A MACHINE FOR LACING, LAPPING, OR BINDING WIRES TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY FOR ROTARY OR OTHER SCREENS, & GENERALLY FOR FASTENING OR BINDING WIRES OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TOGETHER."
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Hayes Cousins, of 7, Broadgate, Lincoln, in the
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City of Lincoln, Draughtsman, for an Invention of A MACHINE FOR LACING,
LAPPING, OR BINDING WIRES TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY FOR ROTARY OR OTHER
SCREENS, & GENERALLY FOR FASTENING OR BINDING WIRES OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES TOGETHER."
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said Charles Hayes Cousins at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 7th June 1880.
CHARLES HAYES COUSINS, of 7, Broadgate, Lincoln, in the City of Lincoln,
Draughtsman. "A MACHINE FOR LACING, LAPPING, OR BINDING WIRES TOGETHER,
ESPECIALLY FOR ROTARY OR OTHER SCREENS, & GENERALLY FOR FASTENING OR
BINDING WIRES OR OTHER SUBSTANCES TOGETHER."
My Invention relates to a machine for lacing, lapping, or binding wires together,
especially for rotary or other screens, & generally for fastening or binding wires
or other substances together; it will be readily understood on reference to the
annexed Drawings.
The machine consists of one or more slide rests Z (by preference 3) travelling on
an ordinary lathe bed A, and moved by means of a screw B working in inside nuts
C (Fig. 2) fastened to the slide rests Z. Each slide rest has fixed upon it an
upright bracket E carrying a spindle D and two cranks D1 and D2, on which
spindle and cranks are keyed respectively a wheel and two pinions.
On the spindle D is also keyed a mitre wheel F which gears into another mitre
wheel F on a horizontal spindle G, which is again geared by mitre wheels to a
vertical spindle H, which is in turn geared by mitre wheels to the main driving
spindle I, which is driven either by hand or by steam power.
J, J, J, are brackets carrying spindles to which are attached respectively &
hook, scissors, and fork, which are used in the manner hereinafter explained. The
wire or other substance having been placed on the bobbin K which is fastened in
its place by means of a bent spindle K¹, is then brought down through a small
bracket L and then through two tubes M and M', which tubes are supported by
small brackets fastened to the slide rests, and thence into position by means of the
curve in the tube M' in front of the rotary or other screen requiring to be laced or
bound.

page_text: The main spindle I on being turned sets in motion by means of the mitre wheels
the whole of the spindles and cranks, and the fork N being attached to the crank
D2 by a connecting rod O¹ pushes the wire through the openings in the rotary or
other screen, and the hook P being by this time moved by the crank D¹ by means
of the connecting rod O enters the next opening between the wires of the rotary
or other screen, and catches the wire and draws it out again. Another hook Q
worked by a couple of mitre wheels attached to the crank D2, and to a lay spindle R
which is supported by means of two brackets R', R2, and having at one end a disc-
crank S to which the hook is itself fastened by means of slotted iron pieces S', then
catches the wire and draws it once more into position for the forks N and the
hook P to repeat the operation.
This operation being repeated one or more times (by preference 5 times) laces,
laps, or binds the wires effectually.
When the wire or other substance has been bound or laced round the wires
a sufficient number of times, the spindle T in the bracket J' to which spindle is
attached a pair of scissors or nippers U is moved forward by means of a pin
fastened to an inside cam V, and the spindle T being thus projected forward
brings the edges of the scissors or nippers together, and cuts the wire at the end
nearest the bobbin. The other end of the wire not however being properly
finished, it leaving a loose end, a second pair of scissors or nippers W attached
to the bent rod W₁ working in the bracket J2 is then moved forward by means
of an outside cam X attached to the outside of the inside cam V, and by being
so projected cuts the remaining end, and leaves the wire or other like substance
or material neatly bound, laced, or lapped round the wire.
This process has to be repeated for every individual wire.
a is a bent lever having a slotted end and working on a fulcrum b. This lever
is attached at one end by means of a rod c to an inside cam d placed under the
inside cam V, and attached at the slotted end by means of a pin fand nut to a
small reste working in a V shaped slide; to this rest e is attached the small
bracket L and the tube M which carry the wire from off the bobbin, the tube M
holding the wire in a state of tension.
The lever a being actuated by means of the inside cam d moves the rest e up and
down the slide y, and thus regulates the quantity of wire required in lacing or
binding. The travel of the rest c can be regulated by means of the pin f, which
works up and down in the slotted end of the bent lever a.
g is a small toothed wheel which if required can be placed between the meshes of
the wires of the rotary or other screen, and travelling with the slide rests Z
accurately pitches the meshes of the screens when the operation of lacing or
binding is taking place.
t (Figs. 3 and 4) is a wooden bar faced with iron and resting on two brackets t¹ ;
its function is to keep the work in position while being laced or bound.
Figure 1 shows in plan one of the slide rests.
Figure 2 shows a side elevation of same with a section of the bed, screw, and
nut, and the mode of fastening the rest to the bed.
Figure 3 is a plan showing the bed with the rests in position, together with the
mode of gearing the same.
Figure 4 shows an end view of the bed with the arrangement for regulating
the travel of the side rests; I* is a lever attached to a pin having fastened to
it a catch k, which catch drops into the teeth of the wheel Z. This lever I* is
attached by means of a link to another link M³, which has a projecting boss
resting on an outside cam o, and the said cam o being actuated by means of
wheels from the driving spindle I moves the lever M², which in its turn moves
the lever I*, and thus the catch k causes the wheel to revolve, and this wheel
gearing into another wheel S2 on the screwed spindle rotates the spindle and
thus moves the slides the required distance.
The space the slide rests require to travel so as to suit the different pitches

page_text: of meshes of the work to be laced can be regulated by moving the link » up or
down in the lever M*.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what manner the
same may be performed, I declare that I claim,―
The machine for lacing, lapping, or binding wires together, especially for rotary
or other screens, and generally for fastening or binding wires or other substances
together, substantially as herein specified and shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Hayes Cousins, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
CHAS. H. COUSINS. (L.S.)