Year: 1885

page_text: I, PIERRE AMBJORN COMTE DE SPARRE of 1 Boulevard St Denis, Paris, France,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists of a novel machine for tying or connecting Jacquard
cards with an intermittent circular or rectilinear movement and at unequal
distances according to the distance of the holes and the width of the cards. The
characteristic feature of the machine is the combination of levers and cams for
starting and stopping the principal parts of the machine with two wheels having
teeth of unequal size, these wheels being fixed one against another but with their
teeth in opposite directions."
By means of this combination I can tie or connect a number of Jacquard cards
whatever be their width and the distance of their tying holes.
The machine is constructed as follows:-The frame has at its lower part a
treadle for actuating a fly wheel shaft on which a pulley is keyed; this pulley
communicates the motion by a belt to another pulley fixed at the upper part of
the frame on the shaft of the tying devices. These tying devices are each
composed of a plate having a small apparatus for gripping the string or cord; this
string gripper consists of a blade rounded at its lower part and fixed on the slide
supporting the needle. When the needle with its slide descends to pass through
the cards the rounded part of the blade presses against and pushes back a pivoted
piece over which the string, which comes from a pulley, passes; the pivoted piece
in its turn presses against another piece held by a spring and capable of sliding;
the string is thus gripped and consequently offers the necessary resistance to enable
an arm under the action of a spring to cause the thread carrier to give out string
while the cards are displaced by the discs hereinafter described which conduct them
to their pins. The plates of the tying devices are traversed by the main shaft ;_on
this shaft are toothed wheels gearing with others that actuate the needles. The
wheels on the main shaft are held thereon by forks fixed by screws and which can
be made to slide so as to put the wheels out of gear when it is wished to stop one
or more of the tying devices according to whether the cards to be tied are more or
less long.
The card carrier consists of a cylinder formed of a number of the discs above
referred to having on their periphery pins (pitons) similar to those on the
Jacquard cylinder. Between each pair of these discs are blades which, fixed in the

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frame, descend at the side of the cylinder shaft and form a continuation of
the slide or guide way of the plate in which the needle carrier slide travels.
this cylinder shaft are keyed the two wheels herein before mentioned which have
teeth of unequal size; their teeth are in sets of three of which two are small and
one is large; the length of these teeth is calculated exactly according to the
distance of the tying holes and the width of the cards.
The card carrying apparatus is supported by a double lever of which one portion
is fitted with a handle and with a hook which hooks to the lower part of the
frame and fixes the position of the cylinder in the apparatus. The other portion
of the double lever carries a weight which when the hook just mentioned is
disengaged from the frame balances the weight of the cylinder and reestablishes
equilibrium so that the apparatus can be drawn forwards to enable the cards to be
taken out or the string carriers changed.
The cards before being tied or connected are piled in a drawer in the frame of
the machine; this drawer has at the lower part a movable pusher and an opening
just of the thickness and length of a card through which the cards are pushed one
at a time by the pusher; each end falls on a plate which is then lifted so as to
bring it against the card carrying cylinder.
There is a lever having a finger or projection which takes into cams and effects
the displacement of the cylinder so as to allow of the tying holes being brought
opposite the needles.
On the last mentioned plate which is hollowed in order that it may bring the
card well against the round surface of the disc are pins corresponding exactly with
those on the discs, but the pins of the plate can be moved back. by means of a
coiled spring and strap so that when a cord has been placed on the pins of the
plate and this has been pushed against the discs of the cylinder the pins of the discs
which are fixed push back those of the plate and take up the card so as to bring it
under the needles.
The finger is controlled by an arm fixed on the shaft of the plate so that when
this is pushed against the discs the cylinder is brought into the circular part of the
cam at the same time that a prolongation of the slide that carries the finger puts
into gear by means of a connecting rod two wheels which then start the machine;
the movement continues until the finger is thrown out by a part of the cain which
causes the reverse movement of the finger slide and therefore throws the two
wheels above named out of gear and stops the machine. This operation is repeated
every time a card is brought against the discs.
By this arrangement the most inexperienced person can work this machine for it
never moves faster than the worker's expertness allows; but for the same reason
it can tie cards as fast as the worker can introduce them into the machine.
The wheels that have teeth of unequal size are actuated by three pauls or clicks
carried by levers; two of them catch the teeth and the other pushes them.
Dated this 16th day of December 1885.
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page_text: I PIERRE AMBJORN COMTE DE SPARRE, of 1 Boulevard St Denis, Paris, France,
Engineer 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 consists of a novel machine for tying or connecting Jacquard
cards with an intermittent circular or rectilinear movement and at unequal
distances according to the distance of the holes and the width of the cards. The
characteristic feature of the machine is the combination of levers and cams for
starting and stopping the principal parts of the machine with two wheels having
teeth of unequal size these wheels being fixed one against another but with their
teeth in opposite directions.
By means of this combination I can tie or connect a number of Jacquard cards
whatever be their width and the distance of their tying holes.
The annexed drawings represent a machine constructed according to my inven-
tion. Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of the machine, and Figure 2 a plan.
Figure 3 is a side elevation, partly sectional, the tying devices being supposed
removed. Figure 4 is a side view of the plate of one of the tying devices fixed to
the upper part of the frame and furnished with an arrangement of string gripper
hereinafter described. Figures 5, 6 and 7 are views on a larger scale of one of
the wheels with unequal teeth and of the two cams for starting and stopping the
mechanism.
The frame a has at its lower part a treadle 6 for actuating a fly wheel c, on the
shaft of which a pulley d is keyed; this pulley communicates the motion by a
belt f to another pulley g, fixed at the upper part of the frame a on the shaft of
the tying devices. These tying devices are each composed of a plate having
a small apparatus for gripping the string or cord; this string gripper consists of
a blade i rounded at its lower part and fixed on the slide j supporting the needle.
When the needle with its slide descends to pass through the cards the rounded
part of the blade i presses against and pushes back a piece k pivoted at k¹, over
which piece the string, which comes from a pulley 1, passes; the piece k in its turn
presses against another piece m held by a spring n and capable of sliding; the
string is thus gripped and consequently offers the necessary resistance to enable
an arm Y under the action of a spring Y¹ to cause the string carrier to give out
string while the cards are displaced by the discs 8, 8, hereinafter described which
conduct them to their pins (pitons). The plates h of the tying devices are traversed
by the main shaft o; on this shaft are toothed wheels p gearing with others p¹
that actuate the needles. The wheels p are held on the shaft by forks q fixed by
screws q and which can be made to slide so as to put the wheels out of gear when
it is wished to stop one or more of the tying devices according to whether the
cards to be tied are more or less long.
The card carrier consists of a cylinder r formed of a number of the discs 8, 8
above referred to having on their periphery pins (pitons) similar to those on the
cylinder of a jacquard machine. Between each of these discs 8, s are blades S¹,

page_text: which, fixed in the frame, descend at the side of the cylinder shaft t and form a
continuation of the slide or guide way of the plate h in which the needle carrier
slide travels. On this cylinder shaft t are keyed the two wheels u, u¹ which
have teeth of unequal size; their teeth are in sets of three of which two are small
and one is large; the two small teeth are calculated so as to bring the tying holes.
of the cards exactly under the needles of the tying devices and the large tooth
precisely represents the free space or interval between the holes, that is to say:
that the small teeth correspond to two holes, then there is an interval represented
by the large tooth, then two holes again, a similar space, and so on. The needles
pass through the holes and with the string carriers stitch the cards together the
action being like that of a sewing machine.
The card carrying apparatus is supported by a double lever of which one
portion y is fitted with a handle and with a hook a which hooks to the
lower part of the frame a and fixes the position of the cylinder r in the apparatus.
The other portion of the double lever carries a weight ¹ which, when the hook x
is disengaged from the frame, balances the weight of the cylinder and reestablishes
equilibrium so that the apparatus can be drawn forwards to enable the cards to be
taken out or the string carriers changed.
The cards before being tied or connected are piled in a drawer A in the frame a
of the machine; this drawer has at the lower part a movable pusher and an
opening just of the thickness and length of a card and through which the cards are
pushed one at a time by the pusher; each card falls on a plate B which is then
lifted so as to bring it against the card carrying cylinder r.
An arm or lever E³ and a sliding rod D carry respectively the fingers E and E
which take into the cams F and F¹ and effect the displacement of the cylinder so
as to allow of the tying holes being brought opposite the needles.
On the plate B which is hollowed in order that it may bring the card well
against the round surface of the discs 8, 8 are pins corresponding exactly with
those on these discs, but the pins of the plate B can be moved back by means of a
coiled spring and strap so that when a card has been placed on the pins of the
plate and this has been pushed against the discs of the cylinder the pins of the
discs which are fixed push back those of the plate and take up the card so as to
bring it under the needles.
The finger E' is fixed on the arm or lever E³ and this is fixed on the shaft C of
the plate B (see Figure 3) and worked by it so that when this plate is pushed
against the discs 8, 8 the finger E is brought into the circular part of the cam F at
the same time that a prolongation of the sliding rod D which carries the finger E
taking into the cam FI pushes by means of a link or piece E¹ the rod E¹¹ which in
turn pushes the discs L keyed on the shaft o, puts in gear the wheels L and L¹ and
starts the acting parts of the machine by thus connecting then with the driving
power. These parts continue in action until the finger E is thrown out by the
part H of the cam F. At this instant the sliding rod D being drawn back by its
finger E which is no longer in the groove effects a movement the reverse of the
former movement, that is to say: that in receding it draws back the rod E" and
consequently the discs L* and moves the wheels L and L¹ out of gear and the
machine is therefore stopped. It must be understood that it is only the acting
parts of the machine that stop, all the rest continuing the movement; the active
parts including the tying devices are not put into motion again until the wheels L
and L are again brought into contact; this occurs when the plate B is again
applied against the discs 8, 8, and the fingers E and E enter the grooves of the
cams F; F. This operation is repeated every time a card is brought against the
discs 8, 8.
By this arrangement the most inexperienced person can work this machine for
it never moves faster than the worker's expertness allows; but for the same reason
it can tie cards as fast as the worker can introduce them into the machine.
The wheels u, u are actuated by three pauls or clicks M, N, O, the paul M
being mounted on the centre D' and the pauls N and O being carried by levers P; R

page_text: which have a counterweight at P¹; the pauls M and N catch the teeth of the two
wheels u, u respectively and the other O moves them by acting on the teeth of
the wheel u, that is to say that when the plate B is applied against the discs 8, 8
and the machine is set in motion the spring P of the paul O yields and allows the
lever P to turn on its pivot with the aid of the weight P¹, the lever R being drawn
with it. At this moment and in consequence of this movement the paul N no
longer takes into the teeth of u' and the paul O, actuated by the lever P, moves
the wheels making them turn the distance of one tooth upwards; then the paul
descends, takes hold of the next tooth, causes it to turn, this movement going on
until the time the tying devices stop as has been explained. The paul M acts as
a stop paul. The paul N and the wheel u¹ into the teeth of which it takes,
prevent the impulse given to the wheel u by the paul O from carrying this wheel
too far; this is essential to ensure that the hole of the Jacquard card shall always
come opposite the needle; the paul N comes against the proper tooth of u¹ exactly
when the paul O has moved the wheels u, u¹ the required distance.
The vertical shaft Z moved by the gearing Z communicates under the table
with the ordinary connecting rod V of the tying devices which actuates the thread
carriers by giving them a to and fro movement by means of the rod V¹.
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 :-
The machine constructed and acting substantially as hereinbefore described and
represented in the annexed drawings for tying or connecting Jacquard cards.