Improved Machine for Producing Corrugated Wire.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1891-Accepted, 25th July, 1891
DI MULTICATION.
Improved Machine for Producing Corrugated Wire.
I, CARL SCHOLL of Goppingen in the German Empire, 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 :-
Fig. 1 in the annexed drawing is a sectional view of my improved machine for
producing corrugated wire.
Fig. 2 plan.
Fig. 3 end clevation.
Fig. 2 plan of certain details hereafter described.
Figs. 4, 5, and 6 diagrams indicating the manner in which corrugations of various
forms may be produced.
b
In all the figures, similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
The guide block, or equivalent device (a) through which the wire to be
corrugated is fed, is fixed to a sliding or travelling carriage supported at each
end on axes or spindles c. c. and operated by the to and fro motion of lever d
pivotted on bolt or stud e. The movement of lever d is effected by switch f. f. the
ends of which are respectively in contact with cams g. g' rotated by shaft / upon
which they are mounted. The shaft is driven by hand wheel or pulley as
required. The toothed wheel i on axis is caused to revolve by ratchet wheel /
actuated by pawl m on lever n. The lever n centred on axis o, has intermittent
movement imparted to it by the pin p on shaft so that at every turn of the
driving wheel and consequently of shaft h, the pawl m and ratchet are thrown
alternately in and out of gear and the toothed wheel i on axis k is simultaneously
rotated, drawing forward around or between its teeth the wire which is fed through
the guide block a.
The rotation of shaft h likewise gives motion to cams g. 9', causing switch f. f.
to sway lever d to and fro, and thus carry the travelling carriage b holding
guide block a from side to side of the toothed or corrugating wheel i. The
extent of the to and fro motion of lever d is regulated by the pin or bolt
sliding in the slot s in said lever d. The wire, after passing around the teeth
of the corrugating wheel is delivered through the slots or equivalent devices
fixed to bracket t. The passage of the wire around the teeth of the corrugating
wheel during the operation is further illustrated by the diagrams Figs. 4, 5
and 6. Any particular form or size of corrugation required in the wire under
treatment may be produced by simply changing the toothed wheel or pinion i,
which may if desired be substituted, as indicated by Fig. 6, by a wheel having
round or other shaped pins in its periphery instead of teeth as in Figs. 4 and 5.
In Fig. 5, the guide block a, through the bore of which the wire passes, is
represented in both positions to show the extent of its to and fro movement,
being in dotted lines on one side of wheel i and in full on the opposite side.
To prevent the wire being displaced from wheel during the operation of
corrugating, the shield or cover (shown in section in Figs. 1 and 3) is used.
The way in which the shield t is affixed in place is represented in the detail
view Fig. 24.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(1) In an improved machine for producing corrugated wire, the guide block or
equivalent fooding dovico (
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page_text: by lever d switch and cams g g substantially as hereinbefore described and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
(2) In an improved machine for producing corrugated wire, the corrugating
pinion or toothed wheel rotating through ratchet and pawl m operated by
lever alternately in and out of contact with pins on driving shaft /, substantially
as hereinbefore described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
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(3) The improved machine for corrugating wire, substantially as hereinbefore
described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
Dated 8th June 1891.
BONNE & Co.,
57, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicant.