A Machine for Making Wire Loops for Wiring the Corks of Bottles or other Vessels Containing Aerated or Effervescing Liquids, or for other like Purposes where Wire Loops can be Used.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th May, 1888
Specification Accepted, 22nd June, 1888
A Machine for Making Wire Loops for Wiring the Corks of Bottles
or other Vessels Containing Aerated or Effervescing Liquids, or
for other like Purposes where Wire Loops can be Used.
I, MAITLAND LUMLEY, of 1 America Square, Minories, in the County of Middlesex,
'Cork Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement (reference being had to the accompanying drawings and
to the letters and figures marked thereon) that is to say :-
This invention relates to a machine for making wire loops for wiring the corks of
bottles, or other vessels, containing aerated or effervescing liquids, or for other like
purposes where wire loops can be used, and it has for its object to effect by mechanical
means, in an expeditious and economical manner, that which has hitherto been
performed by hand.
My improved machine consists of a cast iron frame carrying the necessary co-acting
appliances, and mounted in an inclined position upon a wooden frame or stand
forming, at the same time, a seat for the operative, said appliances being actuated
simultaneously by means of a hand-lever, as hereinafter fully set forth.
In order that my invention may be readily understood, I proceed to describe the same
fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which :-
Fig. 1 is a plan of the machine complete, with the wire in position ready for being
twisted into loops; Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional elevation, taken on the line Y Y of
fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a cross section, on an enlarged scale, of the machine detached from
its frame, and taken on the line X X of fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a detail view shewing one of the devices I employ for giving the necessary
twists to the wire, and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the cutters employed for
cutting and dividing the loops after formation. Fig. 6 shews a wire loop, as made by
the machine and ready for use.
A is the cast iron frame or inclined table bolted to the wooden frame or stand B.
On each side of this frame, and on two adjustable bars k, k', are arranged twelve
twisting devices a a... . a¹ a¹.... of peculiar construction, hereinafter described,
and called twisters. The twelve twisters of one side are so arranged as to stand

page_text: opposite the intervals or spaces between the twisters on the other side. Opposite these
twisters, and in close proximity thereto, and also mounted on two adjustable bars d, d',
one on each side of the table, are two corresponding rows of pins or pegs p, p¹:
likewise twelve in number per row, whose object is to present a resistance to the wire
during the twisting, in order to form the loop. By advancing or receding either of
these adjustable bars kk, or d, d', the length of the loop can be made shorter or
longer as required.
In the centre of the table is a bar c, fixed upon feet and provided on its inner side
with a series of teeth bevelled to form cutters b, a sufficient interval being left between
each tooth to allow free passage to the wire, as hereinafter described. "Against this
fixed toothed bar is applied another similar, but moveable toothed bar, also secured to a
bar e, which is connected with the former bar c, by bolis passing through slots at the
ends of the bar, and so arranged as to allow for a slight forward and backward play.
These two toothed cutters act as shears for cutting the wires into equal lengths, after
they have been formed into the loops.
A swift or reel F is mounted upon a bracket e, fixed to the underside of the wooden
frame at the back of the machine as shewn at figs. 1 and 2, and the wire for use in the
form of a lank is placed, or is wound upon, this swift or reel.
The above mentioned twisters are each formed of a spindles carrying at its outer
extremity a pinion, and fitted at its inner extremity with a head h, forming a hook
for holding the wire as shewn in figs. 1 and 3. The outer ends of the spindles are
journaled in bearings 11, 1: j', each formed by two angle iron bars constituting a kind
of box or channel, and screwed to the inclined table. The pinions f gear into two
racks t, t, one on each side of the table, placed below them. These racks, which have
a forward and backward motion imparted to them by the pinions, are each fixed
centrally to a piece 7, 1, passing through a slot formed in the bar m, and secured
thereto by means of cross pieces n, n', so that the motion of the bar m, determines
that of the racks and consequently that of the pinions, hence imparting the necessary
rotary motion to the twisters. A slight, but sudden motion is imparted through the
bar m, by means of the lever handle H, to the moveable cutter 61 at the end of the
travel of the racks t, t, that is to say when the pinions have accomplished three revolu-
tions, the twisters having given three twists to the wire, and when the loops thus
formed have to be cut; or when the racks and cutters are to be fully brought back to
their original position. This bar m is formed integrally with a central plate u, whose
underside is furnished, centrally, with teeth which gear with a toothed sector v, keyed
upon the driving shaft S. This shaft S is supported at its outer end by a short
sleeve cast upon one side of the table, and at its inner end by a bracket bolted to
the underside of said table. Upon the outward extremity of this shaft S is mounted
the hand lever H, before referred to (shown in fig. 2 in the position it would occupy
when at the return half of its stroke) by means of which, motion is imparted to all
the co-acting appliances, thereby effecting the twisting of the wire, and the cutting of
the loops thus formed.
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The central plate u is provided at its four corners with projections u¹ u², u³, u²,
thereon, and moving in two slots I, 1', formed centrally in the table below and at the
sides of the cutter.;. said projections serve to guide and steady the motion of the plate u
and hence that of the bar m. The projections u serves also to impart the final and sudden
motion necessary to the moveable portion of the cutter to sever the wire after it has
been twisted, and the projection ³ serves to bring this moveable cutter, after it has been
closed as shewn in fig. 2, back into its original position, as shewn in fig. 1, in order to
enable fresh wire to be laid on. This latter, movement is effected by means of a heel
piece with which the moveable portion of the cutter c¹ is provided and which
descends through the slot 1' and is caught by the projections u², u³, of the central
plate u, at the end of both the forward and backward motion, as above stated.
The machine operates in the following manner. One end of the wire w, coming
from the swift or reel F, is drawn off and is fixed to the split pin or peg mounted
on the adjustable bar d, the wire is now pulled from the swift and passed through one
of the intervals formed between the cutting teeth, then over the head of the first

page_text: twister a¹, and back by the side of its corresponding pin or peg through its corre-
sponding interval, then over the first twister a, on the opposite side, then in like manner
between the second interval and over the second twister, and back again on to the
second twister a. and so on until the last twister is reached, when the wire is cut off
with a pair of pliers and its end made fast to the split pin or peg p³, on the adjustable
bar d'. After the wire has thus been properly laid and secured, the hand lever His
pulled forwards, thus rotating the twisters and causing each two consecutive wires to
be twisted three times by this motion, thus forming them into loops with the aid of
the pins or pegs. A further pressure now being applied to the hand lever, the move-
able portion of the cutter advances and severs, in the centre, the twelve pairs of loops
arranged on each side, which are then thrown off the machine by hand. A fresh supply
of wire is then laid on the machine and the same operations repeated, as often as
desired, twenty-four loops being thus made by each complete operation of the
machine.
Instead of using twelve twisters, and a corresponding number of pins or pegs, on
each side of the machine, any other suitable number may be employed and the heads
of these bristles may be varied in form and dimensions according to the size and shape
of loops required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. The machine for making wire loops for securing the corks of bottles, or other
vessels, containing aerated or effervescing liquids, or for other like purposes where
wire loops can be used, having its parts arranged, combined, and operating substantially
as hereinbefore described, and as shewn in the accompanying drawings.
2. The construction and arrangement of the twisters, as described and shewn, and
the combination therewith of the pins or pegs, and of the cutters, substantially as and
for the purposes specified.
Dated this 16th day of May 1888.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
GS, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.
ERNEST DE PASS, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
GS, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.