Improvements in Rollers for Use in Winding Wire Netting into Rolls.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 9th Dec., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 10th Sept., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 12th Oct., 1888
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Rollers for Use in Winding Wire Netting into
Rolls.
I WILLIAM PELHAM BULLIVANT of 72 Mark Lane in the City of London Wire
Rope Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:-
My Invention has for its object to provide a roller upon which wire netting is
wound into the form of rolls for storage and transit with convenient means for
securing the wire netting whilst being wound thereon but which will admit of
the rollers being readily withdrawn from the roll of netting after the roll is formed.
According to my Invention I provide the roller with pieces arranged at distances
apart upon the periphery of the roller which pieces are so hinged or connected to the
roller that they are capable of being moved into position so as to project beyond the
periphery of the roller to catch the wire netting to be wound thereon but which are
capable of being readily turned down or moved into recesses in the roller when desired
so as not to present any obstruction to the withdrawal of the roller from the roll of
netting. The said pieces may be arranged to be raised and lowered in the direction
of the axis of the roller so that by pulling the roller in the direction of its axis the
hinged pieces will close into the recesses and admit of the roller being withdrawn or
the said pieces may be arranged to turn at an angle to the axis of the roller so that
by turning the roller on its axis they will be caused to close in the recesses so as not
to present any obstruction to the withdrawal of the roller from the roll of wire netting
or they may be arranged in any other equivalent manner to attain the same object
such for example as by being projected and withdrawn in radial lines.
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J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agents.

page_text: Improvements in Rollers for Use in Winding Wire Netting into
Rolls.
I WILLIAM PELHAM BULLIVANT of 72 Mark Lane in the City of London Wire
Rope Manufacturer 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 :-
My Invention has for its object to provido a roller upon which wire netting is
wound into the form of rolls for storage and transit with convenient means for securing
the wire netting whilst being wound thereon but which will admit of the rollers being
readily withdrawn from the roll of netting after the roll is formed.
According to my Invention I provide the roller upon which the wire netting is to
be wound with pieces projections or pins arranged at distances apart upon the
periphery of the roller or in a recess or recesses formed therein which pieces are or
may he so hinged or connected to the roller as to be capable of being moved into
position so as to project beyond the periphery of the roller or otherwise to catch the
wire netting to be wound thereon and of being readily turned down or moved into
the recesses in the roller or otherwise moved so as to be disengaged from the netting
when desired so as not to present any obstruction to the withdrawal of the roller from
the roll of netting.
The said pieces may be arranged to be raised and lowered in the direction of the
axis of the roller so that by pulling the roller in the direction of its axis the hinged
pieces will close into the recesses and admit of the roller being withdrawn or the said
pieces may be arranged to turn at an angle to the axis of the roller so that by turning
the roller on its axis they will be caused to close in the recesses so as not to prosent
any obstruction to the withdrawal of the roller from the roll of wire netting or they
may be arranged in any other equivalent manner to attain the same object such for
example as by being projected and withdrawn in radial lines.
And in order that my Invention may be well understood 1 will proceed to describe
the best ways with which I am acquainted for carrying the same into effect.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is a side elevation partly in section of a
portion of a roller constructed according to my Invention with hinged or pivoted piece
arranged to turn in the direction of the axis of the roller. Figure 2 illustrates a portion
of the roller having engaging pieces arranged to turn at an angle to the axis of the
roller. Figure 3 shows an arrangement in which the engaging pieces or pins are
carried by a piece fitted to slide in a longitudinal slot in the periphery of the roller and

page_text: Figure 4 shows another modification in which the engaging pins or projections are
fixed in a longitudinal recess in the periphery of the roller.
According to the arrangement illustrated by Figure 11 form in the periphery of
the roller A a number of recesses a at suitable distances apart, in each of which
recesses I hinge or pivot a piece B having a projection b to engage the wire netting
whilst being wound. The pieces B are capable of being turned on their centres c in
the recesses a so as not to project above the surface of the roller as shown by
dotted lines or into the position shown by full lines so that the projec-
tions stand above the surface of the roller to engage with the meshes of the
wire netting while it is being wound upon the said roller. When a sufficient
quantity of the netting is wound upon the roller the said roller may be readily
withdrawn from the roll of netting by forcing the roller in the direction indicated
by the arrow whereby the pieces B will be caused to turn on their centres c
and the projections to enter the recesses a as shown by dotted lines and admit of the
ready withdrawal of the roller.
In the arrangement illustrated by Figure 2 the picces B are arranged to turn in a
direction at an angle to the axis of the roller so that in order to withdraw the roller
from the roll of wire netting wound thereon it is necessary to first turn the roller
axially in the direction indicated by the arrow so as depress the projections b into
the recesses a after which the roller may be readily withdrawn from the roll of netting
in the direction of its axis as in the arrangement Figure 1.
Figure 3 shows a modification in which instead of the projections & which engage
the meshes of the wire netting being carried by hinged pieces, they are arranged at
suitable distances apart on a picce B fitted to slide longitudinally in a recess a in the
roller A. The projections & extend above the periphery of the roller and engage the
meshes of the wire netting when being wound upon the roller and when the roll of
netting is of sufficient size the roller A may be slid therefrom longitudinally the
piece B being retained in the roll of netting by the projections still engaging with
the netting. When however the roller is entirely removed, the piece B will be released
from the netting and may be removed therefrom and placed in position in the recess
in the roller A in readiness for the formation of another roll of netting.
Figure 4 illustrates a modification in which the pins or projections are fixed at
suitable distances apart in a recess a in the roller A which projections engage the
meshes of the wire netting while being wound on the roller, but they are of such a
length as not to project above the surface of the said roller so that when a roll of the
required size is formed the roller may be readily withdrawn therefrom by first turning
the roller axially in the direction of the arrow so as to disengage the projections & from
the meshes of the netting and then pushing it longitudinally through the roll of netting.
To facilitate the withdrawal of the roller A from the roll of netting, the said roller is
preferably made of a slightly tapering form from one end to the other.
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
First. In rollers for use in winding wire netting into rolls, pins or projections for
engaging the meshes of the netting whilst being rolled, but so arranged as not to
present any obstruction to the withdrawal of the roller from the roll of netting when
formed, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.
Second. In rollers for use in winding wire netting into rolls hinged pieces, capable
of being turned so as to project above the periphery of the roller to engage the meshes
of the netting whilst being rolled and of automatically disengaging from the meshes of
the netting by the act of withdrawing the said roller from the roll of netting,
substantially as herein before described with reference to Figures 1 and 2 of the
accompanying drawings.
Third. In rollers for use in winding wire netting into rolls a longitudinal recess in
which is fitted to slide a bar or strip provided with pins or projections which engage

page_text: the meshes of the wire-netting, whilst being rolled, but arranged so that the roller and
bar or strip can be readily withdrawn from the roll of netting when formed, substan-
tially as herein before described and illustrated by Figure 3 of the accompanying
drawings.
Fourth. In rollors for use in winding wire-netting into rolls, a longitudinal recess
having pins or projections arranged substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated by Figure 4 of the accompanying drawings.
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