CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PINS AND NEEDLES
Year: 1833

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, DANIEL
LEDSAM and WILLIAM JONES, both of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Screw Manufacturers, send greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth,
by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date
at Westminster, the Twenty-first day of November, in the fourth year of
His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto
us, the said Daniel Ledsam and William Jones, His especial licence, full
power, sole privilege and authority, that we, the said Daniel Ledsam and
William Jones, our exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as we, the
said Daniel Ledsam and William Jones, our exors, adiñors, or assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, our Invention of "CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY TO BE
USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF PINS AND NEEDLES;" in which said Letters Patent
is contained a proviso that we, the said Daniel Ledsam and William Jones,
or one of us, shall cause a particular description of the nature of our said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in
His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months next
and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as
in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large
appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW VE, that in compliance with the said provice, we, the said
Daniel Ledsam and William Jones, do hereby describe the nature of our
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and
carried into effect, are fully described and ascertained in and by the following
description thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
Daniel Ledsam and William Jones, do hereby describe the nature of our
said Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed and
carried into effect, are fully described and ascertained in and by the following
description thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
Our Invention consists,-
First, in a peculiar arrangement of machinery for carrying pins for pointing;
and secondly, in a peculiar arrangement of machinery for carrying needle shafts
for receiving points, as will be hereafter fully described.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 represents a side view of a machine for making pins, having our
improvements applied thereto; Figure 2 is an end view thereof; Figure 3 is
a plan, and Figure 4 is a transverse section for the purpose of showing some
of the parts more clearly than they can be seen in the other Figures; and we
would here observe that we have marked the same parts of the machinery in
each of these Figures of the Drawings with the same letters of reference,
as is also the case in the detached views of various parts shown in separate
Figures hereafter to be mentioned; A, A, being the principal framing of the
machine; B, the main shaft or axes turning in proper bearings at each side of
the machine, as shown in the Drawing; C is a fly wheel on the main shaft
or axes B, there being two pulleys formed one on each side of this flywheel,
the pulley D being the driving pulley, which receives motion by a strap or band
from any first mover, and communicates such motion to the various parts of
the machine, as will be hereafter described. E is the other pulley which is
formed on the flywheel; this. pulley E, by means of a strap or band, commu-
nicates motion to the small pulley F, which is affixed on the axes G of the
large pulley G, and, by means of a strap or band, this pulley G gives motion
to the small pulley H on the axis of the rotatory file or mill I. This rotatory
file or mill produces the points to the pins, as will be hereafter fully described.
Considerable nicety is requisite in the adjustment of this part of the machinery,
we will therefore enter into a full description of the various parts for adjusting
the rotary file or mill I; and in doing so we shall refer more particularly to
Figures 5, 6, and 7, which represent the parts on an enlarged scale, though at
the same time their positions in the machine will be found in Figures 1, 2, 3,
and 4 by the same figures and letters of reference; (1) being the frame or
box which contains the file or mill I; (2) is a projection cast or formed at the
bottom of the frame or box (1), having a hole accurately cut in it, through

page_text: which the spindle (3), (which carries the file or mill) passes. On the spindle
(3) at its lower end is cut a screw, and by means of the nut (4), (which it
will be seen is permitted to turn, but is held stationery as to position by the
plate (5) at the bottom of the projection (2),) the spindle (3) may be raised or
lowered. The spindle (3) being cylindrical is capable of turning in order to
further adjustment, and is retained in any position by the set screw 9. On
the top of the spindle (3) is applied the frame (6) which carries the file or
mill I, the mill I turning on two points (7, 7) passing through the ears
of the frame 6, and this frame (6) is capable of an adjustment by means of
the screw and nut (8) which passes through an eye formed at the top of the
spindle (3), the screw (8) having a cylindrical shoulder so far as is contained
within the eye in the spindle (3), thus the frame can turn round within the
eye and cause the mill or file I to stand in the position required, but there is a
still farther arrangement for adjustment of the position of the spindle (3),
and this is performed by the bottom of the box (1) being made capable of
sliding, there being slots cut in the bottom through which the screws (10)
pass and screw into nuts or ears (1, 1) formed on the sides of the frame or
box (1). In Figure 5 it will be seen that the rotatory mill or file I is made
up of two surfaces; the smaller or raised part is that which first acts upon the
pin and makes a very short point; the pin then passes over the remainder of
the mill or file I, by which the metal is only removed from the sides of the
pin, making a long cone to the point which has been already prepared by the
first operation; and this is very material to the production of good points to
pins, the points very much resembling those made by hand.
Having given this full description of the adjustment of this part of the
machinery, we shall hereafter only speak of it generally as the mill or file I.
On the main shaft B is affixed a bevelled toothed wheel J which takes into and
drives the toothed wheel K affixed on the shaft L, which shaft turns on two
points, as shown in the Drawing in the Figures 1 and 2. On the upper part of
the shaft L is affixed another bevelled toothed wheel M, which takes into and
drives the bevelled toothed wheel N, which is affixed on the shaft O, this shaft
turning in bearings (0, 0), one of which bearings is in the framing A, the other
attached to the box (1), the shaft O running through the box (1). P is a
screw affixed on the shaft O; this screw takes into and drives the toothed wheel
Q affixed on the shaft or axes S, which shaft or axes turns on the points s,
as shewn in the Drawings.
We now
come to the main feature of our Invention, that is, the
manner in which the pin is conveyed to the pointing mill I; and in
describing this part of the machinery we again more particularly direct

page_text: attention to Figures 5, 6, and 7, where the various parts are shown on an
enlarged scale. R is a wheel keyed on the shaft S, and turning with it.
The construction of this wheel will be more evident by observing Figure 7,
where all the parts are shewn in section, and the manner of combining them
will be readily understood. T, T, are two toothed rings of metal one on each
side of the wheel R, which turn on the shoulders r, r, formed on the wheel R,
they being capable of turning independant of that wheel. U is a collar
formed on the shaft or axes S, and V is a nut which screws on to the screw
formed on the end of the shaft S. W is a circular disc or wheel, also on the
shaft S, on the periphery of which is cut a groove into which the heads of the
pins enter, and are pressed into shape when they come between the plate X,
which is cut to the curve of the disc or wheel W, the face of this plate having
a corresponding groove to that on the wheel W, consequently by the revolu-
tion of the wheels or toothed rings T, T (a pin being between each tooth,
as hereafter described), the pins will be brought round, and the heads will
revolve within the grooves formed on the wheel W and the plate X, and the
required degree of pressure adjusted by means of the screw (13) turning
through a nut formed on the projection (14) affixed to the framing A, the
screw 15 acting as a fulcrum on which the plate X turns, and this plate is
capable of moving nearer to or further from the wheel W by having a hold
cut for the sorew. Y is a toothed wheel turning with the shaft S. It will
be readily seen, on looking at the Drawing Figures 5, 6, and 7, that the
toothed wheel Y is first placed on the shaft S, and comes against the face of
the collar U; the circular disc or wheel W is next put on the axes, then the
wheel R, having first placed the toothed rings T, T, in their places, the plate
or washer Z is then to be placed on the axes or shaft S, and then the screw
nut V, by which the whole will be securely held in their places (they being
also keyed to the shaft) between the collar and the screw; but the wheel R, the
wheel or disc W, and the toothed wheels Y revolve at the same rate, and are
consequently securely fixed together by means of four screws, as shewn in
the Drawing, the toothed rings T, T, being capable of turning independently
of those parts and at a different speed, the wheel Y taking into a pinion a
having two small toothed wheels b, b, affixed to it by rivets, as shewn, which
drive the toothed rings T, T; the pinion a and the wheels b, b, turn on the
pin c as an axis, this pin c being affixed in the socket d, which is attached to
the standente of the framing A, the pin c being affixed in the required
position by the set screw f, for it will be evident that in order to vary the
machine to the length of pin required it will be necessary to vary the distance
of the rings T, T, from each other, and also the wheels b, b, and this would

page_text: require a greater or lesser length of pin c, and this is the object of having this
pin capable of sliding within the socket d to encrease or diminish its length.
g is a table on to which the pins are placed by the incoming wire through the
dies, so that the pin at the time of being laid on the table is after the head has
been formed, and the dies brought up to receive further wire. h is a sliding
pusher which is caused to push a pin between the teeth of the rings T at each
revolution of the main shaft B of the machine; this pusher is retained on the
table g by a dovetail mortice and tenon (seen in the end view of it, Figure 1).
In a projection on the pusher h is cut an inclined slit i (on the upwright 50),
so that by the rising and falling of the pin or stud j the pusher is forced back-
wards and forwards, as will be hereafter described, and thus pushes the pin
lying on the table between the teeth of the rings T. k is a spring, that part
which presses on the table g being formed to an angle (see Figure 5); the pin
being placed on the table is pushed forward by the end of the pusher, and
forced under the spring, the spring preventing the pin being pushed other
than parallel to the axes S, which might otherwise happen. I is a strap of
wash leather made fast to the table g, as shewn in Figure 5, and is passed
under the wheel R, thence over a pin or bearing, and is drawn tight by the
screw and nut m; and n is a belt or strip of wash leather affixed around the
wheel R, and consequently turns with it. By this means, the pins being
between the two surfaces of wash leather, the revolution of one of those surfaces
causes the pins to revolve, and thus offering different surfaces to the mill I;
and at the same time the heads of the pins revolve, and are carried forward
between the wheel W and the plate X, and within the grooves formed thereon,
by which the heads are finished. On to the main shaft B is affixed a cam
or wiper o, having two projections o' and o2, which act against the lever t
successively, for the purpose of forcing up the head of the pin, the lever t
having its fulcrum at v, as shewn by dotted lines at Figure 1, w being the head
of the lever t, there being a screw u for the purpose of affixing and adjusting
the face of the head which forces up the punches r¹ and ², r¹ being the cylinder
on which the punches r¹ and r² are fixed, the cylinder r slides within the
socket or barrel p, the barrel p being held and adjusted by the screws q, q,
passing through the frames or straps.
Figure 8 shows a detached view of the parts in section by which the head
5 of the pin is formed. The cylinder rit will be seen is hollow, containing
one of the punches which lies within the short tube x, the mouth of which
should be but just large enough for receiving the wire which is to form the
head of the pin. The rod y is for the purpose of forcing up the punch r, and
this rod is brought back by means of a coiled spring. At one end of the

page_text: rod y is formed a screw on which is screwed a nut z by which the spring
is more or less condensed. (15) is another rod within the cylinder r
which acts against the rod y, as will be hereafter described; (16) is a
screw formed on the rod (15) for adjustment; this screw (16) passes
through the nut (17) which is capable of sliding a short distance within
the end of the cylinder r, and is then stopped by the sholder (18) of the
nut, which slides within the end of the cylinder r, there being a screw to
prevent the spring forcing it too far out (see Figure 8); (19) is a spiral
spring attached to the screw (20), affixed to the cylinder r, there being a slit
or slot cut on the under part of the barrel p, which admits of the screw
head (20) sliding; the other end of the spring (19) is attached to a hook (21)
screwed into the socket or barrel p. The punch is contained within a
short tube (22) on the upright (23), affixed to the upright parts, in which
slide the cutting and holding dies, hereafter described. The first action
of the lever t, when acted on by the wipers o, is to force up the tube x
over the curve, and till the tube x arrives at the dies between which the
wire is held, these dies being countersunk to the form of the head, and
the end of the tube x is a little concave, and the continued action of the
wiper overcomes the spiral springs and forces up the rod y, and consequently
the punch r', and thus drives the wire into the recess formed by the counter-
sinking of the dies. So soon as the lever t leaves the cylinder r, the spiral
springs force back the rod y, the punch remaining in the place to which it
was forced till the next coming wire forces it into the tube x. 24 is a hank
of wire held on the frame (25), the uprights (26) of which are capable of
being moved to or from the centre by means of screws; and this frame (25)
turns freely on the standard (27), which standard may be moved nearer to or
farther from the machine, as shewn in Figures 1 and 3.
The wire passes
from the hank between the ends of the plates or points 28, which have
grooves or notches at the end in which the wire lies; and they are capable
of adjustment, they being affixed on the cross bars of a sort of lazy-tongs
apparatus, and as that is distended or contracted the wire will be more or less
bent in its progress, the cross bars being adjustable by the set screw (29), by
this means the wire is straightened. We prefer this apparatus to the ordinary
fixed points, in consequence of the ready adjustment which is desirable, as
different wire requires more or less bending in its progress to be straightened.
Under this straightening apparatus is placed a pair of pliars (30), the chaps
standing at right angles, so as to rise sufficiently high above the machine to
draw the wire through the straightening plate. These pliars are shewn
separately at Figure 9 (31), (31), being two links, having a joint (32), by

page_text: which means the two limbs of the pliars are connected and worked. The
joint 32 having a link (33) with two set screws, by which it is attached to
the end of the lever (34), which has its fulcrum at (35). The fulcrum
being capable of adjustment (by changing the hole through which it passes
in the framing, and also that in the lever, and increasing or decreasing the
length of leverage beyond the fulcrum, and consequently the quantity of
wire drawn in by the pliars. (35') is a connecting rod worked by an
excentric on the main shaft B. This excentric cannot be shewn, excepting
in Fig. 2, but it merely performs the part of working the lever (34) to and
fro, for bringing up the wire. The pliars (30) are attached by the pin on
which they move to a plate (36), which slides between the guides (37), (37),
there being a hole for the passage of the end of the lever (34). It will be
evident, as the pliars (30) are made to recede by lever (34), the chaps will
open and leave bold of the wire and pass along it; but immediately on the
pliars being made to approach the dies which cut off the wire, (the links
(31), (31), will close the chaps (30), and cause them to hold the wire fast
between them, and draw it off the hank a length equal to that which the
pliars travel, and that, as before observed, will depend on the length of the
lever on each side of the fulcrum. (38) is a sliding socket on the lever (34),
and attached by a moveable joint to the connecting rod (351). After having
adjusted the length of leverage beyond the fulcrum, then a still nicer adjust-
ment may be made by sliding the socket (38) on the lever (34); and when
the proper adjustment is obtained, the same is retained by the set screw on
the socket (38). On the main shaft B is affixed two excentrics (39) and
(40), which work in a frame (41) and (42), the excentric (39) acting on
the part of the frame (41), and the excentric (40) acting on the part (42).
The frame (41), (42), is connected to a lever (43), which has its fulcrum at
(44). To this lever is attached the upright rod (46), which works the dies
for cutting and holding the wire. On the top of the rod (46) is formed a
branch piece (47), standing at right angles to the rod, having a cylindrical
opening formed therein, through which passes the screw (48), which is adjust-
able as to height by the screw nuts (49), (49). The screw (48) forms part
of the upright (50); at the bottom part of this upright is formed a projection
(51) at right angles, there being a female screw cut in this projection through
which the screw (52) works. (53) is a slide sliding in a dovetail groove in
the upright framing (54). This slide (53) carries the top half of the die
(55), by which the wire is cut and held. The slide (53) is connected to the
upright (50) by the cross head (56), and the screws and screw nuts (57).
The pin j, as before mentioned, is affixed, yet capable of adjustment, by a

page_text: slot cut in the upright (50), the pin j being affixed by a nut to the upright
(50), and rises and falls with it. It should be observed that the wire passes
through a steel plate, against which the sliding die works, so that when the
wire bas been fed in, the descent of the sliding die 55 cuts off the length of
wire which is securely held between the two parts of the sliding die, till the
head is formed in like manner to my former Patent, the Specification of which
was enrolled on the Twenty-second day of June, One thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two. The screw 52 works the slide 58, and the slide 58 having
the lower half of the die (55) on to the screw, (52) is a nut (59), having
a projecting lever (60); this projecting lever works within an inclined slot
cut in a plate (61), affixed to the framing of the machine, as shewn in the
Drawing. The nut (59), having been properly adjusted, is made fast to the
screw (52) by the set screw (62).
Having now described the various parts, and manner of combining the
same, I will proceed to descride the manner of action; first observing that
the various parts in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4, are shewn just as the wire is
about to be fed into the machine. Rotatory motion being communicated to
the main shaft B, will cause the lever (34) to work the pliars towards the
dies, and force through a length of wire equal to the intended pin, with an
additional quantity equal to that to be forced up for the head. By the
--revolution of the main shaft the excentric (40), during the time of feeding
in the wire, will pass from a to b, (see Figure 10), and retain the frame
(41), (42), in the same position, as also the lever (43). By continuing the
motion to the main shaft, the point c (Figure 10) of the eccentric (39), will
come in contact with the frame (41) and depress it; by this means, the sliding
dies cut off the wire from the fixed die, as before described, and the length
of wire will be carried down and held in such a position as to receive the
action of the punch r¹, see Fig. 8, which is shewn just in this position. By
the descent of the lever (43), the projecting lever (60) descends down the
inclined plain, and causes the screw (52) to turn and rise a short distance,
by which the sliding dies are made to hold the wire more securely during the
time the heading is going on, and so long as it is in the lower part of the
slot (61), the two parts of the die (55) are held together; the wiper o¹ drives
up the lever t during the time that the eccentric (39) is travelling from c to d
on the frame 41. The main shaft continuing its rotation, the eccentric (40)
at the point e comes in contact with the projection f of the frame (42), by
which the frame will be lifted a distance from the punch r¹ to the punch.
And during the time that the eccentric (40) is travelling from e to g (see
Figure 10), the wiper o² forces up the lever t, and consequently the punch

page_text: It will be seen that both punches are forced up each time of working the
lever t, but only one of them acts on the pin at one time. And it will be seen
that the second punch is slightly countersunk, and is intended to force the
head more completely into the recess in the die (55), and also to lay any bur
which may
be raised by the first punch. The same pair of dies (which cut the
wire) holding the pin during both operations, the machine by the continued
revolving of the shaft B, the eccentric (40) will pass from 9 to a, and again
be in a position for receiving the next quantity of wire, which will force out
the part which has been headed. In the meanwhile that these operations are
going on, the stud or pin j, being carried down at the time of cutting off the
wire, forces the pusher along the table and pushes the pin between the teeth
of the rings T, T, and the same is pointed, as before described. It will be
evident from the above description that in case it be desired to make escutcheon
pins in this machine, only one punch r need be used. And this punch will
be solid, similar to 2, but stronger, the face being countersunk to the form
of the head, the die (55) which holds the pin for heading in this instance will
not be required to be countersunk, as the heads are flat at the under part.
And in using only one punch r it will only require one wiper o, and the eccen-
trics (39), (40), must be replaced by others, which will merely hold the
frame (41), (42), in the same position during the heading once in the revolu-
tion of the shaft B, in place of twice, as above described.
Having described the machinery as applicable for making pins, we will now
describe the variations of some parts of the machinery, in order to adapt our
improvements to making needles. The essential points of the Invention
remaining the same, as already described, we shall therefore use the same
letters and figures to denote those parts, and the Drawing will show their
respective positions in the present arrangement.
Figure 11 represents a side view of the machine for cutting and pointing
wire for making needles; and Figure 12 is a transverse section of Figure 11,
taken at the dotted line. B, the main shaft. (34), the lever for working the
pliars (30), which are similar to those described at Figure 9. The lever (34)
works on a fulcrum at (35), which is capable of being moved to different
holes for adjusting the length of the lever for producing the feed of wire
to the machine. (24) is a bank of steel wire, which passes through a
straightening plate (28), similar to that before described. (55) is the
sliding plate or die for cutting off the wire, it being perforated for receiv
ing the wire, and by its sliding in the frame, as before described, in front
of the fixed die, the wire is cut off. In front of the sliding die (55) is
affixed the tube (65), in which the wire is held whilst the cut is being

page_text: performed. (66) is the fixed steel plate perforated for the passage of the
wire, and acts as the resisting surface against which the wire is cut by the
descending of the sliding and cutting die (55). The rings T, T, and the
wheel R are the same as already described. (50) is the lever to which
the sliding die (55) is attached, as shewn in Figure 11. This lever (50) has
its fulcrum at (50) on the standard (67) of the framing. At the end (68) of
the lever (50) is an adjusting screw, shown by dotted lines. (69) is a tappet
or wiper, shown by dotted lines on the axis (70), which has proper bearings
in the upright standard (71) of the framing. (72) is an adjusting plate fitted
to the end of the shaft B, to which plate is attached by a screw and nut the
lever (34); thus by the revolution of the shaft B, a quantity of wire is fed
into the dies, equal in length of two needles; on the shaft B is also affixed a
bevelled toothed wheel, which takes into and drives the toothed wheel (73),
which is affixed on the shaft (74); and on the other end of the shaft (74) is
another bevelled toothed wheel (75), which takes into and drives the bevelled
toothed wheel (76) on the axis (70). P is a worm similar to that before
described, which is also affixed on the axis (70), and works into a toothed
wheel Q, similar to that described in the former machine, but in the present
instance the wheel Q cannot be shown without confusing the other parts; it
is affixed on the axis S, as in the former case, and is for the purpose of giving
motion to the wheel R, and the rings T, T, as before described, which are as
already stated similar to those parts described in the pin machine. I', I³, are
the mills for grinding the points, they in this instance being formed of stone,
similar to those ordinarily used in pointing needles; they are formed to the
curve of the toothed rings T, as shewn in the Drawing. These mills or
stones are carred by the screws (77), which are capable of adjustment
by the nuts (78), (78), on the top of the screws. (77) are frames. (79)
the stones, turning on axes (80), which are carried by the frame (81),
this frame being affixed and adjusted within the frame (79) by the
screws (82), and rotatory motion is communicated to the mills I, I³, by gut
bands driven by a drum, not shown in the Drawing; the arrangement of
the wash leather straps, &c. are arranged in like manner to that already
described with reference to the other machine, and are indicated by the same
references. (83) is a shield or plate of metal to prevent the stones driving
out the needle shafts when making the points; this plate is capable of being
adjusted by the screws and nuts, shewn in the Drawing. (84) is another
plate under which the needles travel, and this plate causes them to bend down
slightly, by which means the needle shaft held more effectually for giving the
desired description of point required for needles; and it should be remarked

page_text: that each stone has a shield (83) to prevent the needle shaft being forced
from the mill, and also a plate. (84) under which the needle shafts travel to
bend them, as before mentioned, and these plates are respectively adjustable
by the screws and nuts, as shewn in the Drawing.
Having now described the parts of the machinery, and manner of com-
bining the same, we will described the action, first observing that the position
shewn in the Drawing represents the machine about to commence feeding in
the wire, which will be performed by the revolution of the shaft B by the
lever 34, as above described, and by means of the shaft (74) and the bevelled
wheel (75) motion is communicated to the shaft (70), and at every revolution
the tappet or wiper (69) forces down the lever (50), and consequently the
sliding die (55), and cuts off a length of wire equal to make two needles, as
before mentioned, and when the wiper has passed the lever 50, the spring 86
forces up the lever (50), which brings up the piece of wire just cut off within
the tube (65), and by the incoming of the next quantity of wire the piece cut
off is forced into the socket or tube (85) which lies along the face of the
wheel R and toothed rings T, there being an inclined plain by which the shaft
rolls between the teeth of the rings T, and is carried forward for pointing, the
wheel R being caused to revolve by the worm P, as before described, the
needle shafts in like manner to the pins being caused to revolve by the wash
leather on the wheel R, and when the wire arrives at the mill I', one end of
the shaft is pointed, it then passes on to the mill I, where the other end is
pointed, in cach distance the wire being prevented in running from the mill
by the shield, as above mentioned, and also passing under a plate for causing
the wire to bend slightly, as above described. By this means there will be
needle shafts pointed at both ends, which are then to be completed in the
ordinary way, as is well understood.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of our Invention, and
the manner of working the same, we would have it understood that we lay no
claim to any of the parts separately of which the machinery is composed,
neither do we claim them in combination other than what is hereafter
particularly mentioned and distinctly claimed; nor do we claim the causing
of the pins and needles to revolve by the wash-leather straps, that being
similar to our former Patent; nor do we claim the forming or punching the
heads, as above described; nor do we claim the rolling of the head between
the wheel W and plate X. But we would have it understood that what we
claim as our Invention is, the combination of the parts R, T, T, and the parts
which actuate or work them, for the purpose of carrying pins and needles to be
pointed, as above described, whether the same be used in combination with

page_text: the parts herein described, or with other combinations for effecting the other
parts of the process of making pins and needles.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Jones, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Nineteenth day of May, One thousand eight
hundred and thirty-four.
HARRISON, Extra.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Nineteenth day of May, in the
year of our Lord 1834, the aforesaid William Jones came before our said
Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.