupy on its next descent. This "finger" then springs down
automatically into the hole bored in the wood and the operator, thus knows that
the latter is in true position to receive the next knot or tuft. This finger by
means of well known mechanical means then rises out of the hole and is drawn
back and held in its former position until the punch or plunger has fixed another
knot or tuft and again ascended when it repeats its action and continues so to do
between every descent of the punch or plunger.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John George Horsey in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th September 1882.
JOHN GEORGE HORSEY, of Copperfield Road, Mile End, in the County of
Middlesex, Brush Manufacturer. " IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MANU-
FACTURING BROOMS AND BRUSHES
"
My Invention relates to certain features in or to machinery in or by which the
bristles and other fibrous like body are knocked up and kept in position with
their ends in regular order in a vibrating and shaking box or hopper and ready
to be taken in small quantities by a reciprocating tuft extractor and conveyed by
it to a receiver and thence to a guide in succession and forced by a plunger in a
folded state down a guide into a hole of the brush stock, this being arranged by
hand on an adjustable table and gauged in position by a finger. The catch in the
extractor is adjustable and can be set to measure out any size of tuft required.
The Invention is clearly shown in the annexed drawings and will be understood
by the following description of the operation or working of the machine.
The bottom A of the hopper is hinged at B and receives an up and down
or jogging motion by the eccentric or cam C which is mounted on the spindle D
and receives rotation by band on the pulley E or by any well known means.
F F are end pieces pivotted at G G on the fixed cross bar H of the frame. I so that
they may move to and fro by the slide bar J to which their opposite ends are
secured loosely. This bar has a stud working in a half round or segmental cam,
not shown, to impart the necessary motion for beating. the ends of the bristles or
fibres and in level order. These end plates or pieces F F can be shifted onto any
of the pins a a to suit different lengths of fibres as desired.
The fibres from the jogging and knocking up motions they receive bear by
their own weight only, without any compression, on the edge faces of two rounded
plates K K which also serve to guide the tuft extractor L in its segmental motion
the rotating brushes M M preventing the escape of any fibres that may have
become loose from the action of the extractor L. The extractor. L is mounted
loosely on the shaft N and its forward movement only is governed by the
quadrant P whose teeth gear into the pinion Q for that purpose, said forward
movement being obtained by the rod R from the wiper or cam S as shown in
Figure 2 the reverse or backward movement being obtained by the spring b. The
object of this reverse movement by the spring is; The tuft extractor yields to the
quantity of fibre that may be in the hopper and only travels back to take its
supply which it effects whether the hopper be full or comparatively empty.
Consequently its action is always guaranteed automatically while any fibre
remains in the hopper.
The extractor L receives its supply of fibre in the slot c this being provided
with a catch pin d arranged to move into the body of the extractor by a cam
(whose motion is controlled by the lever and rod. V from any ordinary apparatus)
when entering the fibre and then to suddenly shoot out into the slot to retain the
tuft therein while the extractor carries it to the receiver W the cam again drawing
back the catch to release the tuft, which is deposited in the receiver and held
therein by the strip X which lodges itself on the tuft under the action of the
spring e the lower end of the strip X having been pushed clear of the receiver by
the curved end of the extractor in its forward downward movement.
The receiver W has a to and fro movement imparted to it to carry the tuft
over the guide Y so that it can be forced by the plunger Z into and through said

page_text: guide folded, into the hole in the brush stock A¹ arranged on a table beneath,
the hole of the brush stock having been previously gauged in position by the
finger B. The finger B¹ has an up and down motion imparted to it by the
lever C and as it rises in its socket D¹ a lug ƒ on it strikes against the projection
g and is thereby kicked out of the way, so that the tuft may be lodged in the
brush stock. A spring returns the finger to its first position on its return to
gauge the next hole for the succeeding tuft.
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Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed I declare that I claim;
First. The construction and arrangement of machinery for the manufacture of
brooms and brushes as herein before described and as shown in the annexed
drawings.
I also claim as novel features in my said Invention
"
Secondly: The combined up and down and too and fro jogging appliance for
shaking and patting the fibres and keeping them in a loose condition as set
forth.
Thirdly I claim the action and the means or appliances by which the tuft
extractor is operated for the purposes set forth.
Fourthly: I claim; the automatic gauging finger and appliances connected
there with for setting the hole in the brush stock directly under the tuft plunger as
described.
In witness whereof I the said John George Horsey have hereunto set my
hand and seal this twelfth day of September in the Year of our Lord, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
Witness
H. GARDNER
Patent Agent
166 Fleet St
London.
JOHN G. HORSEY.
(L.S.)