A new Device or Junction Piece for making Junctions with the ends of Driving Guts and the like
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Feb., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 21st Oct., 1897--Accepted, 11th Dec., 1897
"A new Device or Junction Piece for making Junctions with the
ends of Driving Guts and the like."
I, HERBERT ERNEST VINNELL of 54 Alfred Rd. Handsworth, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Machinist do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object a new device or junction piece for making junctions
with the ends of driving guts and the like which is exceedingly simple, effective and
cheap and very quickly accomplished.
My new device or junction is formed from a plate or strip of soft steel, brass or
other metal by tools or it may be cast from specially tough metal annealed. If
formed in tools under the press or stamp an oblong or rectangular plate is formed
into a shape with an external bulge or bead at or about the centre of its length
which leaves a corresponding recess internally. Each end of the driving gut is then
singed so as to form a sufficiently large ball or projection the end of which may be
flattened or squared with a knife. The two ends of the gut are then laid in the
U shaped junction piece so that the ends come and abut or nearly abut together,
when the junction or coupling piece is closed over the ends until the edges abut
together so as to form a complete ferrule or junction piece. It will. however be
evident that the edges may either over-lap each other or not quite abut with similar
effect. The flanges of the junctions each side the bulge are sufficiently long to take
good hold of the gut so as to prevent any movement and these flanges may have a
thread or serations so as to bite the gut. My tools for closing the U device may be
ordinary pliars or tongs with a cross groove to close the edges of the U device or
the closing may be done on an anvil with a hollow and a grooved punch to be struck
with a hammer.
"A new Device or Junction Piece for making Junctions with the
ends of Driving Guts and the like."
I, HERBERT ERNEST VINNELL of 54 Alfred Road Handsworth, Birmingham in the
County of Warwick, machinist, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement.:-
My invention has for its object a new device or junction piece for making junctions

page_text: with the ends of driving guts and the like which is exceedingly simple effective and
cheap and very quickly accomplished.
If
My new device or junction is formed from a plate or strip of soft steel, brass or
other metal by tools, or it may be cast from specially tough metal annealed.
formed in tools under the press or stamp an oblong or rectangular plate is formed
into a U shape with an external bridge or bead at or about the centre of its length
which leaves a corresponding recess internally. Each end of the driving gut is then
singed so as to form a sufficiently large ball or projection the end of which may be
flattened or squared with a knife. The two ends of the gut are then laid in the
U shaped junction piece so that the ends come and abut or nearly abut together when
the junction or coupling piece is closed over the ends until the edges abut together
so as to from a complete ferrule or junction piece. It will however be evident that
the edges may either over-lap each other or not quite abut with similar effect. The
flanges of the junctions each side the bulge are sufficiently long to take good hold of
the gut so as to prevent any movement and these flanges may have a thread or
serrations so as to bite the gut. My tool for closing the U device may be ordinary
pliars or tongs with a cross groove to close the edges of the U device or the closing
may be done on an anvil with a hollow and a grooved punch to be struck with a
hammer.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried into
practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have illustrated examples of my device or junction piece.
Figure 1 shews a blank from which I form my junction pieces.
Figure 2 is an end view of the device bent U shaped by suitable tools ready
for use.
Figure 3 is a plan view of Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a perspective view of my device.
Figure 5 is a view shewing the ends of the gut placed in position before the
device is closed over.
Figure is a view shewing the devices connecting the ends of a cord.
Figure 7 is a view shewing my device connecting the end of a very fine gut band.
Figure 8 is a perspective view of the tool or pliars for closing over the device onto
the ends of the band or cord.
In carrying my invention into practice I form my device or junction piece from
a piece of soft steel, brass or other metal such as A. This piece of metal is then bent
by tools and a press or stamp in a U shape with the external bulge or bead a¹
forined at or about the centre of its length which leaves a corresponding recess
internally. Instead of forming my device by press tools it may be cast from
specially tough metal and then annealed. When joining the gut B each end is first
singed so as to form the enlargements 61 61 and these ends may be flattened or
squared with a knife so as to fit fairly together. The two ends of the gnt are then
placed in the U shaped junction or coupling piece with the ends abutting or nearly
abutting together as shown at Figure 5, when the junction or coupling piece is
closed over the ends until the edges a² a² abut together so as to form a complete
ferrule or junction piece as shewn at Figure 6 which represents a piece of cord D.
In this case prefer to fray or untwist the ends before inserting them into the
junction or coupling piece. It will however be evident that the edges a² a² of the
ferrule may either overlap each other or not quite abut with similar effect. In all
cases the flanges as a³ of the junction or coupling piece each side the bulge or bulges
are sufficiently long to take firm hold of the gut or cord so as to prevent any
movement and these flanges may have a thread or serrations cut or formed on the
interior so as to bite or grip the gut or cord as shewn at Figure 4.
At Figure 8 I have shewn my tool for closing the U device which consists of a
pair of ordinary pliars or tongs with the cross grooves pl p² and p³ formed on the jaws.
The grooves in each jaw are made so as to correspond to the external shape of half
of the junctions or coupling pieces and when the jaws are closed they fit around the
exterior of the junction or coupling piece thus firmly closing it onto the gut or band.

page_text: There may be one or more than one of these grooves of various sizes (preferably
three as shown at Figure 8) so as to fit different sized junction or coupling pieces.
Or the junction or coupling pieces may be closed on an anvil with a hollow and a
grooved punch and struck with a hammer or the closing may be accomplished in
other ways.
It will be quite evident although it is not necessary that I may form
more than one enlargement or bulge or about the centre of the junction or coupling
piece in which case the closing device would be formed to correspond.
By the use of my junction or coupling pieces guts bands, rope, cords, window
blind cord, string, leather bands, either round, square or twisted, or the like
articles may be joined or connected together and it will be found that very fine gut
or string may be joined by any process very easily and quickly and at very little
expence.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention I declare that what I claim is :-
CLAIMS.
First The new device or junction piece for making junctions with the ends of
driving guts and the like either formed by press tool from such a blank as A or
cast and annealed with the external bulge.or enlargement or enlargements such
as a¹ formed at or abont the centre in which the ends of the gut or the like after
preparation as set forth, are placed the edges a² a² of the junction, or coupling piece
being then closed over in the manner substantially as herein before described and as
shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second: Joining or uniting the ends of guts, bands cords or the like by a
junction or coupling piece formed with an external bulge or enlargement at or
about the centre which is then closed over or onto the said ends by a tool press or
the like such for instance as is shewn at Figure 8 or its equivalent in the manner
substantially as herein before described and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of
drawings.
Third Uniting the ends of cords ropes guts and the like by a metallic junction
formed and closed upon the two ends which are previously enlarged and
prepared and received into and closed over in the said metal junction piece
substantially as herein set forth and shewn.
Fourth The particular hand tool shewn by Figure 8 for closing over the partly
formed junction piece substantially as set forth.
Dated this 20th day of October 1897.
GEORGE BARKER
Agent for Applicant. 77 Colmore Row, Birmingham.