NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR COILING AND BUNDLING IRON AND STEEL AND OTHER METALLIC RODS AND WIDEO
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Benjamin Talbot, of Wellington, in the County of Salop,
Iron Manufacturer, for an Invention of "NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY
FOR COILING AND BUNDLING IRON AND STEEL AND OTHER METALLIC RODS
AND
WIDEO "
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Benjamin Talbot at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th October 1880.
BENJAMIN TALBOT, of Wellington, in the County of Salop, Iron Manufacturer.
"NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR COILING AND BUNDLING IRON AND STEEL
AND OTHER METALLIO RODS AND WIRES.”
My Invention consists of new or improved machinery for coiling and bundling
iron and steel and other metallic rods and wires, the parts of which said machinery
are constructed and arranged in the following manner :-
To one end of the framing of the machine is a winder, on which is placed the
loose coil of wire rod or wire to be coiled or bundled. At the opposite end of the
machine is a reel constructed as herein after described, on which the coiling and
bundling are effected. The said reel is connected to its shaft by a clutch, by which
it can be thrown into and out of gear with the driving shaft. Between the winder
and the reel are three rollers, two vertical, and one horizontal, between which the
rod or wire is drawn, and between the said rollers and the reel is a pulley or
grooved roller, under which the rod or wire passes. This pulley is at a lower level
than the three rollers and reel, and the portion of rod or wire approaching the
pulley makes an obtuse angle with the portion leaving it. The said pulley rotates
loosely upon an axis which has a longitudinal motion, which it takes from the shaft
of the reel. A worm on the said shaft gears in a worm wheel on one end of an
axis at right angles to the shaft. The said axis carries at its other end an eccentric
which works between two rollers carried by the pulley axis, and by the slow
rotation of the eccentric axis a slow to and fro motion of the pulley axis is produced,
and the rod or wire passing over it is thereby guided so as to wind closely and
symmetrically on the reel. The reel consists of two discs, one carried by the shaft,
and the other removeable, the said removeable disc being supported on the top of

page_text: a lever opposite the disc on the shaft. The removeable disc has an axial screw and
winch, by which it can be screwed to and unscrewed from the other disc. When
the two discs are screwed together they form a reel, on which the rod or wire is
coiled and bundled. After the coiling and bundling have been effected the
removeable disc is unscrewed from the other disc, and the reel being divided the
coil or bundle is removed. Those portions of the discs on which the coiling is
effected have cross grooves, in which, when the coil is to be bundled, the cross wires
are placed, by which the coil is bound up into a bundle.
In order to facilitate the joining of the rods or wires being coiled I fix near the
winder a peg, having a hole crossing in it. A winch turns round this peg, the said
winch carrying a roller, which on the turning of the winch revolves around the
said peg. By passing the end of a rod or wire through the said hole, and turning
the winch, the end of the rod or wire is bent into a hook like form, and the two
ends to be joined having been thus operated upon their hook shaped ends may
be hooked together, and the coiling proceeded with.
The parts described may be duplicated, that is, two similar machines may be
arranged on opposite sides of the same framing.
"
My Invention is specially applicable to the coiling and bundling of iron and steel
rods and wires, but may also be applied to the coiling and bundling of other metallic
rods and wires.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Benjamin Talbot in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 22nd
April 1881.
BENJAMIN TALBOT, of Wellington, in the County of Salop, Iron Manufacturer.
"NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR COILING AND BUNDLING IRON AND STEEL
AND OTHER METALLIC RODS AND WIRES."
My Invention consists of new or improved machinery for coiling and bundling
iron and steel and other metallic rods and wires, the parts of which said machinery
are constructed and arranged in the following manner :-
To one end of the framing of the machine is a winder, on which is placed the
loose coil of wire rod or wire to be coiled or bundled.
At the opposite end of the machine is a reel constructed as herein after described,
on which the coiling and bundling are effected. The said reel is connected to its
shaft by a clutch, by which it can be thrown into and out of goar with the driving
shaft.
Between the winder and the reel are three rollers, two vertical, and one horizontal,
between which the rod or wire is drawn; and between the said rollers and the reel
is a pulley or grooved roller, under which the rod or wire passes. This pulley is at
a lower level than the reel, and the portion of rod or wire approaching the pulley
makes an obtuse angle with the portion leaving it. The said pulley rotates loosely
upon an axis which has a longitudinal motion, which it takes from the shaft of the
recl. A worm on the said shaft gears in a worm wheel on one end of an axis at
right angles to the shaft. The said axis carries at its other end an eccentric, which
works between two rollers carried by the pulley axis, and by the slow rotation of
the eccentric axis a slow to and fro motion of the pulley axis is produced, and tho
rod or wire passing under it is thereby guided so as to wind closely and symmetrically
on the reel. The reel consists of two discs, one carried by the shaft, and the other
removeable, the said removeable disc being supported on the top of a lever opposite
the disc on the shaft. The removeable disc has an axial screw and winch, by which
it can be screwed to and unscrewed from the other disc. When the two discs are
screwed together they form a reel, on which the rod or wire is coiled and bundled.
In place of the screw and winch described a hooked lever may be used.
After the coiling and bundling have been effected the removeable disc is
unscrewed or unfastened from the other disc, and the reel being divided the coil or
bundle is removed. Those portions of the disc on which the coiling is effected have
cross grooves, in which, when the coil is to be bundled, the cross wires are placed,
by which the coil is bound up into a bundle.
In order to facilitate the joining of the rods or wires being coiled I fix near the
winder a peg having a hole crossing in it. A winch turns round this peg, the said
winch carrying a roller, which on the turning of the winch revolves around the
said peg. By passing the end of a rod or wire through the said hole, and turning
the winch, the end of the rod or wire is bent into a hook like form, and the two
ends to be joined having been thus operated upon their hook shaped ends may be
hooked together, and the coiling proceeded with.
The parts described may be duplicated, that is, two similar machines may be
arranged on opposite sides of the same framing.
My Invention is specially applicable to the coiling and bundling of iron and
steel rods and wires, but may also be applied to the coiling and bundling of other
metallic rods and wires.
I will now proceed to describe with reference to the accompanying Drawings
the manner in which my Invention is to be performed.

page_text: Figure 1 represents in side elevation, and Figure 2 in plan machinery constructed
according to my Invention for coiling and bundling iron and steel and other metallic
rods and wire. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in both Figures.
In the machine represented two similar arrangements of parts are situated on
opposite sides of the same framing, but as the construction and action of each
arrangement are alike I will only describe one of the said arrangements.
a is the winder at one end of the machine on which is placed the loose coil of
wire rod or wire to be coiled or bundled, and b, 62, is the reel at the opposite end
of the machine, on which reel the coiling and bundling are effected; c is the shaft
by which the reel b, b, is driven, the said reel being thrown into and out of gear
with the driving shaft by the sliding clutch 6. The shaft c is driven by toothed or
other gearing.
At about midway between the winder a and reel b, 6%, are three rollers f. f.
and g, the rollers ff, being situated vertically, and the roller g horizontally. Over
the roller g is a second roller g³, pressed down upon the roller g by the weighted
lever g. The said rollers f. f, g, are carried by the bracket h affixed to the main
framing of the machine. Between the reel b, 6, and the rollers f, f, g, is a grooved
pulley, which has the position with respect to the reel seen in Figure 1. The
grooved pulley i works freely upon the axis k, which axis has a longitudinal to and
fro motion given to it from the driving shaft c in the following manner :-
On the driving shaft c is a worm (see Figure 2), which gears with a worm
wheel m (see Figure 1) on the axis 2 at right angles to the driving shaft. On the
end of the axis p is an eccentric q, which works between the anti-friction rollers r, r,
carried by the sliding shaft on which the loose pulley i works. The sliding
motion of the shaft is facilitated by making it work under or between antifriction
rollers 8, 8, supported in the brackets t, t.
By the slow motion communicated through the worm gearing l, m, to the
eccentric shaft p a slow to and fro motion is given to the shaft / and to the pulley i
carried by it.
The wire or rod A. from the winder a passes between the vertical rollers f. f, and
between the gripping rollers g, g2, (see Figure 1), by which gripping rollers the
required tension is maintained on the wire being conducted to the reel.
From the gripping rollers g, g*, the wires passes under the grooved pulley i, and
from thence is coiled upon the reel b, b. By the to and fro motion of the pulley i
produced, as herein before explained, the wire or rod passing under it is so guided
ns to bo wound closely and symmetrically on the reel.
The reel consists of two discs marked respectively b and b². The disc b is carried
by the shaft c, and the other disc b is removeable from the disc b, and is supported
on the top of the lever u jointed at u² to the base of the machine. The said disc b*
carries a locking lever v, best seen in Figure 1. This lever has hooked shaped
ends vs, v², turned in opposite directions for engaging with pins w, w, which are
fixed to the disc b. The discs b, b, are furnished with cross grooves at b³, in which
grooves the cross wires are placed by which the coil is bound up into a bundle.
In order to fasten the two discs b, b³, together, the removable disc b, carried by
the lever u, is raised against the disc b carried by the shaft c, the pins w, w, on the
said disc b passing through holes in the disc b. By turning the locking lever v
upon the disc b³, its hooked ends v², v², are made to engage behind the heads of the
pins w, w, so as to secure the two discs b, b, firmly together, and form a reel on
which the rod or wire is coiled and bundled. After the coiling and bundling have
been effected the lever vis turned in a direction proper to remove its hooked
ends v, v², from the pins w, w, when the two discs are unfastened, and the disc b²
may be removed from the disc b by turning down the lever u. The reel being thus
divided, the coil or bundle may be removed from it.
Instead of connecting the two discs b, 6%, of the reel together by the hooked
lever v, v² ², the removeable disc b² may be provided with an axial screw for
screwing into the other disc b; but I prefer the arrangement of parts represented
in the Drawing.

page_text: The mechanism for facilitating the joining of the rods or wire being coiled is
constructed as follows:-Near the winder a a fixed peg w³ is situated, having a
cross hole or slot y in it (see Figure 2); x is a winch carrying a roller z, the said
winch turning on the upright 1 carrying the peg w³, and the roller is nearly in
contact with the said peg, so that on turning the winch the roller revolves
around the said peg. By passing the end of the rod or wire through the cross
hole y in the peg w², and turning the winch x, the end of the wire or rod projecting
from the said cross hole y is bent by the action of the roller z around the peg into
a look like form. The two ends of the wire to be joined having been bent in the
way described, the hook shaped ends may be hooked together and the coiling
proceeded with.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the
same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention
the new or improved machinery for coiling and bundling iron and steel and other
metallic rods and wires herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawings, that is to say, the arrangement of parts described and represented for
conducting the metallic rods or wire to be coiled, or coiled and bundled from the
winder to the reel, and the construction and combination of parts described and
illustrated for giving a slow to and fro motion to the rod or wire in its passage to
the reel so as to cause it to be wound closely and symmetrically on the reel; also
the arrangements or combinations of parts described and illustrated for con-
necting the two parts of the divided reel together, and for disconnecting them from
one another for removing the coil or bundle from the reel; also the arrangement of
parts described and illustrated for giving a hook like form to the ends of the rods
or wires for hooking or joining them together.
In witness whereof, I, the said Benjamin Talbot, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty first day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one.
Witness,
RICHARD SKERRETT,
37, Temple Street,
Birmingham.
BENJAMIN TALBOT. (L.S.)