Improvements in or relating to Endless Bands or Cords for various Purposes, and in Machinery for Making the same.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Sept., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1897-Accepted, 6th Sept., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Endless Bands or Cords for various
Purposes, and in Machinery for Making the same.
I, WALTER SANDELL MAPPIN, of "Riverside," Cambridge Park, Twickenham,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to endless bands or cords for transmitting power and for
various other purposes, particularly for affixing or securing pneumatic and other
tyres to the rims, and to the construction of machinery for making the same.
The method of making the above bands or cords is fully described in my
Specification for "Improvements in or relating to pneumatic and other tyres,'
No. 16,126/97, and is as follows:-
The bands or cords may be made of iron, steel, copper, alluminium, or other
metalic wire, or of silk, thread or twine, or other suitable material, either
separately or in combination and consists of a metalic wire or thread alone or in
combination of suitable size or gauge being wound round several times. forming
a continuous circular core, the length or circumference of the core or band
required, and of suitable substance, a wire thread or strand such as is used in
making wire or other cord suitably prepared is then wound spirally round the
core several times until the core is completely covered, the ends of the wire,
thread or strand are then joined together or otherwise secured.
DESCRIPTION OF MACHINE.
Fig. I is a plan of the machine.
Fig. II is a section of the frame A, pulley K, bevel wheel I, and the worm
and worm wheel X, at a line drawn from C to V.
Fig. III is a plan of the worm and worm wheel.
Fig. IV is a plan of the cog wheels C and M shewing the slotted hole N
through the spool carrier L and cog wheel M.
A, Fig. I, is a frame of iron or steel, cast by preference in one piece.
B is a steel shaft or spindle running in journals a, a, to which the principal
cog-wheel C, the pulley D and the bevel wheel E are keyed. F is also a steel
spindle running in journals f, f, at right angles with the spindle B, and to which
is fixed the bevel wheel G engaging itself in the bevel wheel E and to the end of
which the bevel wheel H is also fixed. I is a bevel wheel revolving on pivot J
Fig. II, on the frame A Fig. II, which engages itself in the bevel wheel H. K is
a pulley revolving on pivot J, Fig. II, on the frame A, it is serrated on its
periphery to facilitate the travelling of the band or cord in progress of manu-
facture, it is provided with a worm and worm-wheel arrangement as shewn in X
Figs. II and III, which is embedded in a recess between the pulley K and the
bevel wheel I Fig. II by which means the pulley K Fig. II may be slightly
rotated if necessary to prevent the strand over lapping. K1, K1, are also pulleys
revolving on pivots J I Fig. I, round which the band or cord travels in process
of manufacture. L, Fig. I, is a spool or reel carrier running in journals a i, a i,
and to which the cog-wheel M is keyed, having a slotted hole N through the
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page_text: same. It is provided with pressure disc O operated upon by the spiral spring
and cap P the end is forked and has a guide ring R for the strand to pass
through, M is a cog-wheel keyed on the spool-carrier L and has an opening N
Fig. IV corresponding with the slotted hole in the carrier L. T is the spool
or reel round which the strand Z or other material is wound for making the cords
or bands. The loose end of the strand Z or other material passes between the
disc O, and through the ring R the forked end of the spool carrier L and is
then secured to the core of the band round which it winds on the machine being
set in motion.
In making a band or cord according to my invention by this machine I com-
mence by passing the wire or thread which is to form the core round the
pullies K, Fig. I, and through the slotted hole N and the open ring S as many
times as required, the ends are then joined together or secured by lapping them
over one another. The end of the strand or material for covering the core having
been carefully wound round the spool or reel T is threaded through reel-
carrier L, pressure disc 0, and ring R and finally through the core already in the
machine. The machine is then set in motion by turning the pulley D to the
right hand; this will cause the core to recede round the pulleys K, K 1 K 1 whilst
the spool carrier L will carry the strand or material quickly round the core until
the same is covered. The ends of the strand are then to be secured.
Dated this 6th day of September 1897.
Improvements in or relating to Endless Bands or Cords for various
Purposes, and in Machinery for Making the same.
I, WALTER SANDELL MAPPIN, of "Riverside," Cambridge Park, Twickenham,
in the County of Middlesex, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement: —
This invention relates to endless bands or cords for transmitting power and
various other purposes, particularly for affixing or securing pneumatic and other
tyres to the rims, and to the construction of machinery for making the same.
The method of making the above bands or cords is fully described in
Specification for "Improvements in or relating to pneumatic and other tyres,"
No. 16126/97, and is as follows.
my,
The bands or cords may be made of iron, steel, copper, alluminium or other
metalic wire, or of silk, thread or twine or other suitable material, either
separately or in combination, and consists of a metalic wire or thread alone or in
combination of suitable size or gauge being wound round several times, forming
a continuous circular core, the length or circumference of the cord or band
required, and of suitable substance, a wire thread or strand such as is used in
making wire or other cord suitably prepared is then wound spirally round the
core several times until the core is completely covered, the ends of the wire,
thread or strand are then joined together or otherwise secured.
DESCRIPTION OF MACHINE.
The drawings referred to are those left with the Provisional Specification.
Fig. I is a plan of the machine.
Fig. II is a section of the frame A, pulley K, bevel wheel I, and the worm
and worm-wheel X at a line drawn from U to V.

page_text: Fig. III is a plan of the worm and worm wheel.
Fig. IV is a plan of the cog wheels C and M shewing the slotted hole N
through the spool carrier L and cog wheel M.
A, Fig. I, is a frame of iron or steel, cast by preference in one piece.
B is a steel shaft or spindle running in journals a, a, to which the principal
cog-wheel C, the pulley 1) and the bevel-wheel E are keyed. I is also a steel
spindle running in journals f, f, at right angles with the spindle B, and to which
is fixed the bevel wheel G engaging itself in the bevel wheel E and to the end of
which the bevel wheel H is also fixed. I is a bevel wheel revolving on pivot J
Fig. II, on the frame A Fig. II, which engages itself in the bevel wheel H. K is
a pulley revolving on pivot J, Fig. II, on the frame A, it is serrated on its
periphery to facilitate the travelling of the band or cord in process of manu-
facture, it is provided with a worm and worm-wheel arrangement as shewn in X
Figs. II and III, which is embedded in a recess between the pulley K and the
bevel wheel I Fig. II by which means the pulley K Fig. II may be slightly
rotated if necessary to prevent the strand overlapping. K1, K1 are also pulleys
revolving on pivots J f Fig. I, round which the band or cord travels in process
of manufacture. L, is a spool or reel carrier running in journals a i, a i,
and to which the cog-wheel M is keyed, having a slotted hole N through the
same. It is provided with pressure disc O operated upon by the spiral spring
and cap P, the end is forket and has a guide ring R for the strand to pass
through, M is a cog-wheel keyed on the spool-carrier L and has an opening N
Fig. IV corresponding with the slotted hole in the carrier L. T is the spool
or reel round which the strand Z or other material is wound for making the cords
or bands.
The loose end of the strand Z or other material passes between the
disc O, and through the ring R the forked end of the spool carrier L and is
then secured to the core of the band round which it winds on the machine being
set in motion.
In making a band or cord according to my invention by this machine I com-
mence by passing the wire or thread which is to form the core round the
pulley K, Fig. I, and through the slotted hole N and the open ring S as many
times as required, the ends are then joined together or secured by lapping them
one over another. The end of the strand or material for covering the core having
been carefully wound round the spool or reel T is threaded through reel-
carrier L, pressure disc O, and ring R and finally through the core already in the
machine.
The machine is then set in motion by turning the pulley D to the right
hand, this will cause the core to recede round the pulleys K K 1 K1 whilst
the spool carrier L will carry the strand or material quickly round the core until
the same is covered. The ends of the strand are then to be secured.
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. Constructing and applying endless bands or cords for transmitting power
and for various other purposes substantially as described.
2. Combining, arranging and constructing machinery for making the same
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this First day of October 1897.
W. SANDELL MAPPIN.