IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR PLACING SPLINTS OF WOOD, AND WAX AND COMPOSITION TAPERS, IN FRAMES FOR DIPPING
Year: 1850

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
HYNAM, of Princes Square, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Chemical
Light Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Пer
Royal Letters. Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Thirty-first day of
July, One thousand eight hundred and fifty, in the fourteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Iynam, my exors, adiñiors, and assigns, Her especial license, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said John Hynam, my exors,
adiiors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Hynam, my exors,
adiñiors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to
time and at all times during the term of years therein expressed, should and
lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY
FOR PLACING SPLINTS OF WOOD, AND WAX AND COMPOSITION TAPERS, IN FRAMES FOR
DIPPING;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso, that I, the said
John Hynam, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High:

page_text: manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 shews a side view of a machine constructed according to my
Invention; Figure 2 shows part of a longitudinal section thereof; Figure 3
shews a plan, partly in section; Figure 4 shews a front view; and Figure 5
shows what I call the feed box, open to admit of the several narrow chambers
being filled with splints of wood, or of wax or composition tapers. A, A,
shows the framing of the machine, the nature of which will readily be traced
on examining the Drawing; B is a sliding tray, which is moved by having a
toothed rack below, into which a pinion (4) works, as shewn. The tray B is
divided longitudinally with partitions of such a width apart as just to allow the
splints to drop freely between them, the upper edges of the partitions being
chamfered off on either side, so as to ensure the splints as they descend passing
correctly between the partitions at the back end of the tray; B is a ridge,
which enters a groove in the back rail of the frame C, such fram C'being
similar to those heretofore employed for receiving, holding, and dipping splints
of wood, and wax and composition tapers. The frame consists of two end rails
with rods C', which pass through them, there being screw nuts on the rods to
screw all up tight when the frame is full of splints. Between the front and
back rails of the frame C there are several bars which slide freely on the rods,
and it is between these bars that the splints when introduced are held, in order
to their being conveniently dipped. And in order to splints being fed into
the tray B and between the bars of the frame C, they are to be first placed in
the frame E, which is closed at bottom, and, like the tray B, it is divided with
parallel partitions, and so that the spaces between these partitions and the
spaces between the partitions in the tray B are opposite each other. P is the
front of the frame E', there being an opening at bottom between it and the
bottom of the frame E¹ which will admit of one splint descending from each
space between the partitions of the frame E' when the blade or forcer Qis

page_text: caused to descend, which blade is somewhat narrower than the thickness of a
splint, and it works close against the back of the plate P.
The splints when in the spaces between the partitions in the frame E' are
pushed towards the plate P by forcers E, one in each space between the
partitions in the frame E¹, and such forcers are constantly pressed forwards by
means of the links L, one end of each of which is attached to the slide F, and
the other to the arm L', fixed to the weight M, which moves on an axis M¹.
and the weights M can all be raised up by means of the frame N by means of
the lever Y acting on the connecting rod attached to the frame N, and the
frame N is lifted when it is necessary to refill the spaces between the partitions
in the frame E with splints, and such filling is accomplished in the following
manner-F is a box, having several partitions with spaces between them
corresponding with the spaces between the partitions in the frame E', and
between each two partitions in the box F is a forcer F'.
The box E is provided with a sliding side G, which is drawn back when the
box is to be filled with splints, and children are employed to fill the spaces
between the partitions in the box F by placing the splints horizontally on the
surface and causing them to enter the spaces and to fill them; when they have
been filled, the slide G is shut, and the feod box is to be placed in the position
shewn at Figures 1, 2, and 4, the lever Z being first raised, which moves the
several springs H out of the way of the forcers F; this will bring the spaces
between the partitions in the box F and the spaces between the partitions in
the frame E' opposite each other, and then if the sliding bottom be drawn out
from the box F, the springs H will force down the forcers, and thus drive the
splints out from the spaces in the box F into the spaces in the frane E¹, when
the frame N being released, will allow the weights M to press forward the
rods L, and consequently the forcers E. In order to give motion to the
several parts of the machine, so as to cause the splints to be brought into the
tray, the treadle (2) is used, and which has at all times a tendency to remaini
up at its front end by reason of the bar or lever (3), which turns on an axis
near its back end, where it is weighted. The fore end of the lever (3) comes
under the treadle, and tends to lift it. R is a connecting rod, there being one
on each side of the machine, the one on the right-hand side having a slot
therein. The connecting rods R are at the upper ends connected to necks or
pivots projecting from the top of the blade Q; hence, when the treadle is put
down, the blade Q descends and ferces out a splint from each space between
the partitions in the frame E¹ into the spaces in the tray B, and between two
of the bars of the frame C, which are kept separated to allow of the splints

page_text: descending between them, the other bars C being constantly drawn towards
the back of the tray by means of a weighted cord O; to the rod R on the right-
hand side of the machine is affixed an arm, to which the rod W is attached,
its other end being attached to the lever T, which carries a driver which moves
round the ratchet wheel on the axis of the wheel (4), and the movement is to
be adjusted so that at each time motion is communicated to the axis of the
pinion (4), the pinion (4) shall move the tray towards the back of the machine
a distance such as will bring the space between two of the bars of the frame C
correctly under the space between the plate P and the bottom of the frame E¹.
Through the slot in the rod R, at the right-hand side of the machine, one end
of the weighted cranked lever V works, the other end of the cranked lever
carrying a wedge X, which, when the rod R rises, is forced between the two
bars C which have been brought into position by the rack and pinion to receive
between them the next row or quantity of splints, and the wedge opens the
space between such two bars to admit of the splints passing down between
them; and the other end of the same bars C are opened by means of a
rotatory welge a on the axis b, such wedge entering between the bars for a
time when they require to be held apart, and such wedge being only a portion
of a circle, is out of the way when the tray and bars C require to be moved a
distance suitable for bringing the next space between the bars C into position.
A continuous rotatory motion is to be given to the axis b in any suitable
manner, so as to bring the rotatory wedge into action between two bars C at
the time above mentioned. The wedge X is prevented moving out of the
way when the rod R descends by reason of the lever T descending, such
lever being pressed on by the spring U in its descent, and the end of the
lever T passed within the fixed T-piece S, and it is not till the end of the
lever T descends below such T-piece that the weighted cranked lever card can
draw away the wedge X, for when the lever has got below the T-piece the
spring U pushes the lever away, and thus allows of the weight attached to
the cranked lever moving out the wedge X. When all the spaces between the
bars C have been filled with splints or tapers, the screws on the rods of the
frame C are to be screwed up tight and a clamping bar D with screws is to be
applied in the middle, in order to aid in holding the parts of the frame C
securely. The frame is then to be removed, and the splints are to be. dipped
in the usual manner, as is well understood.
Having thus described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I would have it understood that I. do not confine myself
to the details herein described, as the same may be varied without departing

page_text: from my improvements, so long as the peculiar character of the Invention as
herein described be retained; but what I claim is, the mode of combining
parts into a machine, as herein described, for placing splints of wood, and wax
and composition tapers, in frames for dipping.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Hynam, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Thirty-first day of January, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.