Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Tagging Laces.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 14th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 14th Mar., 1895-Accepted, 1st June, 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Tagging Laces.
I, JESSE BACON, of 32, Lord Street, Gortou, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Lace-maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide a new method and apparatus by means
of which boot and other laces can he tagged more securely and rapidly than hereto-
fore has been the case.
The said method consists in bending the end of the wire used hook like, passing
the short end through a perforation formed near the lace end, coiling the long end
over the short end of the wire and the lace end and cutting the wire off in front of
the lace end.
The apparatus used for performing the said operation comprises a rotating
spindle with means for holding and turning the lace to be tagged, a table for
supporting and guiding the lace end whilst being tagged, a shear for cutting off
the wire after the tag has been coiled and suitable gearing for rotating the aforesaid
spindle.
The said rotary spindle at its front end is furnished with or formed with a
gripper adapted to hold the lace to be tagged, the respective end of which is
allowed to project and is supported upon the aforesaid table which is slightly curved
so as to act as a guide for the lace whilst another curved portion of the said table
serves to support and guide the free end of the said gripper.
In connection with the said table opposite the lace end is employed the aforesaid
shear operated by hand and having a V recess in its lower cutting edge to receive
the wire to be cut. The rear end of the said rotary spindle is formed hollow for
the reception of the lace and is mounted loosely in its bearing so as to permit of
lifting the gripper end of the spindle off the table and thus permit of substituting
a tagged lace for an untagged one.
Dated this 13th day of June 1894.
F. BOSSHARDT & CO.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Tagging Laces.
I, JESSE BACON, of 32, Lord Street, Gorton, Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster, Lare-maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is to provide a new method and apparatus by means
of which boot and other laces can be tagged more securely and rapidly than hereto-
fore has been the case.
And in order that my invention may be more fully understood I have caused to
be appended hereunto one sheet of drawings marked with letters of reference
indicating like parts in the various figures.

page_text: Figs. 1 & 2 are views at an enlarged scale of a lace end before and after being
tagged with wire respectively.
Fig: 3 is a side view, Fig. 4 a plan and Fig. 5 an end of an apparatus for tagging
laces constructed in accordance with my invention.
In carrying out the invention my improved method of tagging boot and other
Jaces consists in bending the end of the wire a, a', used hook like, passing the short
end a through a perforation 6 formed near the lace end c, coiling the long end a¹
over the short end a of the wire and the lace end c and cutting the wire off in front
of the lace end, as shown in Figs. 1 & 2.
The apparatus used for performing the said operation, see Figs. 3, 4 & 5,
comprises a rotating spindled with means e for holding and turning the lace to be
tagged, a table for supporting and guiding the lace end whilst being tagged, a
shear 9, 9', for cutting off the wire after the tag has been coiled and suitable
gearing, h', for rotating the spindle d.
The said rotary spindle at its front end has or is formed as a gripper e adapted
to hold the lace to be tagged, the respective end of which is allowed to project and
is supported upon the table f which is slightly curved, the curved part acting.as
a guide for the lace and the curved part as a support and guide for the free end
of the gripper e.
In connection with the table fopposite the lace end is employed the shear y, g',
the blade g being fixed to the frame i of the apparatus and having a V recess g² to
receive the wire to be cut, and the blade g¹ being rendered movable by hand. The
rear end of the rotary spindle d is formed hollow for the reception of the lace c
and is mounted loosely in its bearing it so as to permit of lifting the gripper end of
the spindled out of the curved part 2 of the table and thus permit of substituting
a tagged lace for an untagged one, see dotted lines Fig. 4. The spindle d carries
a spur pinion which has rotary motion imparted by means of a spur wheel h¹
arranged in gear therewith and operated by hand, foot, or motive power as may be
found most convenient.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim, is-
1st. The method of tagging boot and other laces consisting in bending the wire
hook like placing the short end through a perforation against the lace end and
winding the wire over the hooked wire end and the lace end simultaneously, all
substantially as set forth.
2nd. An apparatus for tagging boot and other laces, as specified in the preceding
claim, consisting of a rotary spindle d having a gripper e adapted to hold the lace
to be tagged in combination with a table or support having two curved parts f,,
serving respectively to support and guide the lace end to be tagged and the gripper
end of the spindle d, all substantially as set forth.
3rd. In combination with the apparatus specified in the preceding clain, a
shear g, g' adapted to cut off the wire, all substantially as set forth.
Dated this 13th day of March 1895.
F. BOSSHARDT & Co.,
4, Corporation Street, Manchester, Agents to Applicant.