Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Making Coiled Wire Fabric.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Sept., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Making Coiled
Wire Fabric.
A communication by CLARENCE OTIS WHITE and MARSHALL BURNS LLOYD,
of Minneapolis, in the County of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, United
States of America, Machinists.
1, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6 Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an improved method of weaving coiled wire fabric, and
to improvements in the apparatus for carrying out said method. Heretofore it has
been customary in weaving fabric of this kind to run the coils of wire from the
coiler on to a suitable table or support upon which the coils lay loosely and as each
coil was projected from the coiler it was made to run forward into a coil of the
fabric already woven, generally into the last coil.
It has not been customary to
use any means for guiding the wire as it passes over the table or support after it
leaves the coiler, but to rely upon the shape of the coil to insure its interlocking
with the preceding coil. There is, therefore, no control over the coil of wire after
it leaves the coiler, and if the end of the coil strikes the wire of the fabric, or if
there is too much friction upon the forward end of the coil, the wire will double up
at some point in its length generally at a point near the coiler, or will not interlock
with the preceding coil thus making it necessary to remove the coil and run the
wire over again. There are also other disadvantages arising from the lack of
control of the coil after it leaves the coiler.
This invention seeks to obviate these objections by providing a method of
running the wire so that it is always under control and its path, as it advances,
may be accurately predetermined. This result is accomplished by causing the
wire after it leaves the coiler to engage a series of pins by cach one of which
the coil is slightly stretched or distended, so that, as the coil advances, its
forward end bears against the pins. and considerable tension is therefore brought
upon the wire from the coiler throughout its full length. The path of the wire
is thus accurately determined, and complete control over it is obtained throughout
the full length of the coil. As many wires as may be desired are run for each
coil, and then, by moving the pins, the next coil is run so as to interlock with
the coil or coils preceding. Means are also provided for varying the size of the
coil by causing it, after it leaves the coiler to engage an adjustable guide or guides
by which the length of the diameter of the spiral may be changed and given a
permanent set.
The invention consists further in means for stopping the machine automatically
in case the wire becomes doubled up in front of the coiler.
Other features of the invention will be hereinafter set forth in the following
detailed Specification and claims.
In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this Specification-
Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away, showing the improved machine.
Figure 2 is a plan view of the same.
Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line - of Figure 2 looking in the
direction of the arrow.
Figure 4 is a detail showing the means for separating the feed rolls.

page_text: Figure 5 is a detail section of a portion of the machine showing the feed roll, the
coiler, and a portion of the guide pins.
Figure 6 is a detail of a portion of the coiler showing also the adjustable guides
for regulating the size of the coil.
Figure 7 is a detail section showing the trough-like receptacle in which the wire
is run, and in which the guide-pins are arranged, and illustrating also the manner
of stretching the wire by passing it in contact with the pins, and showing also in
detail a section of the wire fabric after it has been removed from the pins and has
returned to the position that it naturally assumes after the tension arising from its
contact with the pins is removed..
Figure 8 is a transverse section of the receiver in which the pins are located,
showing also the means for holding the coils in the receiver and the movable
support upon which the guide-pins are located, and the means preferred for pre-
venting the coils from drawing back with the pins and remaining in contact with
them when the pins are moved for the running of the next coil.
Figure 9 is a detail plan view of the wire-cutting mechanism and of the means
of moving the last coil run, in order that another coil may be run by the side
of it.
Figures 10 and 11 are details of the mechanism shown in Figure 9.
Figure 12 is a detail of the mechanism for feeding the fabric and for intermitting
the feed when extra wires are to be added to the coils.
Figure 13 is a detail of the automatic stop-mechanism for stopping the machine
in case the wire becomes accidentally doubled up in front of the coiler.
Figure 14 is a detail of the belt mechanism for operating the cam shaft controlling
the cutter and other parts of the machine.
Figure 15 is a detail showing the manner of holding the fabric by means of
cross heads on the pins, and the manner of releasing the fabric by moving the
pins.
Figures 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 are details showing modified devices for holding
the coils in the receiver.
In the drawings, 2 represents a suitable frame by which the parts of the
mechanism are supported. This frame may be of any suitable size and con-
struction and formed of any suitable material, 3 represents a coil of wire which may
be supported in any convenient position upon or adjacent to the frame of the
machine, and it is provided with a rotating guide 5 through which the wire passes
from the spool. The wire then passes over a suitable guide wheel 7 and through a
guide 9 to the feed rolls 11. The feed rolls 11 are mounted upon suitable shafts
supported in bearings upon the frame of the machine. The shaft of one wheel as
here shown, the lower, is provided with a suitable belt pulley 13 fixed thereon and
with a loose pulley 14 and receives power from any convenient source through the
belt 15. The shafts of the feed rolls are connected together by suitable gears 16.
Arranged upon the frame of the machine is a suitable shaft 17 that has mounted
thereon a loose pulley 18. The pulley is driven by means of a belt 19 that extends
around the pulley 18 and around the pulley 20 upon the shaft of the feed wheel
herein before described. A belt 21 also passes around the pulley 18 and around a
pulley 23 mounted upon a suitable bearing on the frame of the machine. The
shaft 17 is provided with a series of radiating arms 25 and the belt 21 is provided
with a projecting lug 27, and each time that this lug passes around the pulley 18 it
engages one of the arms 25 and gives the shaft 17 a partial revolution. The shaft
is provided with a series of cams, and these cams control and operate various parts
of the mechanism of the machine. One of the cams 26 engages the lever 28
pivoted upon the stud 29 passing through a guide 31, and its opposite end is
provided with a stud 31 that engages a socket in the underside of a collar 33
that is loosely mounted upon the shaft of the upper feed roll. The bearing of
this shaft, at the end which carries the feed roll, is in a vertical box 35 that is
arranged to slide in a standard 36 and is held down so as to keep its feed roll
in engagement with the other feed rolls; by means of a spring 37 upon. which

page_text: rests a plate 38 that is engaged by an adjusting screw 39. By this means, at
proper intervals of time, the feed-rolls are separated and the feed of the wire
ceases, and then the rolls are again allowed to come in contact with each other, and
the feed of the wire is continued.
The wire coiler is arranged in front of the feed rolls so that the wire, as it
leaves the feed roll, enters this coiler and is there brought into the desired spiral
form. This coiler consists preferably of a stationary tube 41, within which is
mounted a core 42 that just fills the tube and has in its outer surface a groove 43.
This groove is preferably straight for the first portion of its length, and then
extends spirally around the core 42. The forward end of the corc is of smaller
diameter than the tube and this portion, which is designated an extension 44,
projects beyond the coiler and nearly to the receiver hereinafter referred to. A
set-screw 45 is provided, by means of which the core 42 may be secured in position
in the tube 41. It is desirable to provide means by which the size of the coil and
its length may be regulated.
For this purpose in the core 44 just in front of the tube 41, a guide 46 is provided
that is held in position by the set-screw 47 and is capable of adjustment so as to
bring the eye or opening in the guide nearer to or farther from the surface of the
extension 44. The wire as it leaves the coiler passes through the eye in this guide,
and the position of the guide determines the diameter of the spiral of the coil. By
moving the guide out so as to bring the eye or opening therein some distance from
the surface of the extension 44, the wire passing through it will be set so as to make
the coil of considerably larger diameter than it was when it passed out of the coiler.
By this means the diameter of the coil may be regulated.
For the purpose of regulating the length of the coil, a guide 49 is arranged in
front of the coiler and partially embracing the extension 44. This guide is provided
on its front face, or that which is farthest from the coiler, with a spiral surface
approximating the spiral of the coil. This guide is secured to an adjustable rod 51
passing through suitable bearings, where it is held in position by nuts 53. By
means of these nuts, the rod and guide may be adjusted so as to bring the guide in
any desired relation to the end of the coiler. When it is desired to increase the
size of the coil, the guide is adjusted so that the advancing wire will strike the
spiral face of the guide, and to pass the guide must be drawn into a longer spiral.
The wire will then be set in a spiral determined by the position of this guide, and
by this means the wire may be given any desired length of spiral.
Arranged in front of the collar, and at a short distance from the end of the
extension 44, is a trough shaped receiver 55 into which the coil passes after it
leaves the extension 44. A sliding plate 57 is arranged in the bottom of this
receiver, its edges being located in grooves in the walls of the receiver. This plate
is provided with a series of upwardly projecting pins 59 and these pins have at
their tops, preferably, the heads 61, which project both forward and back from the
pins, extending in a direction parallel with the receiver. At its forward end the
plate is provided with an upwardly projecting pin 63 that engages a cam groove 65
in a wheel 67. This wheel is driven in the manner hereinafter described and
thereby the plate 57 is moved back and forth in the receiver and with it the pins 59
hereinbefore referred to. In running the wire into the receiver, the plate 57 is so
placed and the pins thereon are so located that, as the end of the wire passes the
first pin, it strikes the curved surface of the pin, and, sliding forward over that
surface, the coil is somewhat stretched or distended, and, as the wire progresses
through the receiver, its forward end strikes each pin at substantially the same
point, and the wire is drawn forward by each pin substantially in the manner
described. The result of this is, that the path of the wire through the receiver is
thus accurately predetermined, and the forward pull or tension on the wire enables
us to control it throughout its entire movement. When the wire has advanced a
considerable distance through the receiver, there will be sufficient tension on the
forward part of the wire to cause the rear portion to leave the pins altogether,
as shown by the detail view in Figure 7. It will be seen that the plate 37 at

page_text: the bottom, and the walls of the receiver at the sides, prevent the wire from
moving out of its course, and compel it to pass through the receiver from one
end as far as it may be run toward the other. It is necessary, however, to
provide means for preventing the wire from moving up out of the receiver before
the predescribed time.
This device consists of the plate 69 hinged to the wall of the receiver and kept
in position by a curved guide arm 71 upon which is a coiled spring 73. This spring
bearing against the plate 69 holds it in position against the side of the receiver.
Secured to the top of the plate 69 is a projection 75 passing over the top of the
receiver and provided with a beveled inner edge that is arranged to project into
the space between two of the coils of the fabric. This engagement with the fabric
holds the last coil in position for the running wire to engage it and also prevent
the running wire from moving up and getting out of the receiver. After the last
coil is run, the fabric is fed one step preferably by means hereinafter described,
and as the fabric is pulled upward, the plate 69 yields slightly so as to permit the
coil engaged by the projection 75 to pass that projection. The fabric is then
stopped, and this projection again enters the space between the last two coils, and
thus holds the last coil in the position to receive the next one. As a further
provision for preventing the coils in the receiver from moving up out of the
receiver, the pins 59 are provided with the heads 61 hereinbefore described. These
heads engage the last two coils, projecting into the space or notch formed by the
crossing wires, as shown in Figure 5 and as shown by the full lines in Figure 15.
By this means the last completed coil is held down into position to receive the next
running wire. After this is done, the plate is moved from the position shown by
full lines in Figure 15 to the position shown by dotted lines in the same figure. The
fabric is then advanced and the portion of the head that projects on the other side
of the pin engages the wires of the last coils, and the pins are in position to guide
the next running wire into engagement with the last coil.
It will also be noticed that the tension on the wire by reason of its engagement
with the pins as described, would cause the wire when the pins were moved, to
follow the pins, and, if this occurred, the last wire would not be in proper position
to receive the next wire.
To obviate this, it is preferred to provide means which prevents the wire from
moving with the pins as they are moved. To accomplish this, a shaft 77 is
arranged, connected as hereinafter described with suitable means for rocking it,
and this shaft is provided with an arm 79 that engages the vertically moving
rods 81. These rods are arranged by the side of, and in line with, two of the
pins 59, and they are provided with heads 83 having the inclined forward sides.
These rods 81 pass through the movable plate 57 and move with said plate as
it is moved in the receiver. The arm 79 extends between the rods 81, as shown
in Figure 5, so that these rods are free to move with the plate while the arm on
the rock-shaft remains stationary. The movements of the rods are so timed that,
as the plate 57 is moved toward the coiler, these rods are depressed, and their
inclined surfaces engaging the wire prevent the wire from moving backward or
toward the coiler with the pins, as it would otherwise tend to do. As the next
movement of the plate takes place, the rods 81 rise again to the position shown in
Figure 5. Reference has already been made to the shaft 17 and the means for
operating it. This shaft is provided with a cam 85 and a rod 87 is provided with
a roll 89 that bears against-the surface of this cam. A spring 91 is connected to
this bar, and holds the roll 89 against the surface of the cam 85. A. stationary
knife 93 is arranged in position for the wire to pass over it, and a pivoted knife 95
is arranged in proximity to the knife 93 and is connected to the bar 87. After the
wire has been run far enough to form a coil of the desired length, the knife 95 is
moved so as to cut off the wire. The wire is stopped while being cut by the
separation of the feed rolls as hereinbefore described.
It is often desirable to run several wires side by side so as to form a fabric
consisting of double wires. This necessitates the feeding of one or more wires

page_text: after the preceding wire has been coiled and before the Toric is advanced.
would sometimes occur that, after the wire was cut by the knife, if it were
attempted to advance another wire, its end would strike the end of the wire already
coiled and thus cause one of the wires to be doubled up or thrown out of position.
To obviate this, a cam 97 is provided upon the shaft 17. A rod 99 is provided
with a roll 101 that bears upon the cam 97 and the rod 99 is connected to a
spring 103 which holds the roll 101 against the cam 97. This cam is shown in
outline by dotted lines in Figure 11. The rod 99 is provided with a depending
arm 105 having a pin that engages a slotted lug 107 upon a rock-shaft 109. The
other end of the rock-shaft 109 is provided with a disc 110 having thereon a
pin 111. A bell crank lever 113 is pivoted upon the dise 110 and its arm projects
through a slot in the machine frame at a point a little in advance of the knife 93,
so that the wire coil lies over this slot when the wire is cut off. Just after the
wire is cut, the rock-shaft 109 is given a partial rotation, the upright arm of the
bell crank lever 113 passes vertically through the slot in the frame, its outer arm
being weighted and thereby held in a horizontal position. After the end of the
bell-crank lever has projected through the slot and come behind one of the bends
in the wire, the pin 111 strikes the horizontal arm of the lever 113, and, raising it,
throws the other arm forward, thereby moving the rear end of the coiled wire and
bringing it out of the path of the end of the advancing wire, so that this wire may
be run into the receiver and lie by the side of the wire already in the receiver.
This will cause two wires to be laid side by side and any number of wires may thus
be run into the machine.
After the wire fabric is formed, it passes between the corrugated feed rolls 115
that are mounted in suitable bearings in the frame of the machine and are
preferably located above and a little to one side of the receiver hereinbefore
referred to. These feed rolls are geared together by means of the gears 117, and,
upon the shaft of one of these rolls, is mounted the cam wheel 67 previously
referred to. This roll is also provided with a gcar wheel 118 that mesh with the
gear wheel 119 upon the shaft 120. As the rolls 115 are quite long, it is preferred
to mount them in the bearings by which they are supported at several points
throughout their lengths. The bearings for the lower roll are arranged below the
roll, and the bearings for the upper roll are arranged above the roll and are
supported by means of the arched casting 121, by this means, it will be seen that
the movement of the fabric between the rolls is not interfered with. It is also
preferable to construct these feed rolls with corrugated surfaces, each corrugation
consists of a curved channel running the full length of the roll, so that the fabric,
as it lies between the rolls, is grasped at the opposite side of the coils, as shown in
Figure 3. The shaft 120 is provided with a ratchet wheel 123. A lever 125 is
journalled upon this shaft and is provided with a dog 127 that engages the
ratchet 123, being held in connection therewith by means of the spring 129.
will be seen that, as the lever 125 is raised, the roll 120 will be turned by reason
of the engagement of the pawl 127 with the ratchet 123, and, as the lever 125 is
lowered, the pawl 127 will pass over the ratchet and the shaft 120 will remain
stationary.
It
Upon the shaft 17 is a cam 130, and a vertical bar 131 passes through a suitable
guide 133 upon the frame of the machine and is provided with the rolls 135
between which rests the cam.130. An arm 137 is connected to the bar 131, and
a link 138 connects this arm with the lever 125. As the shaft 17 is rotated, the
lever 125 is raised or lowered and thereby the shaft 120 is turned and through it
the feed rolls 115 are rotated and the plate 57, carrying the guide pin, is moved
back and forth in the receiver. If it is desired to feed a greater number of wires
for any coil so as to form a fabric some coils of which consist of several wires,
means are provided by which, at regular intervals, the pawl 127 will be thrown out
of engagement with the ratchet 123, and thereby, during one or more operations
of the lever 125, the feed rolls will not be turned. This device consists, preferably,

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of a disc wheel 139 mounted upon a short shaft secured upon the lever 125. The
periphery of this disc is provided with openings into which may be inserted
pins 140. These pins are of sufficient length to engage the pawl 127 as the disc is
rotated. A shaft 141 is mounted in bearings supported upon the lever 125, and is
provided with a worm 143 that engages a worm wheel 144 upon the shaft of the
disc wheel 139. The shaft 141 is also provided with a ratchet wheel 145.
arm 146 is pivoted upon the shaft 141 and is provided with a spring dog 147 that
engages the ratchet 145.
A link 118 is connected to the arm 146 and to a
stationary part in the frame of the machine. It will be seen that, by this means,
at each time the lever 125 is raised, the ratchet 145 will be turned one notch, and
thereby that the disc wheel 139 will be slowly rotated, and that, in the course of
this rotation, one of its pins will engage the pawl 127 and disengage it from its
ratchet, and that, during that up and down movement of the lever 125, the feed
rolls will not be turned. If, for example, it is desired to run six single wires,
making six single coils, and then to run two wires, making a double coil, the pins
in the disc wheel will be so turned that, for six revolutions of the lever 125, the
feed rolls will operate every time, and that, for the next movement of the lever 125,
the feed rolls will remain stationary.
It sometimes occurs that the wire becomes doubled up, and this generally occurs
at a point just in front of the coiler. It is then necessary to stop the machine.
It is preferable to provide means whereby the machine will be automatically
stopped if the wire doubled up at this point. For this purpose, a belt shifter 151,
that engages the belt 15, is provided. A spring 152 engages this belt shifter and
tends to move it so as to carry the belt off from the fast pulley 13 on to the loose
pulley 14.
A lever 153 is pivoted in a standard 155 and its end comes at a short
distance above the extension 44 of the coiler. The opposite end of this lever is
connected by a link 157 with the belt shifter 151. When the parts are in the
position shown in Figure 13, the belt shifter will hold the belt on the pulley 13.
Should the wire double up under the lever 153, one end of this lever will be thrown
up and the other down, thus releasing the belt shifter and permitting the spring to
throw the lever over and move the belt on to the loose pulley, thus stopping the
inachine.
Instead of employing the pins with the cross heads on them for permitting the
fabric to advance only one coil at a time, any other suitable means may be used
for this purpose, and the corrugated feed roll may be entirely dispensed with.
In Figures 19, 20 and 21 is shown an arrangement that may be used for this
purpose. As here shown, the heads on the pins 59 are omitted and cross pins 160
are secured upon a slide 161. These pins are opposite each other, and are arranged
that, as one set of pins is moved forward, the other is drawn back. The pins that
are drawn back disengage one coil of the fabric and the pins that engage the next
coil. This permits the fabric to move up one coil at a time and brings the last coil
into position to receive the next wire.
In Figures 16, 17 and 18 is shown a modified construction, by which the feed
rolls for moving the fabric are dispensed with. In this instance, the receiver 55 is
open at both top and bottom and the fabric passes out at the bottom of the
receiver. The spring supported plate 75 is also arranged at the bottom of the
receiver and engages and supports one of the coils. This plate is withdrawn
whenever the fabric is advanced. Two sets of pins 163 are here employed, and
the pins are arranged to alternate with each other. These pins also take the place
of the pins 59 and serve to stretch the wire. As the wire passes along in the
receiver, engages all of the pins of one set; and the fabric being supported by
resting on the other set of pins. After the wire is run, the pins then supporting
the fabric are withdrawn and the wire drops down into the other set of pins. Then
the first set of pins is returned to their former position and another wire is run as
before. The weight of the fabric is, in this instance, the only means employed for
moving the fabric, the pins serving to support the fabric and regulate its movement.

page_text: These cross pins also might be used in connection with the receiver and feed
rolls shown in Figures 1 and 3, in which case they would take the place of the
vertical pins shown in these figures.
Suitable means may be used for winding the completed fabric. In Figures 1, 2
and 3, an automatic device for this purpose is shown. This consists of a shaft 175
provided with fast and loose pulleys and operated by a belt 177.
A roll 179, upon
which the fabric is wound, is driven from the shaft 175 by means of the gears 181.
A shaft 183 is geared to the shaft 175, and these two shafts are supplied with guide
or flattening rolls 185, and, at suitable intervals, these rolls may be provided with
the cutter 187. A. helt shifter 188 is connected to the belt, and is adapted to be
operated by a weighted arm 186. A rod 184 is mounted on the shaft 175 and rests
on the top of the fabric, as shown in Figure 3. This rod is provided with a lug
that supports the weighted arm 186. As the fabric is made and becomes slack, as
indicated by dotted lines in Figure 3, the rod 184 drops down and permits the
weighted arm to shift the belt, causing the winder to start. As the fabric is
wound up, it strikes the belt shifter and moves it over and stops the winding
device.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by
my foreign correspondents, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. In the process of forming coiled wire fabric, coiling the wire and subjecting
each spiral of the running wire to a desired amount of tension as the wire is
advanced.
2. In the process of forming coiled wire fabric, coiling the wire and subjecting
the running wire to a suitable tension as it is advanced and interlocks with the
preceding coil.
3. In the process of forming coiled wire fabric, coiling the wire and projecting it
from the coiler with the spirals of the running wire in contact with a suitable
tension and thereby increasing the length of the spirals.
4. In the process of forming coiled wire fabric, coiling the wire and guiding the
running wire after it leaves the coiler throughout its travel and simultaneously
subjecting the spirals of the running wire to a desired amount of tension.
5. The combination, with a suitable coiler, of a series of pins or projections
located in the path of the advancing wire, whereby the coiled wire, after it leaves
the coiler, is subjected to suitable tension by contact with said pins.
6. The combination, with a suitable coiler, of a series of pins or projections
located in the path of the advancing wire, and means for moving said ping
substantially as described.
7. The combination, with a suitable coiler, of means for feeding the wire, and
means for exerting a tension upon the spirals as they interlock with the preceding
coil.
8. The combination, with a suitable wire coiler, of means for guiding the coiled
wire into engagement with the spirals of a previously made coil after it passes the
coiler, and means for subjecting the spirals of the wire to a desired amount of
tension as they interlock with the preceding coil.
9. In a machine for forming coiled wire fabric, means for coiling the wire and
means for guiding the coiled wire as it advances to cause the same to interlock with
the preceding coil or coils and simultaneously subjecting the spirals to a desired
amount of tension, substantially as described."
10. The combination, in a wire coiler, of a longitudinally adjustable guide
arranged in front of said coiler and against which the wire bears as it leaves the
coiler, whereby the length of the coil of wire may be regulated, substantially as
described.
11. The combination, with a wire coiler, of a radially adjustable guide arranged
in front of said coiler, whereby the diameter of the spiral may be adjusted,
substantially, as described...

page_text: 12. The combination, with the coiler, consisting of a stationary tube 41, a
spirally grooved core 42 arranged in said tube, feed rolls for moving the wire
through said coiler and the longitudinally adjustable guide 49 arranged in front of
said coiler and against which the wire bears as it leaves the coiler, substantially as
described.
13. The combination, in a wire coiler, of the tube 42, the spirally grooved core
arranged therein, means for feeding the wire through said coiler and the radially
adjustable guide 46 arranged in front of said coiler and provided with an eye or
groove through which the wire passes, substantially as described.
14. In a machine for making coiled wire fabric, the combination, with the wire
coiler, of means for cutting off the wire, and means for moving the end of the wire that
is cut off out of the way of the end of the running wire without moving the entire
coil, whereby two wires may be run side by side, substantially as described.
15. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with a wire coiler, of a
receiver or guide having a longitudinal outlet and a plate projecting partially across
the exit opening of the receiver into the longitudinal space between two of the
coils for holding the final coil in said receiver while the running wire is passed
through it, substantially as described.
16. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with a wire coiler, of a
receiver or guide, a plate projecting partially across the exit opening of the receiver
into the longitudinal space between two of the coils for holding the last coil in said
receiver while the running wire is passed through it, and means for feeding the
fabric from said receiver one coil at a time, substantially as described.
17. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with means for coiling
the wire, of a receiver, means for holding a final coil in said receiver while the
running wire is passed through it and means for guiding the running wire and
exerting a tension upon each spiral thereof while it passes through said receiver
and interlocks with the final coil therein.
18. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with means for coiling
the wire, of a receiver or guide, means for holding the final coil therein and feeding
it therefrom one coil at a time, means for exerting a tension upon each spiral of the
running wire as it passes through said receiver, and interlocks with the final coil
therein, and means for regulating the size of the coil, substantially as described.
19. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with a wire coiler, of a
tripping lever arranged in front of said coil and adapted to be engaged by the
wire whenever it doubles up in front of said coiler, and a stop mechanism connecting
with said lever, substantially as described.
20. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with means for coiling
the wire and passing the running wire through the final coil of the fabric, means for
feeding the fabric and means for interlocking the feed whenever extra wires are to
be inserted in any part of the fabric, substantially as described.
21. The combination, with the means for coiling the wire of a guide or receiver
having an open bottom through which the wire fabric passes, of alternating pins
projecting into said receiver from opposite sides thereof, and means for withdrawing
one series of said pins after the formation of each coil or coils, for the purpose set
forth.
22. In a machine of the class described, the combination, with means for coiling
the wire, of means for engaging each coil as it is formed and supporting the fabric
thereby, and releasing said coil after the formation of a new coil, and permitting
the weight of the fabric to move the fabric into position for the running of the next
wire, substantially as described.
23. The combination, in a machine of the class described, with the means for
coiling the wire, of the guide or receiver and the series of pins 59 arranged in said
receiver and adapted to exert a tension upon each spiral of the wire as it is run
through said receiver, substantially as described.
24. The combination, in a machine of the class described, with the means for
coiling the wire, of means for cutting the wire, the guide. or receiver and suitable

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upon each spiral of the wire as it is run through the receiver, substantially as
described.
25. The combination in a machine of the class described, with means for coiling the
wire, of means for cutting the wire, the guide, or receiver, pins or projections
arranged in said guide and adapted to cause a tension upon the spirals as the wire
is run through the receiver, and means for holding the final coil in the guide.
26. The combination, in a machine of the class described, with means for coiling
the wire, of means for interlocking the running wire with the preceding coil and
simultaneously exerting a tension upon the spiral of said running wire, means for
cutting the wire, and means for stopping and starting the wire, all arranged to co-act
in order.
27. The combination, in a machine of the class described, with means for coiling
the wire, of the guide or receiver and means adjustable in the receiver for moving
the final coil longitudinally in said receiver without moving the previously formed
fabric.
28. The combination, in a machine of the class described, with means for coiling
the wire, of the guide or receiver and pins or projections arranged in said guide,
means for supporting said pins and means for moving said pins lengthwise of the
receiver to move the final coil longitudinally, substantially as described.
29. The combination, with the wire coiler, of a receiver in alignment therewith,
the plate arranged to project partially across the receiver into the space between
two coils of the fabric and means for withdrawing said plate to permit the coils to
pass out of the receiver.
30. The combination, with the receiver having a longitudinal outlet, opening of
the plate 75 arranged to project partially across the receiver and provided with a
bevel edge, substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.
31. The combination, with the receiver, of the tension pins 59 arranged therein
and the transverse holding pins 160 constructed to engage the fabric and hold the
last coil in position to receive the running coil, substantially as described.
32. The combination, with the coiler and receiver, of the tension pins 59, and the
movable plate 57 supporting said pins in said receiver.
33. The combination, with the receiver, of the tension pins 59, the transverse
holding pins 160, and the plate 75 for holding the coil in said receiver.
Dated this 2nd day of September 1892.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.