Improvements in Machinery for Barbing and Bending Points of Wires Used for Fish Hook or other Purposes.
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 29th July, 1889-Accepted, 31st Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Barbing and Bending Points of
Wires Used for Fish Hook or other Purposes.
We, ALBERT STRATTON of Woodside House, Bromsgrove Road, Redditch in the
county of Worcester Fish Hook Manufacturer's Manager, and JAMES RUDGE, Pin
Manufacturer, of Edward Street, Redditch do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows :—
The objects of my invention are the bending the points and producing the barbs
on pieces of steel or other wires used in the manufacture of Fish Hooks, and other
barbed articles.
Drawings of my invention will be supplied with complete specification.
My invention consists of a machine in which the pieces of wire are delivered
either from a hopper or by hand on to grooves cut into the rim of a revolving feeding
wheel or drum, which drum is made to revolve by a ratchet motion, by which the
wires are separately carried between two horizontal dies placed as nearly as possible
in a horizontal line with axis of the revolving feeding drums.-One of these dies is
firmly fixed to bed plate in such a position so that the projecting ends of the wires
on feeding drum shall pass over the face of the die into a small groove in the die.
The second die is moveable and fixed in a hinged lever pivoted to the bed, and
actuated by a wedge bolt and shoe worked by a cam on main shaft and by this or
other means carried horizontally against the fixed die thus holding the points
of the wires while the barbing knife advances and cuts the barbs or beards upon
the wires.
The faces of the two dies are either square or made at an acute angle so that at the
same time the points of the wires may be bent back as far as necessary to form the
shape of the point. The machine is arranged so that the dies may be removed and
replaced by dies of any shape according to the kind of bend or barb required.
The wires are held in position on the side of the feeding wheel or drun by a spring
or band until the barbing knife has cut the barb, then by the further revolution of
the wheel the wire is released and another wire brought into position for
barbing.
The barbing or cutter block containing barbing knife is contained in an adjustable
V shaped slide, and the whole of slide and slide plate are fixed to bed plate by
pins working in radial slots to give the various angles to the barb as required.
Cutter block containing Barbing Knife is actuated by rod attached to eccentric
on the main shaft.
When the motion of revolving wheel or drum has carried a wire into the groove
of the fixed die, the forward motion of the moveable die held in hinged lever, grips
the end of the wire against the fixed die, while at same time the barbing knife
advances and cuts the barb, then the barbing knife and hinged lever retire, thus
opening the dies and releasing the wire, while at same time the ratchet motion
carries the wire on and delivers another wire to the dies to be operated upon as before
described.
It may be necessary to vary the shape and direction of motion of the hinged lever
holding the moveable die to properly bend back wires for some kinds of hooks so that
the moveable die may move at an angle to meet fixed die if necessary, but in all cases
to meet so as to form both a grip and bend back wires when required and also to
separate and release wires when barbed.
Though this invention is described as barbing single wires, two or more wires
may be barbed by each forward movement of the machine.
The different movements are actuated by one main shaft.

page_text: The feeding drum is worked by a ratchet wheel moved by a cam.
At each revolution of main shaft the cutter block is moved by a rod attached to
eccentric on main shaft.
The hinged lever carrying moveable die is closed by action of a sliding wedge bolt
and shoe, also worked by a cam on main shaft.
The whole of the actions are made adjustable and the feeding drums made
with different sized grooves so that the machine may be used for different sizes
of wires.
Dated this 30th day of Octoba 1000
ALBERT STRATTON.
JAMES RUDGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Barbing and Bending Points of
Wires Used for Fish Hooks or other Purposes.
We ALBERT STRATTON of Woodside House Bromsgrove Road, Redditch in the
County of Worcester, Fish Hook Manufacturer's Manager and JAMES RUDGE, Pin
Manufacturer of Edward Street, Redditch 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:-
Our invention has for its object, improvement in the bending of the points and
producing the barbs on pieces of steel or other wires used in the manufacture of Fish
Hooks and other barbed articles.
Our invention consists of a machine in which the pieces of wire are delivered either
from a hopper or by hand on to grooves cut into the rim of a revolving feeding wheel
or drum, which drum is made to revolve by a ratchet motion, by which the wires are
separately carried between two horizontal dies, placed as nearly as possible in a
horizontal line with axis of the revolving feeding drum.
One of these dies is firmly fixed to bed plate in such a position that the projecting
ends of the wires on feeding drum shall pass over the face of the die into a small
groove in the die. The second die is moveable, and is fixed in a hinged lever pivoted
to the bed plate and actuated by a wedge bolt and shoe worked by a cam on the main
shaft and so carrying the second die horizontally against the fixed die and thus holding
the ends of the wires while the barbing knife advances and cuts the barbs or beards
upon the wires, as shewn in sketch marked X.
The faces of the dies are either square or made at an acute angle so that at the
same time the points of the wires may be bent back as far as necessary to form the
shape of the point. The machine is arranged so that the dies may be removed and
replaced by dies of any shape according to the kind of bends or barbs required, as
shown in sketch X.
The wires are held in position on the rim of feeding drum by a metal band until
the barbing knife has cut the barb, then by the further revolution of the drum the
wire is released and another wire brought into position for barbing.
The barbing or cutter block containing Barbing Knife is contained in an adjustable
V shaped slide and the whole of slide and slide plate are fixed to bed plate by pins
working in radial slots to give the various angles to the barb as required.
Cutter Block containing Barbing Knife is actuated by a rod attached to eccentric
on main shaft.
When the motion of revolving drum bas carried a wire into the groove of the fixed
dio, the forward motion of the moveable die held in hinged lever forces and holds the
end of the wire against the fixed die while the barbing knife advances and cuts the
barb, then the barbing knife and hinged lever retire, thus opening the dies and releasing
the wire, while at same time the ratchet motion carries the wire on and delivers
another wire to the dies to be operated upon as before described.
Though this invention is described as barbing single wires, two or more wires may
be barbed by each forward movement of the machine.

page_text: The different movements are all actuated by one main shaft.
In order that our invention may be clearly understood we have appended hereunto
a sheet of drawings illustrating the different movements described in this
specification.
"A" is the revolving feeding drum, revolving by the intermittent movement of the
ratchet wheel "AA" and carrying the wires down between the faces of the dies "B
and B²."
The fixed die * B
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is held in position by screw T2"
"
The moveable die "B" is held by screws "T³ & T" in a hinged lever "G
pivoted at G to the bed plate, this is moved into contact with the die "B" by a
wedge bolt "H" and shoe "H" carried forward by a cam K on main shaft and
returned by spring
«M."
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When released by backward movement of wedge bolt, the hinged lover "G" is
brought back by spring "N," thus separating dies and releasing the wires.
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The plate "P" holding cutter block is fixed to bed plate by pins working in radial
slots, and the cutter block "D" is fixed to plate "P" by pins "QQ" working in
radial slots to enable the position of cutter block to be altered as required.
The slide" carrying barbing knife "" is attached to a rod "(13” working
through slot "S" in cutter block and connected by a ball joint "T" to a rod "F, F='
and worked by an eccentric "F" on main shaft.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what wo
claim is :-
1st. The combination in machinery by which the wires are carried in succession
by feeding drum to two horizontal dies fixed in line with the axis of the drum.
2nd. The arrangement of the fixed die and of the moveable die, and of the
arrangement by which the pair of dies are used for holding and shaping the points
of the wires and then releasing them by the mechanical opening of the dies.
3rd. The harbing knife carried by slide in adjustable cutter block and actuated by
rod worked substantially as herein described.
Lastly. The combination of the parts claimed and arranged into a machine for the
purpose of barbing and shaping the points of wires for Fish Hooks and other barbed
articles substantially as illustrated in enclosed drawing and described in this
specification.
Dated this 27th day of July 1889.
ALBERT STRATTON.
JAMES RUDGE.