Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Aug., 1887
Complete Left, 31st May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 6th July, 1888
I WILLIAM PELHAM BULLIVANT of 72 Mark Lane in the City of London Wire
Rope and Netting Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to
be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to provide an apparatus for winding or rolling wire
netting by power much more compactly than can be done by winding by band as
hitherto practised.
According to my Invention I mount in a suitable framing a spindle upon which
the netting is wound. This spindle is rotated at a variable speed as hereinafter
explained. Above and below or on opposite sides of this spindle are two rollers or
bearers which embrace between them and are pressed against the roll of wire being
wound. These rollers or bearers are pressed against the netting by means of weighted
levers centred to fulcra on the framing or by springs. As the netting is wound and
the size of the roll increases it is necessary when the wire is drawn by the machine
from a galvanizing bath to correspondingly vary the speed of rotation of the spindle
so as to equalize the circumferential speed of the netting. This may be effected by
means of a double cone arrangement the cones being reversely placed. The one cono
is driven from the prime mover (such as a steam engine) and drives the other conc
through a belt and the spindle on which the netting is wound is driven from this cone.
As the winding proceeds a band shifter traverses the band along the cones so that it
moves from the large diameter to the small diameter of the one and reversely on the
other. This band shifter can be shifted by means of a screw rotated from the other
paris in any suitable manner.
By the proportions of the cones, the pitch of the screw and the adjustment of the
devices for driving it the apparatus can be arranged so that the netting is wound at
a constant speed from beginning to end of the process. The weighted rollers or
bearers hereinbefore described cause the netting to be wound very compactly and a
roll of a given length of netting thus wound occupies very much less space than has
hitherto been the case.

page_text: An Apparatus for Winding or Rolling Wire Netting.
I, WILLIAM PELHAM BULLIVANT of 72 Mark Lane in the City of London, Wire
rope and netting 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 :-
The object of my Invention is to provide an apparatus for winding or rolling wire
netting by power much more compactly than can be done by winding by hand as
hitherto practised.
I will describe my Invention with reference to the accompanying drawings Figure 1
of which represents in side elevation and Figure 2 in plan an apparatus constructed
and arranged according to my Invention. A is a spindle upon which the netting is to
be wound. This spindle is mounted in bearings a in the framings B and is rotated
at a variable speed as the netting is being wound as hereinafter explained. Above
and below (or on opposite sides of this spindle) are two rollers or bearers C which
embrace between them and press against the roll A2 of wire netting being wound.
These rollers or bearers C are pressed against the netting by means of weighted
levers D centred at D to the framings B of the apparatus or if desired springs may
be employed instead of the said levers. The drawing represents the wire netting as
being galvanized before being rolled E being the vessel containing the galvanizing
metal and provided with a roller F in the interior beneath which the wire netting
passes through the galvanizing bath and thence over a roller G past the side guides
to the winding apparatus. As the netting is being wound and the size of the roll A
increases it is necessary in order to subject the netting to the proper action of the
bath to decrease the speed of rotation of the spindle so as to equalize the circum-
ferential speed of the roll of netting. To effect the variation in the speed of the roll
I employ an arrangement of speed cones H H2-The cone H is driven by a band I'
from the prime mover (such as a steam Engine) and drives the other cone H² through
a belt or band I and the spindle A on which the netting is wound is driven from this
cone H2 by the gearing K or otherwise. As the winding proceeds the band I is
traversed along the cones H H2 by the band shifter L from the large diameter to the
small diameter of the one cone and reversely on the other. This band shifter may be
operated as shewn by means of a screw M rotated from the spindle A by means of
the band and pulleys M2 or from other suitable part of the apparatus at the required
speed to impart to the band shifter L the necessary motion to vary the speed of
rotation of the spindle A.
By properly proportioning the cones H H2 and the pitch of the screw M and
adjusting the devices for driving the said screw the apparatus can be arranged so that
the netting is wound at a constant surface speed from beginning to end of the process
whilst the weighted or spring rollers or bearers C by pressing on the roll of netting
cause it to be wound very compactly so that a roll of a given length of netting

page_text: wound by means of this apparatus occupies less space than is the case with rolls
otherwise wound.
When this apparatus is employed for winding wire netting that has already been
galvanized or finished or when the regulation of the speed for winding is not important,
the speed regulating device hereinbefore described may be dispensed with and the
pressing rods or bars only employed for compressing the roll as it is being wound.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the naturo of the said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what 1
claim is:
:-
First. In apparatus for winding or rolling wire netting the combination with the
spindle on which the netting is to be wound of pressing bars or rollers arranged to
operate on the roll of netting as it is being wound substantially as and for the purpose
hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Second. In apparatus for winding or rolling wire netting means for regulating the
speed of rotation of the spindle upon which the netting is wound substantially as and
for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Third. The general combination and arrangement of parts constituting an apparatus
for winding or rolling wire netting as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
accompanying drawings whether the galvanizing bath be used therewith or not.
Dated this 31st day of May 1888