IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS
Year: 1860

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Jones Barker and Thomas Barker, both of
the Chillington Iron Works, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford,
for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR
MANUFACTURING SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS."-A communication
from abroad by Henry Burden, of the City of Troy, in the United States
of America
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Jones Barker
and Thomas Barker at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents,
with their Petition, on the 18th January 1860.
We, GEORGE JONES BARKER and THOMAS BARKER, both of the Chillington
Iron Works, Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR MANUFACTURING SHOES FOR HORSES AND OTHER ANIMALS, (a communication
to us from abroad by Henry Burden, of the City of Troy, in the United States
of America), to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to improvements on the subject matter of a former
Patent granted to the said Henry Burden, and bearing date the Nineteenth
day of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six (No. 1936/5), and this
said Invention consists,―
Firstly, in a method of making the feeding and cutting apparatus moveable-

page_text: so as to be easily adjusted when it is desired to make shoes of different sizes,
and also to diminish the amount of scrap or waste upon each rod.
Secondly, in an improved mode of constructing the bearings of the bending
frame.
Thirdly, in an improvement in the "throw-back lever."
Fourthly, in a new mode of swaging or supporting the outer edges of the
shoe during the operation of creasing, so as to prevent the tendency of the iron
to split in the process of creasing or punching, as well as to enable the crease
to be made nearer to the outside edge of the shoe than would be otherwise
practicable; and also to make the said edges more square and better finished
than is capable of being done by any mode previously in use.
And, fifthly, in a method of adjusting and fixing the position of the creasing
block and creasers with reference to the lower dies.
With reference to the first part of this Invention the feeding rolls are
placed nearer to the cutters than hitherto, so as to diminish the amount of
scrap or waste, and the whole of this part of the apparatus is mounted in a
moveable frame capable of being moved either nearer to or further from the
main roll by means of a screw.
Secondly, the bearings of the bending frame consist of two bosses encircling
the shaft, and bolted to the inner sides of the main framing, instead of the
said bending frame working on the centre shaft.
Thirdly, the "throw-back lever" is curved, and moves on a fulcrum at one
end, its other extremity taking into an opening in the bending frame. As this
frame ascends it carries the lever with it until a "buffer" on the lever comes
into contact with the cam shaft, when a cam on the said shaft comes against
a projection on the "throw-back lever," and brings it (and with it the bending
frame and tongue) down quickly.
Fourthly, the apparatus for swaging or supporting the outer edges of the
shoe during the creasing and punching operation, consists chiefly of two "side
steels" or swages bolted on to cycloidal shaped bevil pinions, which receive
their motion from bevil segments attached to the "main roll," and press
against the edges of the shoe, giving the proper shape to the same, and pre-
venting the iron from spreading and splitting when the shoe is being creased
and punched. Another method of supporting the edge of the shoe during the
creasing operation, consists in making the "clamps" project beyond the face
of the "creasing block" and around the creasers, the inner sides of the pro-
jecting parts being so formed as to give the proper shape to the outside edge
of the shoe.
And, fifthly, the spur pinion which drives the "creasers," is fitted loose on

page_text: the "creaser shaft," and has two projections furnished with set screws, one
being on each side of a lug attached to a ring which is keyed to the said shaft,
so that the position of the "creasers," with respect to the "creasing block,"
can be regulated to the greatest nicety, and the back lash of the teeth of the
spur pinion is prevented by furnishing the same with a toothed segment
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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Jones Barker and Thomas Barker in the Great
Seal Patent Office on the 18th July 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, GEORGE
JONES BARKER and THOMAS BARKER, both of the Chillington Iron Works,
Wolverhampton, in the County of Stafford, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto us, the said
George Jones Barker and Thomas Barker, Her special licence that we, the said
George Jones Barker and Thomas Barker, our executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as we, the said George Jones Barker and
Thomas Barker, our executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SHOES FOR HORSES AND
OTHER ANIMALS," being a communication to us from abroad by Henry Burden,
of the City of Troy, in the United States of America, upon the condition
(amongst others) that we, the said George Jones Barker and Thomas Barker,
our executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under our or
one of our, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that we, the said George Jones Barker and Thomas
Barker, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-

page_text: tained in and by the following statement in writing, and on reference to the
accompanying Drawings, that is to say:-
This Invention relates to improvements on the subject matter of a former
Patent granted to the said Henry Burden and bearing date the Nineteenth day
of August One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six (No. 1936/56) and this
said Invention consists :-
Firstly, in a method of making the feeding and cutting apparatus moveable
so as to be easily adjusted, when it is desired to make shoes of different sizes,
and also to diminish the amount of scrap or waste upon each rod.
Secondly, in an improved mode of constructing the bearings of the bending
frame.
Thirdly, in an improvement in the "throw-back lever."
Fourthly, in a new mode of swaging or supporting the outer edges of the
shoe during the operation of creasing, so as to prevent the tendency of the iron
to split in the process of creasing or punching, as well as to enable the crease
to be made nearer to the outside edge of the shoe, than would be otherwise
practicable, and also to made the said edges more square and better finished
than is capable of being done by any mode previously in use.
And, fifthly, in a method of adjusting and fixing the position of the creasing
block and creasers, with reference to the lower dies.
With reference to the first part of this Invention, the feeding rolls are.
placed nearer to the cutters than hitherto, so as to diminish the amount of
scrap or waste, and the whole of this part of the apparatus is mounted in a
moveable frame capable of being moved either nearer to or further from the
main roll, by means of a screw.
Secondly, the bearings of the bending frame consist of two bosses encircling
the shaft, and bolted to the inner sides of the main framing, instead of the
said bending frame working on the centre shaft.
-Thirdly, the "throw-back lever" is curved and moves on a fulcrum at one
end, its other extremity working through an opening in the bending frame.
As this frame ascends, it carries the lever with it until a "buffer" on the lever
comes into contact with the cam shaft, when a cam on the said shaft comes
against a projection on the "throw-back lever" and brings it (and with it the
bending frame and tongue) down quickly.
Fourthly, the apparatus for swaging or supporting the outer edges of
the shoe during the creasing and punching operation, consists chiefly of two
"side steels" or swages bolted on to the cycloidal-shaped bevil pinions which
receive their motion from bevil segments attached to the "main roll" and
press against the edges of the shoe, giving the proper shape to the same, and

page_text: preventing the iron from spreading and splitting when the shoe is being creased
and punched. Another method of supporting the edge of the shoe during the
creasing operation, consists in making the "clamps" project beyond the face
of the "creasing block," and around the creasers, the inner sides of the pro-
jecting parts being so formed as to give the proper shape to the outside edge
of the shoe.
And, fifthly, the spur pinion which drives the "creasers" is fitted loose on
the "creaser shaft," and has two projections furnished with set screws, one
being on each side of a lug attached to a ring which is keyed to the said shaft,
so that the position of the "creasers," with respect to the "creasing block,"
can be regulated to the greatest nicety, and the back lash of the teeth of the
spur pinion is prevented by furnishing the same with a toothed segment adjust-
able by means of set screws in a similar manner.
Such being the nature and object of the said Invention, we will proceed to
describe more in detail the manner in which the same is to be performed, and
in order that the method of carrying the Invention into practical effect may be
fully explained and perfectly understood, we have annexed hereunto five Sheets.
of illustrative Drawings, and have marked the same with figures and letters of
reference corresponding with those in the following explanation thereof.
Sheet 1 of the Drawings represents a front elevation of the improved
machine complete; Sheet 2 is an elevation of the feeding end of the same;
Sheet 3 is a similar view of the opposite end. In Sheet 4, Figure 1 is a
sectional view taken vertically through the machine at about the line A, B, in
Sheet 1, and Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 are detached views of parts of the
apparatus. Sheet 5 represents a complete elevation of the back of the
machine.
The improved mode of constructing the feeding and cutting apparatus is
most fully represented in the Drawings at Sheets 1 and 2, and consists prin-
cipally. in attaching to the moveable frame E, E, the respective feeding and
cutting parts, viz., the cutting lever A, A, the feeding rollers D', D³, with
their shafts and gearing G³, G³, and D', the catch and arms u, u, u, and the
lever F, thus lessening the amount of scrap or waste on each rod or bar
operated on by placing the feeding rollers nearer to the cutters, and allowing
the whole feeding and cutting apparatus to be moved at pleasure by the
screw P. (see Sheet 2) either nearer to, or further from the great roll H'.
The moveable frame E, E, is bolted to the bed plate Q by means of the
bolts d', d; the boss D and the bevil wheel D' attached thereto are mounted
upon feathers in the shaft k in order to allow of their sliding with the feeding
and cutting frame.

page_text: The improvement in the bearings of the bending frame is seen partly in the
front view, Sheet 1, but is more distinctly shewn in the detached view,
Figure 6 (Sheet 4,) and consists principally of two long bosses V, V, bolted
firmly to the main frame or standards Q1, Q, by the bolts 6º, 6º, 6º, 66, and
having bearings at p³, p², for the bending frame H to move upon in lieu of its
bearing upon the centre shaft as heretofore.
The improved mode of constructing the "throw-back lever" is most fully
represented in the Drawings at Figure 1 (Sheet 4), and consists principally
of the stand, R bolted on the bed plate Q³, the "throw-back lever" K, K,
having its fulcrum at J in the stand R, the cam L on the shaft k, the cam i
on the lever K, and the bolt head or buffer l. When the bending frame and
tongue are moved forwards by the lifting cams M, M, the end of the lever K
resting on the bending frame H at d is carried forwards until the points of
the cams M, M, pass the cams t, t, on the bending frame, and the bolt head
or buffer / strikes against the shaft k; then the cam L on the shaft k striking
against the steel cam i on the lever K presses down the said lever quickly,
and throws the bending frame H back to its former position. A piece of
indian-rubber m³ is placed under the head and nuts of the bolt or buffer 1 to
act as a spring.
The improved apparatus for swaging or supporting the outer edges of the
shoe during the operation of creasing, is represented in the Drawings at
Sheet 5, and at Figures 1 and 2, Sheet 4, and consists mainly of the two " side.
steels" or "swages" f,f, bolted on to the cycloidal-shaped bevil pinions L, L'.
which receive their motion from the segment gearing B³, B³, on the great
roll H³, with teeth in the proportion of two to one. The pinions L, L,
are fastened to the shafts d, d, and revolve in the bearings h, h, h, h, (Sheet 5),
the axis of motion being in a line between the centres of the creasing shaft N
and the centre shaft F. The toothed segments B³, B³, are bolted on to the
periphery of the great roll H' by the bolts a¹, a', a', a', the ends of the said
segments fitting to the projecting pins 61, 61, 61, 6. The two lower dies J³ and
*M* have teeth on their sides, as shewn at Figures 3, 4, and 5 (Sheet 4,) which
makes the gearing continuous on the periphery of the great roll H. Whilst
the crease is being made in the shoe the surfaces of the curved edges of the
"side steels" or swages f, f, roll and press against the edges of the shoe,
giving to the same the proper shape, and preventing the iron from spreading
and splitting when the shoe is being creased and punched. The cycloidal-
shaped gearing secures uniformity of velocity and pressure to the surfaces of
the edges of the "side steels" or swages and the edges of the shoe upon which
thou not

page_text: Another arrangement of apparatus for supporting the edge of the shoe
whilst the crease is being made, and to prevent or obviate the tendency of the
iron to split and spread while being creased and punched is represented in the
Drawings at Figure 7 (Sheet 4), and consists in making the "clamps" or
"creasing caps u², u², to project beyond the face of the "creasing block" n,
and around the "creasers" m, m, and having the inner side of these projecting
parts so formed as to give the proper shape to the outside edge of the shoe.
The projecting parts of the clamps or caps u³, u², prevent the iron from
spreading or splitting whilst the shoe is being creased and punched.
The improved mode of adjusting the "creasers" with reference to the lower
dies on the great roll H³, so as to form the crease nearer to or further from the
toe of the shoe as required, and to keep them in their true position with
reference to the lower dies whilst the shoe is being creased is fully represented
at Sheet 3 in the Drawings, and consists principally of the ring and lug E³, E²,
fastened to the shaft D' by the key a'. The pinion S, S, having the lugs S*, S³,
cast upon it is fitted to turn on the shaft D'. By moving c², c, which press
against the lug E, the creasing shaft and creases are caused to move forwards
or backwards within the pinion S, S. And with reference to the lower dies in
great
roll H', the teeth o, o, o, are attached to the jaws p, p, and to a ring
around the shaft D between the ring E² and the pinion S, S. By moving the
set screws h', h', (which pass through the lugs n², n², cast on the pinion S, S,
and press against the jaws p, p, holding the teeth o, o, o,) the teeth o, o, o, are
made to move or slide on those in the pinion S, and when in gear with the
wheel c, prevent any "back lash" or play in the teeth, thus securing accuracy
and uniformity in the position of the creasers and lower dies. Whilst the
crease is being formed the teeth are in a line with the creasers, and parallel
the
with their axis of motion.
Having now fully set forth and described the nature and object of the said
Invention for "Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for Manufacturing
Shoes for Horses and other Animals," together with the manner in which the
same is to be performed, we would remark in conclusion that we claim as the
Invention communicated to us by the aforesaid Henry Burden,-
Firstly, making the feeding and cutting apparatus in such machines move-
able, as described, and for the purposes above specified.
Secondly, constructing the bearings of the bending frame, as above
described.
Thirdly, the improved construction of the throw-back lever, as above

page_text: Fourthly, the means of side swaging or supporting the edges of the shoe
whilst the crease is being made, as above described.
And fifthly, the arrangement for adjusting the position of the creasing shaft
and creasers with reference to the lower dies, as herein described.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Jones Barker, have hereunto &
set my hand and seal, the Fourteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty..
GEORGE JONES BARKER. (L.S.)