: Apparatus to be Employed therein.
Year: 1885

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Apparatus to be Employed therein.
I SAMUEL HENRY BYRNE of Brighouse in the County of York Wire Manu-
facturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
DRESSING AND STRAIGHTENING WIRE AND IN APPARATUS TO BE EMPLOYED
THEREIN " to be as follows:-
This invention has for its object improvements in dressing and straightening
wire and in apparatus to be.employed. therein.
At the present time wire is dressed and straightened by drawing it through
dressing plates with. pins between which it is passed in a zig-zag course. The
wire is unwound from one drum made to traverse the dressing plate and wound up
again on another:drum...
This treatment is repeated again and again These separate operations give rise
to much loss of time and waste of material.
According to my invention I effect. several successive dressings at one operation
and without winding the wire into a bundle until the end of the operation. I also
combine dressing apparatus with the wire drawing bench. After drawing the
wire in succession through a number of dies at one operation as described in the
specification of a former patent granted to me-the wire without winding it into a
bundle is caused at once to pass through the pins of the dressing plate.
One or more sets of such pins are employed and between the dressing plates or
sets of pins (if there be more than one) the wire is passed around.pulleys. These
pulleys are driven at a suitable speed to bring the wire forward and they are
arranged with their axes at different angles in relation to the pins in order that the
wire may be dressed in different directions. On leaving the pins of the last
dressing plate the wire is wound upon a drum into a bundle.
I also arrange dressing machines separately from the wire dressing bench and in
these as above described the wire is passed. continuously through the pins of
several dressing plates: it is unwound from a bundle at the entrance end of the
machine and wound up again when the dressing operation is complete. Between
each dressing plate and the next the wire is passed. around a pulley driven at a
suitable speed. The pulleys and pins are so arranged that the wire, may be dressed
on all sides.

page_text: Apparatus to be Employed therein.
I SAMUEL HENRY BYRNE of Brighouse in the County of York Wire Manu-
facturer 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:
This invention has for its object improvements in dressing and straightening
wire and in apparatus to be employed therein.
At the present time wire is dressed and straightened by drawing it through
dressing plates with pins between which it is passed in a zig-zag course. The wire
is unwound from one drum made to traverse the dressing plate and wound up
again on another drum.
This treatment is repeated again and again. These separate. operations give rise
to much loss of time and waste of material.
According to my invention I effect several successive dressings at one operation
and without winding the wire into a bundle until the end of the operation. I also
combine dressing apparatus with the wire drawing bench. After drawing the
wire in succession through a number of dies at one operation as described in the
specification of a former Patent granted to me the wire without winding it into a
bundle is caused at once to pass through the pins of the dressing plate. One or
more sets of such pins are employed and between the dressing plates or sets of pins
(if there be more than one) the wire is passed around pulleys. These pulleys are
driven at a suitable speed to bring the wire forward and they are arranged with
their axes at different angles in relation to the pins in order that the wire may be
dressed in different directions. On leaving the pins of the last dressing plate the
wire is wound upon a drum into a bundle.
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.. I also arrange dressing machines separately from the wire drawing bench and in
these as above described the wire is passed continuously..through the pins of
several dressing plates: it is unwound from a bundle at the entrance end of the
machine and wound up again when the dressing. operation is complete. Between
each dressing plate and the next the wire is passed around a pulley driven at a
suitable speed. The pulleys and pins are so arranged that the wire may be dressed
on all sides.
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In order that my said invention may be fully understood and readily.carried
into effect I will proceed to describe the drawings hereunto annexed...
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS,
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Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 is a plan of combined wire drawing
and dressing apparatus arranged in accordance with my invention.
A A is the frame of the machine. B is a main shaft carried in suitable bearings
upon it and driven by a belt passing around the pulleys-B'.- C is the belt fork for
starting and abracing th

page_text: DD are pulleys of various sizes upon the axis B-Endless cords passing around
these pulleys, drive intermediate shafts E E E E E are coned pulleys, upon the
same shafts and these by endless belts actuate other coped pulleys F1 F1 fixed upon
shafts F. Fat,the upper part of the frame of the machine-G GG are belt forks by
means of which the exact position of the belts on the coned pulleys E, F¹ can be
adjusted so that the shafts F F F can be set to revolve precisely at the relative
speeds required. F F F are drums upon the shafts F around which the wire
under process in the machine is wound. The wire is brought to the machine in a
bundle and is placed upon the drum G*, from this it passes to the first of a series
of dies H H H each with an eye smaller than that of the die which precedes it.
The dies are carried in holders which are rotated by means of spur teeth upon the
die holder with which pinions I I I engage. These pinions are upon a horizontal
shaft I on which there is a worm wheel I'. K is a vertical shaft carrying at it's
upper end a worm K¹ engaging with the wheel I' and so imparting rotary motion
to all the dies; the shaft K is itself driven by an endless cord passing around à
pulley upon it and around another pulley on a vertical shaft L which is driven
from the main shaft B by pulleys and an endless cord, as the drawings indicate.
The wire drawn from the drum G* passes through the first die H of the series,
then it is lapped once or twice around the first drum F; this drum in rotating
draws the wire forward through the eye of the preceding die H. The wire leaving
the first drum F passes through the next die and then around the next-drum and
so on until it arrives at the end of the series; each die elongating the wire and
reducing its sectional area. The drums as previously stated have their speeds
accurately adjusted to the dimensions of the dies. After leaving the last die of
the series the wire is lapped around the drum L¹ on the vertical axis L which
draws the wire through the last die and transmits it to the dressing plate M in
which dressing pins are set in the usual manner, so that the wire laid between them
is slightly deflected from a direct course. N' is another drum on a vertical axis N
which draws the wire. forward between the dressing pins at M and passes it
forward to another set of dressing pins at 0-through these pins it is drawn by
the drum P¹ around which the wire is lapped and this drum is upon a horizontal
axis P,.whereas the axis of the, preceding drum Ni is vertical and so also is the
axis R of the succeeding drum R¹. Qis a dressing plate situate between the
drums P¹ R¹ and S is another dressing plate between the drum R¹ and the drum T¹
upon which the wire is finally wound into a bundle. The axis T of this drum also
is horizontal or at an angle preferably a right angle to the axis R of the preceding
drum. These various parts are driven from the main shaft B, as the drawing
indicates. From a pulley B¹ on the shaft B an endless band passes to a pulley U₁
on the axis U-the same axis has a pulley U* upon it and this by a twisted belt
drives a pulley at the lower end of the axis N. From the axis N, the axis R is
driven by means of a pair of pulleys and a driving belt as shown. U and U' are
other pulleys on the axis U-and these by endless belts drive the axes P and T.
By the compound machine shown by these drawings the wires are submitted to
several drawing operations and afterwards to several successive dressing operations
without being wound into a bundle at any intermediate stage; thereby much
waste of material and also loss of time is avoided.
Although it is most convenient thus to conduct several successive drawings and
several successive dressings simultaneously in one apparatus nevertheless it is an
important improvement on the present practice to combine even a single drawing
operation through a single die with a single dressing operation without winding
the wire into a bundle between these two operations which heretofore has been
the universal practice. Again even when the wire is not drawn and dressed
in the same machine it is an important improvement on the present practice to
pass the wire through the pins of several successive dressing plates by the aid of
winding drums situate between the dressing plates without accumulating the wire
into bundles between one dressing operation and another-More especially is
this improvement found where the axes of the winding rollers situate between the

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dressing plates are arranged at angles the one to the other as represented by the
drawings, as this ensures a perfect dressing of the wire on every side.
Having, now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The improvement in the process of dressing wire which consists in performing
successive dressings at one operation by passing the wire through one set of dressing
pins, then around a drum on which it is not wound into a bundle, then through
another set of pins, then around another drum and so on for as often as may be
desired.
.2. The improvement in the process of dressing wire which consists in passing
the wire coming from a drum through a set of dressing pins, then around a drum
on an axis at an angle to that of the first drum, then through another set of pins
and so on for as often as may be desired.
3. The improvement in the process of dressing wire which consists in causing
the wire to pass direct from the die to dressing pins through which it is dressed
and straightened without winding the wire into a bundle between the die and the
'dressing pins.
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4. The combination in a wire dressing machine of a set of dressing pins, a drum
from which the wire passes to the pins; another drum which receives the wire
from these pins and which has its axis at an angle to the axis of the first drum;
and a second set of dressing pins receiving the wire from the second drum, substan-
tially as described.
5. The combination in a wire dressing machine of a set of dressing pins; a drum
from which the wire passes to the pins; another drum which next receives the
wire and a second set of dressing pins receiving the wire from the second drum
substantially as described.
6. The combination with a wire drawing bench of dressing pins placed between
the die or dies and the drum upon which the wire is wound into a bundle sub-
stantially as described.
7. My combined wire drawing and dressing apparatus substantially as described
and represented by the annexed drawings.